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later identified

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as a Virginia Tech student, shot dozens of people at the in

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him with

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In Brief

2007

Bishop weighs in on debate over care of dying Texas boy In an April 15 statement. Bishop Aymond offered a brief overview of AUSTIN, Texas — Citing

difficult

own

family and the example of Pope John Paul II, Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin said Catholic teaching would permit the withdrawal

church teaching on extraordinary, or disproportionate, medical care and ordinary, or proportionate, medical care.

of extraordinary medical treatment for Emilio Gonzales, a dying 17-month-old boy at Children's Hospital of Austin. Catarina Gonzales has been fighting for continued medical treatment of her son at the hospital, which is part of the Seton Family of Hospitals, a 31 -facility

procedure carries

Catholic health system in central Texas.

care as his health declined."

The boy's physicians and other hospital officials have recommended that the child be removed from a respirator and

ethically required medical care states

decisions in his

INSPIRED ARTISTS

given only "comfort care."

CNS

PHOTO BY Anna Weaver, Hawaii Cathouc Herald

With her Eye Response interface Computer Aid not worl^ing, paralyzed Hawaiian artist

Peggy Chun

Emilio, who has been blind and deaf since birth and was admitted to the hospital Dec. 27 with a collapsed lung, has been diagnosed with Leigh's disease, a rare disorder that is causing his central

nervous system to break down. The disccise is

communicates by pointing her eyes to teacher at Holy

Mecum

Trinity

calls out.

act as her

Chun,

hands

School

who

weel^ly,

letters

and numbers on a

"spell

Lou Gehrig's disease, has the

Amos

sixth-,

writes

down each

Diocesan planner

at letters

The students, sixth-, seventhand eighth-graders, talk about school activities, what they'll do after the halfday of school gets out, and who has painted

more squares so

But they also

far.

talk about the

new

friend they're painting those squares for

—

local artist

Peggy Chun, who

from amyotrophic Gehrig's disease

Lou

those

little

lateral sclerosis,

— and what

pieces will eventually

all

become

suffers

— a mosaic

of Blessed Damien de Veuster. The experience has made the students philosophical and reflective. Eighthgrader Joshua Aiu is amazed by Chun's unwavering determination despite the fact that the disease has progressed to the point where she is completely paralyzed except for her eyes.

"The Bible says that the church is the body of the Christ and that in it we work together," Joshua said. "And so when one part can't go on, or has a hard time, it's dependent on the rest of the body to help." Every week since the start of the school year, Joshua and other Holy Trinity students have been acting as Peggy's hands, watercoloring mosaic pieces according to the

artist's instructions.

working with the students,

Chun, a former Catholic-school drama and literature teacher known for her whimsical paintings and vibrant island artwork, and now her valiant battle with

ALS, skills

passing along not only

but her spirit to a

new

artistic

generation.

Chun communicates with an Eye Response Interface Computer Aid that matches her eye movement with lasers.

ASHEVILLE VICARIATE

—

Damien

create mosaic of Blessed HONOLULU (CNS) — A classroom She looks squares with watercolors.

on the screen to

spell

out words, which the computer then "speaks."

Chun has a large crew of dedicated volunteers playfully called "Peg's Legs."

Lying in her hospital-style bed, Chun "spoke" about how the collaboration with Holy Trinity School started. She said she first thought of doing an artwork of Blessed Damien in 2002. But her disease soon became too advanced to undertake such a project. Chun and Mecum realized that by using a mosaic technique and students as the painters, the long-desired

Damien Each

project could be accomplished.

week Chun, who has image

the completed

in her mind, gives

Mecum

new

color "formula" the students will use that

week. Chun provides the paintbrushes, paper and paints. "I find that the fact that this painting is being created by a community is remarkable," Chun said. She also loves

working with the students. "Their enthusiasm

spills

onto the

little,

tiny

squares," she said. She sees each square as "a miniature abstract painting using

about color and

its

However,

complements." Chun, the most

for

important thing about the project

isn't

the mosaic itself but the experience the

students take from

same

it,

creative spirit

own

and imparting the she received from

teachers.

keep thinking how knowing that they had a part in creating this painting, how this will stay with (the students) "I

forever," she said. "Just think

much

"Catholic moral teaching on

we realize that all reasonable means must be used to preserve himian life and to promote the profound dignity that belongs to it," the bishop added. "At the same time, we recognize that sometimes that

should not use

modem

technology if on our loved one, and holds them back from being able

inflicts greater suffering

go home to God."

"Climate Change: Our ASHEVILLE Faith Response" will explore global warming from a Catholic perspective. This teleconference will link four Appalachian states and will convene five resource

people discussing science, health problems, theology and practical concerns about climate change. The conference will take place April 28, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in Robinson Hall, Room 125 at UNC-Asheville. There is no charge but registration is required. For additional information or to register, call Mary Herr at (828) 497-9498 or e-mail maryherr@dnet.net.

MAGGIE VALLEY

—

Father John Vianney Hoover will present "The History " of the Catholic Church in North Carolina at Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Ln., May 5, 9:30-3 p.m. For reservations and more information, call Brother Bill Harkin at (828) 926-3833.

CHARLOTTE VICARIATE

CHARLOTTE Cursillistas

and

— All

South Charlotte

their families are invited

room Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne

to join us for Ultreya in the family

St.

Commons Pkwy., April 22, 12-2 p.m. Butch Mayer, lay director, will give an inspirational talk on "Evangelizing our Environments." Please bring a dish to share for a potluck lunch. For more information, contact Heather Martin at (704) 5447011. Baby-sitting is available with early reservations

—

call Vicki Torres at (704)

543-7677, ext 1011.

CHARLOTTE

—

St.

Patrick Cathedral,

1621 Dilworth Rd. East., will have a Holy Hour, Rosary and Benediction for an end to abortion and all the culture of death following the Vigil Mass April 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m. For more information, call the church office at (704) 334-2283.

CHARLOTTE

—

Dominican Sister Jane Dominic Laurel will speak on "Growing in Holiness through Being a Faithful Spouse and Parent" at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., May 4 at 7:30 p.m. There is no fee but RSVP to fenee@ catholicscripturestudy.com.

CHARLOTTE — St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., hosts a First Friday Women's Retreat, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Room 239 of the New Life Center, following the 9 a.m. Mass. The program for May 4 will be "The Sacred Vocation of Motherhood." For more information, call Marie Grzeskiewicz at (704) 542-9748.

CHARLOTTE

—

Father Tad Pacholczyk, Ph.D., will present "Stem Cells and Cloning: Understanding the Scientific Issues and the Moral Objections" May 12, 8:45-10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., at St. Peter Church, 507 S. Tryon St Father Pacholczyk holds undergraduate degrees in philosophy, biochemistry, molecular cell biology and neuroscience chemistry and a doctorate from Yale University. Parking in The Green and admission are free; seating is limited. To pre-register, e-mail stemcell@jimo.com or call (803) 517-2600 or (704) 332-2901. For more details, visit www.stpeterscatholic.org.

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A Support Group for Caregivers of a Family Member with Memory Loss meets the last Monday of each CHARLOTTE

month, 10-11:30 a.m., at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For more information, contact Suzanne Bach at (704) 376-4135.

newfound knowledge

(the students')

her

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letter

Paralyzed artist helps students

Holy Trinity School m Honolulu is crowded with students sitting around tables and painting small, thick paper

medical

hope of benefit and is excessively burdensome. Catholics and Catholic institutions are not morally obligated to pursue that procedure," Bishop Aymond said. "Even Pope John Paul II was adamant that he would not accept extraordinary medical

seventh- and eighth-graders

watercoloring mosaic pieces according to the artist's instructions.

little

board" held by Shelly Mecum, a

Honolulu, while fellow volunteer Christine

suffers from

considered incurable.

"Generally,

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The

FROM THE VATICAN

World must do more

After saints, most-quoted author in

international

the Gospel writers and the apostle

Israel.'"

most quoted in Pope Benedict XVI 's new book is Rabbi Jacob Neusner, a U.S. professor of religion and

Pope Benedict said Rabbi Neusner makes painfully clear the differences

violence" in Iraq, a Vatican official said.

Paul, the author

theology. In his book, "Jesus of Nazareth,"

German and Pope Benedict joined the literary dialogue that Rabbi Neusner invented for himself in his 1993 book, "A Rabbi Talks With Jesus." The pope said that Rabbi Neusner 's released April 16 in Italian, Polish,

"profound respect for the Christian faith and his faithfulness to Judaism led him to seek a dialogue with Jesus." Imagining himself amid the crowd gathered on a Galilean hillside when Jesus

gave his Sermon on the Moimt, Rabbi Neusner "listens, confronts and speaks with Jesus himself," the pope wrote. "In the end, he decides not to follow Jesus," the pope wrote. "He remains

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HUNTERSVILLE Elizabeth Ministry is a peer ministry comprised of St. Mark Church parishioners who have lost babies before of shortly after birth. Confidential peer ministry, information and spiritual materials are ofiFered at no cost or obligation to anyone who has experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a newborn. For details, call Sandy Buck at (704) 948-4587.

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GREENSBORO

—

The Reemployment

Support Group of St. Paul the Apostle Church

meet

will

May

7:30-9 p.m., in

Room

of the Parish Life Center, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd. If you are currently out of work or looking to make a career change, join us for encouragement, support and informative topics to help you in your job search. For more information, call Colleen Assal at (336) 294-4696, ext. 226.

HICKORY VICARIATE

HICKORY Second

St.

—

NE,

St. is

Aloysius Church, 921

offering a weekly Catholic

Scripture Study. Catholic Scripture Study

program whose members not only leam the Scriptures, but come to a deepenmderstanding

calendar April 21

— 10:30 a.m. — 5 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation St.

Benedict Church, Greensboro

April

Cardinal

— 9 a.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation

Christoph

Schonbom of Vieima, presenting the pope's book at an April 13 Vatican conference, said reading Rabbi Neusner 's book was "one of the reasons" Pope Benedict decided to write his. "What Pope Benedict says about the book (by Rabbi Neusner) is so essential for imderstanding his own book about Jesus," the cardinal said.

April 23

...

vyiiurch, Reidsville

— 7 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation St.

the thousands

"The world is witnessing an unprecedented degree of hate and destructiveness in Iraq," which not only destroys the "social tissue and the unity

of Iraq," but is exerting "a widening deadly impact" on the whole Middle East, said Archbishop Silvano Tomasi.

The Vatican's

representative to the

faith in a setting that builds Christian fellowship. Evening and daytime classes meet at the church, Wednesdays, 6:45-8:30 p.m., and Thursdays 9:30-11:15 a.m. For more information, call Ann Miller at (828) 441-2205, or e-mail stalscss@ charter.net.

WINSTON-SALEM VICARIATE

basis."

Some 2 million Iraqis are displaced within their country, while nearly 2 million more people have fled the country since the U.S. -led war started in 2003. Between 40,000 and 50,000 Iraqis are leaving their homes each month, according to U.N. statistics. At present, Jordan and Syria have absorbed

much of

the

wave of

Iraqi

refugees, resulting in increasing pressure

and

strain

own economies and

their

social structures.

United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva spoke there April 17 at an international conference addressing the himianitarian needs of Iraq's refugees and internally displaced

The International Catholic Migration Commission also participated in the April 17-18 conference, sponsored by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees. This migration commission works with

people.

migrants, refugees and other uprooted

The archbishop said history has shown that the international community

people in 30 countries arovmd the world. The Catholic commission echoed the Vatican's calls for nations to increase support of humanitarian aid to

can be effective in creating "durable solutions" to the massive displacement of peoples. Now nations must help Iraq's refugees and internally displaced people

by providing "a coordinated, of their

The

of refugees daily fleeing the "horrific

effective

and generous response," he said. "This is not the time to look at technical definitions of a refugee," he said. More countries need to open their doors to greater numbers of displaced Iraqis "so that pressure within the region may be alleviated on a short-term

those displaced

the conflict and to

guarantee refugees protection fi"om being to their

home

countries if their lives or fi-eedoms

would

back

involuntarily sent

at risk.

The commission

on the

also called

United States and Europe to welcome

Iraqi refugees for resettlement in

and asked that all Iraqis be guaranteed the right to "genuine access"

their countries

asylum processes.

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The Spirit of Assisi hosts a Wednesday Lunch Speaker Series each Wednesday, 12:30-1:15 p.m., at the Fatima Chapel, 21 1 W. Third St. Gerald Berry will speak on "What is Pax Christi?" at the April 25 program. The sacrament of reconciliation will be offered at 12 p.m. in the chapel. For more information and to RSVP, call Sister Kathy Ganiel at (336) 624-1971 or e-mail kganiel@triad.rr.com. Walk-ins are welcome.

KING —Good

Shepherd Mission, 105

Good Shepherd

Dr. at Kirby Road, will

Controversial memorial

celebrate its 25th Anniversary June 10 during the 12 p.m. Mass. All former parishioners are invited to attend the Mass and reception. Please e-mail historical pictures and stories to Lance Kull at

lancekull@hotmail.com by

more information,

call

WINSTON-SALEM

May

For

(336) 972-5934.

—

St. Benedict the East 12th St., hosts a 12:15 p.m. prayer service, Veni Sanctus Spiritus, the fourth Wednesday of each month. All are welcome to reflect on God and refresh the spirit in the middle of a day. For more information call Sister Larretta Rivera- Williams at (336) 725-9200.

Moor Church, 1625

April 24

— 1:30 p.m. CNS

Building Committee Meeting Pastoral Center, Charlotte

April

— 6 p.m.

An image depicting Pope Pius April

Paul the Apostle Church, Greensboro

XII is

seen displayed

at the

PHOTO BY YONATHAN WeITZMAN, ReUTERS

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

Archbishop Antonio Franco, the Vatican ambassador to

Israel,

Jerusalem

had asked the museum to change

the photo caption, which he said was offensive to him and to Catholics worldwide.

Friends of Seminarians Dinner

Grandover Resort, Greensboro

The photograph reopened

April 26

— 3:10 p.m.

of the

Spring Fling for Seniors Closing Mass If

to support Iraqi

the following events:

Sacrament of Confirmation Our Lady of Grace Church, Greensboro April 21

Austrian

—

community must do more

welcome and support

many

modem Christian scholars do.

Bishop Peter J. Jugis will participate

Episcopal

seriously than

Herald 3

Theology on Tap, a

speaker series for Catholics in their 20s, 30s and 40s, is a casual forum where people gather to leam and discuss the teachings of the Catholic Church. ToT will meet Wednesdays through May 9, at 6:45 p.m. at Logan's Roadhouse, 1300 Bridford Pkwy. For more informatiom, e-mail greensborotot@yahoo. com, visit www.triadcatholics.org or call Deb at (336) 286-3687.

GREENSBORO

WINSTON-SALEM

GREENSBORO VICARIATE

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

calls the 'eternal

between Christianity and Judaism, but "in a climate of great love: The rabbi accepts the otherness of the message of Jesus and takes his leave with a detachment that knows no hatred." The pope praised Rabbi Neusner for taking the Gospel of Jesus seriously and, in fact,

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refugees, says Vatican official

pope's new book is a U.S. rabbi VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After which he faithful to that

Catholic

St.

Mark Church, Huntersville

April 27 — 3 p.m.

new

—

Pope Pius and

its

caption have been on display

the renovated memorial since

March 2005. The caption states that Pope Pius refused to sign a

massacre

942

condemnation

Allied

of the Jews.

information

—

perhaps from the release of Vatican Archives information to Yad Vashem researchers

provides a different picture, Yad

chairman of the memorial, said

Vashem April

certainly would reflect that in the caption,

Remembrance Day at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

Catholic Daughters State Convention

During Holocaust

Charlotte Marriott Executive Hotel, Charlotte

commemorated the 6

million

Jews

killed

Avner Shalev,

5 statement.

by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

Jerusalem

April

6, Israel

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Herald

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2007

AROUND THE DiOCESE

Knights

Knights distribute funds

Tootsie Rolls to

sell

benefit disadvantaged

Courtesy Photo

Siobann Trovers and Cassie Walenciak, teachers at Old Town Global Academy in Winston-Salem, receive a check presented by Dave Shepherd, treasurer of Knights of Columbus Council 8509.

of Columbus Annual Awards Dinner at Holy Cross Church in 29, $40,576 was distributed among 24 organizations in the Winston-Salem area. About 90 members from four area councils attended the dinner, including Council 9499 in Clemmons, Council 8509 in Kernersville, and Councils 2829 and 10504 in Winston-Salem.

During

the Knights

March

Kernersville

Courtesy Photo

The Knights of Columbus Piedmont Council 939 its annual "Tootsie Roll Drive " in 2006.

Greensboro collected $33,924

during

Each

year, Knights

of Columbus councils around the country hold Tootsie Roll

and

Drives, selling the candy outside churches

from

local businesses.

Funds collected

The funds were distributed to Carter Vocational High School; Community Classroom Living Skills Program; Marvin Ward Elementary School; Old Town Global Academy; Senior Services, Inc. ; South Fork Elementary School; and Union Cross Elementary School.

On behalf of Union Cross Elementary School, Eileen Nutter received a special award for outstanding participation in assisting the Knights during the annual Tootsie Roll fundraising campaign.

the drive benefit programs for the mentally handicapped.

Organizations receiving these funds included Gateway Education Center,

Housing Development,

ARC

of Greensboro, Eastern Guilford Middle School, Exceptional Friends Art Studio, Grimsley High School Special Education, Guilford County Pre-K Special Education, Guilford Middle School Special Education, Horse Friends, Lifespan, Lindley Health Services, Mclver Education Center, Pilot Elementary School, RHA Health Services, RHA Howell Center, Sanctuary House, Southeast Middle School, Special Olympics and Washington School Special

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Eastwood, general chairman for street and corporate accounts.

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FROM THE COVER

Charlotte diocese found

Abuse Allegations

The number of abuse allegations and offenders has been on the

compliance with charter

decline since 2004.

Overall audit results encouraging, review hoard chair says

1,092

2006 only the Cincirmati Archdiocese and the Diocese of Burlington, Vt., were

CHARTER, from page 1

found to be not yet

783

fully compliant with

714

the abuse response and child protection

standards set by the bishops' "Charter

during 2007.

However, four dioceses that were not found in compliance in 2005 refused to participate in the 2006 audit. "The overall results of the 2006 audit are encouraging," said Patricia

O'Donnell Ewers, chairwoman of the

Review Board.

bishops' all-lay National

But she described the

of four dioceses to participate as "discouraging news." Two the Diocese of Lincoln, Neb., and the Melkite Eparchy of Newton, Mass. had refused to participate in the 2005 audits as well and were supposed to undergo full audits. The Diocese of Baker, Ore., and the Eparchy of Our Lady of Deliverance of Newark (N.J.) for

—

Syriacs refused partial audits that

would

have focused on those areas where they did not meet compliance standards in 2005.

William A. Gavin, president of the

Massachusetts-based Gavin Group, which conducted the audits, reported that among the dioceses that were audited in

and Young

said.

News

told Catholic

Service

have been "very conscientious" about working toward fiall compliance and he expects they will

that both dioceses

Fr.

The report on the 2006 audits, prepared by the bishops' Office of Child and Youth Protection, was released by Bishop William

Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, after the National Review Board reviewed it and recommended its publication. Noting the high level of compliance on all articles of the charter. Bishop safety of children

now

"In the last five years

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way of life."

we have made

and

2004

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enormous progress, yet we must continue to proceed steadfastly,"

said.

2006 was a transition year for the To adjust better to the rhythms of parish and diocesan life that are built around the school year and summer vacation time, future audits will go from July 1 to June 30 instead of Jan. 1 to Dec. 3 1 All dioceses are to receive a full 2007 audit, which will look at compliance from July 2006 to June 2007. At the review board's suggestion, audits.

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address where people can send birthday

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Ratzinger, sat near the papal

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that evening's concert in the

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placed his

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people, including

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mine and

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not only the

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1995 Congress approves Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.

and an incision is base of the skull, through which the brain is removed, and then the dead body is delivered the rest of the partially delivered

made

ABORTION, from page 1

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1996 President Clinton vetoes to override veto.

way.

birth abortion

In the 1990s, Congress had twice passed a ban on partial-birth abortions. Both times the bills were vetoed by

President Bill Clinton.

George W. Bush, who called

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an "abhorrent procedure" an April 18 statement from the White House. "Today's decision affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the way of the people's representatives enacting laws reflecting the compassion and humanity of America. The partial-birth abortion ban, which an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress passed and I signed into law, represents a commitment to building a culture of life

America," said Bush. He signed it into law in 2003, but because of court challenges it never went in

into effect.

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an affirmation of the progress we have made over the past six years in protecting hiunan dignity and upholding the sanctity of life. We will continue to work for the day when every child is welcomed in life and protected in law." Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing the majority opinion in the Gonzalez V. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood cases, said the law's opponents "have not demonstrated that the act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases." Also voting in the majority were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Voting in the minority were Justices Paul Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter and John Paul Stevens. In her dissenting opinion, Ginsburg said the decision "tolerates, indeed

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...

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Rick Santorum of Permsylvania, author of the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.

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Johnson, "it is illegal in America to mostly deliver a premature infant before puncturing her skull and removing her brain, which is what a partial-birth

statement by Rep. Steve Chabot, R-

abortion is."

drafting this legislation,

were confident

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Ohio, who sponsored the bill in the House. "Our legislation was supported by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress, signed into law by the president and has now been upheld by

decision.

our highest court."

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Mike School, a youth minister Thomas Aquinas Church, which

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the university, said the students in

U.S. colleges offer prayers for Virginia

Charlottesville feel a great connection to

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of their way to be nice, to hold a door and so on," Kealey said. Many of Marymount's students come from the same part of suburban Washington that accounts for about a quarter of Virginia Tech's enrollment. "There's really a lot of connection between us," Kealey said, noting that

carnage that

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Campus

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southwestern Virginia university. 23-year-old student,

Cho Seung-Hui,

A is

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members and wounded more

faculty

The school also put together a "remembrance wall" with large posters on which Marymount students were invited to write thoughts, prayers and condolences. The posters were

to be

friends.

forwarded to Virginia Tech,

along with donations for a memorial that

were

two guns he had on himself That same day and in the following week, special Masses and vigils were plarmed at campuses in many states. Colleges thousands of miles away were

weekend of April 21-22. "As I said at the prayer service, we're 260 miles from Virginia Tech. We're in two different worlds," Kealey said. "But not yesterday and not whenever

quick to offer counseling help for their own students as they tried to come to

something

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like this

happens."

the

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arranged for an eight-hour eucharistic

are Catholic, and School said he expects

campus chapel, where the campus community was invited to offer

many of them

vigil at a

prayers.

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town

Georgetown

was held the night of the shootings and another one the following day. Those three schools, along with dozens of other colleges and universities, also offered counseling help. Such assistance may well be

and

names of all

its

high school with Virginia Tech students. Marymount held an interfaith prayer their families

the

victims are released. About one-third of

University, an ecumenical interfaith prayer

service April 17 to pray for victims,

would be strong once

also

went to

students likely

than a dozen others before turning one of the

The Catholic University of America made a tribute wall available on campus. The school in Washington

at St.

anticipating that reactions

service

needed for months afterward, said a

spokeswoman

for

Dawson College

will turn to the parish in

coming weeks. Meanwhile tensions remained high as grade schools and universities in at least 10 other states had bomb threats

the

or security scares April 17 that led to

evacuations or lockdowns.

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management plan in place

that addresses

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diocesan Catholic schools.

Montreal, where an 18-year-old student

was

killed

and 19 others injured by a

gvmman in September. A student services spokeswoman said counselors are still

Contributing to this story was Staff Writer Karen A. Evans.

working

at the campus. Closer to Virginia Tech, the campus ministry program for the University of

Virginia in Charlottesville geared up to offer assistance to their

own

students.

grips with the idea that people very

much

like themselves could be killed while attending a German or engineering

Pope saddened by massacre at Virginia Tech

class.

Catholic campus ministry programs

and private universities began putting together books of prayers from their students which will be forwarded to Virginia Tech. At William Paterson at state

University in New Jersey, Father Louis

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VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI was deeply saddened by the massacre Tech in Blacksburg and prayed and their families, said the Vatican secretary of state. Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone sent a telegram to Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond, Va., expressing the pope's condolences to all those affected by the April 16 shooting that left at least 33 people dead, including the killer. Cardinal Bertone said in the wake of the "senseless tragedy" Pope Benedict asked him to assure the victims, their families and the entire school community of his prayers. Pope Benedict "asks God our Father to console all those who mourn and to at Virginia

campus minister, was planning a memorial Mass later in the

for the victims

Scurti, the Catholic

week and encouraging representatives of other faiths to participate.

what we can do

"It's

solidarity with the students

to be in of Virginia

Tech," he told Catholic News Service. Though the two schools are quite different in makeup and locale, he said he was surprised at how many parents had called, seeking his reassurance that the same thing could not happen to their

children.

"All

can

them is we have a we've tried to

tell

disaster plan in place,

prepare," he said.

grant them that spiritual strength which triumphs over violence," Cardinal

Across the country in Utah, Michael K. Young, president of the University of Utah, expressed "deep sorrow and shock at this senseless and horrific act of violence. My deepest condolences go to the entire Virginia Tech commimity, especially the victims and their families and friends." He added that at his school officials would see what they could learn from "this tragic event to aid our ongoing efforts to promote campus safety."

Bertone

The

convey the assurance of his heartfelt prayers for the victims, their families and for the entire school community. In the aftermath of this senseless tragedy he asks God our Father to console all those who mourn and to grant them that spiritual strength which triumphs over violence by the power of forgiveness,

likened the atmosphere around the small Catholic university to that following the 1 1

2001

CNS

terrorist attacks.

Virginia Tech the sole topic of conversation, but "people are going out at

of the telegram follows:

Deeply saddened by news of the

student body president

Not only was what happened

text

shooting at Virginia Tech, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has asked me to

Jarrett Kealey, a senior from Philadelphia,

Sept.

said.

The Most Rev. Francis X. DiLorenzo ^ Bishop of Richmond (USA)

In Virginia, at Marymount University in Arlington,

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Virginia Tech's

earlier that

A gunman,

day

Corp of Cadets pray

later identified

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the War Memorial Chapel at the university

hope and reconciling

love.

Blacksburg,

as a Virginia Tech student, shot dozens of people at the school

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Secretary of State

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A roundup of Scripture, readings, films and

SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: APRIL 29, 2007 April 29, Fourth Sunday of

Easter

Faith, 'spiritual entrepreneurs'

profiled in

Cycle

REVIEWED BY

BOSTON (CNS) — In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, three women came together to write a children's book exploring connections among the monotheistic religions. Ranya Idliby is an American Muslim of Palestinian descent; Suzanne Oliver, Catholic,

Warner

an Episcopalian; and Priscilla

bom and raised

a Reform Jew.

Fairly quickly they realized their

ignorance of one another's religions and

embarked on the dialogue they narrate in "The Faith Club: A Muslim, a Christian, Three Women Search for a Jew Understanding." They examined harmful stereotypes, struggled with faith and belief, attended religious services and

—

developed genuine friendships. Early in the dialogue Oliver and Warner wrestled with anti-Semitism "arising from insensitive portrayals of

who

the Crucifixion." Oliver,

was the most

believe that she

from

"couldn't

trying to take

away

essential story of

Christianity," truly listens to Warner's

"primal fears and discomfort." Idliby

is articulate

pain of Palestinians. "It

when your existential

in portraying the is

quite a burden

becomes an challenge, synonymous with national identity

anti-Semitism."

all

religious traditions as paths to

The Rev.

Katharine

entrepreneurs"

gamut from

whose "work covers

direct services for

fundamentalist energies."

Henderson borrows the

psychiatric term "holding environment" to describe the

"work of transformation"

from the wider milieu wherein new insights and behaviors can be modeled and incubated, where alternatives to mainstream culture can be envisioned and practiced." Her examples include the Rev. Heima Hahn, a Methodist minister whose Rainbow Center provides services "to women who experience bicultural and that "takes place in spaces set apart

biracial challenges";

who founded

Church of Gethsemane

a state

initially felt

was

"my

religion

crisis." Oliver,

who

"confidence that Christianity

a superior religion," finds herself

questioning

its

doctrines.

Warner narrates

her long struggle "to come to terms with my feelings about Israel" and her decision to "speak as a

Jew with a

Palestinian friend."

Their discussion took the shape

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did

specifically to the

"to minister needs of ex-prisoners

their families."

Rev. Henderson analyzes their collaborative style of leadership. "Sharing

authority and leading from the back to involve less ego, yet

have the

seem

effect

Sure,

we might

occasionally miss

a meal or two; even, in extraordinary circumstances, go to bed hungry.

once

We may

in a while get really thirsty, stuck in

a hot place with no ready supply of safe

But the gnawing, life-threatening hunger that is the daily bread of millions the world over? The tongue-thickening, mind-numbing thirst that haunts the days and nights of huge populations in underdeveloped regions? Most of us have no concept. So, in Sunday's reading from water.

Revelation,

when we hear

feeding the

all rejoice.

Questions:

Who has helped wipe away the tears from your eyes? How can you- express your gratitude? Who do you know tliat is suffering? What's one specific way you can offer consolation?

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 22-28 Sunday (Third Sunday of Easter), Acts 5:27-32, 40-41, Revelation 5:11-14, John 21:1-19; Monday (St. George, St. Adalbert), Acts 6:8-15, John 6:22-29; Tuesday (St. Fidelis), Acts 7:51-8:1, John 6:30-35; Wednesday (St. Mark), 1 Peter 5:5-14, Mark 16:15-20; Thursday, Acts 8:26-40, John 6:44-51; Friday, Acts 9:1-20, John 6:52-59; Saturday St.

(St.

Peter Chanel,

Louis de Montfort), Acts 9:31-42, John 6:60-69.

able

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and skills to the challenge at hand. Notably absent from these women's definition of leadership was a desire for power as a form of

Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Easter), Acts 13:14, 43-52, Revelation 7:9, 14-17, John 10:27-30; Monday (St. Pius V), Acts 11:1-18, John 10:1-10; Tuesday (St. Joseph the Worker), Acts 11:19-26, John 10:22-30; Wednesday (St. Athanasius), Acts 12:24-13:5, John 12:44-50;

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Thursday (Sts.

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been driven to despair by lasting thirst. Because everyone understands tears. Everyone, even if only as a child, has cried from frustration and abandonment, from anger and grief, froiil pain and loneliness and fear. No one lives very long in this world without suffering defeats, small and great. We all know disappointment, betrayal, isolation, loss. Friendships can fail, marriages can fracture, families and nations and communities of faith can tear themselves apart. Dreams and relationships and loved ones die. And whether our tears flow easily and often, or stay pooled within our broken hearts, we all weep. That's why, when the Scriptures tell us that in the great cosmic victory of Christ, of which his resurrection is the first taste and the absolute guarantee, "God will wipe away every tear from our eyes," it is good news in which we can

Rabbi Mychael

and her gratitude that Warner and Oliver rescued her from "spiritual isolation and frustration" while she sought (and eventually found) a mosque that could "sustain our family's understanding of the Muslim faith and God." Inevitably, what they learn leads to dissonance with their religious because

never ached with deep himger or never

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common bonds

live less sheltered lives.

But there is another image here which speaks to all of us, even if we've

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who

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the

immediate needs to advocacy and education designed to provoke systematic change." Deeply concerned about "the relative silence and invisibility of the religious left in Amdrica" she hopes to clarify a "distinctive public voice" to "forge a new identity for progressives as culture shapers and consensus builders, defusing the now dangerous escalation of

Rev.

Rhodes

Henderson's "God's Troublemakers: How Women of Faith Are Changing the World" is an exciting study of 20 "spiritual

experience of "religious homelessness"

c6mmunities. Idliby faces the most

God."

hungry and giving drink to the thirsty as images of salvation, we carmot perhaps understand them as profoundly as those

who

because of the women's shared belief in "the equality, legitimacy and validity of

Springer,

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favorite players.

was heartening

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as a bishop,

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Christ."

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by "Champions

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this film.

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there any defense against malice?

Search for truth succeeds only through faith in Jesus, pope says —

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

The

human

search for truth can succeed only through faith in Jesus Christ, who is truth. Pope Benedict XVI said. "Faith in Christ grants the true knowledge which the ancient philosophers had sought through the use

Speaks

immediately into a protective lockdown mode and await fiirther instructions fi-om

Benedict XVI 's remarks in English weekly general audience April 18.

Dear

and sisters, our catechesis on the

at his

fathers

and

we now turn

to St.

Clement

explained how knowledge of Christ must become "a living reality; it is not just a theory. It is a life force, a union with transforming love." St. Clement explained how "the

Clement, faith in Christ grants the true

knowledge which the ancient philosophers had sought through the use of reason. Faith and reason thus appear as two necessary and complementary wings by which the human spirit comes to the knowledge of Christ, the word of God.

become

God," the pope said. "We are created in the image and likeness of God, similar to

also a challenge, a journey.

Our final aim and ultimate destination is to become similar to God." The pope said the fact that people are created in God's image allows them "to

know the

Faith

said,

God's revelation. As creatures made in God's image, we are called to become ever more like him, not only through the perfection of our intellect, but also through our growth in the virtues. Freed fi-om our passions, we are

comes

through faith but grows through the practice of moral virtues. first

St. Clement insisted that correct moral conduct must accompany the intellectual search for truth and for God, he said. "The two go together because one cannot know something without living it and cannot live something without knowing it," said the pope. Here is the Vatican text of Pope

What How much provide

as a divine gift, inspires

a search for a deeper understanding of

divine reality."

Knowledge of God, he

itself,

drawn *

to contemplate in love the

God

has revealed himself in Christ. By his life and teaching, Clement can serve as a model for all Christians who seek

who

to give an account of their

there any defense against malice, and if there

brothers

in one's life."

but this

Looking

Around

shots are heard, go

sprawling campus?

Clement of Alexandria. As head of the catechetical school of Alexandria, Clement promoted a fiiiitfiil encounter between the Gospel and the Greek philosophical tradition. For

When

But how do you lock down a How do you make hundreds of campus buildings, replete with entrances and exits, safe from armed attackers or hidden bombs? Is

POPE BENEDICT XVI

the real understanding of the path to take

life is

Washington-area Beltway sniper attacks of 2002, "lockdown" is a word that's been lifted out of the penitentiary lexicon and dropped into student handbooks across the nation.

teachers of the early church,

ultimate aim of human

Ever since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 and the

The Pope

said, "leads to true philosophy, that is,

St.

ministry helps students cope with stress

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of reason," the pope said April 18 at his weekly general audience. The writings of St. Clement of Alexandria, the pope said, outline how a believing Christian can and should use both faith and reason to "reach an intimate knowledge of the truth, which is Jesus Christ, the word of God." The joining of faith and reason, he

Pope Benedict said

Campus

with the

Catholics Think

guidance does religion your daily life?

''^Catholic priests"^

should be allowed to be

Columbine

and Virginia Tech

killings

massacre. There

is evil in

the world.

Malice can find its way into the minds and hearts of persons young or old. Once there, malicious intent can release destructive force. Two high school students killed 12 of their peers and a teacher and wounded 24 at Columbine before taking their own lives. One gunman killed 32 and then himself at

The

Virginia Tech.

suicide at Virginia

agree

ministry in campus settings that are not Catholic.

—

Liturgically sacramentally

—

especially

the believer

must be

are to permit sacramental grace

On what would have been

otherwise-normal morning April 16 at Virginia Tech, a campus community of some 26,000 was neither ready nor able to prevent the largest massacre in the history of American higher education.

But was the campus community unprepared? To ask the same question in another way, was any preparation possible?

The campus community was not necessarily unprepared. Yes, preparation

indeed possible. In the Christian view

of life after death, preparation for life through death is a definite possibility. Indeed it is a necessity for the successfixl completion of a Christian life. as opposed to Prevention neither is, nor was, preparation

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possible at Virginia Tech.

Why?

campus parishes and on-campus ministry centers provide the space and facilitate

the reflection that students need if they

no defense against is

always possible.

and the

by work the wonders

interpretative fi"amework provided

the Christian Gospel to

they are capable of working. The physical attractiveness and

proximity of Catholic ministry to the students is important.

must be drawn

facilities

The young

them during

their

formative years so that they can reflect

on the meaning of life, their purpose in life and the laws of God within which the good life is to be lived. Without ministry, we will be permitting our young to sleepwalk at their peril through a world of good and evil. Preparation is always possible even

where prevention

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somewhat

helped to heal in the broken places. Near-

But preparation

agree

ministry

Tech ended the search for a perpetrator but shed no light on the motive. We are left to wonder why, as we ponder prevention possibilities on campuses

malice in our world.

strongly

why campus

That's

college campus. Certainly, psychological trauma requires immediate attention, but so does the stress on faith and the strain on spirituality. Moreover, the power of faith and religion to ready the human spirit lo withstand any assault, physical or psychological, cannot be overestimated. That's why the church has to provide this

Because there

married.

when it's

It is malice, by the way, that was operative in the Beltway snipings.

great philosophical tradition.

if and

important as the counseling center on a

as they strive to articulate the Christian faith in a disciplined dialogue

how can you tell

coming?

hope and

especially for catechists and theologians

is,

There is a preparation for anything in a person whose human will is aligned with the will of God. Preparation for any eventuality is the story of a human life lived in accord with the will of the Creator of that life.

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America, take control of nephew, Patrick Koptle,

junior at Virginia Tech. learned

Monday morning

When

first

my godson.

kind of national living room this week as we gather around TVs and computers to

what we can about this tragic event, victims and its apparently deranged

learn

perpetrator.

All stories have endings, and simply saying that 33 people are dead isn't satisfactory. And so, the media look for

depth.

horrific act.

secured?

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Think

for a

moment what

power

accident.

Reactors all over the country would already be shut down. If the students were poisoned by Swiss cheese, the product would be

gone forever from store shelves. But substitute a gun for cheese and no one is talking about the consequences of an armed citizenry. The manufacturer of the gun, the entity most responsible, after the shooter, for the deaths won't face the level of media scrutiny that a utility company or a cheese maker would face. Our faith gives us plenty of instruction on this matter. The antigun instruction begins with the Fifth Commandment in the Books of Exodus and Deuteronomy "You shall not kill" and goes through modem church

—

teaching that calls for protection of the

and dignity of each human life. expressed this view on The Catholic

sanctity

Was

the

campus properly

Why wasn't some kind of alarm

sounded when two students were killed two hours before the massacre began in Norris Hall? There has been little discussion so far of the issue that speaks directly to the brutality of this particular crime, as well as the Columbine High School in a dormitory,

DIRECTOR

the

JUDY SMITH

would have centered on if 33 college students were somehow national discussion

seeks an explanation for the

DAVID MAINS

control.

killed in a nuclear

Patrick is a responsible young man, and before I knew of the horrifying number of dead that grew throughout the day, I learned that he was safe. Patrick had called his mother, who relayed the news to the rest of the family. With my prayers answered for him, it was time to put the needs of the other victims and their families before God. Telling tragic stories is one thing that the media are very good at. We are in a

-its

shooting eight years ago. That issue

gun

that a student

had been shot to death at the school, I immediately thought of Patrick, who is also

will

the Media

yourself My

The ethical

Catholics

Constitution

may

gun ownership,

appear to guarantee says so in relation to

the establishment of a well-regulated

something that no longer exists. Also, it goes without saying that for Catholics holy Scriptvire is a trump card over the laws of man. In other words, we can pass laws that would seek to reduce the annual toll of 30,000 deaths in the U.S. due to firearms. That, by the way, is 82 people per day. militia,

Sadly, in this country we get more than two Virginia Techs every day of the

week, Sundays included. Handguns are designed primarily to hurt and kill human beings. Possessing one means that, in addition to the delusion of self-protection, you are creating an opportunity for death and injury for yourself, your family and even your neighbors through negligence, accident, depression or anger.

day

For Patrick's sake, for the sake of my children and yours, this nation needs to

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after the shootings.

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— not

teaching

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gun

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But

talk seriously about

David Hains

Amendment

to the

you, future generations In recent years, "ethical wills" have received significant attention in the media and on the Internet. In simple terms, an ethical will is the process by which parents and grandparents communicate their religious and moral values to their children and grandchildren. Since these communications are most often in written form as a family legacy, it is easy to understand them as some form of last will and testament. An ethical will should not be confiised with the fraditional last will and

which is the legal document upon your death, designates your estate's personal representative and guardian of your minor-age children and establishes the guidelines for the testament,

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The church's position on the death penalty Q. What is the Catholic Church's position today on the death penalty? My

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understanding is that the church strongly opposes capital punishment, but some

himself (quoting Pope John Paul

friends insist there

no clear position

one way or another Who

right?

an offense incapable of doing harm without definitively taking away from him the possibility of redeeming

commendation.

was issued in a position paper prepared by the Vatican for the World Congress Against the Death Penalty in Paris,

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discourses to his disciples as described in

innocent persons; the tendency to promote a violent form of revenge rather than a real sense of justice in society; and contempt for the Gospel teaching on

Chapters 14-17 of the Gospel of John are

forgiveness.

and strong, as is, by the way, the teaching of many national bishops' conferences, including our own. The document notes that there has been a growing awareness of the challenges posed by recent executions. But Christians recognize the inalienable dignity of human beings, it said, and

attains the

clear

this is the basis for

recognizing "the universality and totality of human rights, beginning with the right to life." Use of the death penalty, it continues, is not only a denial of the right to life, but also "an affront to the human dignity shared by all humankind." Societies and nations have a duty to protect their citizens from aggressors,

but

"hardly possible" to justify the use of capital punishment today. it

States

now have

means of

at their disposal other

"effectively preventing crime

by rendering one

who

has committed

who had pleased him and had adhered to his standards. In addition, Jesus' Last Supper

his sons

the danger of punishing

February 2007. Its stand against killing another human being, for whatever crime, is

In confrast, Jacob generously blessed

FATHER JAMES

position paper notes that every

number of risks:

Some of his sons had lived less than

lives and for them his words were much more condemnation than

Corner

instance of capital punishment incurs a

A. The latest authoritative Catholic statement concerning the death penalty

sons.

exemplary

11 's

encyclical "Gospel of Life").

The

to Jacob delivering his legacy to his 12

Question

"non-violence for Christians

Taking of life, it claims, "never worthy objectives for which

societies punish offenders, although

may temporarily assuage the

appetite for

vengeance."

An increasing number of law enforcement and judicial officials agree that the death penalty rarely if ever deters

people from criminal activity; that it is administered with gross inequities; that men and women are executed only to discover later that they were innocent; and that blind revenge, not any higher moral motive, too often powers demands for the execution of criminals.

The point was made strongly two years ago by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

do not get the death penalty." These are the reasons Pope Benedict XVT claimed, in an address last February, at trial

have yet," she

wrote, "to see a death case

among

the

dozens coming .to the Supreme Court on eve-of-execution stay applications in which the defendant was well represented at trial. People who are well represented

not mere

tactical behavior, but a person's

way

of being, the attitude of one who is convinced of God's love and power, who is

not afraid to confront evil with the

weapons of love and truth alone." They are also the reasons the new Vatican document speaks appreciatively of "groups and individuals that are working with renewed commitment and vigor for the abolition of capital punishment and for the imposition of a universal moratorium on its application".

worth noting that our country is company on the death penalty. Approximately 95 percent of all known executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. Since 1990, nine countries are known to have executed child offenders. The total for the United States and Iran is larger than for all the other seven countries combined. It is

not in very respectable

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Catholic center helps Ecuadoreans break cycle of poverty BARBARA FRASER

still

QUITO, Ecuador was 9 years

its

main

pillars.

Today, younger boys still go out to shine shoes, but only three mornings a

old,

— Carlos Gomez

working

week.

in a plaza in

When they come back to the center

for classes, they first line

mountain city, when a tall, lanky American priest stopped for a shoeshine and a chat, then offered him a free meal. Gomez said he and the other shoeshine boys "didn't believe him, because he said the food wouldn't cost anything, and we knew that everything

By the time they graduate, they may have a nest egg of several hundred dollars

they can use for further study or to

When Father Halligan began working

Gomez

unmet needs," he about those needs.

and

with the kids he encountered on Quito's streets, "it was a question of answering

accompanied Jesuit Father John Halligan, a New York native, to a center for working boys that the priest had started beside the

won,

start

small business.

has a price."

Curiosity

up to deposit 25

or 50 cents into their savings accounts.

this

in life

among

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knew nothing

said. "I I

thought we could do a

catechism and help them get jobs."

little

Jesuit high school in Ecuador's capital.

But the situation of working children in Latin American countries

Gomez

a chance to play with other boys.

complicated. Many of the families involved in the center's programs have

That meeting changed Gomez's and the Working Boys' Center has changed the lives of thousands of families in the more than 40 years since. But it was not all food and games: The center had rules to teach important

migrated to Quito from the countryside. Often an entire family lives in a single room on the edge of the city. Because jobs are scarce and the parents have little or no formal education, the father may do odd jobs while the

life skills.

mother takes

not only got a meal but also had

life,

Father Halligan and Sister Miguel

Conway,

member of

the Sisters of

their earnings into savings accounts.

Of the money he earned daily from shining shoes, Gomez turned half over mother to help support his family.

The other half he divided between bus fares

and savings.

The center has grown to serve 400 working children, and the

families of

values

Gomez

learned

work and planning

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income, Father Halligan said. Working children often drop out of school or fall far behind their grade level, and the lack of education makes it more likely that they will live in poverty as adults. The center set out to break that

Quito,

cycle.

them save money

M CNS

Edson Cadena,

3, vifho

normally shines shoes, works

Ecuador The center helps

child w/orkers

PHOTO 6v Barbara

Fraser

the toyshop of the Working Boys' Center

in'

from the streets learn more productive trades and helps'

to start a business or continue their education.

The center offers six years of primary

the dignity of

for the fiature

their shoeshine kits

their

Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, insisted that the boys deposit some of

to his

in other people's laundry.

under arms and head for the city's squares, often contributing anywhere from 15 percent to 85 percent of the family's

Boys tuck

school courses, vocational training for adolescents, special education and

are

classes for parents

who

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never finished

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and save money were the most important things they learned. While the center has served about

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6,000 families over the years, there are still an estimated 100,000 working children

planning for the future," Gomez said. The parents use their savings to make a down payment on a lot, and once a month all the families turn out to help

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said, but a shortage

of funds

has limited the center's expansion. The annual budget is $1.2 million, most of which comes in small donations.

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primary school. Children and parents learn to budget. For people accustomed to living hand to mouth, that is a new idea. "They've never had any concept of

That works out to about $2 per person daily for food, education and health

reward is "to see the sense of self-worth and dignity that these women have" once they realize their abilities. A 2006 study of 1,700 families who have participated in the center found that most of the graduates hold steady jobs, that the parents stay fbgether, and that at least 90 percent no longer live in poverty. greatest

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