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April 23, 1993

he Joy Of Easter.

Catholics, Lutherans Join

Celebrate Strides Toward Unity By

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — Marking an

his-

some 300 Lutherans and Catholics came together April 15 at St.

Crumley

Gabriel Catholic Church for a "dialogue

Commission and a board member of the Institute for Ecumenical Research,

supper" to celebrate and renew a convenant between the two churches. The covenant between the Dioceses of Charlotte and Raleigh and the Lutheran Synod of North Carolina was

we can

said. "It has to

bother us to

and lay people from both denomina-

be a sense of urgency

tions.

Crumley said. "Loyality to our Lord mustjnean we do everything we can

has led to the conclusion that "Lutherans and Roman Catholics are trying to say the same

n buried." John 19:41.

Crumley

say

lemma is "not a simple one," there should

at the international level

tomb where Jesus was buried. The replica was built on the altar for Easter. "Now in the :e where he had been crucified there was a garden and a new tomb in which no one had

Dr.

gathering in the diocese involving clergy

Although remarkable progress has been made in achieving unity between the two churches, the main division continues to be the inability to share the Lord's Supper together, said Dr. Crumley, the keynote speaker. There is convergence, but not consensus on the subject, he said. Dialogue

becomes blasphemous to

body and blood of Christ." Although the solution

lumbia.

in Charlotte grace a replica

we can not go to the table together,"

yet can't kneel together and receive the

a very contemporary occasomething that would have happened even a few years ago," said the Rev. Dr. James R. Crumley Jr., former bishop of the Lutheran Church in America and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ecumenism at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Co-

Thomas Aquinas Church

"To me, say

logues at the international level. The dialogue supper was the first large-scale

"This

at St.

Strasbourg, France.

signed Pentecost Sunday 1991 in response to Lutheran/Roman Catholic dia-

sion, not

wers along a waterfall

Active in ecumenical efforts, Dr. is the chairperson of the International Lutheran-Roman Catholic

toric occasion,

thing about the Lord is

truly present,"

believe in Jesus Christ and

to the di-

in resolving

it,

under the Spirit's guidance to get gether and meet together in

full

Dr.

to-

com-

munion

as God's people." Despite this sticking point, the two churches have found ways to "reach

across walls" that have divided them for

Crumley. "All of us recognize that division wounds the church and wounds the body of Christ." Dr. Crumley, who was ordained in centuries, said Dr.

1951, said the Lutheran and Catholic

was in seminary was "an impossible one." There was no rappoire or consensus except on liturgirelationship while he

cal points that neither church could claim,

he said.

The door was opened by the Second Vatican Council, he said. Thus began changes that have led to unity no one

Supper; that Christ

See Unity, Page 3

said.

(See story and another picture on Page 16)

Photo by

JOANN KEANE

100 Years Young.

ope

Tells Visiting

Catholics

Committed To Unity

VATICAN CITY (CNS) ^holic

Lutherans

—

The Church remains "irrevocably

"imitted" to restoring full unity

with

unity," he said. Christian churches

should "pursue that ecumenical journey together," he added.

Pope John Paul II told of Lutheran visitors from Swe-

"By our persistent prayer, sincere and honest dialogue, and common defense of the authentic religious and ethi-

The best way of accompli shing unity hrough prayer, dialogue and com-

cal values rooted in the Gospel, let us

Christians,

['oup

defense of the Gospel's message, aid April 17.

n,i

The pope said Easter recalled the that the first group of Christians fP heard the news of Jesus' resurrecwas a single community a comj I

—

hion that has "sadly been fractured" !*jr the centuries. "I

wish to reassure you that the

Jpolic Church remains irrevocably Emitted to restoring that full visible

remain confident that God will bring to completion the good work that he has already begun in us," he said. The pope said he recalled with great joy the ecumenical service held at the Vatican in 1991 to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the canonization of St. Bridgit of Sweden. That prayer service with Lutheran bishops demonstrated a "rich common heritage, which Catholics and Lutherans share and which we must continue to foster," he said.

Mercy

McGarry receives a congratulatory hug from Mercy Sister Theophane community celebbrates Sister Jarlath's 100th birthday. (See story on Page 3)

Sister Jarlath

Field as the

Photoby

JOANN KEANE

News

Catholic

[lie

& Herald

April 23, 199

Sister

Act Reprise

Eucharist Coming Together We

are

His resurrection

called to participate, as sisters

and brothers,

from the dead, His promise of eternal

our

life

united by Baptism,

salvation,

and the teachings of Jesus.

in the

'Breaking of the Bread'

in the

consuming of

bring

the wine,

our selves,

eaten in love

loved

our

Christ

ones,

our neigh-

is real,

bors,

present,

here in the

the 'People

communion

of God.'

through

With

grace,

our cares,

Body, Blood,

concerns,

Soul

our thank-

and Divinity,

fulness,

one with us and we

our pains

and joys,

with Him,

Mercy

our hopes

Through

rousing version of songs from the movie, "Sister Act,"

and

ness to the

Him, With Him, In Him,

fears,

our

open-

Spirit.

in the unity

the Trinity,

listen,

Body of Christ

be joyful,

crucified and

sing, pray,

Risen

seek con ver-

Living Bread.

from

Gracing Us through the

sin,

recon-

Father

reverberate,

our 'Amen,'

nourished,

be touched,

be healed, be

trans-

Mercyfest.

others,

become Him,

serve

formed.

be charitable,

be knowing

to share

that

His Word,

Jesus

be witnesses of our

present

relationship with

our midst,

of his Word, in the eating

of His

Him,

Mercy

become Holy and Whole

through the reading

Body

encounter

and

Him

to share in

and the

immortality

drinking of His Blood,

within ourselves

His

'Whoop' Up, Celebrate 100 Yeanl

His eternal Kingdom.

BELMONT â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

thus sharing in

His saving power through

His death on the cross

our

and be

leads a choir of angels as the sisters perfo

Spirit

ciled to the

"Whoopi" Williams

remember,

sion

Sister Larretta

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

the sacrifice,

Poem By

Chris Newnan,

Director of Faith Formation

Sisters

One hundred

years

of ministry in Belmont and Gaston County took place on the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse grounds on April 17.

"The celebration

for people of all ages to

an opportunity come and visit

our motherhouse, meet our sisters and be guests of the Sisters of Mercy for the day," said Mercy Sister Michel Boulas, chair of the 1 00th Anniversary Committee.

Live entertainment, rides for dren, displays of

Mercy

work and food were

chil-

ministries, art-

part of the festivi-

ties.

In addition to a performance by jazz

Loonis McGlohon. the a rendition of "Sister Act." artist

sisters did

Above: Mercy

Sister

Photos by

Right:

Don and

Mary Wright look on as Mercy Sister Alma Pangelinan serves up one of the famous Mercy

footlonghotdogs.

The Wrights, from Kenmore, N.Y., are parents of Mercy Sister Mary Margaret

Andrew Shook,

14, puts his artistic

touch on the face of 9-year-old Adriene Grisner.

Wright.

during Mercyfest.

JO ANN KE ANE

Mary Timot

Warren hands her ticket to conductor Rufus Mingo, who offered "train" ric

ril

23, 1993

The Catholic News

Says Helping Poor /as 'Best Spring Break Ever'

iitudent

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

PRESTONBURG,

—

Ky. Never one of her friends went on a ise to the Bahamas and another vacaied in New Orleans. Elizabeth odno wouldn t have traded her spring id that

ak for anything.

The

UNC—Chapel Hill sophomore mud to clear a

>ged through rain and

antain side, built a 25-foot staircase

and loved minute of it. "It was wonderful from day one ...

a nearly vertical slope ry

of the best experiences in

my life,"

Elizabeth, daughter of Stanley and

Broodno of St. Gabriel Church in

FatherJoe Mulligan

Elizabeth, a 1991 Charlotte CathoHigh School graduate, was one of plus students from across the counwho relinquished the traditional ag break party scene to participate in kfest sponsored

home

Unity (From

pumped

up. Everything

had a

—

hone, electricity or running water, is stove was the only source of heat,

Elizabeth, 19,

"When I

worked on the staircase. never worked outside before, d never done any carpentry nor did aiow how to hammer correctly. She avered she liked it. She liked get-

nostly she

and working with her hands. used all of my body, every ounce

thought of urban, not rural poverty."

Now back at school, Elizabeth says she misses the mountains, the work and the Christian camaraderie. She hopes to after she graduates as a full-time volunteer for Christian Appalachian Project.

Whatever she does, she' 11 never forget spring break of 1 993 Or dancing up and down the staircase as she and her newfound friends marveled at their com.

dirty

pleted project and celebrated the rite of

spring in a

'ength,

and was submerged in mud,"

In response to Dr. dress,

Bishop John

Crumley's ad-

Donoghue

way

that will

make

time memories..

to bring about the unity that Christ calls for."

He encouraged listeners to continue

for life-

By JOANN

KEANE

1928

in pursuit

Month long monastic contemplative experience

of growing with Christ as the harvest," reads the palate inscription holding a

and children, the sick and handicapped, youth and adults. What do you give someone for their centennial celebration? That quandary posed perhaps one of the greatest chal-

Waterford crystal chalice. The leaded-

from the Irish family of Mercy Sister Jarlath McGarry, was presented to the Sisters of Mercy of glass goblet, a gift

North Carolina

honor of Sister

April 15, Sister Jarlath

became

one of a celebrated few to witness a century of

women

dedicated in service to

monastic schedule

Prayer

Work Community Events

& Solitude

lenges of the day. "In anticipation of her birthday, the (Mercy)

full

retreats

life.

in her

65th year as a Sister of

Mercy of North

Carolina, Sister Jarlath

Mercy SisThomas Burke. "She just takes

them with one hand and gives them away with the other." "We knew she would like our prayers, but didn't

them

know how to present

offering required

1893

Mary Thomas. Each munity wrote a telling

how

jr.

Guest program:

John Corrigan, O.C.S.O.

Retreat Program: Br.

Stephen Petronek, O.C.S.O

Mepkin Abbey HC 69, Box 800 Moncks Corner, SC 29461 (803) 761-8509

sister in the

letter to

Sr.

com-

Jarlath,

she impacted their indi-

County Galway, to Belmont

See Sister, Page

came

His In Yours.

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

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

Donoghue

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

Roman sum of $

"/ leave to the

Charlotte the iilonastic

way," said Sister

in a tangible

vidual lives. Sister Jarlath received a

Remember

community de-

Sister Jarlath wanted," said ter Mary

Because of the nature of the Monastic Guest Program, it is available only to men. Our Retreat Program, however, is open to both women

women

cided material goods were not what

Jarlath's 100th birthday.

Within the enclosure of a Trappist-Cistercian community

and men for private

will

of missionary service.

MONASTIC GUEST PROGRAM

Community

BELMONT — "One hundred years

Born

All lived within the

time,"

She found a growing community of

Ireland, Sister Jarlath

life

be achieved.

Associate Editor

ebration.

Silence

and "hopefully one

said

found herself surrounded by the love of many on her day of celebration. Her associates in service, friends, with family from Ireland, joined Sister Jarlath during a special Mass and birthday cel-

full

Bishop

work together

Sister Celebrates 100th Birthday

Now

Requirements: Ability to live the

used to think of poverty,

go back someday, perhaps of everything,

have

day, hopefully in our

poverty that is breathtaking in its abjectness, she said.

little

"We

time."

the

The students painted the house, recced the support structure, added ation, tore up the old flooring and down new linoleum, and installed s to reroute wastes away from the ;e.

Donoghue.

to pray for full unity

Beautiful breathtaking mountains hide

Elizabeth did a

are not just ready to receive

who was sheltered as

was a hole in the floor.

toilet facility

greatest scandal in Christian-

what it means to be a Christian ... It is a marvelous thing to be living in this

poverty of Appalachia. "I had never been exposed to anything like that," she said.

"The

ity is that there is division," said

said.

each other, but we are ready to shape each other's ideas about ministry, about

was "disturbed" by

a child, said she

indeed, "a

differ-

seemed

different color. People

Elizabeth and seven others rebuilt a

"We

Crumley

is,

of Christ."

ing how much we are learning from each other," Dr.

communion towound in the body

the inability to receive

would have thought possible. "It' s amaz-

was the "best spring break" she ever had. She worked body, mind and soul, she said. "I came back Still, it

ent."

d staircase and fixed a ramshackle le for an elderly couple. The home t the bottom of a steep slope had

Page

gether

totally

CAROL HAZARD

Matthews

with her younger brother, Bryan.

she said.

ed States.

St.

Photo by Elizabeth Broodno at

by the Christian

The volunteers repaired about 20 les for the handicapped and very in eastern Kentucky 's Appalachia, of the lowest income areas of the

(c),

Dialogue Supper and pastor of

Second Annual Appalachian alachian Project.

member of the

planning team for the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Luke in Mint Hill, greets the Rev. J. George Gilbert (1) of Redeemer Lutheran Church and the Rev. Dr. James R. Crumley.

irlotte.

the residue of

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

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

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News

& Herald

April

Pro-Life Corner

4 "Christ indeed from death is risen, our new life obtaining. Hs e mercy, victor King, ever reigning. Amen, Alleluia!" (Easter quence) Reflecting on the Resurrection, may we be reminded of the dign of each human life. !

Editorial The Balkan Mess The situation in what used worse with each passing day.

be Yugoslavia gets

the

it is

same

just as obvious that will

As of this

be just as ineffective. writing, the Security Council has agreed

economic sanctions against the Serbs. The present sanctions don't work because there are too many ways of getting around them. We feel sure there will be just as many ways of getting around the

„

VATICAN CITY

spiritual

who

fly"

virtually meaningless.

The Serbs

aren't

using planes to carry out their seizures of territory and their program of ethnic cleansing. Their heavily

armed

ground forces have been doing the job very well. We believe that the most effective way to stop the Serbs is to lift the arms embargo in the area. The embargo doesn't bother the Serbs who have all of the weapons of the former Yugoslavian army which was one of the strongest in Europe. It does keep Serbia's neighbors from getting the weapons with which to defend themselves. There are, of course, other options most of which would involve the use of armed force. President Clinton says he is considering the possibility of air strikes against Serbian positions. Thankfully, he has indicated

he would not take that action without U.N. approval. Fortunately that approval appears unlikely given the Russian veto in the Security Council. Even with U.N. approval, we believe that any air strikes would be a horrible mistake which eventually would lead to involvement of American ground troops. It could also lead to a confrontation with Russia, a longtime friend of the Serbs. It is questionable whether President Yeltsin

enough

presently strong

to resist

comfort" for those

and doubt, Pope John Paul II said. God's plan of salvation revealed in Scripture and proclaimed by the Church "gives sense and true value to human events and the history of peoples," the pope said at

zone enforced by NATO planes operating from bases in Italy and from U.S. aircraft

The "no

— The good news of

(CNS)

salvation in Christ can be a "source of consolation and

"tighter" sanctions.

his April 14 general audi-

ence.

"Christ

risen," the

pope

told the thousands of visitors at his

Easter

Wednesday

meeting. "His message of hope and renewal for

all

men and women

meant

of every people and every

nation."

Those who believe in the truth of Christ' s resurrecmust let that knowledge shine through their lives, calling others to conversion and to acceptance of the Gospel of hope and love, he said. Like the women who were the first to arrive at the empty tomb, he said, "every person of good will is tion

VATICAN CITY text of

(CNS)

believe the only answer

lift

the arms

embargo and give the Bosnian Muslims and Croation Catholics the weapons they need.

— Here

Pope John Paul IPs remarks

weekly general audience April

The Cathouc

the Vatican

in English at his

14.

—

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about which the evangelists have left us an authentic witness of what occurred in those days. The proclamation of Christ' s death and resurrection is the beginning

Donoghue

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The Resurrection, although a reality of the supernatural order, is at the same time a historical event

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the central mystery of salvation.

the focal point of the liturgical year and the fulcrum

of Christian

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told those at the audience that

the center of the liturgical year and "the fulcr

Christian

life

because

the living remembraf

the central mystery of salvation

—

the deat)

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resurrection of the Lord." "It certainly

was a

but at the same time fact,

surprising supernatural

we are confronted with a hist

concretely verifiable," the pope said,

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eyewitness accounts in the Gospels

The pope had special greetings for newly ore deacons from Ireland and Scotland and from the its. "May your diaconal ministry lead you to incrd intimacy with Jesus, the great high priest, and you conscious of your responsibilities in the serv God's holy people,'* he told the deacons from th and Scots colleges, national seminaries in Rom Speaking to the international group of Jesu said, "I assure each of you, dear new deacons, tha

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mankind. Beloved brothers and sisters, may your faith risen Lord increase your joy and peace in this season. May you find renewed enthusiasm to shi plan of salvation to

all

tear

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Good News with all, especially the suffering, the and the oppressed. May Mary, the mother of sustain your hope and strengthen you to serve and your neighbor ever more faithfully. I extend a special welcome to the newly on deacons of the Irish College and of the Scots' together with their families and the staff of t\ leges. May your diaconal ministry lead you to ir

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ing intimacy with Jesus, the great high priest,

you conscious of your responsibilities in the ser God's holy people. To all the English-speakin tors, from Great Britain, Ireland, the Philippines nesia, Taiwan and the United States, I wish happy Easter!

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Dear brothers and sisters, The message of the angel to the holy women at the tomb that Jesus, whom they were seeking, had risen has echoed down the centuries from that first Easter morning until our own day. Christ's Passover, from

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called, in the course of the centuries, to see

suffer

hardline pressure to aid the Serbs.

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U.N. plans for more of

to tighten

carriers

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Life Office

obvious that United Nations efforts to halt

It is

Serbian aggression in the area have not worked. think

The Respect

— Pope John Paul

II,

a message marking the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw

Ghetto Uprising in his native Poland, called on Christians and Jews to unite against modern forms of prejudice and anti-Semitism. The pope recalled the 1943 uprising, in which some 25,000 Jews were killed by occupying Nazi forces, as a time of horrible suffering that must not be forgotten. The message, released at the Vatican April 16, was addressed to Polish Jewish organizations. "Together with the whole Church I wish to remember those terrible days of the Second World War, days of contempt for the human person, manifested in the horror of the sufferings endured at that time by so many of our Jewish brothers and sisters," the pope said. "It is with profound grief that we call to mind what happened then, and indeed all that happened in the long black night of the Shoah. We remember, and we need to remember, but we need to remember with renewed trust in God and in his all-healing blessing," he said. The pope said Christians and Jews have a common

responsibility to be a "blessing" to the world

each other. "This will effectively occur if we are unitec face of the evils which are still threatening: in ence and prejudice, as well as displays b: Semitism," he said. The pope expressed thanks for what has £ been achieved by Catholics and Jews through di

and cooperation and added: "For what we a do I offer my ardent prayers." The pope's message was sent through the

called to

bishops' conference to the Coordinating

Comr

of Jewish Organizations in Poland. It was t( three days before ceremonies to commemor uprising,

which began April

fighters in

Warsaw made

19, 1943,

when

a final resistance aga

German army. Warsaw' s substantial Jewish population, esi about 400,000 before the war, was virtually out by deportation, disease and killings that o< at

under occupation.

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Editor's

Notebook

Light

By BOB GATELY

m I the only ling to

one

who

appear that

is bothered by Mike Krzyzewski's deal with Nike? It's am, since I haven't seen or heard any questions raised in print or on the air. Let me recap for those who don't read the sports pages

Duke basketball coach signed a 15-year Nike which makes athletic shoes, including basketball shoes. Under the terms of the contract, the Duke basketball team, which has used Adidas shoes for several Last week, the

contract with

years will switch to Nike.

—

Coach

will provide "feed-

apparently as some sort of consultant. back" to Nike What does Krzyzewski get in return? Well, for starters, he received a cool one million bucks just for signing the contract. He also gets stock options and will be paid $350,000 a year for the life of the contract. There are chief executives of some fairly big corporations who don't have nd of a deal. tell

make deals with shoe manufacturers. are many who don't. (And I'll concede

basketball coaches

that a lot of them do but there also some of those cases it is because the manufacturers aren't interested in them, ill, how many shoes will an endorsement by the losing coach of Rinky Dink ?) And, of those that do, I would be willing to bet that few, if any, have the fdeal Krzyzewski just signed. also admit that it apparently is not illegal or the NCAA would have cracked ong ago. It's apparently a different story where players are concerned since AA in the past has taken a dim view of players receiving free shoes which they Seems there are different rules for players and coaches, i not accusing Coach K of any wrong doing. I am questioning the ethics of '

ole practice.

fairly certain that if

and

the public sector

money Some

ry.

Learning to live joyfully is a formidable challenge. We are all trying to learn this and some of us are better at it than others. Cardinal Newman once wrote: do not fear that I may have to die. I fear that I have never lived." The Resurrection of Jesus lights our path, as does the promise of eternal life. Robert Muller, the assistant to the Secretary General at the U.N. for more than 25 years, offered this advice: "Be happy, render others happy, proclaim your joy, love passionately your miraculous life. Do not wait for a better world; be grateful for every moment of life." It is possible to take such advice seriously? Is it so simple? Can we just decide to be happy? There are some

who

or other gifts

some

private business, there's a term for employees

from

suppliers. It's

known

as a "kickback" or

people, particularly public employees, have gone to jail for

even it.

answer probably is for school officials to handle the se of equipment, preferably by open bidding. That, at least would eliminate sibility of any appearance of impropriety on the part of the coaching staff, lso might not be a bad idea for the NCAA to take a good look at the practice. college athletics, the

find this idea absurd.

They

see so

much

suffering in

the world, they question whether one even has the right to

pursue the goal of happiness. I understand this point of view, but I do not share it. God made us for happiness; this

know from

faith,

not reason.

God would intervene in a dramatic Himself fully. But He waits patiently for us to understand that happiness is possible, even in the midst of pain and sorrow. Parallel to the river of sorrow flows the river of joy. God refrains from giving us proof positive of this truth because He wants our faith to grow. He also wants to win our love without overpowering us. No one can compel anyone to love, not even God. Blessed Julian of Norwich saw this clearly and responded with a childlike spirit, "The greatest honor any of us can give to Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of His love." I admit, translating this level of faith into action takes effort and imagination, but it can be done. Here are some ideas to help you on your way

often wish that

to reveal

spiritual journey:

Look at the people you met today with gratitude in your heart. Each one of them they are God's children, and we are all called to love

carries a special birthright

accepted a bundle of money to switch our printing to a different company, I probably would be looking for a new job.

iel

difficult art,

me that all

One Candle

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

or listen to sportscasts.

w't

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23,

—

one another.

Be grateful to God for every morsel of food you eat today. Take the initiative and make one phone call or write one letter today as a way of telling someone that you care. * Give your body some time and attention. Follow the rules of good nutrition. * Practice some kindness today, smile more often than usual. *Respond to warmhearted impulses, and be a more loving person. *Give a compliment today, point out the good in others. * *

*Forgive those who have offended you. want to understand God's gift of happiness and joy, you must first believe in Him; not the other way around. Believe deeply and, in a leap of faith, joy will If you

surely

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By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN was a Lutheran before joining the Catholic Church 14 years ago. I am years old. Is it permissible to sing a couple of Lutheran hymns at my lie funeral? These songs were so much a part of my childhood, and there I a lot of Lutheran relatives at that time. Songs I have in mind are like | a Friend We Have in Jesus," "The Lord Is My Shepherd," "Beautiful w and "Faith of Our Fathers." I would appreciate your help. (Iowa)

come

to you.

(For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, SPIRITUALITY, HAPPINESS AND HEALTH, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 Street, New York, NY, 10017.) Father John Catoir is director of The Christophers.

I •

'm not

Praise

Thy Name,"

favorite, is

common

for example, a longtime Catholic in

many

other Christian churches,

including the Lutheran, which picked

it up in the original German. "Faith of Our Fathers," written by an English

Catholic priest, Father Frederick Faber,

a staple in

Protestant as well as Catholic worship.

critical

On the other hand, "A Mighty Fortress is our God," a hymn we Catholics know well, was written by Martin Luther. "Away in a Manger," "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" and, in fact, most other traditional Christmas hymns were written by Protestant clergymen, than which denomination first sang a hymn is its musical,

nd of course theological quality. ay be worth repeating the main criteria for music in the Catholic Church, as 1 some years ago by the American bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, any music must meet three tests before it is used in the Eucharist or other liturgies. first is artistic. It

should be basically good music, both in composition and

udgment, this is the one quality most offended against in many parishes, 'oes not become appropriate for the liturgy simply because the notes hang and the composer or performers have well-intentioned hearts,

pnd, music

must be

Ic fits liturgical

liturgically correct. That means among other things that seasons and feasts and gives proper opportunity for the whole

Ration to participate in those parts of the

Mass which

Jeface ("Holy, Holy, Holy"), for example, sung

are theirs.

music must be pastorally appropriate. That doesn't mean it has to be it be music which will help this particular Ration at this particular time pray and worship God well together, iously, many songs which some people consider "Protestant" offend none requirements when used at appropriate times in our liturgy. or your funeral, which we hope is not imminent, please talk with your parish ally,

a series of columns written by staff members of Catholic Social members are not

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On two occasions in my life, someone gave me the gift of "freeing me me talk about circumstances that directly touched their lives

up."

and by generously responding in a way that freed me, I experienced peace in an area that had caused me guilt and pain. When parents give that gift to their children, wives to their husbands, teachers hearing

to their students, then counselors are not needed.

Counseling can bring an individual to a sense of freedom, but it can move slowly The counselor cannot move too quickly in reassuring the individual that he or she is good and lovable, because it could be misinterpreted as a platitude rather than the identity it is trying since the person being counseled often has layers of clutter.

to instill. I

love those

affirmation,

moments

which

me.

counseling

when the inner person risks

usually followed by a quizzical look and a

receiving such

comment, such

my office last week. "You really mean it?" asked the man before

A tear fell and I knew that

some

healing,

some

freeing,

some wholeness was

beginning.

Would that more of us could be healthy enough to give that preventative gift of realness in relationships to those close to us at

work and

home. Admittedly,

counselors can have the ability for their clients while struggling with the same issues in their

own homes.

A response

by a folk group alone, would

equirement, as would a solo "Our Father."

tig the pastor likes, but that

Crosswinds

Services. In order to protect client confidentiality, the staff

the one expressed in

ance.

dhis

Crosswinds

what you are asking. Perhaps it's because I really don't know what a "Lutheran" hymn is in the first place. For one thing, many Lutheran churches sing what most of us would call Catholic hymns. "Holy God We

really sure

priest about the details,

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music you

desire. If

you or a member of your parish wish further

suggest you obtain a copy of "Music in Catholic Worship," available from

Publications, 3211 Fourth Street N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1 194.

(A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about Mary, the mother of Jesus, is available by sending a stamped self- addressed envelope to Father John

Dietzen,

for

this

News

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April 23,

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? What Makes An By SISTER

Catholic?

Institution

Lifeline

'Something

By JIM MCINERNEY By the time this goes

assume the name Catholic unless Competent authority is not spelled out in the law. Cross references would indicate that competent authority for international associations would be the Holy See, diocesan organizations the diocesan bishop, public associations the Holy See and national associations the According to canon law no undertaking is

given

shall

216).

(c.

and

What makes

The school must be

a school Catholic?

under the direction of a Church authority, recognized in writing by a Church authority. No school may use the word Catholic without the consent of competent authority. The criteria for Catholicity in a school would be found in the name, recognition, origin, purpose, ownership, faith commitment of teachers and students, correct directives and Gospel values. Depending on the school, the competent authority could be the Holy See, the diocesan bishop or other ordinaries in the diocese (vicars general, major superiors of religious communities.)

(c.

803.)

To start with there is no Again the college or university requires the consent of the competent authority to be called Catholic. Pope John Paul II has stated that a Catholic college or university must make a specific contribution to the Church and to society through high quality scientific research. This institution should show the full meaning of a human person in Christ and contribute to the total development of a person. Such an institution should be known for its outstanding knowledge and for students with a real Christian commitment. theology, canon law, church history, Full-time faculty in the sacred sciences scripture and liturgical studies must have a mandate to teach and this must be granted by competent ecclesiastical authority which would be the Holy See, bishops or major superior of a religious order. The "mandate" is simply a recognition that a person is properly engaged in teaching the discipline. This canon does not apply to the institution, per see but to individual teachers. Such a requirement, "the mandate" was not found in the 1917 Code of Canon Law and was not found in the documents Canon 808 speaks of

colleges and universities.

definition of a college or university in the code.

—

of Vatican

because

ment

II. It

—

has been a cause of considerable controversy in the United States

appears to interfere with academic freedom, a high priority and require-

for U.S. accreditation.

What makes a hospital Catholic? Again we have the same underlying concepts: ownership of property, control by a recognized authority in the Church, and recognized as Catholic. The code does not deal directly with Catholic hospitals as it does with Catholic schools. To be called Catholic an institution must act that way. It must be supervised by an entity which can act in the name of the Church. When ownership is not by an entity which can act in the name of the Church, and the institution is not run by ecclesiastical authority, just as in the case of schools, a hospital can be called Catholic provided ecclesiastical authority gives written recognition of this. Usually approved Catholic institutions are listed in the Official Catholic Directory which gives recognition of a Catholic identity. It is not essential for a Catholic institution to be listed in this directory, all that is required is the bishop's

Mercy Sister Jeanne-Margaret McNally, a The Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte.

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canon law,

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led to

active due to old age and

attenuation or overturning be-

fore the need for demonstrations and

rescues

abortion clinics were seen as

necessary by

many of the

faithful.

And surely the non-desperate outlook for the unborn, resulting from the 1992 election in which about one of every two Catholics voted pro-abortion, might not

exist.

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to those of

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Once again people of Charlotte have

When

he will

strike

ixtj

talking about the

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mWm to

most celebrated

serial killer oi)l

Jack Kevorkian. They tell us that hem doctor, but I will not insult that noble profession by appen n| "Dr." to his name. In case you have been living in the out of Australia for the past 18 months, I will fill you in oi is

w£m details. Jack, a retired pathologist, has dedicated the rest of hi

something he truly believes

dubbed

name

in;

helping people end their lives. The media He has developed devices that ma

this practice "assisted suicide."

possible for even the most severely physically impaired persons to end their

he rigged up a machine that, at the push of a button, rele massive doses of deadly fluids into bloodstream through an I.V. In other episi lives. In several cases,

gas was the weapon of choice. In

merely

all

instances, the suicide triggers the device,

assists.

Thus far Jack has gotten away with this because he has practiced it or Michigan, a state that, until recently, had no law that specifically prohibited ass suicide. That has now changed. A law is on the books and the governor has si a special order for its immediate implementation. Will that stop Jack? He says not. Stay tuned. My file on euthanasia is literally bulging. It keeps growing every week. I si it back in the '70s. In the specific instance of Kevorkian, the articles, commen and broadcasts have been running nonstop for the past year and a half. Law politicians, theologians, ethicists and editorialists have all had their say It reminds me of the early abortion debate. First, it was only for the hard c That was the wedge that the abortionists used to insert the practice into the rea legality. Then that wedge was used to split open the constitution and invent right, the "right to privacy." This right was then used to end the lives of millk unborn children. Now, the right to privacy is being used as the centerpiece in the legal str to legalize euthanasia. Already it has been employed to allow the withdrawi food and hydration from comatose patients (the hard cases.) Next, it will be u: challenge Michigan' s, or some other state' s, law against assisted suicide. Soi soon, the practice will be widespread. I watched a Public Television broadcast recently that covered a bit of most Americans are unaware of. It concerned the dissent against the Nazi regi some German officers. One of the officers interviewed recalled the first time i

civilians being executed

old at the time and his

and dumped into a mass grave. The lieutenant was 1 8| reaction was to call his superior and have the exec

first

stopped.

His commander was as appalled as he was, but cautioned the young if they tried to stop the killing. This incident officer becoming involved in a conspiracy to overthrow his governmei division held the distinction of having the greatest number of officers arre: executed for treason. As he recalled witnessing those murders, he said his entire moral univer they both would be killed

We had to star) broken in politics, you can repair it. But you can't You have to start from scratch." The killing of babies by the millions, the starvation of the comatose, the'as: of troubled souls in committing suicide (in some cases after getting the bless their pastors), the genetic screening of the defective... I think that something hi shattered, and politics is incapable of fixing it. The Nazis were stopped because we fought a war against them and won. history books tell us. But of late I have been wondering. Did we really win I

paraphrase: "Something was shattered then.

something morals the same way. scratch... If

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munities and even our churches have all done the same thing. They've decided that nothing can be done to save David and his friends from the streets. They've given up trying, and they just hope that

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given up hope, no wonder David goes with the gang. Our families, our schools, our com-

when nobody has the energy and will to

Teens say they join gangs because

soon as classes

silent

that's tearing

year-old boy go off into the night to

given him better choices.

cities, as

cries.

commu-

would build his community up, rather than letting him hang out with the group

the

David goes out at night, and nobody

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keeping him involved

the kids

own way and hope somehow come

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mse a teen who joins a gang has l let down by the people who should i

their

think

nobody

maybe Jesus

And where is the Church? In my community, many members of gangs are Latino, Filipino and Vietnamese. Almost all of those kids come from Catholic families. Why wasn't anybody from David's parish working with him,

to supervise the kids.

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many families way they

need to. Sometimes it's because the economic realities keep parents at work for long hours, leaving

think

empty buildings. School and community recreation programs have been forced out of existence because the money that supported them just went away. David says there's nothing else to do, and he's telling the truth. When a city provides its teens with no alternatives to mindless violence, those kids have been poorly served.

allowed to be out on

fact is that

are the schools and

activities

don't support each other the

answer like, "I don't know for sure, at do you think?" But I spent the next :k thinking about what he had asked. When I was a kid, the nuns told us "

become

or later?

when you commit cry when a kid joins

nities? In

the street, unsupervised, until midnight

e he sat, waiting for one.

"Jesus cries

—

are over in the afternoon, the schools

it's

Where are these teen-agers' families? Where are their mothers and fathers, uncles and cousins? How come a

me because

The question confused

me for who I

ager joins a gang,

him

Where

am." When a teenbecause there's a sense of acceptance and membership that he or she can't find anywhere else. accept

ing?"

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"the

coming from one so there David sat, with his

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ng. Still,

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FAITH IN ACTION The

first

in good parenting cope with that commo

step

learning to factor in

life

known as

parenting guide

stress, say]

James Kenny, author

Dr.

Learning

(St.

Loving an\ Anthony Messengjf titled,

1615 Republic St, Cincin Ohio 45210. 1992. Paperbj $7.95). Kenny, a psychology! writes: "Learning how to cope wit] Press,

S|ll All

contents copyright

CNS

means

stress

Essential steps for single

do ml when thin{\ are going poorly that we need to f Reflection: "Most of us

when we

many

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me Lord when I'm Be near me Lord, I pray."

"Be near trouble....

sang that particular response at conviction this morning. I'm going through one of my "not so sure of myself" times as a single I

Mass with more

parent.

Although 95 percent of the parenting was mine throughout 17 years of marriage, I experience brief periods of being overwhelmed now that I'm the only adult in the house-

8-year-old daughter, Noelle, confided in me recently that she would have to go through cheerleading tryouts "alone" this year because of a previously scheduled workshop I must cohost at our parish. I tried to convey my confidence in her ability to do her best, the fact that I would drop in between workshops and that many children and parents we consider her "extended family" would be present to support and cheer

her on. to ease

her mind. I'm

eased Mom's heart. more than anything in those rare times when I question my not sure I

offset

battle guilt

abilities as a single parent.

remain

in-

time, special planned activities and lots of faith that God will walk with me

through these

difficult

My work as

both writer and speaker keep me busy. But the bottom line is that my work is

but joyous

and despite the ups and downs I wouldn't trade a minute of it. world,

liness

and

feelings

of inadequacy over-

whelm me, I quickly try to replace them with the realization that I have taken control of

life

and try daily to stay on a positive course for myself and my children.

That

helps.

follow in single parenting,

mine are simple and few. try to be positive ... and

honesty and

work

at building a strong

support system with friends as extended family

members....

humor

are family at St. Mary's,

and that sense of family plays a

vital

my childrens' development.

A sense of

since. I don't j

with him.

on it to stay sane.

rely

ity for everyone, focusing

about ourselves as

One

on good

til

human beings.

favorite books, a

system with friends as extended family

that often seem greatly magnifiet those of us struggling to raise chil

members.

alone.

eyes open.

I've

learned that children hate to be lonely. A sense of humor is

critical in single

parenting.

find this

when

mothers and fathers to plan and organize complicated home and work schedules, and to provide the parental formation children need are inspiring," the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for a Pastoral Response to Women's Concerns said in the major report on women's concerns it released last December. Single parents deserve support from the larger church community, the report suggested. And it stressed the burden single parents bear, focusing most strongly, as a report on women's concerns, on the challenges of single mothers. "An increasing number of America's children are being raised in families in which one parent, more often than not the mother, remains primarily responsible for their care. The need to be both the breadwinner and a homemaker-mother places an extraordinary burden on the single-parent woman," the report said. To encourage single mothers and fathers, the report urged "the formation of more single-parent support groups within parishes and support for the establishment of day-care centers near homes or places of employment." The report also proposed "that two-parent families be more sensitive to single parents, for example, by including them and their children in social gatherings and recreational activities." David Gibson,

him ever

to shirk responsibility in des]

We work at building a strong support

and communication even when someone feels a need to talk at 2 a.m. when Mom can barely hold her

FOOD FOR THOUGHT "The

humor

book for children of single pare suggests that the kind of parei child lives with is more impor than the number of parents. Good ents, whether one or two, help kic grow up healthy and happy. I 1 those words close to my heart and out in times of stress. Life is a series of ups and dc

especially true dealing with my 18-year-old son, Scott. He began testing my ability to deal with him and played one parent against the other when he first sensed a divorce was eminent. He climbed out his first window after being grounded at age 14.

is critical."

embraces single-parent families. We feel welcome and are encouraged to be

role in

We stress

communication....

community which

take care of myself

I'm fortunate to belong to a faith

active.

We stress honesty

there are steps to

emotionally....

been a constant battle to stay

And we make self-esteem a high [

Taking things one day at a time helps us celebrate the good times and survive the tough ones.

You see, I believe raising these chil"If

It's

step ahead of

ally.

years.

dren is the most important job in the

Photo by Cleo Freelance Photo

If there are steps to follow in single parenting, mine are simple and few. I try to be positive about our situation and take care of myself emotion-

schedule with quality

When guilt, lone-

hold.

That seemed

home

tact. I

Among

ideas for taking care

humor. Laughter, like rage, explosive, he says. "Laughter cm\ be forced, but when it happens it\ like the sun breaking through da clouds for a moment."

necessary for this

Service

It's

oneself under stress, Ken recommends eating, sleeping \ exercising well. He also recommem

CNS

Catholic

feel well.

cautious," says Kenny.

parenting By Linda Allison-Lewis

learning to sta

good mental shape most of time, and learning how to a j positively and constructively, when you feel rotten."

efforts of single

Editor, Faith Alive!

But

ask God ents us,

we believe

in ourselves

— the most loving of

single

— to walk each step of the way

we make it through.

sat in a restaurant one re evening in Covington, Ky., watc my son Christian, 23, spend with his little sister. I was to speak at a youth rally Cincinnati where he lives and work and Noelle jumped at the chance to s a few extra hours together. He calli weekly to ask about school, gymna cheerleading and just to try to loving big brother role model ir life. It works. As I listened to them talk, I fel confidence begin to emerge again. 1 "family" in their chatter and sensed^ I

mendous caring in their interaction. I smiled to myself and realized I decent job at this single parenting

ness.

Noelle and

hugged and kissed (

tian goodbye, looking forward to

his

her first Communion less tl month away. As we left the restaur visit for

squeezed Noelle's hand and whisj * once again, "Be near me Lord." (Ms. Allison-Lewis is a speake. author of several books which in • "Keeping Up Your Spirits The, (Abbey Press). She is the single p

of three children.)

parish and :

ather David K. O'Rourke, Catholic

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involved here: Single women with children are discriminated against and need an accepting place. Women are often afraid to go out alone at night and need safe places to go. And single parents usually are on tight budgets. The parish can provide a haven to people in this situation. For the parish can provide a welcoming,, physically safe, no-cost meeting place. It helps when parish social events include everyone. "Parties," for example, are for anyone, whereas "dances" are clearly

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many large parishes, ours is a ex mix of different kinds of fami'Vom households with four genms under one roof to the newly ed couple whose nearest relareside across the country, from es coping with a fixed income to professionals with imported j cars, the differences are real, e thing we can say about the il family in our California parish t we have no typical family, e most parishes, we are familiar he single-parent family: the situwhen a parent lives with a minor or children being raised without jse in the same household. This ;e

g, difficult

for couples.

Parish groups can also provide adult is often overlooked. Conversations with children may wear thin. And the single parent who doesn't have another parent at home to compare notes with finds it helpful to meet with other parents to talk over common contact. This, too,

responsibility.

jiow there are fathers raising en alone and fathers who give jrful care to children living alone heir mother. But I will describe a ion involving a mother with the en because it is by far the most on. And it is an area where help ily needed, and easily can be proby a Catholic parish,

situations.

typical parish has many readyto help the single parent. Nonetheless, many parishes need to

The

made ways

how helpful the existing structures can be. What can a parish provide single parents? A welcome that doesn't look down on them because they are without a spouse. An invitation to join parish groups recognize

I'll call Marcia in a nearby raising two boys, 7 and 9, lit much help from her former nd. We call her a single parent, le boys' father is still in the picAnd his presence, marginal b.

CNS

—

roman 1

single parents

— and ministries. —A place to meet other adults

Photo by Cleo Freelance Photo

similar values.

(Father O'Rourke is pastor of St. Dominic's Catholic Church in Benicia,

charge.

Calif.)

—A physically safe place that doesn't And if the parish wants to be especially

helpful,

may

a single parents' group

the way to go.

with

not helpful, kind of situation is more com-

it is, is

han often

is recognized. custody arrangement between a and her former husband is that 1 take the boys every other weeklowever, he cancels the arrangeat the last minute nearly every This disappointment is hard on

The young widow of

By Father John

)ys

and also means Marcia

Catholic

supposed to care for her. But if they were too young to assume this respon-

Castelot

estate.

The prophet was really urging them to respect the general law, which specifically prohibited injustice toward

With no legal rights, she was an easy victim for heartless creditors. A "certain woman" not even named! complained to the prophet Elisha: "My husband, your servant, is dead.... Yet

hat would you, a single

most

like others

rent,

know about your

fmily?

his creditor has come to take my two children as his slaves" (2 Kings 4:1).

now

The psalmist lashed out at such heart"Widows and strangers

less exploiters:

they slay, the fatherless they murder" (Psalm 94:6).

"Homilies need to be more in touch with the ... many, many single parents.... The men in the parish need to reach out to children with single parents. Just take a day and go to a game. have a special Marietta needs child, and definitely need help with that."

While the reference

Meredeth, Muncie,

—

Ind.

S'le

is important. It is hard knowing that that my situation was someas different how 'wrong'.... It really helped when others identified with my situation and shared their own struggles." Steve Patterson, Ball win, Mo.

"Acceptance

for

others were seeing

our situation

—

"Trying to raise sons and daughters without a father isn't easy. it isn't the way God planned it or the way planned it. to do 'women things' very well. What we don't do so well at all are 'men things' and my children need that.... wish more men in the parish would ask my sons to ... do things together." Beth I

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know seem

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Huchinson, Geneva, Ohio

publication, please write:

Fourth St. N.E., Vishington, D.C. 20017-1100. Ijith

not to outright homicide, ruthless people could reduce is

widow

such

dire straits that she

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am a single parent. don't make a and others. don't see it as 'them and us.' You get out of it what you put into it. I'm still included maybe not to the extent that used to be when had an automatic Mary Lou Barella, Muncie, Ind. baby sitter." "I

don't feel different

because

between my

situation

distinction

—

widow's plea does not reach them"

tion.

she was in a precarious posi-

There was no Social Security, no Aid for Dependent Children, no structured system she could turn to. She could not even inherit her husband's

In biblical times, when a girl got married in her early teens, she might well face the prospect of becoming a young widow with children to raise. It was a daunting prospect. There was no such thing as an independent woman in ancient society. She existed only as a member of a family, dependent on her father or husband. If her husband died she returned to her father's house, as Tamar did when Onan died (Genesis 38:11). If a widow had children, they were

days

(Isaiah 1:23). Earlier the prophet had pleaded with them: "Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow" (Isaiah 1:16).

sibility,

Service

can't

plans for these weekends, ice the child support is minimal independable, and Marcia's salnot large, finances are tight. So arish, with its ready-made, conlg groups, plays an important irtive role in the family's life, rcia sings in one of the choirs, reekly practice is one of her few outlets. It is not easy for a single t to have a "night out." And the provides a safe and free one eveek. Take a look at each element

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biblical

and her children faced eventual starvation.

A widow had no defender before the law and was at the

mercy

of crooked

judges

who favored

people with the

wherewithal

to grease their p alms

Isaiah pointed an accusing finger at them: "Each one of them loves a bribe....

The

fa-

therless they defend not, and the

widows (Exodus 22:22). But too often law remained only an ideal. In the Christian community, Luke especially was a champion of widows.

this

His Gospel

tells

us of the special fund

them and the conflict that arose when Greek-speaking widows set aside for

were being shortchanged in favor of native Jewish-Christian widows (Acts 6:1-6).

Luke

tells of

one feisty widow who

refused to be ignored by a judge "who neither feared God nor respected any human being" (Luke 18:2). James said that true religion means caring for orphans and widows in their affliction and keeping oneself unstained by the world (James 1:27). Still, the young widow with children lived an uncomfortable existence. She remained dependent on the community. It is to the community's credit that it opened its arms to them.

(Father Castelot scholar, author

and

a Scripture

lecturer.)

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April 23,

People Dads Hold Tournament To Raise Money For Parish Catholic School

SEATTLE (CNS)

— They

didn't

wear uniforms or numbers Nor did they have a coach. But the competition was

The News

ber of American bishops who had attended all four sessions of the Second

Benedictine Sister Cecile Gertken. Sister Cecile, 91, has dedicated herself to

Vatican Council, died Easter Sunday, April 1 1 in his hometown of La Crosse.

perpetuating the use of the centuries-

abuse of children by priests. "We ha j in our Church today v|j pedophilia and we must face it," heia

old church chant and renewing

"It is

19;

He was

The bishop, who headed the

in modern Christianity.

its

problem

not enough to say that we have] pedophilia than other groups in socil

status

"Gregorian chant

What we have

fierce, nonetheless, as

Superior Diocese from 1960 until he

for the basketball

retired in 1985, died of complications

body of melody in the history of music,"

ministry as a Church." At the same t J

from bladder cancer. A prayer service at St. Joseph the Workman Cathedral in La Crosse was April 15, and a funeral

she said in an interview with the Saint

he asked people to recognize and sg port "the multitude of good and faitl priests" who are not engaged in sej; misconduct. Archbishop Weakla column appeared in the April 8 issul his diocesan newspaper, the Cathi

dads battled dads championship of Assumption School For the past four years fathers of students at the North Seattle Catholic elementary school have sponsored a double-elimination tournament .

Opus Dei, or

King Cathedral in Superior. In 1964 Bishop Hammes introduced the Englishlanguage Mass in his diocese, and he

was among

team' s name on a trophy, and receive "a handshake, a pat on the back and a lot of attaboys," coordinator Al Smith told

diocesan newspaper.

Visitor, the

Saturday evening Mass in anticipation of the Sunday obligation. He also was

celebrated April 16 at Christ

the

ment. They pay $ 1 5 apiece to play in the five-day tourney. Winners get their

Cloud

Gregorian chant is a plain chant set aside by most church musicians after the Second Vatican Council and the introduction of the vernacular into the liturgy. Sister Cecile translated into English from Latin many early Christian hymns of praise that make up the official prayer of the Church known as

Mass was

to benefit the school's athletic depart-

our Christian heritage and the greatest

the first to authorize the

The Progress, newspaper of the Seattle

an early leader in ecumenism, publish-

Archdiocese. This year a record 76 dads

ing guidelines for ecumenical efforts,

signed up to compete, and the school

for interfaith marriages and for allowing

Nuns

stood to make $850, minus the cost for refreshments and referees.

non-Catholic Christians to receive Com-

Assistant

Bishop Bullock Moved From Des Moines To Madison WASHINGTON (CNS) Pope John Paul II has transferred Bishop William H. Bullock, 66, from Des

Catholic Journalist, Educator Donald McDonald Dies

munion under

the

Moines, Iowa, to Madison, Wis. He succeeds Bishop Cletus F. O'Donnell, who retired in April 1992 and died last September. The transfer was announced in Washington April 1 3 by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, papal pro-nun-

former director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, died of cancer March 16 in Montecito at the age of 72. He was buried in the Santa Barbara Cemetery. He edited The Catholic Messenger, diocesan weekly newspaper in Davenport, Iowa, from 1 949 to 1 959 and wrote a syndicated weekly column, "Essays in Our Day," for the Catholic press. He also reviewed classical music and con-

cio to the United States. Bishop Bullock's successor in Des Moines was not immediately announced. William

H. Bullock was born in Maple Lake,

Minn., April 13, 1927. He was ordained a priest of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese in 1952 after studies at St.

Thomas College in St. Paul, the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Ind., and St. Paul Seminary. He holds advanced degrees and liturgy.

tributed free-lance articles to a

Commonweal and The

Critic.

Minnesota Nun Working To Keep Gregorian Chant Alive

Bishop Ha mines, Farly Vatican II Reformer, Dies At 81

ST.

—

LA CROSSE,

number

of magazines, including America,

education

in religious

—

MONTECITO, Calif. (CNS) A Memorial Mass was celebrated April 1 at Marquette University for Donald J. McDonald, a Catholic journalist, educator and former dean of the College of Journalism at Marquette. McDonald,

Wis. (CNS) Retired Bishop George A. Hammes of Superior, Wis., one of a dwindling num-

alive,

Pope Gregory

came shortly after allegat:

two seminaries run by religious Milwaukee Archdiocese

ders in the

Byzantine Archbishop Of Pittsburgh Dies At Age 69

Mother Teresa's Groomed For Succession

Believe

India

(CNS)

PITTSBURGH (CNS)

— The

bishop

may have an answer for supporters who are worried the order will lack leadership and drive when Mother Teresa ends her term as superior general. But stricter discipline and austerity await them if the nun who many think is being groomed as Mother

antine

—

Thomas V. Dolinay of the Bp Archdiocese of Pittsburgh fl

of an apparent heart attack April his

home

in Pittsburgh.

He was 6im

former Catholic newspaper editor

father and grandfather were EasternB

Catholic priests, Archbishop Dolfl

had headed the Pittsburgh ArchdioB since June 12, 1991. He succeeded AM bishop Stephen J. Kocisko, who ret at age 75. Funeral services were 19 at Holy Spirit Church in Pittsbu

Teresa's successor takes over. Sources

have told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, that the choice of the next Missionaries of Charity leader is almost made. Reportedly the search has zeroed in on Sister Fedrick Lewis, Mother Teresa's assistant and first councilor. Observers and associates confirm Sister Fedrick is strict and

Jerusalem Patriarch Appeals

For End To Violence ROME (CNS) Jerusalem

—

rite

Patriarch Michel Sabbah, markl

tense Easter weekend, appealed

businesslike.

end

to violence in the

fo'

Holy Land

patriarch said that in the face of

Archbishop Calls Clergy Sexual Misconduct Church's Good Friday MILWAUKEE (CNS) In a Holy Week column Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee called the barrage of news about sexual misconduct by priests the "Good Friday" of the

sta<

Arab-Israeli negotiations, both

—

Catholic Church.

CLOUD, Minn. (CNS)— Were

and impedes [

surfaced of sexual misconduct by pril

Missionaries of Charity

—

real

Work of God.

CALCUTTA,

certain conditions.

Herald.

need

make

a serious

commitmei

dialogue and reject violence as coui productive. "It

vinced

time to become

that, despite all the prejud

fed by a century of conflict, the o

was not created in God' s image to bf

He especially focused

enemy but

on the widely reported issue of sexual

be a friend and broth

the said.

the late sixth-

century father of Gregorian chant, would

probably sing a

hymn

praise

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Monday: Acts

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Wednesday: Acts

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Thursday: Acts 8:26-40: John 6:44-51

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1993

(ireensboro Vicariate Parishes Kick Off

Food Program

itvutii

Volunteers

(1-r)

unload food

manned by volunteers Steve Morgan

food from

warehouse

(1)

Greensboro

in Fayetteville.

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The weather wet and chilly, but the warmth of le 25 spirited volunteers filled the Our Lady of Grace. The day was March 27, D-Day for the first

nancy Center. While picking up their food, they were given the opportunity to signup for the next distribution, Saturday, April 24 at Our Lady of Grace

irday,

Gym.

day for the SHARE *ram sponsored by the Greensboro

The food packages are available to everyone regardless of financial status. More people are expected to sign up as word about the opportunity gets around the community. Efforts will be made to help those on fixed or limited incomes learn more about the program.

ithly distribution

ariate.

Representing

parishes in the vi-

1 1

ate,

volunteers packaged food for 93

3le

who had

signed up for the pro-

SHARE participants pay $13 for

liange for giving

community

at $25 to $35 in two hours of their

packages valued

service projects.

onions, noodles, spa-

for Community Life representatives ini-

in Fayetteville,

and returned

to the

where other volunteers waited to into individual packages whole :kens, ground turkey, fresh sausage l,

itoes, carrots,

sauce, canned green beans and

mix.

Participants provided receipts showtheir contribution :

Com-

parishes of the Greens-

fresh broccoli, apples, oranges,

truck from Greensboro to the

led the truck

tti

1 1

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\RE warehouse

it,

The SHARE project is the first joint endeavor of the Community Life missions in the

Before dawn, four volunteers drove ntal

Judy Rockelein, Carol Ros, Marian Father Joe Roesch and Martie Elkins

Our Lady of Grace.

ROSEMARY MARTIN

GREENSBORO

and Tripp Boyers arrives

of volunteer ser-

hours given at organizations such

Vlaryfield listry,

Nursing Homes, Urban

Potters House and Crisis Preg-

February 1992 by Daughter of Charity Sister Anne Joseph Edelen of Catholic Social Services. Since then,

Volunteers

(1-r)

Jose Isabel Pacheco and Rose

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983 by Carl Shelton, a Catholic deacon San Diego, Calif., SHARE has grown

tiated in

the group has

program. The Greensboro Vicariate is a member of SHARE of the Carolinas. Rosemary Martin is a parishioner at St. Pius X Church.

met regularly

and support of parish

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Carlos Rosas Carlos Rosas, de Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, compositor con estilo "mexicano-americano" refleja al mismo tiempo el principio de la universalidad en la musica. Muchas de sus canciones aparecen en Flor y Canto y se han hecho populares,

Cuco Chavez

es un prometedor litugista, musico y compositor de Mexico, residente eh los Estados Unidos, ejerce su ministerio musical en la Arquidiocesis de Los Angeles,

California.

Originario de Jalisco, Mexico, ha

directamente de este joven prominente, despues de una conversacion telefonica con el para pedirle material de publication, con el fin de darlo a conocer

vivido y estudiado en los Estados Unidos por un buen numero de anos. Ademas

miembro

Liturgia Hispana, Asociacion Nacional

Cuco Chavez quiere que haya un ambiente mas festivo y hospitalario en

de Musicos Pastorales y Consejo Nacional Catolico del Ministerio

Dice que el lograra esto al inyectar sus composiciones liturgicas con ritmos latinos tales como, salsa, cumbia, merengue y musica de mariachi. Segun la opinion de Chavez, las celebraciones liturgicas son una magmfica oportunidad de inculturacion y de ser mas sensibles a la cultura y la expresion religiosa del pueblo hispano. "La musica es un medio que trasciende

Hispano.

las barreras culturales

musicos y sacerdotes deben de usarla en toda su plenitud". Cuco Chavez afirma que los ritmos latinos "son expresion cultural de nuestro pueblo", "expresan el sentir del corazon de la gente que los creo. Esos ritmos llevan al lenguaje de nuestros antepasados que es simple y pegajoso, que hacen que la gente se comunique si, se amen y se reconozcan mientras dan culto a Dios".n Nacional de

entre

Este joven compositor y cantor del pueblo promueve el desarrollo cultural en la iglesia, aplicando las ensenanzas del Concilio Vaticano II, "Yo quisiera que nos expresemos tal y como somos, de esa forma, nuestras celebraciones liturgicas seran

estaran

mas

Gregorian Institute of America Pub7404 South Mason Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60638, tel. (708) 496-3800 publican sus colecciones musicales: Celebrando la Presencia Hi spana, Aguas de la Tierra (incluyendo Misa Unificada) y la mas reciente "Mariachi" (presentando La Nueva Misa lications, Inc.,

Mariachi), disponibles en cancioneros,

CD's y

cassettes

y los pastoralistas,

liturgistas,

mas

participadas y concurridas".

Carlos esta preparando un repertorio

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Los Angeles (CNS) Haganse a un lado Julio Iglesias, Gloria Estefan y Linda Ronstadt. Abran campo para Cuco Chavez, de 28 anos de edad, quien esta labrandose un nombre para si mismo en los cfrculos de musica liturgica. Chavez compuso la cancion-tema titulada "Alas y Rafces" para el Congreso Nacional Hispano del mismo nombre, que tuvo lugar en Los Angeles el pasado mes de agosto, 1992. Este joven compositor dijo al Catholic News Service que a traves de sus canciones, el trata de comunicar la notion de que los hispanos somos "un pueblo peregrino que se esfuerza por proteger nuestros valores y nuestras tradicione, nuestro amor y respeto hacia

nuestros padres, asf Iglesia".

como

hacia

El dijo que canta sobre

y tiempos liturgicos de la Iglesia. Ros piensa que es importante celebrar liturgia no solo en el lenguaje que hal la gente sino en su propia cultura. En cancionera "Flor y Canto' como muchos otros cassettes en esparu y catalogos, si lo piden, puede, encargarse a Oregon Catholic Preg 5536 NE Hassalo, Portland, Orego 972 1 3 y por telefono al 1 -800-547-899: en espanol ofrece la "Liturgia y Cancion trimestral para planear las celebracione liturgicas y educarse con algunc arti'culos interesantes.

Mary Frances Reza Orgullosa de sus rafces hispanas, Mary Frances se ha dedicado a trabajar incansablemente en pro de la musica liturgica que ayude al pueblo hispano a

expresar

espiritualidad,

sus

sentimientos y esperanzas.

Como directora de musica y liturgia, Mary Frances ha desarrollado un profundo

conocimiento

las

la comunidad hispar con respeto al culto divino. Ella h contribuido con 20 cantos en cancionero "Flor y Canto". Dios Amor y Aclamamos al Senor son si dos cancioners y cassettes que contiene canciones para la Eucaristfa Aclamaciones. Tambien puede encargarse a Oregon Catholic Press

necesidades de

Noticias Internacionales

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y uno de ellos la llamo "Embajadora c Chile en el Cielo". La ceremonia dd

Alrededor de 25,000 chilenos se

Vaticano fue transmitida en vivo pork dos canales principales de televisioi que atrajeron a una gran cantidad c televidentes. El centro de las festividadt ha sido Auco, el santuario construiti para conmemorar a Santa Teresa cere ddel monasterio donde ella murio a

Los Andes, Chila (CNS)

reunieron en el santuario de Auco, a una hora al norte de la capilla chilena de Santiago, para celebrar la canonizacion de la primera santa del pais, Sor Telesa de los Andes. La ceremonia de canonizacion, efectuada en el Vaticano el 21 de marzo de 1993, ha provodado un arranque religioso en Chile, con ceremonias y vigilias en todas las iglesias y comunidades de la nation virtualmente. Santa Teresa se apodero de las primeras planas de todos los periodicos de Chile durante tres dfas consecutivos

discrimination que han sufrido los hispanos y acerca de su lucha para ser un pueblo, a pesar de sus diversas nacionalidades y culturas.

Cuco Chavez

V ali

BC it

Tambien esta compama de publication

musical para necesidades especiales:

del Instituto de

diocesis de Charlotte.

las celebraciones liturgicas.

liturgica.

de servir con su ministerio musical en la Arquidiocesis de Los Angeles, a nivel nacional es

Amor Nos Unio"

composition y a la producci6n de musica

Recibimos esta foto y escrito

comunidad hispana de

"El

Al mismo tiempo se dedica a

Cucu Chavez

a nuestra

como

#119, "Alelluia, el Sehor Resucito" #149, "Jesus Resucito, Alelluia" #172., "Danos, Senor, De Esos Panes" #292, etc. Actualmente es director de la Oficina de Ministerios Hispanos de la diocesis de Baker y reside en Ontario, Oregon.

quinceaneras, bautizos, bodas funerales, ademas de otras festividac

edad de 19 anos. Sor Teresa de los Andes naci llamandose Juana Fernandez Solar f 1900 y se distinguio por su, devocic religiosa. Recibio su Primera Comunic a la edad de 10 anos, a la que describ como su "primer abrazo con Jesu despues del cual el Senor nunca n solt6,tomandomeparaSf'. Desdeaqu

momento de amor divino, ella se dedii a ayudar a los pobres y a los necesitadc antes de ingresar en las Carmelitas <

los

Andes en mayo de 1 9 1 9, con

quien<

ha compuesto mas de 100 canciones

estuvo solamente unos meses hasta moi

liturgicas.

tifus.

& Her

The Catholic News

23, 1993

Vietnamese Catholic Ministry Mon Qua Mot coGiao giang cho cac hoc biet nhifng phal

cho c3

nam ciia

minh nao

thai

dang ngoi hang ghe dan

loi lac

Cha Anthony De Mello

Thuc vay moi

ngii'oi

(ay

girt

khong? Hay

co gia

ta la

mot phal minh

mot Mon Qua

lay chua.

that

ndi:

khong nhin

thay.

loi

tri

rat

idi ciia

lam

Taking Flight

than trong nhin

toi

va ca nhan

toi

rat

ngudng

yeu thu'dng. Ba cho

Easter

mot cuon phim da xem

toi

vdchdng

vc mot cap

lai

tii

cuoc

Vo chang

diet.

Walt

cho,

toi

da tao dung nen

cho nhifng

con'. -De" !ro

Qua co GIATRI, va qua bo

d'd

tri

ngi/oi tri

toi,

bao

gid.

Gia

tri

cua

thanh

phai duoc

chung quanh va

Mon Qua

minh co th£

phai co

ta biet

CHO DI. Qua phai

mon qua co

chinh la

the nhin thay va

nhan hoac su hieu

biet

ve gia

tri

cua no. Ngiidi coi

ta biet

tri

ngu'di '

Cho

chinh dong

siia

tii

minh cho con bu. Mot hinh anh cho

mau cua ba

hoac cho bo

giai

"Hay nhu minh xem da

lai

mot

-r

thdi dai.

MON QUA qui Qua cho

la x

Trong giay phut

cam

thi

nao,

thdi, trai

tii

Ion vdi

\<at

cu cho minh se

mot

cho

ngu'di

Qua

ca'ddi.

Ngai

Giesu co nghia

huy

khi toi

lai

di chita

niem vui

loai.

Ngai

gia,

vo gia

tdi

biet.

Ngai da song, da

nen Banh, Riidu, cong viec cua doi

nen banh va ruou.thit va mau de chung

trd

Ngai d do de chung

that su,la cai T(5l

nhan

Ddi song cua mrjt Thien chua lam

co the

tdi bat ctl luc

the

Mon qua nay

ma Ngai khong

vui nao

do. Ngai da trd ho.

cho loan i

mot niem

uong cho

mo va chiem ngiidng.

de nuoi song dua con. Hinh anh nay goi

phai

Ban co nghi ve dieu do khong? Ngai

kien cho moi nguoi.

Chua va lam cho Ngai dan kho

de lam tron ven cai

gia nhat

nt?a.

nao de chia se va than truyen vdi Ngai. I r ~> ' - * r ~ - h Thanh the co nghia la cam nhan, cho dMa qua vo gia co nghia

day

gida dong

nghi ve ba dua con, ba

dang

xu'ng

Qua cho vo dieu

tarn tinh

hinh anh mot ngu'di

khong giang

va dong thdi cung

Khong co mot dau kho

co the so

Cau truyen dien

toi."

tay chai da de trd nen cua an cua

rang nha van hao nay co mot

ANH PHAI SONG.

de nhuiig ngudi khac dude song bdi

noi: "Toi

Chua Giesu Thanh The la

chet va song

cua no chi co khi nao

lie

ANH PHAI SONG.

qua song Huong va khi ho

mot dung cu de thong dat su cho di do chua?" Neu nghi theo each nay thi chung

Qua cho moi

ngudi.

voi nha*de

vao vong xoay. Ngu'di chdng da met nhoai

hai bi rot

Idi Iran trdi

Kahlil Gibran ndi:

ndi da giet con thien

ma thdi hoac ngifdc lai. Nha van Kahlil Gibran

hien nhien chung

da co

cho chinh ban than

Nha van

co the bang vat chat hoac tinh than. Mon qua ddi su

vat chat

Mot each

ngu'di

Whitman da

nam

ngay ho dang gap nguy va khi ba

biet

chdng vdi nhu'ng

lay

than chet, ba

khac

ngu'di

bo bang

lau

tren duting di tan, ho phai bdi

song nude cudn cudn chay va ca

loai.

mot Mon Qua cho nhuhg

khi ban chi cho ve vat chat, nhifng chan gia

chinh minh ban."

" trich trong tap

cho

lai

nhin qua cao thddng. Toi

Gia

vat chat se chi nhin gia

"Ban cho

ban cho

tri.Cau Ira

sang gia cho chinh

con cam on Ngai

khongjii cho ngu'di khac

nhieu khi co the

trong gia

em co the

cua thien chua. Dieu nay dadJoc

loi lac

de nghi rang chinh ban

lai

chap nhan va khong tuy thuoc vao

"Cac

hoi:

chJa co?" Mot hoc sinh

diu vd chang.

phai co hai yeu to quan trong:

tri,

nhan nhaudap:"T01

Irn'dc

noi each khac ban cd thdi gid de nhin vao trong tarn cua tain hdn va ndi truyen

chua Toi

Thua

50 nam ve

chung

Ban co bao gid ngiing

gi?

mot mon qua cua Chua cho chinh ban than

ddi toi nhu

cho Chua,

nhung phal minh hien dai co

quan trong

minh chi?ng b6i mot em hoc sinh sang

vo'i

Phuc Sinh cho ban!

sinh ve

mot phat minh mdi

-i

cua

nao, voi bat

te,co

cri

nghia

chiia tuhg co.

For You

Gift

TONG

By SISTER CECILIA

A teacher was giving a lecture on modern invention. "Can any of you mention aething of importance that did not exist 50 years ago ?" she asked.

One bright lad

row raised his hand eagerly and said,"Me !" Taken from Anthony de Mello 's Taking Flight. Indeed each one of us is a marvelous invention of God. This is affirmed by the little boy's wise answer.This boy gives me a hard look at myself as a gift from God to all of humanity. Did you ever stop to look at yourself as a gift to others? Or in another way of saying did you have time to look within yourself and say to God, "I am a marvelous gift to myself, to others and to You dear God. Thank You for creating me !" What are the gift-elements? For a gift to be given requires at least two element value and to be given away. A gift must e value. No one gives trash to others. Value can be seen but often cannot be seen: ues can be material and/or spiritual. The gift is appreciated and does not depend :he receivers and their system of values. A worldly person will only look to the :erial values of the gift and vice versa. Kahlil Gibran said: "You give but little in you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly i." Obviously this man has a much nobler way of perceiving gifts. I like to think of a breast-feeding mother. What an image of giving and loving, gives herself, her life blood away so that her child can live. This reminds me of of the great Vietnamese movies that I saw many years ago. Its title: "Khong, anh i song, No,you must live!" It told of a Vietnamese couple who tried to escape to in a front

South Vietnam. They had

swim

across the Perfume River and, in the middle of

the river, the water piled up and both were caught in the maelstrom of deadly waves.

The husband became exhausted because he had to hold his

wife.

the danger for both and, thinking of her three children, quietly

She instantly knew abandoned herself.

She set her husband free with her dying words: "No, you must live!" By dying she gave life to others for to withhold it is to perish. Walt Whitman said: "Behold I do not give lectures or a

little

charity.

Kahlil Gibran told us: "See

When

first that

give,

give myself!."

you yourself deserve

be a giver,and an

instrument of giving." In this sense then, the Eucharistic Lord is the greatest gift of God to the whole human race. He is the giver and the gift at the same time. Have you time to think about that? He is the gift for all seasons, a gift that is freely given to all so that all may have life. The value of this gift is beyond imagination because it costs Jesus God made man his entire life. Imagine a life of true God and true man.There is no human pain or human joy that He does not know. He lived, died and rose again to perfect so that this gift. He took the form of bread and wine works of human hands men and women can come and eat. He becomes flesh and blood so that we can touch, taste and eat. He remains there so that we can come at any time, with whatever mood

—

Him. means thanksgiving(or giving with thanks) Eucharist means gift, a means sacrificial love, means Jesus, means JOY (Jesus.Others, You) and me modern invention means all of those. Handmaids Sister Cecilia Tong is director of the Vietnamese Catholic Ministry are in to share, to talk with

Eucharist

—

for the Diocese of Charlotte.

Vietnamese News In Brief

CA.

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Diaconate Formation

the center Sunday, April 25 from 2

Jesus in our lives today on Saturday,

is at

Father Robert Graves presented a one-day retreat April 3 at Queen of the Apostles Church for men who are in the First Year Permanent Diaconate Formation Group. The 1 1 men received the Ministry of Reader and Ministry of Acolyte. Bishop John F. Donoghue offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass assisted by Deacons Ben Wenning, Guy Piche and Paul Watson. Master of Ceremonies was Father Frank O'Rourke, rector of St. Patrick Cathe-

May 1 from

p.m. to 5 p.m.

dral in Charlotte.

overnight retreat

BELMONT

—

The men studying for the diaconate Wayne Adams, Our Lady of the

are

Highways, Thomasville; Neil Chirico, St. John Neumann, Charlotte; Philip Killian

Benedict, Greensboro;

St.

Jr.,

Keith Kolodziej, St. Matthew, Charlotte; Michael Langsdorf, Holy Family, Clemmons; Carlos Medina, Hispanic Catholic Center, Charlotte; Edwin

10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mercy

The suggested donation is $25. For more information, write the JeHouse of

Springs,

Box

Prayer, P.O.

28743, or

area Divorced,

Prayer

— An

Dame, on Thursday,

from Meals on Wheels

of the Charlotte

volunteer services. Parishioners have

volunteered for Meals

On Wheels since

LENOIR

liams, associate provost of the Univer-

Annunciation Church received an award

April

7 p.m. in the Frances Auditorium

Main

Library,

310 N.

Tryon St.The presentation is free to the public. An open discussion will follow.

Family Fun Carnival

School

The

parish

Wheels.

—

WINSTON-SALEM is

nival at

from

11 a.m. to

The Diocesan Pastoral Council is planning three regional assemblies for

clude

game

fall and winter. The dates are being announced in advance so people can

walk, fish bowl, raffled baskets, outdoor games, lunch and concessions. For more information, call Beth Hoeing at (919)786-8900.

reserve the time to attend.

The 1

dates and places are: Oct. 9,

4 p.m.

Activities in-

tour of the city, the financial dis

Martin Luther King Center and Ge( Tech University. On the way home

— The next meeting

group will

bake

sale,

Club de Amistad, an Hispanic cultural group which meets monthly at LenoirRhyne College, is Sunday, May 2 from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in the Cromer Center faculty lounge. A talk and slide show on Bolivia will be presented. Refreshments will be served. Any English- or Spanish-speaking person interested in practicing Spanish or learning about Latin American and Spanish cultures is invited to attend. The meetings provide an opportunity for students, teachers, residents and new arrivals to find out about Hispanic activities in the community. Programs are presented in Spanish with English commentary. For more information, call W. Hamp Shuford at (704) 327-4047.

Lou

Scharff, (704) 541-6855.

— The Guilford

lotte.

esan-wide Widowed, Separated and Divorced Retreat is Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 28-29, at the Catholic Conference Center. The first planning session

Mary

In Scripture

HOT SPRINGS —The Jesuit House of Prayer

presenting

"Mary

HICKORY

—

HIGH POINT

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Charisr,

Prayer Group meets at Maryfield \ vent on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Al

welcome. For more information,! George or Nancy Lautz at (919)

4642.

Revival

CHARLOTTE— Our Lady of solation

Church

will celebrate

May

nual revival

1 1

it:

a.m. ^

Pittsburgh will be the revivalist

The Catholic News & Hen comes parish newsfor the diocesar briefs.

Good

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equate and timely prenatal care. For

more information,

call Jill

Moore

(919) 333-6775.

—

CHARLOTTE The Charlotte Catholic High School Class of '73 has

This year's dioc-

scheduled the weekend of Oct. 22-23 its 20th reunion. Organizers need to hear from all classmates as soon as for

possible so plans can be finalized. For

In Scrip-

FOUR GREAT NAMES toKJVOV

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Dloceean Evente

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needs for their children.

Class Reunion

Widowed, Separated and Divorced Retreat

$1 17. For more information

One of the coalition's objectives is to make sure pregnant women receive ad-

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Oct. 30, 1993, Immaculata School, Hendersonville, and Feb. 12, 1994, St. Ann School, Char-

Stone Mountain,

cost

993, Bishop McGuinness High School,

Winston-Salem;

visit

for

plies and/or

booths, face painting, T-

shirt painting, craft sale,

GabrJ

Advo-

County Coalition on Infant Mortality needs volunteers to provide support and assistance to infants whose parents are unable to provide basic baby care sup-

Leo

St.

sponsoring a Family Fun Carthe school Saturday, May 1

St.

May 27-28. The trip will includ Lawrence Welk Show, and a guj

GREENSBORO

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— The

O.W.L.S. (Older, Wiser, Livelier niors) Club is planning a trip to At

April 30. If inter-

training session for

Infant Mortality Coalition

was begun 19 years was also singled out for its continuous financial support of Meals

the organization

ago.

being organized in

Hispanic Cultural Group

The Marketplace

of Notre

area.

cates at (704) 298-5757.

CHARLOTTE — The Notre Dame

sity

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Crisis Preg-

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Club of Charlotte and the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County are presenting "Ethics In the Marketplace," a Hesburgh Alumni Lecture featuring Holy Cross Father Oliver P. Wil-

for outstanding

A new

Saturday and

ways; Paul Teich, Our Lady of Grace, Greensboro; Rafael Torres, Hispanic Catholic Center, and John Weisenhorn, St. Michael, Gastonia.

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World and National Briefs h Lawsuit Pending, Parish Candles At Easter Vigil

:iNCINNATI (CNS)

federal Title

— Catholics

See

lars

—

(CNS) InterAnglican-Roman Catholic diahas entered a "new context" that up new challenges and possibilijpe official U.S. Anglican-Roman dialogue group said. In a joint

which uses the acronym

ARC-

said recent differences in their

rhes' approach to dialogue agree-

have highlighted "a much larger needs to be addressed. That lis what constitutes an adequate or lantial agreement on faith between is

i" that

Itian churches, I

the policies are reinstated."

regu-

lations concerning "Standards of

Com-

respond

C Lawyers Urge Changes In

aot to reinstate

lated in Hot Springs, N.C., in the

Ided lands along the Appalachian r in the heart of the Appalachian fcjquiei

Home-cooked meals;

— The

(CNS)

N.J.

newspaper of the

the

comments

column in paper, which is in a

country today regarding the use points of the policy

must be

followed by parishes and Catholic agen-

even when not on church property, and by outside groups that use church property and serve alcohol at their events.

Iowa Archbishop Warns Of Illicit Convent DUBUQUE, Iowa (CNS)

God

so precious that the Church would

not abandon

— Arch-

bishop Daniel W. Kucera of Dubuque has warned Catholics not to support an traditionalist

illicit

Dougherty, Iowa, or the priest

who

run

it.

convent in two nuns and

said the priest has

no authorization to administer the sacraments or to preside at public worship. When the group continued to present itself as legitimate despite two official warnings in four months, Archbishop Kucera April 4 released a letter from the Vatican's top official for religious or-

was

ders confirming that the convent

publisher Richard Bilotti has said the ad

without "authorization or approval." Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, wrote a letter

through the cracks," because mate-

which could be considered offen-

him for his review.

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his

Extension Questionnaire Explores Youths' Concerns

CHICAGO

(CNS)

—

Sexuality,

drug and alcohol abuse and fear of AIDS are the three greatest concerns of teenagers, according to a survey published by Extension magazine. Forty-five percent of respondents listed sexuality among their top three concerns in a

said that the world

some see

from God. He

as a gift

God

sustains that gift in

rely

his help, but that

the requirement of celibacy as

an offense against the dignity of mar"How then can it be that the Church is the foremost defender of the riage.

ceased to protect

it?"

he asked during a

Holy Thursday Mass in the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. The archbishop said that celibacy love.

a special perfection of priestly

it,

he said, a priest surrenders

himself entirely

to Christ

able to reflect in his

own

and becomes

life

Pacem In In World

Marks 30th Year Wars VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope Terris

Facing

Still

—

John XXIII's encyclical Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) celebrated its 30th birthday in a changed world, yet one still grappling with war and injustice. The nuclear arms race and the palpable tension between the world's two superpowers were the stage for the encyclical six months after dated April 11,1 963 the Cuban missile crisis. But there were hopeful events on the world scene as well, particularly the just blossoming independence of dozens of nations, especially in Africa, and an increasing

—

recognition of basic

John addressed his

good

human rights. Pope

letter to all

for a new order in human relations on every level, from neighborhoods to the

global

community of

came drug and

nations.

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abuse, listed by 33 percent of respon-

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people of

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139

REFINISHING

Sunday, June 11

the love of

Christ for the church.

survey printed in the April issue of

dents,

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—

priests

atmosphere.

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Gift From God DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) Archbishop Desmond Connell of Dublin

As Precious

cies,

Schedule a private or directed Tel: or a weekend for an individual or 111

Archbishop Defends Celibacy

Irish

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Imlains.

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Jesuit House Of Prayer, Isidence

failing to see

"In this case, there wasn't the proper kind of follow through," Donadieu quoted Bilotti as saying.

guidelines for the

of alcohol in society," the policy said.

sive is usually sent to

urged the Clinton administra-

which took on alcohol use and education about dangers of its abuse can "eliminate the dangers, liabilities or scandals caused by an improper use of such substances," the policy added. "There is a particularly urgent concern effect April

The 21

"fell

for the U.S. Catholic Confer-

other

Family Planning Service Projects." regulations were printed in February in the Federal Register with

WASHINGTON (CNS) iiave

new

rial

Two

and sale of alcohol

The proposed

X Family Planning Guidelines

—

alcohol sales to beer and wine and

establishes firm guidelines for the dis-

in this

newspaper of the Diocese of Metuchen. The column was later printed as an op-ed piece by The Times. Times

Jogue agreements.

;rs

Title

stricts

pliance for Abortion-Related Services

the April 8 issue of his

how to improve

I'ocess the churches use to

duction to the

He made

said. It said an-

emerging issue

ment of Health and Human Services. The two lawyers said the 1981 Family

Trenton Diocese, accused a local daily paper of anti-Catholic bias for printing the "ignorant ranting of a bigot" in an unclearly labeled advertisement on the religion page. The ad in April 3 issue of The Times, titled "Sayings of Jesus" and placed by the Jesus Cares Foundation, was "a gratuitous insult to Catholics and our faith," said Joseph M. Donadieu, editor in chief of The Monitor and Trenton diocesan communications director.

[nent released April 5, the U.S. I),

tionnaire.

position" on alcohol use, said the intro-

editor of The Monitor,

fc>

Iplic

does not want to take an oppressive

tary for population affairs in the Depart-

TRENTON,

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Church

the Chicago-based Catholic

Bennett, acting deputy assistant secre-

Michael

coun-

Catholic Editor Accuses Daily Paper Of Anti-Catholic Bias

Inal

re-

church-related functions. "The Church

comment

At issue are the proposed

riglican-Catholic Dialogue

WASHINGTON

Orleans

tribution

staff attorney

the

repeated

New Possibilities

New

Moses

USCC general

tion led to serious abuses that will be

would prohibit open

the Archdiocese of

Gerald

Chopko,

Planning Guidelines "from their incep-

church pews.

policy on alcohol use for parish fairs in

and

made

d parishioners from holding lighted the church. A full hearing is iuled for June 17 on the lawsuit, by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk incinnati. The suit challenges a ion, based on the Hamilton County in

have

in a letter to

sel,

les in

Extension Society, published the survey in anticipation of Pope John Paul IPs World Youth Day in Denver this August. Forty-two young people aged 13-28 answered the magazine's ques-

Mark

decision that would have

code, that

women

abortions at the time they were enforced.

ng candles at one Cincinnati church 10 were not just proclaiming their i They were engaged in a constitu^1 fight for the right to use lighted les at their Easter Vigil. Two days ;rthe Cincinnati Archdiocese went urt on behalf of Immaculate Heart lary Parish, challenging a fire I

ihal's

X family planning program

that they say pressured

Steve Kuzma, Director Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus

Member of St. Matthew

News

he Catholic

& Herald

April 23,

The Garden Tomb...

Crusader Corner By Normally,

College, but this week, for

shall take a

Belmont Abbey 90 degree turn and tell a story. There is a reason

of course, but on with

it.

tend to be the butt of some jokes around here about

column.

this

FRANK MERCOGLIANO

take this space and talk about the happenings at

my picture appearing with

never really sank in that people outside the realm of

this institution

see that picture as well.

was food shopping in Belmont when a very nice and polite elderly lady came up to me and said, "You're that young fella from the paper." I was confused until it clicked what she meant, and then I

responded to the effect of "Yeah, that's me." She then compliments me on my writing and says that I'm good at "whatever it is (my) title says I do." At that moment it dawned on me, and V ve since found this to be true; not many people know what a sports information director is. Now first of all, that nice, sweet woman shouldn't worry because the truth is my own mother isn't too sure what I do. She thinks I run the place. All I know is whatever I do, I do a lot

it.

Basically, for the ever interested public, a sports information director, or SID, is in charge of event management for big revenue sports and the ongoing media relations dealing with

This involves reporting

sports.

statistics, setting

game

scores,

up media space and things

but that's the basic crux of

making sure

like that.

there are accurate

There are a lot of other things,

it.

this? For years, and I'm talking around 40 years, no one understood this position at Belmont Abbey College. Now, that's no one's fault, because only really big schools had an SID as late as the '70s. The people who served in this capacity were part-timers who didn't know what they were doing because,

So what's the point of

well

all

wasn't their real job.

I have uncovered a problem. A big hole. A huge hole. There are no records of what's happened in athletics over the past 40 years. The only thing readily available is anything in the yearbooks, but that's not always very accurate. Why is this important? Because it is Belmont Abbey's athletic history. The past is vital to anything, including a college. How can you know where you're going if you don't know where you've been? Did Belmont Abbey set a school record for wins in a soccer season? I don't think so, but I'm not sure because there are no definite records. Soon, however, that's

Because of this,

going

change.

Belmont Abbey's

athletics have a history, it just has to be rediscovered. asked Ann Patton, who works in archives with Father Paschal, to dig and search through the tons of things in "the attic" as I call the Archives Office and see what she could find. She didn't sound too encouraging at first, but she has indeed found plenty of files. I mean plenty of files. Why, she found 21 on volleyball. That's

Recently

superior research.

Hopefully, Edition

all

the things that

Of the Belmont Abbey

Ann

searching for will help and yield the First

The garden tomb, created by

St.

the altar in majestic splendor.

Thomas Aquinas parishioner Jim Scialabba, ac The tomb

constructed from a

wooden

covered with crumpled, spray-painted, brown paper. The mountainous si measures some 16 feet high and 16 feet wide. Adjoining the structure to the I pictured on Page 1) is a waterfall, constructed of 2,180 pounds of stone. The construction took approximately 36 hours to complete. Scialabba received tance from Knights of Columbus Council 10505. "During the candlelight se on Holy Saturday, the church was pitch black, with flood lights on inside the d says Scialabba. "As light spilled from the cave, and the stone rolled away, a dramatic effect took place. The children, in particular, loved it."

Sports Record Book. This (again, hopefully) will be

Photo by JO ANN

comprehensive listing of what has been done here at Belmont Abbey College. If Ann keeps finding files, there will be a knighthood in this for her. If anyone has anything that might be of use in this ongoing quest for knowledge, please call the Sports Information Office at (704) 825-6803. Any information is

"Christ - Light of the World"

useful.

Frank Mercogliano

sports information director at Belmont

Abbey

College.

Bishop John F. Donogh Sister (From Page

LVZ

scrapbook containing the poignant

ence of horticulture, Sister Jarlath consumed her days tending the landscape of Sacred Heart campus. It took an injury to her shoulder a few years ago to curtail her landscaping activities. "She has impacted all of our lives,

let-

Many sisters recounted memories of the days when the motherhouse grounds included a dairy, long since gone Sister Jarlath' s work with the dairy and gardening evoke strong memories for some sisters who helped milk and

Mercy

Americas. "And

for her expertise in the sci-

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