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Churches fill

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LITTLETON,

and mystic Padre Pio to

be beatified

Colo. (CNS) Community-wide gatherings of prayer and support took place the evening of April 20 at Light of the World and St. Frances Cabrini churches in Littleton just hours after the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history at nearby Col-

umbine High School. ...Page

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Reproductive technologies

and Catholic teaching ...Page

assistance to the students and parents.

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Local News Editor's

Notebook .Page

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Knights of Columbus

donate to Special Olympics ...Page

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News around the diocese ...Page

More than 1,200 students, parents, teachers and community members filled each church for the evening prayer services. Priests, prayer teams and counselors were on hand to provide

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Father Kenneth Leone, pastor of Frances Cabrini Church, and Father Jerry Rohr, administrator of Light of the World Church, led the prayer services at their respective churches. At each service, a letter of condolence from Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput was read.

Archbishop Chaput attended a midday prayer service and visited the injured and their families in area hospitals.

Waves of emotion filled the churches during the prayer services as young people broke into tears ofjoy at the sight of friends and classmates they had not seen since the shooting that left at least 15 dead and another 28 with life-threatening injuries.

The young men and women would embrace, and then quietly share whatever eyewitness or secondhand information they had. The words, "Oh my God, no!" followed by tears of sorrow were heard as students shared the names of the injured and the dead.

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"I

was

in

the choir

room when

the

shooting began," Janelle Behan, a parishioner at Light of the World Editorials

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display in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

Church, told the Denver Catholic Register, the archdiocesan newspaper.

"There were 16 of us in a small office designed for about two people."

"We stayed there from about 1 1 :45 until about 3:30 until the team came and took us out," said the Columbine High School senior. "They had us crawl out on the floor on the way

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Comuniquemonos in this

week's issue of

The Catholic News

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The death of these young students has brought Our hearts and prayers go out to the parents young victims and the teacher who were injured

to the nation.

and family members of the and killed.

Don't miss

G. Curiin

share in sorrow at the tragic deaths that occurred in

Littleton, Colorado.

I anguish

PHOTO

panel of theologians and historians from Catholic universities throughout the nation recently named Michelangelo's "Pieta" as the best representation of Christ visualized in art. The "Pieta" is on permanent

A Statement from Bishop William join with

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These .senseless fatalities are reason for all of us to pause and reflect on the moral values offered America's youth. Today families face the challenge of raising their children in a culture filled with mixed messages and confused moralities. Each of us - families, schools, churches - shares in the responsibility of the total education of America's sons and daughters.

These recent events should unite rather than divide us. In seeking the source of this crime, we need tt) commit ourselves to working together to pro\ ide every student the help they need in addressing problems as they arise. The soul of the Nation is at stake. The future of e\'ery .student is at stake.

out I saw two bodies," she added, breaking into tears.

"I was outside by the stairs when they walked into the school," said Brad

"They were shooting into the school through the windows and throwing pipe bombs down by where the cars were parked.

"At first I tliought it was a joke," he continued. "Then I realized it wasn't, and jumped into my truck. A bunch of teachers and students got in and I brought them down the street," he added.

"The hardest thing right now is iiearing the names of the people who were killed and not knowing who else might have died," said Cory Hardison, who was Jenkins, describing the shooters.

in the school

when

the shooting began.

Asked why he had come to the prayer service, Hardison, said: "I

who

came here to

hear the names.

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see

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is

not Catholic,

my friends and to

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ha\'ing any faith right now."

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The World

Catholic-Muslim dialogue to focus on educational values Catholic CAIRO, Egypt (CNS) and Muslim leaders said their dialogue

April 23,

Brief

in

Australian bishops endorse joint

document

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PERTH,

Australia (CNS) Australia's bishops endorsed a document signed by representatives of Australian bishops and Vatican officials that spoke of a "crisis of faith" in the Catholic Church. The bishops said it

Fatima Children Jacinta and Francisco Marto are pictured with their cousin Lucia

in a drainage ditch, leaving the hosts scattered in the grass. Msgr.

Thomas Klinzing, rector of the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola and

dos Santos (right) in a photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima, Portugal. The beatification process for the Martos has

head of the diocesan marriage tribunal, said police believe the break in probably took place about 10 p.m.

April 8. The thieves took only the ciboria, or cups, inside the tabernacle, probably because they thought they were of some value.

Sri Lankan bishop asks military

cleared a major hurdle, said a priest involved in

the process. The Marto children died young.

Lucia, a Carmelite nun, is still living.

CNS

Gen. Augusto Pinochet should be

said

tried in

ing Pope John Paul II's "personal" directive that use of the Third Rite of Reconciliation, or general absolution, in Australia be kept strictly "within the conditions laid down by church law."

Home

Kevorkian murder sentence

applauded

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A prolife advocate applauded the 10- to 25year sentence given Jack Kevorkian for second-degree murder in the death of Thomas Youk. "This sentence affirms that people with disabilities deserve the same quality of justice as those who are able-bodied," said an April 13 statement by David O'Steen, executive director of the National Right to Life Committee. O'Steen added his hopes that "this will serve as a deterrent against pushing people with disabilities further down the slippery slope

toward

a 'duty to die.'"

Church leaders welcome decision to permit Pinochet's extradition LONDON (CNS) Catholic officials in England welcomed a British court decision that a former Chilean

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Meanwhile, British Secretary Jack Straw said April Chile.

15 that extradition proceedings should

move ahead

for Pinochet, wanted in Spain on charges of torture and murder of thousands, including dozens of Spaniards, during his 1973-1990 dicta-

torship in Chile.

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Guatemalan church plans commemoration of bishop

GUATEMALA CITY Church authorities called

on Catholics

in

(CNS)

—

Guatemala

to participate in

commemorations of the first anniversary of the murder of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera of Guatemala City. "The celebrations are a way for the Catholic Church to keep the ...

memory

of (Bishop) Gerardi alive," the head of the archdiocesan pastoral action office, Carlos Aldana, told reporters April 12. The aim is also for Catholics to hold onto their strong demand to resolve the murder, he said.

Vatican expresses concern over planned mosque in Nazareth VATICAN CITY (CNS) The

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tradited to Spain, but Chilean bishops

Vatican expressed concern o\'er plans to build a mosque in front of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth,

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Palm Beach cattiedral's tabernacle re-blessed after desecration

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saying the project was proposed is seen by many as a "provocation." In a statement, the Vatican also called on Israel to take measures to curb violence at the site, where clashes between Muslims and Christians broke out on Easter. The Vatican said the papal nuncio to Israel, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, had expressed the Holy See's concerns to the Israeli government April 14. It denied reports that Pope John Paul II had written to Israeli authorities about the Israel,

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to respect Marian shrine Sri Lanka (CNS) Bishop Rayappu Joseph of Mannar has protested the presence of armed government soldiers within the area of the national Marian sh rine in Madhu. In an April 5 letter to President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Bishop Joseph wrote of the presence of uniformed army personnel and weapons within the demarcated 400-acre area of the shrine, contrary to an earlier

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should be practical and, as a first step, decided to focus on the values taught in Catliolic and Islamic education programs. "We need to defend real religious values against fanaticism, violence and terrorism," said Ali alSamman, deputy chairman of the Muslim delegation at the April 13-14 meeting in Cairo.

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owned not-for-profit providing care for men and women experiencing dementia or Alzheimer's. The group meets each Monday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m.-l p.m. on the parish campus of St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Cost is $35, which includes lunch and activities. For details or to apply, call Suzanne Bach at (704) 376-4135.

April

25 CHARLOTTE ciety of

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The Rosary SoOur Lady of Consolation

Church, 2301 Statesville Ave., hosts its annual chicken dinner today from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Dinner includes baked or fried chicken, dessert and a beverage.

Cost is $6.

agreement. The shrine is in northern Sri Lanka, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. The bishop also reported that the troops had been partying and drinking alcohol in the area, which for some 10,000 refugees serves as a safe haven from fighting between government forces and ethnic Tamil rebels.

Italian missionary in Sierra

Leone freed by rebels

ROME

—

(CNS)

Xaverian Fa-

ther Vittorio Mosele, an Italian missionary in Sierra Leone, was released after being held for almost two months by rebel soldiers. "In 37 years

of priesthood and 28 years in Sierra Leone, I never prayed so much," the 63-year-old priest told MISNA, a Rome-based missionary news agency.

The priest, who was kidnapped Feb. 1 1 from the Catholic mission at Kambia, Sierra Leone, spoke to MISNA April 12 from the Vatican nunciature in Conakry, Guinea, which he was able to reach three days after his April 6 release.

27 CHARLOTTE

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A

spiritual

growth group meets today and May 4 7-8:30 from at 2010 p.m.

Countrymen's Court #69, off Sharon Lakes Road. Father John Vianney Hoover of New Creation Monastery in Boonville

4005

facilitates.

Call (336) 699-

and directions.

28 CHARLOTTE A workshop on the N.C. Catholic bishops' economic justice pastoral letter, "Of One Heart and One Mind," is today from 7-9 p.m. in the Ministry Center at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. The workshop will take participants through the topics of charity, education, advocacy, action and empowerment for the working poor. It will include prayer, reflection and discussion.

For more information, call Greg Kurts for details

at (704)

—

544-8406.

29 ASHEVILLE

—

The Caring

AIDS

Ministry sponsors a healing Mass for anyone in need of Hearts

physical, emotional or spiritual healing

today at 7 p.m.

in

St.

Joan of Arc

1999

April 23,

In

Pope hopes shootings convince

Pope prays dialogue be given new chance in Yugoslav conflict

Americans to teach morai vaiues VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Pope

of Littleton left at least 15 people dead, said Steve Davis, spokesman for the

and expressed his hope that the shootings by two teen-age gunmen in a Colorado high school would convince Americans of the need to teach young people moral values.

The pope's shock and sadness over the shootings that left at least 15 people dead and 20 critically injured was con-

John Paul

offered his prayers

II

telegram to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver. The telegram, signed by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, was

County Sheriff s Department. were 12 students found nine boys and three girls in the school library, including the two suspected gunmen, who were believed to have committed suicide. The body of a male adult, thought to be a faculty member, was found outside the library.

The suspected gunmen, identified as seniors Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, both 18, were said to belong to

released April 2

a

veyed

in

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a

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and their families, the pope expressed his hope that the tragedy would convince all Americans of the im"He commends the portance of teaching young people moral victims to almiglity for the victims

values, especially re-

human

God and invokes

life.

The pope. Cardinal Sodano said, "ex-

strength

presses the earnest hope that American society as a whole will re-

divine

and comfort

on the injured an on

the suspected

all

affected by this

the

was vio-

gunmen

may have been connected to Hitler's

CHARLOTTE — The ment

at

drama departCharlotte Catholic^ High

text of the April 21 pa-

School presents "Godspell" today at 7:30 p.m. An encore presntation is May 1 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the door. For details, contact Dottie Tippett at (704) 543-1 127.

May 1

BELMONT

—

First Saturday de-

votions are today at Mary Help of Christians Basilica, with Mass at 9:30 a.m., praying of the rosary at 10, and the sacrament of reconciliation at 10:30.

Phil

For

details, contact

DeLuca

BOONE

—

meets today

at (704)

Group

Terri or 888-6050. reunion Ultreya

at 6:30 p.m. at the Catholic

campus ministry center

at

Appalachian

State University, 232 Faculty St. A covered dish dinner precedes the meeting.

For

details, call (828)

898-5328.

Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd. For details, call (336) 766-8133.

GREENSBORO

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'cleansing'

April 17.

More than 500,000

Up

because the magazine's articles receive prior review by the Vatican's Secretariat of State.

The main points of the plan were:

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the newspaper said

is,"

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KosovoRWs to

cifizens of

Kosovo hove

fledjoiutside the province.

700,000 are estimc^^ to be displaced inside~Kosovo.

Displocement figures

April

1

4.

B Bdgrade

S Bosnia-

Henegovina 27,700

An immediate

halt to military opera-

tions by the

army and lice

Yugoslav

the Serb po-

against the Kosovo

population.

— The suspension NATO

of air strikes by to open the way for negotiations to provide Kosovo with a proper

AtkitSH

See

^

Albania

3^116,000 Macedonia

degree of autonomy.

Delivery of re-

Dumber of refugees evswalsd from Macedonia

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with international agreements. ians, in line

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for a hiking trip at

Hanging Rock.

Call

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to teceiving

6,690

Israel 106

Switzerland 13

PakiiKl 60

mnlries

event will include the rosary, hymns, a

spiritual events.

day

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Carlo Night" to raise funds for technology in the school today. The raffle prize is a two-year lease of a two-passenger 1999 Mercedes SLK 230. Five hundred tickets will be sold at $60 each, or two or more for $50 each. A scrip raffle of $250 is also planned.

Tickets are $5 each. The Monte Carlo Night social features games, auctions and a catered buffet dinner. Tickets are $75 each. All profits will be directed to library and classroom computer upgrades. For tickets and other information, call the school's Office of Development at (336) 725-4247.

a series of discussions at the

Embassy

Suites in Greensboro. Topics to be

covered include the abortion and breast cancer connection;

new

discov-

about fetal development; postabortion syndrome and the adolescent; and euthanasia and assisted suicide. eries

For schedule, registration and other information, call (800) 392-6275.

Group, senior and student discounts are available.

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CHARLOTTE The 46th Semiannual International Family Rosary Day is observed today at 3 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid 2

Rd. F'ather Christopher Davis, parochial vicar at the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville,

is

the featured spealter. Tlie

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homily and a procession.

North Carolina Right to Life sponsors Pro-life Day 1999 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. today with

April

Tarfcey 3,163

Annie at (336) 454-3343 for details. The group meets regularly for a variety of social and

GREENSBORO

Single Again Catholics group meets today at 9 a.m. in the Wal Mart parking lot on Battle-

and Cooperation in Europe, which has valuable experience in the area.

Meanwhile, the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, which has criticized the escalation of the conflict, condemned what it called the "atrocious practice" of ethnic cleansing against the ethnic Albanian population of Kosovo.

"No one fails to see how unchristian and inhuman such a

plan based on an immediate halt to ethnic cleansing and

bombing. The

role for the Organiza-

tion for Security

Cattolica, outlined a possible cease-

Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School hosts a car lease raflle and "Monte

GREENSBORO — The

— A key

at the

plan was believed to reflect Vatican thinking,

the Vatican

— A charismatic Mass

process.

NATO

birthday, April 20.

celebrated today and each first Saturday at 7:15 p.m. in Holy Family

to resolve the conflict.

international

—

fire

tack

is

peace force to maintain order in Kosovo.

The reinsertion of the United Nations and its agencies in the peace

"May the strength of peaceful coexistence and dialogue prevail over ethnic abuse and the violence of weapons!" he said.

The pope's remarks came a day after a Jesuit magazine, La Civilta

said

pal telegram to Archawful event," Cardinal violence among the bishop Chaput: young by committing "His Holiness Pope Sodano wrote. itself to promoting and John Paul II has been transmitting the moral deeply shocked by news vision and the values which alone can of the terrible tragedy which has caused ensure respect for the inviolable digmany deaths and injuries at a school nity of human life." near Denver, and he asks you to convey Cardinal Sodano said the pope was to the families and school community "deeply shocked by the news of the the assurance of his prayerful closeness terrible tragedy" and had asked Archat this very difficult time. He combishop Chaput "to convey to the famimends the victims to almighty God and lies and school community the assurinvokes divine strength and comfort on ance of his prayerful closeness at this the injured and on all affected by this very difficult time." awful event. He expresses the earnest "He commends the victims to alhope that American society as a whole mighty God and invokes divine will react to this latest act of violence strength and comfort on the injured an among the young by committing itself on all aflFected by this awful event," to promoting and transmitting the Cardinal Sodano wrote. moral vision and the values which alone The April 20 shooting at Columcan ensure respect for the inviolable bine High School in the Denver suburb dignity of human life." t

CLEMMONS

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end of a canonization Mass in St. Peter's Square April 18, the pope said he was deeply worried about continuing bloodshed in Yugoslavia, which he described as "a suffering and martyred land."

act to this latest act of

Church, 919 Haywood Rd. Father John Pagel, pastor, is celebrant. Refreshments will follow.

Service

(CNS) Afmore than three weeks of air strikes and ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia, Pope John Paul II prayed that dialogue be given a new chance Speaking

speculation that the at-

is

News

VATICAN CITY

appeared to be targeting minority students and popular athletes.

Davis said he heard

Here

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A peace conference that would involve neighboring states.

JOHN THAVIS

ter

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group at the school called "Trench Coat Mafia." The group said to have an interest in guns, lence and Adolf Hitler. Witnesses

at the Vatican.

In addition to offering his prayers

spect for

By

Catholic

Jefferson

Among the dead

The Catholic News & Herald 3

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HIGH POINT

is

celebrated today and each

in Latin

first

Fri-

Christ the King Church, 1505 E. Kivett Dr. Praying of the rosary is at 6:30, and Benediction and adoration follow the Mass. at 7 p.m.

Call (336)

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884-0244

mation.

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CHARLOTTE

for

more

infor-

— An informa-

on The Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension (LIMEX), which provides an opportunity for tional session

graduate-level education for those preparing for or engaged in a variety of ministry, is today from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Learning groups meet in the Charlotte area. For details, call Connie Milligan at (704) 364-3344 or Joanna Case at (704) 362-0013.

Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to publication date.

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The best Easter ever

Driving home

The Pope

Easter evening, our 13-year-

Family

was the Sixteen-year-old Andrea

Reflections

1999

old son, Marty, announces, "This

best Easter and Lent ever!"

Speaks

quickly concurs. After a brief discernment over the events of the previous few weeks, we both nodded in

agreement. us.

Certainly this had been a very unusual Easter for the prayerfulness of the Lenten season had

And

been extraordinary. Something about entering into a of our family adolescence, had deepened our experiences around the Paschal Mystery.

What lead us to this unusual Easter were several events and experiences. Marty's confirmation and his emerging maturity over the past several months, our participation as a family in the "Disciples in Mission" program sponsored by parish, and the parish Seder meal contributed to a more prayerful journey for us as a family during Lent.

Individually, Andrew gave a reflection addressing the question "Who is Jesus to me?" at a parish mission in Chicago. The kids both participated in our parish's teen retreat, and an enactment of "The Passion" for Palm Sunday. We each chose something to do or not do during Lent, and we all stuck with it.

These kinds of prayerful experiences are not un-

—

new phase

Pope warns that secularization, atheism can destroy society By

LYNNE WEIL

Catholic

News Service (CNS) - Pope John Paul

VATICAN CITY II

warned

that, as history has repeatedly

shown,

secularization and atheism can destroy a society

and leave humanity "detached from God." Speaking to visitors in St. Peter's Square at his April 14 general audience, the pope did not refer directly to specific historical or current

usual for us adults. However,

events, but voiced his views on the causes of war and intolerance in general, choosing different languages to convey his message.

During a special greeting to Spanish-speakers, the pontiff prayed that God would "make us feel like brothers to each other, who always seek peace and reject hatred and divisions which can lead to any form of war."

In German he explained that secularism "manifests itself particularly in the economically and technologically developed countries.

year from others was the

Through

toward belief it tries to take people away from God. Alongside it works systematic atheism, which with time can deindifference

As

They didn't do the things they did simply because that's what we do during Lent. They prayerfully engaged themselves in Lenten activities and events voluntarily. And that's what made it extraordinary and powerful.

Easter Sunday we spent the morning and afternoon preparing and serving food at a soup kitchen in one of the more blighted areas of Chicago. Our usual

is

his

To French-speaking

he said, "Man's religious orientation comes from the fact is

visitors,

a creature.

"In fact," the pope added, "because he

was

created in the image and likeness of God," a

human being "ardently desires to be with him.

This intimate and vital tie to God has been marked by sin since the start of history. And in our century, atheism and above all secularization present a model of man detached from God. "Created things cannot be idolized," Pope John Paul said. "They block the ways which lead to God." The pope pointed out that the Catholic Church "does not undervalue studies of the psychological or sociological

components of

religious

phenomena,

but it refutes the interpretation of religion as being a

human psyche."

At the end of his catechesis summary in English, the pope added a "special welcome" to a group of Jewish and Catholic authorities from the United States, led by Cardinal William H.

projection of the

Keeler of Baltimore.

LYKE

Guest Columnist

Easter rituals of egg hunts, candy and new clothes on parade were forgone for service to the poor. The symbolism of the washing of feet at our Good Friday liturgy was made real in our service to the poor.

What better way to celebrate the Resurrection than to encounter Christ in their faces?

This is something we couldn't have done when the kids were younger. Adolescence has been a gift to our family because our kids now give witness to their

ways that are significant in their lives. The somewhat and we are now being lead in some ways by them. As adults, it is our privilege (and relief) to walk behind them in their faith journey. There are things we missed along the faith in

table has turned

way

that

we now

experience.

When

they say that "This was the best Easter and Lent ever!" we respond by saying to them, "Thanks for making it that way."

Andrew

& Terri Lyke are coordinators of marriage

ministry in the African-American community for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Send your letters to the editor to: Joann Keane, Editor, The Catholic News & Herald, P.O. Box 37267, Charlotte,

NC

28237

or send e-mail to: jskeane@charIottediocese.org.

Editor's

And

while Pope John Paul II and the world call to these crimes against humanity, the barbaric acts continue. No matter where you stand involvement, our responsibilregarding the ity as Catholic Christians calls us to assist with humanitarian aid. pray for the victims of this horrific war. Last week, Bishop Curlin encouraged parishes to consider second collections for aid to Kosovo. Our prayers are crucial, but beyond the prayers that come so naturally, our dollars can be life-and-death salvation for the hundreds of thousands forced from their homes.

Concurrent to Bishop Curlin's rally for aid. The Catholic News & Herald published in-depth accounts of the human casualties of war. In preparation for that edition, our skin crawled as we read the descriptive for an

Notebook

end

NATO

We

JOANN

S.

KEANE

Editor

history.

custom, the pope delivered the entire catechesis in Italian and summarized it in English and five other European languages.

that he

this

participation of our

children.

velop into intolerant ideologies."

As part of a continuing series of talks on God the Father, Pope John Paul addressed the possible consequences of apparent disbelief in God. "In today's world, affected by different forms of atheism," he said, the "vital and intimate relationship with God is frequently weakened by doubt and sin. The secularization of society leads many people to live as if God did not exist.

"As history shows," the pope continued, "atheism can also result in a rejection of God in the name of the absolute self-sufficiency of man, nature or science."

Pope John Paul noted that the Bible emphasizes God's power to work wonders that guide

human

what distinguishes

full

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hell on earth her family. This young girl finds herself on the road to Albania, terrified and alone in the world. Her family was murdered in public display. Those she loves and those who loved her are gone. Her tearful face is splashed across the online world. Yet another casualty of war.

Within hours the name and face will change online, but the story will resound with a similar,

Hoping to ease a relentless Nine-year-old Ardita lost

painful tone.

Perhaps for the

first

time

in the

20th century,

we

are front and center with the conflict in the former

We

Yugoslavia. are pulled in via radio, TV, cable and the Internet. We're witness to real-time accounts of the atrocities that have displaced thousands.

Some of those considered fortunate enough to make the painful journey to a refugee camp find themselves knee deep in excrement, quickly falling prey to yet another deadly force, lethal viruses that threaten and consume what is left of a seemingly hopeless existence.

Visual descriptions of land mine sabotage, the human tragedies and virtually every possible inhumane scenario in photos, video and words instantaneously are at your fingertips. This may be the first war 'online.' With more and more homes connected to the Internet, it's no small wonder we are drawn so closely into this crisis.

comparison where one writer likened the Brazda refugee camp to that of Dante's Inferno. We felt this was a critical story for our readers. Graphic? Yes. Tragic?

Yes. Call for our response as Catholics? Absolutely.

The Diocese of Charlotte is coordinating efforts for all parishes. Second collection donations will be sent to the diocese, consolidated and forwarded to Catholic Relief Services. the Catholic Church,

As

a fully sanctioned

CRS is positioned in

arm of way

such a

immediate needs relief to refugees.

Right now, it's a tough and seemingly endless road for CRS as the victims continue to stream across victims of unscruputhe border. These refugees lous terrorists who ravished the former homelands had their lives turned upside down against their to provide

—

—

will.

In addition to their physical needs, they bear

scars of loss and suffering.

While we

offer prayers for these victims,

our

We

take comfort in hearts ache for their safety. knowing this diocese has a history of rapid response to those in need.

Want

to

help? Contributions

may

NC

to: DioChurch St.,

be sent

of Charlotte - Kosovo Relief 1123 28203.

Charlotte,

cese

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April 23,

1999

Editorials

Light

Here is someone we want to imitate because something she or he has done exemplifies a quality, spect.

One

not of inaccessible perfection, but of human excellence.

Heroes give evidence that the Lord has assigned to each of us a mission to fulfill, a particular job to do, that he has given to no one else. Heroes are living examples of how God sends his love and truth to humankind through each of us. Heroes focus our attention on the power of one person, with God's

Candle

FATHER THOMAS

J.

And

Guest Columnist

Celebrities, heroes and you would you describe as a hero? Who do you think today's young people would pick?

Several recent youth polls provide convincing evidence that there is confusion about what makes a true hero.

Who

A World Atlas study reports that the majority of 1

1

bestow hero status on sports rock musicians and movie actors. Less than six

7 year-olds in the U.S.

stars,

percent of the respondents hero.

named

change the world for the better. because that person embodies a certain standard of behavior, an authentic hero prompts us to look inside ourselves to discover our own possibilities and talents for action. Put simply, true heroes bring out the best, the heroic, in each one of us.

The mere fact that you are alive and reading these words, no matter your age or background, the state of your health or finances, means that you too have been chosen by God to perform some work that no other person can do. It may bring you fame, celebrity, and even money, and it may not. One thing is certain: authentic heroes don't worry about such things. They simply act for the best, whatever the personal cost, and whether or not anyone knows their name.

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Jesus Christ as their

A CNN poll shows that while teens often list their

parents as heroes, names like Leonardo DiCaprio and

Nineteenth-century author Frederick Farrar ob"To live well in the quiet routine of life, to fill a little space because God wills it, to go on cheerfully with an inconspicuous round of duties and little diversion, to smile for the joys of others when your heart is aching you who do this, you are one of God's heroes."

The quiet success of a humble act of service done not for the eyes of our brothers or sisters, but for the eyes of our Father in Heaven, is heroism indeed. Now if only we act like we believe that and teach our young people that if we want to follow someone's example, it should be an example worth following in served,

the Spice Girls get equal billing.

One poll really gave me pause. It listed Pope John Paul II as youth's number one hero. Number Two? Dennis Rodman, the erratic gender-bending "bad boy" of the NBA. These surveys illustrate the way heroes and celebrities get lumped together. In fact, it is something that many adults as well as young people do everyday. And when we confuse the two, we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models.

As Daniel Boorstin puts it: "We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous, but are famous because they are great."

Fame and celebrity may equate, but heroism is far more. It seems to me that whomever we call "hero" is a person whose actions command our attention and re-

—

—

the

first place.

Father Thomas

J.

McSweeney

is

of The

director

MICHAEL COYLE Guest Columnist

A

regional event for the great Jubilee 2000

We

in the Diocese of Charlotte have a wonderful opportunity to respond to Pope John Paul II's recent plea to stir up a new springtime of holiness on this continent.

It is called FIRE, and it is coming to the Wheeler Athletic Center at Belmont Abbey College, in Belmont, on Saturday, September 18, from 9 am to 6 pm; doors will open at 8 am.

A FIRE Rally is a one-day, Catholic, evangelistic event. It is comprised of four powerful talks by the nationally recognized four-member

FIRE Team;

the topics for these inspiring talks

from the four words for which FIRE is an acronym: Faith (presented by Mr. Ralph Martin), Intercession (given by Sr. Ann Shields, SGL), Repentance (presented by Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR), and Evangelism (delivered by Fr. John Bertolucci). A special three-hour highschool age Youth Breakout Session with music is hosted by Fr. Dave Pivonka, TOR. The Most Reverend William G. Curlin, bishop of Charlotte, is the presider and homilist of the closing liturgy. A bookstore and a ministry fair will be arise

available at the event; lunch

Christophers.

The

mission of the

FIRE

is

also offered.

Ministry, which be-

gan 16 years ago,

Questions by one who mourns Q. I recently lost my wife of 37 years. She suffered seven months before God decided she suffered enough. My question is, how can people in heaven be so happy if they can see how miserable those left behind are?

People tell me my wife is preparing a "place"for me in

is threefold: to apply the teaching of the Gospel to the current confusion and error in the world, to invite persons who have never done so to make a personal commitment to Christ and His

Question

Corner

Gospel, and to challenge and strengthen the com-

been held

is no marriage in heaven it wouldn 't seem preparing a place.

And if she can see me, she must know I am not happy

heaven. If there she

is

and can never be happy again without her. So how can she be really happy? Maybe her memory of those left behind must be wiped out completely to be happy. Am I wrong?

A. As I'm sure you realize, the sadness and pain you feel over the loss of your wife's presence is shared by millions of others who have experienced the death of a spouse or close friend.

Some of that hurt not even time can heal. Remembering a few truths, however, can bring us some peace and wisdom when things like this happen.

From

we enjoy in this appear to be incompatible. Intense suffering and happiness are two of them. How can you or your wife be happy, you ask, when you are so miserable?

The answer, when we are able to receive it, is that things will look infinitely different when we eventually view them with the eyes of God, with the eyes of eternity, which is the way your wife sees them now.

Suffering bodily, emotional and spiritual does fit into God's loving plan of creation and salvation. If there were no other proof, we have Jesus Christ's life and death and resurrection to assure us of that truth.

We know from the Gospels that the Father was intimately present to Jesus always, including in the midst of his suffering. Yet he did not take that suffering away. In his knowledge of what makes us, his human creatures, come to human fullness and goodness, he knew that suffering has an intimate and essential role, even for his Son. Perhaps it all comes down to being humble enough to acknowledge the possibility that some imearthly

the very limited vision

life,

some

—

realities easily

—

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

portant realities of human existence simply

comprehends

in a

in this life,

way once

the

life

beyond

lie

your wife now

impossible for her.

Like her, you and the rest of us will then,

I

believe,

know much more clearly and certainly that without suffering we would never know what we can become, and we would never know the greatness of God. was with Jesus in his times of trial, with you in the Communion of Saints, supporting you, even in some mysterious way hurting with you. She is also brilliantly aware, however, that in spite of all our doubts and fears, it will all fit together when we together see all things as they really are.

It is true, of course, that there is no married life in heaven, obviously not in the reproductive dimension we experience here. However, several decades ago Pope Pius XII had some enlightening and consoling words to say about that.

Speaking to married couples, he noted that, while marriage itself may not continue in heaven, married love will continue. What does that mean? First of all, part of heaven will be our conscious intimacy and communion with those who were dear to us here on earth.

Beyond that, however, is the fact that our personalities, our ways of loving and being, which we will each carry into eternity, are molded greatly by the people with whom we have shared this life and how we have shared it.

As

so she

the Father

is

faithful Catholics.

in

over 20

states, three

I have participated in five FIRE Rallies around the country, and I can personally attest to the phenomenal success of this outstanding

Columnist

our comprehension

FIRE

Rallies have Canadian provinces and 1 1 foreign countries. This dynamic ministry has literally reached hundreds of thousands of Catholics across the globe, in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

mitment of

event for igniting or rekindling faith awareness.

A FIRE Rally is part of the "new evangeli-

Church by Pope John Paul II, whereby persons are brought to a point of deep conversion, and personally experience within themselves, the Father's manifold blessing of the Holy Spirit, through His Son, Christ Jesus.

Such an encounter with God is lifechanging, and does much to spark and to foster growth in the spiritual, the communal, and the apostolic life, as it awakens an alertness to the action of the living God among the faithful.

Bishop Curlin fully supports the upcoming FIRE Rally, and has stated: "I pray that the FIRE Rally will stir up the flame of faith in all zation" called for in the

who attend,

that we might embrace the ministry of evangelization with renewed enthusiasm."

Participation in this FIRE Rally is indeed a marvelous way to inaugurate our regional celebration of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000!

Persons interested

in obtaining

more informa-

tion about, or in registering for, the Southeast

gional

FIRE

FIRE

Re-

Rally should contact the Southeast

Rally Committee at (704) 519-0786, or

their website at

visit

www.ntrnet.net/~goodnews.

Michael Coyle Southeast Regional

is

assistant coordinator

FIRE

Rally.

of

the

6

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British Cardinal

People

on

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had not been made

Cardinal

public.

work

said he intended to as

as

long as he could.

Polish prelate sees pop icons distracting search for truth

—

WASHINGTON

are too often super-

like Socrates

seded

in

tractions

Mouse,

modern times by the disof pop icons like Mickey

a Polish

archbishop said

in a

philosophy lecture at The Catholic University of America in Washington. Archbishop Josef Zycinski of Lublin, the chancellor of the Catholic University of Poland, spoke on the pope's recent encyclical, "Fides et Ratio" ("Faith and Reason"). The Polish archbishop worried aloud that the modern fascination with pop culture can be a distraction in the search for truth and beauty.

Charges against Good Friday

were among the

tween the two faiths. The 4-fopt-tall menorah, designed by Israeli artist

Aharon

Bezalel,

seen challenging church

FORT MITCHELL, Ky. (CNS) — Dominican Sister Jamie T. Phelps says two of the great challenges facing the Catholic Church are children's loss of

first

spirituality

Chicago, made the remarks in her opening address for the 1 1th Workshop on Pastoring in African-American Parishes April 1 1 in Fort Mitchell.

PHOTO BY Debbie Hill

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hear children who say, 'Jesus I know anything about him,"' said Sister Phelps, who has taught at the elementary, secondary and college levels for nearly 40 years.

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among those arrested.

Vietnamese bishop named following diplomatic mission VATICAN CITY (CNS) - In the wake of a Vatican diplomatic mission to Vietnam, Pope John Paul II named a Vietnamese bishop with the government's assent. The diplomat

Fund for breaking the law in a prayerful Good Friday protest against Third World debt. "We showed up at court for the arraignment, and they said, 'You can go, the charges have been dropped,"' said Scott Wright, a member of St. Aloysius Parish in Washington and a former lay missioner in El Salvador.

Wright, who works with EPICA, the

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led the mission said the an-

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a sign of progress in

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March of the Living Misti Debrowski of St. Ignatius Loyola Cathedral in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., places a stone near Oskar Schindler's name along the Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem

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omumquemonos A HISPANO

MINISTERIO

Comunidad en accion

Musica salvadorena

en

de

la Iglesia

—

El

proximo 4 de mayo a las 7 de la noche se ofrecera un concierto en la Iglesia de San Pedro, en Charlotte,

interpretado por "El

Morazan".

Este grupo seis

esta

Grupo

compuesto por

jovenes cuya musica cuenta

la

de la opresion del pueblo salvadoreno a traves de los anos.

En los anos ochenta, cuando estos jovenes tenian entre 3 y 8 aiios, sus familias tuvieron que huir de la provincia Morazan historia

debido a las masacres que se estaban originando en el area.

Estas y otras familias que no estaban vinculadas al ejercito militar ni a las guerrillas se

establecieron en campos de refugiados en Honduras.

En estos campos los ninos usaron musica y canciones para hablar del trauma de su experiencia. Un maestro belga, Mia Vercrysse, que vino al campo de refugiados "descubrio" al "conjunto" y trabajo con los niiios ensenandoles musica, a leer y a Al llegar a la adolescencia estaban listos para que el maestro escribir.

los sacara del

lugar y los Uevara de

gira a otros lugares.

Ahora oportunidad de

tenemos oi'r

la

su contagiosa

musica, historias y experiencias.

La iglesia de San Pedro esta situada en la esquina de las calles

Tryon Sur y Primera, en de

la

el

centro

camino y

significa

encuentro con Cristo resucitado.

Muchos han

San Pedro CHARLOTTE

GUADARRAMA

Por JESUS La Pascua

sido los

momentos

en que la comunidad hispana de la Diocesis de Charlotte ha hecho realidad la presencia de un Dios vivo y presente en medio de nosotros.

Eventos de esta presencia han sido los Retiros de Evangelizacion .que fueron realizados los dias 26, 27 y 28 de marzo en Clemmons y Ardcn, donde participaron mas de 200 personas de diversas comunidades de la diocesis.

FoTO POR Hector Andrade

Esperamos que todas

estas perso-

Grupo de los hombres que participaron en el Retire de Evangelizacion en Clemmons.

nas se incorporen a sus parroquias y

formen

pequenas

comunidades

eclesiales de base para

entusiasmo y

mantener

el

aprendido y seguir propagando la palabra de Dios.

Por otra parte los jovenes del grupo "JOCONFE" (jovenes con fe) celebraron la Pascua Juvenil en la ciudad de Winston-Salem del 29 de marzo al 3 de abril. Durante estos lo

jovenes tuvieron la oportunidad de desarrollar sus talentos artfsticos por medio de dias

los

Grupo que participo en el Retire de Evangelizacion

de mujeres en Arden.

talleres de danza, musica, teatro y pintura Tambien reflexionaron y compartieron los temas centrales del triduo pascual, realizaron una mision bajo el lema "Joven de accion haz de tu vida una mision", visitaron algunas areas donde viven hispanos y les llevaron despensas a familias necesitadas. Esperamos que el proximo ano mas parroquias celebren la Pascua Juvenil al igual que estos

es tradicional celebrar el Viacrucis en nuestros pueblos hispanos, fue escenificado en las comunidades de Newton, Monroe, Thomasville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Yadkenville, Dobson y otras mas. Las personas quedaron muy contentas porque en comunidades

jovenes.

como Monroe

La Semana Santa estuvo muy bien organizada por diferentes comunidades. El Viernes Santo,

nunca

FoTO POR Hector Andrade

cuando

y

Winston Salem

celebrado de esa manera. Otra comunidad que estuvo muy animada fue la de Greensboro se

habi'a

donde

se celebro el Viacrucis en un terreno de la ciudad.

La Vigilia pascual fue muy

animada

en

la

comunidad

de

Charlotte donde asistieron mas de 600 personas. Actualmente se esta

preparando

una

mision

evangelizadora en Monroe y Charlotte. Queremos que el mensaje del amor de Dios llegue a todos los

hogares donde aun no conocen Cristo.

a

T

ciudad de Charlotte. El

concierto es gratis, pero se aceptan

donaciones voluntarias. Despues del concierto habra una recepcion en el salon de actos de la iglesia.

Parroquias oran por prisioneros de guerra retenidos en Serbia EMMETT, La

captura

—

Michigan (CNS) de tres soldados

estadounidenses cerca de la frontera entre Serbia y Macedonia ha tenido

una significacion especial para los de la Parroquia de Nuestra Senora del Monte Carmelo en Emmet.

El Sargento Christopher J. Stone, uno de los retenidos desde el 31 de marzo, es el hijo de Jim y Edith Stone, de Avoca, que se unieron a la parroquia hace un ano. Dicha feligreses

parroquia

pertenece

a

la

Junto

con

Stone

fueron

capturados otros dos exploradores, el Sargento Andrew A. Ramirez, de 24 afios de edad, de Los Angeles, y el alistado Steven M. Gonzales, de 21 anos de edad, de Huntsville, Texas.

Los tres son miembros del 4o.

Regimiento de Caballeria de

la

Primera Division de Infanterfa del Ejercito de los Estados Unidos, que presta servicios con una mision de las Naciones Unidas en Macedonia.

Un servicio al amanecer de

Sam

Arquidiocesis de Detroit.

Pascua de Resurreccion en Fort

"El Jueves Santo, antes de la Misa, rezamos el Rosario por el, y mas de 100 personas asistieron", dijo el 5 de abril Marian Pratt, secretaria de la Parroquia de Nuestra Senora del Monte Carmelo.

Houston incluyo oraciones por Stone y sus comparieros.

Los soldados apresados estuvieron tambien presentes en las oraciones de los asistentes a las Misas de Pascua de Resurreccion en la Iglesia de San

Este de Los Angeles, y en la Primera Iglesia Bautista de Huntsville, donde vive la familia de Gonzales.

El Padre Simon Orozco dijo a una multitud que colmaba la Iglesia de San Alfonso que "oraran por los muchachos y los mantuvieran en sus corazones", segiin dijo un informe de Alfonso, en

donde

la

el

crecio Ramirez,

Agenda En la

Reuters.

iglesia de Huntsville, el Reverendo Jack Harris pidio a Dios que ayudara a poner fin a la crisis de

Kosovo, informo Reuters.

Gonzales crecio en Palestine, a 50 millas al norte de Huntsville, y permanecio alli hasta terminar la enseiianza secundaria, cuando sus padres se mudai'on a Huntsville hace dos anos pai'a trabajar

en

la prision estatal.

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Amigos y amigas en

23 de

Mensajes

Cristo:

no.s

que reconozcamos nuestra pobreza frente a El, nuestra realidad como pecadores, la realidad de que sin El, no

somos nada. Son dfas especiales cuando Senor nos invita a depender unicamente de El y de su amor por nosotros, a conformar nuestra voluntad a la de El. Esta Cuaresma, el Senor me invito a vivirlo en el hospital, en el ambiente y con

Despues de

Resurreccion, cuando Cristo se le aparecia a sus "PAZ A USTEDES", sabiendo que esa era su mayor necesidad. Eran momentos dificiles para ellos. Cristo les habi'a ensefiado un nuevo estilo de vida, les enseiio cual era el verdadero amor.

El vino a revelarnos todo el amor del Padre, y hacia signos y prodigios para testificar lo que decia, y lo crucificaron. Se preguntaban

Rev. Vincente H.

el

FiNNERTY,

la

rumbo de sus vida: Maestro? Toda esa incertidumbre

^iTendrian

cual seria el

rnisma suerte que el Hoy, en las incertidumbres, inseguridades y sufrimientos que viven nuestros pueblos, debemos confiar en su sabiduria, su bondad, su misericordia, estar a su escucha y seguirle, porque tambien hoy el Senor nos dice: "PAZ A

se hacen los planes bonitos del Padre Vicente.

siento mejor pero

la

discfpulos, su saludo era:

CM.

cruz de la enfermedad. Me invito a vivir dia a dia, a depender de otros para recibir su ayuda, a no adelantar su voluntad, a aceptar que no siempre

Ya me

de 1999

"Mi pazlesdejo mi paz ies doy"

acercan los dias de la Semana Santa, dfas en que el Senor nos invita a

Se

Abril

quedan semanas de

recuperacion. Espero que sigan pidiendo por mi.

la

la vivian los discipulos.

USTEDES".

Pronto nos veremos. En este tiempo de Semana Santa y de la Pascua de la Resurreccion pido al Senor que nos de a todos la capacidad de purificarnos siempre y entregarnos a El y a su Reino con mayor generosidad y amor.

Jesus nos dijo: "Mi paz les dejo, mi paz les doy", no como la da el mundo. Paz como realidad interior, como bienaventuranza asumida,

como orden

personal, la fuente de toda esta realidad es Cristo-Jesus; desde

podemos presentar

el

al

mundo

la

Amar

paz como fruto de amor.

al

otro

es mirarlo, admirarlo, respetarlo, comprenderlo, perdonarlo.

El Senor nos ha prometido su paz, solo hay que buscarla, acogerla,

Padre Vicente cuando todavia estaba en el hospital en Greensboro. Desde entonces el padre salio del hospital y fue a recuperarse a Philadelphia por unas semanas. Esperantos que si se sigue sintiendo mejor y que este con nosotros la proxima semana.

Nota de

la redaccion:

Este mensaje

lo escribio el

En

esta temporada estamos celebrando el triunfo

defmitivo de Cristo sobre

espera en Cristo: Si

la

la

Resurreccion.

Pascua del pueblo judio

significo liberacion, posesion de tierra,

un

niimero de prodigios, milagros bendiciones, la Pascua de Cristo, y real y definitiva, abarca a la humanidad totalmente dandole toda respuesta a sus mas refinadas sin

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el

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23 de Abril de 1999

Noticias

I

El

huracan nivelo

la

Via Crucis Economico

situacion entre pobres

publicado en edicion

y ricos en Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA, (CNS)

—

Honduras

Una refugiada descansa

En

octLibre ultimo, el Huracan Mitch nivelo la situacion entre las vecindades acomodadas de la

Una mujer refugiada de Kosovo descansa en

parte central de Tegucigalpa y las zonas rurales remotas donde las familias viven en casuchas de adobe y "aranan la tierra" para existir.

un campamento en aldea de Stekovec, la

Incontables personas de Honduras

Macedonia, el 7 de abril. La agencia catolica de ayuda

camino largo de la reconstruccion, pero los Servicios Catolicos de Socorro (CRS en ingles) han enfocado su atencion sobre las zonas rurales afectadas en gran medida.

"Nunca ha habido una tormenta como esta en la America Central que se haya registrado en la historia", dijo Douglas Ryan, representante de CRS en Honduras. "Las personas fueron sorprendidas sin preparativos Cuatro meses despues de Mitch, todavi'a estan sacando camiones de los n'os". se hallan aiin en el

Caritas esta

haciendo un

Uamado

...

Ryan agrego que

la

a escala

—

WASHINGTON (CNS) Se ha publicado un libro bilingue de recurso para el Via Crucis Economico, con textos en ingtes y espanol en paginas opuestas.

El libro de 112 paginas, titulado "El Via Crucis Economico", incluye al texto completo de las lecturas y oraciones que se usaron el Viernes Santo en una peregrinacion ecumenica de oracion a traves de Washington, ademas de recursos para debate y recomendaciones para adaptar el

mundial para recaudar fondos a fin de ayudar a los refugiados de

El Via Crucis Economico fue desarroUado en 1996 por el Grupo de Trabajo Religioso del Banco

origen albanes.

Mundial y

servicio a otros lugares.

Fondo Monetario (IMF en ingles).

el

Internacional

Desde 1996, entre 60 y 120 cristianos para la justicia y la paz se han reunido en

tormenta

"desenmascaro a la situacion latente de injusticia extensa en este pais", donde el 80 por ciento de la poblacion vive por debajo de la h'nea de pobreza fijada por el gobierno, sin acceso a servicios de salud, ensenanza, alimentos seguros o vivienda de calidad.

El objetivo de CRS, que ha apoyado a las gestiones para el desarrollo en Honduras desde 1959, no es ayudar a restablecer a las personas a donde estaban, sino ayudar a crear "una nueva sociedad con mayor equidad; una Honduras muy distinta", dijo Ryan en una entrevista.

Para ayudar a reconstruir a la sociedad devastada, CRS apoya la participacion de la Iglesia en los programas locales para los asuntos de la ensenanza, la salud y los terrenos.

A los alcaldes locales se les ha dado mas autoridad, y hay un movimiento hacia una mayor medida de democracia en todos los 250 municipios de este pais, t

inglesa-espafiola

activistas

Capitolio todos los Viernes Santos a fin de Uevar la cruz por toda la ciudad a nombre de los

el FoTO

CNS

DE Reuters

Papa manda enviado y aporte economico para los refugiados de Kosovo CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — El Papa Juan Pablo preocupado II,

de mas de 100,000 civiles que huyen de Kosovo, asolada por la guerra, envio a un funcionario principal de socorro a visitar los campamentos de refugiados en Albania y entregar un aporte personal de $50,000 para prestarles ayuda.

"A los ninos, las madres y los ancianos con quienes se reiina, digales que el Papa esta con ellos y que permanecera con ellos hasta que reine una paz justa y duradera en los Balcanes", dijo el Papa en una carta a Monsenor Paul Cordes, Arzobispo encargado de la organizacion humanitaria "Cor Unum" del Vaticano.

Monsenor Cordes llego a Albania el 31 de marzo para recorrer los campamentos de refugiados, reunirse con los trabajadores de socorro de la Iglesia y tratar de la situacion que empeora con el Presidente de Albania.

El Papa dijo que estaba siguiendo de cerca a los informes sobre la crisis de Kosovo, a la que el describio como "otra hora muy triste" en la historia de Europa.

por

la suerte

pobres y

las victimas de la economica, terminando su peregrinacion de tres horas en injusticia

oficinas principales del Banco Mundial y el IMF. "El Via Crucis Economico" cuesta $6.50 por ejemplar mas por franqueo $3.50 y manipulacion, y hay tarifas a granel disponibles. Se puede ordenar a: Religious Working las

Group, World Bank & IMF, P.O.Box 29132, Washington, DC, 20017, telefono (202) 832-1780;

FAX

(202) 832-5195.

t

Obispos paraguayos piden reconcilidcionnaclonal ASUNCION, Paraguay (CNS)

— Los obispos paraguayos

instaron a los ciudadanos de ese

La Pasion de Nuestro Senor Jesucristo La Pasion de Nuestro Senor Jesucristo fue escenificada en vivo en varias comunidades de la Diocesis el Viernes Santo.

Estas son escenas del drama de la Pasion producido, dirigido y ejecutado por la comunidad hispana de la Iglesia de San Francisco de Asis, en Jefferson el pasado ano. Jesucristo fue interpretado por Paco Carrasco.

trabajar por la pais a reconciliacion nacional, a coritinuaci6n del asesinato del vice-presidente del pais y de la renuncia de su presidente.

Los obispos pidieron al nuevo Presidente Luis Gonzalez Macchi que trabaje con todos los grupos politicos para reforzar a la

democracia mediante

mutuo y

Durante una Misa la

el

acuerdo

la reconciliacion nacional.

especial en

catedral de Asuncion el 29 de

marzo, Monsefior Felipe Bem'tez Avalos, Arzobispo de Asuncion, leyo una declaracion episcopal que al pueblo que se sobreponga a epocas violentas y empiece a

pide las

reconstruir a la sociedad.

Los obispos pidieron a todos ciudadanos que rechacen a la violencia, la impunidad y la venganza, y que procuren la paz y los

la reconciliacion.

Tambi6n denunciaron

las

violentas que ocasionaron las muertes de varios j6venes despues del asesinato del vice-presidente Luis Maria Argana el 23 de marzo. t

protestas

FoTos POR Rev. Roland Hautz ...i

inimOiTti'iit

-

4

Suplemento de The Catholic News & Herald

23 de Abril de 1999

Noiicias

El PoR LUIS A.

SEPI celebra su XX aniversario

WOLF

F, Donoghue y el de la Arquidiocesis de Mobile, Monsenor

John

Con gran alegn'a se celebro de la ciudad de Miami los dias 5 y 6 de marzo el vigesimo aniversario del SEPI (Southeast Pastoral Institute -

Oscar H. Lipscomb asi como el Arzobispo retirado de Miami, el Muy Reverendo Edward A. McCarthy. La

en espanol: Institute Pastoral del

celebracion Eucaristica fue presidida

Sureste).

por el Arzobispo de Miami Monsenor John Clement Favarola y el homilista

A

estas fiestas,

que comenzaron

con una Misa en la Catedral de St. de Miami el viernes 5, acudieron casi todos los obispos de la region. Entre los obispos asistentes se encontraban el Arzobispo de la Arquidiocesis de Atlanta, Monsenor

Mary

Monsenor Agustm Roman,

lo fue el

Obispo auxiliar de Miami.

de

la Arquidiocesis

Sacerdotes de la Arquidocesis de otras Diocesis de la region del sureste participaron en esta celebracion asi como el general de los Padres Escolapios el Muy Reverendo Jose Maria Balcells, Sch.P. Este ultimo vino de Roma para esta ocasion. Tambien participaron los Provinciales de los Escolapios de

Miami y de

Mexico, America Central, y Estados Unidos.

Antes de terminar

las Antillas FoTo POR Luis

la

Misa

el

Padre Mario Vizcaino, Sch.P, direc-

Los Arzobispos Favarola y McCarthy, rodeados de durante

la

los obispos

Wolf

y sacerdotes

celebracion de la Santa Misa.

tor del SEPI, dijo unas palabras de

agradecimiento e hizo un pequeno resumen del trabajo del SEPI en sus 20 aiios de existencia. Despues de la Misa hubo un pequeno acto donde representantes de algunas de las Diocesis hicieron uso de la

FoTO POR Luis

Wolf

palabra.

El sabado 6 hubo una cena en los terrenos del SEPI con una representacion artistica ofrecida por grupos y personas de la region.

El Institute Pastoral del Sureste es una organizacion educacional y de servicio que ayuda a los Obispos Catolicos de ocho estados del

El Obispo Auxiliar de Miami,

sureste

Monsenor Roman, durante su homilia.

desarrollar y entrenar Hderes en su

de

Unidos

Estados

Centra Hispano vendem CD del Papa (CNS)

— Sony

que puso a la venta el nuevo disco compacto que destaca la voz del Papa Juan Pablo II sobre un trasfondo musical, ha acordado permitir que el Centro Catolico Classical,

Hispano del Nordeste venda la grabacion para beneficiar a las personas de la America Latina que quedaron sin hogares debido a los desastres naturales.

El acuerdo de mercadeo fue anunciado en una conferencia de prensa en Nueva York el 30 de marzo. Ademas, un funcionario de Sony presento un donativo de $25,000 para el fondo de socorro durante

bia

El

ayuda para las viviendas. disco compacto de 11

carriles, titulado "Abba Pater" y puesto a la venta el 23 de marzo, contiene oraciones, textos de las

Escrituras

y

materiales

homileticos, hablados o cantados

por

el

Papa en

latin,

espanol,

italiano, frances e ingles. Sus palabras van acompanadas de musica clasica y contemporanea.

El disco compacto, disponible tambien en cassette, puede ser ordenado a traves del Centro Catolico Hispano del Nordeste

Uamando

al

1-800-382-3700.

t

la conferencia.

Mario Paredes, director del centro, dijo al Catholic

News

Service

que

las

utilidades de las ventas se

emplearian para albergar a las personas que quedaron sin viviendas debido a los huracanes Georges y Mitch, y el terremoto de enero ultimo en Colombia.

Paredes dijo que Haiti, la Republica Dominicana, Honduras,

Por este medio queremos

(CNS)

CNS

El

—

la primera de tales reuniones a celebrarse en el Hemisferio Occi-

dental.

A

pesar de las nuevas tensiones globales respecto del bombardeo de Yugoslavia por la OTAN (Organizacion del Tratado del Atlantico Norte) para poner fin a

Emmitsburg, Maryland.

El Arzobispo Spyridon indico que los boicots y las cancelaciones de reuniones efectuados por los ortodoxos que afectaron al dialogo entre catolicos y ortodoxos en los tumultos de principios del decenio de 1990, a continuacion del derrumbe del tal,

comunismo en

la Europa Orienson algo del pasado.

"Hemos decidido que es mas productivo y mas

"Hemos decidido que es

mas

productivo y

mas

constructivo el hacer f rente

en junio

a nuestros

constructivo hacer frente

contexto de un dialogo

a

nuestros

problemas dentro del contexto de un dialogo que fuera de este contexto", dijo

problemas dentro del

el

el.

"Mientras que la antes

mentalidad estoy 'No

era:

de acuerdo, me voy de aqui", ahora contexto", dijo el. e m o s h comprendido que sentfan esperanzados el dialogo es la clave para resolver todos los miembros de que nuestros problemas", agrego el. t ortodoxos asistirian a las reuniones entre el 6 y el 15 de junio proximo, que tendran lugar en la Escuela SuMary, perior de Mount St. violencia religiosa y etnica en Kosovo, los dos dijeron que se

FoTO POR

—

Cardenal William H. Keeler, de Baltimore, y el Arzobispo Spyridon de la Arquidiocesis Ortodoxa Griega de los Estados Unidos, enfatizaron su compromise formal de dialogar el 30 de marzo mientras anunciaban el programa para junio de la Cemision Conjunta Internacional para el Dialogo Teologice entre las Iglesias Catolica y Ortodoxa

la

Guatemala y Colom-

felicitar

.Padre Vizcaino y a los miembros, profesores y voluntaries del SEPI que han trabajado arduamente durante estos 20 anos para llevar el Evangelio de Jesucristo al Sureste de t los Estados Unidos. al

Primer dialogo en EE.UU. entre BALTIMORE

han sido designadas para

recibir

hispanos a lo largo de la Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Carolina del Norte y del Sur y Tennessee.

Desde su fundacion en 1978 el SEPI ha ayudado a establecer mas de 500 comunidades hispanas en la region, a organizar un Ministerio Pastoral Hispano en cada una de las 26 Diocesis, ha graduado a 38 estudiantes con una Maestn'a en Teologi'a Pastoral de la Universidad

de Barry, ha ofrecido Escuelas de Ministerios, programas de Pastoral Juvenil, ha producido numerosos cursos audiovisuales y de musica y decenas de diferentes actividades que serian demasiadas para enumerar.

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April 23,

1999

beatify popular confessor and mystic Padre Pio

Pope to

By JOH nth avis Catholic

News

ordained a priest in 1910 and almost immediately began informing his superiors that he was experiencing spiritual and physical signs, along with a number of health problems.

Beginning in 1918, at the age of 30, the priest reported bleeding from his hands, feet and side the "stigmata"

—

Pope (CNS) Padre Pio da Pietrelcina May 2, advancing the sainthood cause of a Capuchin friar known to millions worldwide for his holiness as a confessor and his mystical will beatify

II

experience of the faith.

One of the most popular church figures of the 20th century, Padre Pio

whom

saint,

the devil tried to

who

He

10-12 hours per Much of the rest of the day he spent in prayer in a bare monastic cell, or saying long

day

prays."

monastery in Giovanni

CNS

these trials only highlighted Padre Pio's deep obedience

cover with mud," said

Rotondo. His Capuchin superiors tried to limit his

Capuchin

to the church.

Italian

Bishop Andrea

public appearances

"We

can say was an au-

thentic saint,

who helped

Erba,

whom

prepare a report on

the devil tried to

Padre Pio

cover with mud," said Italian Bishop

in

1997.

and planned to transfer the priest, but they backed down after popular outcry. With donations, Padre Pio opened a

small hospital next to the monastery in 1925 the forerunner to a much larger health complex he had built in the 1950s.

After years of ministering to long lines of penitents, and after suffering several more bouts with illness. Padre Pio died in 1968.

—

Andrea Erba, who helped prepare a report on Padre Pio in 1997.

Born Francesco Forgione

in

1887 to a poor family near Italy's Adriatic coast, he entered the local Capuchin novitiate at the age of 15.

Life

is

friar

May

Pope John

who was

Paul,

.

to pre-

Mass

in St.

Peter's Square, had a personal role in

As

the friar's story.

for the faithful who packed the monastery's church. Christ's sacrifice on the cross was at the center of his prayer life; one Italian priest described Padre Pio as "a saint not of action but of the Passion."

Padre Pio's popularity has grown in the years since his death, and the huge crowds expected for the beatification Mass in Rome have created an unprecedented logistics problem. City officials reached agreement with the Vatican on limiting attendance in St. Peter's Square to 1 50,000 pilgrims; the which some estimate at an adrest ditional 200,000 people will watch the Mass on giant-screen TV at a larger square in front of the Basilica of

young

a

priest in

—

St.

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The pope has praised Padre Pio for his dedication to the sacraments and

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Readings

1999

Book Review

"A Thousand Suns" story of Reviewed by

BRIAN

T.

human warmth OLSZEWSKI

from writer who

News Service The manner in which Dominique Catholic

who

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Lapierre's book

is autobiographiinforms the reader about his life as the author or co-author of best-sellers that he has written, e.g., "The City of Joy," "O Jerusalem," and "Is Paris Burning?" But it's as though Lapierre is writing, "My biography is their biography."

He tells stories about people he met as it

ers,

Suns: Witness

magazine reporter,

and he

tells

ers

may not

care

By Dominique Lapierre.

Warner Books (New York, 1999).

much

about a Spanish bullfighter or Portuguese revolutionaries or an American put to death for a crime he didn't commit, but they will

476

own

his

battle

Christian who immerses himself in the needs of the poor. In

to History"

the stories

manner that is engaging. At first, readin a

this case,

they are the

poor of Calcutta. As

pp., $25.00.

with his other stories,

one requires readopen their hearts to the people they

this

"A Thousand Suns," a

title

taken from an Indian

they read after Lapierre's accounts.

He doesn't let readers

ers to

meet.

"A

proverb that proclaims,

Thousand

Suns," a title taken "Beyond the clouds there from an Indian proverb that proclaims, know about them; he are always a thousand "Beyond the clouds lets them know them. suns," is a series of there are always a Good biography stories about one thousand suns," is a serequires the hand of a ries of stories about good storyteller. person's life, but that one person's life, but Good autobiography person does not keep the that person does not requires the hand of a keep the sunlight to good storyteller who sunlight to himself. himself Rather, he inknows which stories vites individuals, nato tell and why they tions, events and yes, readers, to bask should be told. For Lapierre, those stoin it, too. ries are about people whose lives and The result is a long story of human deaths had an impact upon some part warmth, t of the society in which they lived.

The difference they made was not Olszewski is the editor of the Northlost upon Lapierre. As he tells the story of Caryl Chessman, who was exwest Indiana Catholic, newspaper of the Diocese of Gary, Ind. ecuted for a crime evidence later showed he may not have committed, Ehud Avriel, an Austrian who was a founding father of the State of Israel, or Gaston Grandjean, a Swiss nurse in Calcutta, one witnesses his conversion

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—

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In today's Gospel Jesus likens himself to the true shepherd who knows all his sheep by name. He knows them, and they know him, recognizing his voice

when they hear

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We are those sheep, and though at times doubt assails us, we really do know that voice because it has been familiar to us since we were first knit in our mother's womb. It is a voice that encourages, speaks gently and lovingly, and always calls us to abundant life. distinguish

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Each story Lapierre tells is one about determination, hope, and success even if it means losing one's life, as in the case of Chessman, in order to successfully demonstrate the fallacies of capital punishment. The most autobiographical part of the book, and one told with the same emotion as the oth-

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Which is to say that poetic license here also extends to treating the biblical characters with occasional humor and, though some of it doesn't work, enough does to add some good-natured fun to the proceedings.

After Lot's shrewish wife (Carol Kane) turns into a pillar of salt for looking back at the fireworks which level Sodom, Noah pushes on with his family until they settle

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the miniseries,

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NBC.

A title card at the top of the first episode ad\'ises viewers that some "poetic license" has been taken in what follows for

down

May

effect."

What

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"Noah's Ark,"

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ends 10 years later with Noah following God's command to build an ark and fill it with mates of

2-3

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every kind of animal.

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(Jon Voight) as a

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to feel

in

merry old

The rains come Monday night, flooded and

is

Poetic license works overtime as

bumps

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Noah's ongo-

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As those on the ark face the end of

the world, scriptwriter Peter Barnes

comes up with an image of Noah whistling and dancing, which touches God's heart and causes him to spare Noah and gi\ e the human race one last chance.

And the miniseries ends with God explaining he will not end mankind because "mankind is capable of destroying itself" Like most other biblical epics, "Noah's Ark" is more interested in the

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School, was working at home when she heard of the shooting.

"I went upstairs and turned on the TV and it just started snowballing," said Love. "My daughter's locker is right across from the library and I couldn't remember her schedule so I didn't know what part of the school she might have been in.

"There was nothing I could do," she continued. "She did the right thing and called me. I was hysterical.

She was in a house and was safe."

As she was speaking, a young female Columbine student walked up and embraced Love. Both broke into tears of joy as Love said, "Oh, thank God you are all right."

As she wiped away tears, Love said, "I've known her since she was this tall," indicating the size of a child of 4 or 5 years of age.

In his letter, Archbishop Chaput stated: "I cannot begin to understand the anguish you feel. Nor can I offer an explanation for why such a tragic event could occur. I can only say that if you seek out God's comfort, he will walk with you."

Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, former Denver archbishop who is now president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Laity, also sent a message.

When he heard the news, he said, he went to St. Peter's Basilica to pray for God's intercession "for the surviving young people of the high school, espe-

ceeds to Special Olympics over the past three years. He said 1998 was a record-

mile for Special Olympics

setting year for Operation

cially the

wounded, and

families of the students.

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more than $820,000 North Carolina.

Of

raised over $9,000,000.

In explaining how the program works, Harrison said that about 90 percent of the money donated through Operation goes directly to charity. He said the only costs were for the candy and the special yellow aprons worn by volunteers.

A contingent of Knights met with Special

LAMB with

dollars raised in

LAMB

money collected this year, $120,000 was set aside for Special the

Olympics. The home

office of the

1999 Special Olympics

World Summer Games and what one official of the games said the Knights of Columbus

Olympics

officials in the Raleigh office of the games to exchange the funds.

Standing beneath banners that represented both the Knights and the games, an oversized check was symbolically given over to the Special Olympics.

possessed, "the right attitude."

Joe Feddoso, chief executive officer of the

World Summer Games, made his remarks March 1 8 as the Knights

The donation made the Knights of Columbus a

presented a check for $150,000 to the Special Olympics. Feddoso said both the Knights and the

games

Bronze Level Sponsor of the games. The contribution,

while meant to di-

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"strive for ex-

summer

cellence" and that he

games, will continue to be Photo by Matt Doyle, NC Catholic was "proud to be associThe Knights of Columbus of North Carolina present 1999 of service long after the ated with them." games have ended.

Special Olympics World Games with a check for $150,000 The 10th Special According to the SpeMarch 18. The check is presented to Joe Feddose, chief Olympics World Sumcial Olympics, the gift executive officer of the games by State Deputy John Harrison, from the Knights will be mer Games will be held center, and State Secretary Bob Singer, left. The money was in North Carolina June used to supply "computers collected through donations to Operation LAMB in 1998.

26-July 4. An estimated and other equipment to organizations affiliated 7,000 athletes from with people with mental retardation." more than 150 nations are expected to Knights of Columbus in New Haven, The equipment will later be donated to participate.

Conn., contributed an additional people with mental retardation.

State Deputy John A. Harrison of $30,000, for a total of $150,000. the North Carolina State Council said "LAMB" is an acronym, explained Matt Doyle is the assistant editor for Harrison, for "least among my breththe Knights of Columbus raised the the NC Catholic in Raleigh. money through Operation LAMB in ren." The program has been conducted in North Carolina for 25 years and has 1998. He said the success of the program and a donation from the home office of the Knights made the gift pos-

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In Brief...

rent issues, draft legislation and at-

Faith Formation Office

tempt to have the legislation

The program

CHARLOTTE — The

Diocese of

Charlotte's Office of Faith Formation

recently received a $3,200 grant from the North Carolina Council on Devel-

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The grant

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formation programs, presented a

on

lecture on the General Directory

Catechesis to educational groups at

Conference

National

the

of

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CCHS dance team competes

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MYRTLE BEACH, lotte Catholic

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team recently placed the Eastern

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Dance

first

runner-up

in

Association's 1999

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competed

15 states

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The

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participated in the competitions, held

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Other dance team members who Myrtle Beach Convention Cen-

are Elizabeth Emery, Brooke Garris, Shannon Hennessy, Paige

of Room at the Inn, an independent.

Catholic pro-life ministry providing food, shelter, child-care counseling and other assistance to single, preg-

Holloway and Kaitlin Thompson.

BMHS students attend Harvard Model Congress; teacher honored WINSTON-SALEM Twentyseven Bishop McGuinness High

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In other BMHS news, Spanish teacher Shirley Shaw was recently awarded the 1999 Teaching Excellence Award for the school. She was

developmental disabilities. Kathy Tetii and Mari Ann Poli, parishioners in the

whose

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1999

April 23,

Life Issues Series By

nancy FRAZIER O'BRIEN Catholic

News

Service

Embryo Transfer, or TET, which involves a two-day lab stay before bal

—

WASHINGTON (CNS) Each day seems to bring news of another a cloned sheep genetic development here, a human ear grown on the back of a mouse there, brain cells produced from a mouse's liver over there.

transfer.

—

—

Then

mmM. i^imim

there's the pretty college stu-

i^es

—

and the divorced couple fighting over whether to use or discard the fertilized eggs they stored years ago. infer-

couple desperately seeking to tile

have

a

The

official

to

church response

many new

velopment insofar it gave couples an opportunity to restore an important

as

genetic

baby but

wanting

stay

to

faithful to Catholic

teaching,

may

it

seem that there are more questions than answers.

John

developments has been a to consider the

human

of everyone involved

call

part of their conju-

dignity

gal

and the

failed

reminder that just because

possible does not

them

to

grasp,"

Grabowski added, that the issue is not technology, but the. dignity of the human person and meaning of human "is

things are scientifically

S.

Grabowski, an associate professor of moral theology at The Catholic University of America

communion.

"What they

make

ethically right.

sexuality."

Washington, says the widespread

confusion over the church approach to

reproductive technologies is perhaps best seen in the rush by journalists to ask for the Vatican's opinion when the male potency drug Viagra appeared last year.

"Surely, they thought, this (Viagra) had all the elements to reignite the fires of controversy which

to be at the service of life

uterus.

—

pian tubes, which usually results in thi discarding of "spare" embryos or thein freezing for later use.

—

reproduction takes place outside the woman's body in a test tube or petri

fallopian tubes;

nity of everyone involved and the re-

Transfer, or

which

Gamete GIFT,

\

human

cloning, ef-

double

in the

form of an embryo that will be implanted and carried to full-term pregnancy.

In "Evangelium Vitae," Pope John!

Paul summed up the church's stance this way: "While the suffering of infertile couples is real, and the church has particular pastoral responsibilities toward them, this does not justify engaging in evil for a good purpose," he said.

"To cooperate with God in the

are:

Variations include

All forms of

forts to create a genetic

In vitro fertilization, in which

Intrafallopian Transfer, or

the

a donor.

Embryo experimentation, in|volving the transfer of multiple fertiljized eggs to a woman's uterus or fallol

1995 encyclical "Evangelium Vi("The Gospel of Life").

"Biomedical research too, a field which promises great benefits for humanity, must always reject experimentation, research or applications which disregard the inviolable dignity of the human being and thus cease to be at the service of the people," he said.

Among the developments opposed by the church, for various reasons relating to its views on human dignity

dish.

in in-

woman's vagina, cervix or

The semen can come from

woman's husband or

tae"

The official church response to many new genetic developments has been a call to consider the human digminder that just because things are scientifically possible does not make them ethically right.

"The various techniques of artificial reproduction, which would seem

and which are

his

—

in

term

—

frequently used with this intention, actually open the door to new threats against life," Pope John Paul II said in

and sexuality,

carries a child to

Artificial insemination, which previously collected semen is serted into a

burned so brightly in the church in the sex, a pill late '60s and early '70s and the pope," he said. "Imagine their chagrin when told by Vatican spokesmen that the church applauded the de-

free to clone his wife,

For the

woman

with the understanding that the child will be raised by others. The child may be genetically her own or the result of an in vitro fertilization.

the scientist announcing plans to

leave the United States so that he'll be

in

ethical

Reproductive Technologies

dent with the high IQ offering her services as a surrogate mother for a hefty fee,

i

Surrogate motherhood,

which a

transmitting of new

in

human life is a privi-

fertilization takes place in the

lege which should express the respon-

Zygote Intrafallopian ZIFT, in which fertiliza-

stewardship of dominion not the untrammeled self-assertion of domination," the pope added. "Human life is precious, but not an end in itself to the exclusion of other moral goods." t

tion occurs in the lab but the fertilized

eggs, or zygotes, are transferred to the fallopian tubes

one day

later;

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