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15,

1992

Mary Timothy, diocesan

direc-

Program

Ministry Training

Honors

1

Graduating Class

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

MORG ANTON —They came to learn tor

a greater love of the

her training in lay ministry development

faith.

The first graduating class of a two-year program for lay people received certificates of completion at a special Mass in their

honor

May

In

9

Charles Borromeo.

at St.

in the first

in

Arden. "The parish was very receptive, the

was moving,"

d the church's pastor, Father John Schneider. "Events like this bring the realization that our tholic

community

is

much

broader, that there

is

more than one way

to worship

and praise the

TTM REDO

Photo by

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in the life

men

of today's

and Piedmont will gather at Franciscan Center in Greensboro on

tholics across the

iy 16, to kick off a three-event obser-

ice of the

first

anniversary of the historic

venantsignedonPentecostSunday, 1991 e two other "anniversary days" will be ae 6 in Asheville,

and June 20

in

eenville.

Featured speaker in Greensboro will be

dialogues and is expected to reflect on his

lic

visit as part

A major portion of the meeting will be five

theran-Catholic ecumenical activities in

United States and on the international

He has recently visited the Vatican to

el.

cuss the present state of Lutheran-Catho-

workshops helping parish leaders

to

As church

trained lay people, their role in the

an extension of the

"is not just

Rather,

it

a "special and distinct calling to

is

serve the lay apostolate, to foster

it

and

It

In whatever ministry they are involved

— whether

also

is

teaching, eucharistic, evan-

celebration.

The event will begin

.

at

10:30

The Franciscan Center is located at 233 in Greensboro. The phone number is (919) 273-2554.

N. Greene St

Media Calls For Anti-Porn WASHINGTON (CNS) — Kevin

/lorality In

—

to

empower

lay people to minister

the Church.

It is

now

in

a prerequisite for the

ticipants

involved in the program.

tors

Valley or Greensboro.

and enthusiasm

in launching the

but was supported by a vicariate and not the diocese,

what

from

lg

tasteless television to illegal,

books and tapes.

The two-hour telecast, titled "Pornoghy A Plague in Society and What You (l

an infusion of "video pom,

pom and dial-a-porn."

He asked for "fellow warriors war of the 1990s" and

^work of America.

Beattie said.

comments from CarSal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, idinal John J. O'Connor of New York, 1 Ervin Duggan of the Federal Commuations

Commission.

Speakers appearing live included Vic-

Cline, a

from the Biversity of Utah who has treated 300 sex ^fenders, and Terry Rakolta, president of clinical psychologist

Pelicans for Responsible Television.

cited a

need

"All the information in the world will

be of little value

included taped

if you don't get involved," "Our success is dependent

upon informed, vocal and Cardinal

Mahony

active citizens."

said

pom is not vic-

"While

we

ourselves might avoid di-

involvement in pornographic materi-

none of us can escape influence," he said.

als,

on

history, liturgy

"It (the

Church

program)

in focus," said

is

about putting the

graduate Elizabeth

See Lay, Page 13

Queen Of

Heaven...

unwanted pregnancies and "hun-

"All of us are forced to pay for this

tion of tivities.

that the production

and distribu-

pornography are not victimless ac-

We

are

all

victims."

Cline cited evidence that watching pom

abusers.

Many

who view

it undergo a what at first is 'stomach-churning" becomes acceptable, he said. Then comes "acting out" which

people

escalates until

pom

viewers eventually try

to practice the degradation they've seen.

Duggan, an FCC commissioner, urged viewers not to look to government regula-

timless.

rect

includes sessions

ministry, Scripture, Christology, church

"desensitization" so that

hops' Catholic Telecommunications

It

in the

for action.

Do About It!" was carried by the U.S.

Winston-Salem.

can become addictive and make people sex

cable

culture

as well as

emphasize

town, is now downstairs in the living room,'

ually explicit

—

a result of technological

"Pornography, which used to be down-

said, citing

in

Citizen Action

advances.

he

met

program

abuse of human dignity," he said. "We must

anization called on viewers to fight

independent

for the diocese.

siveness of pom

ends them in the media, including every-

An

group, which followed the diocesan format

Bishop Donoghue thanked Mercy SisMary Timothy Warren for her genius

he

During a national teleconference broad-

traveled as

program.

dreds of thousands of abortions each year."

from Washington, the New York-based

Some

two hours to attend five-hour meetings once a month in Hickory, Maggie as

permanent diaconate and the spiritual direc-

Media, which was founded by Jesuit Father Morton Hill 30 years ago, said the perva-

t

said.

Mary Timothy commended parfor the sacrifices they made to be

Sister

more

and become more involved

Beattie, president of Morality in

is

diocesan goals of parish renewal

Developed as the result of the 1986-87

Morality

war of the 1990s."

called

Diocesan Synod, the program was designed

Media urged citizens May 9 to become i-pom activists and be "fellow warriors culture

is

Mary Timothy.

Christian morality.

ter

$10.

belief that

or meeting the social needs of the church

a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m. Registration is

in

will

and sacraments, Vatican II documents, prayer, social ministry and

it

held in the afternoon.

Lutherans and Catholics to be a part of the

fits

you

we know you

gelization, spiritual or charismatic renewal,

effectively all

"We welcome

and evangelization, she

The curriculum

Christ as a result of their training, he said.

extended to

said,

make possible in our Church."

The program reinforces the

much

graduates are "messengers of the

Or-

by the

In her remarks to the graduates, Sister

ordained ministry," said Bishop Donoghue.

implement various dimensions of Covenant at the local level.

Two worship services will be a part of the schedule. Morning prayer will begin the day and the primary worship service will be is

New

forth to ministry, said Sister

the

invitation

in

in his address to the graduates.

further

An

relocating this

everyone by virtue of their baptism

they are better prepared as messengers for

Rev. Dr. James Crumley, retired Presid-

Bishop of the Lutheran Church in nerica. Now living in Columbia, S.C., shop Crumley has been a leader in

of his presentation.

is

Extension Society, the primary contributor.

said.

GREENSBORO — Lutherans

center

and women," saidBishopJohnF. Donoghue,

good news of Jesus Christ," said the bishop.

They are sent into their communities, parishes, work places and homes to profess the good news in their words and actions, he

Covenant Signing Anniversary

The

Loyola University

the revitalizing effort

The

Lutherans To Observe

City. to

leans because of funding cutbacks

at-

provide encouragement."

Catholics,

Kansas

"The program has helped you to see more clearly the beauty of our faith and its importance

Institute

for Pastoral Life, an educational center in

Mary Timothy

in Charlotte present Spirit

over a 2 1/2-year period from the

tended the graduation ceremony.

utter

Church

in

Lay

Ministry Training Program. About 70

oncert at St. Barnabas

of the Office of Lay Ministry, received

month

112 people from 48 parishes

all,

20 counties were enrolled

mbers of the Peipetual Hope Gospel Choir from Our Lady of Consolation

Sister

more about the Catholic faith. They left with

their destructive

tion to curb offensive media.

'Too

often efforts to suppress only

create notoriety,"

he

said.

He said the FCC is determined to do its

Shannon Thomann, an eighth grade student at

Ann School in Charlotte, places a crown of

part but added, "In the end, this issue of

St.

ally transmitted diseases' ' and ' Violent sexual

decency and humanity

flowers on a statue of the Blessed Mother

crimes committed against women," he said,

ethics

Effects include "an epidemic of sexu-

and morality."

lies in the

realm of

during the school's

May

crowning Mass.

Photo by

JOANN KEANE

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The Catholic

News

&

Herald

Archbishop Says Innocent As Well ATLANTA (CNS) — Archbishop James P. Lyke of Atlanta, commenting on the Rodney King case, said the tragedy of social injustice is that it "claims the innocent as well as the guilty."

"In a climate of injustice it is always

and to violent means to attain our

Injustice Hits

As

aware of

resort to

is

the tragedy of social injus-

their responsibility before the

sworn to protect. And of growing injustice, these dedicated civil servants must suffer the obstacles of doubt and distrust on citizens they are

yet, in a climate

many citizens," he said.

Archbishop Lyke said the easiest

the part of so

easier to strike out, to terrorize

ends. This

Guilty

response to the Rodney King affair would be to "decry the violence against persons and property" that followed the acquittal of the four officers involved in the beating.

"There lence

man

—

no

is

justification for vio-

for the willful

harming of hu-

beings, or the looting and destruc-

tion of private property," he said.

who participated in peaceful

People

marches and

protests,

he

said, "acted

responsibly both in a legal and a moral sense."

Archbishop Lyke said that while the incident on a justice system that responds to wealth and influence and others blame it on "an abid-

some blame

Father Ceil Tice, diuocesan director of vocations, answers questions about

relij»

vocations during a small group discussion during a meeting attended by youth groups various parishes at St. Barnabas in Arden.

Photo by

I

MATT DOY

ing racism in our country" that occasionally erupts, the

ARCHBISHOP JAMES

P.

LYKE

—

is

it confuses our moral sense, it clouds the lines between right and wrong," said the nation's only active

tice

black archbishop in a

May 5 letter to the

people of his archdiocese.

He said it was not surprising that when Rodney King "experienced law enforcement at its worst" so many black men and women "identified with his victim status and

let their

anger be righ-

Saying that the violent response tive behavior," it

"tragic that

Archbishop Lyke called

some

will continue to

judge an entire race because of the actions of extremists."

Similarly, he said, it is tragic that because of the actions of a few police officers

who "lost control," the integrity

bigger

is

At the heart of the problem, he said, "our lack of concern for complete

human

dignity."

an injustice that manifests itself at all levels and to peoples of all color," he said.

justice, certainly, but

Among color

line's,

social injustices that cross

he

cited:

— Exorbitant home and — Unemployment aggravated by

car

health,

insurance costs.

the exporting of jobs to cheaper labor

markets abroad.

Substance abuse "tearing at the fabric of family life."

Elderly people "pushed to the

By MATT DOYLE ARDEN — "If you're looking for a boring,

come

— — margins of decent — Husband and wife "both work-

hard to make

now?

a

life."

ing hard and

still

finding

it

humdrum

lifestyle,

don't be-

a religious. It's exciting."

That was the advice offered by Lisa Atkins, who is just beginning her life as a novice for the Sisters of Mercy in Belmont. The 23-year-old was a panel member who spoke with youth groups from Western North Carolina as they explored the option of religious vocations.

The meeting was at St. Barnabas and hosted by the parish youth group.

The purpose was to answer or begin to answer the following question: What are you going to be doing 10 years from

His yearning for satisfaction lec born and bred Southern Baptist to Catholic Church and eventually to priesthood. He urged teenagers to

open

what God

to

is

saying to you

Father Tice said he was impre

with the turnout in Arden, althoug could not be sure of what the long •tr

would be. No one in the group was in a position to make a c, sion about vocations. However, "a effects

l(

may be

planted," he said. i Capuchin Franciscan Brother seph Jacobini told the group he | successful business and all that m< i\ could buy to seek his vocation.

Mercy Sister Marian Arroyo c from Guam to become part of the

pa

Atkins told the teenagers she could be anything she wanted from a doctor to a musician as a Sister of Mercy. She

it."

of all law enforcement officers is brought See Lyke, Page

into question.

"Most police personnel

Teens Urged To Examine Lives For Calling To Religious Life

"The anger that welled up out of the black community was a reaction to in-

teously aroused." often resulted in "irrational and destruc-

problem

than that.

1

are deeply

urged them to examine their lives and

gious order that "raised" her on

P i

island.

She said she always knew

wanted

to part of the order. mi

see

Key

Vatican Says Families Are

(CNS)

porting and healing families

— Supis

a key

ingredient in drug abuse prevention and

have not known love; they do

know how

to love in the right

way

because they have never been loved in the right way," said a document released

May

8

by the council.

m

reintegrate themselves into society, the

document

tual journey to the

are trying to

said.

with a June 1991 council meeting of experts in the field, said the desire of the

Church directly

Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, the former

Abbey

Ne

Janey Juckem of Weaverville. Sc

who

phenomenon of drugs in an effective way, it must make the family its pastoral priority," the 32-page document said.

The document, which originated

sick'; they

Benedictine Father Kieran

to religious

ences that led to their vocations. Some journeyed from faraway places while others stayed home to experience a spiri-

family accept those

Trujillo, president of the Pontifical

not

them

calling

of Belmont

"If the church wants to confront the

Council for the Family.

"Basically, drug addicts are iove

is

She invited the girls to visit the motherhouse in Belmont.

The youth groups heard from priests and religious who detailed their experi-

Lopez

treatment, said Cardinal Alfonso

God

life.

To Preventing Drug Abuse VATICAN CITY

if

addicts

Roman Catholic faith

tions for the Diocese of Charlotte, spoke

of his search.

He said he had tried many

jobs, but found there

something else

was

still

a need for

teaches students to strive for big mc she said. Her peers believe in the ne

be someone important.

The forum served to break Hank Gonner,

stereotypes, said

In

helped organize the event.

groups, the teenagers questionec lifestyles

The

in his life.

of priests and religious with old stereot

girls dealt

their lifestyle, Sister

just

Marian

i

expl:

how sisters today can use makeup

in

to

didn't

of nuns. In response to questions

— and not Church workers involved work with drug — minister victims is

it

what they did as long as they chc profession in which they could be hs The remark inspired 15-yea

and a vocation.

Father Cecil Tice, director of voca-

said

The document did not blame

to "the

the

fully

I

and wear regular clothes

archbishop of Medellin, Colombia, re-

of a great plague, of which resorting to

families of drug addicts and said the

leased the Italian-language document,

drugs

only a sign and symptom." spoke of drug addicts as people

family's effective failure often occurs despite the will and intention of parents.

caught in "an unending adolescence," fearing the future, wanting immediate

share part of the responsibility for the

vocations."

negative values that pervade modern societies and for the lack of support

Mercy Sister Anita Sheerin Eugene Church in Asheville saic ents often downplay religious v

From Desperation to Hope, at a Vatican press conference.

Because love, self-esteem, maturity and responsibility values that drug addicts lack

family,

—

—

are first learned within a

Church programs

abuse prevention must family, the

document

for substance

start

with the

said.

is

It

satisfaction of all desires

and refusing to

accept responsibility.

Drug addiction "does not person's a seed

life

enter a

out of the blue, but

which takes root

in

is like

ground

that

Because drug addiction devastates all those close to an addict, the family deserves the Church's attention and

was being prepared for a long time," the document said.

"The absolute or relative lack of

ministry during the treatment of an ad-

one of the most common characteristics of a drug-dependent person, it said, "because the family is the key element in the formation of a person s character and attitude toward society."

dict.

And because recovering addicts need welcoming attitude, love and support, the Church must help the parish and a

family life"

is

'

The mass media and government

given to families.

The Church is taken to task in the document for "the silences, shortcomings and inadequacies" of to the

drug addiction

its

responses

crisis.

The document calls for an explicitly Christian approach to the problem of

God's love them and of Christ's offer of liberation from "dependency-slavery" to drugs addiction, telling addicts of for

and

sin.

Hi

They knew

little

about the

sati

tion vocations offer, said Go. "People did not realize they couM

and satisfying

full

lives in

reli,

i

People complain about the shoi priests

want

and

religious, but say the;

their children to enter the

lif

said.

Parents often want their child

I

M y^

follow other careers, said Sister tin But where will vocations come fi!| they are not supported? she ask Matt Doyle is a parishioner

Eugene

in Asheville.

The Catholic News

ay 15, 1992

)atholic-Jewish Cooperation

Browing

Pro-Life Corner

Charlotte Area

In

Let

MARION CARDOZA CHARLOTTE — With the closing By

The hand

Dilworth area of larlotte last December, Rabbi Scott bite was without a site near the upwn area for his twice monthly Nosh

Temple

Israel in the

work week so people could

e

—

still

we offer our heart.

Standing on the side of

hour lectures.

Rabbi White, who came to Charge about a year ago as spiritual leader the city's conservative synagogue, d what seemed natural to him. He tend his lunch

ntacted St. Peter Catholic

Church

reflects the lines of life

and its uniqueness ... each hand shows potential for talent, each hand is personal, each hand is made by God. The hand reaches out in need in offering someone our hand,

Drosh, "lunch and lecture" series.

He needed a central location during

f

My Hand Into Your Heart

life

means accepting

— — — —

in

middle of uptown Charlotte to find if space at the parish could be made ailable to him.

Jesuit Father Gene McCreesh, pasrof the parish, said he had no problem th the idea. "This is Charlotte," he id. "Ecumenism is part of our daily es, reaching out to all people in a

is

;

r

working together for and in a special way to elder brothers and sisters (the Jew-

1

people) as a means of revalidating

ilcoming

spirit,

good of all

...

Jewish roots."

Father McCreesh said he would pport a Catholic/Jewish dialogue in larlotte. "We used to have it," he said, et's get something going again."

In some ways, it's already started.

Father Joe Mulligan, pastor of St. r

ike

Church

Mint Hill and chairman Area Clergy Associa-

in

the Charlotte

was

invited to the groundbreaking synagogue in the Jewish Commity Center on Providence Road, ther Mulligan said he was honored at ing asked to recite a blessing for the n,

r

the

casion.

Although they haven't had a chance build a relationship, Father Mulligan /s he hopes they can work together ough the clergy association.

Rabbi White's comfort with the tholic community stems from his fourar participation in a

Catholic/Jewish

Rhode Island before coming Charlotte. He was part of a group of tests and rabbis who met once a month discuss any number of topics.

Among the members was Father llogue in

Iward H. Flannery, former executive

a child the handicapped

the elderly,

recognizing the humanity of those often ...

The Respect

secretary of the National Conference of

Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Catholic/Jewish Relations in Washington.

Father Flannery

is

best

known

We

for his

book, The Anguish of the Jews, which was published in 1965. A revised edition was published in 1985.

Father Flannery, who is in residence at St. Michael Church in Esmond, R.I., said he is still busy with the work he has done for the past 35 years. The 79-year-old priest heads a Catholic/Jewish dialogue for the Diocese of Providence, R.I. Through dialogue, Catho-

thank

God for

the unique infant

hand of Claire Calabro, and for

Elizabeth Sabates, a 1992 graduate of Charlotte Catholic High School, for sharing her mind, heart and hand to conceptualize our logo.

Says Church Needs More Enthusiasm Religious Education Leader SAN ANTONIO (CNS)— Tocom-

"Other denominations are enthusiabout religious education," Parent added. "If we are not there, our people will go to them. We must be enthusias-

can "show the Jewish people that we are not the enemy, that we have not rejected the Old Testament Scriptures," he said.

bat the drop-off in the

"enthusiastic about religious education,"

tic."

While in Rhode Island, Rabbi White became close friends with Father Edward St. Godard, pastor of Holy Family Church in Woonsocket R.I. "We just hit it off," said Father St. Godard. Rabbi White sang the responsorial psalm in Hebrew at Father St. Godard 's installation at the Woonsocket parish. And Father St. Godard participated in his first Passover Seder at Rabbi White's home.

To foster mutual respect and understanding, Rabbi White said he will par-

according to the top staff member of a catechists' group.

Neil Parent, executive director of

More than 350 people attended the San Antonio convention, which had as its theme, "A Mosaic of Hope Claiming and Cultivating Our Catechetical

lics

,

ticipate in area interfaith events.

Marion Cardoza

is

Our Lady ofLourdes

a parishioner of Monroe.

in

number of profes-

sionally trained religious educators in parishes, the Catholic

the

Church must be

newly renamed National Confer-

Sunday Mass

astic

—

ence of Catechetical Leadership, made the comment in an interview during the group's annual convention April 26-30

Heritage."

in San Antonio. The organization, formerly called the National Conference of Diocesan Directors of Religious Education, approved the name change at the

vest in people for the future of the

department at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, said the Church should look with hope to its "extraordinary" multicultural diversity.

"It is a hope that I can sit at the table or, even better, construct a new table," she said. "Not only me as a black woman,

church," Parent said in the interview

but others

with Today' s Catholic, San Antonio

panics, Native Americans, blacks and

convention.

"Parishes and dioceses need to in-

He noted

that

professionally trained educators

retire or resign,

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at

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The Pope Speaks — Here

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul IPs remarks general audience,

May

English

in

is

the text of

at his

weekly

with the spiritual resources of faith, charity and gen which they need in order to cooperate with

osity

work of God and

creative

6.

in

order to be the f

The sacram them of the grace to remain faithful to ej other in permanent unity.

The sacrament of matrimony is likewise the bs

teachers of their children in the faith.

Editorial Lay Ministry

Continuing our catechesis on the Church as a priestly people, we now turn to the sacrament of matrimony. Jesus worked his first miracle at the wedding feast of Cana, thus pointing to the importance of marriage in God's plan of salvation in the Church. In the New Testament the marriage covenant is raised to I kJl m the dignity of a sacrament. .IT When Christian spouses express their mutual consent to marry, they are themselves the ministers of the sacrament of matrimony and thus exercise in a distinctive way the common priesthood of the faithful. Through marriage, spouses "share in and symbolize the unity and the fertile love between Christ and his Church" {Lumen Gentium, 1 1). They are also "fortified and in a sense consecrated for the duties and dignities of their state" {Gaudium etSpes, 48). Through the grace of the sacrament, they help each other to grow in holiness in married life.

Because marriage and married love are by their nature oriented to the procreation and education of children (cf. ibid., 48), this sacrament provides spouses <

One of the major recommendations of the 986-87 1

Diocesan Synod was the establishment of an Office of Lay Ministry and development of a training program designed to bring lay people more fully into active participation in the various ministries of the Church.

Since the Synod ended five years ago next week, the diocese has been hard at work implementing that

and other goals.

Mary Timothy Warren was named to head what became the Office of Lay Ministry Mercy

Sister

—

and

originally a branch of the Office of Parish Life

— and immediately began work on

Worship

a training

program.

With

the assistance of the Institute for Pastoral

Life, she set

up a two-year training program for those

—

interested in lay ministry. Training sessions

hours once a month

— were held

in

five

various areas of the

some people, each session meant an two hours of travel. But, more than 100 people from 48 parishes enrolled in the program.

Their long hours came to an end earlier this month when 70 of them gathered at St. Charles Borromeo in Morganton for graduation. For some the graduation is another beginning. They'll be going on to the training program for the permanent diaconate or for spiritual directors. Others will become more deeply involved in

.

diocese. For

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

additional

history of the

Timothy a vote of thanks for making the program a reality.

Sister into

And

to

work she put

the

"The Church

he

New World, prin-

Gospel"

cipally the proclamation of the lations,

to

new popu-

said.

to a delegation

want

remind our readers

to

Church.

I am pleased to greet a group of Knights and La of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher from United States. I pray that your pilgrimage to the H Land will deepen your love for Christ and your soliq ity with the Christians living in the place of his bi

My greeting also goes to the public officials fr Africa and Asia taking part in the Ninth Developm

in the

message has taken root

in the

Rome

Administrative Program being held in

your efforts to promote integral development in y countries be ever inspired by respect for all andi effective cooperation on behalf of the common go Upon all the English-speaking pilgrims and vi tors, and particularly the groups from the Philippir Korea, Indonesia, Canada and the United State cordially invoke the grace and peace of the Risen L(

of

faith, holiness

and generous service

.i

to others,'

said.

The pope

also praised the

"many

generation:

who, as dedicated lay people o priests and religious, have contributed to the growti the Church and the accomplishment of her missioi your own country."

Columbus was an Italian who sailed for Spaii

from

Columbus Voyage Trip to Italy. The trip was sponsored by the Columbus 500th Anniversary Committee of Philadelphia.

"From the seed planted by the first missionaries, Philadelphia participating

Americas,

has grown and has brought forth an abundant harvest

We

band and wife, and through the cooperation of all tr members, are called "to reveal to all people the act presence of the Savior in the world" (Gaudium et Sp 48). Not just individuals, but families too are callei be witnesses to the love and unity which mark

Italian- Americans

II.

recalls with gratitude the spiritual

significance of the discovery of the

the Christian

Communications Campaign

chapter in the

of the Christian family. Christian families, through love, generous fruitfulness, unity and fidelity of h

human family and led to the birth of new

The pope spoke May 7

of them, our hearty congratulations.

all

new

peoples and cultures," said Pope John Paul

the ministries of their parishes.

To

— The explorations of

Christopher Columbus "opened a

also ensures

Celebrations of the 500th anniversary should vide "a deeper appreciation of the faith and

]

spiri

vision which inspired your forbearers," he added.

the

"May it lead to a renewed commitment to conti work of building a society which fully respects

dignity of every likeness of

human being made

God," he

in the

image

said.

n

that the annual isl

Communications Camweekend in all the churches

collection for the Catholic

paign will be taken up this

We urge you tobe generous. Half of the money will in the

a

strong and internationally recognized legal system for

of the diocese.

remain

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world needs

diocese to finance local projects.

defining and defending II

human

rights,

Pope John Paul

said.

He

told

members of the World

of the World Peace through

Jurist Association

Law Center May 9 that he

hoped they would "contribute to the establishment of that 'civilization of love' in which each human being is able to enjoy the respect, freedom and peace needed

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The pope

that human beings have certain which no individual, group or state may violate a "significant juridical achievement" and an "essen-

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said.

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By BOB

Light

Notebook

GATELY

Compulsory abortion? Impossible, you say? That happens only in places like ina, you say? Don't bet on it. At least a few people already are talking about it in "60 Minutes" last Sunday night.

3 country. It came up briefly on devoted lengthy segment to genetic screening or testing. That's program a The relatively new process by which scientists can determine if a person carries the . gene which can cause some diseases. And the number of diseases for which the responsible gene has been identia fied is growing almost every day.

The program brought out the horror stories of people who had been found to carry genes which could '

By Every week

in

One Candle

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

Taize, France, thousands of young people of all faiths pour into

the small village to pray and reflect. Together they search for

purpose as a it

—

ways

to find their

in life.

Given the breakdown of religious fervor in Europe, this whole thing struck me minor miracle, so a few summers ago I decided to fly over and see first hand what

was

all

about.

1

What

I witnessed was amazing. Thousands of teenagand young adults loaded down with knapsacks and bedrolls, flooded this rural area, coming literally from all over the world to pray together several times a day in the huge tents provided for them.

The story of how it all began goes back to 1940 when

'

POSSIBLY

lead to a disease in later

life

—

or in the

life

of

most medical records are supposedly confidential. But that apparently doesn't mean much. The program reported the case of one family which lost its health insurance because two of the three children carried a gene which could cause mild mental retardation. And there were reports of cases in ich people were denied jobs because of a gene which the potential employer feared ;ht lead to an increase in health insurance costs somewhere down the line.

Where does compulsory abortion come in? a future child. Records of these tests

—

One of

many

the guests, an Illinois physician, noted that

stion are catastrophic

—

like

of the diseases in

and very expensive more expensive than many many cases, he said, the taxpayers wind up picking

trance policies will handle. In

He

probably will become necessary equire genetic testing for everyone to determine the likelihood of serious and ensive future illnesses. And, he conceded, it's not a very big jump from there to lpulsory abortion. He said he wasn't advocating it, but he could see the possible he tab through Medicaid.

d for

said he thinks

it

it.

Not very pleasant to think about, is it?

The whole thing is just one aspect of the whole concept of "genetic engineering." le other aspects are

almost as controversial. Doctors,

in

some

cases, already are

remove undesirable genes from a fetus. They say that means the child will be lthy instead of prone to some major disease. All well and good.

But they are also working on the possibility of implanting genes in a fetus. The to

as

i,

understand

I

it,

is

to

produce very healthy, very

intelligent children. In a

they would produce a super race.

d,

Funny,

I

always thought the idea of a master race ended

in 1945.

Dimmunion Outside The Mass

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN Q.

my

realize

I

question

is

late for this year,

but

is

ers

there a rule about

a

young theology student named Roger

left his

native

Switzerland to offer shelter to Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis. He settled in this tiny French farming village of Taize and invited others to join him. Today he has a core

group of 90 brothers, Protestant and Catholic, from 20 countries living together in poverty and striving to be a quiet presence of peace and unity in a divided world.

Since the 1960s, the brothers have attracted overflow crowds. As a result, they decided to plan intercontinental gatherings in various locales and there have been

many such meetings over the years. At first, attendance was only a few thousand but in

time the crowds grew. The two most recent gatherings were a tremendous success.

1 99 1 about 80,000 youngsters trekked their way to Prague. A year later, 75,000 young pilgrims assembled in Budapest. And this very month, there will be a huge gathering in Dayton, Ohio.

The idea for an American pilgrimage was born when the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on the Laity asked the Taize brothers to organize a youth gathering here. The brothers happily accepted the challenge, and the University of Dayton offered to host the meeting from May 21-25, 1992.

Participants will come from a variety of Christian traditions from all over North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. I personally know of a group of 1 ,000, who are coming from Toronto, 20 bus loads of them and possibly more.

Why are they coming to Dayton? In the words of the founder, Brother Roger of Taize, "To search for the wellspring of faith, to deepen an inner life with Jesus the Christ, and to prepare themselves to work toward a human family that is peaceful, free and reconciled." Keep them in your prayers.

(For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "To Pray As Jesus Did," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St., New York, N.Y. 10017.)

Father John Catoir is director of The Christophers.

In January

,

Encourage The

Of Our Youth

Gifts

Communion during Holy Week? I am old and unable to go to Mass, omeone brings me Communion at home.

jiving

asked about receiving on Holy Thursday, which I have done the past two This year I was told it is not allowed on Holy Thursday or Good Friday, hat right? Why would there would be differences of opinion about this?

I

rs.

irida)

why you are receiving conflicting advice. The policy of the and applies basically everywhere.

The Church's ritual governing Communion apart from Mass says that while normally Communion may not be distributed outside of the liturgies of Holy Thursday and Good Friday, people who are sick may receive Communion any time on those two days. On Holy Saturday it may be received only as viaticum, that is, if the person is dying (n. 16).

The Sacramentary (missal) indicates the same thing.

A. I'm not sure

irch is clear

The

introduction for the

rating the death of our

Good

commemoHoly Communion may

Friday liturgy

Lord notes:

be given to the faithful only at the celebration of the Lord's passion, but may be brought at any hour of the day to the sick who cannot take part in this service.

In a note explaining the special limitations for

Holy

Saturday, the Sacramentary emphasizes the aspect of rest waiting "at the Lord's tomb" on that day.

The Sacramentary continues, "Only after the solemn

vigil

during the night (the

|er Vigil liturgy), held in anticipation of the resurrection,

does the Easter

bration begin, with a spirit of joy that overflows into the following period of 50

Q. I am 76 years old.

Due to circumstances in my life I was never confirmed. having adult confirmation but a friend tells me I have been <nfirmed Christian since I was 18 and don't need confirmation. I feel it is serament I have not received and would appreciate your thoughts. (Colot

my church

is

»>)

By BISHOP JOHN

F.

DONOGHUE

have a lot of traveling ahead of me this month, just as I did last month. But I really do not mind it. My annual confirmation schedule is the perfect excuse for getting out of the office and traveling the highways during this gorgeous spring season in Piedmont and western North Carolina.

In past years, I have had the welcome help of retired Bishop Michael J. Begley, whose presence has eased my schedule and in addition, he has brought such wisdom and joy to the confirmation ceremonies. This spring, due to reasons of health, he has asked that our Vicars General, Reverend Msgr. John J. McSweeney and Reverend Msgr. Joseph S. Showfety, be I

assigned to

fulfill his

have assigned them

portion of the confirmation schedule;

I

to assist with this request.

as the confirmation schedule may get, I must say meeting these young people is always a pleasure. I am so impressed with their energy and eagerness to become a more integral part of the Catholic Church and an even more vital tool of evangelization for our Christian faith.

I applaud these candidates on their commitment and efforts to prepare for this sacrament. Prior to their confirmation, they spend several weeks in final preparation.

In addition to discussing the meaning and purpose of the sacrament, the candidates participated in activities which signified their commitment to serve the Church.

As part of that activity, I received letters from each candidate, describing his or her project and what it meant to the candidate in relation to their faith life. The range of activities described in those letters was both heartening and impressive.

These young people have visited the elderly, helped out in the parish nursery, given assistance during parish events, and participated in a variety of parishsponsored outreach projects. Many have also committed to serving in several ministries in their parishes, from acting as ushers and readers to serving as Eucharistic ministers. Most importantly, they have done these good works with the support of a parish community which, I hope, will continue to encourage their

As hectic

that

participation.

A

I

'Cate,

confirmation

is

why your

would make such a statement. As you a sacrament which you should receive even now if you can

don't understand

friend

fb without serious inconvenience. is one of what we call the three sacraments of initiation into our can help you spiritually to enjoy and exercise the gifts and fruits of the Holy fj. pft in your relationship to God and other people.

Jn our Catholic understanding of this sacrament it is not essential for salvation,

onfirmation

It

''however, a sealing and "confirming" of the

commitment and graces of baptism.

See Dietzen, Page 6

There is a lot to be said for a parish that welcomes and nurtures the participation younger members, for the true spirit of community comes alive when every member feels a vital part of the whole. Inviting confirmation candidates to experience the real meaning of ministry is an important opportunity for our parishes to strengthen their ties to their youth. Also, it is a chance for our youth to experience firsthand how we, as members of the One Body, respond to the love of Christ in our day. Faith grows best when it is practiced. of

its

To

all

confirmation candidates,

I

ask that

God

bless

you with many years of

service to your Church. Congratulations!

Most Reverend John

F.

Donoghue

is

the bishop of the

Diocese of Charlotte.

6

The Catholic News

&

May

Herald

HOW Does Canon Law Affect Us?

15, 19'

Exploration Continues...

The Diocese

By SISTER JEANNE Code of Canon Law,

MARGARET MCNALLY

is called a particular Church and is defined

by Canon 369: "(A diocese) is so entrusted (to the bishop) that, adhering to its pastor and brought together in the Spirit by him through means of the Gospel and the Eucharist, it constitutes a particular Church in which truly exists and operates the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church of Christ." Dioceses are usually determined by their geographical areas. The diocesan bishop is responsible for the diocese he leads and shepherds. Obviously his mission must be shared with the priests and the

In the

a diocese

SJtM

laity.

One

of the structures which provides the bishop with

assistance in the governance of a diocese

curia (chancery).

The code defines

is

the diocesan

the curia as that

body

of institutions and persons which furnish assistance to the

bishop in the governance of the entire diocese. The bishop appoints the officers of the diocesan curia.

The law requires that the bishop appoint a vicar general him in the governance of the entire diocese.

Basically, the vicar becomes the alter ego of the bishop. A moderator may be appointed to oversee the workings of the curia. Each diocesan curia must have a chancellor whose duty is to maintain the acts of the curia. The chancellor is really an archivist, but, in the U.S. the role of chancellor has become known as that of the moderator which gives the chancellor certain delegated powers of governance. This has raised a most interesting question as several dioceses have woman chancellors and they function according to the practice in the U.S. The issue then becomes what powers of governance do they have?

The code also requires that a business manager be appointed to administer the goods of the diocese under the authority of the bishop. The business manager obtains income, pays expenses and manages investments. The law also created a financial council for each diocese. The financial council must be consulted in all matters of to assist

buying or selling land, preparing and overseeing the budget, etc. The law spells out sidedness in which the finance council "must be consulted" before the bishop may act. In certain cases the bishop is required to have the "consent" of this council to act validly. As an aside, this may be the only time a bishop has to obey a woman, if she were the chair of the finance council!

The 1983 code stipulates that each diocese must have a presbyteral council, a body of priests who serve as a kind of senate to the bishop. They are to aid the bishop for the pastoral benefit of the faithful. Canon 502 requires the bishop to select from the presbyteral council six to twelve priests to be a college of consultors. They are responsible for specific functions stipulated in the law. Canon 511 explains, "In each diocese, in so far as pastoral circumstances suggest, a pastoral council is to be established." Its function, under the authority of the bishop, is to study and weigh those matters which concern the pastoral works of the diocese and to propose practical solutions concerning them.

In the whole area of diocesan administration, it has been said that the canons may appear quite rigid, but in practice they are very flexible. Next week, we will speak of what is most likely, a more meaningful organization to each of us. the parish.

Mercy Sister Jeanne Margaret McNally a licentiate in canon law, is a judge of the Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte. taxing, of important administration such as

,

Replicas of Christopher Columbus' ships

(1-r) the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria, s on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center bef< takeoff on its latest mission. The Spanish ships were on their way to St. Augustine, as part of their American tour. (CNS photo from Reuters)

by the space

shuttle

Endeavor as

CRS Airlift

it sits

Of Baby FormulaTo Russian

Far East Arrives BALTIMORE,

MD -

The

first

De-

partment of Defense aircraft carrying baby formula for Catholic Relief Services'

(CRS) emergency

relief

program

Russian Far East arrived in Khabarovsk yesterday, at 11:50 A.M. local time. The aircraft left from Travis Air Force Base on Sunday, April 26, and made one stop to refuel in Japan before continuing to Khabarovsk.

The aircraft was carrying 36,000 pounds of baby formula, all of which arrived safely. A second air shipment left April 27 and was scheduled to arrive today. CRS personnel were on hand to receive the shipment along with officials from the Krai (state) and the city. in the

Before their departure, CRS staff arranged a two-hour tour of Khabarovsk

The airmen were given a warm welcome by the

for the U.S. Air Force crew.

25 containers of commodities sent by sea in march, including badly needed non-fat dry milk, also began arriving at the port of Vostochnyi last week.

Port operations went smoothly, and by April 28, the first shipments were arriving in Vladivostok first

for distribution.

These shipments are part of CRS' $4 million emergency food program for

Crosswinds

Crosswinds written by staff

is

a series of columns

members of Catholic

I

Far Eastern Russia, provided through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

CRS with distribute 30,000 tons of commodities to 500,000 people over the

when

this

week

note from the mother of a

In order to protect client confidential-

whom

the staff members are not identified.

Do we make often, after

we

a difference?

someup?

get ourselves into

thing, does that thought crop It

has

How

come up

for

me

as

volunteer receptionist post

I sit

at

at

CSS and

my hands are busy knitting small hats or booties. I've knitted countless

numbers

of these items over the years for infants in a local hospital's neonatal unit. I've

been told that when the infant goes home, the oufit goes with him or her as a little remembrance of when the baby was so tiny and in need of special warmth.

I

I

hospital.

major towns including Vladivost( Khabarovsk, Birobidzhan, Nakhofl and outlying areas. Smaller deliver are planned for Magadan and Sakha

CRS

Island.

will target institutions

well as individuals

who

are

most v

nerable in the region.

CRS

the international relief

is

baby

I

Catholic Conference.

Incorporatec

CRS

today has relief and dev opment programs in 75 countr throughout the world, with an ann 1943,

budget of more than $240 million

Thea" Scheduled For Broadcast

"Sr.

had shared

my name

with her.

The note

would

like to

have

the directions for the booties and

little

said, "I

cap that you made for our daughter, if you don't mind. I would love to help make them. I enclose an evelope with my name and address and I also stamped

Thank you so much." The note was

signed, "In loving memory of our daugh-

and gave her date of birth and some days later, the date of her death! ter"

ST.

Please call your

NBC

LUCIA

FILIPPINI

In fact, what we now know as the sacrament of confirmation was apparently once part of the baptismal rite itself.

It's not something you should panic about. But ask your parish priest when you have a chance what opportunities there will be in your parish to receive this

sacrament.

(A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about receiving the holy Eucharist is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.)

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LUCIA

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"Passed Away" (Hollywood) Ensemble comedy concerns the reunion of a bickering Irish-American family (Pamela Reed, Bob Hoskins, William Petersen and Frances McDormand) upon the sudden death of their father (Jack

Warden). Writer-director Charlie Peters turns in a fitfully funny

NEW YORK (CNS) — The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic

Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

work together to clear a downtown sidewalk of debris as Los Angeles ns to recover from one of the worst U.S. race riots of this century. The violence left than 50 dead and more than 2,300 injured with damage estimated at $717 million. lbers of a family

;

(Christine Lahti) hitchhike to Alaska in

photo from Reuters)

S

"Leaving Normal" (Fine Line) A runaway battered wife (Meg Tilly) and a hard-bitten cocktail waitress hopes of

finally putting

Angeles Catholic Students eery Violence, Help Clean Up — Catho-

1

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but some students merely moved

classroom outside, pushing brooms of pencils in an effort to clear is left from the previous day's riot-

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Forty students and youth group

from St. Agnes Parish shovswept and bagged pieces of wreckfrom torched structures in Los Anravaged South Central area, n front of them stood a young girl ing a sign in English and Spanish

lbers

'

laiming to passing motorists, "Man:

Your Help to Cleaner Community."

'I think the main thing is to get the

vgnes Needs

lents')

energies involved into turn-

around from looting and oying to fixing up and rebuilding Dmmunity,"Holy Cross Sister Karla his thing

The Tidings, Los Ange-

is

Older

sister

Renee,

19, a

adults. The is A-III Motion Picture Association of

America rating

ing story line. Recurring violence, a

way

tructive

rwise

to

spend a day" that

would have been spent

"sit-

watching the TV or something."

This is voluntary work,"said St. 2S School eighth grader Henry salez. "I saw these people needed so I just came and helped." Lean3n his shovel and surveying the

Gonzalez added quietly,

uction,

sad, the (rioters) are just destroying

"Brain Donors" (Paramount)

neighborhood."

She added, "It wasn't a question of the justice system, the violence didn't prove anything, we didn't get anything

create a ballet

and now the community has

nothing."

Robyn Rouzan recalled receiving a phone call April 30 from a friend: "She said everybody was looting, she saw it on TV and nobody was getting caught.

She wanted me to go get something with her because everyone else was doing it."

Rouzan refused. "I didn't go with her because I feel it's wrong," she said.

"It's not right to go out and get stuff for free like that. It's stealing."

nearby talking excit-

edly about going to steal "some things for their hair."

She said her reaction was one of "A lot of these teen-agers need a lot more support from their parents, families and friends," she said, "so that they don't resort to crime."

Despite the tragic dimension of the

Hernandez said, "I think the best thing is to have hope that everything will be OK. If we can work together as

riot,

I

think

we can make

sor.

of loonies (John Turturro,

company

Bob

for her to spon-

Director Dennis Dugan's

manner of comic cliMarx Brothers comedies be-

ches from

it lurches out of control and runs out of genuine laughs. Mild sexual innu-

fore

endo.

The

U.S. Catholic Conference

—

adults and is A-II The Motion Picture Asof America rating is PG

classification

adolescents. sociation

—

parental guidance suggested.

"Edward H"

lis

|

;s

13-year-old

sister,

Sarah, a St.

was imout and help clean up the

seventh grader, said

nt to get

(Fine Line)

medieval story jarringly joined to scenes of modern-day gay bashing. Much sexual activity with nudity and bloody violence including scenes of torture and cannibalism. The U.S. Catholic Conference morally offenclassification is O sive. The Motion Picture Association restricted. of America rating is R

images

—

—

it."

School Has Record Blood Drive.

it

|it

is all

we have

was gone," she

nudity,

of

The Motion

Picture Association

America rating

is

R — restricted.

"Shadows and Fog"

(Orion)

Drafted by vigilantes to hunt for a stran-

on the loose in a 1920s European town, a mousey clerk (Woody Allen) wanders the streets one foggy night afraid of his own shadow until he befriends a jilted circus performer (Mia Farrow) whose spunk inspires him. Using atmospheric black-and-white phogler

tography reminiscent of German silent movies, writer-director Allen creates a spooky story of chance meetings that hits as often as it misses during its forays into wry humor and philosophical

—

parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

"American Dream"

it.

ev-

left,

said. "If

They

will all

,

Rodney King beating Junior Beth Geisler stands by as senior

«vhich led to the rioting.

You might not say they were guilty the charges, but they

(Prestige)

documentary chronicles the bitter and divisive 1985-86 strike by Austin, Minn., meatpackers against wage and benefit concessions demanded by Hormel management. Writer-director Barbara Kopple vigorously explores the human cost of corporate profits as workers, families and the entire community experience the financial and emotional Gritty

rubbed off on her brother, 10, "who wanted to go with [hen they heard what I was going to 0 I took them with me." fhe added she was "upset" with the

1

much

—

sive.

rating is PG-13

Souzan's desire to do something

cts in the

violence,

and frequent rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference morally offenclassification is O grisly killings

—

jive

1

Tripplehorn). As directed by Paul Verhoeven, this cat-and-mouse thriller is an empty exercise in audience shock value, stressing graphic scenes of rough

helped some of her

one else will do

1

police psychiatrist girlfriend (Jeanne

adults. The Motion Picture of America

around."

d ister,

"Basic Instinct" (Tri-Star) Violent and sordid potboiler has a troubled homicide detective (Michael Douglas) willingly ensnared in an affair with a bisexual murder suspect (Sharon Stone) who throws suspicion on his

musings. Some stylized violence and sexual innuendo. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III

jperson doesn't start cleaning up, jno

restricted.

in a

up a looted but unburned

ing else

—

sex and bloody carnage. Exploitative

'

market.

That store

R

mix of sex and

'

,

ds clean

is

Marlowe s 1 6th-century play about King Edward II (Steven Waddington), his male lover (Andrew Tiernan) and his wife, Queen Isabella (Tilda Swinton), who concocts a murderous revenge.

British director Derek Jarman wallows

even if she did not help create it.

There are people who think kids ausing all the problems in L.A. and ve're the bad ones," she said. "And 2 gonna prove them wrong." tobyn Rouzan, 18, a senior at St. Academy in Ingle wood, Calif., a itricken suburb,

rating

Bizarre adaptation of Christopher

own neighborhood."

I

—

wacky

farce repeats all

in sexually violent

sadness.

one,

trio

momen-

and frequent rough language.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classiadults. The Mofication is A-III tion Picture Association of America tary nudity

Nelson and Mel Smith) persuades a rich widow (Nancy Marchand) to let them

age

have a "feeling of pride" for

restricted.

A

She added she hoped her students

they did and called the cleanup "a

is

— R—

sexually suggestive scene with

freshman

Gloria Hernandez, 17, a classmate of Rouzan, recalled hearing some teen-

Id

Dafoe) finds

(Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) and a FBI agent (Samuel L. Jackson). Roger Donaldson directs a wellacted thriller marred by a dense, confus-

Mount St. Mary's College, agreed. "I part of the black community and all they were doing was destroying our

girls standing

his identity, a persistent

quicksilver

am

it,

by assuming

rough language and some sexual innuThe U.S. Catholic Conference

at

out of

Bros.)

Investigating a man's mysterious death

contrived to be convincing. Recurring

not the answer."

irchdiocesan newspaper.

linnie told

I

violence

"White Sands" (Warner

himself up against a slippery arms dealer (Mickey Rourke), a seductive heiress

endo.

guilty of something," she said, but "this

cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

New Mexico cop (Willem

classification

:hools in Los Angeles were closed

roots.

— —

Director

Edward Zwick's combination female buddy and road movie is too

ds

LOS ANGELES (CNS)

down

movie whose

one-dimensional characters are entirely predictable. Frequent sexual innuendo and an instance of rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classificaadults. The Motion tion is A-III Picture Association of America ratparents are strongly ing is PG-13

had

to

be

Tim Williamson

Catholic High School's recent blood drive for the American

and teachers donated blood

in this year's drive.

donates blood during Charlotte

Red Cross. A record 86 students

strains of the long dispute. Occasional rough language and shots of meathouse slaughter. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of

—

America.

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& Herald

contents copyright

©1992 by

May

15, 19'

CNS

Notes on "using" the Lord

By Father David Catholic

K.

News

O'Rourke,

OP 'Looking at the world as

Service

—

make

the Lord into a support for hucomfort, especially when we look at the many challenges to comfort that Jesus places before his followers.

i

He is also a very orderly person in aspects of his life. For him the two order and religion go together. God is a God of order.

When his oldest son was just born and began carrying on the way babies do, crying at night and requiring much attention, the father concluded that getting up at night and changing diapers was not part of God's

man

The answer is simple. People use the Lord because he is so useful. Let me describe some uses to which we put him how we fit the Lord to our own image

all

can think of another example of using the Lord, this time as a support

—

I

of him.

for

to

an orderly family.

One of my college classmates is

beat the disobedient into line. We can call upon the Lord's name as a flagbearer at times of national turmoil, to

a most religious man.

—

Looking at the world as it is, an< looking at the entire teaching of Jesui as it is, and recognizing that they don* quite fit our favorite image of Christ d reality can push us to change grow beyondfirst impressions and ear lier expectations. The richness of th< Lord invites as to expand our under standing of reality.

—

plan for him.

loyalty.

Someday

The Lord can be used as a banker, to and the sense that we get only what we work for. The Lord's name can be invoked to shore up a parent's

this

And that can lead us

kid would be old enough

little

inspire thrift

couldn't let you die. He never would be that cruel."

"Sooner or later," I told her, "the Lord lets everyone die, and I don't look at it as cruelty."

In my own mind I was on the mend because I was lucky enough to have been cared for by some of the best heart surgeons in the country. But there was no way she could look at my recovery as anything other than a direct sign of the Lord's approval of me and my ministry.

Her Lord is one of comfort and support. There was nothing I had done to deserve the

if

i

—

level. At that point Larry would enter more fully into his child's life as a dedicated father, teaching his son the way to be and behave.

Larry presented these views not just as personal preferences, but as religious duties, his calling in the Lord the proper order of things for him.

Any suggestion that perhaps what the Lord expected of him was that he help his wife with all the responsibilities of caring for their newborn child was met with skepticism: "God did not create me to change diapers anymore than he created cows to fly."

Larry looked at his male co-workers who helped at home as falling short in

Several years ago when I was recovering from a heart procedure, a friend came to see me. "I just knew you were going to get better," she said. "The Lord

/

That is what personal and spiritu growth are really about seeing moi of the Lord's truth than we once sa^ and adapting our lives and views

more orderly

alty, or thrift, or social control are what we need personally or hope to see in the community around us.

1

world around us, with ourselves.

enough to cope with life on a

As we know, there are many times and situations where obedience, or loy-

to interact

-

more fulfilling ways with God, with t\

and rational

authority.

what it is we

see.

(Father O'Rourke is pastor of &\ Dominic's Parish in Benicia, Cali\

and a free-lance

writer.)

—

their religious responsibilities.

Larry's view is another example of how people can use the Lord to buttress ideas that

come from somewhere within their own minds or experiences.

Psychologists tell us

loss of his favor.

I find this point of view surprising. To me it seems completely arbitrary to

FAITH IN THE

11

'!

impressions and earlier expectations.

Lord?"

command

it

teaching of Jesus as it is, don't quite fit our favorite image of Christ or reality can push us to change to grow beyond first

"You have to stop 'using' the Lord," one homilist told his community. That made them sit up and pay attention.

They were startled.

You could almost read the questions on their faces as they looked back at him: "What do you mean? Why in the world would anyone want to 'use' the

The Lord can be used as a cudgel

cope with life is by trying to wrap oui minds around life and reality. We loo\ f at the world around us and try to fit into our scheme of things.

But there is a difference betweei# trying to understand reality and rel shaping or distorting it. There is difference between discovering thj* world as God made it and trying it remake the world in our image.

That is where real moral courag< and real faith come in.

and looking at the entire and recognizing that they

it is,

that one way we humans

MARKETPLACE

When you

"Giving and forgiving best describe

think of

Jesus, what two

aspects of his

my thoughts of Jesus."

— Anita Rooney, Sauk Rapids, Minn.

the Catholic faith, but was faithfully sent to Sunday school in my grandmother's church where the picture of Jesus prominently displayed.... So now, as an adult Catholic, don't see Jesus as the Lamb of God or the Suffering Karen A. Busch, Smithton, III. Servant, but as a good guy who wasn't too busy or too important to take time out for little kids."

"I

was

with the

not raised

little

in

children

"I'm quite socially

was

I

concerned, so

I

find his

concern

for

people important."

personality spring

mind?

— Charlie Loschiavo, Scottsdale,

ndi

Ariz.

bi

"Caring and wanting to be

to

—

it."

helpful....

— Barbara Whitman, Corona,

Not that he has

to solve everything.

The important

thing

that he's there walking with

me through

Calif.

"Kindness and forgiveness. Probably because

I

need those two the most!"

— Maurey Pearson, Elmhurst,

edition asks: What are two effective ways parents communicate faith to children at publication, please write: Faith Alive! 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, O.C. 20017-1100.

An upcoming

is

home?

If

III.

you would

like to

respond for possible

FURTHER NOURISHMENT

Jesus: The Jy

Father

Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS

Catholic

News

Service

a remarkable phenomenon: reading the Gospels, we have the imlession we are in touch with the perInality of Jesus. But when we try to

Here

is

Iscribe his personality, it becomes dure.

I We cannot even summon up pictures what Jesus looked like.

I We have images, but they come from paintings, statues, stainedItists not from the Gospels.

Itss windows I As far as Jesus' personality goes, fiat comes to mind is from movies, lere a kind of fake divinity devised by mmakers tends to overwhelm Jesus' manity.

The four Gospels made little effort to 3sent the personality characteristics Jesus. That should not surprise us. In cient times, people did not focus so jch on individual personalities. That

—

—

.

original is

Religious education and theology professor Brennan Hill, author of Jesus, the

man for all seasons

a modern concern.

It parallels the rise

Christ,

many nations and cultures. But it tells

of individualism and interest in psychol-

us

ogy.

Instead, ancient writers

alities.

about their individual person-

little

events and the impact on history's

So also with Jesus.

The picture we have of Jesus is of one who had a great impact on people and events, and who would be decisive for

course.

history.

were taken up with events. The ancient writers were interested in the role people played in

Take St. Paul. We know a lot about Paul from his letters, which have a certain personal quality, something true of other letters from that time. But if all we had about him came from the Acts of the Apostles, we would know little about his personality.

However, we would know a lot about his influence on early Christian history.

Or take Moses. His story fills the Old Testament books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. We know a about his role in the formation of ancient Israel. But we know hardly anything at all about Moses the man.

The same is true outside the Bible for figures like Ulysses, Hector, lot

Aeneas and Alexander the Great. All of them are presented as bigger than life. That allows them to mirror the experience of a vast range of different representing readers

We know Jesus made a difference in the lives of everyone who met him. For some, like the Samaritan woman he met by the well of Jacob, the difference was positive. For others, like those of the Pharisees who conspired to find a way to destroy him, the difference was negative.

Contemporary Perspectives,

looks at Jesus' life and mission his roles as teacher, prophet, miracle-worker, liberator and savior; his birth and death. ;

The author writes: Jesus "could speak as a Pharisee, as an apocalyptic prophet or as a wandering charismatic storyteller.... Jesus taught people that they counted.... He made them whole physically and spiritually, and thus empowered them to stand up for justice and equality.... Jesus was not a violent subversive, and yet, in the long run, his brand of non-violent resistance could be more subversive than that of the terrorist." (Twenty-Third Publications, 1 85 Willow St., Box 1 80, Mystic, Conn.

06355. 1 991 Paperback, $1 4.95.) .

In either case, the Gospels tell us hardly anything about Jesus as an individual human being with a definite personality of his own.

What the Gospels tell us about are the universal qualities like love, openness and compassion for human beings, unflinching commitment to his mission and absolute dedication to God's will.

Jesus, of course, had a personality.

But the Jesus of the Gospels is bigger

than life.

The Jesus the Gospels present is the Christ who saved us from eternal death by offering his life for us. He is the Lord to whom we turn in the risen Lord

—

—

prayer.

For the

New Testament as

a whole,

Jesus meant not only the historical figure who grows up in Nazareth and spent much of his adult life inCapernaum, but Jesus Christ who is Lord of all.

As presented in the New Testament, Jesus is a universal figure, human and divine His story is relevant for people of every race and culture.

This is not a reason for disappointment. The Jesus of the Gospels is one every person can claim.

Jesus is the original man for all sea.

sons!

(Father LaVerdiere is a Scripture scholar and senior editor of Emmanuel magazine.)

The unpredictable Jesus

By Father John

"Jesus was anything but a simple, one-

dimensional personality.

He

Catholic

softie.

J.

Castelot

tions.

News Service

We can only deduce what Jesus' personality

was from the way the evangehim interacting with oth-

lists

portray

ers.

And

to be pigeonholed to suit people's Ideas

of

be,

what he

'should'

what they would

ing in table fellowship with all sorts of people, often as an invited guest. Why?

That diversity suggests Jesus was complex, not at all transparent, predictable. He cannot be described by one or two neat, simple adjectives.

Great people rarely are "simple."

One of the strongest impressions we have of Jesus from the Gospels is his

Because he was a wet blanket? No. Had he been that, he would not have been

People who would have been terrified to approach anyone else did not hesitate to come to him. Lepers, for instance: They were cut off from all human contact. But they dared to come close to Jesus.

Mark tells us of a leper who fell at Jesus' feet. Imagine the shocked crowd recoiling in horror! But,

Mark tells

us,

Jesus actually reached out and touched

Two

things

happen when you read the

contemporary figure's

story of

a well-known, admirable

life.

this untouchable.

Jesus' compassion knew no bounds. amazing confidence and even

It inspired

First, you come to know the person in an all-new way. Previously, your image may have been limited to glimpses from news reports. Now you discover the

courage (Mark 1:40-45).

is more complex than you ever realized.

As the person's story unfolds, you may be surprised by the kindness he showed to suffering people or her persistence and patience when life became a struggle.

Now you know the person better.

Second, in knowing this person better you begin to know yourself better. Why?

Children normally are shy with But children flocked to Jesus.

I think he must have had a glorious smile that put others at their ease.

person

Seeing exactly how this person manifested courage provides a lens through which to view your own wellspring of courage.

Understanding how this person exercised compassion leads you to believe you too can live by the law of compassion.

Taking note of how this person faced struggle stirs up confidence in your own ability to cope with difficult developments.

Is it like this with the story of Jesus? Yes, only much moreso.

It is possible, first, to know Jesus better. Second, in knowing him better we begin to see ourselves more clearly and to grasp our own true potential.

David Gibson. Editor. Faith Alivel

strangers.

It was the officious disciples who tried to shoo the laughing boys and girls

away.

It

invited back.

Kind, compassionate, attractive, winwas also strong and deter-

ning, Jesus

mined.

His disciples are portrayed wanting

accessibility.

have him be."

wrongdoing but, in fact, acknowledged it as such: "Your sins are forgiven ... go in peace" (Luke 7:48,50).

Repeatedly Jesus is portrayed revel-

their portraits are quite di-

verse.

refused, and refuses,

He stood staunchly by his convicHe did not condone the woman's

was Jesus who reprimanded

these self-important disciplinarians.

Sinners, too, even notorious sinners, sensed his warmth and compassion. A woman who was obviously a notorious sinner braved the hostile glares and sneering remarks of the dinner guests to throw herself at Jesus' feet and bathe

them with her tears.

Yet Jesus was not an unprincipled

him

to measure up to their expectations of a popular Messiah, a dashing political liberator to crush the occupying Roman forces and raise his people to world-power status.

He would have none of that. In fact, he baffled his disappointed followers by insisting on the way of the cross as the only way to real victory. His followers' perplexity did not wear Jesus down. He stuck to his guns and resolutely followed that path himself.

Jesus was anything but a simple, one-dimensional personality. He refused, and refuses, to be pigeonholed to suit people's ideas of what he "should" be, what they would have him be.

Those who follow him must accept him as he is, with all his perplexing and yet irresistibly attractive complexity.

(Father Castelot scholar, author

and

is

a Scripture

lecturer.)

10 The Catholic

&

News

Herald

People

Archbishop To

Sell

Residence,

In

Move

To Save Money

Into Rectory

SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) — Arch-

The News Former Hostage Anderson Says Catholic Faith Prevented Suicide

NEW YORK

(CNS)

—

Former

May 4 that

bishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco

hostage Terry Anderson said

has announced plans to sell his residence in a personal effort to reduce

only his Catholic faith prevented him

archdiocesan spending.

"It is certainly

our income has at a time when the need to help others has increased," he told the archdiocesan priests' council. "I hope that by doing

no

you

secret to

that

economy

declined with the

can be of some small assistance in Archbishop Quinn funding our work. this, I

'

'

would move

said he

into the St.

Mary

from attempting suicide during the nearly seven years he was kept captive in inhuman conditions. In one of the most complete accounts he has given so far of his captivity, Anderson told 1 ,500 newspaper editors and publishers meeting in

New York

that the hostages feared a

rescue attempt because their captors were trained to throw a live grenade in their

midst if rescuers came. The former chief

Cathedral rectory after his Balboa Street

Middle East correspondent for The As-

was sold.

sociated Press, Anderson was abducted

Two

the second time the archbishop

Lebanon in 1985 while driving his car. He became the last American hostage to be released from the Middle East last December. Anderson said he bore no hatred for his captors. He said he had forgiven them because he was a Catholic and "I am

new home,

residence, a converted convent, It

was

had made such a move diocese

money

to save the arch-

since he

came

to

San

Francisco in 1977.

Father McBrien Lecture Draws

Huge Crowd,

Pickets

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS)

— When

religious educators of the nine-parish

North Indianapolis Deanery first invited Father Richard P. McBrien to give a talk, they expected about 100 to 150 people to come. But protests circulated in the media by a small group of conservative Catholics

1,000 people

crowded into St. Matthew's parish gymnasium to hear him April 29. The Uni-

Dame theologian spoke

about the future of the Church. "I I

guerrillas in

required to forgive."

on

know

will disappoint those looking for her-

esy," he said in his opening remarks.

The protesters, who had branded Father McBrien as a dissenter and heretic in a full-page newspaper ad the week before

He

relied heavily

which he said he had remonths before being kid-

his faith,

newed

six

napped.

Woman

Converts At Age 102, De-

cades After Deciding

WOODSTOCK,

drew so much attention

to the talk that nearly

versity of Notre

by

To Be Catholic Va. (CNS)

—

When

Teresa Orndorff Tyrrell joined the Catholic Church a few weeks after her 102nd birthday, she became the oldest convert in the history of the Arlington Diocese. But it wasn't a move she made lightly or quickly. Bap-

—

Cedar Creek Christian Church, Cedar Creek, Va., in 1902, tized in the

Croatian boys

who

lost their parents in the

sage dated April 30.

A made vice lic

translation of the

message was

available to Catholic

News

Ser-

Union.

plosions that tore through Guadalajara,

Dame men

Needs of Airport Travelers Great, Says Chaplain NEW YORK (CNS)

three local radio

Ex-Notre Dame Basketball Coach Joins Federal Anti-Drug Team

—

'

s basketball

coach, has joined

a bigger team: the federal Office of

National Drug Control Policy. There,

right then to

do

—A

was declared May

!

Of

Laid-off California Diocesan Official Dies

REEDLEY,

Calif.

(CNS)

— The

to

is

chaplain at Chicago's O'Hare

be where people are,

it

must pay more

attention to the millions of travelers

who

continually pass through the nation's airports. Father John A. Jamnicky, who is also president of the National Catholic Conference of Airport Chaplains, said airport ministry

had grown in recent years, but still presents the Church with a vast unmet need and opportunity. Employees, he added, "Fifty thousand people work at O' Hare,

1

from coming in and small supplies th« had are being exhausted."

"The precise reason why the Serbu army continues to perpetrate these ho rible atrocities is because no one fro the world community is doing anythii 1

them,"

it

said.

Muslims and Serbs collected tl bodies of fighters and civilians from tl of Sarajevo May 6 under cover

the cease-fire that enabled peace talks

k

continue.

Caritas Head Says True Number of Guadalajara Dead Are Concealed MEXICO CITY (CNS) Offi-

—

underground ex-

Some of the dead had lain in open since the previous weekend wh< Serbian guerrillas and the Yugoslav am laid an intense mortar and artillery ba rage on the center and suburbs of tl W Dozens of people were thought have died before leaders of Bosni#c Herzegovina and the Serb-led army n gotiated an end to the shooting May that appeared to be holding.

Serbs make up 30 percent of Bosni Herzegovina's 4.3 million populatio But with army help they have captun 1-

The official number of people killed in the 10 explosions April 22, based on the number of bodies recovered, has been fixed

at

around 200, with 49 officially declared missing. Luis Adolfo Orozco, the head of Guadalajara's branch of Caritas, said he believes the true number of dead may be four times the official figure. However, a office

two-thirds of

its

territory since

Muslims and ethnic Cro£ independence in March

republic's

voted for

Archbishop Puljic said that unle campaign is stopped, will be too late for the Croatian peofij^. in Bosnia- Herzegovina for certain ai

spokesman for the governor's said there was no evidence to

the Serbian

support claims of hundreds of people missing.

in all probability for the

Muslim peop

there as well."

said. Father Jamnicky was interviewed during the annual meeting of the

he

airport chaplains' conference April 28-

Diocese of Fresno's Hispanic Apostolate

30

May

2.

in

rrtpiurs

Queens.

Bishop John T. Steinbock

of Fresno celebrated the funeral

Mass

on May 6 at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Reedley.

Mrs. Gonzalez died of complications following two heart operations she underwent in late April. The surgery had for Casta Gonzalez, 68,

been delayed because of her lack of health insurance. Mrs. Gonzalez' husband, Zeferino, who was hired in 1980 by the Diocese of Fresno. In 1989, he and 20 of 54 diocesan employees were laid off or reassigned as a result of

financial troubles experienced

by the

diocese. Gonzalez had continued as director of the Hispanic apostolate with-

pay check or health insurance.

tli

1

'

ailing wife of the laid-off director of the

died

i

people in the midst of the siege "becau: the blockades have stopped any foe'

also present a challenge for ministry.

Ailing Wife

she!'

Archbishop Puljic 's message sa there was widespread "fear of famii and widespread hunger" among w

streets

5,

relief operation in that city.

priest

who

'

cease-fire

fire

ltd

Airport said if the Catholic Church wants

.

A

Mexico, are concealing the true number of dead, said the head of the Church

Bob

tween the office and the Justice Department in coordinating "Operation Weed and Seed," an initiative focusing on violent crime and neighborhood revitalization. "The quickest and soundest way of taking back our country is taking back our neighborhoods," Phelps said.

"We've got to bring the same commitment to Operation Domestic Storm that we brought to Operation Desert Storm

the'

capital. it."

he will be a special assistant to director Martinez, serving as a liaison be-

quietly at

ing continued.

to stop

by the U.S.-based Croatian Catho-

my mind

him on

stations.

sit

although sporadic sniper

archbishop of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, appealed to the world for relief for the city under an intense bombardment by the Yugoslavian army and its Serbian militia allies.

"We raise our cry and plead with the entire civilized world to bring to an end this unjust aggression and destruction before it is too late," Archbishop Vinko Puljic said in a Croatian- language mes-

NEW YORK (CNS) Richard F. "Digger" Phelps, the former Notre

spots attacking

war

Bosnian Archbishop Calls Sarajevo Situation Desperate WASHINGTON (CNS) — The and

cials investigating the

sponsored what they de-

scribed as a "blitz" of 30-second radio

civil

(CNS photo by Jacque Brand) 1

Mrs. Tyrrell decided to convert after marrying William J. Tyrrell, a Catholic, in 1916 and promising her in-laws she would raise her six children as Catholics. One reason she stayed in the local Christian church so long was that many of her friends were members there. Now, most of those people are gone. "I knew I might be next," she said. "I made up

his talk, also

Yugoslavian

a church-sponsored orphanage in Zagreb.

Sister

McHugh New

Of BVM

President

Sisters of Charity

DUBUQUE,

Iowa (CNS)

—

Readings for the Sister

Delores Marie McHugh, vice president of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed

Week

of

May

17

She will succeed Sister Helen

Maher Garvey, who has been president since 1984. Sister Mary McCauley was chosen first vice president and Sister Mary Martens second vice president of the order, whose motherhouse is in

Dubuque. The new

officers will

assume

Monday: Acts

14:5-18; John 14:21-26.

Tuesday: Acts 14:19-28; John 14:27-31.

Wednesday: Acts

15:1-6;

John 15:1-8.

Thursday: Acts 15:7-21; John 15:9-11.

Friday: Acts 15:22-31; John 15:12-17.

their posts in August. Sister Delores has

been vice president of the 1,11 2-member order since 1984.

May

23

Sunday: Acts 14:21-27; Revelation 21:1-5; John 13:31-33, 34-35.

Virgin Mary, has been elected the order's president.

-

Saturday: Acts 16:1-10; John 15:18-21.

&

The Catholic News

Lyke (From Page

2)

from the hospital he placed a a braid from Sister Thea Bowman's hair on his right lung and "simply asked her to help me face my illness with the same spirit of trust in God that ennobled her own release

"treasured relic"

— The "seeming expulsion of God and religion from the public education system."

Rodney

Catholics, in light of the

King episode, should our

own

examine "our our leaders and

re-

laws, our institutions,

Sister

consciences."

members of St. Joan of Arc Parish

Uf/

I Church

Easter Vigil are

at the

(1-r)

in Asheville, all

spouses of Catholics,

who joined

Janice Piasecki, Bill Blanchard, Laura Koob, Jim

Photo by

Ildington and Paula Jones.

TIM REID

lewcomers' Journey In Faith Inspired By xample Of Elderly Parishioner

By TIM REID ASHEVILLE St. Joan

—

of Arc

urch's Easter celebration this year

an extra element that Five adults atholics

made

—

re special.

all

— were received

it

even

spouses into the

common and confirmation on Holy Sat-

arch and received their first

ay.

They had begun their faith journey he usual manner prescribed by the

week means

arch, attending a six

what

to learn

ss

When

holic.

d into

faith,

inquiry

be a their curiosity deepit

to

they enrolled in the Rite

Zhristian Initiation of Adults.

A dedicated team of lay teachers ded their spiritual development )ugh weekly sessions of Bible study, yer and discussion.

But the five chumens Bill Blanchard, Jim idington, Paula Jones, Laura Koob Janice Piasecki chose to do more

—

—

n study their

new

faith;

they lived

it.

Blanchard and his wife Susan gave jlderly lady in the parish a ride

m

home

They were imwoman's strong faith

Saturday Mass.

ssed pite

by the

many

difficulties.

She rode the

or walked to church every

week

n though she had significant health blems, and she was finding t

to

it

diffi-

maintain or repair her home.

The Blanchards told other members *CIA about their new friend. Pretty

soon the group "adopted" the lady, helpmake house repairs, doing her

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At one point her home had no heat and no hot water, but the small group rolled up their sleeves and got the furnace fixed and a new hot water heater installed. They patched her roof temporarily,

roof. This is is

home

badly needs a new a big project, but the group

but the

determined to do it somehow, perhaps

with the help of other parishioners.

"Our goal is to continue to check up on her, we're not going to forget her once we get everything fixed," said Barbara Coddington, one of the leaders of the RCIA class. Other lay teachers were Dick Barcelou, Shirley Oligny, Jane Roberts and Mary Ann Wharton.

The

leaders took turns conducting

which have deepened the

the classes, faith

of everyone involved, Coddington

said. "It

has really created our own

little

community, which is nice."

Coddington will always remember this class as the one that brought her husband into the Church. She said he had come to church with the family from time to time but seemed to have no interest in becoming a Catholic.

She invited one of the couples from the

RCIA class to their home for dinner,

and Jim Coddington enjoyed talking with them. Although he actually declared at one point in the evening that he

"He started coming to the classes and participated," Coddington said.

"Every time I think about it, there's a great welling of thanksgiving in heart.

God

is

never outdone

wanted

in

do

my

part" in

work

I

may

re-

continue to

for justice.

"But I also ask your prayers and your labor for the sake of our country for the land where we are born, where we grow up, where we raise our families and foster our friends, where we dream our best dreams and we realize our brightest achievements, where we seek to end our days in peace and contentment," said Archbishop Lyke.

—

"Let us ask God to bless our country and lead us all to a brighter day," he said.

WILLOW GROVE,

Pa.

—

DeChantel Hickey Erb, mother of Father Vincent Erb, a retired priest of the diocese of Charlotte, died

May

3 at her

home

in Willow Grove, Pa. She was 102 years old.

Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated May 7 at St. David Church in Willow Grove. Burial was at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Philadelphia.

In addition to Father Erb, she is survived by two daughters, Miss Marie Erb of Willow Grove and St. Joseph Sister Vincent dePaul of Philadelphia.

Expressions of sympathy may be sent to: Reverend Vincent I. Erb, Regency Park Towers, 1001 Easton Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090.

Father Erb served for 34 years as a priest of the Dioceses of Raleigh and Charlotte. He retired for heath reasons in 1984 while in residence at Immacu-

Heart of

late

He had Heart

in

in

High

Point.

Sacred

at

Brevard,

John

Waynesville, St.

Mary

served as pastor

St.

St.

in

Therese in Mooresville,

Charles Borromeo in Morganton,

St.

X

(now St. Philip the Apostle) in Statesville, Holy Family in Mount Airy

Pius

and

St.

Benedict

in

Greensboro as well

as several parishes in the Diocese of

Raleigh.

CatechistS (From Page continue to

3)

make wrong choices in con-

struction of the future," she said.

"We

are called to be a people of

hope with the human gifts of intelligence, will and love," she said. "We are empowered and called by the Spirit to use those gifts in construction of the future. As catechists we must not build a mental fortress."

Official His Excellency, the Most Rev. John F. Donoghue, announces the following appointments in the Diocese of Charlotte: Effective May 6, 1992 Rev. M. Joseph Kelleher from administrator to pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Lexington.

my

Church for eight years, and it's happened."

"His reasoning is he believes the family needs to be one, we need to worship together," she said. "And we really do have a better family life. It has enriched it." finally

Effective June 13, 1992 Rev. J.T. Putnam, newly ordained, parochial vicar at St. Lucien Church, Spruce Pine, from June 13 - June 29; effective June 29, parochial vicar at Holy Family Church, Clemmons.

His

my husband to

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that had been in his heart for a long time.

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the

experience apparently stirred something

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In the letter,

quested prayers "that

Mother Dies At Age 102

laundry, providing transportation, etc.

generosity. I've

Serving the Carolinas for over 10 years.

a Franciscan Sister

ing her

would never become a Catholic, lj

Bowman,

who was a wellknown African-American educator,

of his right lung, said in the letter that he would soon undergo his first cancer treatment.

He underwent surgery in January 1991 to remove his right kidney after a malignant tumor was discovered. In this case, his physician has said surgery is not an option because of the location of the cancer cells.

"Like any of you would, I am wondering how it will go, and what the course of my future will turn out to be," he said in his letter.

The archbishop said that upon his

Priest's

—

of Perpetual Adoration

to the lining

ft*

—

struggle."

Archbishop Lyke, recently released from the hospital after being diagnosed with recurrent cancer which had spread

1*

Herafc

Effective June 15, 1992 Rev. Msgr. Thomas P. Burke from parochial administrator, Holy Spirit Church, Denver, to pastor, Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Charlotte.

Rev. John D. Hanic from pastor, Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Charlotte, to pastor, St. Joseph of the Hills Church, Eden.

Rev. Thomas D. Stott from pastor, St. Joseph of the Hills Church, Eden, to pastor, St. John Church, Waynesville.

Rev. John J. Tuiler from pastor, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Morganton, to parochial administrator, Holy Spirit Church, Denver.

Rev. Kenneth L. Whittington from parochial vicar, St. Patrick Cathedral, to pastor, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Morganton.

Rev. James P. Cahill, pastor of St. Mary Church, Sylvia, appointed vicar of the Smoky Mountain Vicariate.

Effective

Rev. Joseph

I

to parochial vicar, St. Gabriel

\jVeW

Rev.

j

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^

Hoohkre

X OakwoodDr., Twin Oaks Specialty Shops, Winston-Salem, NC 27103

June

29, 1992

W. Mack from parochial vicar, Holy Family Church, Clemmons, Church, Charlotte.

Andrew J. Latsko, newly ordained, parochial vicar at St. Lucien Church,

Sprice Pine from June 29

-

Sept. 8; effective Sept. 8, parochial vicar, St. Patrick

Cathedral, Charlotte.

Rev. Msgr. John

J.

McSweeney,

VG

Chancellor

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&

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Herald

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Q>tmwicfaSy%sj> anas

'(Tpmimiquemonos 'Una Nueva Evangelizacion' Por

MONSENOR JUAN LARREA HOLGUIN Arzobispo de Guayaquil Ecuador

Estamos viviendo el ano en el que se conmemora el quinto centenario comienzo de la Evangelizacion en America y con esta oportunidad resuena pa nosotros con mayor insistencia la palabra del Santo Padre, pidiendonos "una Nue\ Evangelizacion".

'ft

Danzas folkloricas de

Foto por

Israel.

P.

SILL

RUEDA

El Rey David y toda la casa de Israel iban danzando delante del area de Yave con todas sus fuerzas, con arpas, salterios, adufes, flautas y rimbalos. ( 2 Sam. 6,

5-16

Santa La musica y

la

Tierra

"Nueva Evangelizacion". "

el baile

entre los Judios

danzas.

Ha cambiado mucho la forma de vida, las ciudades, las polfticas. Se han incorporado nuevos instrumentos a la musica, han aparecido nuevas canciones, pero significado religioso y de culto que tienen los bailes judios en nada se han alterado.

Para el pueblo Israelita todo tipo de danza tiene un valor explicito de alegria y optimismo y a la vez de comunicacion con Dios, que lleva a cada uno de los que lo interpretan a

participar del culto divino. Para los Judios

It

a limpiar las vidas, a enfervorizar los corazones para el

amor de

Dios.

no este inspirada en la fe y qi, no lleve a la caridad vivida con obras. Las meras manifestaciones externas religiosidad, pierden valor si no estan penetradas de las grandes virtudes teologale Examinemos, por tanto, esas expresiones exteriores y procuremos que se manteng; dentro de los Hmites del decoro, de la moderation y muy lejos de lo que pudie parecer superstition o fanatismo. Tenemos un gran numero de practicas piados excelentes, que pueden y deben ser empleadas con la maxima devocion, tales colli el rezo y meditation del Santo Rosario, o del "Angelus", las procesiones peregrinaciones o visitas a santuarios de la Virgen y muchas otras. Que se me$ sobre la respuesta de Maria a la gracia divina, que se la invoque asiduamente; qi Asi, pues se ha de evitar cualquier actitud que

i

sea realmente ella, "la Estrella de la

Nueva Evangelizacion".

cambia

concepto profano del baile, que tienen algunos, para darle un valor mas autentico y realista en el sentido mas completo de la palabra que transforma la danza en un rito.

En el Antiguo Testamento leemos en el segundo libro de Samuel, que el Rey David tocaba el arpa y bailaba frente al tabernaculo sagrado en el santo sanctorum con entusiasmo y devocion religiosa como lo hizo tambien cuando entro el area de la alianza a Jerusalen.

De esta misma manera los Judios de hoy, como los de la tierra prometida, llevan en sus venas el gozo de sus danzas y con ellas despiertan el entusiasmo entre los demas. Es contagioso ver a los jovenes y may ores concentrados en sus bailes, al compas de la alegria de su musica. Cada cancion es un mensaje, es un poema, es una cadencia de notas que suenan en el pentagrama, no solo instrumental sino del alma de cada uno de ellos.

En el segundo libro de Samuel leemos tambien que hay que adorar al Senor con todo el cuerpo y el corazon, sin escatimar ningun movimiento corporal, balanceandose al escuchar la lectura o al hacer la oracion y que mejor oportunidad que a traves del baile. En cada danza hay una exprecion distinta y el Judfo que recuerda la historia de su pueblo, va viviendo esa modalidad como demostracion de sus origenes, frente a toda circunstancia. Si no nace de lo profundo del ser y no se vive intimamente, no tiene sentido. Esto sobra decirlo entre los Judios, cuando al escuchar ellos su musica comienzan a bailar, con pasion contagiosa donde se encuentran.

Bailar es un carisma, bailar es un don y con el se puede como signo comunicarse con Dios.

Hoy el espiritu Judaico no es de tristeza, sino de optimismo por haber recuperado la tierra prometida, por conservar las costumbres de sus antepasados, por estar organizados como pueblo escogido por Dios y mas aun por el amor a su religion, una de las mas antiguas del mundo. Este mismo espiritu se ve reflejado e interpretado en su musica y danzas folkloricas y en la manera de como cada uno de ellos la vive. La musica y el baile en los Judios es parte de su oracion y culto a su unico Dios, el Dios que los saco de la esclavitud de Egipto y es el mismo Dios de sus antepasados, Abraham, Jacob, Moises y los Profetas.

completamente

Para esta obra de doctrina contamos con los luminosos documentos de

ultimos Pontffices, que debemos releer, meditar y explicar a nuestros hermanc; Igualmente fomentando el amor a Maria, contribuiremos a enderezar las costumbret

Por PADRE SILL RUEDA Hoy como ayer la musica es la misma, las danzas son las mismas, y el espiritu alegre de los Judios es el mismo. Nada de este entusiasmo ha cambiado a pesar de los anos y a pesar de las derrotas y fracasos que el pueblo ha sufrido. Nada se ha alterado en el espiritu de los Judios en cuanto a la musica y la interpretation de las

el

Entendemos, siguiendo el pensamiento del Papa, que nuestro continente necesi un esfuerzo conjunto, de todos los fieles, para que la doctina catolica sea mej< conocida y asimilada, para que la fe influya profundamente en la vida e inspire I mas variados actos de la existencia, para que se forme mas perfectamente comunidad en la caridad. Estos objetivos: Doctrina, vida cristiana, caridad, conseguiran si ponemos en practica los grandes medios sobrenaturales: La oraci los sacramentos y las buenas obras.

Todo ello requiere actualizar las motivaciones religiosas que nos llevan corresponder a la gracia de Dios, a ser dociles al influjo del Espiritu Santo. Em dichas motivaciones, ninguna como la sincera devocion a la Madre de Dios y Mad nuestra, la Virgen Maria. No solo porque en el pueblo cristiano existe una raigamb profunda de devocion mariana, sino porque objetivamente, Cristo quiso asociar su Madre de manera muy especial e intima a la obra redentora.

Si nos empenamos por difundir en el pueblo de Dios, el solido conocimiento la doctrina catolica sobre la Virgen Maria, habremos puesto una base firmfsima pa

el

Noticias Locales Retiro de Matrimonios El Padre Jose Waters esta invitando para un Retiro de Matrimonios que tendra lugar en el Centro de Conferencias Catolico de Hickory N.C. los dfas 30 y 31 de mayo del presente ano, con la viticipacion de Angel e Iris Rivera,

Via Crucis...

Celebracion del Via Crucis alrededor del centro Cristo Rey.

Foto por

Dalmau Ministros Pastorales de la Diocesis de

al

CCH

al

numero 335-1281,

para arreglar con ellos

la participation.

de la Santa Misa en espanol y jueÂŁ para los ninos. La Misa comenzara a * 1 2 y 30 y despues de esta sera el almuei >

Orlando.

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HNA. ANDRE

puede

llamar al Padre Jose Waters al numero 1-704- 632-8009 o a la Hermana Pilar

Dia de recreo para Familias Hispanas El CCH con la direction de Arlid Barrera esta invitando a un dfa de descanso en el parque Frank Liske a las afueras de Charlotte, para el dfa 3 1 de mayo del presente ano, con la celebracion

que cada uno haya llevado p> compartir. Para mas information llan a Arlid Barrera al numero 523-1 279 CCH al 335-1281. Se pide I (

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Apoyando

Blockade Bill Produces Conflicting Testimony At Hearing Clinic

WASHINGTON

j

(CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

oman 's tearful testimony about a threesummer at an ;ortion clinic being blockaded by Optation Rescue was disputed by the (ganization's director during a House After three

were blocked by

I

;

ortion protesters, the Rev. Keith Tucci,

irector

of Operation Rescue National,

members of

lid

the

House Judiciary

Itbcommittee on Crime and Criminal ^stice

he never saw the sorts of harasswoman said she was subjected

unt one t

outside the Wichita, Kan., clinic.

The subcommittee is considering would make it a federal cme to blockade an abortion clinic.

lluslation that

{

pporters say federal intervention

is

keep the clinics in business tcause local law enforcement is insuff ient. Opponents say state laws against t spass and harassment already protect fcsinesses and that such a bill would i

cessary to

cminalize civil disobedience.

Tucci warned that pssed, efforts to

if such a bill is block abortion clinics

\>uld escalate.

6 hearing, a woman Doe said she waited |- three 100-degree days in a car outSde the Wichita clinic while abortion

May

I

At the

i

intified as

swarmed

ptesters litly

Sylvia

yelling

the vehicle, "vio-

flowed indoors.

Doe, who said she was Catholic and eagerly awaited the birth of her Id, testified that doctors told her the Iby would have to be put on a life Ibport system at birth to await a heart [!

1

which had about a

flnsplant,

1

in

400

ince of success under the best pos-

th

would never be able to live myself if I knew I was responsible

this

|.n,"

F.

DONOGHUE

de mi oficina y viajar por las autopistas en esta epoca preciosa de primavera en la zona de Piedmont y el occidente de Carolina del Norte.

Hace algun tiempo tenia la ayuda del Sr.Obispo retirado Michael Begley, quien con su presencia hacia mas facil mi horario y llevaba sabiduria y alegria a las ceremonias de las Confirmaciones, pero en esta primavera por motivos de salud no ha podido salir. Por lo tanto le ha pedido el favor a los Vicarios Generales, Monsenor John McSweeney y Monsenor Joseph Showfety para que lo remplacen en el programa de las Confirmaciones, el cual tambien yo he aprobado.

En este programa agitado de las Confirmaciones, puedo decir que encontrarme con todos estos jovenes es siempre una alegria y satisfaccion. Estoy muy impresionado con sus energias y entusiasmos para ser parte integral de la Iglesia Catolica y tambien un instumento vital de evangelization para nuestros cristianos en la fe.

Yo aplaudo estos candidatos en sus compromisos y esfuerzos para prepararsen para este Sacramento. Antes de su Confirmacion ellos han tenido varias semanas de preparation para discutir el significado y el fin de este Sacramento. Los candidatos participan en actividades que significan comprometerse mas a servir en la Iglesia.

Como parte de esa actividad he recibido cartas de cada uno de ellos, descibiendo sus proyectos e intenciones con relation a su vida de fe. Los proyectos y actividades descritos en esas cartas son muy alentadores e importantes. Estos jovenes han visitado ancianatos, ayudado en las parroquias durante sus eventos y proyectos.

Muchos han ayudado como ministros y lectores durante la misa y lo mas importante es que han hecho este trabajo con la ayuda de los comites de las parroquias, que

Later in the hearing, Tucci told sub-

committee chairman Charles

E.

Schumer, D-N.Y., he never saw the

sort

of incident

Doe related during

the eight

weeks he participated in the Operation Rescue blockades in Wichita.

"I was there every day and I never saw her," Tucci said when asked what he thought of Doe's experience.

"Do you think she was lying about what happened?" asked Schumer.

"Yes," Tucci replied.

Another witness told of being kept from a pre-natal appointment with her Michigan physician by Operation Rescue participants who blocked the way to his office and ignored her explanations

was seeking care

that she

for a preg-

nancy she intended to carry through.

Also testifying in favor of the bill were the administrator of a family planning and abortion clinic; the Manassas, Va., chief of police; a Milwaukee physician; a University of Chicago law professor; and a Washington attorney who has obtained several injunctions prohibiting

blockades of clinics.

Joining Tucci in opposing the

bill

were the director of the Pro-Life Action League; a Texas sheriff who has said he would not stop abortion clinic blockades in his jurisdiction; and Michael Bray, the Bowie, Md., man whose case

espero sigan animandolos a participar.

Hay mucho que decir de una parroquia que apoya y nutre la participation de sus miembros jovenes. El verdadero espiritu de comunidad se siente cuando cada

miembro

es parte vital de esa comunidad. Invitar a los candidatos que van a ser confirmados a experimentar el sentido de ministros, es una oportunidad muy importante para la parroquia mantener a los jovenes unidos. Tambien es una oportunidad para que los jovenes experimenten que significa ser parte viva del cuerpo de Cristo y como pueden responder al amor de Dios en nuestros dias. La fe crece mejor cuando se practica.

Para todos los candidatos a la Confirmacion, le pido a Dios que los bendiga con muchos anos de servicio a la Iglesia. Felicitaciones !

!

against the Alexandria Women's Health Clinic

is

being considered by the Su-

preme Court

this term.

to use the 1871

The

clinic seeks

Ku Klux Klan

act to

prevent blockades as a violation of in-

le conditions.

"I felt

oping baby's heart defect was not discovered until she was in the third trimester of pregnancy. Only a handful of physicians in the country perform third-

and screaming offensive,

Igusting slurs at us" before she was

OBISPO JOHN

viajado

salir

her home in Virginia because the devel-

women related their ex-

riences at clinics that

Por

trimester abortions.

jbcommittee hearing.

cualidades de los jovenes

mucho durante este mes, como lo hice el mes pasado. No me estoy quejando de ello. Mi horario de Confirmaciones anuales, es la excusa perfecta para

He

A

<y wait in a hot car last

las

I

baby's short life of suffering and said of her decision to have

Doe

terstate

commerce

The

bill

rights.

being considered would

authorize federal marshals to break clinics. Conwould carry a three-year prison sentence and a fine of up to $250,000.

upbloackades of abortion viction

abortion.

She said she drove to Kansas from

Members of the first class to complete the diocesan Lay Ministry Training Program gather with Bishop Donoghue at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Morganton May 9 for their graduation. (Another picture on Page 16)

Lay (From Page

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a session without being

and

talking the

gram

CAROL HAZARD

1)

Guzynski of Greensboro. "It's knowing where we have been, where we are and where we are going."

Said Connie Mitchell who traveled from Asheville with three people to attend sessions in Maggie Valley, "We never left

25.

Photo by

full

of discussion

whole way back. The proand intellectually stimu-

is spiritually

lating. It introduces

you

to areas

I

always

thought were off limits to lay people." They explored, for example, the sacraments and

"why

they are the

By

way

they are," she said.

studying the faith in depth, Ronald

Steinkamp of Thomasville said he developed a greater trust in the Church. His trust grew, for example, by learning about the role of the magisterium and the teaching authority.

obispo establece ciertas oficinas y ministerios para ayudar a cumplir sus responsabilidades. Cada oficina o ministerio se relaciona con el obispo como jefe de maestros, sacerdote y gobernador de la Iglesia local.

Las personas nombradas ayudan al obispo a llevar a cabo la ensenanza universal y local, las leyes y practicas de la Iglesia El

Catolica.

La ley de

establecimiento de algunos el resultado de los deseos de la Iglesia local de responder a las necesidades especfficas de la gente de la diocesis y de la comunidad en la que esta ubicada. la

Iglesia

ministerios y oficinas. La

requiere

el

mayor parte son

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|

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Pro-life

—

reception for the bishop and newly con-

firmed will follow the Mass. For more information, call Jesuit Father Larry Hunt at (919) 725-9200.

Secular Franciscan Inquiry Session

—

CHARLOTTE

The

St.

Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity is having a Secular Franciscan Order inquiry session Sunday, May 17 at 2 p.m., at St. John Neumann Church in the council room.

The session is open to anyone inter-

more about the Secular Franciscan Order. For more informa-

ested in learning

Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Bellow or Jennye Taylor Johnson at St. John Neumann Church, (704) 536-6520. tion, call

CLEMMONS — Eat out Tuesday,

May

and help feed the hungry. area restaurants have agreed to donate 10 percent of income earned on May 19 to Crisis Control Ministry. Oyster Bay Seafood Restaurant and Giselle's, both owned by parishioners of Holy Family Church, are 19,

Clemmons

among

the restaurants participating.

For more informaiton, Control at (919) 724-7875.

call Crisis

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—A

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designed to

be set aside for teachings, reflections, guided meditations, small group sharing, music and prayer. Directors are Father Richard Farwell and Bobbie May. Cost, which includes meals, is will

$135.50 for the three-night stay in a double occupancy room or $151.50 for a single occupancy room. To register, send name, address and $20 deposit before June 10 to St. Dorothy Church, Route 1 Box 460-C, Lincolnton, N.C.

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meeting Wednesday, May 20 from

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1

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CHARLOTTE

—

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The picnic includes a box lunch, bingo, a drawing, cooking demonstration, slide presentations and a display table for sharing talents and creativity.

Representatives from the Catholic Bookstore, the AARP and Elder Hostel will be present.

For more information, call Rachel Greene at (704) 331-1720.

—

CHARLOTTE A day of prayer and reflection for parents who have lost children to death is scheduled for June 6 at St. John Neumann Church in the parish hall from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. For more information, call Cindy Cook at (704) 535-4197.

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open processes that lead to inner healing of the child within is June 25-28 at the Catholic Conference Center.

The theme centers on life patterns that need God's healing touch. Time

19

—

mation, contact the School of Engineer-

Inner Healing Retreat

,

Spruce Pine The Youth Group of St. Lucien Church, together with the youth of other community churches, will participate in a Life Chain, a silent pro-life demonstration Sunday, May 17 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.

The human chain will form at the intersections of Routes 19 and 226 in Spruce Pine. The public is invited to

The

Hope Du Jour

Chain

15

F.J. LaPointe,

Member of

President

St. Gabriel's

The Catholic News

day 15, 1992

k

World and National Briefs More

fo

'This

cripture

is'

After

Readings

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

atican approval, U.S.

—

With

may

bishops

ow have parishes drop the words "this "in the acclamations following the :ripture readings at Mass. As dioceses change, readers will say only word of the Lord after each of the rhe

iopt the

'

'

two readings, and "The Gospel of ie Lord" after a reading from one of the ospels. In a decree announcing the tiange in U.S. liturgical practice, Archrst

Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinsaid it will become mandatory na-

jishop iti

jjnwide. next Feb.

28 but may be adopted

any time before

cally

that.

He

issued

decree as president of the National

ie

Jonference of Catholic Bishops in a to the

fjtice

bishops dated March 25.

Diocese Collecting Food Russian Namesake City

lorida ir

ST.

PETERSBURG, Fla. (CNS)

iting its

"special responsibility to help

namesake

,

u"

—

city in a strife-torn

coun-

diocesan Catholic Charities in

St.

begun a campaign

to

htersburg has

.nd food to the only Catholic church

aerating in St. Petersburg, Russia. Less Ian a year ago, the Russian city

Jiown as Leningrad and Russia

of the Soviet Union. But with the

jjirt

of

111

was was

communism, Russia and other

of the Soviet Union become independent and the people

jjrmer republics live

Leningrad decided to take back their ly's former name. Franciscan Father Enuarius Izzo, an American, is on the Biff of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in 5.

Petersburg, Russia. In a letter to Pat

flrmer, director

of Catholic Charities'

Tice of Social Justice ;r

and Peace, Fa-

Izzo described his parishioners'

food and the needs of those ring in surrounding communities riere he and another Franciscan hope [ed for

I

establish churches.

Sees Latin Bishops Finding preement On Liberation Theology YORK (CNS) A U.S. Jelit said documents prepared for a fall meting of CELAM, the Latin Amerin bishops' council, show agreement •|th some key points made by liberaffl theologians. Jesuit Father Arthur F.

McGovern, author of Liberation Theology and Its Critics, said the bishops probably wanted to "push liberation theology out of the limelight" and keep it from getting the attention it received

CELAM

meetings at Medellin, Colombia, in 1968 and Puebla, Mexico, in 1979. Nonetheless, he said, prepara-

during

documents for the upcoming sesDomingo, Dominican Republic, call for efforts to meet basic needs of the poor and ensure participation of the poor in society. These, he said, are key points repeatedly emphasized by liberation theologians when tory

sions in Santo

—

L.A. Police Chief Urged To Put Hispanics In Leadership Posts

LOS ANGELES (CNS)

suspected terrorists over for trial. Joaquin

Navarro-Valls, the Vatican spokesman,

— Cardi-

said the meeting at the Vatican

Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles has urged the new Los Angeles police

at the foreign minister's request.

chief to appoint Hispanic police officers

matic relations.

Vatican and Libya do not have diplo-

to top level police leadership positions.

"Given the large number and percentage of Spanish-speaking peoples living throughout the city and county of Los Angeles, I would hope that very soon you would appoint as a deputy or assistant chief one or more of our fine Hispanic officers," Cardinal in a letter to

Mahony

Cardinal Calls For Christians, Jews To Restore Moral Leadership

Biblical Scholarship

Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago called May 4 for a revival of Christian and

cal scholarship is

Orthodox Evangelization VATICAN CITY (CNS)

coexist peacefully even

if

Jewish moral leadership in the world.

The alternative is "a new secular absolutism" in which another Nazi-like totalitarianism could emerge, he said in Baltimore during an international consultation of Catholics and Jews. He told the international dialogue group, which has focused primarily on internal questions of Catholic-Jewish relations for

many

years, that internal issues "surely

need to be pursued," but "we should never make them the exclusive agenda of our discussions and actions."

Operation Rescue Ends Buffalo Protests; Opinions Mixed On Results BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS) The

—

"Spring of Life" rescue in Buffalo officially ended May 3 with mixed opinions on its results. Pro-life activists said 12

women

told them the protests had changed their minds about having abor-

Abortion rights activists disputed that claim, however, noting that Buffalo-area abortion clinics remained open throughout the two-week campaign. At tions.

least

597

were

pro-life protesters

ar-

Eighteen abortion rights activists also were arrested, mostly on charges of assaulting pro-life demonstrators.

Buffalo-area pro-life activists vowed to continue their campaign on a smaller rested.

scale for the indefinite future.

And abor-

will be impossible for Catholics

Varied, Vatican Official Says

BALTIMORE (CNS) — Cardinal

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

Bibli-

moving away from

a

in a "conflictual evangelization."

approach and developing multiple methods of interpreting Scripture which highlight its pastoral meaning, a Vatican official said. These methods

of the bigger Eastern-rite churches, the

include studying the Bible as literature

Ukrainian and Romanian, were outlawed by communist governments in the 1 940s.

Their property was confiscated by the state or turned over to the Orthodox

and understanding the rhetorical tech-

churches.

niques used, said Jesuit Father Albert

Pope Urges Western Investment In Eastern Europe

Vanhoye, secretary of the Pontifical B iblical Commission, in a May 5 Vatican Radio interview. Scholars are also examining new insights into the Scriptures provided by liberation theologians and feminists, he added.

Rare Interfaith Service Follows Holy Site Vandalism VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

rare ecumenical

PORDENONE, Italy (CNS)—Pope John Paul II encouraged Western investment in Eastern Europe, saying it would help establish a labor-management ethic based on human rights. Western investments are a concrete sign of

and the weakand managers who returned to their factory on their day off to hear him talk. "At the moment in which the frontiers of Europe are solidarity "for the poorest

est," he said to workers

In a

ceremony, four Chris-

tian leaders reconsecrated Jerusalem's

Church of the Holy Sepulcher two days after it was vandalized. The Latin-rite Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Arme-

opening,

the Franciscan custodian of the

Land

led the

Holy

May 4 procession from the

Orthodox headquarters

to the

ecumeni-

cal service at the church which, accord-

Two

days

Israeli police '

tric

'

earlier,

a

man who Pope To Crisscross Angola On Seven-Day Trip VATICAN CITY (CNS)

described as an "eccen-

English-speaking tourist in his 30s

and a female companion were arrested after the church was vandalized. The the second time in

shrine

ready to counter those efforts.

three years that the four Christian lead-

have led a public prayer together,

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

This newspaper is printed on recycled newsprint and is re-

Vatican Secretariat of State's section for relations with states, and Libyan

Foreign Minster Ibrahim al Bichari followed the imposition in April of United Nations sanctions on the North African nation.

Libya has refused

will crisscross

trip to Africa.

U.N. embargo against Libya in which a Vatican official urged peaceful resolution of international disputes based on law. The May 2 meeting between Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the

The bishop establishes certain offices and ministries to help fulfill his Each office or ministry relates to the bishop's role as teacher, priest and governor of the local Church. The persons

II

complete schedule of the pope's trip May 5. It will be his first pastoral visit to the two countries and his ninth papal

— The

Vatican and Libya held a rare high-level meeting on mutual relations and the

(SOMETIMES

cyclable.

to turn six

responsibilities.

appointed help the bishop carry out the universal and local teachings, laws and practices of the Catholic Church.

Church law requires the establishment of some positions and Most, though, are the result of the local Church's desire to respond to the specific needs of the people of the diocese and community in which it is located. offices.

The various representatives of the bishop point to the vibrant nature They show that Jesus dwells in the local Church through the power of the Holy Spirit. He is the one leading the local Church in its mission to claim the area for the Kingdom of God.

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Pope Angola June 4-10 to meet with the Church's workforce and the country's civil authorities, the sick and wounded, and young people. On a day trip to the nearby island nation of Sao Tome and Principe June 6, the pope will celebrate Mass and greet the small Muslim community there. The Vatican released the John Paul

joint prayer service reconsecrating the

marked only

has become important to

,

ing to tradition, marks Jesus' burial place.

it

promote through every means a profession ethics which respects human rights and is capable of realizing a fraternal and intense collaboration among peoples," he said. The pope spoke at a factory in Pordenone on May 1 Italian Labor Day and a national holiday.

nian patriarchs of Jerusalem along with

tion rights activists say they will be

IS THE DIOCESAN CURIA REFERRED TO AS "CHANCERY")?

Two

scientific

Vatican, Libya Hold High-level Meeting

|

two

the

Churches since July 1991, said it and Orthodox to meet their obligation to announce salvation if they are involved

Becoming More

newspaper.

of the Church.

A

churches cannot work together. Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, who has headed the Vatican Congregation for Eastern-

said

reported Avvenire, an Italian Catholic

chief

—

Vatican official said Catholic and Orthodox evangelization programs should

rite

ers

WHAT

Urges Peaceful Catholic,

Official

Los Angeles Police Chief-

designate Willie L. Williams.

•

25.

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The

Monroe Parishioners Celebrate

Play's

The

15,

1992

Thing...

Jubilees of Parish, Priest By

MARION CARDOZA

—

MONROE

It

was

a

mander of Honor Guard, and George

week

for

rejoicing at Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Monroe.

in

The congregation

celebrated

its

50th Jubilee anniversary Sunday, May 10. It also joined together Wednesday,

May 6 to honor parochial vicar, Spiritan Father John

McAndrew, on

the 25th

Getter of Assembly 780 in Charlotte.

Banners were carried by Newton Wesley, president of the Men's Club, Lynda Brown, president of the Ladies Guild, and Dolores Lavelle, who represented the senior members of the parish.

This group participated ing

ceremony

after the

in a

May crown-

Mass.

A former parishioner of the church,

anniversary of his ordination.

was kicked Monroe Coun-

Father Edmond Kirsch of Murphy, N.C.,

Club Saturday evening May 9. More than 00 parishioners, priests and guests

death of his wife and was ordained four

attended.

ily.

The

Jubilee celebration

off with a banquet at the try

1

Sunday morning, Bishop John

F.

who

studied for the priesthood after the

years ago at age 65, delivered the horn-

Since the Jubilee fell on Mother's Day, Father Kirsch extended a greeting to all mothers in attendance. Among

them was Wanda Vilkauskas, Father Vilkaukas' mother,

who came

to

Cast members from Charlotte Catholic High School's annual spring musical take stage during the production of "Carrousel."

Mon-

roe with her husband, Vincent, from

New Jersey to celebrate both occasions with their son.

Father Kirsch referred to the Bibli-

which marked by

cal passage,

outlines the Jubilee

festival

the Israelites every

50 years. A ram's horn was to be blown on the Day of Atonement to proclaim and announce the beginning of "a year of happiness," a year

when

all

debts

were forgiven and the people as well

as

the land rested.

Linda Brown, president of the Ladies' Guild

Our Lady of Lourdes,

carries a

banner

during the parish jubilee procession.

Photo by

MARIAN CARDOZA

ram's horn was blown on this day. However, debts were rested.

Father Vilkauskas announced that an anonymous donor had cancelled the remaining debt owed on what parishioners call "God's

Donoghue celebrated an outdoor Mass.

Spiritan Father Ed Vilkauskas, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes, Father McAndrew and eight visiting priests were concelebrants.

The

priests

came from near and

to share in the

far

joyous occasion, said

Father Vilkauskas.

Among them was

Father Norman Bevan, provincial superior

of the Eastern Province of the Holy

Ghost Fathers (Spiritans).

About 650 people of the 1,000-

member parish attended as well as many and neighbors.

friends

A

catered lun-

cheon was served following Mass.

The Mass was preceded by a Knights of Columbus processional, announced by a drum roll. The Fourth Degree procession was led by Joseph Hunt, com-

little

acre," a $30,000

Riots

VATICAN CITY Los Angeles quake" that

riots left

(CNS)

— The

were a "human earthbehind physical and

he

and heart of the parish."

Our Lady of Lourdes

parish,"

said.

In closing,

Bishop Donoghue

said,

and an example of what is "great" about the United States, said the newspaper, L' Osservatore Romano.

The front-page editorial May 10

The

that people there are ready to rebuild

rial said. In this

reconcile

say that the Third

—

the Vatican's first detailed

com-

a chaotic collective violence that

left

sense,

how

is, it

we

"The questions about the causes

will

Marion Cardoza is a parishioner at

involve elements that are inextricably tied together: the 'society of gratifica-

and the society of unemployment and discrimination; 100 ethnic groups tion'

Our Lady of Lourdes.

precarious coexistence

— not only

blacks and whites; polished yuppie elites

Training...

and thousands of youths divided into armed urban gangs," it said.

Trappist Priest

safe,"

it

said.

Now that the "cyclone" of violenc is

over

Los Angeles, the

in

science, a need for recomposition,

hymn

"That great country across the At has always distinguished itself b the courage to begin or to begin ane\ lantic

when faced with new

graduation ceremonies for the

ram. (See story on Page

1).

first

class in the

Photo by

Lay Ministry Training

CAROL HAZARD

said

dent today,

it

added.

A Job

people make a job of it, according to a well-known Trappist priest and expert

"we use a

The

expert,

intended

when he

said:

"Come to me all

"very simple. It can be used by anyone who wants to be with God, to experience his love and presence," said Father Pennington.

According

lot

of psychic energy

is

to the priest, the first

step in centering prayer involves set-

in set

ing."

"Once we

Centering prayer

at recent

it

tling one's self down, usually in a seate

in an interview with the Times Review, newspaper of the Diocese of La Crosse.

Brevard

tasks,"

This kind of courage will be neede to face similar problems all over th world, which are becoming more evi

position with one's eyes closed becaus

"centering prayer," made the comments

Chuck Cowan of

of reconcilia

LA CROSSE, Wis. (CNS)— Rather

you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will refresh you."

Father Pennington, who gives workshops about a method of prayer called

chats with lay ministry graduate

i

experiencing "an examination of con

than finding prayer refreshing, most

Father M. Basil Pennington, says that's not what Jesus

Mary Timothy Warren

editoria

said, there are signs that the city

Says Prayer

on monasticism.

Sister

re

"If we don 't give each other a hand we can drown even in waters that seemei

Should Be Refreshing, Not

Mercy

ii

said.

tion."

love Christ,

one cat even

surprisingly fragile civilization

ally

tions,

who also

said,

exists

"Abandoned behind the most ad vanced frontiers of technical and eco nomic progress are pockets of irratio nality and inhumanity," it said.

The events in Los Angeles revea

community. As we work hard with our

said.

it

World

California.

desire to sing the

it

t<

a specific part of the world," the edito

"devastated souls" and alarming ques-

continue to bring Christ to this area."

said.

fact that such violence can oc

"Faith will continue to flourish in this

neighbors

it

"the evils of our age are not confined

Fortunately, there are hopeful signs

purchased for future expansions. The amount of the donation was approxi-' mately $1,500.

Father Vilkauskas thanked the members of the congregation who had worked long and hard to bring about the happy jubilation. He also expressed his appre-

are

discouragement,"

cur in "mythical California" shows tha

said.

was

"You

is the dark po of violence, drugs and existentia

newspaper

mentary on the riots, which left 58 people dead, thousands injured and entire neighborhoods destroyed. The violence was sparked when an all-white jury acquitted four white policemen in the beating of Rodney King, a black man.

For those who had seen the videotape of King's beating, the verdict was "clearly unjust," the newspaper said.

The two days of rioting that followed were an explosion of retaliation,

as the "center

"In the background tential

moral devastation as well as serious questions about U.S. society, the Vatican

in

Lay Ministry

Newspaper Calls LA 'Human Earthquake'

piece of land next to the church that was

ciation to parishioners, referring to them

centei

JOANN KEANE

Vatican

No

at

Photo by

attention to the In love

we

are settled,

we

turn ot

Lord present within us..

turn ourselves over to hin

For these 20 minutes we are

all his," \

said.

Father Pennington suggests use what he calls "a love word, a pray word." A matter of personal choice, th word might be a favorite name for Go* such as Lord, Jesus, Father Love, "wh

<

meaningful for us." person is distracted, he said, th selected word "brings you back to tl

ever

is

If a

center."

After 20 minutes or so the prayer ended gently, perhaps by saying tl

Lord's Prayer slowly.

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