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A. The fresco

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Peter Catholic Church

in

Charlotte

is

the work of the North Carolina

artist

Ben Long. See

page

story,

2.

Bishop William G. Curlin's Easter Message Dear Friends Last Sunday

in the

we

resurrection. Then, with Alleluias

Risen Lord,

gathered to celebrate the

will joyfully sing the "Gloria" in fulfillment of those prophecies.

Church invited us "to walk with Jesus" during His

we Him as Jesus offered us proof of God's

days upon earth. In prayer and adoration

followed

wondrous

bells filling the night air,

we

With our

new brothers and sisters, who will now become one with us in the Eucharist, we will renew our own baptism into Jesus. Our solemn celebration of the

beginning of the holiest week of the year as the

last

and ringing

Eucharist

is

our proclamation of Christ's triumph over death and our

acceptance of Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

On

love.

On Holy Thursday, we

Easter Sunday our churches will be in festive

attire as

people gather around the altar to worship the Risen Lord.

God's holy

By His death and

shared in that Supper memorial of Christ' s' death for the sins of the world and His rising to offer us eternal life.

prayers today rise from hearts filled with gratitude for the Father' s giving us

For us the Eucharist

Jesus.

that is our

and our oneness of

all

is

in the

our oneness with the Lord Lord.

worship, for Jesus

whom we

give

all

resurrection, Jesus

is

our Liturgy through

from death

is

to

be God's Son. Our hymns and

allow Jesus to "rise in us" that

we

Calvary;

now we walk with the Risen Jesus in the glory of His Resurrection. !

Good Friday found us kneeling in prayer before the cross of the Savior.

may

the Savior rise

and

live in us!

Prayerfully in our Risen Lord,

to follow Him with an undivided heart. We sealed that pledge of love with Communion, the sacrament of His love.

and our pledge

our Light"

will light a

new

fire as

bear

Yes, Our Savior lives Through our willingness to die and rise with Jesus

to life in Jesus.

The reading of His Passion and Death tore into our souls while our veneration of the cross became our public acceptance of His atoning death

Holy Saturday evening we

we might

witness to

praise and honor to the Father. In the Eucharist

celebrate our Passover

Our vow today

to

Him through faith-filled lives. Truly, if we die with Him we shall rise with Him! During Holy Week we walked with Jesus on His journey to

remains the center

It

proved His claim

a symbol of "Christ,

who triumphed over death and forever shines

in

our hearts.

We

again will read those Old Testament prophecies that foretold His death and

William G. Curlin

Bishop of Charlotte

Toe Catholic News

& Herald

April 14, 1995

0 Year-Old Makes Lenten Sacrifice

1

The Fresco The Ben Long

fresco (page 1) invites the community to ponder the great mysteries of salvation. St. Peter Church offers a place of quiet beauty for prayer and meditation on the life of Jesus and on his commission to his followers to spread the Gospel throughout the earth.

By

The word

EDUARDO PEREZ Staff Writer

TRYON — Rachel

Moffitt recalls

He simply who love God should who are less fortunate.

not important, says Rachel.

announced his desire to make a Lenten sacrifice. At first she was stunned by the ten-year-old's request.

But when Joshua explained the sacrifice, she was astonished.

knows

the day Joshua

that those

give to those

In turn, Joshua taught his parents a

valuable lesson.

"He has taught us to see

God's

Joshua decided to give many of his

love and

—

hood treasures to Steps to Hope a safe in Columbus, N.C., for battered

home

Rachel

children. is

obviously proud of her

"Most 10-year-old kids do not act the same way Joshua does," says Rachel. son.

"He

all

else loving."

Church, have always told Joshua that while they may struggle sometimes, other people are struggling more and need

he has shown us that happiness

parent,

I like to think that Joshua has been taught gentleness and kindness only by me, but I know that Jesus has touched

"

"I believe that

from his love of God. "The toys

gave away

were toys used when I was between three and

Joshua has

received his kindness

of giving from the Church. He has always been very prayerful

and attentive

eight-years-

at Mass. "

them away beI wanted

show my love for God and to show needy kids that somebody cares."

Board games, Hot Wheel cars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Little Golden Books were among the toys that Joshua donated.

"I hope some of the toys I donated

that is

in

everything.

early Christian times

kind

in

Jerusalem.

to

people,

CNS

we

Photo

see

of them," says Joshua.

Currently, Joshua

what matters the most.

my

I

is in

the fourth

grade. According to his last report card,

he's a straight-A student.

As

far as his

dreams go, he would like to become a marine biologist. I hope that one day I have the opportunity to help save the whales and keep the oceans clean, says

make a battered child happy. To me gave

Joshua.

heart for these

"I will

children."

He

lieve Jesus

Processions

marking the event described in the Gospel of Matthew can be traced back to

Jesus inside

to

care in

April 9.

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a Passion Sunday observance

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City re-enact Jesus'

and made

him

stems

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heart

his

reason for giving his toys

because

starts in

all

Joshua's

will

lime

is one that should of us the beauty in being kind and loving to others, Rachel says. "As a

teach

Rachel.

that's

Its

This act of giving

Joshua has received his kindness and sense of giving from the Church. He has always been very prayerful and attentive at Mass," says "I believe that

Joshua. "I

The fresco is a triptych that represents the Agony in the Garden, the Resurrecof the Lord and Pentecost. Each part of the triptych took about one month to complete on site. The preparatory work was done in Paris where Ben Long has his studio. There individual studies were made and then transferred to a tissue-like paper called a cartoon. The lines of the pictures were then perforated and the pattern transferred to the wall with a dry medium, then painted into the fresh plaster. By the time the fresco is finished, there are three layers of plaster. The first two are preparatory and allowed to age six months to two years, and the final coat

the heart," says Rachel.

their help.

old,"

St. Peter's fresco is the work of the North Carolina artist Ben Long, assisted

by Charles Kapsner, Anthony Panzera, Joshua Rosen and Laura Buxton. It was begun in 1988 and completed in the following year.

can be as long as two years and the fresco will lighten with time. composition will cause it to appear luminescent at times.

parishioners at St. John the Baptist

I

1 6th and 1 7th centuries, but also in the Americas. It involves painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with waterbased pigments in such a way that the picture becomes part of the wall. A fresco might easily last a thousand years.

applied as the painting progresses.

The fresco was allowed to age approximately six months and was then washed with an egg and water mixture and the fresco was completed. The total drying time

Parents Anthony and Rachel Moffitt,

away

"fresh.:" Fresco painting is an ancient art practiced

is

caring, compassionate, giving

is

and above

means

tion

toys to needy children, donating his boy-

women and

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Sacred Oils Blessed At Annual Chrism Mass By

EDUARDO PEREZ Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE — "These priests

gathered here tonight, are God's gift to the at the annual Chrism Mass April 1 1 at St.

Church," said Bishop William G. Curlin Patrick Cathedral.

Bishop Curlin celebrated the Mass where he consecrated the Christ oil for the year. Concelebrants were Bishop Michael J. Begley, retired bishop of Charlotte, Benedictine Reverend Oscar Burnett. Abbot of Belmont Abbey and 90

coming

priests serving the

diocese. Approxi-

mately 200 people filled the Cathedral.

Along with the Christ or chrism oil, the bishop blessed the oil of the sick

and the oil of catechumens. The sacred chrism is fragranced oil used

Father Mauricio West, chancellor and vicar general congratulates Justin Rohr on Honor Society at Charlotte Catholic High School In his address, Father West reminded CCHS students to be positive and hopeful

his induction into the the National

demanding without lacking compassion for many, and all are blessed in many different ways,"

in initiation rites,

without being naive and personally

holy orders and dedications of churches and al-

others. "The gifts of the spirit are

said Father West. "Life at Charlotte Catholic is incomplete without contributions from everyone." 1994-95 National Honor Society inductees are: Margaret Harris, Martin Henle, Denise Hernandez, Jason Kidd, Christina Kouri, Rebecca Amar, Francis An, Thomas Ausman, Molly Beam, Melissa Brown, John Camp, Lisa Cicchillo, April Demert, Natacha Dockery, Suzanne DuBose, Jennifer Epps, Michael Falencki, Jennifer Goggin, Kristina Hohas, Mary Kobsik, Russell Kratzer, Anne Lenhart, Amy Littrell, Christina Lundgren, Brooks Luquire, John Malpeli, Jennifer McWilliams, Aylce Miller, Matthew Murphy, Danielle Puceta, Melissa Putman, Nichole Rademacher, Justin Rohr, Christine Shearer, Andrea Simcox, Julie Southern, Charles Thomas, Bradley Timmers, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Withers, Tanya Zalecki, and Carolyn Zawadzki.

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Peter's Square and delivers the "urbi et orbi" blessing,

said.

The pope made the remarks

an openair liturgy in St. Peter's Square, attended by an estimated 50,000 people. Leaning on his staff and holding the hand of an aide, he walked down several steps at the end of the Mass and addressed a special greeting to youths worldwide.

He said his encyclical, "Evangelium Vitae" ("The Gospel of Life"), deserved a reading by young people.

Those who do so will see that it is an invitation to accept life as a gift, he said.

"It does contain stern demands: several 'noes' that are strong and necessary, which translate for our time the divine commandment, 'Do not kill,'" he said.

"But the 'noes' work in relation to the great 'yes' to life. This is a 'yes' I am entrusting in a special way to you, dear young people: become the voice of this 'yes,'" he said.

The pope said most young people naturally feel vibrant and full of life but this is not enough. He said it was just as important for them to understand the profound nature of life, in order to better appreciate it and love it.

Before the Mass, some 30,000 olive branches were handed out to those attending, in remembrance of Jesus' triumphal entrance into Jerusalem the week before his death.

The pope later blessed the crowd that was joined by several thousand people marching in Rome against the death penalty. The papal encyclical said capital punishment could only rarely be justified in modern

a message broadcast worldwide.

times.

over a Liturgy of the Word, the adoration of the cross and Communion.

9: 15 p.m., the pope leads the Way of the Cross at the Rome Colosseum, a series of meditations with a

after leading

—

next few weeks:

April 18 Attend ordination of Bishop-elect Kevin Bolin of Savannah St. John the Baptist, Savannah, 2 pm April 20

Co-concelebration of Ordination of Bishop-elect William Lori, National Shrine of the Immaculate

3pm

Conception, Washington, DC,

Pope Plans Full Slate Of Easter

April 21

Diaconate Ordination, St. Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, PA, 3:30 pm

Way Of Cross VATICAN CITY (CNS)

Including

The pope has

St.

Matthew Cathedral,

Washington, DC, 10:30

am

— Pope John Paul

II

Way of the Cross in downtown Rome, the Vatican said.

The 74-year-old pope, who has been slowed over the past year by a thigh injury, will conduct six major liturgical ceremonies during the four-day weekend.

On Easter Sunday, April

April 23

Confirmation, St. John Neumann, Charlotte 6 pm

16,

from a broken

but he continues

move slowly at times. A cane is kept at the ready during papal audiences and events.

Easter brings the heaviest liturgical schedule of the year for the pope. It also brings the largest numbers of pilgrims and tourists,

who flock to the colorful ceremo-

nies.

The late-night Way of the Cross on Good Friday is at the Rome Colosseum, a place of early Christian martyrdom. It is considered the most grueling event because the pope walks and stands throughout the ceremony, carrying a cross in remembrance of Christ'

held

Passion.

Here

is

the pope's Easter schedule as released by

Palm Sunday pope blesses palms and celebrates in St. Peter's Square. April 13, Holy Thursday a.m., the pope celebrates a Chrism Mass in Peter's Basilica with the cardinals, bishops and

the Vatican: April 9,

— 10 Mass — 9:30

a.m., the

St.

priests

—

who

reside in

Rome.

5 :30 p.m., the pope celebrates Mass at the Rome

Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he washes the feet

of 12 priests in imitation of Christ

at the

Last Supper.

The traditional collection at this Mass is this year marked for relief projects in Liberia and Sierra Leone, West African nations with longstanding civil conflicts.

Good

April 14,

—

Friday

5 p.m., in St. Peter's Basilica, the pope presides

—

Activities,

the traditional two-hour

Intalled as chaplain, Knights of Malta

fall last year,

to

short talk at the end. April 15,

—9

plans to lead a full slate of Easter activities, including

April 22

largely recovered

thigh bone suffered in a

he celebrates Mass

Holy Saturday pope leads an

p.m., in St. Peter's Basilica, the

Easter Vigil service. April 16, Easter

At 10:30

a.m., the

pope celebrates Mass in St. from the central balcony of

Peter's Square. Afterward,

the basilica, he imparts his blessing "urbi et orbi"

—

"to

the city and the world."

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For Father Marcaccio, the trip will be a first; Father Hautz returns to the land he loves. Both priests infuse a spiritual direction that is often missing from many mass-produced travel packages.

It's a bonus to us for both Father Marcaccio and Father Hautz on board to offer spiritual direction for this fantastic tour. Farther Marcaccio' s effervescent personality and energy paired with Father Hautz' s indepth knowledge of the Holy Land are absolutely the best combination we could hope for.

Nearly three years ago, I traveled to the Holy Land on a press tour sponsored by the Israel Government and El Al Airlines. When I returned to the states late in 1993, I could have boarded the next departing plane back to the Holy Land. I was so inspired by the holy sites, and the simple contemplation that any given spot could have been traveled by Jesus.

Though travel to the Holy Land strikes a note of fear in many; its a fear to be dispelled. Israel is in a perpetual state of strife. Yet, on our tour, I never felt safer. I knew our tour group was under careful watch.

For biblical scholars, students of history and every-

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day

tourists, the tour offers

something for everyone.

Though

a meticulously planned itinerary includes the major locales, our priest guides reconfigured portions of the agenda to include stops at sites off the

beaten tourist path. A trip to Bethlehem included Mass in the Church of the Nativity. This wouldn't do for Father Hautz. He wants pilgrims to savor the experi-

ence of Mass in the shepherds' field.

A day trip to Massada while still an option can be waived to enter catacombs Father Hautz discovered during his three-month hiatus to the Middle East.

Father Marcaccio sees the trip as an opportunity to deepen spirituality while exploring some of the oldest religious ruins on earth. "Mass will be an integral part of our plans," he said. "Ample time is worked into the schedule for our own spiritual reflections. I cannot

—

—

think of a the

more

spiritual place

on earth

to reflect

upon

Word

of our Lord."

Our trip advertisements began

last month, and we've gotten several inquiries. We hope to limit our tour group to about 40 to allow for more individual interaction among our pilgrims and priests.

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Resurrection Vs. Reincarnation Crosswinds Belief in an afterlife has been a Dr.

significant part of

Martha W. Shuping

human

Most of us, at one time or another, have had the experience of doing something wrong that we never really wanted

somehow circumstances pres-

to do, but

sured us into

it.

We

might have

lied to

avoid being blamed for something, or overlooked an employer's dishonesty in order to keep a job. Whatever the

cumstance,

we experienced intense presmade a choice that we

were ashamed

Nobody

Light

Father John Catoir

Among the Jews the Pharisees believed in the resurrection.

Reincarnation, on the other hand, life

we're born with immortal souls, but

higher or lower

we have no

preexistence before birth.

souls live on after death, going

either to

heaven with

God

or into a

form, coming back depending on one's conduct in life. This ongoing series of lives continues until the cycle is broken through a kind of total purification.

Buddhists call this Nirvana, which amounts to a spiritual annihilation where

signed to give access to these hidden powers. Practitioners believe that the use of crystals, pyramids, amulets, and

life

as a king or an ant

women who

worthy souls for the heavenly banquet.

Most Protestants do not believe in pur-

the soul (or

gatory.)

returning to the sea.

choose abortion say they felt pressured or coerced into this choice.

Parents may have threatened disown them; husbands or boyfriends may have insisted

—or they

hard to

left. Good choices are make when you're alone and

scared.

Most of us can probably remember when we have wondered, could

considered to Catholics a tem-

porary state designed to prepare less

great

Atman) dissolves into the Brahman, like a drop of water

usually strive for the acquisition of spe-

human

beings, murdering slaves and

secret knowledge in order to have power

women

so the dead could enjoy their

Those who believe cial or occult

in reincarnation

knowledge. They seek this

a time

services. Eventually the ancient

God really forgive this! I know He is God and can forgive anything, but thisl

used bloody sacrifices to placate the

over nature. According to J. Bronowski in Magic, Science and Civilization, "it all simply depends on hitting the right

gods.

key, in

especially like that after an

Abraham was following a pagan tradition when he was about to sacrifice his son Isaac. Yahweh put a stop to it, and at that moment Judaism, the world'

which is not accessible to other people."

He continues," I think that is fundamen-

monotheistic religion was born.

The term "New Age" comes to mind

It

is

I was talking recently with someone who'd had several abortions.

She told me that she knows that God would forgive one abortion, but she re-

abortion.

first truly

should have know better after that and doesn't expect any forgiveness.

some way

getting into nature

tally false and... terribly

cause

it

the like can help one break the endless

cycle of reincarnation.

Some

also be-

lieve that consulting the spirits of the

dead can help, though this practice is fraught with flimflam and deception.

The resurrection taught by Jesus is a sweeter, simpler explanation of the mystery of life. After death, we will retain our memory and receive a new, health and glorified body. Our relationships with loved ones will still be intact. In the end, love, peace and joy will triumph over hatred, strife and sorrow.

For afree copy ofthe Christopher News Note, "Let's Celebrate," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers,

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Almost all primitive people offered gifts and sacrifices to the souls of the dead. Some went so far as to sacrifice

pagans

has a whole

cottage industry of paraphernalia de-

deprived existence without Him. (Puris

"New Age"

in all this.

after death the soul passes to a

and

wakes up in the morning thinking, "I'd like to have an abortion today." Research shows that about 80% of the

gatory

is

the belief that each soul has lived a prior

Belief in the resurrection implies that

One Candle

a special

—

Our

of.

like that with abortion.

It's

it

meaning. The hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His those who have voice and will come done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. (John 5: 28029)

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sure and finally

from

history

the beginning, but Jesus gave

dangerous be-

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director of The

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A

Catholic, she hasn't been to

Mass

Vocations Need Our Support And Prayer

in

years and she grieves over the choices

made in the past that keep her away.

I told her that God knew about the abortions even before he made her but she

he created her anyway.

Then I thought of something else to tell her. I heard a woman preacher on T.V. one night explaining how we measure the worth of things. She pointed to her skirt and explained, "I saw this in the store and the price tag was $65. 1 looked at it and decided it was worth $65 and I bought it.

She went on, "Do you know what you're worth to God? God looks at you and says, 'You are worth the life of my son. I will give the life of my son for you you're worth that much to me.'"

—

My

friend said she'd think about

something to think about. God knows us before we were born, knows all our sins and still thinks we're worth the life of His son. that. It is

Dr. Shuping is contract staff with Catholic

Social Services and also has a private

practice as a psychiatrist in Winston-Salem.

Questions for

this

column may be sent

to:

Dr. Martha W. Shuping, 1400 Millgate Drive, Suite B, Winston-Salem,

NC 27103.

I have met young people at The Catholic University of America who are considering vocations to the priesthood. They often meet in groups to share their thoughts. They often pray alone. They

In the past six months,

several

it is a time of discernment and development. Some will recognize that they have a true vocation, and answer it.

For others, a different path beckons.

What has influenced them to open themselves to an awesome and yet humbling call? People of faith who have given their lives to the Church have played a role. These students feel excited to be part of a community of faith.

Most important, these young people have a faith in Jesus Christ that is real and

of our

Lord

Reverend Michael Mannion

find

alive.

They know

Christ sees

them

for

who they are and accepts them, yet challenges I

them

to

become more.

them

to priesthood or religious life.

heroism that

lies in the hearts

was moving away, a special bond would

to give to others, they give.

always remain between us. I had baptized his child, and on the day his father died went to his home and closed his father's eyes. Those were powerful ex-

Vocations come from communities where young people and adults sense that the world needs a witness to truth, to love and to service. My mother, father and grandmother were strong nurturers of my faith. They continued to believe in

Church when they sometimes experienced an imperfect church. They conthe

they experienced struggles. taught to believe in a

priesthood and to religious

only

life. I

also

believe firmly that the vocations are there, but that the

community has to call

Young people are most reto God when they see their

forth.

sponsive

lives as gifts in service to others.

When

young people have experienced

their

own goodness, their worth in the eyes of others and their value in serving the

needs of others, they are most disposed to respond to God's grace that calls

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of our

young people. When they are challenged

tinued to believe in Christ deeply

believe the Lord has granted and

I

don't underestimate the deep-seated

gifted his people with vocations to the

them

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Guest Commentary

I

when

was not

God you worship

periences that go to the heart of the

Church and priesthood. Some experiences are joyful, others sorrowful. All have to do with people coming to grips with their faith, their struggle and where they fit in God' s plan. The person called to religious life or the priesthood

help people see

how

they

can

fit in.

when all goes well and when you what you wanted. I learned perhaps I had something to give that would connect me with people on a special level.

There were many ways I could have done this, but for me, priesthood was one of the most focused and special ways to do it.

The Church has such a wide variety and diversity of religious orders, congregations and societies that young people have a great deal to choose from: campus ministry, academic life, missionary work, parish work, administra-

When I was leaving my post as campus minister in Glassboro, N.J., a friend of mine told me that although I

name just a few. pray for vocations we should ask God: "Lord, teach me how to be an instrument to call forth the vocation of someone I've met, or to pray for the vocation of someone who might be

get

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tive ministry within the church,

work

with the homeless and with people of all ages and

all

needs, to

When we

called."

those

The

who

call is

hear

it if

only frightening to they feel they must

"They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them. They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, 'Why do you seek the living one

not fringe; where social ministry is integral, not optional; where it is the work i of every believer, not just the mission of a o

among the dead? He is

few committed people and communities

Ministry at The Catholic University of America, and a priest for the diocese of

U.S. Catholic Bishops,

Camden,

Reflections on the Social Mission of the Parish

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not here, but he has been raised.' "

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live

it

alone. If they see the call in the

context of God's grace and the prayers

and support of the people, then they will find out

how

best to experience their

humanity through

their vocation.

The Reverend Michael Mannion versity chaplain

N.J.

is

uni-

and director of Campus

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& Herald

April 14, 1995

Stewardship Asks That

We

Give

God

Gratitude To

In

Stewardship Profile Q. In respect to

my

stewardship

commitment, what portion of my time, talent and treasure should I give?

for ourselves, but for the

good of others

also.

Once we look at things in this way more able to determine, through

we

are

There is no one correct, mathematianswer to this question. Giving of our time, talent and treasure mainly involves a change of attitude about our

prayer and thought, the portion of our

motivation for giving.

Many of us are conditioned to give

individuals

cal

to the

needs of a specific cause. Stew-

ardship asks us to think in terms of

giving in gratitude to

has given to

We

God

for

what He

time, talent and treasure that

sometimes forget

that

we

we

the recipients of everything

are

have...

our homes, our jobs, our families, our education, our faith... these all are gifts that we really have done nothing to

In the areas of time

They were given

activities.

ers.

in

is

our Passover

feast.

in

need.

It is

important, too, that parents look

time that is spent with their famiStewardship ultimately means that take care of what God has given to Children are a precious gift and

at the lies.

us.

Easter

The charitable activities can include

our parishes, with various community agencies or with individuals

kind and loving God to be used, not only

we

This prayer time can be by

ourselves, with our families or with oth-

we

to us

and talent, many

commit a certain number of week to prayer and charitable

hours a

by a very

merit.

will

share with others.

working

us.

we

parents need to spend time with them,

and attending to their needs.

During the time children are growing up this may well be the most valuable use of our time. As we move through the times in our lives we may find that our time needs to be spent in different areas.

In respect to the stewardship of our treasure, some choose the biblical norm listening

The witnesses of

our mutual salvation history. As Christians, we add our belief in an ultimate redemption accomplished through Jesus, and we add the dimension of our personal relationship with one who has

been raised from the dead, no more

to

die.

When we as Christians read the Old Testament, we see a deeper meaning in the words of the writers and prophets.

These words in the Good Friday liturgy,

the ressurection

who had

experience of the risen Lord alive and working among them. Through this experience, they felt themselves comminssioned to preach reconciliation and forgiveness to all who believe in him. So are risen

we

called to experience our

Lord in faith, to develop a personal

relationship with him, to hear him say to us, "You are forgiven."

The

story of the Passover, the re-

humanity Christ:

Christian believers in Corinth to get rid

Reverend Francis

is

Gignac,

common

views. But one theme

accounts

T.

appearences are presented as commissions. Those who had experienced the

Lord

risen

in faith felt

bear witness to him to to Peter's

commissioned to all people. A key

importance in tradition

is

tell

of malice and wickedness, but with the

father.

speech to Peter, the

unleavened bread of sincerity and truth."

The Gospel passage for Easter from John 20:1-8 is one of six accounts of resurrection appearences in the New Testament. Each account was written to meet the needs of a particular church and the stories told to illustrate the individual author's themes and theological

self,

is

first

witness of the

The words

resurrection in his account.

"you know"

in the first line are ad-

dressed to the Christian reader; the asyet unconverted audience of Romans in the story could hardly have

known

the

essence of the Christian message. This passage is a gospel in miniature, telling

of

God

all

old yeast, as a Jewish household

gets rid of anything containing yeast on

the eve of Passover, to

make a new start:

"For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been

in

his brothers of his ascension to the

Commissioned by the Lord himof Magdala proclaims to the

Mary

other disciples: "I have seen the Lord."

She represents the

women who

for

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cause of this, she received the honor in our liturgical tradition of being the only woman (besides Mary, the mother of Jesus)

on whose

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Reflections of Bishop Williaml

as Bishop

Upper

left

"I

hope you

will

see Jesus

all

around you," said Bishop William G. Curlin on

the day of his installation as third bishop of Charlotte."

us a tremendous awareness that Jesus

of the C

is

"I

hope to challenge you,

to

stir in

alive in our world."

Above: Confirmants from St. Joan of Arc parish in Asheville join Bishop Curlin and Father Morris Boyd, pastorlollowing confirmation.

Below

Bishop receives a bouquet of balloons on occasion of the Pentecost from young left:

Curlin

members of St. Paul the Apostle

in

Greensboro.

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the Holy Spirit.

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the Church.

Left:

Expressions of delight

in

meeting

their

new

bishop.

Below left: "Underthe bridge," said the bishop to youngsters filing from a school Mass at Our Lady of the Assumption in Charlotte. Students giggled as they swooped under the armed vestment of their spititual shepherd.

Below

right:

Bishop Curlin offers communion

decades ago, Maria became the

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hands on Rev. Mr. Mark Lawlor, imparting

gifts of

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in

ligious, 3,"

Western North Carolina is to be adequately we must all join together to ensure our

then

said Bishop Curlin.

the youngest resident of Catherine's house, a chidren, as

Mercy

home

Sister Barbara Sullivan looks on.

lildren lose the inheritance you have given them," said ese Catholics celebrating the Vietnamese new year, ney of struggles for your faith and freedom."

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'QmiMiduemonoj Mente sana, cuerpo sano

jHa Resucitado! jAleluya!

Cristo ha resucitado verdaderamente.

Tributemosle en homenaje de nuestra fe y de nuestro regocijo. Dejemos que la cruz y la fuerza de tan grande misterio se difundan sobre toda la humanidad.

Porque la resurreccion de Cristo no es solamente un triunfo suyo personal, sino que es tambien el principio de nuestra salvacion y de nuestra resurrecion.

Lo es desde ahora, en cuanto liberation de la causa primera y fatal de nuestra muerte, que es el pecado, separation de la unica y verdadera fuente de vida, que es Dios.

Lo es como promesa de nuestra resurrecion corporal futura. Salvados, como hemos sido, en una esperanza que no queda defraudada, para el ultimo di'a, para la vida que no tiene fin. Y lo es tambien como modelo y energfa de la continua renovation moral, espiritual,

Arte Sagrado en Brasil, bianco de ladrones y compradores corruptos

social

de

la

Por

vida presente.

Cristo ha descubierto para el

mundo

una fuente nueva, original e inagotable de vida. El sigue actuando en cuantos escuchan su Palabra, acogen el Espfritu y forman su Cuerpo Mfstico en el tiempo y en la eternidad. Tal vez la cruz, con la que se representa simbolicamente a Jesus resucitado, asuste a los hombres, orientados

como

estan a la elimination

del esfuerzo y del dolor, e impide la

adhesion de muchos; pero no de aquellos que intuyen la verdad y estan avidos de interioridad alegre y sincera; de tal manera que a quien al Senor se acoge, le

La cruz es signo de libertad, de fuerza, de sacrificio, un signo de la grandeza moral del hombre y de la victoria del amor que nunca muere. (Paulo VI) ;Feliz Pascua de Resurreccion ! si,

Vaticano procura reconocimiento de O.N.U. para trabajo de mujeres

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brasil (CNS)— Los funcionarios brasilenos dicen que los altos precios que se pagan por el arte sagrado del Brasil en el mercado internacional han animado los robos en las iglesias y los museos del pais, y hecho aumentar las exportaciones por parte de distribuidores faltos de

a la Cumbre

de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Social en Copenhague para que de reconocimiento concreto al trabajo no remunerado que las mujeres realizan en el hogar.

El valor economico de cuidar de los

escrupulos.

Joao Marino, director del Museo de Arte Sagrado de la ciudad de Santos, dijo que «un gran ntimero de imagenes sagradas, objetos de plata y pinturas, robadas en 1 993 del museo. estan ahora probablemente en Alemania, Francia o cualquier pais de America Latina, que son los mayores clientes»; El menciono el robo de un escudo de azulejos portugues del siglo XVIII de la Iglesia de Nossa Senhora da Saude en Rio de Janeiro, sacada en lo que se ha descrito como un trabajo profesional.

Los robos de objetos de arte sagrado se hallan muy extendidos en el Brasil.

Durante los ultimos 20 anos, cerca de 2,340 objetos de arte sagrado fueron robados de las iglesias del estado de Minas Gerais, segun el Instituto del Patrimonio. Eso asciende a mas de 100 objetos robados por ano, con un valor total de mas de 10 millones de dolares. . .

La ex-senorita EE. UU. en

MIAMI (CNS)

COPENHAGUE, Dinamarca (CNS)

— El vaticano ha impulsado

—A

silla

ninos, los ancianos y los incapacitados

en casa deberfa incluirse en lo que se llama «cuentas satelites» en los informes sobre el producto nacional bruto, dijo la delegation del Vaticano. El Vaticano habia impulsado la recomendacion en las reuniones preparatorias de la cumbre, pero no pudo hacer que se incluyera en los documentos en borrador de la cumbre.

«Nos apegamos a eso y hemos ganado el respaldo de los Estados Unidos, Canada, Australia y el Grupo de Mujeres», que es una organization no gubernamental que cabildea por los derechos femeninos y la igualdad en la cumbre de Copenhague, dijo Joaquin Navarro-Valls, portavoz de prensa del Vaticano y miembro de la subdelegacion a la cumbre.

a.m. en Sugar Creek Park.

Hace un de

par

semanas tuvimos

el

honor de ser in.vitados

a

participar en

a

inauguracion

de

la

temporada 95-96 de la Inter American Soccer Association, liga

la

futbol

de Aquipodemosapreciarlos equipos «LorosHuastecos»,«Halcones>> de y «Dragones» que participaron en el desfile inaugural.

Charlotte.

Yo

no

fuf

invitado personalmente, pero como el padre no pudo hacerlo, me toco a mi ir en su nombre. As! que me prepare para asistir ese domingo a Sugar Creek Park en Charlotte.

El 19 de marzo el ambiente festivo en el parque comenzo a sentirse desde temprano. Muchas familias llegaron para ver el desfile de apertura y para animar a su equipo. Busque al senor

La inauguracion de la liga consistio en el desfile de los equipos para esta temporada, la presentation de los mismos, la eleccion del equipo mejor uniformado y de la reina de la liga. La madrina del equipo Firpo S A fue elegida reina de la liga y el equipo melor uniformado fueron los «Halcones A. C.» Comenzando esta temporada, la liga tendra clases de futbol para ninos, ninas y mujeres los domingos al medio dfa. Esta es una buena

oportunidad para todos los hispanos del area para asisitir a estos juegos

dominicales y una pasar a der. Lizette Cruz, del periodico «La Voz de Carolina», Aura Maria Gavilan, directora de « Radio Lider» y Agustin Azcue, Carlos A. e Israel

De

manana o

izq.

Quintanilla, arbitros.

de ruedas descansa en

la fe

A1H se les han

asignado algunos campos de juego para la temporada y tambien se planea construir un graderio para los expectadores, que cada vez son mas.

Vinicio Cevallos, presidente de la Liga

de futbol, y me presente por si algo se presentaba y se presento. Me pidieron que tomara el juramento a los jugadores: «.. juran defender su camiseta...jugar limpio... si no es asi, que el pueblo os castigue» fueron algunas de las palabras del juramento.

El futbol es un deporte muy popular para la mayoria de los hispanos ya que se juega en todo lugar y a toda hora. Fue una idea muy sabia la de crear la Inter American Soccer Association, liga de fut-bol aqui en Charlotte, donde hay tantos amantes de este deporte. Esta liga fue creada hace poco mas de 3 anos y en ella han participado mas de 15 equipos por temporada. Los jugadores son de muchos pai'ses hispanos Muchos de ellos vienen desde Newton y otros lugares alrededor de la ciudad. Hay juegos todos los domingos desde las 9

tarde

alegre,

Vinicio Cevallos, Presidente del IASA,

anos de edad la vida lutia magmfica para Mercy Rodriguez. Ella trabajaba en un banco, asistfa a la escuela y pensaba casarse. Todo esto cambio en un instante cuando una tarde en septiembre de 1984, el automovil en el cual viajaba a alta velocidad con su prometido, que manejaba en estado de hebriedad, se salio de la carretera y choco con un poste de luz.

Cuando ella desperto dos semanas despues se entero de que nunca mas volveria a caminar, pues su medula espinal habia sido cortada en el accidente. Cuando ella recuerda el accidente, se descibe a si misma como una joven de 21 anos «inocente e ingenua». «Todo lo hice mal», dice la senorita Rodriguez, observando que ni siquiera llevaba el cinturon de seguridad puesto el di'a del accidente.

Aunque disgustada por la situation, dijo ella, nunca culpo a Dios porque, al usar «mi propia voluntad libre, hice una eleccion terrible». Ella atraveso tambien por el periodo de la negation de su realidad, pidiendo a Dios que sucediera un milagro y volviera a caminar. Sus oraciones fueron contestadas con un milagro aiin mayor- el de la paz.

En 1989, ella gano el concurso de Senorita en Silla de Ruedas de la Florida y al siguiente ano el de Senorita Silla de Ruedas de los Estados Unidos. Hoy, ella continua propagando el mensaje contra la conduction en estado de embiraguez entre los adolescentes, destacando especialmente que los accidentes no ocurren solamente a las personas que se estan «cayendo de borrachas», sino que solo unos cuantos tragos de alcohol pueden disminuir rapidamente la capacidad de cualquiera para conducir. los 21

iQue mejor para estar sano que hacer ejercicio! Y mejor aun si se hace en grupo o en equipo. Y si al ejercicio le anadimos el factor de unidad, diversion y familiaridad entonces es mucho mejor.

1

revela el secreto de su cruz.

ARTURO DE AGUILAR

compartiendo

en familia de sana una actividad como lo es el deporte. Les deseamos a todos los equipos que estan participando en este torneo que gane el mejor y que «juegen limpio.»

To Our Friends

— Arturo De Aguilar

tells

of his

experience in the opening ceremony of the Inter American Soccer Association in Charlotte. will play

More than

on Sundays

at

14 teams Sugar Creek

Park.

—

—

Vatican Article about Easter. seeks U.N. summit recognition of woman's unpaid work.

— sacred —Merci Rodriguez, Brazil

art is a target for

thieves and corrupt buyers. elected Miss

who was Wheel Chair in 1 989 tells

.

CNS of the accident that paralized her forever.

She said she

is

herself and with God."

"at

peace with

April 14, 1995

Palm Sunday Pascua de Resurreccion, 1995

Queridos amigos en

el

Senor Resucitado:

El domingo pasado nos reunimos para celebrar el

Domingo de Ramos en la Pasion del Senor, el comienzo de la semana mas santa del ano y la Iglesia nos invito a "caminar con Jesus" durante sus ultimos Seguimos a Jesus en oracion y

dfas en la tierra.

adoracion mientras que

el

nos ofrecio pruebas del

amor maravilloso de Dios.

El Jueves Santo compartimos la cena que es nuestro memorial de la muerte de Cristo por los

pecados del

mundo y su resurreccion para ofrecernos

La Eucaristfa es para nosotros nuestra unidad con el Senor y nuestra unidad en el Senor. Sigue siendo el centro de todo culto, porque Jesus es nuestra Liturgia y a traves de el ofrecernos toda alabanza y honor al Padre. En la Eucaristfa celebramos nuestra Pascua, nuestro paso de la muerte a la vida en Jesus. la

vida eterna.

La mas profundo de nuestras almas y nuestra

El Viernes Santo nos arrodillamos en oracion ante la cruz del Salvador. lectura de su Pasion y muerte llego a lo

veneration de

la

cruz se convirtio en nuestra aceptacion publica de su muerte

redentora y nuestra promesa de seguirlo con un corazon totalmente dedicado a el. Sellamos esa promesa de amor con la comunion, el sacramento de su amor.

Pope John Paul

El Sabado Santo por la noche encenderemos el fuego nuevo

como sfmbolo

de "Cristo, nuestra Luz" quien triunfo sobre la muerte y eternamente brilla en nuestros corazones. Otra vez leeremos aquellas profecfas del Antiguo Testamento que predijeron su muerte y resurreccion. Entonces, con aleluyas y el sonido de campanas esa noche, cantaremos el "Gloria" con alegria en cumplimiento de aquellas profecfas. Con nuestros nuevos hermanos y hermanas, quienes ahora van a unirse a nosotros en la Eucaristfa, renovaremos nuestro bautismo en Jesus.

Nuestra celebration solemne de la Eucaristfa es nuestra proclamation del triunfo de Cristo sobre la muerte y nuestra aceptacion de Jesus como nuestro Senor y

branch during Palm Sunday Peter's Square. Before the Mass, some 30,000 olive branches were handed out in remembrance of Jesus' triumphal entrance into Jerusalem the week before his death.

CNS Photo II

carries his crosier

pueblo santo de Dios se reune alrededor del

el

altar

By CINDY

para ofrecerle

culto al Senor Resucitado. Jesus, por su muerte y resurreccion, probo lo que habfa declarado ser Hijo de Dios. Hoy nuestros himnos y oraciones se elevan desde

—

nuestros corazones llenos de agradecimiento porque el Padre nos dio a Jesus.

Hoy nuestra promesa es dejar que Jesus "resucite en nosotros" para que podamos

por medio de vidas llenas de fe. Verdaderamente, si morimos con el resucitaremos con el! Durante la Semana Santa caminamos con Jesus en su jornada al Calvario. Ahora caminamos con Jesus Resucitado en la dar testimonio de

el

j

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

The

events of Holy Week and Easter provide never-ending hope for humanity living in a constantly changing world, Pope

de su Resurreccion. Sf, Nuestro Salvador vive! ;Que el Salvador resucite y viva en nosotros por nuestros deseos de morir y resucitar con Jesus! j

En

Guillermo G. Curlin, Obispo de Charlotte

The observances begin with the Holy Thursday commemorations of Christ's institution of the Eucharist and of the priesthood, he said.

"The mysterious

Eu-

charist allows believers to enter into the

reality of the

new worries

project of God, the creator and redeemer:

appear on the horizon of humanity which

God wanted his only begotten Son to be

always on the move," the pope said April 1 2 at his weekly general audience.

"Troubled and uncertain, people of our time yearn often unaware for the Lord," he said.

Explaining the events commemorated on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, at the Easter Vigil and on Easter Sunday, the pope said the observances remind Christians and the whole world of the enduring salvation offered through

incarnated and remain always present

the existence" of priests and religious

Christ.

gious formation of children and young

progress are registered, but

is

—

nuestro Senor Resucitado,

WOODEN

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"Times change, new conquests and

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gloria

in St.

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World and National Briefs West's Balkans Arms Embargo Was 'Immoral,' Says Bosnian Cardinal

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

The

arms embargo against warring peoples in the splintered former Yugoslavia was "a very immoral act," said Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo, BosniaHerzegovina. The embargo "makes the West an accomplice in the aggression," he added. The embargo may be lifted, but "now to talk about more weapons goes to more destruction, to complete cataclysm," he said. Rather than a lifting

of the arms embargo, he would like to see guns taken

away from combatants in

the three-sided war.

"We're not talking

about more weapons, but the taking of weapons, the protection of innocent people," the cardinal said. Cardinal Puljic, speaking through an interpreter,

was answering a question after making remarks March 30 in Washington during a forum at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Connecticut Bishops Express Doubts About Use Of Death Penalty HARTFORD, Conn. (CNS)

—

There are "serious ethical problems" with the use of capital punishment "as a

means of just

retribution at this time in

the history of our land," said the Catholic

bishops of Connecticut. The death

penalty

is

legal in Connecticut, but

none

of the seven prisoners on death row in the state is close to an execution date and no one has been executed there since the early 1960s. The Legislature voted recently to change the method of execu-

from the electric chair to lethal "While conceding that the state has the duty to maintain public order and tion

injection.

the right to punish convicted criminals,

we question whether capital punishment is

morally acceptable in our nation to-

day," the Catholic leaders said in a March

Knight Virgil Dechant' s earnings missed

ment also had

spokesman Russell Shaw said April 5. The Globe's "artificial separation insurance on one side,

included Swiss-born theologian Father

the point, Knights

—

fraternal-charitable

not

fit

the facts,"

on the other

Shaw

said.

— does

"As

it

has

been from the organization's founding, the insurance program is integral to the Knights of Columbus as a whole." The Boston Globe, in a series of articles April 2 and 3, questioned Dechant' salary and benefits about $524,000 in 1993 and the amount of insurance earnings that went to charitable activities about $9.1 million in 1993 on what the Globe reported were "$224

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— —

Send Science Data Across Ocean Via Internet SOMERVILLE, N.J. (CNS) An Fifth-Graders

—

is

allowing

fifth-

grade students at Immaculate Conception School in the Diocese of Metuchen

world outside the classroom. Alva Lange, the fifth-grade science teacher, responded to an invitation on the Internet from a teacher in the United Kingdom to do a joint experiment on mold and food decay with students from countries to link their science project to the

throughout the world. "This kind of international project allows teachers and students to be a part of the reality of the whole world," said Sister Diane Mollica, the school's

computer lab teacher.

Bishops Say Encyclical Should Spur Legislation

—

ROME

church

critics.

Franciscan nuns suffered multiple head

ings.

their

fractures

and others were

less seriously

injured after they were beaten inside

husband-wife medical team accused of violating Poland' s abortion law by freez-

convent near New Delhi. Local newspapers said the beatings apparently were an attempt to halt the nuns' work, but police said the motive was robbery.

"We have arrested one man in this connection and recovered some clothes belonging to the nuns," Shriram Arun, the state's deputy police chief, told Reuters,

ing embryos at their fertility clinic. How-

the British

Prosecutor Investigates Couple For Freezing Embryos At Clinic WARSAW, Poland (CNS) A Warsaw prosecutor is investigating a

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ever, the investigation is being contested

(CNS) Bishops in sevEuropean countries said Pope John Paul IPs encyclical on life should spur efforts to infuse moral principles into national legislation. Bishops in Italy and Spain expressed hopes that the papal document would help erase or tighten pro-abortion laws. A French bishop warned that laws not grounded in moral eral

pledged "total support" for the clinic's "humanitarian" work. Under investigation are Piotr Lewandowski and his wife, Katarzyna Koziol, operators of the Novum clinic in Warsaw that provides in vitro treatment.

The investigation fol-

lows a March 3 accusation by Anna Greziak, Warsaw's medical chief, that the freezing of embryos violates the 1993 abortion law, which says human life must be protected from the moment of conception.

Arab Catholics Wait Decades To Return To Home Villages BIR'EM, Israel (CNS) The hill-

—

side cemetery

is

quiet, except for the

sound of acorns crunching under the feet of Father Soliman Bichara and his companions. Father Bichara, a Maronite Catholic priest, is gesturing as he explains how the cemetery should be improved. 'This dirt in the middle should be replaced by gravel and in the center we need to make a small square, maybe with a fountain," he says to the three men accompanying him. Planning the renovation of a graveyard is all that the villagers of Ikrit and Bir'em can do right now. Although the 5,000 residents and descendants of residents of the villages are scattered throughout Israel, they have retained their sense of community and

the state of Connecticut at this time,"

Polish bishop said the pope was inspired

their determination to return.

they added.

by the situation in his native country, where parliament has tightened its abortion law. The encyclical, "Evangelium Vitae," Latin for "The Gospel of Life," was published March 30 and is a strong

unjust mentalities and practices."

A

news agency. He did not provide details of the crime.

The

Vatican Official Says Church Can Influence Universities HONG KONG (CNS) The top

—

Vatican official for Catholic education said the church can influence universities in mainland China, even if Catholic universities cannot be established there.

Cardinal Pio Laghi, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education,

Taiwan

in

March. Cardinal Laghi made

the statement in reply to a priest

asked

if

the Vatican

would

Catholic universities in mainland China.

Group Hopes To Involve AlgeGovernment In Peace Talks

rian

ROME

(CNS)

— A Catholic

Algeria's civil strife hopes to get the government involved in peace talks before year's end. There are behind-thescenes signs that the government is open to dialogue, but nothing has been said publicly yet, said Mario Marazziti, spokesman for the Rome-based Community of San Egidio. Marazziti said one positive event was a letter signed by several retired Algerian generals asking the military-dominated

government to

lagers have appealed to

Pope John Paul and Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir

January, Marazziti' s organization gath-

II

ered opposition groups in

for help in returning to their ancestral

peace proposals, called the Platform of Rome. But the Algerian government has

homes. But they say

come

that nothing has

of those appeals

Rome to draft

steadfastly refused to join the talks.

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People Sociologist James Coleman, Catholic School Backer, Dies CHICAGO (CNS) University of Chicago sociologist James S. Coleman, who died March 25, conducted

—

groundbreaking studies in U.S. educashaped government integration policy and led him to argue that Catholic schools do a better job than public schools. Coleman died in Chicago of

tion that

He was

prostate cancer at age 68.

best

in Jersey City.

He was

when he died March

In

gathered to concelebrate the funeral Mass. Principal concelebrant was Arch-

bishop Theodore E. McCarrick of New-

lower-class black children benefited

Chancellor Of Jefferson City Diocese JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CNS)

for his pioneering

—

New Jersey

23.

1966 study 'Equality of Educational Opportunity" usually referred to simply as "the Coleman Report." It concluded that

known

The News

103 years old

Ordained in 1919, he had been a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark for more than 75 years. At age 96, he was made a monsignor by Pope John Paul II. Msgr.

Piasecki joked that he had been allowed to live this long so a Polish pope could bestow this honor. More than 60 priests

ark.

& Her

Catholic National Multiple Sclerosis

Mother Of The Year MJLLVILLE,

—

(CNS) who

N.J.

Sherry Reif, is

to

go

to the

White House sometime this jokes seeing about "Socks the cat being eaten by spring,

Sister Bartolac

academically from being in integrated schools. His research on race and educa-

Named

—

Eric the Rott-

tion helped shape

Sister Virginia Bartolac, a church ap-

weiler." Eric

racial

peals judge in the Province of Atlanta,

Ms. Reif s dog, an Sherry Reif poses with her family at home in Millville, N.J. The animal trained to Catholic mother was recently named the National Multiple pull her wheel- Sclerosis Society's 1 995 Mother of the Year. Pictured with her chair, push eleva- are daughter Alyssa, son Andrew and husband Andrew.

CNS Photo tor buttons, open

government policy on integration and school busing.

has been

Father Lavelle, Head Of John Carroll University, Dead At

A

Age 60

CLEVELAND (CNS) — A funeral Mass was celebrated March 29 suit

Father Michael

J.

Lavelle,

named

chancellor of the Dio-

cese of Jefferson City, effective July

for Je-

who had

been president of John Carroll University in Cleveland since 1988. The 60year-old priest died March 25 at a Cleveland nursing home. He had collapsed after apparently suffering severe car-

diac arrhythmia, or an irregular heart-

1

Leavenworth, Kan., Sister Bartolac succeeds Sister Mary Margaret Johanning, a School Sister of Notre Dame who died last October. At the time of her appointment in 1 989, Sister Johanning was one of the first women to hold that post in a U.S. Sister of Charity of

is

and close doors, and even pick up the phone for her.

Socks will be safe. A member of St. John Bosco Parish in Millville, Mrs. Reif has two children and recently was named

diocese. Sister Bartolac, a native of

National Multiple Sclerosis Mother of

Kansas City, Kan., said she wanted to Midwest to be close to her 98-year-old father and her sister.

the Year. President Clinton

return to the

is

to present

her award, along with the award for father of the year, at the

White House.

beat, while exercising Feb. 27 at the

university's fitness center.

He never re-

gained consciousness. During his tenure, the university launched a five-year capital campaign in 1990 to raise $40

With money raised so far, the school has built a communications and language arts center, begun construc-

million.

tion to double the size of the library, c ompleted or put up

added

new residence halls

to the business school

and

fin-

ished a baseball field and athletic center.

John Michael Talbot Liturgical Music Collection Due For Release PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS)

Michael Talbot, one of the best- known Catholic sacred music artists today, will have an anthology of his liturgical music released by Oregon Catholic Press.

The 14- song album, "Our Blessing Cup Songs for Liturgical Celebrations," will be released on compact disc and

—

cassette April 25, as will a

New Jersey Be Oldest

companion taken from

Thought To

songbook. The songs,

Dies At 103

past albums, were chosen for their use-

Priest,

In U.S.,

— John

•JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CNS)— Msgr.

Martin A. Piasecki, thought to be the oldest U.S. priest, was buried March 27 from Our Lady of Czestochowa Church

fulness in

all

Sunday liturgy. They encom-

pass the Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter seasons, gathering rites, songs of

thanksgiving and responsorial psalms.

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Diocesan News Briefs Roots

GREENSBORO —The Diocese Of-

ning. For information or registration, call

tion, call Elaine at (704)

the office of Faith Formation at (704)

at

Formation and the Northern Region Catechetical Training/Adult Formation present "Rummaging through the Catholic Attic. ..Discovering the Roots of

331-1714.

Catholic Identity" featuring Oblate Fa-

Mass at St. Gabriel Church will be signed

fice of Faith

ther Richard DeLillio

on Saturday, April

29 from 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.

at St.

Paul

Mass

In

Sign Language

CHARLOTTE — The 9 a.m. Easter and families

for the deaf. All deaf visitors

welcome.

are

6872

Pro-Life

for information.

Day

Best Western Motel in Burlington. The day includes workshops, seminars, exhibits and a luncheon. For information, call (910) 274-5433. at

553-8559.

Support Group Meets

— A Catholic support

ASHEVILLE

group for separated/divorced men and women meets on the third Friday each

month at 7:30 p.m.

at the

Catholic Social

The Music Rehearsal Hall at Clarion University of Pennsylvania was recently named the Stanley F. Michalski, Jr. Re-

A plaque featuring a profile Michalski and a description of his contributions to Clarion University will be posted in the main entrance of the

hearsal Hall. relief of

building

was Conductor of Band and Professor of Music at Clarion UniDr. Michalski

versity for 31 years. In 1978

was the sity

ing the 1990 Clarion University

rosary

Church

is

recited at St.

in the

Leo

the Great

convent chapel

at

1 1

:40

a.m. each Wednesday.

Perpetual Novena

CHARLOTTE

— A perpetual No-

vena to the Blessed Mother is on Mondays at 8:30 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church. For information, call Eva at (704) 542-1614.

Student Appointed To Naval

Distinguished Faculty Award. Dur-

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte CathoHigh School Senior, Richard

Worthington, Jr., has accepted and appointment to the United States Naval

Academy officer training program at Annapolis. Richard Sr.

is

the son of Richard,

and Carol Worthington.

Family Educators Meet ASHEVILLE The meeting of the

—

Catholic Association of Family Educators of

western North Carolina

day, April 18 at 7 p.m. at St.

is

Tues-

Lawrence

The meeting is for adults only and newcomers are welcome. For inforBasilica.

mation, call

the El Centro de Estudios de la

Acapulco. Currently, Dr. Michalski is serving as Coordinator of Instrumental Music for the Mecklenburg Area Catholic

Schools.

Family Rosary Day

G. Curlin will join St. Vincent de Paul Parish for Family Rosary Day, Sunday, May 7 at 3 p.m.

program for 1 1-14 year old boys and their fathers is at Holy Family Church Sunday, April 23 from 1 -4 p.m. Registration s required by April 1 9 The program is sponsored by the Diocesan Offices of Faith Formation and Natural Family Plani

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— Reverend William Fickel "EUCHARISM A — Becoming What We May

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—

The St. John Neumann Church "50+" seniors' club meets Wednesday, April 12 at 1 1 a.m. in the church hall. Pat

McKenzie will enter-

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Charlotte, N.C. 28207.

limited to 225. For infor-

is

(704) 377-

at

Camporee Update

HICKORY —

Inside sleeping space

available for adult scouters at the Catho-

Camporee April 28-30 at the Catholic Conference Center. Adult scouters are encouraged to attend. For information, call Frank Thompson at (800) 521-3 148.

lic

on the contemplative elements of the Eucharistic prayer and the

retreat centers

of Christ's presence within humanity. The donation is $200.

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Alive,"

nature retreat,

is

God and

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CLEMMONS — ARISE is a week

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Hills are

Commune

15-21.

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with

nature under the direction of

Jesuit Father Joseph Fotzenlogen

and

St.

end experience sponsored by the Cursillo movement for those who want to know more about the Catholic faith. Holy Family Church will host weekends June 9-11 for men and June 23-25 for women. For information, contact Sheri Wilson, 1084

Whitaker Rd., Winston-Salem,

NC

27106, (910) 765-3499.

Joseph Sister Pat Willems. The donation is $210.

Spring Retreat

BELMONT — A Spring Retreat for

To register for these retreats, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420

single people who are widowed, divorced

Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 2875 1 For

or separated

information, call (704) 926-3833.

lege April 28-30. Cost

Attic

And Bake Sale

—

CHARLOTTE

The St. John Neumann Church Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary will sponsor an attic and bake sale Saturday, April 22 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. in the church hall. For information, call Trudy at (704) 365-2699 or Margaret at (704) 567-1936.

Belmont Abbey Colis $135 for single occupancy and $115 double occupancy and includes two nights lodging and five meals. There is Benedictine chanting on Friday and Saturday and daily Mass in the call

is at

Abbey Cathedral. For information Maureen Baggatta at (704) 465-5 1 38

D'Amato at (704) 256-8666.

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news or Frances

Good photographs, preferably black and white, also are welcome. Please briefs.

Summer Volunteer Program Single Catholics ages 18-45 are needed to work with the poor in Appalachia and the Deep South. One-week volunteer programs are available from MayAug. For an application or information, write the

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Survivors Meeting

CHARLOTTE

is

directs

ASHEVILLE

Seniors' Clubs Meet

— A support group

and women meets Sun-

day, April 23 at 4 p.m. at Catholic Social Services. Call Sister Marie for details at

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Bring a bag lunch.

Refreshments and dessert are provided.

For information call Ann Mclntyre at (704) 545-5046. tain with her accordion.

CHARLOTTE Cathedral

— The

Amazing Grays

meets Thursday, April 13

St.

Patrick

seniors' club

at

1 1

a.m. for a

program in the cathedral Guest speaker is Al Vigo from Home Health special

Pre-Catechuminate

Institute

HICKORY — Ideal for parish staff,

teams and those who work with the pre-catechuminate, "The PreCatechuminate: a Mini Institute" will take place at the Catholic Conference Center June 2-4. For information, call Sheri Wilson at (910) 765-3499. initiation

Care.

Spiritual Retreat

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CLEMMONS — A sexuality appre-

Joseph

— Bishop William

CHARLOTTE

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ciation

Commu-

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Tom or Karen Ascik at (704)

Father/Son Retreat

Band

Tour of Mexico, Dr. Michalski was presented with an Honorary Diploma from

Academy

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who

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and 1981 he

recipient of the Clarion Univer-

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WINSTON-SALEM — A scriptural

May

reality

MACS

Educator

—

— Franciscan

Edward Flanagan and Ken and Jacke Brinker will lead "Modern Theology and the Twelve Steps," a weekend

those

Pro-Life

Saturday, April 29 from 8 a.m.-

1995 4:30 p.m. is

Day

—

University Board Honors

Catholic Home-Schooling CHARLOTTE The F.A.C.E.S. Catholic home-schooling group meets the third Wednesday of each month. For information call Kathy Diener at (704)

MAGGIE VALLEY

retreat

BURLINGTON group for those who have experienced the death of a spouse will meet Sunday, April 23 from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Catholic Center. Call Suzanne Bach at (704) 355-

St.,

mation, call Suzanne Bach 6871 ext. 314.

Father

cially for those in recovery

(910) 454-2321.

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CCHS Names

Greensboro Service Awards —

GREENSBORO Piedmont Coun939 of the Knights of Columbus recently announced the winners of their 1995 Greensboro Law Enforcement and Firefighter Achievement Awards.

William Anthony Phifer is the recipient of the Law Enforcement Achievement Award.

Phifer has been a Greensboro police officer since 1 986, serving as a patrol and tactical officer and presently as a detective assigned to the commercial property squad. He is graduate of Dudley High School and has an associate's degree in business administration from the Univercil

of Maryland.

is married and has one child. an active member of St. Matthew United Methodist Church, assistant Scout Master of Troop 44 1 and vice-president of the Gate City Chapter of the North State Law Enforcement Officer Associa-

Belmont Abbey College Receives $1.8 Million Bequest

Ken Hazen As Varsity Basketball Head Coach

Knights Present

sity

BELMONT — Belmont Abbey College has received $1.8 million from the

—

CHARLOTTE Ken Hazen is the new Charlotte Catholic High School varsity boys basketball head coach. The position he fills was vacated by Walter Pryzgocki, who leaves his 23 year post to become assistant principal at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School next year.

Hazen brings with him 1 7 years of experience as head coach of the junior varsity boys team and 19 years as varsity assistant coach to the position. His career record with junior varsity

is

186-71.

Hazen, 40, was born in Ridgewood, N.J., graduated from Lancaster High School and has a Bachelor's degree in mathematics from Duke University. While studying at Duke, he was a manager for the men's basketball team and served as head varsity manager during his junior and senior years. He has also served as a staff member at Duke's basketball camp for the last twenty years.

In addition to coaching basketball at CCHS, Hazen teaches Math, Calculus and Analysis and has coached the boys varsity tennis team for the last 1 8 years and has been named Conference Coach of the Year four times, most recently in 1994.

Hazen is married to Elaine Holt Hazen and has an eight-year-old son, Robert.

Phifer

He

tion.

Jesse Robert Walker

is

Stephen Smith Receives Scouting's Highest Volunteer Award

the recipient

of the Firefighter Achievement Award.

Walker has served the Greensboro Fire Department since 1975 in the ranks I

and Firefighter

II

and

presently as a fire equipment operator.

He

graduated from Western Alamance High School and attends Guilford Technical

Community

Walker

resides in the Sedalia

com-

munity with his wife and two children.

He

is

a

member

HA YESVILLE — Stephen Smith, a member

of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, received the highest award given to an adult volunteer, the Silver Beaver

Award. The award recognizes a scouting volunteer's contributions to both scout-

College.

of the Eastern Guilford

High School PTA and the advisory committee and a school volunteer.

ing and

community youth

activities.

In 1962, Smith earned his Eagle and

became scoutmaster of a Rochester, N. Y. troop in

1

972.

He earned the Order of the

Arrow Brotherhood while in Rochester.

In 1989, Smith became scoutmaster

to

KNOW

Young Jr.

Service Award.

He

has been a

Roundtable Commissioner, holds a Dis-

way programs in Georgia and North Carolina.

An

awarding winning educator and

GED instructor, he also directs his church choir, is active with the YMCA. He is a

He also earned a 500 hour long Rifle Award and a Whitney M.

foster parents to 35 children.

lifesaving action.

The daughter of James Dudley Home, a prominent Anson County businessman, and Sarah Augusta Divine Home, Sutherland was the youngest of Little,

He and

his wife,

Mary, have been

sister,

Ann

bequeathed Belmont Ab-

bey $2.46 million in 1 982 to establish the Ann Home Little Honors Program. These two gifts are the largest gifts received by

News, Va.

119 year history.

Sutherland married Clifton Sutherland of Newport in its

A native of Wadesboro,

She was president of Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and recording secretary of the Fort Greene Chapter of the D.A.R. She served as the in 1926.

the Robert E.

national organizing secretary for the

Daughters of the American Colonists and president of the D.A.R. Children of the American Revolution Society. Cited for her work as a sponsor for camps for underprivileged children, she also worked for Aid to the Blind and was an active

of the Society of New Women during World War II.

member

England

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The bequest will establish the Sarah H. Sutherland Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships to studens based on academic achievement, leadership potential and financial need.

"Belmont Abbey has been blessed to have had such a devoted and faithful friend in Mrs. Sutherland," commented the Right Reverend Oscar Burnett, chancellor and CEO of Belmont Abbey College and abbot of the Belmont Abbey Monastery. "Her generosity will enable future generations of students to benefit from the Benedictine, liberal arts education of Belmont abbey a fine legacy

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In his homily, Bishop Curlin

Symposium Thurs-

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mercy of God. "We should pay them honor, respect, reverence and always assure them (that they are) in our prayers. Our priests need us to speak on their behalf

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TRIP MATE INSURANCE AGENCY INC TRAVEL PROTECTION A WRITTEN CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE WILL BE otNT WITH FINAL DOCUMENTS TO THOSE PURCHASING THIS COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE PLAN. COVERAGE IS EFFECTIVE WITH FULL PAYMENT OF THE TOUR AND PREMIUM. BENEFITS INCLUDE: 100% TRIP CANCELLATION/INTERRUPnON COVERAGE DUE TO INJURY, ILLNESS OR DEATH (EXCLUDES PREEXISTING CONDITIONS); $25,000 ACCIDENTAL DEATH & DISMEMBERMENT; $25,000 MEDICAL EXPENSE/EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE; $500 TRIP DELAY; $1,000 BAGGAGE/TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.

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