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Schedules

Parish, Shelby,

Double Celebration This Weekend CAROL HAZARD

By

Associate Editor

—

SHELBY

double celebration

St.

Mary

St.

this

planning a

is

week.

Msgr. William G. Wellein, pastor of Mary, celebrates his 40th anniversary as

May 22. The Holy Sacrifice

a priest Friday,

of the Eucharist will be celebrated

at

5:30

p.m, followed by a reception and dinner beginning

at

7:15 p.m. in the parish

hall.

On Sunday, May 24 at 4 p.m., Bishop John F. Donoghue will consecrate the newly completed

Mary Church.

St.

on the $859,000 church was after Pentecost in

The

May

Construction

started the

day

1991

7,400-square-foot brick church

is

form of a cross with cloistered walkways on either side of the front entrance.

The congregation faces east toward Calvary and Jerusalem and no pew is more than 13 pews from the altar. Consequently, 75 percent of the congregation can see everybody gathered around the altar.

The style is traditional with a contemporary look, says Msgr. Wellein. High on the list of priorites was to give the building in the

tishop

John

Donoghue

F.

chats with neophyte Susan

Brewer

(c)

and Carol Cook,

RCIA team

lember at St. Paul the Apostle, at a reception following the Greensboro Neophyte Mass. (See story

Photo by

n Page 16)

CAROL HAZARD

1

ktholic Journalists Discuss

Range Of Issues At MILWAUKEE

(CNS)

—

and meeting the needs of their Subscribers for three days in Milwaukee in [snsorship

The occasion was

the annual national

pnvention of the Catholic Press Associaion

May

rought

13-15, and this year's meeting

more than

ersations Inedibility

the usual hallway con-

to

war with

rist

5-page

!

and editor of the Catholic Bulletin Paul, Minn., said

of a "white paper" on

draft

freedom and

responsibility in

Catholic press.

but rather

Earlier they

were reminded that Cathoon whether

we know it." fear that we are

can "express the truth as

"Readers should not Wanting

our words for the sake of the

hutch's or Church people's reputations or

[

relations," said

•lblic

PA

Barbara Beckwith,

managing editor of St. nthony Messenger magazine.

The editor of a German monthly family

|

president and

lagazine, speaking at the convention's t'jening

pitholic

less censorship in the

The editor, Ferdinand Oertel, «ted that bishops not Ijitholic

papers but owners, with others

a system

,ich

ijarning iticle

also sug-

and

'

would stop people from

shift the responsibility to

Catho-

Two days later, the •ed

at the session

devoted

white paper, Catholic journalists ofa variety of definitions of censorship

k1 said fellow editors

whose

'wons endanger their jobs

editorial de-

need to be sup-

"The best thing

((be in solidarity

|>ne," said

ge of •

Several bishops also addressed the con-

at

age 25, Msgr. Wellein has

and in various capacities. He became a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte when it was estabat several parishes

lished in 1972.

I

in

look back,

I

am

and he has met some "indescrib-

ably wonderful people," he says.

Msgr. Wellein says he "stands squarely

proudest of

Right to Life," says Msgr.

Msgr. Wellein served

at St.

ment at St. Leo

Mary. Prior to that, he served at Winston Salem, St. Aloysius in Hickory, Holy Spirit Elementary and Junior High schools and parish in Jacksonville.

From 1960 to 1965, he was director of St. John Vianney Hall Pre-Seminary in St.

in

Asheville.

In his early years as priest, he

Msgr. Wellein has worked to save the

assigned to

St.

John the Baptist

Pinehurst.

essential is in reducing confusion

on

among

Church teaching, said Bishop Boland, who, as chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Communications,

He ate

is

authentic

Vincent in

Charlotte for seven years before his appoint-

Wellein.

lives

Msgr. Wellein was one of two

the Catholic press can be

has

with the pope on everything."

served throughout the dioceses of Raleigh

and Charlotte

He

that

His 40 years as a priest have been "very mlfilling"

Ordained for the Diocese of Raleigh

1952

God

grateful to '

He became

Kings Mountain since 1984.

am

legal in 1973.

One way

priests

on the interfaith state chapter of the Right to Life and was a board of director member from 1 974 to 1 984. He ran three annual state conventions and was in charge of organiz-

in

at

was

North

Boone and

Blowing Rock, Infant of Prague in Jacksonville, St. Lawrence in Asheville, St Catherine in Wake Forest and Sacred Heart in

He

helped begin the mission

at

Butner and he was also involved in the

Motor Chapel summer work, traveling in towns with no Catholic churches

trailers to

to talk to people about the faith..

honorary president of the CPA.

said controversies

and dissent

news and they must be

cre-

reported, but

Raleigh Chancellor Relinquishes Position

readers also need the "authoritative teach-

RALEIGH

ing of the Church against which divergent

—

Father Joseph G. Vetter

has announced his resignation as chancellor

ArchbishopJohnP.Foley,the Vatican's top communications official, said at a breakfast session that "intelligent,

informed, re-

July.

greatly expanded.

Bishop

F.

Joseph Gossman accepted

A successor was not immediately anBishop Gossman

CPA, Page 2

in 1988, the role

someone

initiating

said,

"Father Vetter

was

be-

of the chancellor was

It

is

not unusual that

such a position discov-

ers after a period of time that he has made his

contribution,

is

and move on

now

ready to relinquish

to other

ministry," said Bishop

nounced.

forms of

it

priestly

Gossman.

In an interview with the

NC Catholic,

has done a truly outstanding job as chancel-

Father Vetter said, "I think I have gone as far

especially as regards his dedication, his

as I can go in doing what I was asked to do."

commitment in

See Vetter, Paee 2

lor,

See

him

for his service as chancellor since July 1988.

difficult posi-

the planning process

gun

Catholic effort and to provide a forum for

and responsible dialogue among

"When

new pastoral appointments to be initiated in

Father Vetter's resignation and praised

tions is healthy.

assuming an extraordinarily tion four years ago.

of the Diocese of Raleigh, effective with the

sponsible dialogue" in Catholic publica-

intelligent

presi-

"I

sustained me this long,' says Msgr. Wellein.

technologies, such as television.

Father John T. Catoir, publisher for

e Christophers and a former CPA

says.

ing Church use of other communications

absolutely essential" in the face of increas-

of Catholic community, to unify concerted

Maryknoll magazine.

Despite the setback, Msgr. Wellein has

parish hall

Shelby parish and Christ the King Mission

my work

Catholic.

Wilkesboro and the mission

deepen Catholic faith, to intensify the bonds

at

NC

of unborn babies since before the Church had a program in place. He became involved before the landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision making abortion

can do

Moises Sandoval, editor

The

Msgr. Wellein has been pastor of the

May 22,

WELLEIN

been able to "keep up a very good pace," he

served for 25 years as the old church.

in

G.

ing buses to Washington for annual marches on the nation's capitol.

Over the years, Msgr. Wellein has had more than 20 assistant priests assigned to him after their ordinations. In 1975, he had a severe heart attack, which necessitated giving up his work with the Permanent Diaconate and as associate director of the

a monastic

as a multi-purpose building that

"When

day of the convention Bishop Raymond J. Boland of Birmingham, Ala, said the task facing the Catholic press is to discover areas where it can not only "hold its own but remain the opening

with the editor standing

this association

it

dedication will be followed by a

was used

vention.

"The Catholic press has the potential to

plied. |j

paper were:

'How does the Catholic periodical serve the

At a Mass on

said.

said.

The

questions the commit-

opinions can be judged."

r journalists. >

among

he

a monsignor in February 1982.

Church? Does a house organ serve the Church? Does being a cheerleader serve the Church?"

editor.

a bishop for publishing a given

and

said

Catholics

be publishers of

the tides of publisher

'[ring

media

press than in the secular

as a "practical tool

can be used to improve communica-

He

banquet, said in his country there is

freedom and

ore |

was intended

tee explored in writing the

press credibility depends jjey

was not a document

tions in our Church."

ijnsorship,

|ie

it

in St.

he

reception in the parish hall.

intended to be shoved in the face of bishops

that

first

help achieve the effect, giving look,

committee writing the white paper

out,

The use of cloistered walkways and arches

Robert Zyskowski, chairman of the

among

day, convention delegates discussed the

to "be

the bishops at large."

about relations with bishops and readers.

is

of support to the editor under siege, not to go

Atageneralsessionontheconvention's

I

[

dent, said the role of the association

CPA

lid-May. [

CPA Convention

a Catholic identity inside and Catholic

)umalists struggled with press freedom,

i

Wide

MSGR. WILLIAM

untiring labor, his generous

Bishop Says Vatican Document Poses Challenge To Press MILWAUKEE

—A

(CNS)

new

message of Christ to the modern genera-

Vatican document on social communication almost ignores the print media,

tion."

said the honorary president of the Catho-

circulation of secular newspapers na-

lic

Press Association. president, Bishop

The honorary

Raymond Boland of Birmingham, Ala., referred to the pastoral instruction social

communication

on

titled Aetatis

Novae, from the Latin "at the dawn of a new era," that was published recently by the Pontifical

Commission

for Social

Communications.

While the document "quite rightly draws out attention to the challenges, problems and possibilities" stemming from modern advances in telecommunications and media technology, said Bishop Boland, "it almost ignores any specific reference to the printed media."

This

he

fact,

poses a giant

said,

Bishop Boland said the declining tionwide and the emergence of USA Today illustrate the "changing cultural patterns

"Will the electronic media consign

and

it

comes

how

what people

to

they want the mes-

sage presented."

He

noted that 1992

the 150th

is

anniversary of the death of the bishop credited with founding the U.S. Catholic

press,

Bishop John England of

Charleston, S.C.

He

said in Bishop England's de-

what would be included

scription of

in

newspaper, Catholic Miscellany, can be found "a burning desire his diocesan

make

to

the

Church known

investigative reporting,

to others,"

comments on some

bishop's photograph on pages

5,

1,

7

and 12."

Noting that things haven't changed so much, Bishop Boland said the Catholic Miscellany, founded in 1 822, had to cease publication twice due to budget

three-day Catholic Press Association

problems.

to the attic?"

national meeting in Milwaukee.

The bishop Catholic press it

where

There were complaints, he said, not only about poor delivery but "less than veiled accusations that anti-Catholic

own but remain

postmasters mislaid "by systematic ac-

said the task facing the

is

to discover areas

can not only "hold

its

absolutely essential."

Subscribers, the bishop said, were

"reducing the widespread confusion

frequently tardy in paying their $4 an-

Catholics as to what constitutes

nual subscription.

Controversies and dissent create

Church which divergent opinions can be

"authoritative teaching-of the

judged."

The bishop noted will

soon release

its

that the Vatican

Church

universal

"readily

become

a

handbook

for the

busy editor or reporter who wants to know what is the teaching of Christ as guaranteed by the church."

He

Church must use

said the

all

media within its reach "in presenting the

—

CHARLOTTE Retired Deacon John Joseph Doyle, deacon for Gabriel Parish, died

Doyle was Mass was held on

home.

Gabriel. Burial

Milwaukee's Archbishop Rembert G.

Weakland noted

May

A

83.

May

was

at

16

at

funeral

19 at

an "outsider" in American culture.

He told

the journalists they should be helping readers analyze their world in the light of Catholic tradition.

His auxiliary, Bishop Richard J. Sklba,

freedom

but said he also dreams of the day Catholic journalists also have

when

Sharon Me-

He

retired as a

lic

deacon

in

Assumption School will close permanently at the end of the school year, bringing nostalgic well wishers back to

those old walls could talk

Deacon Doyle

Christopher's Father Catoir

tograph.

Anthony Melibruda, school

vol*

teer par excellence, spent countless ho

cataloging the photographs.

photos he had taken.

j

Manywj

P

For nearly

that brought families

warm

spring day.

It's

the

the communion of faith that caused

OLA

Principal Patricia

Murphy

present

plaque to Anthony Melibruda in apprecj tion of

30 years of volunteer

in

Three generations of Tuckers mark on the school. Tim, Sr. a student in the 1950s, his son, Tim, Jr, graduated in the 1980s, and now, Fallon, Tim Jr.'s daughter is enrolled in

survived by nephews and

Photo by

service.

JOANNKEA3

left their

kindergarten.

Tim

Memorials may be made to St. Gabriel Church's building fund, 30 1 6 Providence Rd. Charlotte, NC 2821 1; or to American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite

NC

A

force.

niece.

211, Charlotte,

a large school, but that's the

charm

have

Sr.calls

Assumption a very my family was

28202.

years, Melibruda and his camera hi been an institution around the sch(\ His seven children are OLA gradua his wife a scout leader and willing \\ j

unteer.

Together, they are part of

i

In recognition, the couple M

comfortable place. "All

spirit.

baptized, married, and buried right here."

honored with a plaque during the i] tivities. And there he was, Melibrui his ever-present camera around his nf perplexed at his own dilemma; H

While the move creates some anxiety, he says OLA will always be part of his memories.

In 1957, 235 children attended OLA. Today, 303 students are registered.

Space limitations have forced the school to remain small. When the new school opens in the fall, approximately 450

i

does a photographer shoot his own aw acceptance?

|

OLA

was the second parocla school in Charlotte. Trinitarian Sis I

began accepting students

after the

'

'

students will carry on, assembling a

new Vetter (From Page

1)

Father Vetter said he was looking for-

ward to assignment

as a pastor. "I've been

ordained for 19 years and the only time

I

had as a pastor was just before I came here when I was at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Raleigh for about a year." really

received a special achievement award in

Father Vetter served 15 years in the

recognition of the 25th anniversary of his

Catholic Center, as chancellor, and before

weekly column, which now appears some 200 publications worldwide.

that as editor

in

;ij

pl|

who passed through the come back to life as

chapter in the history of

OLA.

Our Lady of the Assumption School built at the corner of Shenandoah Ave. and The Plaza, one block from a busy state highway. The playground, was

CPA president for the next two years.

in tow, as

pointed to a faded black and white

First

The Tucker family was present

is

his wife, Christine,

...

the school to flourish.

The was awarded

Arthur L. McKenna, advertising

— The

came to say farewell to an old friend 17. The doors of Our Lady of

spirit;

Aspell, publisher of

and general manager of Catholic New York, newspaper of the New York Archdiocese, succeeded Beckwith at the end of the meeting as

and pas-

May

parents say about their school.

journalism.

—

on

teachers,

back on a community; a family. That's what former students and

ark.

more formal

the St. Francis de Sales Award, the association's highest honor. It is given each year for outstanding contributions to Catho-

tors

evoking memories of days gone "Look, there's your granddad," sail

young mother, toddler

Former students,

It isn't

Also during the convention:

111.,

was a day of

those present share the memories.

training in theology.

Catholic Post in Peoria,

It

nings.

2,000 children

,

said he believes in Catholic press

—

halls of the school

St.

Deacon Doyle, a native of Newark, N.J., was a deacon for the Diocese of Charlotte. He was ordained to the permanant diaconate on May 23, 1983 by Bishop Michael J.

the special challenge of

serving a Catholic audience that is no longer

— Albina

CHARLOTTE

endings, with the promise of new begin-

If

manager and was a member of American Legion Post No. 10, New-

the people of God," he said.

40

communions, confirmations, and the echoes of the laughter of more than

1989. He retired in 1973 as a Celanese Corp. personal property

1)

KEANE

Associate Editor

morial Park.

Begley.

CPA (From Page

By JOANN

While a new school is being readied on Shamrock Drive, years of memories on Shenandoah Avenue erupted in a sometimes emotional reunion.

Deacon John Doyle

St.

catechism. That catechism, he said, could

KEAli

their one-time school.

news and they must be reported, he said.

But, he added, readers also need the

JOANN

Former Students, Teachers, Pastors Bid Farewell To School

the

authentic Catholicism."

against

Photo by

cident" the publication.

One such area, he said, is the task of among

Assumption School from which her father and grandfather both graduated.

justification for placing the

he asked.

Bishop Boland, who is also chairman of the U.S. bishops' Communications Committee, made the comments in a homily May 13, the first day of a it

Tim Tucker Jr. (1) with Father Joseph Kelleher, former pastor of Our Lady of the Assumpt Church, and Tim Sr. are joined by Fallon Tucker, a kindergarten student at Our Lady of

the times, book reviews, "and even

minor

challenge to the religious press.

when

will read

of the

NC Catholic and com-

munications director.

with its towering chain link fence abuts Independence Blvd., a congested stretch of U.S. 74. Expansion plans for the highway included a portion of Assumption's property. The new highway will cut into the property, some 30 feet from the existing classrooms.

A

pictorial history

was displayed.

tablishment of the parish in 1948. original school was located on Ceni

Avenue, but moved

to its present

lc

i

tion in 1954.

The new

OLA

parish center |

constructed on Shamrock Drive 1 990. The school will o on adjacent property in September.

While the present building may

dedicated in

|

1

the laughter of children, razed.

The

it

will

no

»

Diocese of Charlotte

plans for the existing

OLA facility. P

are under consideration to utilize building for ministries that need sp

1

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l

May

22,

The Catholic News

1992

Witnesses Say Choice Act Goes Beyond Claimed Purpose WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

"When

Witlesses from the Justice Department and he National Conference of Catholic Bishops told a Senate committee the jroposed Freedom of Choice Act would

beyond

lave ramifications far

its

Supreme Court

IVade

Two

ACLU,

the

#

agree,

probably means something,"

it

NCCB's

the

Secretariat for Pro-Life

Activities.

Speaking

vs.

in the last

few minutes of

a three-hour hearing, Alvare noted that

constitutional scholars at the

none of the previous discussion by wit-

day 13 hearing of the Committee on ^abor and Human Resources disagreed, lowever, contending that Congress is >bligated to adopt a law protecting the

nesses and senators referred to the lives

human rights question at the heart of the

ight to abortion.

abortion issue, unjustifiably usurps state

The

19-line bill says:

is

—

"trivializes the

bill

blanket right to abortion. In response to

demand and tramples over

questions from Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-

the heartfelt sentiments of millions of

Utah, Harrison said current state regula-

American

tions of abortion

citizens." In fact, she said,

woman."

facing certain opposition by the presi-

he proposal's only exception allows a ate to "impose requirements medi-

dent and lacking the congressional support to override a veto, the bill is the

necessary to protect the

illy

or

life

subject of hearings only for political

of women."

:alth

purposes.

Supporters of the

bill

introduced

"The National Abortion Rights Action League has made support of this

it

the intent of protecting rights

ith

anted under the 1973 is

ig. It

Roe

court rul-

bill

widely believed the Roe deci-

on will soon be overturned by the

jpreme Court.

But the bill's wording has been terpreted by the NCCB, the Justice epartment and the American Civil Lib-

Union

ties

nt

to

mean many of the

Office.

tion policy to those favoring unlimited

abortion on

1

necessary to pro-

the life or health of the

ict

The Respect Life

authority and gives a monopoly on abor-

any time,

efore fetal viability; or 2) at

such termination

She said the

state may woman to

loose to terminate a pregnancy

Life affirming choices are available. Call Catholic Social Service: Charlotte, (704) 333-9954; Asheville, (704) 255-9954; Winston-Salem, (919) 727-0706.

of the children affected by abortion.

"A

of a

"Pro-abortionists believe that in a crisis

pregnancy, someone must die."

Dr. Wanda Franz, President National Right to Life Committee

Helen Alvare, spokeswoman for

said

ruling.

ot restrict the right

&

Mi

m

Department

of Justice and the Catholic conference

sup-

Roe

josed purpose of codifying the

the

Pro-Life Corner

a 'litmus test' for

its

would be overruled by

liberal abortion laws, said Dellinger.

S.25.

two hours at the witness Harvard Law School professor

table,

Laurence H. Tribe and Duke Law School Professor Walter Dellinger, disagreed with Harrison and the administration's

that first took apart

the law to

Help Urged For Pregnant Teens

1

cannot be enacted into law

this

all citizens.

The bill puts total control over decisions about abortion in the hands of the

women

Such laws include requiring inrmed consent, waiting periods and

Speaking for the Bush administration, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John C. Harrison said Congress has no constitutional basis for legislating a

regulations of abortion serve to restrict

may be

performed.

THEOMTDRY VISIONS IN FAITH Sunday, June 14

-

Wednesday June

DR. ELIZABETH

17,

1992

JOHNSON

annual seminar for theology renewal features Dr. Elizabeth Johnson of Catholic

rhis

niversity in

Washington, D.C. This update

find teachers. Sessions will be rhe Oratory provides a

late

community

is

designed for

and

laity

more information

Rock

one basis for Congress is its

to

interest in avoiding a

approve "check-

July 13

Friday July 17, 1992 year courses are offered on the world of spirituality, spiritual

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Washington Theological Union

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a widely acclaimed lecturer on the spiritual

is

life.

Pre-registration encouraged

pre-

has never received the

deserves," said Quinn in a

Rep. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., bill, "but the arguments in support of full funding are stronger than ever," she added. The substance of Quinn s letter was included in a press release from the U.S. Catholic letter to

introduced the

'

Conference. of $40 million

planning programs.

See Teens, Page 13

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

ment to the Church and the community in which we live" Bishop John

F.

Donoghue

the residue

and

Roman

Catholic Diocese of (or percent of estate) for its religious, educational

"I leave to the

Charlotte the

executive director of the Epiphany Association, a non-profit ecumenical

and world. She aims

"Tragically

funding

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte. Simply have the following statement included in your Will:

Topic: "Spiritual Formation of the Laity:

A

money funds efforts to discourage marital sex among teens.

and local abortion

Remember

Evening Series

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funding of the program, which cares for pregnant adolescents, adolescent parents and their children. One-third of the

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HORIZONS OF THE SPIRIT

Muto

Gail Quinn, executive director of the Pro-Life Secretariat, said the

other organizations through federal fam-

The Oratory

Rock

for Pro-

with

states,

will discuss

and her masterpiece, The Interior Castle. For more information write:

[prizons of the Spirit

r.

Committee

Life Activities.

of

persons from the Institute of Formative Spirituality and the Oratory. This year,

Full

disastrous consequences for both public

Various

classics, issues

—

funding for the Adolescent Family Life reauthorization bill is being urged by

-

uman formation and the theory and practice of spiritual direction. Faculty is composed

(CNS)

She said the proposed authorization is far less than the amount of subsidies to Planned Parenthood and

women who were

unable to travel to distant

A WORKSHOP ON SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL DIRECTION Monday

result in a 'de facto'

tion against those

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national policy of manifest discrimina-

HORIZONS OF THE SPIRIT

jeresa of Avila

In his prepared testimony, Dellinger

tions" that

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who

has," said Tribe.

erboard pattern of rights and restric-

write: Visions in Faith

order of family relationships."

woman

S.25

It

state

Roe vs. Wade was

in

was the states what is the normal

their children's lives.

the U.S. bishops'

we hope the schedule

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in

always had the right of participating

example, said Tribe, a woman who must go to another state to obtain an abortion because it is illegal where she lives might face losing her housing because of the time and distance involved in traveling. Or, he said, a woman might be prevented from having children later in life because of complications resulting from her having to obtain a later-term abortion than she might have if the procedure was readily available, he said.

"The right to have an abortion is obviously linked to every other right a

religious, clergy

The Orator

jiach

which

Any

ruled to be a constitutional right. For

said

setting for this seminar, while

involved, said Tribe.

that control,

afternoon and early evening wityh a supper break,

mcourages commuters, or

Alvare. "In our society, parents have

commerce or protect it under other 4th Amendment rights. The 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection under

some political strategists want Congress to approve the bill so it can be vetoed by President Bush just before

of the parents of minors

their parents of plans to

said.

on abor-

as interstate

it

election day."

fore abortions

minors to notify have abortions.

"Dellinger misses the point," said

Tribe said Congress has ample contion, either to protect

com-

mittee of state regulations requiring

support of abortion restrictions.

Hied in the United States would be

ttification

Dellinger's discussion with the

stitutional authority to legislate

year,

egal.

Alvare took specific issue with

In their

1992 elections and has said it will spend $5 million in those elections," Alvare

this bill

abortion regulations popularly sup-

bill,

support in the

"Secondly, while everyone knows

cur-

the

few years would constitute "a national double standard" for those who could and could not afford to get to jurisdictions with more policies adopted in the last

sum of$

of my

charitable works.

For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact James K. Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

itholic

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& Herald

May

22, 19 >

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY

— Here

(CNS)

is

the Vatican

text of Pope John Paul IPs remarks in English at his weekly general audience May 13.

Church both in oral preaching and in the inspired bood

New Testament. This apostolic tradition u eludes "all that helps the people of God to live a hcJ of the life

Dear brothers and sisters, Having dealt with the Church as a priestly community, we now turn to her prophetic role. According to the Second Vatican Coun"the holy people of God

cil,

has a share in the prophetic office of Christ when she

Editorial

who contributed more than $500 a year to the

church.

That's slightly less than $10 a week. Presumably, the

IRS find taxpayers who claim

deductions for contributions they do not make.

We

concede that there probably are people

who

claim more on their tax returns than they actually contribute. But we also believe that the amount of

money involved

compared to what a really ambitious tax cheat gets away with.

And, we are certain that such a regulation would mean a horrendous amount of work for a parish staff which in many cases consists of only one secretary. In some cases, there is just a part-time secretary and we know of some small parishes where the pastor, himself,

is

has to handle any office duties.

plex as possible.

There also may be at least some Big Brother ramifications to the whole proposal but just the large amount of unnecessary work for church staffs should in itself be enough to shoot down the whole idea.

There have been some indications that proposal will be killed quickly in Congress. But we urge you to write to your representatives in Washington to let them know that this screwy idea deserves an early death. It doesn't pay to take any chances.

to bear witness

apostles to

make known

to others

selves had seen and heard revelation

is

his

what they them-

fn

the truths of divine

which they had accepted

ness of the apostles faith in

—

He charged

in faith.

The

wit-

the foundation of the Church's

every age and the basis of her sharing in

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Pope John Paul

II

has

asked that the Church throughout the world remember

on

the sick and focus

its

with an annual celebration Feb. 11, the feast

Lady of Lourdes.

The pope, speaking general audience

May

13,

them of Our

obligation to care for

to the sick at his

announced

weekly

his institution of

"World Day of the Sick."

A

In the letter

Vatican the same day. to Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini, presiat the

dent of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, the pope said the Church has always been aware of "the duty to serve the sick and the suffering as an integral part of her mission."

The annual celebration, the pope said, has several

aims:

— To make

sensitive to the

Catholics and the rest of society need for ensuring the sick receive the

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— To help value and — To involve and care — To support volunteer — To importance of moral formation of care workers.

— To help and those the sick

their suffering 'both

supernatural levels."

the natural

[jo

the diocese, Christian communil|ii;

religious in pastoral

for the sick.

affirm the

the

health

spiritual

work with the

all

sick understand even better

vfcll

how imp

needs of the sick, The pope said he chose the feast of Our Lad} Lourdes because the shrine where Mary appearec France is a place that "symbolizes the hope and grace" of those who accept suffering and make if tant

it is

La

to care for the spiritual

leai

offering for salvation.

He prayed for the success of the World Day of Sick and for the intercession of the saints to strengtl the health care field, "an apostolate of love which contemporary world needs so much."

d

best care possible.

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) The church calls lay people as well as priests and religious to leave their

years of such restrictions and "where the poor

homes and become

human dignity."

The pope also used

missionaries,

Pope John Paul

II

Meeting with representatives of lay organizations from around the world and with the Pontifical Council for the Laity May 14, the pope prayed that more lay people would accept the call of God and of the Church to be missionaries.

The situations where missionaries are needed are as varied as the types of organizations and movements through which lay people strengthen their faith and offer service to the Church and the wider community, the pope said.

Pope John Paul listed the need for missionaries in countries "where Jesus Christ remains unknown," where the institutional Church faces great restrictions and even danger, where the Church is rebuilding after

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priests, religious

papal letter formally establishing the annual

event was released

visitors, especially those

activity.

said.

The Catholic

i

j

the

comply with the proposed regulation, the parishes would have to obtain the social security or taxpayer identification number of every member. Then it would be necessary to keep a record every week of who gives how much. And, finally, it would be necessary to fill out the report form which we are sure some IRS genius will develop. It probably will be as com-

Church

to Himself.

In order to

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understanding of the apostolic tradition through cc templation and study, through spiritual experience

cordially invoke the grace and peace of the risen Chr

Christ willed and founded the

a drop in the bucket

May

way the Church, in \$

li

of faith and charity, and when she offers to God a sacrifice of praise" (Lumen Gentium, 12).

federal budget submitted to the

to help the

in faith. In this

and worship, perpetuates and hands on every generation all that she is and all that she lieves" (Dei Verbum, 8).

Guided by the Holy Spirit, the Church grows in

Under the constant guidance of the Holy Spirit, the preaching of the apostles has been handed down in the

living wit-

life

Congress earlier this year contains a provision about which virtually nothing has been said. It's one which would entail much unnecessary work and recordkeeping for the staffs of every church in the country.

It would require every church to report to the Internal Revenue Service the name of every person

is

grow

life

Christ's prophetic office.

him a

ness, especially through her

Unnecessary Records

idea

to

through the preaching of the successors of the apostl£ the bishops. The spirit of truth also helps the Church live her faith and to apply it to the realities of human and activity. Thus, by means of the supernatural "seij of the faith" which is awakened and sustained by Holy Spirit, the whole people of God, under I guidance of the magisterium, shares in Christ's p phetic office: It adheres indefectibly to the apostc faith, and it grows in understanding and in the pract of that faith (cf. Lumen Gentium).

I am pleased to welcome the bicentennial pilgri age group from the Diocese of Baton Rouge, La. j\ your visit to the tombs of the apostles deepen yi gratitude for the faith you have received and strengtl ( your commitment to share fully in the mission of Church. Upon all the English-speaking pilgrims

renders

The proposed

and

teaching,

waiting for an active solidarity to secure justice the meeting "to affirm

ijclidi

c'fVe'

more the importance which I attach to World Yc Day by reason of its significance in creating am young people a sense of belonging to the Chut God's pilgrim people, gathered from every nation,!

d

and culture."

The

celebration of

World Youth Day

is

coo

t

nated by the Council for the Laity.

4

The pope said he was sure that the next Wt Youth Day, which he will celebrate with young in August 1993 in Denver, will be a time of gra pray that it will enable many young people to deeper awareness of their role and responsibili extending the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Ji Christ in the world," he said.

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can document many instances of this, including V seems to be a growing priestly rebellion against nc Catholic traditions such as the wording of the Ni< k ins Creed and obedience in general.

I would like to ask the monsignor the folloy question in the hope that he will answer it in a fu* ial

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agree with Stephanie Alder's letter regarding

Msgr. John J. McSweeney's lament over the loss of Catholic symbols. (April 3 issue) To her comment about the "reformation" most of us face each time we attend Mass, I would like to add another possible cause for the phenomenon the monsignor bemoans: Catholic education in the Diocese of Charlotte, particularly in the RCIA and CCD programs as they are frequently implemented at the parish level, has become diluted.

which my family has resided, Catholicity has taken a back seat to a "feel good" philosophy, a "one size fits all" in Christianity.

At

least in the

two

vicariates in

'

to

*y "litu

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ay 22, 1992

The

Editor's

Light

Notebook

profession.

There are stories about the convention sessions and I won't go into details here. Suffice it to say that the comments by the major speakers gave plenty of food for thought.

I would like to comment on the discussion of censorship mentioned in the convention roundup. It appears to igl^^ be a classic case of studying something to death. The whole thing began at the convention two years ago when JVi&pt I there were several reports of editors have problems with censorship on the part of bishop/publishers. The CPA directors adopted a 12-point resolution supporting the tors and expressing their feelings on censorship in general. It reportedly was very icise and to the point. (I was not a CPA member at the time and have not seen the actions elsewhere in this issue so

M

HHHB

inal resolution.)

The

resolution

was presented

to the

membership

at a

general business session

members decided it should be studied further and possibly broadened. An committee was appointed to come up with a "white paper" on censorship. The draft of that white paper — r- which now deals with "Freedom and Responsibility

the toe

te

Catholic Press"

— was presented

It wasn't presented That draft is expected

to this year's convention.

iction but for comments to assist in preparing another draft.

e ready early next year

and presumably will be ready for action next

May

at the

3 convention.

As

it

stands now, the simple 12-point resolution has

vention delegates called a "pastoral letter." ie

As

become what

a matter of

fact, it's

a couple of

longer than

pastoral letters I've seen.

know what became of the editors who were having censorship problems ough apparently some of them have gone on to other jobs. But, if I were one of a, I'd hate to have been waiting all this time for some support from the I

don't

>ciation.

Being in Milwaukee gave

me

an opportunity to see the first major league Chicago area almost nine s. Last Saturday's game between the Brewers and Texas Rangers was a pleasant lg although it sure wasn't the greatest baseball I've ever seen. Matter of fact, it pretty sloppy. It also included one new experience. In many years of attending games, I had never seen fan interference called. Saturday, it happened twice, teams lost runs because of the interference. ball

game

One Candle

"The world around us

Gene Sullivan, our advertising representative, and I spent a few days last week Milwaukee at the annual Catholic Press Association Convention. Like most nventions, it was a long grind but we did learn a lot. There's nothing as helpful as jcussing common problems and exchanging ideas with other members of your

H

Hersk*

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

GATELY

By BOB

&

I've actually attended since leaving the

is God's best idea for helping us grow. It isn't perfect be imperfect, so that we would have something to work on. Its imperfection makes it a perfect place, as a gymnasium in which to develop our muscles and become strong." (Frank Laubach, Channels ofSpirtual Power) If you're up to your ears in problems, don't panic. You've been through worse before and you're still here. Many problems seem insurmountable at first, but with a little prayer and determination, these irksome difficulties are resolved one by one and peace returns.

It's like painting a bridge. No sooner are you finished one half when the other half needs attention. Problems we will always have with us, one more difficult than the next, but don't be discouraged. There is always grace.

With grace, you begin to see problems as opportunities.

Walt Whitman expressed this attitude in his poem, Passages to India.

"O my brave soul

because

needed

it

to

O farther, farther sail!

O daring joy, but safe! Are they O farther, farther, farther sail!"

not

all

seas of

God?

He urges us not to be afraid to struggle on; he encourages us to keep sights set on victory. St. Paul once praised the determination of athletes in training. They work hard to achieve a prize. They reason that if things go bad

in this season, there is

always the next; but they keep the goal of victory ever

before them.

God places great responsibility on our shoulders. It's easy to become discouraged if we depend on our own strength alone, but those who rely on God's power have a distinct advantage. Their trust enables them to rise to the challenge, and carry on with courage.

God the Father wants us to develop the same trust and cooperation He found in His beloved Son. "Be true sons (and daughters) of your Father who is in heaven."

(Mt. 5:44-45) Jesus promised to give us the grace we need, "Ask and you shall receive."

Me

"The glory which you gave Me, Father, I am giving to them. They shall be with where I am; the love which you have for Me will be in them, and I will be in

them."

Tackle your problems one by one and have courage. Persevere in your highest hopes. You have ten times the strength you think you have. Ask the Lord to be your strength and your joy, and He will never fail you.

(For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Courage," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St. New York, N. Y. 1001 7.)

Father John Catoir is director of The Christophers. ,

i

Those Threats Of Doom And Gloom »od Liturgy Planning

By JOANN

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN liturgy and the Alleluia in a recent column, naps you'd comment about how we are subjected to so many new songs in ]ch during the year. The amount is unreal. We hardly have learned one n another comes along, /e're senior citizens and like to sing, but seldom will they keep a song around long enough to do it well and enjoy it. What happened to the old policy of repeating songs that we learn? We know the melody, we know the words and we can enjoy them. (Texas)

D. Since you touched on

KEANE

Associate Editor

Don't you cringe when you open the mail, expecting some nice correspondence, letter that promises gloom and doom if you break the chain?

Good luck and good fortune are promised to those who fall prey to the messages

only to find a chain

contained in the anonymous

letters.

One of those letters came across the desk of my superstitious colleague the other day. "Oh my," came the troubled strains of Carol Hazard, as she read of the impending fate that would surely follow if she fails to copy and send 20 copies within 96 hours.

She read aloud of some of the preposterous, tragically ended lives of those who flagrantly disregarded the letters.

A. Your feelings are, I'm sure, shared by a multitude of others and they deserve to be seriously considered.

Two fatal dangers lurk in any liturgy planning. One is to have everything always new, the other is to have everything always old.

Real liturgy, whether it is family, patriotic or religious, always has a core that remains the same. An individual family may have its own traditional manner, for example, of celebrating birthdays, the Mass, we have a basic core of actions and words that we call Liturgies of Pord and Eucharist. Even outside of that core, however, there needs to be a la of continuity and familiarity, or as you say, enjoyment, tame ability to be comfortable and free in singing chants or hymns is absolutely Itial for genuine individual and community worship. I believe most mistakes lustrations with our liturgical worship are caused by forgetting that truth, ie other kind of error, always having everything the same, can be just as Irous to active and intelligent prayer. Even within a good and healthy family lay "liturgy," the celebrant still may choose the meal or the color of the cake.

Jell-prepared and musically decent new hymns, used long enough for people Ily come to enjoy praying with them, are also essential for any community that

The xeroxed copy came without

We checked the postmark.

a return address. Naturally.

Hmmm...who,

Asheville.

in Asheville

would have

thought Carol to be an easy mark? Looking further, analyzing the handwritten a correspondent for The envelope, we thought of one of our Asheville stringers Catholic News & Herald, who has an unusual sense of humor. A quick call to the

—

potential culprit turned

that letter?"

A

up empty handed. "Yes or no," we asked. "Did you send breakneck speed, yet with sincerity, seemed

denial, given at

convincing.

Lickety-split, Carol tossed the letter

potato,

I

returned the letter to

its

on

Carol seems divided on trashing the this point,

I

some good

"Why"

think she luck.

my desk.

"Here, you take

it."

Like a hot

rightful recipient. letter

and going through her Rolodex. At

may be considering our esteemed editor. Perhaps he could use news in the mail. to me?" Carol can't use any more more than bad luck. She's supporting

Besides, he rarely gets good

she pondered, "did that letter

"bad luck." Her automobile savvy her own family plus a mechanic.

is

come

surely

no strict rules about this. So much depends on the nature worshiping community, its age and culture, even its understanding of and jitment to good liturgy. All enter the picture,

This particular chain letter is more disturbing. It is signed St. Jude. Now, I'm no theological scholar, but I do believe St. Jude is dead. Mail from the afterlife.

Either you gotta believe, and mail those letters, or dismiss the entire letter as a hoax.

Seriously, that's the problem with this chain letter; the inclusion of St. Jude. The letter seems so absurd that it is funny, until the "signature." Sadly, many people get caught up in chain letters, xeroxing their copies, and getting those letters in the mail, posthaste. But there seems to be something smarmy about this one. Maybe it's the lack of respect for St. Jude. Praying for a miracle is one thing. But preying on the

hat is essential is that everyone sincerely claiming this interest be sensitive to

vulnerable

|des of the

of the unfortunate fate of Mr. Fairchild, who, not believing it, away. Nine days later, he died.

I'll be keeping a close check on Carol for the next nine days. In the meantime, our Asheville correspondent says it may be a good time to update his resume and send in.

Ja

living liturgy.

||bviously there can be |

you feel one or other of these considerations is lacking in ommunity, you have every right to surface your concern and request whatever ps might be offered by those responsible for the liturgies and other services in scale. If

Jarish. \L>pyright

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threw

it

is

another.

letter tells

iholic

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May

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How Does Canon Law Affect Us?

22, 19!

Family Role Important

By CHRIS

The Parish And The Pastor

NEWNAN

Families are where our young people learn honesty, self respect, compassion ai Families foster virtue through role modeling and nurturing of tht young. The family is the first environment for learning for young people. It's in th family environment that they learn the meaning of self-worth, of human dignity, confidence.

By

Sister

JEANNE MARGARET McNALLY

A parish is a community of the Christian faithful which is established within a who is the parish priest and its proper based on residence within the parish boundaries. Parishes can also be personal, i.e., based on language, nationality, diocese.

Its

pastoral care is entrusted to a priest

pastor. Parishes are usually territorial,

i.e.,

military service or other situations.

The diocesan bishop establishes a parish and only he can combine parishes, change parishes or close (suppress) a parish after consulting with the presbyteral council. The focus of the parish is the community which is the only

reason for a parish. A finance council to aid the pastor in the administration of finances and property is required for

each parish (c. 537). Parishes have rights and obligations and can own property.

A

community by exercising

pastor cares for his

functions of teaching, sanctifying and governing.

the

The

pastor baptizes, reconciles, anoints, celebrates, assists and buries as defined by The

means knowing

Code of Canon Law. To be a

and families in the poor and afflicted, promoting active participation of the laity in the Church's mission, and many other activities.

The functions of a pastor, according to the law, include the administration of baptism, confirmation, Viaticum, anointing of the sick, assisting in marriage, performing funerals, blessing the baptismal font on Holy Saturday and the solemn celebration of the Eucharist on Sundays and days of obligation. The pastor is obliged to apply Mass for his community on Sundays and days of obligation. The pastor has other juridical duties such as the administration of the church property, the maintenance of records and keeping the parish archives.

The diocesan bishop is free to confer the office of pastor on any priest he chooses. pastor

the persons

parish, looking out for the

However, the good of souls demands that this require a suitable candidate which the code defines as one with learning, piety, good character, prudence, zeal for souls and all the qualities needed for successful pastoral ministry (c. 521.2).

A pastor should have stability in his office meaning a term, usually six years, but this depends on the policy and needs of the diocese and the parish. A pastor can be removed by the diocesan bishop (the canons give norms for this procedure); he can be tranferred (norms are given for this also). The pastor may resign for some grave reason and the code requires that a pastor who has reached age 75 must submit his resignation. The bishop decides whether to accept or defer it.

A pastor may be given a parochial vicar, an ordained priest (sometimes called

him

of a parish.

The canons now provide for the situation where a shortage of priests exists, a real situation existing in many of the 20,000 plus dioceses in the United States and the rest of the world where the situation is more critical. A pastor is to have charge of only one parish (c. 526. 1 ) but the law allows, where necessary, that a pastor may have the title of one parish but have pastoral care over other parishes.

Another change introduced in the revised code provides for a pastoral team. A parish may be given to a team of priests, one of whom will be the moderator. This team is considered to be working in solidum in parish ministry. Furthermore, lay administrators may be appointed to care for a parish with a priest appointed to come to the parish for particular liturgical functions. For example, in the Diocese of Charlotte, this situation has occurred in the past in Reidsville and Mocksville.

While giving specific norms for parish structures and pastors, one can never lose the assistant or associate) to help

in the pastoral care

life

and love.

Sharing with parents and catechists in the area of human sexuality has bees very positive experience for me. Not only as a religious educator, but as a pare) The questions and concerns raised are so expressive of how we, as parents/educatoi feel

and think about our deepest human responses

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; loving and guiding our

youf

children and teens.

Our

Christian parents/educators today are struggling with the information

a)

ai

overwhelming than from the media, the community (medic schools, law enforcement, and local organizations, politicians and others). Yet, no of these sources is providing them with a comprehensive view of this informati' or helping them develop truly effective ways for responding to their young peop Over the last three decades, parents have felt the sting of being told that they we lacking in knowledge. They were not the experts, even when the education for th< children is inclusive of a curriculum that often actively promotes values that ÂŁ profoundly at odds with their personal religious convictions.

Parents have learned that they are not trusted. They are not taken serious Society in general tells them instead that even utter strangers are better judges of t school and curriculum that is most suitable for their children.

No wonder parents feel anxious, inadequate and insecure, especially in the arc of education in human sexuality. This is translated by the fact that only 19% of tec today receive sexuality education from their parents. Yet, many studies indicate tl the more secure, loved, affirmed, accepted and encouraged a child feels, the healt and more productive his/her development will be. That researchers have found kind of family environment, promotes more open communication between pan and child, resulting in a more restrained and conservative teen in the area of sexi

i

statistics that are

1

behavior.

We as

religious educators

know we have a

priority

commitment

to assist

(

parents in being better sexuality educators within their families, helping them

become competent and comfortable with content and methods reflective of Catho tradition. What Catholic parents are teaching at home is not being reaffirmed, in most part, by the wider community. All the more reason we as Church need to hi and affirm them.

One of the statements shared with parents that evokes a tremendous response "knowledge alone does not change behavior." There is immediate illuminating reaction and corresponding personal experiential conne ing as they work through thoughts on their own challenges; to quit smoking, char

their thinking is that

dietary habits, etc.

Translating that into the area of human sexuality, they realize that mastering d

hormones and bodily functions is only the knowlec woefully inadequate without the corresponding human learning needs to take place with the effective, psychosocial and spiritual dimensions of human nature in order for us to acquire a more mature perception concerning ones(|n

related to one's sexual organs, piece,

and

it is

interpersonal relationships and our

human and

Christian values and beliefs

An equally responsive element of knowledge is the "adolescent fable."

// cc

me. A truly held invincible belief of teens that someone else will reap dire consequences for actions committed, but not me. in Suddenly, a clear picture emerges that the last three decades of just telling te

happen

to

See Chris, Page and

touch with the fact that the Church

is

the people of God, a

community of the faithful.

I

The community gives

life

and meaning

repeatedly, the salvation of souls

is

the

to a parish.

As we have been saying

supreme law of the Church

(c.

G

1752).

Therefore, the ultimate consideration in the structuring of a parish and in the

appointment of pastors must reflect this priority.

(A message from your sponsor/author: Make this "be kind to your pastor week.")

Mercy Sister Jeanne Margaret McNally, a licentiate in canon law, is a judge of the Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte.

Crosswinds

Crosswinds is a series of columns written by staff members of Catholic Social Services about their experiences.

In order to preserve client confidentiality,

the staff members are not identified.

As

I

write for Crosswinds, another

word comes

to

had professional

skills

but

be a widow.

I

my crossroad could be an ad-

stood at

before saying, "Yes.

I

I learned about a wrenching kind of grief, the kind known by those who have lost a spouse.

ing." In the process,

come been

it

is

said that

two be-

as one. Since marriage had not

my

intensity

knew little of the of such loss. The recovery

vocation,

I

takes courage, love and support, and

above

all,

time, and then

the healing of the

more time

for

wound.

The two women recognized that life must go on and believed in Jesus' words, "Seek and you shall find." A crossroad was crossed, gentle winds blew and new

little

personal knowledge about what it means to

them to achieve the end they were seek-

In marriage,

mind; crossroads.

Consider all the crossroads you have come to on life's highway, where you felt the nagging winds of indecision.

I arrived in such a place when two widows asked for help in finding a place for widows and widowers to meet. They wanted to form a group for people who, like themselves, had lost their spouses through death.

I

equate staff person for their needs ... I could feel up to the task of working with

beginnings became a reality for widows and widowers. They have a home base See Crosswinds, Page 13

^NDREW

B0B0LA WAS BORN

IN 1591

OF AN

ANDREW BOBOLA^

ST.

ARISTOCRATIC POLISH FAMILY IN SANDOMIERZ. IN 1609 HE ENTERED THE JESUIT NOVICIATE IN LITHUANIA. AFTER ORDINATION, ANDREW WAS APPOINTED PREACHER AT St CASIMIR AT VILNA, WHERE HIS APOSTOLIC

ZEAL GREATLY IMPRESSED THE PEOPLE. LATER. HE WAS CHOSEN SUPERIOR OF THE JESUIT HOUSE AT B0BRINSK AND DEVOTED HIMSELF TO THE SICK DURING A TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC. WHEN HE WAS RELIEVED OF HIS OUTIES, HE RESUMED MISSIONARY WORK, TRAVELLING THE COUNTRY AND BRINGING SEPARATED CATHOLICS BACK TO THE CHURCH. THE JESUITS WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR CHURCHES AND COLLEGES BY THE COSSACKS, AND TOOK REFUGE IN AN AREA OF

SWAMPS KNOWN

AS P0DL6SIA.

IN 1652, PRINCE RADZIWILL OFFERED

ONE

OF HIS HOUSES AT PINSK AND ANDREW ACCEPTED. IN MAY OF 165? HE WAS SEIZED NEAR JAN0W AND FORCED TO RUN BEHIND A COSSACK'S HORSE. ON HIS REFUSAL TO RENOUNCE CATHOLICISM, HE WAS BEATEN. HE WAS THEN INTERROGATED AND HIS FIRM ANSWERS SO INFURIATED THE OFFICER THAT HE SLASHED AT ANDREW WITH A SWORD AND NEARLY SEVERED HIS HANDS. HE WAS TORTURED AND FINALLY BEHEADED, WITH HIS MUTILATEP BODY BEING CAST ON A DUNG HEAP. 1 THE FEAST OF ST. ANDREW B0BOLA, MARTYR, ISMAY2I.

Q 19g2 CNS Graph

The Catholic News

1992

Llay 22,

Prompts Prayers From Students In Midwest

Violence

Nulli

iural

Latin

SHANNON,

111.

— Busi-

(CNS)

sses burning, people looting and in-

cent people being beaten in Los

An-

touched the hearts of some

fifth-

d sixth-graders in a tiny Illinois

com-

tes

jnity.

Shannon

is

a rural village with a

pulation of 887 that

is predominantly and Protestant. But it also is the eof St. Wendelin Parish, which serves 0 Catholic households spread among ir tiny towns and the surrounding

lite

untryside.

When

the children gathered for

ane Komiskey's religious education

May 3 at St. Wendelin, the lesson on respecting the property of othTalk soon turned to the violence in s Angeles and what they could do to ss

,s

.

jress their concern.

response was to pray Komiskey. " said that's but what can we do?"

"Their nit it," e

Their

first

first

being done on the

miskey said in a letter to The ObRockford diocesan newspaper.

"Eventually the group hit on the a of writing letters expressing their

lings,"according to Komiskey. She

diocesan newspaper for

itacted the

shown by the work parish level in Los

said the concern

Angeles, to help parishioners "talk

ver,

p in finding the

by the

;cted

He

Illinois children helps further the

inspirations weren't too

the cleanup,"

name of

a parish

rioting, so that the chil-

n could express their solidarity with

by the troubles.

She said developing the letters and ting them as a group was a challenge

se hurt

Exam Award Winners

parishes nearest the violence.

a proposal to fly out to

assist with

to

\.

Secundus

for the 13 students, who meet one hour each Sunday. But, she added, the students stayed after class to finish them.

One group wrote: "Our class is very sorry for your loss. We wish we could help you clean up. We are praying for you. We also disagree with the verdict."

Another letter said: "We're very sorry this has happened to you and your businesses. I wish we could do something to help you. We are praying for you every day."

When the packet from Shannon arrived, The Observer staff contacted the Los Angeles archdiocesan Office of African-American Ministry and talked to its episcopal vicar, Father Fisher Robinson. Father Robinson said he would be happy to receive the letters and would deliver them to one of the

said

ctical, like

& Herald

it

out."

Father Robinson said the aftermath of the violence ing

is

being used as "a teachsaid all people in Los

moment" and

Angeles "are praying for a return to calmness as we face this dual scourge of racism and violence."

"This could have happened in any one of our Lord's cities," he said. "The King verdict was just the spark." Now, he added, people from all faiths are busy "crossing ethnic lines to promote healing."

Following completion of the National Latin Exam, Bishop McGuinness High School

The exam contained questions on Latin grammar, culture, and (31% of the students taking the exam) won awards. The

students "toga break."

translation. Seventeen students

exam was administered

to students in Latin

I, II,

and

Latin

III.

winners were: Erin

I

Anderson, Jim Kennedy, Krista Prybylo, Lisa Funk, April Rasmussen, Carey Goff and Billy Kortesis.

Latin

II

winners were: Daniel Canas, Danny Rossi, Stephen White,

Richard Noga, Danny Siegle. and Sarah Girard. Latin

Tom

Joanna Pubantz. Jim Forok,

III:

Peterson, and Jason Rueter.

well the details of 1 9th-century whaling

"The Doctor" (1991) Stricken with throat cancer, an arro-

life

but the voyage of the

Pequod

at the

curiously slack and

gant physician (William Hurt) bristles at his treatment as a lowly patient but,

center of the story

The

NEW YORK (CNS) —The follow-

by a fellow sufferer (Elizabeth Perkins) and supported by his neglected

are home videocassette reviews from

wife (Christine Lahti), the experience

Not rated by the Motion Picture As-

U.S. Catholic Conference Office for

unexpectedly enriches his life. Director Randa Haines gets some fine performances while fully developing the human element that often gets lost in modern, impersonal hospital settings. A suggestive song lyric, minimal rough language and graphic shots of open-heart surgery. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

sociation of America.

inspired

n and Broadcasting.

Theatrical movies on video have .S.

Catholic Conference classifica-

and Motion Picture Association of

i

erica rating. All reviews indicate the

ropriate age

group for the video au-

lce.

—

"The Commitments" (1991) Soul music, 1960s-style, resurfaces )ublin, of all places, when an unem-

ed Irish youth (Robert Arkins) fasha band out of an experienced trumps Johnny Murphy) and nine cheeky king-class lads. Director Alan ~>

peer's

—

Robert Arkins, appears as young with the dream of forging a

band

that will bring

Motown sound

to

man

first-rate

back blue-collar, '60s

economically

depressed Dublin in "The Commitments."

rmittent sexual

innuendo and mini-

The

U.S. Catholic Con-

violence.

nce classification is A - III

—

is

A-II

— adults

and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG

— parental guidance suggested.

adults.

"Days of Wine and Roses" (1962)

Motion Picture Association of

Sobering tale of alcoholism as public-relations flack Jack Lemmon pulls wife Lee Remick into the bottle with him, then can't persuade her to quit when he joins Alcoholics Anonymous.

Directed by Blake Edwards, the tragic narrative is rendered with harrowing realism but with enough compassion to

rica rating is

R — restricted.

!"Curly Sue" (1991) iFormula comedy has a hobo (James

and

orphan pal winning the affections yuppie Chicago lawyer (Kelly ch) who has no time for tender emoin her busy life. Writer-producernr John Hughes' trite story is loaded heartstring music that doesn t quite \ rvn out the cloying and insipid diaTishi)

his 9-year-old

|son Porter)

|

'

(};ie.

Several instances of slapstick

li-ence.

The

U.S. Catholic Confer-

"The Heart

Is

a Lonely Hunter"

(1968) Sensitive adaptation of Carson

ence classification

earn sympathy for

all

involved.

scenes of alcohol abuse and

The

its

Many conse-

U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults quences.

—

and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

largely uninvolving. Stylized violence.

U.S. Catholic Conference classi-

fication

A-I

is

— general patronage.

"101 Dalmatians" (1961) Puppy parents Pongo and Perdita (voices of Rod Taylor and Cate Bauer) rush to rescue their 15 dalmatian offspring from the evil Cruella

De

Vil

Lou Gerson) who has 99 puppies to make a polka-dot

(voice of Betty stolen

fur coat.

Walt Disney 's animated canine

caper, with art direction and production

design by

Ken Anderson, has more than

enough charm and

vitality to rate as

appealing family entertainment.

The

U.S. Catholic Conference classifica-

vibrant, gritty movie ultimately

over the top but not before it has getically celebrated hope amidst erty, the vitality of youth and the |'er of music. Much rough language,

is

McCullers' story about the frustrated attempts of a deaf-mute (Alan Arkin) to help others. Sadly, his friendship with a teen-ager (Sondra Locke) proves insufficient to compensate for his isolation in a world of utter silence. Director Robert Ellis Miller deftly treads the fine line

between sentiment and sentimentality.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification

is

A-II

— adults and adoles—

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G general cents.

audiences.

—

is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of

tion

America rating

is

G — general audi-

ences.

"Ricochet" (1991) Hard-edged revenge drama pits a hero cop-turned-prosecutor (Denzel Washington) against an escaped psychopath (John Lithgow) who frames him for murder and involvement in kiddie porn. Solid action scenes and chilling performances are outweighed by director Russell Mulcahy's emphasis on killings and sexual violence. Excessive violence, the repeated use of a

"Moby Dick"

(1956) Uneven adaptation of the Herman Melville classic follows the vengeful course of Captain Ahab (miscast Gregory Peck) in quest of the Great White Whale. Co-scripted by Ray Bradbury and director John Huston, it captures

graphic rape scene and

guage.

The

much rough lan-

U.S. Catholic Conference

classification

is

O

— morally —

offen-

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted. sive.

8

The Catholic News

& Herald

May

22, 1992

Locating

By Father Lawrence Catholic

News

E.

Mick

Service

• Dick said he didn't "see why the church needs to get involved in politics and business matters." After all, he

said, "issues like pollution, poverty and business practices are none of the church's business. The church should stick to spiritual matters and stay out of other areas."

• John said he generally favored the renewal of the liturgy. However, sometimes he got rather uncomfortable when people became very animated or lively at worship.

"I just feel worship should be a spiritual thing and so we should be reserved and rational. All this emotionalism seems like it detracts from the spiritual quality of the liturgy."

• Joan, on the other hand, longed for

deep

within the materia

that continued to make the couple a bit unhappy. "I don't know why, Father," she said, "but I just don't feel comfortable having anyone see me unclothed, not even my husband. I just feel somehow that my body is evil or dirty or something."

These people share a common assumption. In different ways and with different consequences, they all feel that the physical world, the bodily world, is somehow contrary to the spiri-

tory of humankind, so

Christianity, by contrast, is incarnational. The word "incarnation" refers to the enfleshment of the Son of God, to our belief that the Son took on human

ing

They feel that the world is evil, or at least not important to the spiritual realm. And they manifest a problem the church has been fighting since its

should be different in Africa or China. is spiritual; it shouldn't be affected by different cultures or customs," she said.

• Sarah had been married more than a decade, and the marriage was basically good. But there was a problem

earliest days.

The Christian

tradition stands in radical contrast to most other world religions on this question. It is common in Far Eastern religions, for example, to see the material world as evil and to

new

that

seem always to have had trouble gra it fully.

Even the early church struggled wi| Gnostics, people

who believed the

i

world was evil and that salvati j was found in knowledge ("gnosis" Greek) of spiritual things.

That problem seems constantly

terial

flesh.

This belief is so central to the Christian message that it shapes everything else. God has entered creation, forever uniting the spiritual and the material.

Thus our faith is incarnational, our worship is incarnational, our view of

human life and all human activities

tual.

an earlier time. "I liked it when the Mass was in Latin and was the same all over the world. I don't see why the Mass Religion

seek spiritual enlightenment by retreating or "escaping" from the world.

recur in the church's history, so periodically have to relearn the mes ing of incarnation.

Though the incarnation was nej creation's value as a gift of God is all clear in the Jewish traditionfrom whi | Christianity was born.

Genesis makes it clear that all c| ation comes from God's hands. Af J

is

incarnational. The created world and other human beings serve as means of grace and salvation.

The spiritual is found by looking deep within the material creation, not by avoiding it or escaping it.

In many ways, this incarnational notion was radically new in the his

each day of creation, "God saw thai] was good." The material world is i| evil. It reflects God's goodness.

Much of the evil of the wo: J does seem linked with the ma) rial world: sexual exploitati j greed, oppression, injustice, v| and many other evils involved the material creation.

This is why it is crucial that I learn to treat the material wo'J as God's gift. It is not the woj that is evil but the way we use £ \ abuse it.

"The church

must always be 'enfleshed' in the cultures and lives of the

various peoples of the world

who make up the church — whether they are the peoples

Our worship relies on matei 1 things like bread and wine water and oil as well as on otl] human beings as mediators] of East or West, God's presence and grace.

North or South."

Our best spiritual tradit&j teach us to look deeply into (] ation, to contemplate God's woj and to find God's presence in the depj 1

of creation.

As the Gospel spread to differ] places and encountered different <J tures, the church's worship and its wlj life took on the characteristics of local people. That was the origin of different rites in the church such as Byzantine, the Coptic, the Maron] etc.

The church must always be CNS

illustration

by Robert

McGovem

The incarnation poses a problem.

The problem: God's Son became one lots of us.

m

—

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

But there already were

fleshed" in the cultures and lives of] various peoples of the world who j up the church whether they are peoples of East or West, North or Soil Perhaps there will always be a teif tation to seek escape to some pu j spiritual world. Incarnation is mej since it means we must deal with human, the limited, the imperfect. | Yet out of love for the human and I created world God sent his Son, yj was to share in it and redeem it.

It makes sense for those who fol j Christ to love, respect and cherish ation. For God has chosen to dwell h

of us.

Humanity and the whole world were

right there to

be seen by

all

—

plain

as the nose on your

face.

Did we need the incarnation? Wouldn't it have been better if God's Son had come as a pure spirit, drawing our gaze away from our all-too-familiar world?

Well, that didn't happen. The incarnation is for real.

Does it mean God took this world too seriously? Did God take us too seriously?

Given the incarnation, it hardly seems safe anymore not to take the world seriously. Maybe God was trying to tell us something: that when we looked out into this world, we needed to "see" it a little better.

And human beings were always right there to be seen by all, you say? Yes, but we needed to clarify our thinking about them.

If we were missing the point about each human life having value, the incarnation would straighten things out.

Here's the problem: It is costly to take the incarnation seriously. It could change the way we operate right here and now.

i

j

(Father Mick, a priest of the Arch i cese of Cincinnati, Ohio, isafree-U\ writer.)

David Gibson, Editor, Faith

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The Catholic News

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Illustrations

&

He raid

by Janin* Apptogat*

When worlds collide criminate against other races.

By Father Herb Weber Catholic

Joe

is

News

One young woman came

Service

a graduate student in chemis-

He and I were talking over a taco :za when he started recalling his first lege years in a city college in the st. But his experiences there seemed narkably similar to many I have heard students at the state university in

to

me most

troubled because her roommate was planning to have an abortion.

Of course, not all students experience such obvious confrontations with their values. More often it is subtle, with a gradual realization that others differ on essential qualities like belief in

m

God or treatment of neighbor.

io where I am a campus minister.

Joe's background was that of a strong d convinced Catholic. His values were ar; he knew what he believed.

But during his first years in college was confronted with students of com-

Two tasks are necessary for conscientious individuals when other worlds "collide" with their own.

First, people must decide how they themselves will react when those around them display other ways of dealing with

stely different values and backmnds. In his words, his world was on collision course* with the worlds of

forced him to make decisions how he was going to live and behave.

Many students enter college with h ideals. Once there, however, they y be confronted with roommates who ep around, others who elaborately eat and still others who openly disLers. It

opposing viewpoints and lifestyles are judged

Sometimes personal faith and moral actually grow at this time. A young man or woman may end up making a real commitment to what previously had been accepted only at surface level. life

it

—

all life

chose to dialogue with all peoples willing to listen, especially those in posi-

people are forced to admit "If

everyone.

Among students, a few that there Is real tions to make decisions. struggle alone to respond Individuals can do the evil in the world, to these situations; others will they conclude same, remembering that link up with groups that fit trying to listen and underthat the world their needs. Often a young stand does not necessarily itself is evil?" person will, at this point, entail agreement or comexperience an attraction to promise with those whose a simple, fundamentalist religious group positions are truly different. Instead, that paints the world in black and white it means good faith and a willingness and is ready to castigate those who to go the extra mile an approach disagree! that reaches beyond accusations and A healthier way to go is to find ways incriminations.

When this approach is taken, we to dialogue with the world.

Perhaps the best model for this is the turn the collision of worlds into an action of the U.S. Catholic bishops in interaction of people for the benefit of all. the 1980s when they wrote their pastoral letters on nuclear arms and on the (Father Weber is pastor of St. ThoU.S. economy. mas More University Parish inBowling When the subject of nuclear arms Green, Ohio.)

this collision of

worlds affects one's general outlook on the world itself, especially when the

"God saw how good

on the planet was addressed, it would have been easy to issue a simple condemnation or turn away from the issue and retreat to the chancery.

Instead, the bishops

world and condemn it, others will try to impose their values on everything and

Equally important is the second task:

how

with their potential to destroy

people are forced to admit that there is real evil in the world, will they conclude that the world itself is evil?

Some will try to hide away from the If

life.

consideration of

wrong or even evil.

was."

—

By Father John Catholic

J.

News

Castelot

Service

In the Bible's first story of creation nesis l:l-2:4a), we read in one form

another after every act of creation ir the six days that "God saw how »d it was."

Centuries later, however, and in a ferent culture, the notion was adiced that matter was evil. This would /e, and has had, tragic effects on

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attitude toward nature, even rard the material human body itself.

>ple's

Retrieving the

what

however, nature s respected, held in reverential awe. hen I behold the heavens, the work of ir fingers, the moon and the stars

In biblical culture,

it

tor."

\nd the psalmist is thinking of the Jgral human person the total per-

—

n

a remarkable prayer ascribed to three young men in the fiery furnace iniel 3:24-90), all creation is invited )in in a mighty chorus of praise to the d. It is an all-inclusive litany listing

SJTH IN

means

Human, A Christian Anthropology, by theologian Jose Comblin, examines to be human, calling the incarnation of the Son of God "the most radical

expression of Christian anthropology." Philosophers of other cultures never imagined "the greatest wonder of all: God actually ... entering into the human condition through a conception and birth." Comblin writes at one point: "Almost all of humanity's great cultures have held the body in contempt, regarding it as a kind of prison ... and seeing genuine humanity as something to be measured exclusively by intellectual values.... But the

—

you set in place what is man you should be mindful of him?" aim 8:1, 4-5).

Here the psalmist is not putting hunity down, but marveling that the ator of such a breathtaking universe iws so much concern for people. "You re made him little less than the an3, and crowned him with glory and

ich

it

Christian

Gospel knows no

...

contempt

just about every creature in the universe, animate and inanimate: sun and

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moon, stars, showers and dew, winds, fire and heat, ice and snow, dolphins and all water creatures, wild and do-

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while the spirit and soul were exalted.

A philosophical movement that came to be known as Gnosticism, however, tended to identify the material world with evil and the spiritual with good.

This movement reached its full development in the West in the second century A.D. But some of Paul's "sophisticated" converts at Corinth already were attracted to it in the first century.

They claimed that the body was irrelevant; only the soul counted. If the

mestic animals.

Another psalmist put things even more directly: "The heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork" (Psalm 19:2).

In the biblical view the material universe is, quite simply, good. The sacred authors made no distinction between

matter and spirit, body and soul, with matter and the body looked down upon

body was irrelevant, they thought they could eat and drink what they pleased, sleep with anyone who caught their eye.

Wasn't only the body involved in these activities?

Not even Jesus' body was of importance in this view; and the cross was only the glorified Christ had "gross"

—

meaning.

Paul, naturally, saw things differHe wrote: "The body, however, is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body" (1 Corinthians ently.

6:13).

THE MARKETPLACE

Ve say that God's

for the body." (Orbis

10545. 1990. Paperback, $14.95.)

"The people in our parish. I'm a people person. like to be around people. When I'm around Yolanda Flores, Mission, Texas generous people, they show me the goodness of creation."

I

—

giving,

No one with a "gnostic" mentality could have endorsed this blunt declaration of Christian faith.

physical creation is

good.

Tell

something that

is

good about

it.

"How a person has the gift of God in their life, how that life shines through them to others. When people are kind and considerate and caring toward another person, to me that is God shining through them."

Mary Beuechline, Chicago, III.

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"The beauty of things that seem at first glance insignificant. For example, a person who doesn't radiate beauty according to the standards of our culture but rather radiates a beauty from within that Carol Hayes, Syracuse, N.Y. somewhat hidden by a disability or difficult circumstances."

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"The whole thing from top to bottom, the exquisite awesome way it is constructed. Looking one cannot help but be moved by the Spirit."

Art LeDoux, Bradford, Mass.

sky,

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like to

is

at the night

respond for

(Father Castelot isaScripture scholar,

author and

lecturer.)

9

Fne Catholic

News

& Herald

May

22, 1992

Catholic Charities Directors Urge

Leadership, Action To End Racism Six Presidential Scholars Cite Impact Of Catholic School Teachers Six of WASHINGTON (CNS)

INDIANAPOLIS

—

the nation's

1992 Presidential Scholars

named their Catholic school

who had

teachers as

most impact on their academic or artistic accomplishments. The six youths were among the educators

— The

directors

of Catholic Charities agencies from throughout the country are urging President George Bush to exert strong leadership to ensure immediate and comprehensive prosecution of the Los Angeles

the

Police Department brutality case.

month, the directors said they deplored

All the winners and their teachers were

the underlying racism they believe led

Washington

in

week of mid- June.

Ind.

(CNS)

—

Bishop Norbert F. Gaughan of Gary, Ind., has resumed a limited work schedule following his release May 12 from St. Anthony Medical Center. He had been a patient at the facility since suffering a stroke Feb. 27 at his home. His left arm and leg are impaired but his speech is back to normal. He has undergone intense speech, occupational and physi-

A young boy

wearing a beret with the

emblem of Bosnia holds in Sarajevo,capital

cal therapy.

fighting worsened.

town of De Aar

knows

that

Rueters)

Noted Irish Bishop Resigns Amid Scandal Allegations The GALWAY, Ireland (CNS)

—

a

sociopolitical perspective, the gulf be-

tween the two places is almost immeasurable. A native of Berwick, Pa., who was ordained bishop of De Aar on May Bishop Potocnak finds himself in the 1 middle of a country in ferment. "The blacks have to take over, it has to happen," he said in a telephone interview from his South African rectory with The Catholic Standard and Times, Philadelphia archdiocesan newspaper. "I hope it's going to happen peacefully."

internationally as a

poor

in the

known

champion of

the

Third World, resigned amid

press reports that he had fathered a child

nearly 20 years ago.

The

reports said

,

that Bishop Eamonn Casey of Galway had paid more than $100,000 in child support and legal fees to Annie Murphy, 44, of Ridgefield, Conn. Ms. Murphy told Irish radio of the "magical love" she felt for Bishop Casey when they met after she was divorced. She said the love turned sour when he balked over child support payments.

Vatican Officials Defend Procedure In Cause Of Opus Dei Founder

Pope Plans To Beatify

Who Became Nun

VATICAN CITY (CNS) John Paul

II

— Pope

plans to beatify a black

VATICAN CITY

who was

given away as a present by one master and scarred with more than 100 razor cuts by another.

African slave

is

(CNS)

—

In an

unusual public statement, top Vatican officials

defended their handling of the

controversial sainthood cause of

Giuseppina Bakhita, who as a child was so frightened at being captured by slave traders that she forgot her given name for the rest of her life.

She converted to Catholicism in 1890 and joined the Daughters of Charity of Canossa. Sister Bakhita spent her last 54 years as a member of the religious order, working as a cook, seamstress and doorkeeper. The pope will beatify her May 17 along with Msgr. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, founder of Opus

She

als

in

"We join with concerned individu and organizations across the country condemning the indiscriminate and

many

of our communities," the

state-

ment said. "We pray for an end to it. The sin of racism has brought us hatred.

Hatred has brought us violence. All of us have become its victims."

Catholic Charities

USA,

si

a private,

service organization, has 1,200 agen

1 11

cies across the country serving people in

need without regard to religion, ethnic racial or economic background. More Qi than 130 Catholic Charities leaders met 4

month

this

in Indianapolis to discuss

h

poverty issues in their communities.

The Vatican has

65-year-old bishop of Galway,

African Slave

and vigorously enforce

federal civil rights laws.

self-destructive violence occurring in rac-

ism traps many people, especially African-American men, women and children in poverty, and creates a climate that leads to violence. They urged the president, Congress, state and local government leaders to enact and implement strong legislation that provides educational, economic development and housing resources needed to break poverty cycles and racism.

The directors also asked all political leaders, especially those running for the

Albina Aspell Honored With

St.

De Sales Award

Francis

in

from

onstrate a

of Bosnia as ethnic

(CNS Photo from

South Africa is about 8,000 miles from his native Pennsylvania, but Bishop Joseph

Potocnak

machine gun

institutions.

Bush was asked to demstrong personal commitment

President

peace to the republic.

— The

PHILADELPHIA (CNS)

a

launched a diplomatic campaign to bring

Priest Faces Challenge Of Heading South African Diocese provincial

Rodney

to the brutal police beating of

King and the acquittal verdict.

The directors said institutional

Bishop Gaughan Of Gary Resumes Limited Work Schedule

MERRILLVILLE,

In a statement issued earlier this

activities in

schools, housing, banking, health care

and other American

to civil rights

141 students nationwide recognized for achievement in academics or the arts. to participate in a

presidency, to put forth their plans to reduce racism in police departments,

Sister

Opus

Dei founder Msgr. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer.

The

(CNS) Albina Aspell, publisher of The Catholic Post diocesan newspaper in Peoria, 111., was

members of the CPA, she

awarded the Catholic Press Association's highest honor May 15.

saint of journalists, is given annually foi

was

Aspell,

cited in the presenta-

tion of the St. Francis de Sales for her to the

1

Award

8 years of service at the Post and

CPA.

you,

I

love you.

I

said, "I thank

appreciate you."

The award, named

after the patror

outstanding service to the Catholic pres! in

Aspell became publisher of the pa per upon Msgr. Peters' retirement

^

February.

She has served as president and vice

A

ime

native of Cleveland, she joine^ !.

president of the Catholic Press Associa-

the Catholic Post in 1974,

coming fron

tion; represented the organization at the

a position with the Cleveland News daih

1987 synod of bishops; and was previously nominated for the St. Francis de

newspaper.

Sales award.

her late husband founded The Penn

"I thought life had no more thrills. I was wrong," she said after the award was announced at a luncheon during the

Press, a weekly with a historical

Al .

ivile

After moving to Peoria, Aspell ant lorn

CPA's annual

three-day convention in

Milwaukee. She said in

all

the years she

has watched others receiving the award, she figured "St. Francis de Sales was pretty

happy about the whole thing."

The award celebrates his "great gift

ap|

proach. While at The Catholic Post, sh

founded Guildhall Publishers, which foj more than a decade has published book form of "The Question Box," weekly column by Father John Dietze carried by Catholic News Service

As

president of the Catholic Pres

Association, Aspell

was

a non-votinj

participant at the 1987

Msgr.

noted that her predecessor as publisher, Msgr. Robert G. Peters, received the St. Francis de Sales award in 1970 and she

laity. She spoke there on the role of th media in the mission of the church encouraging bishops to be more open

frequently looked at his plaque, which is displayed prominently in his office.

providing information.

Pope John Paul II had a special commission study whether such a step could be made "tranquilly. "The commission gave a favorable reply. The Vatican statement May 12 was the latest and most comprehensive rebuttal of ac-

mm

ir<

of language and imagery," she said. She

Escriva,

B

North America

officials also disclosed

that before deciding to beatify

Dei.

—

MILWAUKEE

Because she'd see said,

"my

it

regularly, she

glance has always been a

cusations that Msgr. Escriva's cause has

prayer, especially in tough times."

proceeded too quickly and with undue Vatican favor.

thanked Msgr. Peters and her staff at The Catholic Post for their "emotional and spiritual support" and to fellow

She

synod on th

iij

was nominate*, for the St. Francis de Sales Award. Th honor that year went posthumously Penny Lernoux, the late Latin affair writer for the National Catholic Re

Is

In 1990, Aspell also

lei

t<

med;

porter [res ecer

Congratulations to the Parishioners of

yoi

.ind 1

"

irs'

Readings for the

Week

of

May 24 - May

SAINT MARY'S IN SHELBY

30

as their

Sunday: Acts 15, 1-2.22-29; Revelations 21, 10-14.22-23; John 14, 23-29. is

Monday: Acts

16, 11-15;

John

15, 26-16, 4.

new

Catholic Church

Consecrated on Sunday,

and

Hat

May

24, 1992

to their Pastor creta

k.

Tuesday: Acts 16, 22-34; John 16, 5-11.

MONSIGNOR WILLIAM WELLEIN Wednesday: Acts

17, 15.22-18.1;

Thursday: Acts

1-11; Ephesians

1,

John 1,

16, 12-15.

17-23;

Luke

24, 46-53.

as he Celebrates his Fortieth Anniversary

of Ordination to the Priesthood Friday: Acts 18, 9-18; John 16, 20-23..

Saturday: Acts 18, 23-28; John 16, 23-28.

The Wellein Family

Vlay 22,

The Catholic News &

1992

Vietnamese Catholic Community Mot ngay

kia

' Viion Tran Sue Manh ^ bng Thay lam cho cac "So -De minh rat ngac nhien bbi each dung chu cua

^Doi song nhu mot chiec xe hoi." Ho "dpi ch6 trong thinh lang, biet rang Thay minh se dan ngay sau (To. "That dung vay Ong cham rai noi." Mot chiec xe hoi co the dung 3e len dinh dbi cao! Ong

iai

!

chirh

lai

vab thinh lang.

"Nhung khb noi.hau thua kf vi

het

moi nguoi

len

nam tru'oc

chiec xe do' de cho bi can, sau 'do ho

do

nan."

tai

Trich trong tap

"Mot phut khbn ngoan" cua Cha Anthony De Mello

SJ.

tbi nghi ngay ve mot cau truyen co that ma tbi da clubc nghe ma toi dupe nan hanh lam ban va cung that quy men. Toi xin chia se trong thang nay cle ttibhg nh6 va biet 6n nhiing Ba Me clac biet nhiing ba me Viemam ma

Sau khi doc cau truyen nay,

tu

mot

vi

hdan cahh

thieu

can"dam la

phu Vietnam

trb treucla bj clay

mot tarn guong dung cam va cube song

vbi

vao nam

ma diing phat day va khbng

tru'oc barlh

bj chiec

tran "day

xe cuoccloi nhiing "da co'du nghi

xe TIEN, TINH,

lu'c

va

DANH VONG can nat.-Day

hy sinh cua nhiing nguoi

me "da va dang duong dau

tai Tlat ngiioi.

Mot ngay kia Phudng Hanhcli lam, nahg than thb lai chiec xe cu ky tren xa lb. Tarn tri clang

me gia don cbi ndi que nha. Me nang da bi'dau bm qua nhieu day dang can sii giup 36 cua nahg. Vi the nahg cb gang kierh viec "cle co chut tien com giii /e cho me va"d6hg thbi cuhg"3e cung chbhg nubi con.

Chao bi sao"dbi ngao ngan the von chiiadi lam quen trendat My,v6i tarn than nhb be,sau nbi lah lam xong cbng viec la nahg phai ngbi bet treri~di van He lay lai sue. Nhin"dbi bah tay

5an biu vbi hinh anh cua ngu'bi

em, me "doi mat long lanh cua em,no nhu chua ca mua xuan cua dbi yeu Hoi mat "do khbng?"

Hanh ngac nhien va tu sii ngac nhien tbi

tbi.

Em cb cho phep tbi

Lan dau tien trong"d6i,nang nhin 1 ma ga cla co vbi nang chi la nhiing thu cloan. Nahg dupe lau ban rieng cho han, triic"dien thoai,"dem tien gium nan. Co' lan han "da cb y'quen ca may chuc ngan trong hoc tu va trao chia khoa cho nahg coi gium sau khi dong tiem. A the ra ga dan bng nay 3a me ve dep tram bubn cua minh, va"da dung chieu bai du khi dbla de cho minh sa lay vbi han.

Nang clang ngam nghi, ga lai len tieng: "Hanh, neu em muon tbi co the cho em moi tuan bon tram"db,em chi can an dien that "dep va coi tiem cho tbi. Toi cb nhiing ba nha kia, mot nha toi cle cho vb ca ma tbi da ly di lau rbi, con hai nha khac, mot b bai bieh va mot b'db thj nay. rat "dep va rat sang. Toi tang em ca db.Noi xong han mon men clen gah. Han biet rang con gai A-Dong khbng nen lam qua manh. Khi Hanh nghe nahg tu nhien ua nubc mat,guc~dau tren "doi tay, long phb thac nbi Thuong-De vbi 16i cau thahh kJiamJ'Thupng-De di, Ngai mubn dbh con vao the dung chi "day? Bao lau con "da xin Ngai hai chu Binh An the nhiing con chi gap toan cay"dang,va chien"dau thbi. Thubng-De.gadah bngdang"diingday cb tinh quyen du con bb chohg bb con de gieo minh vao ao mpng tien va nhuc due cua han. Oi Thiipng-De hay ban con canTtemlli.cIe con cbdiTsuc phanUau cho tbi cung."

Tom lai gpi Hanh trong lbi nbi mem nhun dbi chb: "Hanh.neu em mubn tbi se lam cho em Phiibng

ga chu sb mot each

khinh

that

bi.

sii

so hai.

Thi ra bao nhieu cu'chi truoc kia

lib

khoi phai khb, chi can nbi dbng y la xong ngay!"

iinh

Lan nay Hanh khbng cam nbi minh nua.phan uatjdung phat day,dbi mat "den lay, lung linn nhu mot'dem sao cua trbi giong bao, nahg quat "Hay xa khoi mat ta. Ong dung tien va nhuc ductiequyen du ta u? Noi rbi nahg lay vi va lap tuc rbi khoi tiem. Nahg mb xe chay nhu bay ve thanh phb 3e khbng con nghe thay dii am bi oi cua ga clan bng trb tren nay nu'a. Nahg vb phohg, tarn mat trong nuoc mat. NahgTJau vi cla bi thiibng tich. Nang mat viec that rbi,me nahg se khb va chbhg con nang cung se khb. Chao bi, bao nhieu chuyen rau. Nhiing trong long nahg vuivf<fi thang tran. Nang cam thay sue mann^t xuai vihhu n>g"d5 xin hang ngay," Thiibng

!

ma ngao ngah cho tarn than bi xay xat vi cube aoi.

Co clang lam gi the?" Mot giong nbi ngot ngao .'dam am lam nahg quay phat

vien tnibc kia

"Hanh,

lai.

"Tom, toi clang nghi mot chut."

Roi nahg nhin Tom chbt tinh.anh ta cb ve gi la la sao ay. Chang nhu mubn noi gi do rbi ai thbi. Hanh cung khbng can phai hoi lai, nang trbVe vbi the gibi thiic tai cua minh trong lb co hinh anh me gia, hinh anh nguoi chbng triu men va bay con thb clang b nha tie.

"Hanh, (giong chahg ngot lim) em biet khbng? tbi da hing de y em may thang nay.toi me

generating Energy

/

cho con can"dam,vung manh va trung thanh vbi Ngai va vbi nhiing ngubi con yeu

-De, xin

thiibng tren coi dbi.

phong yen

tinh

Cau xin xong nang Ijm cii vi met moi trong khi nang ngbai TR6l LAI SANG.

troi

ua vao can

hua hen mpt ngay mai

life she looked at her boss with a disdainful look. She immediately back on all his kindnesses to her, his acts of "charity." Were they perhaps only to lure her? She had been asked to take care of his own desk, of his phone calls and to help him to count the money. There were times he pretended to forget thousands of dollars in his desk and gave her his keys.

"Oh, now I understand that he fell in love with my sad eyes," she mused to

time in her reflected

By SISTER CECILIA

TONG

Everyone was surprised by the Master's updated metaphor: "Life is like a motor ar." They waited in silence, knowing that an explanation would not be long in oming. "Oh yes," he said at last. "A motor car can be used to travel to the heights." mother silence. "But most people lie in front of it, allow it to run over them, then lame it for the accident." Taken from One Minute of Wisdom by Anthony de Mello J.

thought immediately of a true story that I have been rivileged to hear from a Vietnamese lady who has been a good friend of mine and /horn I truly admire. I want to share it with you this month to honor and to show Mothers, because gratitude to all the mothers, especially After reading this story,

I

VN

of the hardships of a

life that

has pushed them to

lie in

front of

a wheel and yet have energy and sufficient will power to stand

up and refuse to be crushed by the wheels of money, lust and pride. Here is a role model of courage and self-sacrifice, a mother and wife who has been confronted by hardships in the

new land.

As she did every

she

felt

very tired

at times.

day,

Small as she was, she needed to

sit

down

n the sofa to rest after hours of hard work. "

Hanh, what are you doing?" a mellow voice

startled her.

She turned her head

nmediately.

"I

am resting a bit, Tom." She suddenly realized that he had something strange He seemed to want to say something else but he stopped short. Hanh just

n his face.

mored

it

'here she

He came near and began to talk to her again. "Hanh, if you want I could give you $400 each week. What I need is that you just dress well and be here with me! I have one at the shore and one three houses. One is for my ex-wife, and the other two here both are just beautiful and magnificent, all for you."

As he was speaking, little by little, he drew nearer and nearer. He understood that Oriental girls are gentle; therefore, he had to be careful. Listening to him, Hanh's eyes filled with tears. She hid her head in her hands and offered herself to God with trusting confidence. "Lord, God Almighty,what is all this about now? I have asked you for peace and instead of peace disturbance comes. Dear God, the man who is standing here is trying to tempt me to leave my husband and children for money and for giving into his desire. Please God, give me courage to fight against the foe until

—

—

I

die."

Tom

Phuong Hanh needed to go to work.

She drove an old car on the highway. Her mind was filled by memories of her old mother who was living in VN. She had been so sick and needed her help. For that reason, she was ying to work and to send some money home; the rest was for her husband and hildren. Hanh mused to herself "what a life the one I am living!" Looking at her ands which were not used to hard work since her student days and thinking of her jal situation,

herself.

and returned to her former thoughts. She entered again into her world remembered her loving husband at work and her three children in the day

are center.

"Hanh, (his voice sounded sweet and enticing) do you know I have fallen in love you? I love you. I can visualize myself in those eyes, they symbolize my entire fe, indeed the springtime of my youth. Do you allow me to love those eyes of

continued to talk to Hanh in his enticing voice: "If you want, you do not work anymore, you just need to say 'Yes' that is all."

This time, Hanh could not contain herself any more. She stood up immediately, her black eyes flashing like stars in a stormy night. She said to him in an emphatic tone, "Get out of here! Do not think that you can make me fall into your trap with

have

to

promises of money and sex."

She took her purse and left. She drove onto the highway and headed home, trying to deaden his voice with the noise of the traffic. She arrived home,went into her room and there poured out her heart in tears.

She was wounded. She had lost her job. Her mother, her husband and children would be hungry. What was she going to do? Yet strangely enough she found peace and joy springing up in her heart because she had won the victory. Her prayer had

been answered "Dear Lord, give me courage,strength and fidelity to You and to those to whom I have committed in this life." While she prayed and nursied her pain, streams of sunlight poured into her quiet room promising a new dawn.

Handmaids Sister Cecilia Tong is director of the Vietnamese Apostolate for the Diocese of Charlotte.

'ith

ours?"

Hanh was

surprised and from that awareness, she

became

afraid.

For the

Employment Opportunities Secretarial Position: Available 6/29/92 at Catholic Social Services, Charlotte ffice.

Full-time opening.

familiarity with fiileen

Need

flexible person with

good

secretarial skills,

Word Perfect. Good office presence. Please send resume to Sister

McLoughlin, 116 East

First Street, Charlotte

NC

Vietnamese Community News

first

The First Reconciliation and Communion will take place May 3 1 at Our Lady of Consolation. There are nine boys and girls. Redemptorist Father Vang Tran will celebrate the event for the community and will be the celebrant of the Mass

in June.

The Cursillo for men will be June 47 and the women's Cursillo will be June 11-14.

A

p.m.

team of Vietnamese men and will come from California to

women

28202

t)RE for parish of 700 families. Responsibilities include coordination of eligious formation program P-K - 12, youth ministry, adult education and sacramental preparation of children and parents. Degree in religious education or comparable experience desired. Send resume to: Search Committee, St. Pius X Church, 2210 North Elm Street, Greensboro NC 27408.

at 5

The Vietnamese Apostolate will have two Cursillos for men and women

The graduation of 60 Vietnamese children from religious education pro-

grams at

will

be

May

3

1

from

Our Lady of Consolation.

1

to

4 p.m.

assist local leaders

®

with the programs.

This newspaper is printed on recycled newsprint and is recyclable.

..holic

News

&

May22, 1992

Herald

Q>muni({aS^nsp ana/

(Tpmimiquemonoj % i

Primera Comunion Por PADRE SILL RUEDA Han pasado muchos ahos de aquel

dfa 8 de diciembre en que hice mi primera

comunion rodeado del amor de todos los mios y en el que se convirtio para mi en el momento mas feliz de mi vida.

Realmente fue un dfa lleno de emociones con la reunion de toda mi familia en el pueblo donde habfamos nacido, la procesion desde la casa hasta

templo, de todos los ninos que ese dfa recibfamos por primera vez a Jesiis sacramentado y la primera misa cantada de mi primo Sacerdote. Todo realmente fue una verdadera fiesta. Estos acontecimientos quedaron grabados en mi corazon para siempre y hoy cada vez que veo a los ninos hacer su primera comunion, llegan a mi alma recuerdos gratos de aquel dfa. el

Lugar donde Jesus celebro

la

ultima cena.

Mientras comian, tomo pan y bendiciendolo, lo partio, se lo dio y dijo: Tomad mi cuerpo. Tomando el caliz, despues de dar gracias, se lo entrego y bebieron de el todos. Y les dijo: Esta es mi sangre de la alianza, que se derrama por muchos. (Mc.14, 22-24 ) este es

Las cosas y los tiempos han cambiado, pero el sentido verdadero de la Eucaristfa es el

mismo. El misterio

La realidad es viva. Jesiis se hace comida y bebida para fortalecer esta

Santa La Casa de

Tierra

la Por

El jueves santo que cada ano

ultima

allf.

nuestro espiritu.

cena

PADRE SILL RUEDA conmemoramos en la Semana Santa, nos deja una

vez mas extasiados y sin comprender el hecho trascendental que ocurrio aquella tarde en la casa de Juan, alia a las afueras de Jerusalen, cuando Jesus con sus discfpulos se propuso celebrar la pascua.

Lo linico que sabe*mos de este acontecimiento es lo que nos cuentan los Evangelios en sus escritos y estos carecen de muchos datos cronologicos, pero la fe nos lleva a pensar que fue un momento solemne y una oportunidad mas para los discfpulos estar cerca de su Mestro.

Sabemos que alii Jesus se dio en comida y bebida para la vida eterna, transformando el pan y el vino en su cuerpo divino. A1U nos enseno a servir cuando lavo los pies a sus amigos. Y mas aun allf nos dio a conocer el mandamiento nuevo, que es amarnos los unos a los otros como El nos ha amado.

Todas estas caracteristicas son propias de una fiesta y es por eso que decimos que es la fiesta de los Sacerdotes, porque es allien sfntesis cuando se ve el Sacerdocio de Cristo prefigurado.

La ultima cena de Jesiis pasa a la historia como el dfa en que se junta el cielo con la tierra para formar una sola comida necesaria al espiritu y para sublimizar las flaquezas del hombre. Para darle una nueva dimension y valor divino a las cosas del mundo, pan y vino y para levantar a la humanidad agobiada por el pecado, mediante el misterio de la comunion.

Eucaristfa significa comida y alimento para la vida eterna. Es diffcil imaginar como sucedio todo esto en una humilde casa de Jerusalen, un dfa comiin de la vida de Jesus. Hoy solo al llegar alii podemos admirar la construccion de un conjunto de edificios que pertenecieron antigUamente a la orden de los Padres Franciscanos hasta .333. Gradualmente los terrenos fueron confiscados por los musulmanes quienes en 1 .477 se los apropiaron definitivamente.

La tradicion aceptada ubica al gran aposento alto de la ultima cena, en la casa de Juan, sobre el Monte Sion, donde vivio Maria y donde acontecio tambien el milagro de Pentecostes. Esta casa segiin la tradicion escapo a la destruction de la ciudad de Jerusalen por los romanos y en ella los cristianos establecieron su primera Iglesia y despues los Bizantinos construyeron alii su "haguia Sion" o sea la madre de las Iglesias. Hoy esta muy recortado el edificio y solo se conserva la sala de la ultima cena a la cual se ingresa por una terraza a traves de lo que fue originalmente una de las ventanas del norte. Esta construccion es de origen gotico con sus arcos y ventanales y una piedra cercana a la pared norte, marca el sitio donde se sento Cristo con sus discfpulos aquella tarde del jueves. Bajo la ventana central hay un nicho de

Recuerdo toda la catequesis que mis hermanos y maestra antes de mi primera comunion y como mi madre me hacfa tomar muy en serio todas estas doctrinas, con un gran amor recibf de

y respeto profundos.

A esta celebration se le ha llamado el dfa bianco de los ninos, porque es precisamente allf el encuentro mas dulce y tierno que tiene Jesiis con todos ellos; como nos cuenta el Evangelio, cuando el Maestro abrazando a uno de esos pequenos dijo: Que el Reino de los cielos se parecfa tambien a ellos.

La primera comunion es y tiene que seguir siendo un dfa muy especial en la vida del cristiano. Un dfa para recordar, no solamente, por las fiestas y regalos, sino por la gran fiesta que se hace en el

cuando alguien mas participa de Sacramento y por el regalo sublime que Jesiis nos da al tener la oportunidad de comer y beber su cuerpo y su sangre. cielo este

Nuestros sentidos materiales captan muy

poco de esta grandeza y no son capaces de abarcar el misterio, pero por la fe y las palabras consignadas en las Escrituras sabemos que El esta allf presente para entrar de lleno en el alma del nino y hacerle la gran invitation de seguirle a partir de ese Sacramento en todos los otros que configuran la estructura de la Iglesia.

Aquel dfa de mi primera comunion todo a mi alrededor era distinto: Los

vestidos blancos de las nihas,

las

azucenas perfumadas en sus manos, e cirio bianco de los chicos, la cinta como insignia eucarfstica prendida a sus brazos, el misalito de nacar, el rosario el incienso de la Iglesia, el amor de mis padres y esa gran paz que se sentfa muy adentro del corazon de todos. Pero la vida con el transcurso del tiempo nos engana y se toma en oscuro lo que era bianco ayer.

Hagamos que los ninos hispanos que en este mes de mayo reciben su primera comunion, puedan conservar la

blancura de sus almas y de sus

como

bianco de las hostias, porque Cristo Resucitado ha llegado a sus corazones y quiere desde allf mostrarles un camino nuevo a seguir Que todos los padres de familia se preocupen por la continuidad de la catequesis eucaristica en sus hogares con sus hijos, despues de est! pensamientos,

acontecimiento. Hagamos lo posible pan que todos unidos podamos con los ninos caminar alegres en su dfa bianco ) ayudarles a conservar limpia su alma e partir del dia de la primera comunion

oration musulman.

Todo

esto para recordarnos que

allf Jesus instituyo el Sacramento de la cuando nos dejo como alimento espiritual, su cuerpo y su

Ninos en

el dfa

de su Primera Comunion

sangre.

carismatico en la casa de reflection de

Noticias Locales Primeras Comuniones El dfa sabado 23 de mayo del presente ano seran las Primeras Comuniones de los 20 ninos hispanos en la Iglesia de N Sra.de la Consolation.

Este es el grupo que han venido preparando las sehoras Olga Romero y

Marina Rief con tanto amor y dedication.

Estan todos invitados a la Sta. Misa que sera ese dfa a las 10 de la manana. Para

mas informacion llamar a los telefonos:

CCH 335-1281. y Olga

Marina Rief 542-0877

Romero 365-4728.

Retiro Carismatico El

CCH

esta invitando a

un

retiro

Maggie Valley,

de junio del presente ano y el costo por persona sera de $ 60,00 dolares que tendran que pagar al llegar a la casa.

Quien va a dirigir el retiro sera el Padre John Jairo Rtfeda quien viene de Quincy Florida y tiene mucha experiencia en movimientos carismaticos. Para mas informacion llamar al CCH al niimero

335-1281.

los dfas del 12 al 14

Dia de recreo para Familias Hispanas El CCH con la direction de Arli( Barrera esta invitando a un dfa d< descanso en

el

parque Frank Liske a la

afueras de Charlotte, para el dfa 3 1

di

mayo del presente ano, con la celebraci6i de

la

Sta.Misa en espanol y juegos pan

los ninos.

J

el trigo

1

Eucaristfa para su Iglesia,

1

.re:

May

The Catholic News &

22, 1992

Escribieron

En La

Su Pagina

Como

Chris (From Page 6) the "facts, just the facts" without the

Historia

escribieron esa historia?

La escribieron asistiendo uno o dos Sabados al mes a clases especiales del programa de Entrenamiento de Ministros Laicos. Empezaron en Enero de 1990 hasta Mayo de 1992 en que vieron coronados sus esfuerzos en la entrega de certificados, que tuvo lugar el Sabado 9 de Mayo de 1992 con la asistencia del Obispo John F. Donoghue que fue el principal celebrante de la Santa Misa, concelebrando con el Padre Ed Sheridan y el Padre John J. Tuller, parroco de Saint Charles Borromeo en Morgaton.

Antes de la Misa tuve el gusto de mblar con las esposas de los Hispanos que cursaron esos estudios. Carmen Rodriguez, la esposa de Edwin Rodriguez, me dijo que ella habia

iprendido mucho cuando Edwin ;ompartia con ella lo que el iba lprendiendo y estudiando. Me dijo que labfan mejorado las relaciones natrimoniales porque habian aprendido l dicutir mejor. Los ninos tambien han

de cada uno diciendo: "Os enviamos como mensajeros de salvacion y paz senalados con la serial de la cruz."

Despues de la misa pude hacer varias la frente

Olga Torres uso

las

palabras

"hermoso,"

Rodriguez y Manuel Vallhonrat.

Pregunte a Manuel porque habia hecho los estudios y

me

dijo

sus conocimientos religiosos. Edwin me confeso que no habia dormido anoche

de emocion y

No puedo dijo la Hna.

terminar sin citar lo que

Mary Timothy Warren,

cinco Hispanos se distinguieron por su esfuerzo y tenacidad en sus estudios.

CrOSS Winds (From

.

Page 6)

nejoro.

Al hablar con Vlanuel Vallhonrat, jue se sentia

]ue ;n

Manuel

Flor, la esposa

de

me dijo lo contenta

de haber llegado a

la

meta

se propuso. Ella ha crecido

responsabilidad.

Segun

ella

Manuel

naduro espiritualmente a traves de los los anos.

Al terminar

la

Misa el Obispo John

| Donoghue distribuyo los certificados I despues hizo la serial de la cruz sobre

A

Chris Newnan is director of religious education for the Diocese of Charlotte. continuation of this sharing will appear in the next issue.

now

Welk Found

His Catholic Upbringing The program aired on ABC from WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cham-

In

pagne music maker Lawrence Welk, whose dance sounds made him a U.S. institution, found inspiration for his craft at Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Strasburg, N.D., which he attended as a boy.

The band leader died of pneumonia May 1 7 at the age of 89 in Santa Monica, Calif., where private funeral services were to be May 20.

The Lennon Sisters, who found fame through appearances on "The Lawrence Welk Show," were to sing the "Our

here at Catholic Social Services

where a special kind of togetherness, coupled with mutual love and understanding, is exhibited to all who come.

Together, we meet, we learn, and certainly have come to better understand the quote, "God, only for a short while have you loaned us to each other and truly now we have all been touched by you in a very special way."

News

Cathcart told Catholic

May

19.

quartet,

1955

now works

to play the accordion at

with

LA DIOCESIS? Los ministerios o posiciones incluyen a los Vicarios General, los sacerdotes que asisten al obispo a governar la diocesis; los Moderadores de la Curia (algunas veces llamados los Cancilleres), los asistentes ejecutivos del obispo quienes coordinan las diferentes actividades diocesanas; y los Vicarios Foraneos o, como se les llaman muchas veces, los Decanos, quienes promueven y coordinan las actividades pastorales y tratan de darle respuesta a las necesidades del clero y de los fieles dentro de un territorio especrfico de la diocesis.

Hay miembros tambien de cuerpos consejeros, como

el Consejo Consejo Pastoral Diocesano, el Consejo de Finanzas y el Consejo del Personal Sacerdotal, y tambien ayudan los directores y el personal del Tribunal Diocesano a estos servicios, asfcomo el personal de la Oficina de Comunicaciones (informacion, radio, television, perio'dicos), Temporalidades (recaudacioh de fondos, finanzas, seguro, construccion, adquisicion de propiedades y fiscales), Formacion Cristiana (escuelas y educacion religiosa), Culto y Vida Espiritual, Caridad y Servicios Comunitarios Cajplicos, Servicios Pastorales (evangelizacion, vida familiar, grupos culturales, prisioneros, capellanes, Respeto a la Vida), y el Ministerio a Personal Evangelizador (clero, religiosos, ministros laicos, vocaciones,

Sacerdotal,

el

seminarios, etc.).

whom

he boarded

in winter.

Welk often spoke of the faith in God and commitment to family values in Strasburg, where the farm families built their own church and brought from Ger-

Service

many

their special choir master,

such metropolises such as

conveyed Christian values by way of its

San Francisco.

Welk was born but for

appealed to the higher values of people and never crossed over the line into anything controversial as far as Christian values," she said.

"His purpose was to entertain in a It

way that would enhance people ment of

life

'

s

in the

United States spoke Ger-

his youth

Lorraine region, once a part of Ger-

many.

In an interview with the Catholic

enjoy-

weekly Twin Circle, Welk said they

and make a better world," she said. "It sounds kind of corny," she said, but "corny means real."

Welk died rich and famous amid a California empire, second only to Disneyland as a draw for tourists. The empire was built around his hit show, a melodic tribute to unabashed sentimentality. For more than two decades, his uncomplicated songs and ballroom dancing provided millions of Americans Saturday night at-home entertainment.

James Fortuna

much of

New York or

man, the language of his parents who emigrated from France's Alsace-

and enjoyment of families

See Welk, Page 16

Teens (From

Page 3)

"After a decade of promising but underfunded operation, the Adolescent Family Life program should finally be brought out of the sub-basement of federal demonstration programs and allowed to make a real contribution in solving the public health crisis of pre-

mature sexual activity among our nation's teen-agers," Quinn said. She

made the remarks in a separate letter to Rep. William Natcher, D-Ky., chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education of the House Appropriations Com-

4)

—

festations of that heritage are

mittee.

All sides in the debate over abortion

should be able to agree on the need to help pregnant women, particularly young

MIA?

Jr.

women,

Lewisville

Quinn

find alternatives to abortion,

told Santorum.

HERESE The

fifth

annual Carmelite

and canonization

of

St.

Summer Seminar will be on

There?=e, the

"Little

Flower'.

the

life, spirituality

The seminar will be

held July 24-26 at the Newman Center UNC-Chapel Hill and will consist of five two-hour sessions from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon.

The seminar will be presented by Fr. Theodore Centala, OCD and Fr. Matfias Montgomery, OCD. Because this "little" saint has been so popular with children and young people, many have missed the deep spiritual insights in her doctrine. We hope this seminar will give everyone an adult appreciation of the great wisdom of one of the most famous and beloved saints of the Church.

Cost for the seminar Is $30 which includes registration fee. Low cost housing is available for the weekend on the campus of UNC-CH. To register or for

more

Max

Welk claimed that music in his hometown church vied with music in Fichter.

Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, Calif. She said Welk's show "general attitude."

to appre-

but in interviews he fondly recalled his four years with the Ursuline Sisters,

at

—

CUALES SON LOS MINISTERIOS DE ESOS QUE ASISTEN AL OBISPO A SERVIR A LOS FIELES DE

home,

organ and choir music at church, and to perform at barn dances in town.

He had limited formal education

column: If our youth and converts are not being taught about the richness of our uniquely Catholic heritage its symbols in particular how can it be strange to anyone that the outward mani<i

and then on independent more years. Throughout,

ciate

campus ministry

in

1 1

it reflected values Welk absorbed in his childhood farm hamlet where he learned

Cathcart, the second oldest of the quartet,

to 1971,

stations for

Her sister Kathy, another of the was to sing the "Ave Maria."

Letters (From Page

26.

Music

Inspiration For

Father" at his funeral, Peggy Lennon

Cristo."

ipoyo y ayuda. Tambien ella me dijo jue su matrimonio lejos de sufrir,

que cracias al Espiritu Santo toda la

—

drinking, drugs, violence, promiscuity, and

suicide.

luego hablo con

entusiasmo de como habia llegado a conocer mejor a Jesus que es hombre como nosotros y que se canso, durmio, comio.

Les pregunte que fue lo mas costoso de estos dos anos y convinieron que los viajes a Greensboro el sabado por la noche.

Rafael Torres Mora, que tiene por meta de su vida "servir" curso estos estudios para servir mejor, "aprendio cosas que nunca vio" y termino diciendo "no hay cosa mas hermosa que hablar de

amilia habia mejorado y habian sido jara Rafael Torres Mora, su esposo,

iijo

Me

—

que por mejorar

Sentimos mucho la ausencia de Carlos Medina que se encontro enfermo y tambien el accidente sufrido por Rafael Jesus Torres de camino a Morganton

'grandioso" para calificar ese dia.

that are profoundly self destructive

preguntas a Rafael Jesus Torres, Edwin

directora del programa, que dijo que los

nejorado.

'extraordinario,"

commitment learning that needs to take place of developing attitudes, values and behaviors reflective of our Christian beliefs, has left our young people extremely vulnerable.

Vulnerable to acting out in behaviors that "short circuit" their lives behaviors in the area

Por HNA. IRENE HALAHAN Quienes? Ciento doce hombres y raujeres de nuestra Diocesis de Charlotte.

•

information, write or call:

Sandra Malkovsky • (919) 772-2067 7134 Eastridge Dr. • Apex, NC 27502-9745 Include a check for $10 payable to OCDS.

Catholic

News

& Herald

May

22, 199:

Diocesan News Briefs Pig Roast

G ASTONIA — St. Gregory Council

hosting a pig roast Sat., June 20 at St. Michael. Northern and Southern style barbecue will be served from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., followed by a country western dance in the gym and "Las Vegas Night" in the all-purpose room.

Cost is $ 1 0 a person, or $25 for a family of four.

6700

is

For reservations, (704) 867-6212.

call St.

Michael

at

Widowed, Separated and Divorced All widowed, ASHEVILLE

—

separated and divorced parishioners are invited to attend weekly Friday meetings at St. Eugene Parish in the Monsignor Brown room beginning at 7:30 p.m.

center in Charlotte will be picketed every

group sharing, music and prayer.

Wednesday morning beginning

Directors are Father Richard Farwell

at

8:30

more

a.m. Signs will be provided. For

information, call Diane Hoefling, (704)

541-3760.

Irish Children

Committee

SWANNANOA Mary

—

Margaret

St.

organizing a year-round group to plan, entertain and provide funds to bring five Irish Protestant children and five Irish Catholic children to the Swannanoa/Black Mountain area every year. For more information, call Cecilia Watson, (704) 258-2510 or Faye Cox, (704) 669-2950. is

—

The

Greensboro Council of Catholic Secular Franciscan Officers Installed MAGGIE VALLEY Officers of the St. Francis of the Hills fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order were installed at St. Margaret's Church in Maggie Valley April 12. Capuchin

—

Father Lester Bach officiated.

Installed as elected officers

were

Charles Cowan of Sacred Heart, Brevard,

LaRocque of

minister; Alfred

St.

John

Tryon, vice minister; Lary Carter of of Sacred Heart, councillor.

Installed as appointed officers

show

were

Carole Turner of St. Joan of Arc, Asheville, and Doug Wilson, St. Barnabas, treasurer.

is

annual luncheon and fashion

Wed.,

May

27

at

noon

at the

Sedgefield Country Club. The event is for women of all area parishes and their friends.

Cost is $10.50. To register, send checks to Rosemary Marsicano, 1805 Biscayne Dr., Greensboro 27410.

Young Adult

Service

Day

GREENSBORO — Catholic Triad

St.

Barnabas, Arden, councillor, and Pat

Cown

Women's

area young adults, those in their 20s and 30s, are taking homeless children on a park outing Sat., June 27. For more information, call Mary Callahan, (919)

282-4575.

"An

Experience in College Living" at The Catholic University of America in Washington. Session I is July 19-25; Session II is July 26- Aug. 1.

The sessions center on helping students identify academic interests. For

more information, contact College Focus Weeks, School of Arts and Sciences, 107

McMahon

Hall,

The Catholic

Univeristy of America, Washington D.C.

20064. Or call Dr. Glen Johnson (202) 319-5114.

A

at

HICKORY — A retreat designed to

information, contact the School of Engineering and Architecture, Room call

(2020) 319-5177.

CHARLOTTE — The Respect Life

open processes that lead to inner healing

Lutheran-Catholic Anniversaries

Office is sponsoring a Rosary for Life at an abortion center Sat., June 6 after 9 a.m. Mass at St. Vincent de Paul. Msgr.

William Pharr will lead a procession from the church to the abortion center.

of the child within is scheduled for June 25-28 at the Catholic Conference Center.

enant anniversary observances are June

Also, the Colwick

Tower

abortion

The theme centers on life patterns need God's healing touch. Time will be set aside for teachings,

that

reflections,

guided meditations, small

Moving From Pain To Power Focus Of July Retreat — Time out

for wid-

owed, separated and divorced.

A retreat

HICKORY is

scheduled for July 1 0- 1 2

lic

at the

Catho-

Conference Center.

The peer ministry retreat is designed to help people

from victim

move from "pain to power,

down shift in a nurturing environment," say s Bach. "It

change

ing to

'

s

new

from

tremendous potential for goodness and healing," says Bach. "We must be open to that potential but often we can't be open because we are so task

Spiritual director, Benedictine

Abbot

David Geraets of Pecos, N.M., interjects levity and good cheer into a widowed, separated and divorced retreat last fall.

Photo by

CAROL HAZARD

Charlene Krassoi (919) 722-7001

May 27 CRISM

Check

"From Pain

cilitator.

Ave., Asheville, N.C. 28806.

Seven team members from across

—

all

of

whom

owed, separated or divorced group discussions.

—

The suggested donation

is

are widwill lead

$70.

To

send name, address and a $10 deposit to Catholic Social Services,

register,

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

Surviving Parents

call

Rach

—

CHARLOTTE A day of pray, and reflection for parents who have lo children to death

is

scheduled for Junel

John Neumann Church in til parish hall from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. For mo information, call Cindy Cook at (70 535-4197. at St.

HI

lit

African-American Celebration

—

CHARLOTTE

An

Africai

American Liturgical Celebration at Oi Lady of Consolation Church is Sunda

May 24 at the 1 will

1

a.m. Mass. Parishione

wear African apparel.

sir

&

The Catholic News Herald welcome parish news for the diocesan new brie) Goodphotographs, preferably black at white, also are welcome. Please subn news releases and photos at least 1 days before date of publication.

1

FOUR GREAT NAMES to

'Re

m

KNOW MITSUBISHI 6951 E.Independence

to

Power," 75 Blue Ridge

If scholarship

money

to attend the

Suzanne Bach, 1844 Sterling Rd., Charlotte 28209.

Donations to the widowed, separated and divorced ministry can be made at

local parish

same address.

5354455

THE

'astc

schedules

May 29 - 31 Engaged Encounter Catholic Conference Center Jane Anklin (704) 377-6371

retreat is needed, contact

the

HYURDOI

Catholic Conference Center Hickory, 10 am - 2 pm

May 23 Ascention Thursday

is

Capuchin Father Vincent Fortunato.

Trinitarian Sister Margie Burnard is fa-

the diocese

creativity.

41 00 E.Independence

Picnic

oriented."

Spiritual director for the retreat

drawing,

a

demonstration, slide presentations ar, a display table for sharing talents ar

5354444

6:00 pm

that there is

bingo,

box lunc cookin

Confirmation Our Lady of Mercy Church

growth. it

i

picnic includes a

May 26

possibilities for

sees to

p.m.

7001 E.Endependence

wholeness, retreatants will explore the

God

picnic,

day of activities for parishioners 5 and older, is May 27 at the Cathol: Conference Center from 10 a.m. to

full

Dloceean Evente

and liturgy, personal reand group sharing. In addition gaining insight on the journey to

"In every negative,

pastor,

(704) 521-958!

Upcoming

consists of presenta-

and

at

531-3131

flection

in the bad,

Ann,

CRISM Picnic HICKORY — A CRISM

MITSUBISHI

tions, prayer

good

associate at St.

Registrations for the Greenville

just surviv-

directions."

The weekend

to

6 at St. Eugene Church in Asheville and June 20 at St. Peter Church in Greenville.

The Rev. Dr. Michael CD. McDaniel, former bishop of the North Carolina Synod, is the guest speaker for the Asheville gathering. Bishop John F. Donoghue will extend greetings.

In Greenville, the Rev. Dr. Mark Menees, bishop of the North Carolina Synod, will discuss the meaning of the covenant. He will also speak on "Lutheranism: Protestant and Catholic."

To register for the Asheville meeting, write and send a $7.50 check payable to St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 10 North Liberty St., Asheville, N.C. 28814. The meeting is from 10:30 a.m.

- 3:30 p.m.

an opportunity for people

their focus

Joseph Sister Judy Monahan,

meeting should be sent to St. Peter's Catholic Church, 2700 E. Fourth St., Greensville, N.C. 27858.

"There are so many single parents on overload and this offers a chance to

to

Upcoming Lutheran-Catholic cov-

—

to victorious," says retreat

coordinator Suzanne Bach.

Anyon

separate "Engineering 2000"

program for students interested in engineering is July 1 2- 1 7 at The Catholic University of America. For more

Or

—

CHARLOTTE

interested in assisting with AID education and awareness, and forming parish ministry is invited to call S

The College Living Rising high school juniors and

131, Pangborn Hall, Washington 20064.

Inner Healing Retreat

Abortion Protests

Cost, which includes meals, is $135.50 for the three-night stay in a double occupancy room and or $ 1 5 1 .50 for a single occupancy room. To register, send name, address and $20 deposit payable to St. Dorothy before June 1 0 to St. Dorothy Catholic Church, Route 1 Box 460-C, Lincolnton, N.C. 28092.

For more information, call Bobbie May, (704) 327-8692.

seniors are invited to sign up for

Luncheon and Fashion Show

GREENSBORO

and Bobbie May.

AIDS Response

DEALERSHIPS <flin

May 30

Ordination to Priesthood St. Patrick Cathedral, 11 am Fr. Cecil Tice (704) 375-4339

WHERE YOU ALWAYS GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH! F.J. LaPointe,

President

Member of St.

Gabriel's

litur

May

22, 1992

World and National Briefs Cardinal Hickey Blasts Washington In Schools

Plan For Condoms

WASHINGTON

I

(CNS)

— A Dis-

of Columbia plan to distribute in schools is "flawed both

Itrict

condoms

April 29 as violence erupted it.

all

around

"The flood of very bloody people was

constant," said Sister Salazar, a

mem-

ber of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, in an interview a week later

young people." The pro-

sponse, a regional expert from Catholic

liberal arts

would allow nurses 16 public high schools and four

Relief Services testified before Con-

1921 by the Sisters of the Holy Child

gress. Peter Shiras, senior director of

Jesus. Earlier, in a letter to

CRS

College president Ofelia Garcia, Cardi-

Quick Action Could Prevent Famine Disaster, Agency Says WASHINGTON (CNS) Nearly

District's public health commission

is-

Isued details of its proposed five-year plan to deal with AIDS, added condom distribution "implies a real lack of conIfidence in Iposal,

Sharon

Pratt Kelly,

junior high schools

condoms

in the District to

to students.

Religion, Science Join Together Ilo Protect Environment

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

linvironmental problem

—

The

archdiocesan newspaper.

—

for the African region, said early

it,

speakers told a

special joint congressional hearing.

•'This alliance of science and religion |;eems to be essential for any kind of Initigation of this crisis," noted author lllarl Sagan' of Cornell University, coI:hair of the Joint Appeal by Religion Iind Science for the Environment, told Jhe committee May 12. The hearing, lihaired by Sen. Al Gore, D-Tenn., came lit the end of a three-day conference, 'Mission to Washington: Religion and Jcience in Partnership with the Envionment," sponsored by the appeal.

In Response

To Violence

INGLEWOOD, hortly

a M.A.S.H.

Calif.

(CNS)

—

new Freeman Me-

Rosemont

in time to avoid a repeat of the severe famine that devastated Ethiopia in the mid-1980s. Testifying before a joint

her position "is squarely

Senator

Who Backs

Abortion Met

With Protest

—

NEW YORK

(CNS) Cardinal O'Connor of New York, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on

John

J.

Pro-Life Activities, has protested a University of Notre

Dame award

to U.S.

Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y. Citing the senator's support for abortion rights, Cardinal

:atholic Hospital 'Like

in

phia criticized Ms. Yeakel as "an out-

on Hunger and the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Shiras said drought in southern Africa will be particularly tough because the region is unaccustomed to such hardships.

religion to combat

women's college founded

nal

Iieeds the joint effort of science and

so serious

in

warning systems may have alerted relief

hearing of the House Select Committee

is

College

agencies of the drought's implications

it

Jnit'

has passed out the material for several

spite a cardinal 's protest, tiny

backed by Washington Mayor

pnent, released four days before the

Igive

Rosemont

—

all of southern Africa is facing a severe drought this year, but widespread famine may be averted through quick re-

The Tidings, Los Angeles

with

all

to administrators for approval before

suburban Philadelphia had as its commencement speaker May 9 a Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate who has strongly supported abortion rights. The candidate, Lynn Yeakel, who is not a Catholic, told the 140 graduating seniors that they should work for all women to achieve "a freedom from fear." Her talk made no mention of abortion. Rosemont is a 611 -student

morally and practically," said Cardinal Karnes A. Hickey of Washington in a statement. The cardinal's May 8 state

in

Cardinal Bevilacqua Protests College Talk By Abortion Advocate DeROSEMONT, Pa. (CNS)

Bernard

F.

Law of Bos-

ton also has objected to the honor.

Moynihan was chosen

to receive the

Anthony

Bevilacqua of Philadel-

J.

spoken advocate of abortion" and said in

opposition

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS)

— The

former pastor of a North Providence parish has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling $ 1 20,000 from the parish. Providence County Superior Court Judge Thomas H. Needham, in a packed courtroom May 6, chastised the priest, Father Philip Magaldi, 56, for violating the unconditional trust of his parishioners. Father Magaldi, who was pastor of St. Anthony Parish in North Providence, most recently has been administrator of four rural parishes in the Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas.

ficer, told

May

beating case could "put themselves in

1 1 that Father Malloy was nof making any comment on the protests.

the shoes of the police but not of Rodney

hief executive officer of the Carondelet

Care Corporation, described the cene in the Los Angeles-area hospital

lealth

Catholic

News

Service

—

King?"

the bishop-president of

USA

Christi

asked.

The

Pax

president,

Bishop Walter F.Sullivan of Richmond, Va., in a

May 5

that has

made

statement, said

it is

rights in

exchange for personal

human

ASSIST THE BISHOP THE DIOCESE?

IN

SERVING THE FAITHFUL OF

These positions include Vicars General, priests who assist the bishop in the overall governance of the diocese; Moderators of the Curia (sometimes referred to as Chancellors), executive assistants of the bishop who coordinate the various activities of the diocese; and Deans, who promote and coordinate pastoral activities and respond to the concerns There are of the clergy within a specific territory of the diocese. members of advisory bodies, such as the Priests Council, the Diocesan Pastoral Council, the Finance Council and the Priests Personnel Board, and there are directors and staff members of such services as the Diocesan Tribunal, Communication (information, radio, television, newspapers).

Temporalities (building, fund raising, financing, insurance, property acquisition and management). Christian Formation (schools and religious education). Worship and Spiritual Life, Charity and Catholic

Community

Services, Pastoral Services (e.g. evangelization, family life, cultural groups, prisons. Respect Life), and the Ministry of Persons (clergy, religious, lay associations, vocations, seminaries, etc.).

a fresh investigation into the death three

whose

years ago of an activist priest

death

initially

was

attributed to exces-

sive drinking. Father Sylwester

was found dead

Zych

a bus stop in the

at

Baltic resort of Krynica

Morska

in July

1989 during the closing weeks of communist rule. An official autopsy in nearby

Gdansk attributed the death to excessive al-

cohol had been forced into the priest's

and confirmed that severe bruises found on the priest's head could have been inflicted

by police truncheons.

Cardinal Says Evangelization Includes Facing Non-church Issues

VATICAN CITY (CNS) new

— The

evangelization of Latin America

includes grappling with the region's social

and political

issues, said Cardinal

Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez of

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

These include the foreign debt, growing poverty, public corruption, lack of basic services,

promoting the rights of Indi-

ans and blacks, and overcoming the negative effects of a free market

economy, he said. The cardinal also complained of a "new colonialism" by unnamed foreign groups, which he said promote "anti-conceptive practices, sterilization and the freeing of abortion."

Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez spoke at the opening session of a May 11-14 Vatican symposium on the history of evangelization in the Americas.

security.

Mexican Church Leaders Say Texas Should Not Execute Immigrant Church MEXICO CITY (CNS)

—

an

But, he warned, giving police officers

leaders, saying the death penalty

wider discretionary powers can lead to the "kind of abuse that was used in Los Angeles." Pax Christi USA, a national Catholic peace and justice organization, is based in Erie.

offense to Christian morality, have taken

School District Sues To Keep Abortion Material Off Campus PLANO, Texas (CNS) A suburban Dallas school district has filed a

—

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POSITIONS OF THOSE WHO

—

Poland's Justice Ministry has launched

fear

the nation willing to ac-

cept the erosion of civil and

26.

Poland Launches New Investigation Into 1989 Death Of Priest WARSAW, Poland (CNS)

faulted the autopsy findings

Former R.I.Pastor Sentenced To Prison For Embezzlement

jr

Inglewood "became M.A.S.H. unit." That's how SisRegina Clare Salazar, president and

aorial Hospital in

ministrators' requests to stop.

body. In June 1990, a second inquiry

university's Laetare Medal, previously

given to such figures as President John

it.

to continue despite ad-

leges."

ike a

wing, Daniel

She has vowed

end of

at the

who ask for

drinking and dismissed claims that

Jury Seen Able To Put Itself In Shoes Of Police, But Not Black ERIE, Pa. (CNS) Why is it that members of the jury in the Rodney King

ibstetrics

weeks between classes and the school day to students

moral teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and its Catholic colto the

F.Kennedy and Catholic Worker leader Dorothy Day, at commencement May 17. Dennis Moore, university press of-

after the blessing of its

may be distributed. The seventhgrader at Wilson Middle School in Piano they

federal lawsuit to stop a 14-year-old girl

from distributing graphic

pro-life

mate-

is

up the case of a Mexican immigrant awaiting execution in a Texas jail.

Churchgoers in Monterrey, Mexico hometown of the condemned man, 30saw his year-old Ricardo Aldape recent stay of execution as a victory for prayer. Aldape, a former construction worker, was convicted in 1982 of the

—

—

murder of a Houston police officer. He was due to be administered a lethal injection early

May

12, but last-minute

The Piano Independent

pressure from the Mexican government,

School District is seeking temporary and permanent injunctions to stop Jamie Tellier from handing out the literature and similar "photographic depictions of

a strong opponent of the death penalty,

rial in

human

school.

fetuses."

The

suit also

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Neophyte Carl Annas (r) with his wife, Bobbie, and Transitional Deacon Joe Roesch, who will be ordained a Marian priest June 27. "The more I listened and learned (about the faith), I was sorry I didn't become a Catholic many years ago," said Annas, whose grandfather and Photo by CAROL HAZARD greatgrandfather were Baptist ministers.

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Neophye Teresa Allen with her pastor, Oblate Father Jim O'Neill of St. Paul the Apostl at the Neophyte Mass Reception in Greensboro.

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They were

learn to recognize the risen Christ in our

former Southern Baptists or Presbyterians, ranging in age from young adult to retiree. Some were associated with other faiths. At least one was raised without

everyday

any church

daughters

people in the eyes of the Church," he said.

affiliation.

Yet, they

all

in the Catholic

say they "felt at

home"

"You

are

...

newly born sons and

joined as living

members

body of Christ."

Neophyte Teresa Allen said she'd been interested in the Catholic faith since she was a little girl. Never baptized as a child nor brought up in a faith, to the mystical

Church.

United in their faith, some 80 people

who crossed the threshold into the Catholic

life."

As neophytes, "you are very special

Church during the Easter Vigil gathOur Lady of Grace May 17 for a

"Something was missing. I didn't know what it was but I started going to Holy Cross (in Kernersville) and it was like coming home."

He added, "I'm even calling Bingo games, so I guess that make me an

Gene Grace, a baptized Protestant, fallen away from his church and

didn't pay

much

religion until he

ered at

Mass in their honor.

They came with friends, family and

attention to

God

who

led exemplary lives

Inquiries about their beliefs turn<

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to discussions

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to the

RCIA

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who had be< what Bishop Donoghue d scribed as "the orbit of God's love." the Neophyte Mass, he met still mon There, he met others

drawn

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brought with them "nothing but their prayer books, their high hopes, their utter belief in freedom and democracy

and meet Bishop John F. Donoghue, who welcomed them into table

— and oh

the larger Church.

The

was the second of three Neophyte Masses for people from celebration

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Church. More than 600 people joined

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June 7

at St.

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Commander of

a strong Catholic faith.

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in

Asheville.

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dear neophytes," said Bishop Donoghue during the homily in Greens-

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It wasn't until she grew up and married a Catholic two years ago, however, that she decided to explore the Catholic faith. During her months of

"Baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist have changed you, but they have not taken you out of the world.

Instead, they have given you a new life ... a new identity and a new mission.

You are sons and daughters of the Lord, and your mission is His mission."

Bishop Donoghue encouraged the neophytes "to meditate on the Gospels, share the Eucharist and perform works of charity" during the 50 days following Easter and leading up to the Pentecost.

"It is for you to discern the spirit of God in your lives," he said. "It is for you to

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