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Volume 7 Number 32
Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte
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April 24, 1998
Ask Only One Thing, Says Bishop: Be A Saint I
''Live and preach in
sucl;an'a\) that life goes in ever-^ heart,
By
MIKE KROKOS
A native of San Jose, Costa Rica, Sanchez had professed as a member of the Congregacion de Misioneros de San
promise of obedience, the church called for prayers through the Litany of the Saints. By the bishop's laying on of hands and the prayer of consecration, Sanchez was ordained a deacon. The newly ordained was invested with the stole and dalmatic, the outward signs of the office, by Father Ken Whittington, pastor of St. Charles Borremeo Church in Morganton. The ordination rite concluded as the bishop presented Rev. Mr. Sanchez the Book of the Gospels and offered a sign of peace. As a deacon. Rev. Mr. Sanchez is instituted a messenger of the Word of God, Bishop Curlin said. "Your message is to preach the salvation, mercy and love of
Jose, until his decision to join the Dio-
God.
his ministry. After the
Editor
CHARLOTTE — Taking
a signifi-
cant step in his faith journey, seminar-
every) swin't."
ian Ricardo
Sanchez was ordained
to the
transitional diaconate April 19 at St.
Patrick Cathedral.
Bishop William G. Curlin presided over the liturgy at which Sanchez pledged a lifelong commitment to the church. "You bind yourself today to Jesus Christ," Bishop Curlin told Sanchez. "You must say, I give you my life. I promise until death that I will live a holy, saintly, priestly life."
cese of Charlotte
last year.
He
St.
Meinrad Seminary
in St.
The ordination
began with the
Meinrad,
Ind. rite
"You
has spent
the past year in priesthood formation at
of Christ."
The diaconate
sembly and to Sanchez about the deacon's duties. In his homily, the bishop asked the seminarian to center his life on Jesus.
Church. There are two types of deacons: transitional and permanent. For centuries, what today is known as the transitional diaconate has been the final stage of preparation for men in their stud-
"We
ies for the priesthood.
it is
must root ourselves daily
to the as-
in Christ
to love
God's people
upon what
as Jesus loved
them. Otherwise, being a deacon and priest won't mean a thing," the bishop said.
jfe."
"Live and preach in such a way that goes in every heart, every spirit in church," the bishop added. During the ceremony, the candidate committed himself to the obligations of life
this
Pro-Lifer
abortion providers. Defendants were Scheidler' s Chicago-based organization; Scheidler and two other league leaders,
round," Scheidler said in his statement.
Timothy Murphy and Andrew Scholberg; and Operation Rescue National, now
to sift through
Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-
Life Action League, said he will appeal
based
—
CHICAGO
(CNS) After a guilty was reached April 20 in his fed-
eral racketeering trial in
Chicago, Joe
and expects "a solid victory."
had
expected the defeat and charged that the case brought against him and his co-defull
of
lies
and misstate-
ments."
Chicago's Cardinal Francis E. George also lamented the decision and said the
archdiocese
may
get involved in the case.
The lawsuit, filed under the Racketeer
Women
it
full
of
lies
and
was nearly impossible
all to
discern the truth."
who would engage in peaceful, nonviolent civil disobedience, RICO tramples the First extortion statutes against those
Amendment."
But he was optimistic about his appeal. "We're expecting a solid victory at
unjust.
the appellate level, if not sooner after post-
tively equates
Cardinal George called the decision
Cardinal George also issued a statement on the day of the decision. "The Archdiocese of Chicago will
the defendants liable under the anti-rack-
consider joining in the appeal of the deci-
tion."
awarded the two clinics more than $86,000. The money represents damages in compensation for security costs each clinic incurred. Under the fed-
eteering law and
triple the
tional Organization for
It
from using abortion clinics. The jury of four women and two men, which began deliberating April 16, found
eral statute, the
Naand two the
case was
plaintiffs'
misstatements.
"The decision in this case effecfreedom of speech with "The decision very likely will have a chilling effect on freedom of speech and religion for those who oppose the violence of abor-
known
RICO, was brought by
"The
trial
civil suit
Influenced and Corrupt Organization law, as
Rev. Mr. Sanchez spent a portion of last spring and summer assisting Father Whittington at St. Charles Borromeo Church, which has a large Hispanic community. Many of its parishioners were in attendance at Sunday's ceremony, along with family members and friends. Rev. Mr. Sanchez will be ordained to the priesthood in June 1999.
charged that the defendants used violence to prevent women
in Dallas.
The
In a statement, Scheidler said he
fendants "was
lic
Found Guilty In Racketeering Trial, Plans Appeal
By BILL BRITT verdict
the first of three
Bishop Curlin spoke
Scriptures, in trying to reflect
•aintl^jmiestly Ojmesti^
is
ranks in ordained ministry in the Catho-
in prayer, in the Eucharist, in reading the
liveaho%
brother, the burden
Eric Houseknecht, diocesan vocations director.
leathUmtlwii
my
"You must take the word of God and live in such a way that you shine with the love
presentation of the candidate by Father
'lpron\iseunth
bear,
of God's holy people, " the bishop added.
"We
judge could decide
to
this
filed," Scheidler said.
sion by filing an amicus curiae (friend-
Scheidler' s attorney,
Tom
racketeering," said the cardinal.
Comparing the pro-life fight with that of the African- Americans in the 1960s,
of-the-court) brief," he said.
Brejcha,
the cardinal said: "If the courts had been
said he questioned the constitutionality of
used to stop the organized
the law.
counters throughout the South in the '60s
"RICO
damage award. expected a defeat during
motions are
is terribly
sit-ins at
lunch
flawed," he said.
"Combined with use of
federal or state
See Racketeering, page 2