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Number 37 • May 29, 1992

Proposed Revision Of Mass Text

Would Change Creed, Our Father WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

a pro-

speaking world.

posed new English translation of the Mass adopted, Catholics praying the Nicene

Creed will begin to say Christ came down from heaven "for us" instead of "for us men." They will also say he "became truly

human"

changes for

the

—

the U.S. bishops

when

they last dealt

with the question in the 1970s

overall design of the

th the

new

St.

Mary Church

Shelby

cruciform

— shaped

Photo by

congregation facing Jerusalem.

like a cross

—

JOANN KEANE

Of Church Begins New History Of Shelby Parish

)edication

Jhapter In

weeks shy of the year anniversary of the ground breakSt. Mary parishioners moved from a dupurpose facility into a new home. The shovel of dirt was turned on Pentecost nday, 1991. Just 353 days later, they

ment of the parish, and charts the history of buildings used along the way. The brick used for the cornerstone the wall

— came from

— mortared

St.

into

Peter's Basilica

The

report, titled

'Third Progress Re-

port on the Revision of the

Roman Missal"

n^rks the beginning of me final stages in the commission's project, begun in 1982, to its

1973 English translation of the

currently in use, with

ish.

incense waifs throughout the 7,400 square

Catholic churches throughout the English-

unty, the new St.

hill in

Cleveland

Mary is a beacon for the

j Catholic families that

new

belong to the

The

foot building. tradition.

come

above the

structure contains

Directly behind the altar

placement of the Tabernacle.

ks like a Catholic Church says Msgr.

chapel, located to the rear of the

Inside, the

vestiges of years

lliam Wellein, St.

Mary's

pastor.

The

ciform church has a monastic look. Clois-

Roman

Missal.

The 1973

text is the

minor

the next year or so.

Each individual text is voted on sepaand must by approved by twcKhirds

rately

of the board before

can be sent to bishops'

conferences as a recommended text, he said.

June 1994

Mass

the revised all

ICEL hopes

industrial

means

and vote on

new

it.

The new Our Father translation was recommended by ICEL in the early 1970s. It was adopted by some bishoriginally

ops' conferences such as those in India,

New

Pakistan and

United

Zealand, but not in the

States.

Also recommended ternational ecumenical

1975 by an

in-

group working on See Mass, Page 2

Honoring His Roots...

Church

Decries

Official

Decision

the unique

Refugees

silhouette

WASHINGTON

"Lazy Susan" —

Church's top migration

main

The

graceful" and "a national tragedy" the deci-

by President Bush to turn back Haitian

sion

altar.

of parishioners in bringing the vision

victims of political persecution.

Donoghue

—

(CNS)

official called "dis-

boat people without determining

that

the earliest that

the U.S. bishops could discuss the translation

all

the Enghsh-speaking bishops'

praised the

Bishop John

have

approved and sent

texts

November 1994 would be

one

variations, in

be quickly rotated to serve the daily

efforts

—

members of ICEL

of the Tabernacle allows the Holy Vessel

mounted on an

from each

bishops' conferences that are full

1 1

altar.

gone by, melded with n artifacts to forge a new chapter in the tgry of St. Mary. There's no mistaking the exterior. It

ish.

of the

interior holds tightly to

arches, in corbelling splendor

to a pinnacle

commission's board of direc-

consisting of one bishop

conferences, Page said. That

carpeting is quickly replaced as the aroma of

a gentiy sloping

—

out to

sisters in Christ"

ne to celebrate the dedication of their new

tors

such as "brothers and

and

John R. Page, ICEL executive secretary, said the

sive language in references to the people,

Inside, the smell of fresh paint

of the entire

translation

Additional sections will be voted on over

revise

Rome.

new

Missal.

art" and "thy." These were among sample changes sent in April to the U.S. and other Englishspeaking bishops' conferences around the world in a new report by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. The ICEL report says one notable feature of the new changes is the use of inclu-

of the Our Father that

considerations allowed."

Just two

Roman

"who

translation

and the avoidance of masculine pronouns for the Father and the Holy Spirit "where doctrinal or linguistic

Associate Editor

—

could be

phase with English-speaking bishops

in drafting a

eliminates such archaic English forms as

new

instead of "brethren,"

By JOANN KEANE

SHELBY

—

the last of

marking the final consul-

has already voted on one portion of the new texts and will be voting on another portion this summer.

tation

instead of

Among by

"became man." most striking of possible U.S. Catholics one rejected

The new 154-page book three such reports

The

walkways give way to contemporary hes. The cornerstone notes the establish-

official, Jesuit

they are

Father Richard

Ryscavage, executive director of the U.S. Catholic Conference's division of Migra-

and Refugee Services, said returning

tion

the Haitians violates international law and

"dramatizes

when

how we

comes

look the other

to certain people

...

way

not like

us."

Father Ryscavage said May 26 that he would announce that the Church, which has

been resettling Haitian boat people allowed United States, was prepared to

into the

"move tians

as fast as possible" to resettle Hai-

still

held at a U.S. naval base in Cuba.

He said the Church could resettle week

' '

,000 per

necessary."

He also said he would send a letter to the State

Department offering the Church's

services to provide pre-screening through-

out Haiti's countryside to identify persons in

need of asylum.

MRS, working

in cooperation with

U.S. dioceses, has resetded 60 percent of Haitian boat people allowed into the United

May, an estimated 12,500 at a camp on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba, where States. In late

Haitians were

still

Hood pays homage to his roots as Our Lady of Consolation parishioners celebrate

Jezrael

Marie Drew offers Communion to Deloris Brown during Lady of Consolation Parish's African Liturgical Celebration. Photo by JOANN KEANE

•idmaids of the Sacred Heart Sister

their African heritage.

Photo by

JOANN KEANE

immigration

officials

for plausible

asylum

had been screening

cases.

See Haiti, Page 16

The Catholic News

May

Herald

Father

James Noonan,

Diocesan

Priest,

29,

;

Retired

Dies At 85

—

WATERBURY, Conn. Father James Joseph Noonan, 85, a retired priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, died May 24 in Waterbury.

Mass of

Church

tion

Christian Burial

was

May 27 at Immaculate Concep-

held on

buried in

New

Waterbury. He was Joseph Cemetery,

St.

Waterbury

Noonan served

Father

for

46 years

as a priest of the Dioceses of Raleigh

and Charlotte and was one of the

origi-

nal diocesan consulters appointed

Bishop Michael J. Begley nation as the

Linda Richardson at St.

Eugene

(1),

holding

in Asheville.

MOMS, a mother and child group

8-month-old Sarah, heads

With her

assistant

Marissa Borsody, holding 9-month-old

MATT DOYLE

Photo by

Michael.

first

after his ordi-

bishop of Charlotte.

He was reappointed to the post in 1975. Father Noonan was born May 16, 1907 in Waterbury. He began his stud-

FATHER JAMES

Thomas

ies for the priesthood at St.

NOONAN

Preparatory Seminary in Hartford and

Much

Asheville Couple Gives

also attended St. Bernard

To Parish, Community By

MATT DOYLE

AS HE VILLE

— For

a young couple

from the Midwest, stewardship is not an abstract ideal,

way

this lifestyle

their story to

Mike

ten, but

open

here at

and reap the spiritual benopen to everyone." Mike said we all entered this world with certain talents and gifts. We develop these talents and gifts and obtain certain material goods to make life more

Lord's work," said Linda. "I began personal Bible study and joined our adult religious education team.

felt

my grief dissolve as I began Lord's will in my life."

some of

to seek the

From the workshop and Bible study, the pair put the theories into practice.

When

they arrived in Asheville, they

plunged their heads and their hearts into the uncertain waters that faith can often stir

up.

"We

turned our financial worries

over to the Lord.

We began writing out

"But, we will leave this world just we entered... without our earthly pos-

sessions.

"Therefore, while

Noonan became

pastor of St. Joseph of the Hills in

— now

part of Eden.

served as pastor of the Reidsville mis-

which is now Holy Infant Parish. He was pastor of St. Paul in New Bern from 1958 until 1965 when he became the first pastor of St. Vincent de sion

are

earth,

Priest

The Richardsons

are firm in their

not exclusively for

In 191

Bishop Begley appointed Father Noo f as pastor of St. John in Tryon when] served until his retirement on Julv 1 982. After his retirement, he made| home in Waterbury.

Noonan is survived byf Mary M. Noonan of Waterbi|

Father sister,

and several cousins. Cpndolences may be sent to Ml Noonan, 120 Hillside Ave., #C8,Wa|

buryCT

06710.

who

(CNS)

—A

The bishops would render

priest

specializes in medical ethics has

b<|

service, he suggested, if they addreij

for Catholic hospitals.

tors

with a little bit of money. With the proper investments, they make a little

McCormick,

go a long way.

sion

The Richardsons have that same knack with their time and talent. Through wise investments, they have made their time and talents go a long way for the

and his efforts to find out what was going on were rebuffed. But he also cautioned against giving undue emphasis to the revision and letting it become a diversion from more serious obstacles

community

in Asheville.

called

on the U.S. bishops

Jesuit

Richard

Father

ethics professor at the

University of Notre

in virtual secrecy,

to maintaining a "Catholic culture" in

medical

an ethical

Dame, said the revi-

was proceeding

facilities today.

and leave them wondering whe

they can continue offering their serv j

Father

tradition.

McCormick spoke

Ma;j

weeklong conference held each! and spring by St. John's Universitl Queens and the Catholic Medical (| ter of Brooklyn and Queens. to a

A regular lecturer at the session j

administrators of Catholic health facilities, he was scheduled to speak time on "Ethical and Religious Di[ I

Reflections on the Revisicj But he said he was able to talk | : about how he thought the revision off to be going. Auxiliary Bishop Edwanj O'Donnell of St. Louis heads abishl commission to revise the Ethical tives:

offers an opportunity for a get-together

became pastor of Qui

of the Apostles in Belmont.

way of everyday life," said Mike. Some people are able to work magic

Mass (From Page

In fact, there has been an occa-

established.

the financial, governmental and ol

The bounty they shared did not stop They took their considerable talents and put them at the disposal of St. Eugene Church. Parents and Children Together (PACT) is an example of their handiwork. The group for Catholic families

MOMS,

was

In 1973, he

pressures that face hospital adminiil

not

On the other hand, he said, there was an

at the collection plate.

women.

Charlotte

Writing Hospital Directives

that are left after the bills are paid."

called

he was serving when the new Dioce&j

open up

must become a

Matt Doyle is a parishioner of St. Eugene in Asheville.

Begley. In July, 1971, he became f J tor of St. Leo in Winston-Salem whj

their process of revising the directives

understanding that stewardship just an annual event. "It

out our monthly bills."

MOMS

St.

Urges More Openness

NEW YORK

ans of these talents and gifts."

Catholic

over a covered dish dinner about once a month. The Richardsons claim that PACT is almost too much fun. They see it as an example of how "the Lord enriches our lives each time we do work in his name," according to Linda. The former school teacher also heads a group called The Friday morning social at St. Eugene offers mothers and their children a chance to mingle in the parish hall. Although the group is

had been a mission of

Parish under the direction of then-M;

During

his eight years at St. Joseph, he also

are stewards or temporary custodi-

a larger weekly offering before writing

Linda said they chose to pay God from their bounty rather than "the scraps

Immaculate Conception in Durham before becoming pastor of the missions in Duplin County in 1939.

Leaksville

then,

comfortable.

"The workshop clearly pointed out the

make stewardship The opportunity to

He also served for a year as an

1940, Father

Paul Parish in Charlotte which,

assistant at

are not the only couple

Eugene

St.

efits are

knew about

also quick to point out

a part of pur lives. participate

really

to lis-

know we

"Our first son was still born at seven and one half months over New Years in ," said Linda. "I had a difficult time 1 985 attending Mass when my heart was so

little I

anyone who wants

months.

to everyone.

sonal tragedy.

me how

to tell

that the opportunity for stewardship is

has

broken with grief." It was around this time that their parish in Indiana began a stewardship program. The Richardsons took the parish training workshop.

happy

are

completing his studies at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md. He was ordained as a priest for the Diocese of Raleigh on June 7, 1936, at Mount St. Mary's. His first assignment was as an assistant at St. Peter in Greenville for

The Richardsons

been a gradual process for the couple according to Linda. It began with per-

Mom" who has attended the

meetings.

life.

Linda and Michael Richardson have surrendered themselves to the basics of stewardship by giving their time, talents and treasures to the Church.

The adoption of

sional "Mr.

Seminary

Rochester, N.Y., for two years before

effort to

common prayer texts, the modernized translation of the Our Father has now been

make as few changes as possible in

the eucharistic prayers, which have been

English-speaking Protestant churches, Page

now familiar to many people. One major change is a proposal for the

said.

priest to use a different introduction for each

It begins, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." It asks God to forgive our "sins" instead of "trespasses" and to

of the four possible memorial acclamations

"save us from the time of

instead of

duced by "Let us proclaim the mystery of faith." Then either the priest or the music

sponse.

did a "wholesale

ministers have to use some additional means

came truly human" changes the meani

adopted as

at least

an optional text by most

trial"

"lead us not into temptation."

Page

said that

ICEL

revision' ' of the priests' prayers for particular feasts

because there were numerous

complaints that they were so short and spare in style that

many of them were over before

the people had time to get into them.

said the

prayers will have

new

translations of those

more subordinate clauses

and draw on richer and stronger language in order to draw people into them more fully.

widely accepted and are

after the consecration.

Currently each acclamation

to cue the people as to

See Hospitals, Paj

is intro-

which acclamation to

the bread of life."

The cue word

occurs only in that introduction am

For those

who might

object that

the original Nicene Creed, the report

Greek the word use*

use.

that in the original

Page said the idea of four different introductions is that once they are learned, each introduction would automatically cue the people to a particular acclamation. For example, the acclamation that begins, "When we eat this bread and drink this cup" would be cued by the introduction, "Christ

enanthropesanta, which, literally trans,

means "was inhumaned." The report says the desire of sor keep "became man" was rejected bo neither the Greek nor the Latin versi the creed carries "male overtones as in

contemporary English normally

The Catholic News

1992

(ay 29,

Prominent Cardinals Differ

Pro-Life Corner

Church's Birth Control Stand VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The "The of prudence should be of

# S

two ants of modern Catholicism to egensburg, Germany, last September debate birth control.

The two ission

cardinals argued with the

cades.

One jabbed away at the current

aching, criticizing the "irritating dis-

and 'natucontraception." The other defended moral need to keep sex absolutely

union between '

Church issues. Cardinal Konig said he originated idea to show "Catholics of good

rous

1" that it is

possible "to live very

ncretely the unity of the

Cardinal Konig.

trol," said

have ended up

Church even

"Here we because

"artificial"

portant

the 'trick' of cheating nature,"

"In a world in which sexism and the magisterium (the Church's teaching authority) should be to

humanize sex

said.

Cardinal Konig added a practical

reason forrethinking birth control: "The question of world overpopulation cannot be simply ignored!"

Cardinal Ratzinger answered

with

pills

become

easily available merchandise,

be used

that,

and condoms, "sexuality has at

any moment 'without

sex is separated from reproducand reproduction becomes a techni-

tion

cal matter, then "sex has almost the

same

relationship to morality as drink-

growing

An lian translation was published in May the transcript of the debate.

monthly Catholic magazine. Regarding birth control, the cardis found unity in the need for sex to be ded by morals, but quickly began

Jesus, a

loss of the importance of mari-

and a "strong explosion of homosexuality," he said. Regarding world population, he said tal fidelity"

the Catholic

"as

Church

wrongly blamed

overpopulation were caused by

the fact that the Catholic its

By CHRIS

NEWNAN

"Sexuality is a dimension of one's restless heart, which continually yearns for interpersonal communion, glimpsed and experienced to varying degrees in this life." In the fullest and richest sense, sexuality is both the physical and psychological grounding for the individual's capacity to love oneself, others, the world and even

God. It is

only in the context of the marital covenant that

genital sexual expression, finds

its

fullest

human

sexuality through

meaning as an embodied expression of the

intimacy and fidelity of the couple.

danger.'"

Ratzinger. The consequences include "a

iied

Teens Need Help From Parents

within matrimony and the family," he

ing a cup of coffee," said Cardinal

The German weekly Die Zeit pub-

704-331-1720

Diocese of Charlotte

Respect Life Office

promiscuity are spreading, the goal of

Cardinal

use in Regensburg.

tion.

said.

tzinger chose the spot, his brother's

len differences persist."

Lincoln

Let your voice be heard. Write or call your legislator urging support for pro-life legisla-

in a bottleneck"

and "natural" birth control "as if even from the moral viewpoint what is im-

'artificial'

d to procreation within marriage. Doing the jabbing was Cardinal anz Konig, 86-year-old retired archhop of Vienna, Austria. The defender is Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 65 head the Vatican Congregation for the )ctrine of the Faith since 1981. During the day-long conversation front of a tape recorder, the two rdinals jousted in German over nu-

Abraham

protest

value even on the subject of birth con-

of the distinction between

of youth and the experience of

"To sin by silence when one should makes cowards of all men."

M m m

rule

arch for unity within diversity led

use of the

Church prohib-

pill."

Iking different paths.

These words are beautifully expressed in the U.S. bishops' document, Human A Catholic Perspective for Education and Life Long Learning, USCC,

Sexuality,

1991. Sadly, most of our young people are not being taught this beauty and wonder of our human sexuality but are only being taught about the physical expressions through genital actions, ie, sex. Knowledge that many young people today translate into meaning, genital sexual activity including intercourse, is an acceptable behavior, a right of sorts, outside the context of marriage. A right expressed in startling statistics: each day 3,000 American teenage girls get pregnant (75 in North Carolina); 70% have a repeat pregnancy within two years; one fifth of all teen pregnancies occur within the first month of sexual activity; 40% of pregnant teenage girls, between 15 and 19 years of age choose abortion; and 45% of all births to teenage girls in the U.S. occur in the South. The consequences of the actions are lived out in devastating heartaches not only for the teens involved, but also for their families.

See Debate, Page

The bishops' document says, "We can understand and empathize with teens' confusion in an American culture plagued with double standards. ... non-marital and

much of the media as accepted, even commendable." Peer pressure, also, influences the teens who may be physically mature but who are still lacking in emotional and psychological development. Teens are experiencing the stresses of many concurrent changes in their lives: physical, emotional, psychological and relational. These dramatic changes can trigger challenges that can cause tremendous self-doubts and personal insecurity, giving rise to vague feelings and thoughts of self identity, normalness, trust, beliefs and caring. At this time in their lives, teens need affirmation, love, respect, care and concern. They need a special measure of acceptance and support especially from extra-marital sexual affairs in

THE "CHOICE"

LIE

only a lump of tissue." "It's

their parents, guardians,

and family as they

strive to acquire a healthy identity as

individuals.

At this tempestuous point in the teenager's life, parents need

be logical, clear,

firm and consistent in their communications. They need to express no as an answer, realizing it actually helps teens psychologically to delay gratification. Parents need to focus on developing good attitudes and values by sharing their own values, including religious values. Parents must help teens see wrongness and the resulting consequences through

development of

critical

thinking skills as their capacity for cognitive reasoning

grows.

Teens need help

to deal with their

ambivalent feelings. Encouragement and

support must be given for their good behavior.

important,

direction in dealing

with peer pressure. Reinforce the teens' ability to say no. Parents help build a teenager's self esteem; help them build a healthy self-identity. See Chris, Page

iome people would have you beeve that abortion does not kill a fcerson.

They

will tell

you

that,

Ispecially in the first trimester,

portion only disposes of a "group If cells" or a "lump of tissue. " Don't [elieve

it.

Anyone who has taken a basic |iology course knows that when a Roman's egg is fertilized by a man's

sperm, a

human

has begun.

human. And it is alive it is growing and developing at an thing but

astonishing rate. Abortion at any stage of a pregnancy is the taking of an innocent humanlife. Behonest. Whatwould you call that?

Call or write your representatives in Congress.

FOP THE

life

resulting cell is human — it is not a chicken, or a dog, or any-

The

Ask them

"FREEDOM OF CHOICE" ACT

IT'S

A KILLER OF A LIE.

OR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR HELP WITH A CRISIS PREGNANCY, CONTACT: Respect Life Office 1524 East Morehead Charlotte, of fetus:

His Will In Yours.

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

Donoghue

"/ leave to the

Charlotte the

Roman

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

sum of$

the residue of my

and charitable works.

how

make

a Will that

works, contact James K. Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1524 East

NC 28207

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

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:

For more information on St.

Charlotte,

(704)331-1720 Photo

Remember

Inc.

Morehead

St.,

28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

atholic

News

May

Herald

29,

l' -2

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY text of

Pope John Paul

(CNS) II' s

weekly general audience

—

Here is the Vatican remarks in English at his

May

20.

not just in the moral sense, but by reproducing the of Christ in her members.

Through her witness to Christ, the Church shj humanity the way to its complete fulfillment makes Christ known as the one who revealed n perfectly the "supreme commandment" of love of (j and neighbor (Mt 22:38-40). She strives to increase number of those who model their lives on the be] tudes. She likewise exercises her prophetic offio her witness to the cross and to the value of suffeii offered in union with Christ's sacrifice. A special ;| .

Dear brothers and

sisters,

In these talks we have been speaking of the Church'

prophetic office, by which she bears witness to her »

faith in Jesus Christ

Editorial

kind. In

from Jaime Revadeo of Reidsville who suggests that we may be working at cross-purposes to our professed support of the North Carolina Lutheran-Catholic Covenant which was signed is in this

last year.

and teaching for all manmaking manifest the mystery of God as revealed in Christ, the Church sheds light on the ultimate meaning of human existence and reveals the most profound truth about man him-

The Covenant There

and

the significance of his life

issue a letter

indicates a fear that a reference to the

Blessed Virgin as the "Queen of Heaven" might be an affront of some sort to our Lutheran friends. It certainly was not intended as such and it cer-

when

tainly will not be intended as such in the future

self (cf.

Gaudium

et Spes,

prophetic

commu-

22).

As a nity, the

Church

called to present this truth not only

of this witness

manifested in the perseverance

those Christians who, today, as in every period of| of!

Church's history, suffer for their faith. The Church's prophetic mission is both cent ntJ on Christ and profoundly concerned with the goi )oJ mankind. Because it is only in the proclamatioi Christ that the noble calling of all humanity is f revealed, today more than ever it is apparent that "i is the way for the Church" (Redemptor Hominis, I extend cordial greetings to the priests of Archdiocese of Los Angeles and to the Marist Brotl participating in programs of continuing format

use such traditional Catholic terms in the columns of this newspaper. This is, after all a Catholic publication and any reader should expect to find Catholic

to share in the life of the crucified their

the

receive this

total

consecration to Christ and His kingdom.

any of our Lutheran

everyday experience. Through baptism, we first new life and become members of the one body of Christ. In celebrating the sacraments, the

may

terminology used.

The

Church carries out a specific "evangelization," insofar

gland, India, the Philippines, Indonesia,

At any readers

we doubt

rate,

that

— and we have some —

are affronted.

covenant was signed as a means of trying to bring our two denominations closer, especially in those areas in which there are no or only minor differences between us.

There is also a recognition that there are some major differences. The question of the ordination of women is one and there are others. The hope is that some day most of those may be resolved. But it also is recognized that some differences may never be resolved. However the efforts to resolve them must and will continue.

Devotions There is also in this issue a story about the recent 40-hours devotions at St. Ann in Charlotte. The reaction of the participants reaffirms the belief of many that there

a hunger for the devotions which were common

most parishes prior to the Second Vatican Council. While Vatican II did nothing to abolish such devotions, they largely have fallen into disuse in the intervening years. Some Catholics believe them to be in

among

old fashioned but they are

the important tradi-

tions of the Church.

We join

in the abstract, but in a living

as she leads her

members

way, by enabling people and risen Christ in

to the "following of Christ,"

Gospel and the promotion of justice," the pope told members of the Canon Law Society of Great Britain and Ireland. The pope' s May 22 address was part of the society's annual conference, which was held in Rome. Because the Church is not only an earthly reality, but is a "spiritual and heavenly community of faith, hope and love," the means and ends of Church law cannot be regarded as simply a variation of civil law. The theory and practice of canon law, he said, must always be informed by a sound understanding of the Church, and constant effort must be made "to avoid any undue accommodation of ecclesial norms and

hope

in the

the United States,

you

and

to reaffirm

visitors,

Upo

from

Canada

invoke abundant divine blessi

But canon law and

interpretation are not

its

should not be unchanging, he said. "Familiarity with the results of the Church's experience in adapting her laws to the changing

God

of the People of

in fact

an indispens

reference point for her efforts to meet the challenge the present time with

wisdom and prudence."

In a practical way, the

pope

said,

canon law

ensure the proper functioning of Church

struct

which "enable the

fidelii

faithful to

respond with

and

their supernatural calling

to share fully in

church's mission."

The pope asked

the canonists in their classroi

keep in mind "the eminf Church law, which, while n

and tribunals

offices

pastoral nature of

all

derogating from the demands of truth, has as

aim the salvation of

"Today as in the past, canonists are challenged never to lose sight of the mystery of grace and truth

"How often in this delicate and important tasi you called upon to be heralds of the messa] reconciliation and to bring healing and hope in situations of human weakness and sin," he said.

which their work is meant to serve and foster," the pope

its

structures to the prevailing ethos of civil society."

said.

Donoghue

with Bishop

Spirit strengthen

the English-speaking pilgrims

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Canon law is a pastowork aimed at saving souls, Pope John Paul II said. Canon law "seeks to strengthen the bonds of communion in the Church through fidelity to the ral

Holy

souls."

that

such devotions will be revived throughout the diocese.

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keeping with the Catholic teaching on revelation. Revelation, as Father Holden says, is both scriptural and traditional. There also is private and public revelation. Private revelation has not yet become publicly accepted and may never be. That it is not public does not discredit it, nor does it canonize it. Father Holden says that he is not inconsistent when in his sermons he does "wax glowingly" over those apparitions of Our Lady that have withstood the test of time but rejects others. Neither Father Holden, nor any Catholic, is under any obligation to believe in either the apparitions formally recognized by the Teaching Office of the Church or any other supposed apparition. Neither Father Holden nor any other person has the right to judge the merit of any spiritual phenomenon or in

Another

TV option

the Editor:

After reading the try"

May

8 article on

Julie Sly of the Catholic

realized that a relatively small

"Media N

News

Servict

number of our Cat

families in the Diocese of Charlotte have the avai

of receiving any Catholic programming via cable systems. Fortunately the Charlotte are* &<ii maybe some other areas may now have an inte ity

network called VISN which provides some of tbi of programming.

Prie

See Letters,

I ttliei

*'is

on ci Letters Policy: We issues. Letters must be signed originals of 250 or less and must include the address and da

welcome

letters

telephone

number of the writer. Letters are sub} and taste and must not

editing for brevity, style

lack thereof.

personal attacks on any person. Opinions expn

Maybe there is no meaning to the crying statues and paintings touched by Father James Bruse. Maybe

letters

columns do not necessarily newspaper or its publisher.

in guest

the views of this

ft! Koi

for i

The bit tired

all

the

GATELY

media

more important

submit that,

and President Bush's

in a presidential election year,

dream of trying

What about

the

economy, education,

health care, the homeless and the needs of children, to

Suffering

which enables us

We are carrying in this issue Joann Keane's column on makes a valid point which

an extent, ignored by much of the media. The fictitious Murphy Brown did decide to have the baby instead of obtaining an abortion. That's about the only good thing that can be said about the whole episode. has been,

but this

much

wouldn't

know. God wants our happiness, not

no one is entirely free of it. Even when seen in comprehend. And yet there is a spiritual vision see the redemptive value of emotional and physical pain. By His cross and resurrection Jesus shows us that suffering has meaning and power. According to the saints, when suffering is united with the Cross of Christ, it is a source of abundant blessings. The Blessed Henry Suso, a

a great mystery, and

the best light, suffering

mention only a few? the subject but only because she

it,

our suffering.

issues to be discussed than a television character's

illegitimate child.

to explain

One Candle

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR Why do innocent children suffer? Why does anyone have to suffer?

attention paid to the controversy over

ohy Brown's baby, Vice President Quayle's reaction to tion to the vice president's reaction.

Light

Notebook

Editor's By BOB

I'm getting a

are

The Catholic News

ay 29, 1992

at least to

difficult to

14th century mystic, wrote the following

Suffering

the coin that

purchased our salvation.

and teaches

Suffering preserves the soul in humility patience.

want

remind our readers, especially those who are news releases and pictures, that

Suffering takes

in the habit of sending in

close to the start of our summer schedule of publishing bi-weekly. The next June 5, will be the last on the weekly schedule until September. The change in publishing schedule also means a change in our deadlines. Instead 0 days before the desired date of publication, any releases should reach us 20 days

re are

Suffering mortifies the body, which

Suffering guards one against grave falls. Suffering gives a person self-knowledge.

CCD Mean?

initials

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

Can you

tell

me what

the initials

CCD stand for? In all three parishes CCD classes. But no one

A. The

initials

Suffering gives wisdom.

According

A man who

has not suffered, what does he know?

to Suso, the angels consider patience in suffering a greater

Meister Eckhart once urged his readers "To suffer God" because He wants what more earnestly than we do ourselves. God intends to give us an eternity of happiness, and He .knows how to get what He wants. Though we will never fully is

best for us

understand the mystery of suffering, Eckhart encourages us to especially

when our

senses cry out for

trust

(For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Coping With Illness," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St., New York, N.Y. 10017.) Father John Catoir is director of The Christophers.

Imitates Life

stand for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, a public policy

Or Not

books and so on.

Today

the religious education arm of this confraternity has been assumed by the USCC Department of Education. Most parish and diocesan offices are officially now called offices of Catholic education or a similar In spite of this,

many

title.

Catholics, familiar with the old

any religious education classes for students not in Catholic schools as "CCD programs." The confraternity still exists and is an important agency of our country in preparing English Bibles and some liturgical books. If you look at the front of the New American Bible, for example, you will see the Confratertitles,

still

w>rfT

JOANN KEANE

Associate Editor

cluding printed materials for each grade, teacher instruc-

God's wisdom,

relief.

For a long time the confraternity, in addition to other responsibilities, published religious education programs for Catholic parishes, in-

•4*

work than

raising the dead.

icy of the U.S. Catholic Conference.

tion

destined to

Suffering teaches us to be compassionate toward our neighbor.

have lived, religion classes were referred to as ked could tell me what it means. (Texas)

;re I

Suffering nourishes the precious soul.

During the summer, each issue will carry two weeks of Scripture readings and weeks of Discover the Faith (both English and Spanish versions). Issues during the period will be dated June 5, June 19, July 3, July 17, July 31, g. 14 and Aug. 28. We will return to weekly publication and begin our second year )peration with the issue of Sept. 4. Did I just say our second year of operation? It doesn't seem possible but this is 37th issue of The Catholic News & Herald with just seven more to complete our year. When you consider the planning and preparation that went into that first le last September, we"ve already actually been at this for more than a year, jr one, am ready for the respite which we'll get when we don't have to meet a dline every week.

Tiat

away temptations. and renews the

die anyway.

idvance.

sin, drives

spirit.

ae,

away

Suffering quenches carnal desires

refer to

of Christian Doctrine as the sponsoring agency.

Recently our grandson was married in the Lutheran Church by the lie's father, a Lutheran minister. Our grandson said the minister did not It a Catholic priest present. A priest told our grandson the marriage was gnized by the Catholic Church. |0n advice from four different priests we were advised not to attend the pding. Needless to say, all involved were terribly hurt. [My question is what are the regulations pertaining to this? Must the couple Catholic instructions and the banns published? What about baptism of (children from this marriage? (Ohio) |Q.

If a Catholic receives a dispensation from the bishop to be married before J\. ftone other than a Catholic priest or deacon (called a dispensation from the form),

frriage before a minister, judge or other legally

competent

official

would be

inized in the Catholic Church.

Murphy Brown had a baby. Congratulations, Murph! While we can't condone the action, we applaud your decision to have the baby. Her childbirth is a sign of the times. Like it or not, television imitates real life. And unwed motherhood is on the rise. One day following the telecast which undoubtedly will rank as one of the most-watched episodes in television history the vice president of the United States, Dan Quayle, publicly denounced Brown's actions as a symbol of indifferent

—

morals.

Speaking

San Francisco

in the

aftermath of the Los Angeles

riots,

he made an

attempt to equate the poverty in America's inner cities with network television's

He took a jab when he said "It doesn't help matters when prime time TV has Murphy Brown a character who supposedly epitomizes

portrayal of today's morality.

—

today's intelligent, highly paid, professional

woman

— mocking

the importance of

by bearing a child alone and calling it just another 'lifestyle choice.'" Get real, Dan. As a pro-life advocate, you should be ashamed of your off-thecuff remarks. The insinuation implies an unwed mother's choice to keep or perhaps have her child is wrong. No question, out-of-wedlock births are on the rise. In 1990, one in four women who had a child was single. Granted, the fictitious Murphy Brown's scenario does not depict the norm. Her income erases financial woes, and theoretically, her support network will stand in solidarity with their colleague. Yes, this Monday-night baby boy will live the good life. He's lucky. Forty-six percent of children living in white households headed by women are poor. For black households, it's 67%; for Hispanics, 70%. Quayle is obviously not a follower of the weekly sitcom. Otherwise, he would recall that it was the father's choice to leave Brown. The daddy-to-be couldn't handle parenthood, and was promptly written off to South America to save the rain fathers

—

more important than the nobility of fatherhood? Murphy Brown made a choice. Quayle calls it a lifestyle Wrong, Dan. She made a life choice. forest.

—

a noble cause

So, yes,

choice.

who told your grandson the marriage was valid according to Catholic law may have known such a dispensation was granted and perhaps even the couple prepare for the marriage.

le priest

tch ?d

the bishop, why the other could not guess. They may have had B reasons, but you would need to ask them. panns of marriage, as most older Catholics remember them, were required by [{Whether or not such a dispensation <ts

was granted by

advised you not to attend the wedding

former canon law.

Announcement of the wedding was meant to prompt reporting

circumstance that could be an obstacle to the marriage. oday many if not most engaged people live in many communities before they |ady for marriage. Thus banns are not required in the United States or most other Jy ;

fttries.

Many

in necessary.

parishes announce forthcoming marriages in the bulletin, but this

Whatever the circumstances of the marriage, baptism of any children would depend on several factors. They would need to be discussed with a priest at that time. (A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about baptism requirements and sponsors is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St.. Bloomington, IL 61701 Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.) Copyright © 1 992 by Catholic News Service

6 The Catholic

News

Making The

May

Herald

Gift

Lifetime

How Does Canon Law Affect

Simply

...

By JIM KELLEY Have you ever known of someone who made a charitable

Have You Ever Wanted To Was

by will?

gift

a charity that had meant something special

people only hear about the huge bequests that warrant coverage by the press. Unfortunately, the impression that results is that charitable bequests exist only in the domain of the rich and famous.

Nothing could be further from the truth! most universally available vehicle for giving. We all should have wills, regardless of what we own. And anyone can arrange a bequest of some type to further his or her if plans are made. It can be easy to do without faith

In fact, a will is perhaps the

—

threatening the financial security of the giver or his or her family. last will

and testament

the instruction sheet

you

leave to guide the probate court in distributing your

Without

possessions.

it,

state

law make distribution

decisions for you.

will

chance

during your That's testimonials to their faith.

contribute to principles

also a personal statement that gives

make known what has been important

you a you

arranging a bequest to a Catholic cause, you can in far

ever whispered to your soul' s ear: "Wouldn't you like to be a Sister?" Or: or a priest in a religious community?" a religious.

—

beyond your

Many Catholics, young and not so young, even in today's radically secularizJ some point in their history feel a strong (even sweet) attraction towaj devoting themselves entirely to a vowed way of life in the service of the Lord as of God's People the Church. Well, maybe you say: "Me a religious? Why, it never entered my mind!" WB

—

As a Catholic, doesn't it make sense, anyhow, to take 70 seconds to see wn Church law says about the religious life? Organized communities of consecrated persons, female/male, commencM already around 300 A.D., when persecution of the first Christians ceased. Individ als went out into remote areas, such as deserts, away from the still pagan ways of in cities. These solitaries, from love of Christ and .His message, embraced a tou life-style: total sexual abstinence; hard manual work; little sleep; scant food/dri not?

rations; lots of prayer along with Scripture reading; silence. In short, they stro

Here are three ways to make a charitable bequest: Give a percentage of your property. 1

And they

and neighbor. Before long, others, similarly drawn applied for fellowship to share

lifetime.

"A Brothl

culture, at

mightily toward real holiness of life.

life.

why people in all walks of life use their wills as

you believe

Be...?

By TRAPPIST FATHER CHRISTIAN CARR A religious? Not asking: "Are you religious?" Rather: Has something inside yq

Many

Us?j

Or was it a "little person" remembering to him or her?

a millionaire giving to a high-profile cause?

29, 199

it.

liked

it;

found joy in service of G

to this intense

form of following Chri

And so, bit-by-bit, regular communities of mon

and nuns came into being. ..not all out in the deserts. During ensuing centuries, countless religious groupings developed orj nized into what we'd today call "Religious Orders" or "Religious Congregation They're all now identified in Church law as "Institutes of Consecrated Life According to the aspirations of individuals and the needs of a growing Chun official approval was given to the Benedictines (c. 550 A.D.); the Franciscans 1250 A.C.); Jesuits (c. 1550 A.D.); Mercy Sisters (c. 1850 A.D.)...and so on. G alone knows, for sure, how many Institutes have been founded in the past 2,C

Your

years.

—

people find, when they look at their estate plans, they can comfortably arrange for five, ten, twenty, or some other percent of their property to go to their parish, a favorite Catholic agency, or the diocese. Their gift is definite, yet will not detract from the security they have built for their family since all bequests remain in

Many

proportion to each other.

Give specific property. will can also name a specific dollar amount or piece of property as a gift. Real estate, stocks, jewelry, works of art, and collections of value are examples. Give what's left. 3. A "residual" bequest is a gift that can be arranged by anyone and may indeed amount to the "gift of a lifetime." To make a gift through a residual bequest, you direct in your will that any property not distributed to other heirs goes to your parish, the diocese, or the Catholic agency or school you name. Some of the largest charitable bequests ever received have been gifts of residues of estates. When you plan or review your will, tell your attorney about your charitable wishes. He or she can advise you about the best methods of giving and any tax benefits you may enjoy. Keep in mind also that a will can be changed whenever you want, adding flexibility to the benefits of giving by bequest. The diocese offers a helpful booklet, Giving Through Your Will, which includes more information about will planning as well as forms to help you organize your plans before visiting your attorney. Call the Diocesan Development Office at (704) 33 1 - 1 709 or 377-687 1 or write: 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, N.C. 28207 for your free copy at no obligation. Jim Kelley is director of Development for the Diocese of Charlotte.

—

Every

sort of apostolate for all the spiritual

and corporal works of mercy and

spread of Gospel seed in undertaken education; food/shelter for the destitute; heg care; foreign missions; evangelization; establishment of cloistered-contemplat houses... and so

on and on.

The new ( 1 983) Code of Canon Law contains legislation to encourage and dir religious

and

their Institutes,

each according

—

to specific qualities

and

fields

Canon 573. 1 for example, provides a key nc a clear and comprehensive summary of the nature and purpose of this Christ

activity ("charism"; "Patrimony").

such a beautiful, mysterious and powerful Way and Witn« Here's a paraphrase of that canon: Consecration to God by the vows obedience, chastity and poverty, is a stable form of Christian life. In it, the faitl en til follow Christ more closely as they are moved by the Holy Spirit dedicated to the all-lovable God. By becoming a religious, one seeks, with gi life-style that offers

—

love, to help build

up the Kingdom of God and labors

"Religious are a splendid sign in the Church

Doesn' t that cause a tingle of enticement a

wee

— they

for the salvation of the

our heavenly gloi in your heart? Not e

foretell

— of excitement —

bit?

(Please keep tuned-in for a follow-up.)

Father Christian Carr is the former abbot of the Trappist monastery at Moi Corner, S.C., and a former editor o/Homiletic Review. He holds a civil law de£

Letters (From Page

cated to helping others in such a variety

of ways.

This situation

where we found

ourselves and decided to find a

way

change it. With the purchase of a six foot dish, fixed on the Galaxy III Satellite, we are now able to view EWTN (Eternal World Television Network) which is an orthodox Catholic network for the whole family. There are teaching series, Christian music, videos for the children and teens, rosary devotions, programs on the saints and on the shrines, Spanish programs, etc. This network also provides live daily Mass from Mother Angelica's monastery in Birmingham, Ala. Galaxy III also provides "ACTS" which is an interfaith all-denominational

and a doctorate

canon law.

also enjoy the informative

articles

on canon law, church policy,

etc., as

well as the 'Faith Alive' type of

commentary.

On the other hand, some items strike May 15 edi-

-t

as less helpful? In the

tion

we are told of a person who decided

to become a Catholic

years to do so!

and then waited 75

The subliminal message

to readers could

be that her conversion

meant very

to her or that it's

little

to put off important steps for a

okay whole

lifetime for the sake of "friendships."

can only guess why the editor thought it worth our attention. In the same issue, I thought it was ironic that the front page had, in one corner, a report of planned celebrations of the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant

QORN

saints fa

ECUADOR, (THEN si MARIAN/ PART OF PERU}, OF NOBLE DSPANISH PARENTS, MARIANA WAS IN QUITO,

IN-LAW.

AT A VERY EARLY AGE MARIANA

WAS ATTRACTED TO

home

while, in the other corner, there

with our cable system. We can switch from one system to the other

controversial phrase describing

with the push of just one button. So,

intend with one hand to undermine what

RELIGION AND BECAME A SOUTARY IN HER SISTER'S HOME UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARIANA'S JESUIT CONFESSOR. MARIANA LED AN AUSTERE LIFE. EATING VERY LITTLE AND SLEEPING FOR ONLY THREE HOURS A NIGHT. SHE HAD THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND REPUTEDLY PERFORMED

with the other he seeks to build up? (Or

MIRACLES.

do Lutherans accept such

WHEN AN EARTHQUAKE, FOLLOWED BY AN EPIDEMIC SHOOK QUITO IN 1645, SHE OFFERED HERSELF PUBLICLY AS A VICTIM

religious network.

This system was installed in our for less than $700 and is compat-

ible

regardless of where the diocese,

it's all

you might

live in

out there and avail-

the

"Queen of Heaven." Does the editor

titles

for the

Virgin?)

able.

Bob and Edith Perz Cherokee

must also examine

tives since

it is

There

and education in your magazine. In our negative media- blitzed way of life, it is refreshing to read of those

who are dedi-

up an argument I

believe (and pray) that my only desire

to help

a great deal of inspiration

stir

my own

point of view.

or to defend

the Editor:

my own mo-

quite possible to address

these matters just to

Mixed review To

was a

Mary as

make future dialogue more ben-

eficial to all

concerned.

Jaime Revadeo Reidsville

of QUITO

ORPHANED AS A CHILD AND RAISED BY HER ELDER SISTER ANP BROTHER-

FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. AFTER THE EPIDEMIC BEGAN TO ABATE, SHE WAS STRICKEN AND DIED

£^

ON MAY 26, 1645. SHE

IS LILY OF QUITO: CANONIZED IN 1950

OFTEN CALLED *THE

SHE WAS AND HER FEAST

The Catholic News

ay 29, 1992

sexual innuendo.

He* aid

The U.S. Catholic

Conference classification

A-II

—

adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating

— parental guidance sug-

gested.

"Night on Earth" (Fine Line)

NEW YORK (CNS) — The following are capsule reviews of movies re-

by the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcently reviewed

turning the convent choir into a local

sensation and getting the nuns involved

neighborhood. Director Emile Ardolino parlays Miss Goldberg's in their

sassiness into a lively

on winning a scholarship for a year of study

Germany. Photo by

LAURA VOSO

Teen Wins Scholarship Year Of Study In Germany

sheville or

comedy that treats

nuns both as comic figures and spirited, caring individuals with a positive lifestyle. References to an extramarital affair

and brief comic violence. The

U.S. Catholic Conference classifica-

—

A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance sugtion

—

gested.

By LAURA VOSO ASHEVILLE — "Schade,

Butcher says. "In German,

net," Lisa

means,

it's

a pity,

it's

raining."

gray drizzle falling outside

ipite the

East Asheville

home, Lisa laughs. In

the vivacious 16 year old leaves

a year-long stay in

Germany. And

can't wait.

Last September, along with

200 other students across North

Lisa applied for a scholarship

olina,

Congressional Bundestag Youth hange Program. The program is nsored jointly by the U.S. Congress the German government.

tie

By February, Lisa learned she was of 1 2 semi-finalists, and she and her

Durham

her traveled to

for inter-

remembers two of the llions" of questions she was asked, thinks her answers to those two

vs.

Lisa

still

stions put her

over the top.

"One of the questions was, what do |.nk about beer and what would I do E

y host family drank wine and beer. ;t said I couldn't stand the smell, but iuldn't

mind

eyes dance. "That just

y, that I

Her blew them

they drank

it."

couldn't stand the smell of

Bif currently serves as a eucharistic minister. Their pastor, Father Carl E. Kaltreider, has known the Butchers since he came to St. Lawrence in 1986, and he is proud of Lisa. "It has been good watching a young girl develop into a young woman with a strong faith and giving such a beautiful witness to her faith," Father Kaltreider says. Lisa is an active member of the church's high school youth group. Not long ago, youth from the area Catholic churches participated in a "lock in" at St. Lawrence. Some of the young people took half-hour turns in the ongoing Perpetual Adoration before the Sacred Heart Chapel. "It was so quiet," Lisa says breathlessly, her eyes widening. "To be before the Blessed Sacrament at 3 in the morning. It was awesome." Lisa punctuated her vocabulary with typical jargon, but this

normal teen be-

juxtaposed with sound critical judgment. Consider herrelationship with havior

her boyfriend, for instance. She proudly displays their

prom

picture. In her daz-

zling blue satin dress, Lisa stands next

handsome blonde boy. She will miss him, she admits, but says they have talked about Lisa's year abroad and know it will be a wonderful opportunity for her. "We' ve worked it out," she says

"Alien 3" (20th Century Fox) Crash landing on an unarmed penal colony of 25 killers and rapists who have embraced Christian fundamentalism, a woman (Sigourney Weaver) finds she has brought a murderous alien monster with her and that its female version is

nesting inside her.

Though

what would

if I

was with

family and they took off

es to

in a hot tub or

all their

to the

undeveloped, director David Fincher ekes out sufficient suspense to sustain interest in the outcome. Sporadic shadowy violence and much rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R rereligious angle

could strip n and join them, but I wouldn't if they did." Lisa pulls her leg up e chair and hugs her knee. "I just

:h. I

said

didn't think

what

like,

believed." In March,

—

stricted.

found out she was one of the four ists.

"Encino Man" (Hollywood) Sophomoric comedy has two

Cali-

fornia teen-agers (Sean Astin and Pauly

Shore) defrosting a preserved caveman (Brendan Fraser) they've unearthed and passing him off as a really cool high

school exchange student. Director Les

Mayfield's innocuous romp

just a

drawn-out unreeling of goony antics with no attempt at plot or characterizations. Minor fisticuffs and very mild

mother

says, "Lisa has

us her maturity. She

shown

firm in her be-

liefs." In typical

Lisa is vice chairman of the Asheville/Buncombe County Youth

on her application that while it was not mandatory for her to be situated with a Catholic family, she must have

Lisa fashion, she firmly

stated

easy access to a Catholic church. "When she goes to Germany," Father Kaltreider

ent will

An says proudly.

"She has great potential as a future leader in the Church," he says, "on the local scene and even on a much greater scale."

Erfolg!"

hair and diminutive frames,

and Lisa look more like sisters mother and daughter. Susan knows fact that other applicants have said they would try to fit in even if it

them uncomfortable. "Lisa's not |d to stand up for her moral beliefs," Susan believes that her three daughflLisa

has a twin

>unger

sister, Jennifer,

and

Veronica) are "well nded in their Catholic faith." The "hers are members of St.Lawrence f

were seated at a table five miles long," Lisa says, "with the interviewers at the opposite end! No one in our group

would take the

lead.

did." Lisa's

leadership ability doesn't surprise Father Kaltreider,

sister,

and he believes her

someday

The Butchers

tal-

benefit the Church.

feel they

won't have

worry about Lisa next year. "Even though she is not out of high school to

fering cultures.

Some subtitles. Numer-

ous sexual references and recurring rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.

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"The Adjuster" (Orion

Classics)

Bleak and boring look at the sexual perversions of an insurance adjuster (Elias Koteas), his wife (Arsinee Khanjian) who collects porno films, and a phony film maker (Maury Chaykin) who uses their home for his own murderous ends. Writer/director Atom Egoyan offers a sick view of characters who deliberately doom themselves and those around them. Frequent sexual ref-

shadowy sexual encounter, some nudity and intermittent rough lan-

erences, a

guage.

The

U.S. Catholic Conference

classification

— morally offen—

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

Knights Give Funds

For Native American

Student Exchange NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) — A child-to-child exchange program involv-

ing Native American and white students

South Dakota to foster understanding September with financial help from the Knights of Columbus.

nods her head enthusiastically at thing Lisa says. With their sandy-

stories playfully capture the

universal nature of people despite dif-

will start in

says, "Lisa will be a beautiful example of what it means to be a Roman Catholic in the United States." And what will she miss most? Lisa' face turns somber. "I'll miss my friends and watching them change," she says sadly. Then she brightens. "But I' 11 come back after a year, take some time off, and then maybe join the Peace Corps." She pauses, then her voice becomes animated. "I'm also interested in the space shuttle program." There will be no holding Lisa back. "auf Wiedersehen, Lisa. Viel

mother, Susan, sits next to ughter at their dining room table

isa's

York, Paris,

Helsinki. Featuring delight-

firmly.

Council (ABCYC), a county-sponsored organization that involves young people in city government. "We voice concerns of the youth," Lisa states. Her talent as a leader again surfaced during the group problem- solving portion of the scholarship interviews in Durham. "Six of us

wry

five

—

yet," her

on the same

this sci-fi

sequel covers familiar territory and the

to a tall,

i"Another question," she continues, s

Church in Asheville. Susan and her husband B if have both taught CCD, and

Rome and

New

writer/producer/director Jim Jarmusch' s

Having witnessed a mob rub-out, a Reno lounge singer (Whoopi Goldberg) hides out in a cloistered San Francisco convent disguised as a nun and horrifies Mother Superior (Maggie Smith) by

in Asheville, holds the letter congratulating

night in Los Angeles,

performances from Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder and Armin Mueller-Stahl,

"Sister Act" (Touchstone)

Lawrence

at five distinctly dif-

ful

casting.

a Butcher, 16, a parishioner at St.

Amusing look

ferent cab rides occurring

Goodbye, Lisa. Good luck. Laura Voso is a member ofSt,. John the Baptist Parish in Tryon.

If successful, the pilot

program

could be imitated elsewhere. South Dakota Bishops Charles J. Chaput of Rapid City and Paul V. Dudley of Sioux Falls have given their approval to the program. The project will be organized around South Dakota's 25 Indian schools and white Catholic schools.

will involve

exchange visits between groups of students from paired schools. The program "holds much promise alternating

for fostering better understanding be-

tween the two cultures both now and in the future," said Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dechant in a statement from New Haven, the Knights' international headquarters.

Alfred Jetty, a Native American who

deputy for the Knights in South Dakota, said of the program in a statement, "Just as Christopher Columbus led the way 500 years ago, the Knights of Columbus should lead the way today." is state

This newspaper is printed on recycled newsprint and is recyclable.

8 The Catholic

News

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Herald

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Hospitals today:

Settings for ultimate

questions By Stan Konieczny Catholic

News

Service

Being admitted to the hospital can raise

many questions.

clerk makes a fairly comprehensive inquiry about who you are, what you do and who insures you. But a little later as you wait to see an

The admitting

emergency-room physician or to go to your room, you find that the seemingly endless minutes are filled with questions of your own. What is causing the pain? Will I be all right? What's next? Today, patients can expect to be asked one more question that has become stan-

"Advance directives for health care give you an opportunity to put in writing what your wishes for your medical treatment would be if you reach a point where you are incapacitated," explained Sister Ternes. "Advance directives affirm your right and privilege to designate a person to make medical decisions for you if you are unable to do so." Advance directives usually are made in the form of a durable power of attorney for health care or a living will.

"The whole issue of advance direcmight cause some anxiety in younger patients because they don't always think that these documents apply to them," noted Sister Ternes. She added, "Older patients have had time to reflect on their lives and ... are often grateful for the opportunity to put their wishes in writing and to talk about their final decisions with family mem-

tives

bers."

A living will or durable power of at-

care?"

The

federal Patient Self-Deter-

mination Act has required that this questionbe asked as part of health-care admissions procedures since Dec. 1, 1991. Sister Clara Ternes, a registered nurse and chairperson of the board of directors of the ASC Health System, and Sister Angelita Myerscough, ASC Health System vice-president of mis-

sion services, recently discussed how the Patient Self-Detennination Act is implemented in their health-care system, which includes three hospitals and one nursing home in rural South-Central Illinois. Sisters Ternes and Myerscough are members of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ.

within the context of faith," she addet Patient education becomes a key el* ment of implementing the Patient Sel Determination Act. Education assist patients

and their

families in dealir

with the fundamental purpose of a< vance directives, which is to help antir pate difficult end-of-life decisions, Si ter Myerscough noted. "The basic ethical principal is weigh the burden and the benefits of i

"Every day individuals face the dilemma of discontinuing or

choosing whether or not to

postpone death. A is in fact

start

medical treatment that is proposed she said. "Burdens may be pain, depi vation of control, loss of awareness ai

a life-sustaining treatment to

common question is

whether such a choice

Economic consideratioi can come to be considered a burden te for example, when a basically futi treatment will financially ruin the su loss of limb.

euthanasia or so-called mercy killing.

dard:

"Have you put your health-care wishes in writing through a living will or a durable power of attorney for health

be needed to promote healing and reco* ery," Sister Ternes said. "Discussion of advance directives ca also balance our medical technolog

If the patient has such a document, the nurse will request a copy. Patients in the ASC system are given information on advance directives developed by the Illinois Department of Public Health and the ASC Health System. If a patient requests further information, a member of the Pastoral Care Department or Social Service Department is available to answer questions or offer assistance. "The basic premise of advance directives is that the patient has the right to make health-care decisions through informed consent. We give information on how our facilities try to protect this

right," Sister Myerscough stated.

This information can make some patients uncomfortable.

torney for health care is not mandatory. "The law only requires that we ask,"

vivors' family.

Sister Ternes stressed. Sister Myerscough observed that making an advance directive "reminds

vidually."

us that

life

and health are

gifts

from

God and we need to preserve and protect them as long as we can. At the same time we are not absolute owners of our lives.

are only stewards of

we need to make our decisions

life

and

accord-

ingly."

"Being able to sit down and talk about advance directives helps us to gain some balance at times. You have an opportu-

make distinctions, especially when people adamantly refuse any form nity to

of life support, although temporary use of a machine or a certain medicine may

"Every case has to be looked at inc

Every day individuals face the

lemma

of discontinuing or choosii whether or not to start a life-sustaini treatment to postpone death. commr question is whether such a choice is fact euthanasia or so-called mercy ki

mi loif

ing.

Explained Sister Myerscough, "Indi continuing or refusing a form of li sustaining treatment, you are s: letting nature take its course. In eul nasia, you are directly, deliberately < ing something to cause death." Advance directives raise questiolw which make some people uncomfo W able, but those questions on ultinw 'ÂĽ decisions can help patients maintf ^ dignity, respect and some sense of ct trol over their situation. Answering questions raised by i vance directives can be an opportun to witness to a lifetime of faith a !

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who love them addresses topics su< depression, bel gaining with God and acceptance. Sa

as anger,

denial,

the author, four times:

who came

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my brushi

of physical life and its opportunities as comforts, as well as renunciation one's usual place in the family or

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iuestions people ask about medical By Father David K. O'Rourke, Catholic News Service

someone, nor can people take their own

Euthanasia. It wasn't too many years 0 that most of us couldn't even prounce it, let alone know what it means, it with newspaper accounts of "mercy ling"

and prime-time

stories about

ctor-developed suicide machines and

euthanasia has come jo our living rooms. Euthanasia is a Greek word meanj "good death." It is used to describe 3 process of putting a suffering person death painlessly. In the Christian world, euthanasia, mercy killing as it is sometimes called, s been considered both immoral and 3gal because it violates the right to sir grim results,

The issue has become more complied, however, because in the complex rid of high-tech medical care one can come confused over some of the tech:al means to ease suffering, some jans to extend life

and some means to

dlife.

But on the level of principle, there has been genuine clarity, tholic moral theology makes a clear itinction between the death of a per1 from natural causes and actively ling someone. A person, for example, who has grown I weakens and eventually dies from or her inner weaknesses is not in the me situation as a frail elderly person o dies from being given a deliberate iditionally

may sometimes

acquit distraught spouses or relatives who take the life of a suffering or comatose family

member, but this is not because a crime has not been committed, but because the circumstances involved so much stress, turmoil and personal pain. But many situations are not as clear as we might wish. In the world of hightech hospitals where machines can save people who would otherwise die, what is clear in principle can become very gray in practice.

jrdose of a powerful sedative. Even when the older person is unconous or unaware, both religious prinle and civil law say that you can't kill

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Current debates about life-sustaining medical) treatment suggest that our ociety's lifficulty

moral reflection is having keeping pace with its tech-

lological progress," the U.S. bishops'

Committee said in a 992 statement. People wonder what would happen if in accident, for example, left them in vhat is sometimes called a persistent egetative state. Would they be kept Hive against their will? Would they be lenied care due to them? 'ro-Life Activities

pring

Basic to medical-care decisions is onsideration of the value the dignity of life, said the committee.

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The committee's statement focused n providing nutrition and fluids for the eriously ill, disabled or persistently nconscious." It said: "We reject any mission of nutrition and hydration Mended to cause a patient's death. We old for a presumption in favor of roviding medically assisted nutrition nd hydration to patients who need it," a resumption that would yield "in cases /here such procedures have no nedically reasonable hope of sustaining fe or pose excessive risks or burdens." The committee's statement appeared i

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uncontrollable forces. It was a realistic recognition of the patterns of existence. When people live as close to nature as Israel's largely agricultural and pastoral people did, they find themselves caught up in life's rhythms of rain and sunshine, cold and warmth, pleasure and pain, life and death. By contrast, when technology takes over, people become alienated from nature. Since nature cannot be denied, an inevitable tension results.

Castelot

Service

To interfere in the processes of birth or death would have been thought an abomination by biblical people. "Assisted suicide," so much in our news would have made no sense to them. There is one instructive instance of it in the Bible. King Saul was mortally wounded in battle and appealed to his armor-bearer: "Draw your sword and run me through, lest these uncircumcised (gentiles) come and make sport of

ened, refused to do

life-

threatening

hospital affecting a close

31:4).

"But his armor-bearer, badly fright-

Samuel

an opportunity to profit by it. Knowing the enmity between Saul and David, he saw a way to ingratiate himself with the up-and-coming David. He went to him and boasted: "(Saul) said to me, 'Stand up to me, please, and finish me off, for I am in great suffering, yet fully alive.' So I stood up to him and dispatched him, for I knew that he could not survive his

wound"

Samuel

1:9-10).

Then, unexpectedly, David called an attendant to come and strike the man down, and the attendant struck him "a mortal blow" (2 Samuel 1:15). Two wrongs do not make a right; David's brutal vengeance was reprehensible. It shows, however, that "assisted suicide" was not looked upon with favor, not considered an act of "mercy."

(Father Castelot

me.'

So Saul took his

An enterprising young man saw

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

"My mother had had a heart attack and her brain was not functioning. The decision about life support was reached between the doctor and myself over several days.... My mother had earlier signed a living will asking not to have any extreme measures. The surprising thing was that when we removed the respirator, she started breathing on her own.... In the end, didnl feel like it was a hard decision because Mom had already made the decision. just implemented it." Ken Haley, Dodge City, Kan. I

—

"Seven years ago

my mother had a stroke. There was a

decision to try to save

we had faith

you or your David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

family reach a decision on the life-

support system?

my mother.... She

entered a

God would either heal her or take her to heaven. We thought there was a reason God allowed this to happen. think was to give my father time to adjust to living without her. We never removed the life-support systems. But was very hard to just watch her lay there. She finally died just a few months ago." Mrs. Richard Frazier, Wheeling, W.Va. persistent vegetative state.

kept her on life-support because

that

how did

use of a

it.

own sword and fell upon it"

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situation in a

relative,

a suffering person

to death painlessly."

reaction to assisted killing

ingenious devices to prolong life when the body's natural forces broke down. This lack of technical know-how put the sick and dying at a serious disadvantage. But it also made living and dying relatively simple. Certainly families did not have to decide whether to withdraw life-support systems from a hopelessly ill relative. Advances in medical science bring undeniable blessings, but they also create sometimes maddening problems. For people of old, being born and dying were part of the cycle of nature. A familiar passage in Ecclesiastes says: "There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. A time to be born, and a time to die" (3:12-2). This was not numb fatalism, dumb resignation to

Iff

(Father O'Rourke is pastor of St. Dominic's parish in Benicia, Ca-

There were no miracle drugs to promote healing and few, if any, painkillers in biblical times. There were no

FAITH IN THE

word meaning 'good death.' It is used to

The fine points of such cases, it turns out, are the kinds of questions theologians wrestle with today when they talk about making distinctions between endingthe use of a medical life-support system for a patient and euthanasia.

example, any heart problem during the surgery they were prepared to hook me up to a machine that would keep my heart going for awhile. And afterward, for a few hours before I regained consciousness, they were going to put me on a simple intravenous saline solution.

Catholic

a Greek

course?

—

By Father John

The IV saline solution provides water for someone who can't drink. If I had experienced serious trouble, how long would that IV need to be continued? Could the point arrive, if my condition were serious enough, at which someone would need to decide whether removing the IV would be mercy killing or just allowing nature to take its

nently." It also was explained that if I had, for

A biblical

"Euthanasia

chine?

Several years ago I had some fairly standard surgery that required a general anesthetic. The doctor who put me under for the operation discussed my general health and any possible problem situations because, as he said with a bit of a smile, "we want to keep you from feeling pain but not perma-

support

Now, suppose I had had serious trouble with breathing or with my heart during the surgery and they decided to connect me to some kind of machine to keep me alive. Would it be mercy killing to disconnect me later, even if I probably wouldn't live long without the ma-

lives.

Juries

life

—

"My grandfather had always said he never wanted any artificial means used no respirator, no feeding tubes, no nothing. He said that when the Lord came to take him, it was his time to go. When he had a heart attack, he was in intensive care for a day and a half and then was moved out because of his wishes. He died four days later. It was hard for the family to go through. My uncle who was a preacher tried to talk him out of but he had to follow what my grandfather said." Debby Phillips, Barnesville, Ohio it,

—

"My father had inoperable cancer. After a certain point, he was in so much pain and so weak that he couldnt eat. The doctor told me he didn't see any point in keeping him alive.... When you see someone in such bad condition, why keep them alive a day or two longer? What's the point?" Richard Cain (Sr.) Grammer, Ind.

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U.S. Bishop To Emphasize Moral Aspect At Environmental Summit

CAMDEN,

—

(CNS)

The Vatican is participating in the upcoming international Earth Summit because N.J.

"safeguarding and protecting the environment is a moral issue,' according to '

who

a U.S. bishop

Vatican Etruscan Collection First U.S.

Tour

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CNS) lection of Etruscan artifacts

—A — most

Memphis and will travel

Morristown, N.J., and Provo, Utah, over the next two years. The exhibition of 178 artifacts dating from 750 B.C. to 250 B.C. includes 144 pieces to Dallas,

have never been shown outside the

Vatican' s Gregorian Etruscan Museum.

Only

five of the objects

have ever been

exhibited in the United States. bition

The exhi-

May 1 at the Memphis Museum and Planetarium.

opened

Pink Palace

Bishops To Begin Cause of Pope Paul VI VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

The

the sainthood cause of Pope Paul VI, the

head of the bishops' conference told Pope John Paul II. The bishops' permanent council voted in March to begin the work, said Cardinal Camillo Ruini, papal vicar of Rome and president of the bishops' conference. Born Giovanni

BattistaMontini in Concesio, Italy, Pope

Paul was elected to the papacy in 1963 6,

1978.

sent to

Interested in Catholic Activities, said

Lithuanian Caritas was launching

new

many

and needed guid-

social ministries

ance from people experienced in these areas. American Catholics could also be helpful in the medical field, she said. "Language would not be a problem for American volunteers," she said.

As with

all

sainthood causes, Pope Paul's will begin on the diocesan level with an investigation of his life for evidence of "heroic virtue."

World Needs Committed Priests, Pope Says

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

Priest Unable To Dissuade Dr. Kevorkian's Latest Victim

DETROIT (CNS)

— By

the time

May

priest said

19.

From his own expe-

rience as the son of a tiple sclerosis,

woman

Father

with mul-

McGrath

said he

believes the condition can affect the

person

thought processes, though there

as a

number of other medical

disorders.

The priest talked with Williams for twoand-a-half hours April 8, five weeks before the 52-year-old resident of the Detroit suburb of fourth

woman

Clawson became

world needs Catholic priests who can proclaim the Gospel and help people apply Christian values to work, culture and society, Pope John Paul II said. Speaking May 16 to participants in the general chapter of the Sons of Divine Providence, the pope said the world still

—

..j

not yet over.

But when it is, from what we have learned of Denny, he could continue to be oi example of the way to peace among the races. And that is, to love as Chri

finest

loved. Unconditionally, regardless of color or ethnic origin.

Love every person individually. Even those who

And

hate

you and do wrong to yoi

If there is hope for peace in this world, that hope is to be found in people lik Gregory Williams and the other three men who saved Denny, as well as Reginal Denny. Rosetta Taylor Kimzey of Horseshoe is a prishioner of Immaculate Conceptic Church in Hendersonville. -in

assistance.

Pope Among Petitioners Against Execution

Of Convicted

RICHMOND, John Paul

—

Pope was among those pleading

May

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TAYLOR KIMZEY

During the Los Angeles riots we watched on TV as several black men pulled white man from his truck and nearly beat him to death. The white man, Reginald Denny, by a great miracle, will live and soon h p released from the hospital. Yes, it was black men who beat Denny, simply because he was white. But it mu be noted, it was also black men without concern for their own safety wh, rescued Denny, despite the fact he was white. Those men are God's best. But the wonder here is Reginald Denny. Even before he was aware of what happened to him, Denny's friends aiij „ neighbors were interviewed. They said Denny was a devout Christian and had nj hate or prejudice against blacks or any other race. They said he was a hard working man with a family and one of the nicest persor! they knew. Also, the non-black friends of Denny who were interviewed showed no malic against blacks, only toward the individuals who beat Denny. Those individuals ju; happened to be black. If a person can be judged by the company he keeps, then it was Denny. remarkable friends who first introduced us to his loving personality. As more of h character is revealed, Denny indeed seems to be a rare, but true Christian. After Denny was told what happened to him, even though reports say he doesn remember any of it, he says he hates no one, not even his attackers. He says only that he is glad they were caught, and all he wants now is to get oi of the hospital and home to his family. Denny seems to be following the teachings of our Lord, "Forgive them, for the know not what they do." The only other person, living today, I can recall who has forgiven one who triem. to harm him, is Pope John Paul II, who went to prison to see his would-be assassiiLi, and forgave him. The men who beat Denny will eventually be tried, I presume. Denny, at sorr point, will probably regain the memory of what happened to him. So this tragic plal,

the

effort to overturn the sentence. Writing

—

By ROSETTA

All

ft.!

Susan Williams talked to Father Robert McGrath about having Dr. Jack Kevorkian help her end her life, it was probably already too late to convince her not to go through with it, the Detroit

no medical evidence that it does. Williams had multiple sclerosis as well

bishops will begin working on

and died Aug.

woman who was

assess the situation there. Kerry Robinson, a consultant and former staff officer with Foundations and Donors

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according to a

col-

never before seen outside the Vatican

that

NEW YORK (CNS) — American

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on display

Asked To Volunteer

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The Catholic Star Herald. Leading the Holy See's delegation to the international conference on the environment, set for June 3-14 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, will be Archbishop Renato R. Martino, head of the Vatican observer

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Makes

U.S. Catholics

are obligated

Vatican delegation. to protect the

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40-Hour Devotion Meets Hunger,

litigious Directives for Catholic Health Htcilities

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; guidelines

yed by

the Catholic Health Associa-

originally pre-

1954, issued in a different form

i 197

and reissued with minor changes

1975 Last November, he reported that the jjmmission hoped a third draft of the ttoposed updating would be ready for -

nowhere." In response to an inquiry from Catholic News Service, Bishop O' Donnell said through a National Conference of Catholic Bishops spokesman that the revision process "has been open and has followed the usual practice of the conference."

said his commission, a

subcom-

Doctrine Committee in

mittee of the Doctrine Committee, be-

larch and for vote at the bishops' 1992

two

gan its work by consulting with 12 including theologians, Father McCormick, "to determine what needed to be done." As the work continues, the subcom-

bologians. Father McCormick said the

mittee has consulted with "five profes-

general meeting.

111

Father

McCormick

said that in pre-

[ring for his talk he called Bishop

who

IDonnell,

referred

him

sional groups of theologians

le he called said no one could see the Irrent draft until

had gone

Referring to the pastorals on peace

Id the economy, Father

McCormick

of the bishops was

lid the authority

Father

of letting

all

a limited

interested parties

i;sent material to the drafting

hliminary

said, revision

of a loose-leaf notebook, suggesting their secondary and temporary charac-

of the

proceeding with secrecy expected of private investi-

In decisions

"Nobody knows who are the Insultants," he said. "They come from

on such issues

as in

vitro fertilization or artificially provided

and hydration, he said, the Church is making "mixed judgments" that combine general principles with empirical data. Consequently, he said, they should be viewed as provisional and subject to revision. nutrition

Both cardinals debated the role of

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; When Capuchin or devotional, two things always happen.

People either walk out on him or they applaud him, said the traveling priest

from the Capuchin Franciscan

Province in Orange, N.J.

At a 40-hour devotion to the Blessed Sacrament at St. Ann Church this past week, parishioners and visitors applauded vigorously. They embraced the animated, joyous priest and dusted off the grace-filled tradition.

The devotion is a public veneration of the Blessed Sacrament in memory of the 40 hours during which the Lord's body remained in the sepulchre. At the closing Mass May 23, Bishop John F. Donoghue thanked Msgr. Riching back the "wonderful" 40-hour devo-

would

like to see

started

little is

said of the fact that

For people 40 and older, the experience triggered memories of the Church

conscience," said Cardinal Konig.

Cardinal Ratzinger answered: "The nger

exactly that conscience could

orae nothing else than a superficial

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and thus be degraded to a xhanism for making excuses. Hitler d his accomplices, for example, perrmed their crimes in a state of fanatic nviction

written by staff

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of conscience."

Thrusts and parries continued on

Yet the conversation proced some surprises. Both agreed that the church needs a rocess of apprenticeship" in applying

ler topics.

Kndemned

making

efforts to get

Cardinal Ratzinger showed that he [not entirely

opposed

to scholarly cre-

vity.

"A I

theology that was based solely

the affirmations of the papal

would be completely misThe teachings of the pope are not

ago and our

hindsight,

can grasp that

pomp and ceremony

We journeyed together for six years, not daily, but almost weekly. She had no not miss a promised visit

last year, I

have a

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would and grew to I

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"Ecstatic," said parishioner Betty

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understand and handle relationships. Parents can help teens to find their unique attributes as they focus on a clearer self identity and help them sort through their feelings as they struggle through all the

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would never have chosen to accompany someone through such physical suffering. But having her for my friend put things in perspective. She and her vibrant spirit came first and the awareness of the illness came second.

family, and I became her family.

lubstitute for theology," he said.

in its

childhoods. For younger generations,

izations ensued.

Sigisterium Icen.

six years

meangrew to count her among my best of friends. Our relationship strengthened even as her health declined. Numerous trips to the doctors began to appear on my calendar, and I shared her anticipation and concern when stronger measures were required and hospitalingfully.

as a status symbol, said

|rdinal Konig.

Since her death

and sorrows and that, especially in sorrow, a special type of bonding can happen. She taught me that lesson, not with words, but with the richness that I felt when I was with her. Since her loss, I have stayed available to others for whom a trial has come. I have applied some of the lessons I learned and am once again the richer person. Yes, I like to share joys, too, but I am so grateful to Annie that life with its risks is no longer so fearful for me. I saw her embrace life.

That was

le among themselves, take advantage j the Congregation for the Doctrine of

How important that accountabil-

was.

Can generational lines be crossed? I was too young and naive to even know if that was true when I was given the

relationship evolved rapidly and

vious theologians, highly competi-

ity

new understanding that life blends joys

friend in Annie, age 82.

of power beeen the pope and the world's bishops. Cardinal Konig also showed some mpathy for Cardinal Ratzinger' s work. 'One often gets the impression that

value that she could feel she could count

on me.

the staff members are not identified.

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Uegiality, the sharing

Faith" by

a series of columns

members of Catholic

Social Services about their experiences.

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Marcinak, describing her reaction. "I felt like a little girl again. We need this to bring the people together. So many people are hurting. A lot of young people had no idea of what it was all about." "The exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is one of the most important things that can happen," said Frank Gulli. "It increases devotion and brings peace of mind and peace of soul." "This is the kind of stuff that distinguishes the Church," said Joe Romito. "It needs to come back." For 40 hours day and night, parishioners took turns keeping vigil over the Blessed Sacrament, the source and center of the Catholic faith. No matter how many people signed up to keep watch, there were always more in the sanctuary than had committed, even during morning's darkest hours. They came and went for the adoration, Mass and the rosary, packing into

e is called to decide according to their /n

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the final standard. Every-

in Charlotte.

hoisted them onto

ntrol.

"Too

Ann

our parishes," he said. "We did away with a lot of devotions (after Vatican II) and didn't replace them with anything," he said. "People feel a void ... They are hungry in all

lividual conscience regarding birth

nscience

Capuchin Father Sylvester Catallo, who directed the recent 40-hour devotion at St.

ard Allen, pastor of the parish, for bring-

ter.

Itors.

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tional. "I

Ispital guidelines is I;

number of issues that are "cur-

rent

drafts.

By contrast, he

in his talk said

and controversial." And he said they should be printed to go in the back

commit-

open hearings and publicizing

lis in

McCormick

revised directives should deal only with

Inmeasurably enhanced" by the pross

been circulated, he added, because "no draft has yet been approved by the parent committee." draft has

lihops. I

and other

interested groups," the bishop said.

to the

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se le

hace frente a los

obstaculos y a los inconvenientes que se

presentan en

camino de

Pero Porque

la vida.

sin fe, es imposible hacerle frente.

aquel que quiere desconocer la existencia de Dios, se desconoce a si mismo. La fe es instintiva en el hombre, es la que

el apoyo a las creencias del hombre. Ella es la que nos sirve de faro perpetuo en la vida. Por eso yo busco las verdades religiosas y filosoficas, para que la primera me fortifique. Como la unica que puede salvar al hombre en las turbulencias de esta sociedad. La segunda que me ayude en la marcha. El

presenta

Capilla de la Ascension del Senor en Jerusale,

monte de

olivos.

ÂŠ Mount of Olives Prints

"Los llevo hasta cerca de Betania y levantando sus manos, los bendijo, y mientras los bendecia se alejaba de ellos y era Uevado al cielo. Ellos se postraron ante El y se volvieron a Jerusalen con grande gozo." (Lc. 24, 50-52 )

hombre psicologicamente considerado,

Santa Capilla de

Tierra

Uno de el

los lugares

Monte de

Ascension PADRE

SILL

donde Jesus

Noticias Locales

RUEDA

mas sagrados para nosotros

los Olivos,

los cristianos es sin

duda el

sitio

se despidio de sus discfpulos antes de subir

Actualmente se encuentra muy abandonado. La construccion es de la epoca bizantina y reformada por los Cruzados con elementos propios de la tradicion musulmana. La capilla se levanta sobre un antiguo santuario paleocristiano muy reformado y donde se ven vestigios de otras culturas y razas cada una con deseos de agregarle y recortarle a la construccion original. Se cree que el edificio octogonal sin techo, para conmemorar la ascension de Jesus al cielo despues de 40 dias de su resurrection, fue destruido por los Persas en la primera mitad del siglo VII y despues reconstruido por los Cruzados a manera de templete en el siglo j|| al cielo.

Son necios e ignorantes aquell< tildan de retrogrado al hombre qi conserva la fe aun en medio de adelantos cientfficos y de li revoluciones humanas, al hombre qi mas cree en Dios y mas le ama cuan mas se encuentra en los conocimienti y mas se realza en la experiencia. que

sensible, inteligente, activo, racional.

Por en

El hombre sintiendo, pensan razonando, creyendo en Dios con principio y termino de sus aspiracione Y busco en mi ser el descanso del espiri para hacerle frente a la vida. Porque crt que la palabra de Dios, es un elemen poderoso. Porque es el Verbo incread es la verdad eterna y absoluta y perfect es Dios mismo.

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carismatico en la casa de reflecciones

Maggie Valley,

(

los dias del 12 al 14

el costo por persona sera < $60,00 dolares que deberan pagar llegar a la casa. El retiro va a ser dirgu por el Padre John Jairo Rueda de Quim Florida, quien tiene mucha experienc en estos movimientos carismaticos. Pa mas informe llamar al CCH al 33

junio y

Ens

1281. pen

XII.

En el siglo XIII el edificio paso a manos de los musulmanes, quienes lo transformaron radicalmente, tapando los arcos y cubriendo el techo con una cupula netamente de estilo islamico. Lo mas llamativo de este lugar a pesar del aspecto de abandono que demuestra es la roca con la huella de un pie, en el interior del edificio, que segun la tradicion cristiana, la identifica como la huella que dejo Jesus al ascender al cielo. Este sitio esta situado al este de la carretera principal, en la cima del Monte de los Olivos y muy cerca de la Iglesia del Padre Nuestro. En el patio del santuario hay

un monasterio Benedictino, los cuales estan al cuidado del santuario de la dormicion de la Virgen que queda muy cerca de allf. A pesar de que el santuario esta en manos de los musulmanes desde los tiempos de Saladino en 1.187, la capilla de la ascension sigue alii, para recordarles a todos los cristianos que Jesus resucito y esta vivo, porque desde aquel lugar ascendio a los cielos en cuerpo y alma como lo atestiguan los apostoles.

Dfa de recreo para familias hispanas El CCH con la direction de Arlid Barrera esta invitando a un dfa de descanso en el parque Frank Liske en las afueras de Charlotte, para el dfa 3 1 de

mayo, con

la celebration de la Sta.Misa en espanol a las 1 2 y 30 y juegos para los ninos. El almuerzo, sera compartido, llevando cada uno sus platos preferidos. Se pide una cuota de $3,00 dolares por personas adultas, para los gastos del parque. Para mas information llamar al CCH al numero 335-1281.

Ascension del Senor La Ascension de Cristo al cielo es vez un final y un comienzo. Enman el cumplimiento de la vocation pe sonal de Cristo en la esencia mortal la

su vida sobre la

tierra.

el final d

misterio por el cual El se despojo de gloria para aceptar las condiciones

nuestra naturaleza humana.

tare;

Retiro carismatico El

CCH

esta invitando a

retiro

The Catholic News &

fay 29, 1992

Kllen Lecturer Calls Exile

And

Redemption Central To Judaism By

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

BELMONT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Jewish

God not as remote and transcendent

lit

as active in people's lives, said

May 24

Heschel spoke on "Exile and Redemption: The Implications for Religious Dialogue." "Exile and redemption are central to Judaism," she said. "They reveal the emotional sensibilities of the Jewish people."

The Jewish people believe in four God's redemption of the Jewish people, God's need

qualities of redemption;

for redemption, individual redemption

award presentation Belmont Abbey College. The honoree was Rev. E. Glenn dinner,

and communal redemption, said

id lecture at

All except for

ond, Va.

The Cuthbert E. Allen Award, which named for a Benedictine priest who rved at Belmont Abbey College and onastery for more than 50 years, is ven for "outstanding contribution to

umenism." "If we will let the light of God in us

can

all

become

God's vulnerability

have parallels in Christian theology, she said. "God's need for redemption is unique to the Jewish people." Heschel said when human beings sin, God suffers and when good deeds are performed, He is strengthened. Therefore, Jews can hasten redemption through their own deeds, she said. Heschel' s lecture underscored the spirit of The Ecumenical Institute, whose purpose is to promote greater under-

and church history at Southern aptist Theological Seminary in Richlip

Benedictine Father Placid Solari

Heschel.

inson, professor of spirituality, wor-

diate out,

in accepting

the award.

usannah Heschel, guest speaker at The cumenical Institute's Twelfth Annual uthbert E. Allen Memorial Lecture. God is vulnerable and in need of lan's redemption, said Heschel, assoate professor of Jewish studies at Case Western Reserve University. About 80 Catholic, Protestant and wish scholars and ecumenists attended e

Hinson

place," said Rev.

people

richer

something wonderful can take

standing

among

faiths.

The

institute,

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of the priest, which is to keep intact the orthodox teachings of the Church. One of the teachings is the real presence of Jesus Christ, hence the reason for the reinstitution and devotional encourage-

ment

devotions that corroborate the need for

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basics," he said.

The

basics he refers to

include the benediction, the stations of

We were pleased to serve you

the cross,

Marian devotions and the

message as old fashioned, the positively do so with vigor and gratitude. Catallo' s

people

'clouds without water (grace), trees with-

out fruit (the Holy Spirit),'" said Father Catallo. States, Father Catallo has observed what calls a "sickness" in the faith, "a

watering

down of the

"The message

de cada didcesis en pequenas comunidades de fe llamadas parroquias. Las parroquias son responsables de promover el Reino de Dios en un area el

that

basics."

trying to get

as Catholics ought to

observe Vatican II by implementing the basics, not by overpowering the basics under the subterfuge of Vatican II renewal," he said. "Vatican II never abolished nor downplayed the sacramental ministry

.QUE ES UNA PARROQUIA?

Catolica divide

territorio

great conviction, courage and love," said

Dana Bean, who with her husband,

Joe, helped coordinate the devotional.

"In the materialistic and hedonistic

In his travels across the United

across

who respond

"Father Sylvester preaches with

Without the basics, "our faith is like

to the Eucharist."

Although some reject Father

rosary.

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sin, grace, confession, Mass and the Holy Eucharist," said Bean. "We need to be awakened and rescued from our complacency. Father Sylvester pricks your conscience and compels you to examine the state of your soul. He makes you laugh and cry and discover within your heart a deeper love for Jesus, especially in the Holy

Eucharist."

and therefore, the ministerial mandate

especffica. El

parroco y sus asociados presiden

liturgia

y oraciones,

ensenan y predican el mensaje de Dios, guian, apoyan y unen a los miembros de la comunidad parroquial viviendo y siendo testigos de Ellos son asistidos por los miembros del su vocacidn cristiana. personal de la parroquia.

Todos la

vida y

los parroquianos son llamados a compartir activamente crecimiento de su comunidad parroquial.

Dentro de la parroquia, los fieles, en especial los jo'venes, son instrufdos en la Palabra de Dios. La Eucaristfa o Misa es el centro de la vida parroquial. Los fieles son nutridos por los sacramentos. Se hacen obras de caridad y religiosas. Se trata de llegar a las personas que han dejado de practicar su religion o que no profesan la fe verdadera. Se comparten los cuidados, las preocupaciones y las penas de los fieles. Se atiende a los enfermos y moribundos. Se hacen esfuerzos especiales por los pobres, los aflijidos, las personas solas, los exilados, aquellos que enfrentan dificultades especiales. Se les da apoyo a esposos y padres para que puedan cumplir sus tareas y crecer en la vida cristiana dentro de la familia. (Codigo Canonico. Canon 528)

THE OIWOKY Offers a variety of programs to suit various needs.

We We We We

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

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

.itholic

News

Herald

May 29

Diocesan News Briefs SALISBURY cred Heart

— A team from Sa-

won an

Inter-parish Bible

Winning Quiz Bowl team members were Jennifer Burges, Brad Corriher and Brian Tajlili. Seven parishes and/or missions participated; St. James in Concord, St. Joseph in Kannapolis, St. Therese in Mooresville, Our Lady of the Rosary in

homes and

—

CHARLOTTE

Father George

For more

Thomasville and St. Francis of Assisi

in Mocksville.

The

contest

was

the third year of

participation for Laura Carlson of St.

Therese and John Davenport of Our Lady of the Rosary. Students selected for the inter-par-

competed in Class Bible Bees and Parish Quiz Bowls. For the class and parish contests, they studied the Genesis story of Joseph and his brothers. For the May 3 inter-parish bowl, they were assigned chapter 9 of Acts. The event, which was at Sacred Heart, was hosted by Our Lady of the ish event

Rosary. Shirley Dilla of Our Lady of the

Rosary and Michael Thompson of Sacred Heart coordinated the event.

Nursing Grads

CHARLOTTE — Commencement

ceremonies honoring Mercy School of Nursing Class of 1992 will be at St. Gabriel Church June 5 at 2 p.m.

Devotion Pilgrimage

BELMONT — The First Saturday

Devotion Pilgrimage to the Grotto at Belmont Abbey College is June 6. The rosary is at 9:30 a.m., confession is at 10:45 a.m. and Mass is at 11:30 a.m. Bring a chair. For more information, call Phil or Terri at (704) 568-51 18.

From

Scratch

ARDEN — St. Barnabas is offering

a basic Bible study program for people

with

little

or no Bible background and

anyone who wants to know more about the Bible June 1-4. Sessions are offered in the mornings at 10 a.m. or evenings at 7:30 p.m. The manual is $12.95. For more information, call the church office at

(704) 684-5343.

Singles of Charlotte

Covenant anniversary observances are June 6 at St. Eugene Church in Asheville and June 20 at St. Peter Church in Greenville.

lina Poverty Project.

(704)

255-0146.

Covenant Anniversary

ASHEVILLE

— Lutheran-Catho-

lic

Cost is $7.50 for advance registration, $ 1 0 at the door, and includes lunch. To register for the Asheville meeting, write and send a $7.50 check payable to St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 10 N. Liberty St., Asheville, N.C. 28814. The meeting is from 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Registration for the Greenville meeting should be sent to St. Peter Catholic Church, 2700 E. Fourth St., Greenville, N.C. 27858.

CHARLOTTE — Central Piedmont

Community College is launching a program on interpersonal relationships at St. John Neumann Church. The eightweek course from June 1 through July 22 is Mondays and Wednesdays from

reach Ministry

looking for volunteers

to help interpret, drive, translate

The course can be used toward an associate degree

human

services, social service, early childhood

education or interpreter training.

For more information, call Cindy at St. John Neumann, (704) 5354197.

Ancient Order S ANNANO A A group of men at St. Margaret Mary Church is forming a division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. American divisions are concerned with promoting friendship, unity and Christian charity, and fostering the ideals, history and traditions of the Irish

—

the

The

AOH was founded in

first

American division was

The new group is interested in reachits

Pig Roast

—

GASTONIA St. Gregory Cout 6700 of the Knights of Columbus

cil

barbecue will be served from 5 p.m. p.m., followed by a country/westei dance in the gym and "Las Vegas Nigh

men

open

—

GREENSBORO

For reservations,

vice office at the Francisan Center. Fees

on a sliding scale according to income. Therapy is offered by experienced mental health professionals. For more information, call Darryl Gentry, (704) 274-5577. are based

Office

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Michael

ASHEVILLE

—

sponsoring a Rosary for Life j

center.

Also, the Colwick

Tower

abortic

center in Charlotte will be picketed

Wednesday morning beginning

8:30 a.m. Signs will be provided. Fj Little Saints

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more information,

call

Diane Hoeflin

(704) 541-3760.

pre-kindergarten children for stay-at-

home mothers,

forming

St.

Lawrence. For more information, Cynthia Blum, (704) 299-1959.

call

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Lucien, Trin-

Episcopal, First Presbyterian and

Grassy Creek Presbyterian churches are sponsoring an ecumenical vacation Bible school for children age 2 through grade 8 June 1-5 at Trinity Episcopal Church from 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. The program will begin each evening with a picnic supper. For more information, call Rita Vanden Heuvel at (704) 765-8303.

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GREENSBORO

—

Married

couples interested in sharing their

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Individual,

marital and family counseling

of Irish birth or descent.

St. Gabriel Church,

June 4 CCHS Graduation Ovens Auditorium, 7:30 pm

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1565 and

call Celeste

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widowed or never ma

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more information, call the parish at (9 1 9)

Vacation Bible School

registration the first evening.

For more information,

Mr.

visit

Cost is $60.50 plus book, payable at

Sr. Paulette Williams,

looking for volunteers to help

and take Holy Communion to hospitalized and homebound parishioners. For

Group, a play group for infants through

relationships.

ried singles

Scots-Irish Presbyterians.

Dloceean Evente

Sr. Paulette Williams,

Pius Tenth

emphasizes critical thinking about community and social issues as well as individual participation in improving the quality of community and personal

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World and National Briefs amily Concerns, Moderated Abor|on Stand Urged For Democrats CLEVELAND (CNS) Pennsyl-

—

Gov. Robert

inia

and a U.S. bishops' conference

rficial

asked for policies seeking a con-

medical science for an ethical source of

Brown, president of the American Life League. The

human tissue,"

said Judie

executive order calls for the establishment of fetal tissue banks using only

18 at the Democratic National

from the estimated 750,000 spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) and the

ommittee' s platform hearing in Cleve»nd. Helen Alvare, director of pro-life

100,000 ectopic (tubal) pregnancies that occur each year.

tanning and information for the Nabnal Conference of Catholic Bishops,

U.S. Bishops

iked the committee to shape a platform

Dame

sent ethic of life. Both gave testimony J[ay

1 989 projection it could have as few 44 active priests by the year 2004.

enhances the »jgnity and protects the rights of all our pters and brothers, especially the poor Ivhich respects the life,

tissue

To Meet At Notre Moynihan Honor

Despite

WASHINGTON (CNS)— The U.S. bishops will proceed with plans to meet at the University of Notre Dame June

May

8 statement

to a

office distributed the

by Catholic Archbishop Derek Worlock of Liverpool, England, regarding remarks made by Anglican Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury. In an interview published in a London newspaper May 18, Archbishop Carey, spiritual head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, suggested that the Catholic Church needs to rethink its position on artificial birth control in response to the rising world population and its environmental impact.

bies while meeting the requirements of

Casey warned

|emocrats that a strong abortion rights jatform could spell danger for candijites,

eliminated the need for fetal tissue harvesting from intentionally aborted ba-

Sexual Revolution a 'Tragedy,' Pittsburgh Bishop Tells Youth

—

PITTSBURGH (CNS)

The

sexual revolution has been a tragedy

because "love is more than sex,' Bishop Donald W. Wuerl of Pittsburgh said in a pastoral letter to the young people of '

"There is no easy solution There are no quick fixes to the challenge of human moral living," he his diocese. to life.

The bishop' s letter, published May

said.

Church Leaders Say Too Early For 'People Power' Movement

15 as a special supplement in his dioc-

Filipino

esan newspaper, the Pittsburgh Catholic, focused on the moral choices young

MANILA,

people must make, especially in the area

Philippines

(CNS)

—

advertising only from political candi-

Although the outcome of the presidential election in the Philippines remained uncertain and at least one candidate claimed fraud, religious and lay leaders said it was too early to stage a massive civil disobedience campaign similar to the 1 986 "people power' movement. "I don't think we need people power now,

dates of "a certain stripe' could prompt

but

charges of misuse of resources by a tax-

not stolen," Auxiliary Bishop Teodoro

before the university gave

its Laetare U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y. "I wish to affirm that our presence on your campus in June should in no way be interpreted as agreeing with what the university has done in this matter," the archbishop

exempt organization. Mark Chopko,

Medal

general counsel for the U.S. Catholic

Bacani of Manila said at a prayer rally organized by supporters of presidential candidate Miriam Defensor Santiago.

Catholic Press Association in Milwaukee. He advised Catholic publications

Ukranian Catholic Synod First In More Than Four Decades UkraiLVIV, Ukraine (CNS)

I to the Catholic Hospital Administrate Personnel Program, a weeklong

said.

to feel free to accept "issue-oriented"

nian Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky of

lurse offered twice each year at

Iowa Diocese Plans To Close Or Consolidate Dozens Of Parishes DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS)— The

that

away from ads promote a candidate or candidates

Lviv opened the first synod of his Church to be held in Ukraine in more than 45 years by asking his faithful to be patient as the Church rebuilds. "Some people

their positions

Davenport diocesan priests' council has approved a three-year plan to close up to 12 parishes and cluster or consolidate grouping two or about 70 others more parishes into one. A growing shortage of clergy is the driving force behind

ecutive order establishing fetal tissue

the plan. Currently the diocese has 111

non-aborted fetuses and

parishes and 107 priests working full

18-21 despite the "considerable embarrassment" caused by the university's decision to honor a senator who supports abortion rights, the head of the bishops' conference said. Archbishop

of sexuality.

Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati announced the decision in a letter to Holy Cross Father Edward A. Malloy, university president, on May 15, two days

press editors were told that accepting

lofessor at Loyola University in Chijgo, explained that the power comes I)m today's health care workers shar-

defenseless."

lid

rorkers At Catholic Hospitals Told h Share In Founders' Ideals

NEW YORK

care ministry

ijalth

— Catholic

(CNS) is

danger of

liest

power that has sustained it, a warned in a New York address.

|suit

Father John C. Haughey, ethics

[(sing

g in

the

the motivation that inspired reli-

Ipus orders to found health care institu-

1ms and early lay employees to work I th them. Father Haughey spoke May

St.

Inn's University in Queens with joint

lonsorship by the Catholic Medical

pter of Brooklyn and Queens. o-Lifers Praise Research [ing

Bank

Non- Aborted Fetal Tissue

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pro-life

liders

hailed President Bush's

Inks using id

the

move might

help defeat a fetal

pending in Con"He has in one stroke of his pen

Iperimentation pss.

May

bill

Editors Counseled

From Ads For

To Shy Away

Political

Candidates

MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Catholic

Conference, addressed the topic of political advertising and the Catholic press May 14 at the national meeting of the

advertising, but to shy

—

unless they are willing to accept ads

from

candidates whatever on church teachings.

all political

Commission To Look At KGB Ties ROME (CNS) The Russian Or-

—

thodox Church has established a bishops' commission to determine if Orthodox officials collaborated with the So-

the intrinsic complications of the current

Orthodox tensions remain high, but there are signs of improvement. The interview took place in Moscow and ap-

former persecutions."

May

19 in a

Rome

daily.

'Unhelpful'

(CNS)

— The

situation caused

Church

They are assisted by parish

staff

members.

upon to share actively parish community.

All parishioners are called

aimed on a multiracial

the

life

and

Within the parish, the faithful, especially the young, are instructed the Word of God. The Eucharist is the center of the parish life. The (faithful are nourished by the sacraments. Works of religion and charity jare fostered. There is outreach those who have ceased practicing their religion or do not profess the true faith. The cares, worries and the griefs |of the faithful are shared. There is solicitude for the sick, particularly those close to death. There are special efforts to seek out the poor, the affiicted, the lonely, the exiles, those facing special difficulties. Spouses and parents are supported in fulfilling their duties and growth of the Christian life within the family is fostered. (Code of Canon Law, cc. 528,

wrecking

ships appears to be

the talks

society, the

Anglican spiritual leader's recent questioning of the Catholic Church's teach-

southern African bishops' conference

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not a helpful

said.

"There

and counteraccusations by pohave not helped in unmasking these forces." sations

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the bishops said in a statement. "Accu-

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by the

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Cardinal Lubachivsky said in his homily May 17 during the synod's opening

of Moscow. In a newspaper interview,

The Catholic Church divides the diocese by territory into smaller communities called parishes. Parishes are responsible for the living and promotion of God's Kingdom in a specific area.

{growth of their

synod all the divisive questions should be solved and should lead to a full organization of our Church life,"

the patriarch also said that Catholic-

faith

believe that during the sessions of this

active priests 25 years ago. According

approach to the June Earth Summit nor to the Anglican churchman' s upcoming meeting with Pope John Paul II, a Catholic archbishop said. The Vatican press

—

viet secret police, said Patriarch Alexei

VATICAN CITY

time in parishes, schools and chaplaincies. The diocese had twice as many

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should pray that the election

Divine Liturgy. "We shall strive to achieve this," he said, but people must make allowances for "human frailty and

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College Honors Mercy Sister Pauline Clifford At Graduation BELMONT — Mercy Sister Hospital served in Asheville.

the Sisters of

Mercy of

the Americas,

was presented an honorary doctorate of letters by Abbot Oscar Burnett

humane

commencement

at the

exercises at

and friends of Abbot Burnett commended of Mercy for 100 years of

students, faculty, alumni

the college, the Sisters

service to the area.

presented the

degree in praise of Sister Pauline by declaring her a "compassionate leader whose "vast experiences have seasoned you well for your role as regional president of the Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina who celebrate their 100 years in Belmont." Five former pastors participated in the dedication of the

new St. Mary Church.

Present were

Father Patrick Gavigan, Father Michael Hoban, Msgr. Felix Kelaher, Bishop John F. Donoghue, Father Frank Cintula, Father Thomas Clements and the present pastor, Msgr. William Wellein. Photo by JOANN KEANE (1-r)

A native

of Ireland, Sister Pauline

serves on the board of directors of Mercy

Hospital in Charlotte and

St.

Joseph's

Saw

Heart College, as a counselor

Catholic Social Services in Chariot and as pastoral administrator of He

Church in Reidsville. Abbot Burnett praised Sister Paulij

Infant

Belmont Abbey College. In an address to the assembly of

Previously,

in administrative posts at

Pauline Clifford, regional president of

for her "compassionate quest to

God through viduals) of

all colors,

He commented

tures."

serf

unselfish service (to im

races and c that the hon<

ary doctorate "is meant to honor Sis Pauline and all the Sisters of Mercy the tremendous job they have done

coming

sir

Belmont 100 years ago." j

spoke further of the relationship f tween the Sisters of Mercy and Benedictine community at Belnu t

Abbey

as longstanding

beneficial.

"It

and mutua

has been a golden

both communities) and

tii

hope th will have several centenaries more & vice in our community and in the co munity at large." (for

Shelby

Haiti (From Page

1) I

of a grand parish to

"You are the riving stones on which this built," said Bishop Donoghue

church was

to the congregation.

dren, yet to be born, this church.

couples

"Imagine

all

the chil-

who will be baptized in

young stand before this altar and

Imagine, too,

who will

all

the

pledge themselves to each other in the

sacrament of matrimony. All of the sacra-

ments

will

"We

be performed in

women

this

have to go back

proceeded us in

Father Ryscavage said there were up to 300

were present for the parish

Faudels, Owens, Izzis, Kouris and Hagleys.

unaccompanied minors held on the base. Boston's Cardinal Bernard F. Law, in a May 22 letter to President Bush, compared Haitians seeking safe haven to Jews at the time of the Holocaust. "The sad memory of Jews being refused entry before World War

The first Masses had been celebrated in the Weldon home.

turn our back on a human being pleading for

policy.

our help and hospitality," he wrote.

Father Ryscavage made his comme two days after Bush ordered the U.S. Cc Guard to return Haitian boat people picl up at sea to their country without f screening them to determine if they w

this parish

— who began

nal founding six

dedication. In 1936, under the direction of

Benedictine Father Alphonse Buss, the original church

who

— men and

erected.

There were six

"So many we have given back to God on us today," said former St.

church."

to those

was

Catholic families at that time: the Weldons,

Father Ryscavage said Bush's decision

are smiling

Mary

pastor Father

Thomas Clements.

send Haitian boat people

home

without

many

Other former pastors present were Fa-

reap the rewards of their

ther PatrickGavigan, Father Michael Hoban,

back on our basic, core humanitarian

and we are grateful for all they have done," said Bishop Donoghue.

Msgr. Felix Kelaher and Father Frank

tion of taking care of people in

years ago.

this parish

labor,

II should teach us that never again should

screening

them marks "a

national toning tradi-

need"

noted that in screening done, B Guantanamo, the Immigration and Natui

had determined

ization Service

that 30-

percent of Haitian boat people had credi

claims to political asylum. Father Ryscavjjl^ said there was "no reason to say" that re had changed among Haitian boat peo

now

being sent

home under the new

The Coast Guard has intercepted m

and

than 34,000 boatpeople since acoup topp

refugees, this departure "is every bit as

Haiti's first democratically elected pn

alarming as what happened in Los Ange-

dent, Father Jean-Beitrand Aristide, on St

history of treatment of immigrants

les," said

Father Ryscavage, referring to the

Rodney King dict

30.

Now

beating and subsequent ver-

and

rioting.

said

victims of political persecution.

Foranyonewhohas studied thenation's

Cintula.

origi-

Three families representing the

fruition.

Guard

the Coast

will return

Haitians aboard boats in danger of sink

made him

question

the

and

will escort

back

to Haiti those be tai

"administration has not lost

HOLLAND

HAMRICK. ARCHITECTS.

P. A.

its

moral com-

judged seaworthy, the White House

sai

pass." 1101

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