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FIGHTING FOR LIFE

To shepherd God's church

Moves to protect 'born-alive

Pope Benedict

infants/

XVI formally

conscience

begins ministry as head of church

rights praised by

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON tional

Pope: election

and

—

Na-

local pro-life Catho-

praised the Depart-

lic officials

thoughts made him

ment of Health and Human

lightheaded, doubtful

vices for

Ser-

plan to "aggres-

its

sively enforce federal laws that

by

CATHOLIC NEWS

SERVICE VATICAN CITY liturgy rich

promises,

protect born-alive infants," as

—

In a with symbols and

rently leave our country helpless to

bead of the universal church, md Catholics from around the

some 150

cardinals, processed

Mass and symbols of the

struggling for their lives outside the

the

See SHEPHERD, page 5

GROWING

IN

applaud the Depart-

ment of Health and Human See INFANTS, page 8

Conference explores small Christian communities

in

youth conference

by

JOANITA M.

of Charlotte.

NELLENBACH JOANITA M. NELLENBACH

HICKORY

—

—

We

Standing,

singing, clapping in time to

N.C. Catholic youths sang, rocked, prayed and learned their way through the Diocese of Charlotte's 28th annual Diocesan Youth Conference (DYC) April 22-24.

a

rousing

"Somos Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach

Farris tell youths how to have an "extreme Catholic makeover" during the annual Diocesan Youth Conference.

Joe

See DYC, page 9

"Christ

CORRESPONDENT

CORRESPONDENT

RIDGECREST,

Cathy

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prayer, praise at

by

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photo from Reuters

A crowd waves and takes pictures of Pope Benedict XVI as he greets them after his April 24 inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square. The Mass, attended by about 350,000 people, marked the formal start of Pope Benedict's papacy.

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Hundreds join

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said

Life Activities.

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his office:

womb,"

Cleaver Ruse, director of planning and information for the bishops' Secretariat for Pro-

Square to begin

receive the

now we

can and must protect those

tomb

the morning of Pope Benedict, with

defend infants moments

before birth, but even

world pledged their love and abedience to him.

After paying homage at St. April 24,

Ser-

Leavitt

announced April 22.

"Roe vs. Wade may cur-

Pope Benedict XVI

into St. Peter's

Mike

vices Secretary

formally began his ministry as

Peter's

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U.S. Health and

rendition

of

Christ," 165 people concluded the first conference on small Christian commu-

tendees on

(SCC)

in the

at

St.

Aloysius Church in Hickory.

Father Francis Cancro, pastor of St.

nities

the Cornerstone,

was held April 16

Cuerpo de Christo/We Are the Body of el

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are the Building Blocks,"

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The Catholic News & Herald

April 29,

Current and upcoming

In Brief

topics from around the

world to your

own backyard

Ex- Illinois police officer

named

head of child protection

office

WASHINGTON

NEW PRIEST IN TOWN

(CNS)

— The

U.S.

bishops have hired the second female law

enforcement officer to head

People," said Kettelkamp.

is

Teresa Kettelkamp,

of Forensic Services

who

helped

29 years with theShe was the first

after

Illinois police force.

woman

to attain the rank

of colonel in the

Illinois State Police.

Kettelkamp began her new post at USCCB headquarters in Washington April 1 3 She replaced Kathleen McChesney, who .

——— planner

the

fifth

priest to hold the post since

CHARLOTTE

Omaha

priest

in

1917.

CHARLOTTE — St. Ann Church, 3635 Park the

of Centering Prayer May 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Centering Prayer is an ancient way of knowing God through love in

information, call (704) 523-4641.

—

CHARLOTTE The Franciscan House of Discernment, 801 Bromley Rd., invites all young women to a "get-acquainted evening" April 26, 6:30-9 p.m. Share a movie and popcorn with the Sisters of St. Francis. For information, call (704) 376-2010 or (704) 607-2235.

executive director of Girls

and Boys Town OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) — The

Girls

and Boys Town national board of trustees announced April 14 the selection of Father Steven Boes as the executive director of Girls and Boys Town, effective July

1.

He

will be the fifth priest to hold the

post since Father

founded Boys

Town

Edward Flanagan in 1917.

am

excited to have a hand in writing the next chapter in the Boys Town story, to build upon its track "]

88th year of changing cares for its children and families," Father Boes said at a press conference on the Girls and Boys record in this the

its

way America

Town campus.

Father Boes, 45, will succeed Father Val Peter, who will retire as executive director June 30.

As a priest of the Archdiocese of Omaha for 20 years, Father Boes is currently the director of the St. Augustine Indian Mission and senior associate pastor of several churches.

Archbishop Elden F. Curtiss said he

was pleased Father Boes was lead Girls and Boys Town.

selected to

"The commitment to youth he demonstrated during his years as director of the mission school, his considerable pastoral experience, as well as his

CHARLOTTE — The administrative talents,

makes him an

excellent choice for executive direc-

he said. "I have every confidence that Father Boes will provide quality leadership for Girls and Boys Town and will successfully carry forward the work of Father Flanagan."

The national search began in June 2004, with more than 150 candidates men and women from both lay and reliconsidered from gious backgrounds across the United States Girls and Boys Town, the original Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, is a leader in the treatment and care of abused, abandoned and neglected girls and boys. For more than 87 years, the tor,"

—

—

annual audits of dioceses and eparchies.

Her

Vietnamese Cursillo of

the world.

(704) 549-1525.

Maximilian Kolbe

Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order gathers the first Sunday of each month at 2 at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Statesville Ave. Those interested in learning more about the SFO and the

p.m.

way of

life

are invited to attend.

For more information, call Skyler Harvey, SFO, at (704) 545-9133.

CHARLOTTE

I

information, call Marilyn

VICARIATE

—

The Cancer Support Group for survivors, family and friends meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Corn-

— Anyone

currently

unem-

ployed or concerned about their present employment situation .is invited to attend the Reemployment Support Group held in the Parish Life Center, Room 8, of St. Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd. The group will meet May 12 and 26, 7:30-9 p.m. For more information, call Colleen Assal, (336) 294-4696, ext. 226. Anyone with knowledge of job opportunities is asked to call Colleen to share them with the group.

HIGH POINT

— All

are invited to Immaculate

Heart of Mary Church's first International Festival on Pentecost Sunday, May 15, 4-8 p.m., at the church, 4145 Johnson St. The festival will feature music, dance and exhibits from a variety of nations, as well as food from the Philippines, Mexico, Vietnam, Poland and Turkey. Admission is free, but everyone is invited to bring a dish, preferably representing a foreign country,

Kwan

at

hlkwan@lexcominc.net or Rita Leonard

at

(336) 454-3758.

Franciscan

Many of the children were

As head of the forensic service, she managed the second largest forensic system in the nation and the third largest in

Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd. For more information, contact Nam Le at St.

one time

victims of sexual abuse.

to share.

— The

at

agents in the investigation and recovery of

missing children.

Charlotte School ofLeaders meets the second Sunday of each month at 2:30 p.m. at St.

CHARLOTTE

work

Illinois police

involved supervising 28 specially trained

GREENSBORO

silence. Instruction in the tradition and method of Centering Prayer will be offered as well as experiences of Centering Prayer. The workshop is open to all Christians. Reservations are requested. For reservations or more

named

After retiring from the state police, she

became part of the teams organized by the Gavin Group Inc., of Boston to conduct the

GREENSBORO workshop on

For

details, contact

Larry

—

The Ladies Ancient Order GREENSBORO of Hibernians, Guilford Division, Our Lady oi Knock, is planning a trip to the Franciscan Prayer Center in May. Those interested in attending this outing are encouraged to call Mary Giff at (336) 855-7014 for further information.

HICKORY

LENOIR

VICARIATE

—

Woodwsay

St.

Ln.

Francis of Assisi Church, 328-E

NW,

will host Landings, an out

reach program for those who have left the Catho lie Church and are thinking of returning. Landing! at 7 p.m., througl

meet Saturday evenings

will

May

28.

should

Anyone

call the

interested in participating

church office

at

(828) 754-5281.

nonprofit, nonsectarian organization has

provided these children with a safe, caring environment where they gain confi-

dence to get better and learn

become productive

— 43,654 —

Girls and

number of

direct care pro-

and in the grams District of Columbia. More than 500,000 children and families were helped through the Girls and Boys Town national hot line and nearly 1 million more were served through outreach and professional programs last year. at 19 sites in 15 states

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The announcement of her appointment as executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office of Child and Youth Protection was made April 15.

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2005

April 29,

FROM THE VATICAN

Governor

Vatican sets up e-mail VATICAN CITY (CNS)

The

Vatican created a series of new e-mail addresses so people around the world could send a message to the new pope.

Well-wishers

can

send

is

Pope

e-mail addresses were activated and made public the morning of April 20, just 16 hours after the new pope elected.

"In just two days after the accounts

we

know that when there we usually highlight it

site."

www.vatican.va, featured a brand new home page design with the words "Habemus papam" (We have a pope) and "Benedictum XVI" emblazoned under the new pope's chosen coat of arms. Internet users can click on one of six languages listed on the home page to get to the page featuring the pope.

From there, by clicking on the "Focus" sidebar featuring a photo of Pope Benedict on the day of his election, users

English (benedictxvi@vatican.va), Spanish (benedictoxvi@vatican.va), German (benediktxvi@vatican.va), as well as Italian, French, and Portuguese

set up,

Web

ROME (CNS) — Catholic politicians

The majority of people chose the English e-mail address, which received more than 30,000 e-mails in 48 hours.

The Vatican Web site,

language.

were

a special event

on our

Benedict XVI an e-mail using any one of the six different addresses set up by

was

"People just

said.

received over 56,000

new

e-mails," said Legionaries of Christ Fa-

are sent to a

ther Fernando Vergez, an official in the

the links to send the pope greetings and

Vatican's Internet office.

to

"We

didn't publicize anything," he

HICKORY

—

ebrated the

first

WAYNESVILLE — The

A

Catholic Women 's John's Catholic Community meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the church hall. For more information, call the church office at (828) 456-6707.

Circle of

—

Church, 525

St.

Camden Dr.,

Philip the Apostle

40 Hours of The Blessed be exposed continually, and

Eucharistic Adoration

will offer

May

11-13.

Sacrament will prayers and supplications will be offered throughout the observance. The observance will begin with Mass May 1 1 at 7 p.m. There will be a prayer service May 12 at 7 p.m. and closing Mass May 13 at 7.p.m. For more information, contact the church office at (704) 872-2579.

SALISBURY Fulton

Mass

St.,

the

— Sacred Heart Church,

128 N.

and Healing Sunday of each month at 4 p.m.

celebrates a Charismatic first

Prayer and worship with prayer teams will be available at 3 p.m., and a potluck dinner will follow the Mass. Father John Putnam, pastor, will be the celebrant. For further information, call Bill Owens at (704) 639-9837.

MOORESVILLE — A Support Group for ParWho Have Lost a Child of any age meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Therese Church, 217 Brawley School Rd. We draw strength from others' experience of loss and grief. For more information, call Joy at <704) 664-3992. ents

SMOKY

MOUNTAIN

SYLVA — Court St.

'

can balance guidance from the Vatican with a commitment to following secular laws, said the head of the U.S. delegation to Pope Benedict XVI's April 24 inauguration Mass.

"I take advice from the leader of my church very seriously," Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida said at a press conference the afternoon before the Mass.

"I also have a duty to uphold the laws of the state. I don't believe this necessarily has to be in conflict," he said, adding that religious leaders have a right to take a stand

on

of Operating Engineers.

Bush said he was sure Pope Benedict would continue Pope John Paul II's emphasis on human dignity.

"The dialogue about creating a culture of life is one that needs to be ongoing," he said. "And religious leaders, particularly the pope, can play an important role for us to realize the value of life."

"It's not just related to abortion," He said. "It relates to end-of-life issues as

wonderful to have moral leadambiguous about what's right and what's wrong."

Asked how he reacts when his views might go against those of church well. It's

ers that are not

political issues.

"This helps not just Catholic governors, but others as well," said Bush,

dent emeritus of the International Union

who

1996 became a Catholic, which is the faith of his wife, Columba.

Other members of the delegation included Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele; Carl A. Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus; Helen Alvare, associate professor of law at The Catholic University of America, Washington; and Frank Hanley, presiin

leadership, as in the Iraq

War

or

on

governor admitted the divergence caused him concern.

"I get uneasy when the Vatican capital punishment, the

writes

me

letters

when

a death penally

about ready to take place in Florida. That gives me pause. It makes me pray harder," he said. case

is

St.

FRANKLIN VICARIATE

STATESVILLE

by

live

Vatican television.

Charismatic Mass is celThursday of each month in Sebastian Chapel of St. Aloysius Church, 92 Second St. NE, at 7 p.m. For further information, contact Joan Moran (828)-327-0487.

SALISBURY

section that provides

watch events broadcast

can

balance church, secular laws

addresses for Pope Benedict —

says Catholic politicians

3

— The

Women 's Guild

of

St.

Helping hands

Francis of Assisi Church, 299 Maple St., meets the second Monday of each month at 1 p.m. in the Family Life Center. The meetings feature guest speakers and special events periodicallv. For more information, call Claire Barnable at (828) 369-1565.

WINSTON-SALEM

VICARIATE

KERNERS VILLE — Holy Cross Church, 6

1

Cherry St., invites all Catholics who have been inactive, feel alienated or want to take S.

another look

at the

Catholic Church to attend a

of sessions designed to address issue that have perhaps cause a feeling of estrangement.

Re-Membering Church will meet Wednesdays through May 25, at following the 7 p.m. Mass For more information, call Juliann Demmond at (336) 996-7136. series

WINSTON-SALEM

—

The Healing Companions is a grief support group for the bereaved that meets the first and third Thursdays of the month in conference room B at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. For further (336)924-9478.

details, call

Joanne Parcel

at

VICARIATE

Mary, Mother of God of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas will hold an open meeting May 14, following the 9 a.m. Mass.

The meeting will be in the Fellowship Hall of St. Mary Church, 28 Bartlett St. Any woman interested in knowing what the organization is all about is cordially invited to attend. For further information, call Sandy Beauchemin at (828) 5861 136 or Gwen Parris at (828) 631-4127.

Is

your parish or school sponsoring a

free event

open

to the general public?

Courtesv Photo by Annie Kane

Please submit notices for the Diocesan Planner at least 1 5 days prior to the event

date

in writing to

Karen A. Evans

at

Charlotte Dunderdale, a sixth-grader at Holy Trinity Middle School to her former elementary school, St.

Ann School

in

in

Charlotte, returned

Charlotte, to help her former

from middle school

kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax to

teachers with various tasks around the school during a day

(704) 370-3382.

Feb. 18. Not asked to give up her free time and not receiving service credit, Charlotte

voluntarily offered to help any teacher

spent her day for the

off

who needed an

off

extra pair of hands. Charlotte

grading papers, helping explain math to students, counting pennies

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, walking students to classes and helping with

recess duty.

Episcopa calendar l

Bishop Peter

J.

Jugis will participate in the U.S.

following events:

BISHOPS' CONFERENCE ISSUES PRAYER

CARDS OF POPE BENEDICT

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The day Pope Benedict XVI was elected, April

•

XVI

19, the

publishing office of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a prayer card of

May

2

— 7 p.m. Sacrament

May

5

— 7 p.m. Sacrament

Of Confirmation

of Confirmation

Holy Cross Church, Kernersville

St.

May 4

— 7 p.m. Sacrament

of Confirmation St.

Aloysius Church, Hickory

John the Baptist Church, Tryon

May

7

— 11 a.m. Sacrament

of Confirmation

Sacred Heart Church, Salisbury

the

at

new

pope.

The card has an image of the pope standing on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica the Vatican when he was first introduced to the crowds gathered in St. Peter's

Square and to the world as the 265th pope.

The cards contain the prayer for a new pope from the Sacramentary and biographical information about Pope Benedict. They are available by clicking on the "Bookstore" link at www.usccb.org.

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April 29,

2005

AROUND THE DIOCESE

Abbot Shelton honored work in prison ministry HAMLET

—

for

Benedictine Abbot

Patrick Shelton, pastor of St. James

Church

in

Hamlet and vicar forane

for

the Albemarle Vicariate, recently re-

ceived the 2004 Volunteer of the Year

award

work

at Morrison CorrecHoffman, N.C. As reported in the Richmond County Daily Journal, Abbot Shelton received the plaque during a banquet at the

for his

tional Institute in

prison's chapel April 12.

Greg Parsons,

assistant superinten-

dent of programs, presented the award to

Abbot Shelton, describing him

as an

Courtesy Photo

"angel delivered to us."

Pictured

the Model U.N. team from Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School

is

Benedictine Abbot Patrick Shelton

in

In addition to his ministry to in-

participated

in

the 6th annual Model U.N. competition held at The

mates, Abbot Shelton was praised by

Catholic University of America

in

Washington, D.C. Feb. 13.

Parsons for his great sense of humor.

Every Monday evening for the last sev-

Kernersville,

who

eral years,

High school Model

UN

club

sweeps competition KERNERSVILLE

—

The Model

Iain Pritchard, Will Scott,

Sam Wharton,

U.N. team at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School has returned victorious.

The team participated in the 6th annual Model U.N. competition held at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C, Feb. 13. The Catholic Uni-

Jordan Cain, Bredan Regan, P.J. Stanford, Lauren Watkins, Rachel Anemone, Robert Whelen and John

versity International Relations Associa-

Last year the club

tion sponsored the competition.

awards

"This

is

a team that

we

all

can be

proud of and one that will continue to meet all of the challenges placed before it," said

David Seidel, a history teacher at Bishop McGuinness and the team's advisor.

After four days of competition with schools from all over the country, the Bishop McGuinness team was rewarded with Outstanding Delegation, won by students P.J. Dascoli and Mike O'Shea.

Additionally, the entire team won the Best High School award, sweeping the competition.

The team consisted of students P.J. Mike O'Shea, Neil Goodman,

Dascoli,

Abbot Shelton has gone

is in its

on a weekly

Mass

in

Spanish

basis," said Father

David

Draim, parochial vicar. "He has had as many as 29 prisoners at Mass and has a very good reputation at the prison, where people enjoy his jokes and personality."

Abbot Shelton said he was disappointed he was not yet able to translate jokes to Spanish-speaking inmates with

to

Morrison to hear confessions, celebrate Mass and have fellowship with the inmates.

Abbot Shelton also was recognized for his initiative to study Spanish to communicate with Hispanic inmates.

"He has worked very hard at learning enough Spanish so that he could pro-

Valittuto.

The Model U.N. Club

vide the prisoners with a

same

the

effect as in English.

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year of existence at Bishop McGuinness.

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FROfi THE COVER

"Let us pray for one another, that the Lord will carry us and that we will learn to carry one another."

Pope begins

ministry,

discusses election us in the Blessed Sacrament," he said.

SHEPHERD, from page 1

The new pope asked for the prayers of the entire church that he would grow in his love for the Lord and for the members of the church and prayers that he would be strong in the face of those

fisherman's ring and the pallium.

moment, weak servant of am, I must assume this enormous task, which truly exceeds all human capacity," Pope Benedict said in his "At

God

I

homily.

The 78-year-old pope

said he would on the prayers of all Catholics and the grace of God..

"I do not have to carry alone what in rely

truth

I

could never carry alone," he said.

The new pope said his inaugural Mass was not the moment to present "a program of governance," but rather a time to promise to try be a good shepherd to Christ's flock, to rescue those

who are lost, to help the poor and to build unity among all believers in Christ.

An

estimated 3^0,000 people attended the Mass, including delegations from more than 130 countries and from dozens of Orthodox, Anglican and Protestan churches.

A

who

this

that

threaten the church.

"Let us pray for one another, that the

and that we will learn one another," he said.

His homily repeatedly was interrupted by applause, and Pope Benedict received a long ovation when he finished.

After he received the symbols of his office, Pope Benedict received the act of obedience of his new flock, symbolized by 12 people from eight countries.

During the offertory procession and the act of obedience, Pope Benedict smiled broadly, listened attentively, stroked the cheeks of the young and

Lord

will carry us

to carry

In his homily,

Pope Benedict

At the end of the Mass, Pope Benedict took his first ride in the popemobile, waving to the crowd and blessing them with his right hand.

He then went into St. Peter's Basilica where he met with members of government delegations.

A new mission

said,

the basic characteristics of a

shepherd must be to love the people eneven as he loves Christ whom he serves."

"Loving means giving the sheep what is truly good, the nourishment of God's truth, of God's word, the nourishment of his presence which he gives

Pope Benedict XVI blesses a Paul Outside the Walls

in

child as

Rome

he leaves a prayer service

April

The thought of being elected leader of the universal church

trusted to him,

thousand people, the pope stressed that the primary task of the church

the

made him

lightheaded and doubtful, said the pope.

pilgrims from his native Germany.

by

The thought of becoming the next pope "made my head spin," he said. "I

the "touching" letter

had thought that up until now my life's work was done and that the years ahead of me would be more restful."

But a fellow cardinal-elector had given the future pope a letter reminding him of a phrase he had used during his homily at the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II: "If the Lord calls you, you must obey," said Pope Benedict.

Some

During the "slow unfolding of the

3,000

German

pilgrims filed

VI audience hall to meet with newly elected German pontiff the day

pope of the theme he chose for the mid-April funeral Mass homily that when one is called by God that call "cannot be rejected."

"So I had no other choice than he

'yes,'"

Pope Benedict asked his audience to continue to pray for and have trust in him.

"If

I

ever

make an

pope says something

error or

that

is

the

now

me," he said

The pope then revealed some of the details behind his election in his message

Pope Benedict said because Pope John Paul was seen as an open and fatherly figure, it created a church that "was not closed up inside itself," and was "open to all."

"The church is not old and immobile, but young," he said.

He also said he was looking forward to his August trip to Cologne for World Youth Day.

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an April 25 audience with

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PRIESTLY FORMATION

A step toward

priesthood

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and

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be ordained to the priesthood

this June.

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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST

Offertory, consecration

Adoration of the Eucharist is offered

and Communion

at the following churches: Andrews

Holy

Redeemer Church

Fridays, 9-10 a.m., with confessions ending with Benediction

Understanding the Mystery

ofthe Mass, Part 14 As we begin to examine the Liturgy of we are reminded

Column

drama of our redemption

is

FATHER

accom-

plished by Christ in three distinct acts:

1)

the

MATTHEW

passion, death and resurrection; 2)

Holy

BUETTNER

Good Friday and Easter Sunday; and 3) the Last Supper, the crucifixion and death on the cross and the empty tomb on Easter Sunday.

It

of our redemption

acts

call the

Mass

the holy sacrifice of the

is

unites us with the

Within these three acts

—

movements

in the

Mass

that

—

salvation.

the passion,

there are three

that perpetuate the

continue to bring about our salvation by fruits

of our redemption

today and, ultimately, express the divine love and mercy of God for his people. Let us inspect for a

moment

movements.

1) The offertory.

these three prin-

The

in

The

we

present ourselves

we die with him. We apply his death to we may share his resurrecand

At

we

was

accomplished by offering the same elements that Christ himself offered at the Last Supper, namely bread and wine; some of each was used by the priest to offer the

the consecration, the eternal breaks

heaven dawns upon earth, God to meet man. By the words of

elements.

wine

money

substitute

for these

The money pays for the bread and

sacrificed at the

Mass; but the money

also represents ourselves, since

we

receive

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a symbol of our spiritual incorporation

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10 p.m.

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St.

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Fridays, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.

Jefferson

St.

Francis of Assisi Church

Fridays, 9:30-1 0:30 a.m.

Kannapolis

St.

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Maryfield Chapel

8 a.m. Friday

until

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Fridays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

first

Fridays: call church for time

perpetual adoration

not simply a recited prayer, but a

which enables us to apply the cross brought into the present and

is

Thursdays, 4-7 p.m. ending with Benediction and followed by a Spanish charismatic prayer

Why? In order to receive him as spiritual nourishment and as an antidote for sin and death.

Holy Communion. In the offertory, lambs led to the slaughter. In the consecration, we are the lambs who are 3)

we are

Friday,

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Hickory

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group; Fridays,

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Holy Cross Church

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like

And in we have not

1

0 a.m.-7:45 p.m., ending with

Benediction and followed by bilingual Fridays following 9 a.m.

Francis of Assisi Church

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Saturdays, 4:15-5:15 p.m.

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Benediction following

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a.m.

until

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Mass Sundays

slaughtered in our old sinful selves.

holy

Communion, we

died, but that

find that

we have come

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Fridays, 6-7 p.m.

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Fridays following 11 a.m.

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die,

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may become

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body and

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And God

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"receive" holy

more

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That

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importantly,

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Our Lady

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bring us to union with Christ.

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Mass until

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Fridays following 6 p.m.

Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30

receives

will begin to inspect the

Fridays following 9 a.m.

Benediction at 4:45 p.m.

receive

But perhaps

us, incorporating us into his divine life.

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In a certain sense, the substance of

we

Fridays 10 a.m.

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daily,

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us must renew the death to sin that

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6 a.m.-9 p.m.

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Fridays following 8:15 a.m.

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2005

FIGHTING FOR LIFE

Colorado church officials hail veto

'Born-alive' act praised steps," Leavitt said, the department has

INFANTS, from page 1

Services for initiating this important and

humane

effort,"

Ruse added

in

an April

issued guidelines about how the BornAlive Infants Protection Act intersects with other federal laws and regulations

—

Emergency Medical Treatment

the

22 statement.

The department's action followed the passage in August 2002 of the BornAlive Infants Protection Act, which says that any infant who is fully born and shows signs of life is considered a hu-

and Labor Act, the Medicare Conditions of Participation and the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. "Ours is a society that values and

man

to revere

person entitled to the

of the law

— even

full

if the

protection

baby

is

"Any

promote the

protection of

human

life

sidered positive," said

has to be con-

Maggi Nadol,

coordinator of Respect Life Ministry in the Diocese of Charlotte, in an April

26

statement.

"But,

frightening that we, as a

society so richly blessed,

law

to protect

resource

—

its

must pass a

most precious natural

the next generation," she

added.

Leavitt noted that "Congress

had

ceived testimony that some infants

re-

who

had been born alive after unsuccessful abortions were left to die."

He said his department would "investigate all circumstances where individuals and entities are reported to be withholding medical care from an infant born alive in potential violation of federal statutes" and "take proactive steps to educate state officials, health care providers, hospitals and child protection agencies about their obligations to born-

In a separate statement April 22, also expressed gratitude that a Sen-

ate vote to rescind the

Hyde-Weldon

Conscience Protection Amendment had been canceled, reportedly because Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif, realized she did not have the votes necessary to overturn

—

The amendment named for Reps.

Henry Hyde, R-Ill., and Dave Weldon, RFla.

—

prohibits governmental discrimi-

nation against health care providers

who

choose not to provide or participate in abortions. It became law last December.

"The vote to kill conscience protec-

In the "first of these educational

The Diocese of Charlotte

to

to

said.

"How

can

be 'pro-choice' and say that to

choose not to participate

notify rape victims

Even abortion

called the governor's April 5 decision "a victory for religious freedom."

In his veto letter,

"This

rights should be an area of

common

ground."

pharmacies to refuse on moral grounds to dispense medications related to abortion or

emergency contraception.

In a joint statement, the state's

Catholic bishops criticized the governor for vetoing a measure that they saw as a matter of civil rights for health care pro-

The science

will publish a

upcoming 35th anniversary.

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is

particularly important

when

the issue involves "the taking of an in-

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veto.

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bishop Charles J. Chaput told an audience at the City Club of Denver the problem with the bill was that it mandated "a

In his remarks, the archbishop also

hospitals.

In Arizona, Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill that would have allowed

bill

expressed dismay that the separation of church and state is frequently cited as a reason why religious leaders should stay

view on Catholic

into law.

it

Owens, a Catholic,

disagree about

stan-

the bill April 4 and

does not give patients all the information that they deserve, nor does it safeguard basic freedom of conscience."

In a speech in March, Denver Archsaid:

its

same

the state wants

The governor received had 10 days to decide whether he would veto it or sign

Archdiocese,

she added, "conscience

if senators

itself,

Owens'

Sergio Gutierrez, spokesman for the

Denver

impose

when

Supporters of the measure said it was about providing information to women. Sponsors of the bill said they did not have enough votes to override

teaching against abortion, he said.

in abortions?"

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facilities, to

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you claim

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of the availability of an emergency contraception pill to prevent pregnancy.

have no right

sense,"

dard does not apply

Colorado hospitals, including

Catholic and other health care providers

made no

WRITERS SOUGHT its

all

form of so-called 'emergency contraception' that could amount to early-term abortion and that is always very gravely wrong."

The measure would have forced

tion for pro-life health care providers

out of politics, but said the

Editor Kevin E. Murray contributed

alive infants under federal law."

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and protect the dignity of life."

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ministry office has sponsored," he said.

hopeof their devotion to the young Church and their willingness to help foster the faith. Everything has taken on a eucharistic theme."

Bishop Peter J. Jugis celebrated Sunday Mass in the auditorium. Five pastors from the Asheville, Smoky Mountain and Albemarle vicariates par"I think the priest participation is a

"I really like that all the Catholic

youths can get together," said Becky Dilloway, attending her third DYC from Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in

High Point.

"I love the enthusiasm; it's not something you see every day," she said.

"It gives you hope for the Catholic Church of tomorrow."

Taking its inspiration from the Year of the Eucharist, the conference theme was "The Perfect Body."

Held at Lifeway Ridgecrest Conference Center near Black Mountain, the DYC was sponsored by the Diocese of Charlotte's Office of Youth Ministry in collaboration with the Diocesan Youth Advisory Council. The council is composed of high school students from each of the 10 vicariates to serve as youth coordinators between their parishes and

the diocese.

About 250 high school students and their chaperones from 33 parish youth groups attended the DYC. "I think this conference has been an experience of the lavish generosity of our loving

God and

the people here in this

ful sign

ticipated variously in offering the sacra-

ment of reconciliation and in celebrating or concelebrating Masses in the chapel.

Workshops delved into the Eucharist,

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She leaned forward. "Are you trying to tell me we're supposed to love homosexuals? Is that what you're saying?"

It was a rhetorical question. She knew he'd said exactly that in his homily about God's call to love our sisters and brothers. Clearly, she disapproved. Contempt dripped from her words, like acid, burning all it touched.

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ROME — Memorabilia ranging from remarkably tacky fill the dozens of souvenir shops around the Vatican, most of them still brimming with merchandise plastered with Pope John Paul IPs face. fairly tasteful to

With

a

new

God's compassion for all binds us, not always well received

pontiff in office, though,

shopkeepers were gearing up for Pope Benedict XVI paraphernalia seekers.

Postcards depicting the new pope began trickling in April 22, to the relief of

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The woman stood

close, half a step

souvenirs hunters.

inside his comfort zone.

bought whatever we could home with for friends. We haven't seen much of the new pope in the shops," said Anne Finnigan of

"Father," she said ominously, her head cocked to one side and her eyes

"We just

find to go

Pope Benedict's April 19 election, stores got their hands on photographs from the Vatican newspaper, L 'Osservatore Romano, and two days later only a few pictures were left.

Long lines at newsstands formed the morning after the election for the paper's

"Habemus papam" (We have a pope) edition. The daily, which usually special

appears in the afternoon, went to press just after the

announcement of Pope

Benedict's election.

While sales figures were not availcrowds buying multiple copies to save for posterity suggested L 'Osservatore Romano had significantly expanded its normally Vatican-oriented readership, if only for one day.

More elaborate postcards and miniposters with Pope Benedict's visage able, the

dome of St. Peter's Basilica Rome monuments were due in

alongside the

and other

time for the April 24 installation Mass.

Expected from manufacturers in the

photo by Nancy Wiechec

A man looks over a book by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, in

Ratzinger." Bakeries offered free papal pastries

shaped

like miters.

The many books penned by then-

the Faith

may

visitor. In

sales.

"To

tell

the truth, there's a lot of

junk out there," she

Germany

said.

sales

By April 21, Pope Benedict's home town, Marktl am Inn, had come up with papal beer, Vatican bread, candles featuring photographs taken the night of his election and a cake called "slice of

we

trust.

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Entire tables remained dedicated to Pope John Paul and were piled high with biographies, books he wrote, DVDs and calendars. Bookstore windows still prominently featured the late pope's writings, though

most made an

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25: 1 3-21

,

John 21 :1 5-1 9; Saturday, Acts

1:15-17, 20-26, John 15:9-17.

pope, given his popularity among the faithful during his more than 26-year papacy, would have the souvenir market

cornered for some time.

For those not

in

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offered

a panoply of hastily concocted

Pope

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translated only to about 50 copies, but

Paul's pontificate.

minutes after their arrival.

At La Cupola, where the new rosaries beckoned to customers from boxes placed outside the entrance, the owner wondered whether the new pope's choice of name might spur souvenir

our fidelity to Christ puts us at odds with the impulse to judge and condemn others, we need to be prepared for hostility.

The good news is that the suffering such rejection brings binds us ever closer to Jesus, in whose promises

not appeal to the average

one shop, the

slated to arrive.

Benedict; one shop sold 72 in the 30

When

her fierce glare.

Based on sophisticated theology, the books the future pope wrote while head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of

order to

shops got a head start on the competition April 2 1 by offering rosaries nestled in plastic boxes featuring Pope

priest involuntarily

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger sold briskly.

snapped them up during Pope John

Two

The young

backed up from her challenging tone and "Sure," he said, eyeing the

a shop near the Vatican April 21.

bas relief or picture of the pope. Tourists

"popener," a bottle opener graced with a

Christ has revealed God's love and compassion to his disciples, but the world of which we are part does not always relish that good news.

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never had to do anything secular in over 10 years," Payne said.

Stephen

From their studio in Litchfield County, the father-son team aims, as Payne explained, "to make Christ and Our Lady better known" through their work in the media.

Payne left Hollywood in 1 99 1 because he was not happy with his newfound career as postproduction coordinator for the

USA cable television network.

"The execs were pushing lope on sex and violence and feeling awful that this

under

who

my

is

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the enve-

was

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really

involvement," said Payne, 38,

setts

my

that industry to try to

would make a difference," he said.

Looking back, he said he believes the events that led him to team up with his father to found Arcadia Films Ltd. in 1998 have been providential.

Today, instead of preparing racy, made-for-TV movies, Payne and his father have produced a series of films on the lives of the saints, a 90-minute documentary on the life of St. Louis de Montfort and pro-

flies

known

as well as Priests for Life

as

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topic of stem-cell research

Richard and Stephen Payne, founders of Arcadia Films, flank Rob Draper, director of

is

photography, for "The Saints Speak."

from Parkinson's disease and

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spiritual

rently undergoing treatment with adult

EWTN.

fers

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currently airing

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Stephen Payne

on

said,

primary in everything

Catholic teaching. But the industry's creative side needs Catholics' support.

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this

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The pair also firmly believes that the media holds great possibility for furthering

Mom,

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"Our interest is and that's

really to serve the church

saint's writings. Saints featured include

Chrysostom, to name a few.

The Paynes, who are natives of Canada, said that they approach their work "always in an atmosphere of prayer to discern what God really wants."

were

aired in battleground states during the

2000 election year.

"The Saints Speak,"

is

In short clips, actors portray

the Eucharist in the saints'

The

voting.

Priests for Life,

minimovies,

saints, offering viewers'

stem cells. She recently testified against embryonic stem-cell research before the Massachusetts Legislature.

The Paynes also have produced several commercials encouraging voters to

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caterpillars.

familiar. Stephen's mother, Patricia, suf-

Rome.

"We've always been taken

baby being delivered

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one with which the Paynes are especially

conferences.

Their clients include Eternal

arms of

were once

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motional videos for the Steubenville East

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One SCC essential is engaging parish members in interpersonal relationships.

"Our tradition was going to church, was Jesus and me," Father Cancro said.

"If you remember when we started singing and talking in church, you remember how uncomfortable that was for us.

Communion was private."

"Now, the response after Communion

Roots and Wings: The Communities We Call Church."

Vincentian Father Jesus Guadarrama, who served as a Hispanic ministry coordinator in the Greensboro and Winston-Salem vicariates and is now director of the Center of Evangelization, San Vincente de Paul in Brooklyn, N.Y., spoke to Hispanic attendees on the Eucharist as the center of community and dialogued with them on how they saw their own small Christian communities.

A diocesan survey revealed that among the 43 responding parishes, SCCs formed from 1973 to 2000 include charismatic and other prayer groups, RCIA and Renew groups, Scripture study groups, a Newman Club and a Christian mothers group.

Father Cancro based his talk on Vatican II's "Lumen Gentium," Pope Paul VTs "Evangelii Nunciandi," Pope John Paul II's "Redemptoris Missiones" and on the earliest small Christian communities, as described in the Acts of the Apostles.

SCCs, he said, "don't come in a particular form but are shaped by the needs of the community. We are deeply

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see the face of God."

priest sitting out there,

back and let do their work while being patient enough for the Holy Spirit to do its work."

Father Cancro said that SCCs must maintain the church's mission, must parish

we

community allows

munity

the small Christian communities

Plans and supervises the day-to-day operations and maintenance of school buildings and

stories,

God,

When we

God.

in

it," said her husband, Deacon Bill Shaw. "Small Chris-

said, "but to establish (such as in his

communities and then

PHYSICAL PLANT SUPERVISOR

grow

"The story

homilies) the notions of small Christian

Oversees operations of heating/AC equipment environment for personnel and equipment.

Experience

the

the face that goes with

to establish small Christian communities,"

grounds.

in

Hickory April 16.

in

the

mission of Christ.

"A group can become amazingly insular, very comfortable," Father Cancro said. "It's a red flag to hear things like,

'We've never done 'We've never met on

People clap and sing during the

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NC 28203. fax (336) 294-6149 or e-mail sbarnes@stpaulcc.org.

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2005

AROUND THE DIOCESE

Mercy Sister Mary Edward Brennan dies at 97

Teen selected

Sister Brennan remembered for patriotism,

School

attend N.C. Governor's CHARLOTTE

friendliness

BELMONT

15, a parishioner

— Mercy

Sister

Mary

tal in

to

in Charlotte,

Asheville before returning to Char-

of

was

—

Jewel Sheehan,

St.

Matthew Church

selected to attend the

begin what would be a 27-year ministry teaching in the School of Radi-

2005 Governor's School of North Caro-

gram

certification

ology at Mercy Hospital.

She was a member of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists and the North Carolina Society of Radiologic Technologists, where she served a term as vice president and also as chairperson of the group's public relations committee.

"There have been so many lovely things that have happened to me during my years as a Sister of Mercy," said Sister Brennan in 1998. "I would have to say that the best thing about the last 50 years was the opportunity to become friends with those I served."

"In fact, I still keep in touch with some of the people I met while I was at Mercy Hospital," she said.

Until 1997, she ministered in support service to her religious community. Her smiling face at the reception desk and her charming Irish accent greeted anyone who called at the Motherhouse, in person

registered therapist

or

Edward Brennan,

March

97, died

3 at

Marian Center at Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont. She was received as a Sister of Mercy on Aug. 15, 1948, and was in her 57th year as a Sister of Mercy.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held March

7 at the Cardinal Gibbons

Memo-

Chapel with burial following at Belmont Abbey Cemetery.

Sister Brennan was born Oct. 3, 1907 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her rial

secular name was Patricia Anne Brennan; she took the name Sister Mary

Edward upon

entering the religious order

of the Sisters of Mercy Feb. 3, 1948.

Sister Brennan served as a physio-

War II after Women's Air Force in

therapy technician in World enlisting in the

November 1943 and served through October 1945. By the time of her honorable discharge, she had received both the American Theater Ribbon and the Good Conduct Medal.

She was a graduate of McGill University in Toronto, Canada. She received

from the state of Illinois as a and received her certification as a registered X-ray technologist.

She ministered for two years in the X-ray department at St. Joseph's Hospi-

lotte to

by telephone.

Mercy Sister Mary Edward Brennan

"all things to all

people," referenced her Lord,

it

could

also describe her philosophy of hospital-

residential pro-

for intellectually gifted high school

students.

Jewel, a student at Weddington High ity.

Visitors to Sacred Heart

were not Sister

visitors for long after

Convent they met

Brennan Instead, they became would have

School, ics at

was nominated?

in the

Jewel

is

in Winston-Salem. an active member of Life Matthew Church. She also

said, "family."

Teen

Although it had been many years since Sister Brennan actively served in the Armed Forces, she remained a bastion of patriotism in Belmont. Until the Motherhouse renovation and a broken hip intervened, each morning and evening the proud veteran maintained her daily ritual of raising and lowering the American flag, accompanied by a snappy salute.

When the flag was on display in

participates in the parish's

Marian Center, she returned "morning Sister sisters

North

to her

salute."

Brennan

is

survived by her

Regional Community of Carolina, her cousins and

in the

Memorials may be made to the Sisof Mercy, Sacred Heart Convent, 100 Mercy Drive, Belmont, NC 28012- 4805.

ters

mathemat-

category and will attend the program

Salem College

fast-friends; indeed, as she

her friends.

Although her motto,

summer

a six-week

lina,

try

at St.

— she plays

music minis-

the flute, sings in the

choir and serves Teen Mass.

as cantor at the Life

She

also is a volunteer at Gabriel School's developmental preschool program for children and those with disabilities.

At Weddington, Jewell is a member of the National Honor Society, student council and three-time varsity letter winner of the swim team.

The Governor's School of North Carolina's curriculum focuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline, and does not involve credit, tests or grades. The program is entirely free of charge to all students, funded by the General Assembly of North Carolina.

St.

Principal Archdiocese of Atlanta Our Lady 230 students

of Mercy Catholic High School

in grades 9-12.

The

is

located in Fairburn, Georgia. This SACS-accredited, growing school serves

Position offers the opportunity for an innovative, highly motivated instructional leader.

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the mind,

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Committee

14 The Catholic News & Herald

April 29,

Perspectives

A

collection of columns,

and viewpoints

editorials

Shrouded

2005

secrecy

in

Common surgery for women leaves many unanswered questions

purgatory

Is

a part of

still

Four years ago, the Washington Post published a report on the highly secretive system of capital punishment in Japan. By some unknown process, prisoners are randomly selected for ex-

Catholic faith? am

Q. I

nearly 80 years old and was

taught that everyone goes to purgatory

nobody goes to heaven immediately. But today there isn't much said about it. Is purgatory still part of our faith? Are we still to pray for the dead? (Michigan)

ecution, including

Question

are

mystery to both the inmate and his family. The prisoner learns of the execution only once it is imminent: the

FATHER JOHN

guards come to his cell to escort him to the execution room. Blindfolded, a noose is placed around his neck. In another room, about five guards whose identities too are secret (perhaps even to their own families) are each poised

we sometimes did in the past.

Perhaps one reason we hear less about purgatory today is that many of us have a lot of misunderstandings that could use some correcting. The hoary pictures of torture, pain and a punishing God, which used to be common and

CNS COLUMNIST

Christian spiritual theology and prac-

than

which made purgatory kind of minihell,

may

scare

someone

a

tice in fact

recognizes often that this

we

tional pain that they are "having their

tually

die.

It

is.

not

Christian insight, to

None of this changes

or minimizes

Catholic teaching.

people

there

is

in the

First,

some condition

we

believe

or circumstance

process of dying or after death by

which any punishment remaining for sins is satisfied.

teaching

who

tells

us

And second, Catholic that we can assist those by our prayers

are "in purgatory"

and good works here on earth.

This is simply an aspect of our belief in the communion of saints, which unites in love all who are joined to Christ, whether still on earth or in the

died. Past, present and one present moment to God. Our -prayers, whenever they are said before or after death, go to a God who is not limited by when they happen

be offered.

Can you imagine God too bad your prayers are said

them yesterday or

saying: "It's

late. If

God

could Prayers

last year, I

have done something about lifted to

you had

it."

for the living or the

dead

"go back" over their entire lives, their final illnesses and their entrance into eternity. They are never lost or wasted.

next world.

Equally clear is that the official teachings of the church do not intend to answer physical details about purgatory.

Is it a state or condition, or a "place"? Is

A free brochure describing basic Catholic prayers, beliefs and moral precepts is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John

"time" involved or not?

Dietzen,

Box 3315,

Peoria, IL 61612.

as

we know them,

it

seems unlikely

purgatory involves place or time as

that

we

hanging.

Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or e-mail: jjdietzen@aol. com.

notified,

is

"We

parted with the

inmate today."

Each day

women pain,

in the United States, 3,500 hold in their hearts a very secret

"We

BAILEY GUEST COLUMNIST

it

worsened the

actually

social standing

of women? Why has the "freedom to choose abortion" so often become the expectation to choose abortion? Is it a boyfriend's wish or economics or school and career advancement?

Physically, do women suffer from their abortions? The Centers for Disease Control reports that hundreds of women have died from legal abortion but no one knows the true number.

How many more experience complications, such as uterine perforations or incomplete abortions?

And what of the psychological impact? Some women have offered their personal stories but no large scientific study has been undertaken.

parted with our unborn

Their unborn children remain a mys-

Each year,

children today."

tery to us.

After healing and reconciliation through programs such as Project Rachel, and Rachel's Vineyard some do speak out about their personal tragic stories. But most walk alone with this pain.

They might be among our family members, colleagues, friends and casual

are aborted; 19,500 abortions occur after

acquaintances.

It

now 32

is

years after the U.S.

Supreme Court's decision in Roe v.

Wade, mandating that abortion be legal throughout the nine months of pregnancy nationwide. But we know about the children

and

why

who

are killed,

their short lives

are

As

harmed by a society,

little

when

were ended or

about the circumstances of the

who

Since the world after death would not appear to have hours or days or years

family

who have

future are all

to

commenced the

After the execution, the inmate's

purgatory here on earth." the ancient practice of praying for

concerning purgatory.

button operates a trap door

say of people in severe physical or emo-

uncommon, with

to death,

things are clear in our tradition

One

through which the prisoner falls to his death. Not even the guards know who among them pressed the button that ac-

wholly, even before

but most are irrelevant to authentic

Two

to press a button.

process can occur, at least partly if not

MAUREEN

a

Corner DIETZEN

A. Purgatory is still very much a part of our faith. It is also true, however, that we speak more carefully about purgatory

some whose appeals

The day of execution remains

after death,

Forum

pending.

still

Issues

Life

million children

the 20th week, the second half of preg-

nancy. At least 2,000 are killed by the partial-birth abortion

method.

Why

were

they selected for such a grisly procedure

and so

late in

Some

pregnancy?

children are targeted because

they are disabled, but what are their disabilities? cleft palate? Down

A

syndrome?

—

perWhy do we keep abortion haps the most common surgery pershrouded in formed on women today secrecy? Is it because we can't handle

—

the truth?

women Maureen Bailey

the practice.

we spend

.3

1

little

time

is

a public policy

analyst with the Secretariat for Pro-Life

Conference of

on what this vast social experiment has done. Has it coarsened us? Has

Activities in the

Leslie Brown, Erin Leonard, Beth Langsdorf, Patrick Holyfield and Kelly and Koli Fisher who served as the mentors throughout the year to our amazing Diocesan Youth Advisory Board.

thanks for sharing your faith in such a

reflecting

U.S.

Catholic Bishops,

experience them here.

A

few years ago, Pope John Paul II challenged us to take a fresh look at heaven, hell and purgatory. When we hear those words

we

often pay

more

attention to popular images than to the

doctrines themselves.

A

little

Letters to

reflection

should warn us to be careful about the "beliefs" these familiar

the Editor

words and im-

ages might inspire.

In his reflections the

pope made ex-

what has been implicit all the time.

Does anyone really believe, for ex-

plicit

ample, that heaven or hell or purgatory are "places" as life,

or

we

think of

somewhere out

on an unknown

in

them

in this

A thank you letter This

another universe

planet?

This tells us something about purgatory, according to the pope. Purgatory is not a place but a "condition" of purification for the saved whereby Christ "frees them from their imperfections." As the Catholic catechism says, purgatory is a process, a transition of purgation and of cleansing.

is

a letter of thanks to the par-

ticipants in the 28th annual

Youth Conference, held

Diocesan

in Ridgecrest

We

want

thank the chaperones for the sacrifices they made to bring the youths for the weekend event.

We

to publicly

want to acknowledge all the teens for their exemplary behavior.

The adult team included Carl and also

•

To the priests and deacons who made it possible to offer Mass, reconciliation

and eucharistic adoration during the

—

year's conference a success, including

Father Frank Seabo, Father weekend Matthew Kauth, Augustinian Father Jim

the staff of Ridgecrest.

Cassidy, Father Christopher Roux, Dea-

There were

this

A special thanks to all our workshop presenters,

To Joe

April 22-24.

many who made

loving and open way.

who

received rave reviews.

our keynote speaker; Cynthia Barnes, Greg Carter, Melissa Garner, Patrick Hoare, Joanna Jackson, Mary Langsdorf, Lois Lyons, Ryan Monk, Sheryl Peyton, Farris,

and Kenneth

Mary Ann

Ball,

Poli,

Peggy Schumacher,

Pedro Trinidad and Ricardo Veloz

—

con

John

Parrish,

Deacon Mike

—

sinLangsdorf and Bishop Peter Jugis cere gratitude for your dedication to the youth of this diocese and the office that

serves them.

—

Paul Kotlowski, director of Office for Youth Ministry; Peg Ruble, associate director Charlotte

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2005

assassinations. Until Archie Bunker,

Lessons of a term paper

on

television

In the 1990s,

I

Holy Week, but

what

that's

happened.

Spring break from school arrived the week before Easter, and my 14-year-old

found herself with a term paper to comSo between movies, overnights with friends and Holy Week services, Maria with a little help researched how television from me has changed since the 1950s.

Maria found out what the Federal

Some

—

Communications Commission is, who Murphy Brown and Dan Quayle were, and why married people on television used to sleep in twin beds.

For Maria, old-time television meant reruns of "I Love Lucy." Her paper introduced her to "Father Knows Best," "My Three Sons" and "Donna Reed."

One day, I casually mentioned "Ozzie and Harriet." She gave me a quizzical look.

"Who," she asked,

Ozzie?"

I tried again. "Ricky Nelson?"

"Ricky who?"

Here's what I learned: The big changes in television have come recently. It hasn't been a gradual evolution from twin beds to shows whose major themes revolve around sex and sexual innuendo. No, until the 1990s television

was

pretty I

also

tame stuff. was reminded

would make if

"is

life

easier for

that while

me

Beaver and Eddie Haskell

still

it

people suggested he congratulate presidency that year.

lost the

Today

Journey

television still is mired in uneven while much of it is called

reality,

TV." The near constant sexual trite and

"reality

references are embarrassing,

EFFIE

unrealistic. If people really talked like that

CALDAROLA

at the office,

CNS COLUMNIST

file

I tell

Maria, someone would

a sexual harassment

suit.

Women nated the airwaves, early television presented an unrealistic worldview.

Did you know the word "pregnant" was banned on television in the

on television only grow while Americans grow fatter.

thinner,

women

While

have achieved

spect as thinkers and doers,

As

In television's infancy, children

a Catholic,

my

rored

didn't exist.

today

Although the number of moms working outside the home was growing,

iceberg.

on television they all stayed home. And honestly, did your mother ever wear

vacuum?

History was tumultuous: the Civil

domi-

Rights Movement, the sexual revolution,

it's

by

re-

I

wish television mir-

the raunchy behavior

dishes out as

it

normal. At the same time, television,

I

now and back then,

wish

that

witnessed

to Catholic social justice concepts that

are just as important.

It's

medium

hoping for too much from the that was, even in those innocent

days, called a "vast wasteland."

as

Here's the scaiy part: As unhappy are with broadcast television,

we

it's

the tip of the entertainment

Pornography

is

available to

anyone with a computer, cable television has few limits, and video and computer games are bigger financially than the film industry.

Beaver's dad didn't

he had

know how

audience of his pontificate, Pope XVI expressed again his "awe

eral

sexual ethos today instead of

easy

Benedict

and gratitude"

God chose him to

lead

God, he said, "surprised me first of all."

Although leading more than 1 billion Catholics is a huge task, the knowledge that he will have the help of God and of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the spiritual support of the faithful "gives me serenity and joy," he said.

Pope Benedict began the audience by touring St. Peter's Square in an open popemobile, blessing the crowd.

He told the estimated 15,000 people gathered that in the coming weeks he would continue the series of audience Pope John Paul II had begun on the psalms and canticles used in the church's morning and evening prayers.

But first he wanted to share his talks

it.

reasons for choosing the "I

name Benedict

elected pope April 19.

wanted

to call

myself Benedict

XVI to bind myself to the venerated Pope Benedict XV, who guided the church in a

Guest

Ignoring history and Scripture risks failure

that

the Catholic Church.

when he was

Breaking the law

WOODEN

VATICAN CITY — At the first gen-

often at

TV dad.

CINDY

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

the expense of men, especially, and un-

were overwhelmingly male. Yes, the father who knew best had two daughters, but check out "My Three Sons," "Bonanza" and just about every other popular show. Boys populated the airwaves.

Another thing: In a diverse nation, did we see racial diversity on screen?

Were there Catholics and Jews in TV land? Were American Indians anything besides fodder for cowboys?

No one divorced, and homosexuality

pearls to

finally

fortunately, the bungling

early days?

mom

as a

At first audience, pope shares reasons for choosing 'Benedict'

her for not having an abortion. His ticket

For the

plete during vacation.

—

Problem

was, she was an unmarried mother; Vice President Dan Quayle was appalled.

didn't expect Beaver Cleaver to be

my

Murphy Brown rocked

things by rocking the cradle.

Wishful thinking for responsible programming

part of

no

one on television noticed.

troubled period because of the First

have

FATHER FRANK PAVONE

World War," the pope said.

"He was a courageous and authentic prophet of peace and worked with valiant courage first to prevent the drama of war and then to limit its nefarious

Yet I often think of Bishop Austin Vaughan, auxiliary bishop of New York, who, in the last years of his life of faithful service to the church, was arrested and imprisoned many times for rescuing unborn babies.

He saw what Christians were doing

GUEST COLUMNIST

consequences," he

I have never broken the law. never been arrested.

I

Column

— —

on it St. Peter, St. Paul and the Lord Jesus had all been arrested and imprisoned. He no longer hesitated to do so too if it was the price to pay for saving lives.

Human reason, Scripture and history teach us that while we are called to be law-abiding citizens, breaking the law is

prayer (Daniel

Lessons from Scripture abound.

The Apostles were given strict orders

to place

my

not to teach in the

name of

Jesus (see

all in

list

of examples

fills

we

It's easy to look back at those who broke the law in these cases and praise them. But when these same challenges

...

if it is a

boy,

kill

him; but

if it

is a girl, let her live.' The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live" (Ex. 1:15-17).

They disobeyed the king's order be-

cause

it

conflicted with a higher law,

said.

Benedict, founder of Western monasticism.

The

many volumes. risk failure if

we

ignore the les-

Scripture.

we

that

find it difficult to acknowlsometimes the law must be

broken. That's because

now

the sacri-

be made by us.

I have never broken the law. I have never been arrested. But I cannot guarantee.that I never will. fices will

Father Pavone

of Priests for

Life.

"St.

Benedict

Germany,

sons of history and the principles of

face us,

Benedict

resisting segregation

and

Acts 4 and 5). Should they have obeyed?

If they had, we would not know the Gospel. Would we obey if that order were given to us? What exactly would

edge

good of peace is, first of all, a gift of God, a fragile and precious gift to invoke, safeguard and build day after day with the help of everyone," Pope

violation of the law but in sup-

port of justice.

We

peoples, deeply convinced that the great

The second reason for choosing the name, he said, was to evoke the spirit of St.

the Holocaust

—

childbirth

ing lives takes precedence over laws that preserve less important values.

History

rescuing slaves, protecting Jews from

ing" sign into a neighbor's yard to save a

drowning in a swimming pool.

Those cases make it clear that sav-

6).

shows us Christians martyred for disobeying Caesar, people .

someone who breaks down the door of a neighbor's apartment to put out a fire, or jumps over a fence past the "no trespasschild

want

and harmony among individuals and God's command never to kill the innocent. Daniel went to the lion's den because he disobeyed a law prohibiting

say to the assembled crowd on Sunday morning if such a law had been passed on Friday?

In Exodus, we read, "The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives ...

'When you help the Hebrew women in

not always wrong. Take, for example,

I

ministry at the service of reconciliation

across the country as they peacefully blocked the doors of abortion mills to put their bodies between the babies and the instruments of death. Then one day he looked at his episcopal ring and realized that the three figures

said.

"In his footsteps,

is

national director

is

very venerated in

particularly in Bavaria,

homeland; he

is

my

a basic point of reference

for the unity of Europe and a strong reminder of the undeniable Christian roots of its culture and civilization," he said.

Pope Benedict asked the saint "to help us keep Christ firmly at the center of our existence. May he always have first place in our thoughts and in all our activities."

At the end of the audience, Pope Benedict led the crowd in singing the Lord's Prayer, which got off to a rocky start with some prelates singing in Italian and the pope singing more strongly in Latin. He waved his arms like an orchestra conductor, getting everyone singing the same language and in unison.

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2005

April 29,

PARISH PROFILE

John the Baptist Church has long serving Tryon Catholics St.

history of

when Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh dedicated the new church in August About 55 parishioners composed

1962.

the church family at the time.

Having served as a multipurpose had become nearly uninhabitable by the mid 1960s, and in 1967, a new rectory was purchased.

The parish continues to grow, attracting members from outside its Polk County boundary. There are many ministries working to meet the needs of its members and the community.

With a continued increase in the building, the rectory

— thanks

area's Catholic population

to

the continued migration of northern

Catholics as well as improvements in

roads leading to the mountains

parishioners of

TRYON

—

The presence of

the Photo by George Cobb

much

Church since

to build

up the Catholic

Founded by the Benedictines

the 1870s,

when members

has provided a spiritual home for Catholics

of the order arrived in Belmont to establish a monastery and college. The monastery was elevated to abbey status in

of

Belmont Abbey, in

St.

John the Baptist Church

in

Tryon

its

founding until the reduction

of the nullius to Gaston County in 1944, St. John the Baptist Church existed as a

1884, and in 1910, the Benedictines were given the status of "nullius" that is, without diocesan jurisdiction.

While operating under nullius status, the Benedictines extended their work beyond the 500-acre estate upon which they had built their monastery and school. One such place was Tryon, where, in 1911, they built the first

—

mission of Belmont Abbey. In 1923, pafor decades numbering rishioners around a dozen and local townsfolk directed a refurbishing project of the church and grounds. That year, a rectory

—

was

built.

—

Father James Manley, the only

priest in the church's early history

who

was not a Benedictine, served as pastor.

With the end of the Benedictine's pastorate in 1944 came St. John the Bap-

church in their eight-county territory.

With fewer than a dozen people in attendance, the structure was dedicated as St. John the Baptist Church in October

Church's first resident pastor, Father Vincent Mahoney. Growth of the St. John the Baptist Church parish had been virtutist

1911 by Benedictine Abbot Leo Haid.

The congregation included the church's

ally nonexistent into the late

primary benefactors, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hallahan of Philadelphia.

ing a three-year period as a place of

worship,

when on June

out to build a

new

part of the

by parishand the senior youth group was placed into the bell tower that had been

built

with the church in 1962.

Over the years, St. John the Baptist Church has been served by a number of

home. Gifts

spiritual

As

jubilee, a church bell, donated

ioners

1959, the

church burned.

With tremendous help from the local community, the parish immediately set

of money, materials and labor arrived from the area and from across the country. With a contribution from the Catholic Extension Society, construction began in January 1962.

Father (now Msgr.) Joseph Kerin served as pastor of the Tryon parish during the rebuilding phase, which ended

outstanding diocesan priests, including

Fathers Lawrence Heiney, Patrick Gavigan, Pius Keating, John Pagel, to name but a few of the parish's dedicated pastors.

Staff Writer

Karen

A.

Evans con-

tributed to this story.

1950s; no

reports exist stating that the church's

Thomas Aquinas Academy

St.

was ever filled.

Still, an influx of retirees from the North, visiting and moving to the North Carolina seating capacity of 75

Father Michael Benedictine Mclnerney, the renowned architect of Belmont Abbey, had designed plans for the church. In 1924, he began a five-year pastorate of the Tryon parish.

25,

the

The St. John the Baptist Church community celebrated its 75th anniver-

Polk County since 1911.

sary in October 1986.

From

—

John the Baptist

Church numbered 130 in 1973. By the mid-1980s, the figure had reached 300.

Currently, more than 800 parishioners worship weekly at the church.

A Sunday evening Mass in Spanish draws about 40 worshipers and a newly formed faith formation program in Spanish is underway. Father Dean Cesa, who assumed the pastorate of St. John the Baptist Church in July 2001, has begun learning Spanish in an effort to communicate with his Hispanic parishioners.

Benedictines in western North Carolina has done

St.

mountains, began in the '60s, and a steady

(/-

26

New

High School opening August 2005

at St.

Barnabas Catholic Church, Arden

Exit 40; off Hendersonville

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