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Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

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April 30, 1993

Teens Bear Witness To Faith Explosion By

JOANN KEANE Associate Editor

CLOVER,

is

He

tured in the center.

included in the design the state flower, dogwood, and the state

tree,

Award

project.

The courthouse

steeple

CAROL HAZARD

Embraces Church, Community

—

DYC offered several interpre-

tations, including, "a

HAZARD town

in the

Carolina hinterlands? Think again,

here long enough so people trust us,"

yet he's always

says Mary.

to find time to

Even Matthew, their 14-year-old made his mark. For his Eagle

happy and he manages help others," says Mat-

thew. "He's a goal setter

— — always carries

ust

son, has

around

organized, always trying to get every-

ies,

Scout Service Project Award, he designed and orchestrated an historic mural on Clay County for the side of a building in the town square.

sive way," says Assistant Scout Master Turner Guidry.

Steve's accomplishments read like

spend a day with Steve and Smith, their six kids and entouof goats, rabbits, a beagle mutt, a parakeet, crickets,

worms

izards.

what they are not of or active in from the church school and community," says I Ed Kirsch, pastor of Immaculate of Mary in Hayesville. The Smiths irishioners at Immaculate Heart of a mission of St. William Church easier to say

—

:

No

bird house for this kid. Mat-

who was 13 at the time, says he wanted to do something people would remember. "I wanted to brighten up the thew,

town."

Towns people from

ages 3 to 91

,

turned out in scores for the actual paint-

lrphy.

ing of the mural.

They have an omnipresence," says

design onto the building from an overhead projector and handed out cans of

t Kirsch. 'heir

J

doors always open, people naturally to the Smiths'

tate

New

arm off the main highway through lounty in the southwestern corner state.

through the area, r Jerry Bledsoe stopped at the farm tided up devoting a chapter to the hile passing

i

family in his book,

From Whale-

Hothouse; A Journey Along ft Carolina 's Longest Highway, U.S. to

m

find people like them," says

\

for

John Meehan, a

Good Shepherd Home Health

Agency in Hayesville. /hat makes the Smith story so unis that it's about more than a He of city-bred Catholic Yankees ^settled and made their life in a Southern town dominated by ^

spice

'<

and Baptists. about a God-centered family won the respect of the commu-

tjodists

*S jas

tes 'fin

hard being Catholic in a small

the Bible Belt, but

we've been

Matthew projected the

this big

notebook"

to

is

go the

"He has

a

a gentle hand in a persua-

"Who's Who" from

chairing the

lit-

urgy commission, playing guitar for Masses, organizing the annual Crop Walk and soup kitchens and working with the Ministerial Association.

In February 1993, he was awarded the St. George Medal from Bishop John F.

Donoghue

Bishop John

.

theme

for outstanding contribu-

tions to scouting. In January, he

"I'm so grateful for the talents God has given me that I want to make use of them so we can do better for the county," says Matthew.

given the

for the country,

should mark the lives of every Catholic proudly professes the faith."

Unlike past conferences, where adult

Boy Scouts

was

of America Hero

See Smiths, Page 13

out duties, the 1993 sibility for

Dan Leach,

"Dad is one of the busiest guys, and

DYC

would."

Teens chose workshops, providing indepth discussions on a myriad of topics,

from teenage coping,

dysfunctional families and

AIDS

awareness, to

self-

esteem, clown ministry and

music.

Joel Judge

from

St.

PiusTenth in Greensboro chose the music workshop.

"We need to be fed by the church music as well as the liturgy because the music is just as spiritually stimulat-

ing."

But perhaps the greatimpact came from the closing keynote presented

by Tom Calabro, director of for formation faith Mecklenburg Area CathoConference lic Schools. attenders said Calabro reached each of them as he est

one of the most successful

it.

of the

it

scout troops not because I'm involved but because the community has accepted

did

member

St.

he's lived in the quiet

who

a

Barnabas parish in Arden, said the conference was extremely good. "It came across a lot better than we thought and

day, there are 48.

doubt about

Czarnomski,

end.

he's fas-

ownership," says Steve. Someone got things moving, however, and there's no

Tom

youth ministry assistant for the Office of Faith Formation, the DYC brought together 32 1 peers for a faith-filled week-

town of Hayesville. Population: 2,732.

The closest mall is two hours away in Asheville or Gainesville, Ga. The nearest movie theatre is a 20-minute drive.

Matthew's scout master is his father, who took on the task three years ago when Matthew entered scouting.

There were three Boy Scouts then. To"It's

designing the conference.

the watchful eye of

cinated by the city. life

DYC carried DYC took respon-

The adults took a backseat, and the teens collaborated and laid out plans. Under

who escaped the city

Matthew says

said the

who

Brimming with ideas, Matthew says he wants to become a fashion designer or graphic designer when he grows up.

Unlike his parents,

Donoghue

F.

"signifies the happiness that

volunteers planned and the

one else involved."

spray paint.

All his

They're just plain folks, but rarely ^ty Sister Loretto

you

extra mile and live the faith."

IA YES VILLE —Think life is slow

t's

Joy Explosion

the drive inside that leads

Associate Editor

:asy in Hayesville, a

of

rite

into full

bloom.

This year, 321 teens convened at Camp Thunderbird on Lake Wylie for the 16th annual conference. Like the tiny springtime buds that burst into color, teens exploded with rediscovered faith, and the reinforced knowledge that their Catholic faith is a special gift from God. As special people of Christ, the teens were offered opportunities for exchange with one another, prayerful expressions, and workshops designed to deepen their faith.

Members of the Diocesan Youth Council the advisory board of teens dubbed for diocesan youth activities the conference, "Joy Explosion." The youth council says "because no two people are alike, Joy Explosion has a unique meaning for each person." However, the

By CAROL

life

—

longleaf pine.

Photo by

amily

an annual

new

spring that brings

lew Smith stands in front of an historic mural of Clay County he designed for his Eagle Scout

— The Diocesan

S.C.

Youth Conference

Christine Price of

St.

Matthew Parish

in Charlotte

won

the

Begley Award for service and leadership.

(See Photos Page 8) Photo by JOANN KEANE

Michael

J.

See Teens, Page 3

& Herald

The Gatholic News

April 30,

High School Students Honor Jesus At Eucharistic Adoration By

Eucharistic Reflection

What The

Associate Editor

Adoration Jesus

is

present in the miracle and mys-

The June 7-13 congress in Seville, Spain, will draw Catholics from around

Mass. "Let us all stand to honor the Lord who honors us with the gift of his life in the Eucharist," said Father Kuhn.

In an introduction, Father Kuhn explained the significance of the Eucha-

the world to honor Jesus in the Eucha-

ristic

High School students gathered in the

school

gym

Adoration

last

week

for Eucharistic

in the spirit of the

45th Inter-

national Eucharistic Congress.

rist.

At the adoration, Father Dennis Kuhn, CCHS campus minister and parochial vicar at St.

Ann Church,

lenged the students to

make an

chal-

them

to stand if they

believe or would like to believe that God

good and God provides.

He asked them to stand again if they believe or would like to believe that Jesus is the son of God who died on the cross and rose from the dead.

Finally, he asked them to stand if they believe or would like to believe that is

love,

"We

Adoration.

gather in prayer

prayer today in the

with

of the 45 th

Eucharistic Congress."

The congress convenes every

three

God

is

and truly present in the bread and wine," he said.

The introduction was followed by a procession, whereby Father Kuhn dressed in a cope a robe befitting the Jesus

is

"really

—

royalty of Jesus as king

—

carried a

monstrance. The monstrance, he told the students in the introduction, like holder.

At the center

is

is

a star-

Jesus, the

consecrated bread. The star shape is a reminder of the Star of Bethlehem, which

guided the wise

men

to

baby Jesus, he

said.

Mercy Sister Larretta Williams carried a bowl of incense, holding

it

high as

a reminder of the ascent of prayers to the

God

heaven as well as the baby Jesus.

A bell was rung to help the assembly focus attention on the presence of God. At other times, the CCHS choral ensemble led the assembly in prayer chants and hymns.

Personal testimonies were made by

throne of

wise men's

in

gift to

Adam

seniors

Noreen Hayden and

Shearer,

who talked about what the Eu-

charist

means

to

Father Dennis

Kuhn

places monstrance on

altar

during Eucharistic Adoration at Char-

lotte

Catholic High School.

many

—

Bishop

McGuinness High School has received $500 to conduct activities aimed at encouraging its students to buckle their seat belts. Bishop McGuinness is one of 50 high schools in a cash award of

North Carolina to receive an award.

The North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program and the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center are sponsoring the funding project. All 50 high schools will conduct a 6-to-8- week program that will periodically monitor belt use by student motorists and promote belt use with events and activities. Schools will use the cash awards to purchase small prizes and supplies.

Bishop McGuinness' s program will run from April 1 to May 1 8. The sophomore class officers and the Student Council sophomore representatives will coordinate the program. Linda Kennedy and Robert Koepf are the faculty advisors.

"The goal of our program increase seat belt use

is

to:A)

among students at

Bishop McGuinness; B) increase the awareness of BMHS students as to the

importance of seat belt usage so that students will encourage family

mem-

granted that we will receive them each Sunto

How-

Mass.

a deeper, real

ever, there is

taught this since our First Holy Commun-

much more

ion in the sec-

ond grade. At

meaning to this bread and wine.

!

remember

that time, I

feeling nervous though I did not un-

derstand why. I also remember the feeling that something special

happening

to

was

me and all of us.

was not until about two years began to understand this mystery and believe in this miracle. I was reading about a girl with cerebral palsy who was about to receive her First Communion. She was so overcome by what was happening to that I

her that she nearlyfainted. think about

ion

meant

made me Commun-

It

what receiving

me. I thought

to

it

to

develop a deeper

appreciation and realization ofJesus

which has strengthened Gradually, receiving

my

faith.

Communion did

stand in the

a

our Lord and Savior, most sacred mystery o\ The mystery of the Blessed Sacra\ is something that is very special u\ By becoming a Eucharistic ter, I have grown closer to God life. I have come to understate presence ofJesus in our hearts an i

\

lives. I reallyfeel the full being ofj

in the Eucharist. I now is

know thatj

the Eucharist, not just a part

<

I feel blessed to have been

by

God to be a Eucharistic Minist

is

a very important part of

because it brings me closer to Got others. I enjoy taking part in theAi The feeling that I get when I hav \ privilege to deliver the Holy Euch to others is indescribable.

I feel blessed

and share

mean much more. line without thinking

is

Christ,

should

mean more.

As time passed and I was involved in my parish youth group, I remember growing closer to others and closer to God. I began

It

miracle, the miracle of bread and becoming the body and blood of J this is the

It

ago

by

God to

belie

in this miracle.

Communion

about the

gift of Jesus I was about to receive. Now, as

words of the priest, "the body of Christ, " I know that it really is the body of Christ, and not just a

I listen to the

Photos by

CAROL HAZARD

symbol.

This miracle may be pretty hard understand in the mind, but I do

believe

WINSTON-SALEM

—

you, have been

to

Bishop McGuinness High School Receives Traffic Safety Grant

By ADAM SHEARER Bread and wine two thingsl most people do not think much al\ Most of us simply take for

day when we go

of\

I used to

vited to come and adore Jesus in a classroom that had been converted temporarily into an Adoration Chapel. Several did so, kneeling and praying before the Blessed Sacrament.

gym:

along

I,

them.

After the service, students were in-

in the school

i

ery Mass.

spirit

week

last

During the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ, a miracle that happens at ev-

today to honor Jesus, our daily bread, the bread of eternal life. We gather in

to five years to affirm the belief that

invited

Means To Me

By NOREEN HA YDEN

tery of the

act of

faith.

He

Eucharist

Sharing their faith, Charlotte Catholic High School seniors Noreen Ha and Adam Shearer spoke about the meaning of communion at a special Euch

CAROL HAZARD

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Catholic

l|

it

in faith from

my

heart.

Vicariate Eucharistic Devotions Charlotte St. John Neumann Sunday, June 13, 3 p.m.

Winston-Salem St. Leo Sunday,

May

23, 3 p.m.

bers to wear belts; C) focus media atten-

on the importance of seat belt usage by publicizing the "Seat Belt Use Program" at Bishop McGuinness High School. We are proud to be a part of this program," said Kennedy. tion

A kick-off April

1

included a

visit

from Officer T. W. Fulk of the WinstonSalem Police Department who discussed highway safety with the student body.

Other activities scheduled include weekly monitoring of student drivers, weekly incentives such as gift certificates for CD's, movies, and fast foods, and a grand prize of a CD player at the

(past)

Sunday, April 25

Asheville

Barnabas, Arden Sunday, May 16, 4 p.m.

St.

St.

automobile crashes. Teenage drivers more serious and fatal crash injuries than any other motorist age group. To compound the problem, younger drivers tend to use their seat also suffer

belts less often than older drivers.

cial Eucharistic celebrations lead j

Congress in Spain in June. These announced in parish bulletins.

Elizabeth

(past)

Sunday, April 25

Gastonia St. Mary, Shelby

May

18, 7 p.m.

Greensboro parish celebrations only

stand the greatest risk of being involved in

i

most parishes are planning

May To Honor

Boone

UNC

Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) show that teenage motorists

In addition to the vicariate tions,

to the 45th International Euchi

Tuesday,

conclusion of the program.

Studies conducted by the

Albemarle St. James, Concord

Hickory parish celebrations only

Older Americans CHARLOTTE

— May

ha(

designated Older Americans Mi tb North Carolina.

To recognize and honor the butions of older Americans, have been encouraged to inco^ special prayer and litany into their Sunday worship services. § "We need to recognize these who have been in our pews for years building parishes and schcB our diocese," says Rachel (5f

{

pH

M

Smoky Mountain parish celebrations only

CRISM coordinator for Catholic <W Services.

"

The Catholic News

30, 1993

I

&

Herald

Pope Asks U.S. Bishops For New Religious Education Commitment —

|r Philip Murnion, keynote speaker at the Bishops'

ilding parish

community.

Ecumenical Dialogue, explains steps

Photo by

CAROL HAZARD

hops Told Church Should Demand More >m Its People As Way To Build Ministry By

He called for a strategic approach to

iing material and spiritual assis-

parish ministry

should place demands on its e, said Father Philip Murnion, keypeaker at The Bishops' Ecumenialogue April 20-2 1 at the Catholic It

encouraging them to dig deeper, to look at the root cause of any given problem, become advocates for change and take action, he said.

"One of the hardest things for us to do is get people to deal with the social side, working with various groups.

People feel powerless taking on their own lives much less the wider society."

Once people are given responsibility, however, their sense of ownership increases and their community of faith becomes that much stronger, he said.

At the closing worship, Bishop Menees said ecumenical work is difficult because people are committed to the way their various traditions "give voice to the' gospel." The dividing is-

We

should have enough respect demands on them," r Murnion said. "My sense is that lh our kindness, indulgence and ople to put

we expect little.

We want

p accommodating people." ither Murnion, a priest of the Archie

of

New York,

nal Pastoral Life

Arch magazine.

is

director of the

Center and editor

The center fosters

development, ishop John F. Donoghue of the lie Diocese of Charlotte was joined dialogue by Bishop .B. Bevel of the United Methodist Church stern North Carolina, Bishop Roblife

inson of the Episcopal Diocese of

North Carolina and Bishop Menees of the North Carolina i of the Evangelical Lutheran h in America. *he dialogue was sponsored by the is denominations and attended by rgy and parish representatives, a departure from previous diain which host churches presented errspectives, this dialogue focused ;rn

The next step

is

:rence Center.

iusness,

by mobilizing people

into caring for each other.

sues, «

however, "are more readily over-

come when they tural

Ohio.

faith."

dialogue and cast back into the at the parish

level.

coming together

at the

bishops'

of those programs and publications which do not give enough importance to

the bishops and

commitment

Teens (From

Page

Roman

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

sum of $

the residue of my and charitable works.

For more information on

how

to

make

a Will that

Jim Kelley, Director of Development, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871. .works, contact

an excellent educational ex-

sacrifices for the schools.

In addition to bringing faith, culture

and life into harmony, he said, the schools have an enormous social value because of their focus on ethics and morality, the primacy of the person and solidarity with those in need.

"Your efforts, despite financial hardship and population shifts, to preserve

Catholics schools in urban areas and to serve minorities and newly arrived immigrants, demonstrate the firm commit-

ment of dioceses and

religious

commu-

nities to multicultural solidarity as a

requirement of evangelical love," he said.

Turning

and pope said the local

to Catholic colleges

universities, the

tity.

The Catholic institutions and their members must be committed

spoke about transformation, and the explosion of the Holy

—

same way we place Church, by the power of the

re-explode with the power of the Holy Spirit, said Calabro.

During the closing liturgy, Msgr.

McSweeney,

vicar general and

present day disciples of the message of peace.

Word of God as proclaimed by the Church "without false dichotomies between the roles of reason and revelation, between academic freedom and the deto the

Spirit.

Using popcorn as an analogy, Calabro placed 321 kernels of popcorn one for each teen in the audience

J.

individual

He challenged them to return to

their parishes carrying the

message of

Jesus Christ through their actions and

mands of Catholic

identity."

When an institution identifies as Catholic, he said,

it

itself

must respect

Church teaching in every aspect of its activity from scholarship and research to the behavior of the faculty and the The knowledge offered to students. health and social services offered by the Catholic Church in the United States reflect Christ's

compassionate love

their care for the sick, the elderly

in

and the

suffering, he said.

To make

the institutions flourish, a

continuing education about their Catholic

identity

and contribution to society

is

needed, the pope told the bishops.

words.

Donoghue

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

in offering

1)

chancellor, encouraged the teens to be

Charlotte the

been immeasurably

bishop has a responsibility to help preserve and strengthen their Catholic iden-

John

ment to the Church and the community in which we live!'

said.

eryone who has contributed to and made

ters

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

pope

The U.S. system of Catholic paro-

Contemporary U.S. society and the Church's new evangelization effort require the church not only to respond to current needs, but also to guard, defend and spread authentic Catholic doctrine, the pope said.

"The time is ripe for concentrating your planned, sustained and prayerful pastoral efforts on reappropriating and deepening the full riches of the Catholic tradition," he told the bishops.

The new "Catechism of the Catholic Church," he said, will help the bishops in their efforts to promote a better knowledge of the truths expressed in the Creed, which must be professed by "those who wish to remain within the bounds of her visible communion."

Calling for a sober assessment of

sion," he said.

F.

the content of the faith," the

perience," the pope said, thanking ev-

Murnion' s topic was "Parish ry: Nurturing and Building the

people of God."

them sometimes have

train

nizations.

heat causes to explode, baptismal wa-

are, in fact, the

who

failed "to recognize the ineffectiveness

successful in transmitting the faith and

hope which

Bishop John

those

chial schools "has

versal facets of parish ministry.

"We

said.

and for the extensive network of Catholic health and social service orga-

you in the Holy Spirit, an explosion of faith takes place, and you are transformed." Like

oneness in God, not divi-

he

Professional religious educators and

city,

themselves but as role models for their respective churches, Bishop Menees about

wide diversity of outlooks present

in U.S. society,

Catholic schools, especially in the inner

the tiny droplet inside each kernel that

In Yours.

to the

to

in a popper. "In the

is

fulfill

in the

a series of ad liminas scheduled through-

—

"What our community

primary educators

Even well-educated adults have dif-

is

Remember HisWll

their role as

ficulty formulating their faith in relation

"inclusive community," not to serve

is

Some young people have not learned the basic truths of the faith, he said, and

had a group meeting and lunch with Pope John Paul April 24 at the end of their ad limina visits to Rome, which bishops from throughout the world make every five years. The bishops were the second group from the United States in

bearing witness so our people see our

i:

tasks.

The bishops celebrated Mass and

dialogue, church leaders are building an

said.

Church in the

United States, the pope said he knew from reading material published by the bishops and from his personal meetings with them that they see strengthening catechetics as one of their most pressing

are taken out of struc-

work Christ has done" In

"parents are often ill-equipped to

The pope praised

Community."

ore than a charitable institution,

guarding the truth entrusted to her," the pope told bishops from Michigan and

U.S. Catholics for their

Associate Editor

— The Church should

the current situation of the

out 1993.

CAROL HAZARD

[ICKORY

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II asked U.S. bishops for a renewed commitment to religious education and to ensuring the Catholic identity of Church institutions.

"The Church's growth and vitality, her capacity to sanctify and transform, her service to the human family and her missionary expansion, all depend on

The Most Reverend John F. Donoghue announces

the following appointments in

the Diocese of Charlotte:

Effective

March

16,

1993

—

Rev. Richard N. Hanson from In Residence, Our Lady of Consolation Rectory, Charlotte, to Parochial Vicar, St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte; he will continue to be responsible for the nursing home/hospital ministry in Charlotte.

Rev. Samuel

W.

Orlando, leave of absence; awaiting reassignment.

Rev. Msgr. John Chancellor

J.

McSweeney, V.G.

1

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Let your elected representatives know you oppose FOCA a the use of your tax dollars to fund or promote abortion.

Editorial Cesar Chavez The death of farm labor organizer Cesar Chavez is a loss which will be felt deeply, especially by the migrant workers for

The Hon. U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

last

new

genera-

tion of Catholics.

Diocese of Charlotte

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Preaching the word of God in fidelity to Catholic teaching and in a way people can understand

kingdom of God

Christian vocation to build up the

is

in

to the

Church

claimed in

Cardinal Mahony, then a young priest of the Diocese of Fresno, worked closely with Chavez in the

pope said

its

to

of the bishops and other Catholic groups.

He was one

of the first recipients of funding from the Campaign for Human Development which continued to support him

over the years.

A devout Catholic, Chavez led his marches under the banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Farm workers rallies always began with Mass.

Despite the efforts of Chavez, unionized farm workers are still in the minority B ut his efforts resulted in improved standards and working conditions as growers improved the lot of their workers in efforts to head off union organization. .

application

be pro-

utes shaking hands and bless-

situations, to the talents of the preacher

and

•

of thinking and living," the pope said.

The

St. Peter's

Square.

uC

he must know and reco and use them not to show off or impro image before others, "but with the aim of better ducing the divine Word into the thoughts and hei k men and women."

At the same time, the pope said, those who p the Word of God must acknowledge that success stb on the guidance and help of the Holy Spirit. 1 He added that everything he said about prea also applies to those who present the Gospe Church teaching with "writings, publications a "It is also clear that

his talents"

:

The pope

said that priests carry out their teaching

— —

at Mass, in the mission in a variety of environments classroom, in counseling sessions but also in a variety of ways.

Those ways, he said, must include: "The witness of life, which helps one discover

—

the power of God' s love and makes the preacher' s

word

persuasive."

— "The

explicit preaching of the

(cpa!

He

mystery of Christ

recalled January's interreligious prayer-for-

peace day in Assisi,

Volume

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Italy,

and said he deeply appreci-

ated the fact that the Anglican archbishop of York had

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Most Reverend John

F.

that confronts us in the

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world today,

it is

vital that

Christians should bear united witness to the Prince of

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The pope said he longed for reconciliatii tween Catholics and Anglicans "in a spirit of confidence." He said his 1982 visit to Engli special meaning in the common quest for unity "Although the path to unity is beset by trials serious obstacles, we must continue to rely on the of the Holy Spirit, who will in his own time bring

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Christian communities.

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priests

Word

of

preach must not be their

God

own word,

entrusted to the Church to be

proclaimed in its integrity. Priests also carry out the mission of preaching the Word of God by the witness of their lives, their catechetical activity, their application of revealed truth to issues of morality and their

Preaching the Gospel in

its

hearers. In the end, the preacher must recognize t

success is entirely due to the work of God's gra« message is not based on the persuasiveness of wisdom, but rather on the manifestation of the Spirit and the power of God (cf. 1 Cor 2:3-5). Mi grant this gift in abundance to the Church's pr I wish to greet the officers and men of Her Ma Ship Ark Royal and the students of Britannia" Naval College. My greeting also goes to the stud p Mater Dei School in Bangkok. Upon all the E

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Editor's

By BOB Page

1 1

of this issue, there

is

Notebook

—

0s

it

Not too long ago

!

*»] •

what

a photograph of

At the time the picture was taken was a parish church.

L&-i

is

now

St.

Patrick

— apparently sometime

in

As the caption indicates, we are somewhat in the dark about the picture. Jim Scancarelli says he found it among some old family papers and has no idea about when it was taken.

If any of our readers can provide more information about the photo or the occasion on which it was used on a

card

commemorating

XII,

we would

Pope Pius from you.

If it will jog some memories, this is the complete text of the card for which we did not have room in the photo a pastor's audience with

like to hear

caption:

"Most Holy Father Pope Pius XII on the occasion of our pastor's audience, the people of St. Patrick's Parish, North Carolina, U.S.A., have assisted at 1394 Holy Masses, received our

:e,

Lord in Holy Communion 1177 times, offered the prayers of the Rosary performed 2956 acts of mortification for the happy estate of the Church best welfare of our Holy Pontinff." he same token, we are always interested in old photographs of events in the ars of the Diocese of Charlotte or even older events before the diocese was

stic

les,

bed. j|;ure

you, we'll take good care of any such photos and return them to you as

are used. Even if you aren't sure of what a picture represents, send imagine some of our readers will be able to identify it.

llthey

ause

some of the

dition.

it

from Catholic Social Services have been attending a there is no Crosswinds column in this will be back in its usual place on this page next week.

folks

Charities meeting in

We expect

it

New Mexico,

Catholics Receiving

The Sacraments

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

My

am

a life-long Catholic. wife, a Protestant, maintains that any Christian can receive Communion in any church, including the Church. She does not believe in the real presence, but believes that nest (or any minister) does with the bread and wine is merely symbolic. »ts that the "modern" Catholic Church would permit her to receive the st. I disagree. Does she know something that I don't? (Illinois)

much

dark as you. No, the modern Church, does not have such a policy. Catholic regulations are quite clear about this.

Five conditions need to be fulfilled for administration of the sacraments of the Eucharist, penance and the anointing of the sick to non-Catholic Christians. The person involved must: 1) Be in danger of death, or in urgent need, for example, during a time of persecution or in imprisonment.

2) Be unable to have access to a minister of his or her

she does, then I'm as

faith.

Ask for these sacraments on his or her own initiative.

4) Have faith in these sacraments in accord with the

belief of the Catholic Church, 5)

Be properly

God which would

and

disposed, that

is,

be aware of no serious

contradict the union with

him professed

It

must have

emotional pain which can be tenacious. But faith can feelings.

move

a

mountain of lonely

-

When Jesus said, "abide in Me and I will abide in you," He was promising something marvelous, His very Presence. As we become more conscious of God's presence in our life, we begin to realize that in spite of our lonely feelings we are never alone. This realization can make a world of difference in how we relate to our own moods. Relief is only a moment away when you have the right mind set.

Would it not comfort God if we turned to Him in times of loneliness? Does it not please Him to minister to our needs? In baptism we became temples of the Holy Spirit. We learned that the Kingdom of God is within us. In other words, we believe that feelings of loneliness are not facts. Even though at times we may feel discomfort, we know God's love is radiating within us.

It is always possible to claim God's love and bask in its warmth. It is always possible to laugh at ourselves and in the process give greater trust to the Lord.

Jesus Christ gave us another secret to help us triumph over the worries of this world; He gave us the promise of eternal life. In death there appears to be an ending, but faith teaches us that death is merely a passing over to a higher form of life. When we die, life as we know it is transformed, not ended. It must please God when we free ourselves of this fear and say along with St. Paul, "O Death, where is thy sting?"

If we can use our faith to deal with the fear of death, can we not do the same with feelings of loneliness? Faith can liberate the imagination, and enable us to comprehend the wonderful truth that we are never alone. God's unchanging love is always present.

I

think

saying,

"O

it

comforts

God greatly when we

Loneliness, where

trust

Him enough

to sing out joyfully

thy sting?"

is

(For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, GOD DELIGHTS IN YOU, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 Street, New York, NY, 10017.)

Father John Catoir is director of The Christophers. '

A Message From

in the

Walter

By JOHN

J.

FLYNN

-

He was just 27. He graduated from our Catholic school system. He was healthy, handsome and held a responsible position. He was well liked, friendly and outgoing with a nice open smile and a warm laugh. His future was bright as anyone who knew him could tell. If you met him you would have liked him. He was like your child or mine. He was my nephew. He killed himself. I ask why but I think I know the answer.

I

ask myself what kind of times are

we living in that happenings such as divorce,

abortion, substance abuse, child abuse and suicide are

commonplace and even

We raise our children to love and to be loved as God commanded but something happens along the way. We seem Our hands are often thrown up in resignation.

to loose control

somewhere starting at school age. The process called "socialization"

take place and whatever Christian values were taught prior to school and during the

jishop of a diocese or a national conference of bishops

may allow reception

process seem to be attacked and dismantled by the secular, materialistic society.

Families are broken and children are not nurtured as they should be. Even children

lunion by non-Catholics in "urgent necessities."

)w of instances where bishops have, for example, allowed non-Catholic

attending Catholic or other religious schools are at risk.

receive Communion at the marriage of their Catholic son or daughter, non-

doesn't care and

spouses to receive at the funeral of Catholic husbands or wives, non-

television for a

Pgraduates to receive with their classmates at a baccalaureate Mass, and so the bishop has the right Antiunion

and responsibility

in

such cases to judge whether

should take place.

|>urse, in all

circumstances the conditions concerning faith in the sacraments

fpr disposition (Nos. 4 and 5 above) must always be present. regulations may be found in the Instruction of the Vatican Secretariat for

g Christian Unity, June

it

wrote a column about giving comfort to God.

touched a nerve because I received a flood of letters from as far as South Africa asking me to write more on this topic. So, with a prayer for wisdom, here goes.

Since God's love is personal, it follows that He longs to be intimate with us. That's what love means. If the mystics can speak of God's love in terms of human longing, so can we. But this love takes many forms.

Jesus compared God's love to the longing of a father whose son has run away and put his life in danger. When the son finally returns, exhausted, hungry and broke, his father is jubilant. In this parable Jesus is telling about the impact we have on our heavenly Father. The idea of giving comfort to God is therefore not far fetched.

Take this idea a step further and apply it to the problem of loneliness. We all experience feelings of loneliness at different times in our lives. Loneliness is a form of

accepted.

t:

'

I

is,

3)

jtgainst

One Candle

in the

whatever that

own

Herald

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

GATELY

in Charlotte.

-al

Light

&

1,

1972, and the

Code of Canon Law, Canon

844.

is

fixed at dismantling the

It

good which was

few hours and you can see the evidence

would seem the world watch your

taught. Just

your eyes. and our children? With faith and hope to be sure but may I suggest just a bit more faith and hope in action. We are called to be Apostles of Christ. The Apostles were called into action, they were not passive, to spread the word of Christ to all nations. We, as present day Apostles, also are called to spread the word in actions. How? By such action as writing letters to the editor, calling up the talk shows, writing to and calling on our elected representatives, running for local office and supporting our Christian candidates. We cannot just sit there, passively, and allow our sons and daughters to be caught up in darkness leading.to despair by a darkened uncaring minority Are we sheep being led to the slaughter little by little and don't realize it?

We must speak up and fight for we are at war. Our children are being besieged, taken from us and killed. Are we to cry out into the wilderness alone? Whether we like it or not we are in this war together. Wake up. We still have some time.

Walter's family and the many such families ask you to pray.

John Flynn of Banner Elk is a parishioner of St. Elizabeth in Boone.

How

are

we

as Christians to respond?

How

are

we

right before

to save ourselves

.

ead your column in our diocesan paper and hope you can help. I want *i to the Church after not attending since high school in 1973. I'm e to a Christian of another faith. How do I go about returning? I've been jtjMass for more than a month but don't know what else I have to do. »>in)

s

you seem to think. If you were married out of the and find out what procedures to follow. They are the same as for any couple preparing for marriage in the

not nearly as hard as

i/ou 'ole,

need

to call a priest

basically

were married by a priest or with a dispensation from the bishop to be d^y a Protestant minister, for example, all you need do is receive the yu

<

t

of reconciliation and the Eucharist and

you are back.

Perhaps you will feel comfortable talking to a priest in a neighboring parish. make the move. It's not that hard, and you've been away long enough.

Copyright © 1993 by Catholic News Service.

Please do so, and he will help you

;

ITie Catholic

News

&

Herald

April 30,

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? Raising

The Children Of Mixed Marriages As Catholics

By FATHER CHRISTIAN

CARR

generally understood that a practicing Catholic

It is still

marries a non-

Catholic, with the requisite dispensation from the Church, will intend to raise as

The average more-or-less fervent Catholic simply doesn't agree that "one religion is just as good, just as true, as any other." It is very unlikely that he/she feels that if just doesn't really matter if his/her child is going to be a Catholic or a Lutheran, Episcopalian, Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Presbyterian (or perhaps even Jehovah Witness), etc.

Without denying the legitimacy and ecclesial quality of other Christian denominations, the Catholic Church holds steadfastly to the doctrine that she has an entirely unique position vis-a-vis Christ's intention to establish His Ecclesia: the original Catholics any children born of the union.

New Testament

"assembly of the

matrimony with any nonmake what amounted to a formal promise to

Prior to rather recent times, if a Catholic entered

assure the rearing of a child in the Catholic Church. Indeed, the 191 8

Law (Can. 1 06 1 ), demanded

—

—

Code of Canon

as a condition prerequisite to granting a dispensation

be and husband-to-be solemnly covenant that all offspring of their union be baptized and educated as Catholics. That agreement had to be in writing, and the priest involved in arrangements was to be "morally certain" that the promise would really be kept by both partners.

Nowadays the Church has modified the stringency of the former law. Here is the norm of the 1983 Code: "1. The Catholic party. ..makes a sincere promise to do all in his or her power to have all the children baptized and brought up in the Catholic Church... 2. The other party is to be informed. ..of the promise which the Catholic that both wife-to

party has to

Why

make" (Can.

this

1

Prayerful

— "After

all,

one Church

I

just as

good and

true, in doctrine

and

EDWARD IFKOVITS

Hot Springs, N.C., I was met at sandy haired dog. Believing that she was merely a local

arrived at the Jesuit

House of Prayer

stealing a midafternoon snooze,

I

carefully

in

wedged my way through the

screen

Vince Alagia.

When Vince came down the stairs to meet me, I learned that my care in keeping the dog out of the house was unneeded. The dog, after all, was Blazer, a seven-year resident of the retreat center who alternated her daylight hours between lying in the shade and accompanying retreatants on walks along the Appalachian Trail. Indeed,

door

to look for the director, Jesuit

as share-a-pets now play a role in nursing home care, the House of Prayer menagerie, consisting of two dogs and two cats, had their definite role in the daily operation of the house.

Most people have never heard of Hot Springs, N.C., or else they confuse it with its more famous namesakes in other states. It was not always so. The charming

much

by the Pisgah National Forest, was once a thriving whose geothermal mineral springs were touted for their medicinal resort hotels attracted the well-to-do from throughout the eastern and

village of 750 people, surrounded resort town,

powers.

Its

southern United States.

One

of them,

Andrew Johnson,

Jr.,

the son of a former

would stay long enough to marry local girl Bessie Rumbaugh in 1875.

By the end of World War I, however, it was clear that the genteel social class which provided Hot Springs with its clients would be drastically altered by the more

president,

rapid pace of the 20th century. People

who could fly in a matter of hours to Caribbean

spas were not about to take the train to a sleepy mountain town. But what they would

—

miss

And

just

the

some of the most gorgeous mountain vistas I have ever seen! town is not totally unknown to the outside world. Each summer

thousands of hikers heading north along the Appalachian Trail interrupt their trek to stay at Hot Springs' local inns, enjoy biscuits and gravy at the Trail Cafe or the Smokey Mountain Diner, and, in some cases, join the Jesuits and their guests for

Mass

House of Prayer. in Hot Springs since the 1920s, but the Jesuit whose name became synonymous with the town was Father Andy Graves, who arrived in Hot Springs in the '30s and would remain for nearly a half-century. It's hard to be a Catholic visitor in Hot Springs and not hear about Father Graves from the old residents who came to know and love him. Father Andy entered Bible Belt territory and practiced ecumenism long before Vatican II encouraged Catholics to go and do at the

Jesuits

in

good

faith,

to do she can, reasonably, to have any children born of the union baptized and re; the Church. This isn't a promise to have progeny baptized and educated Ca it's

a promise "to do it

all in

his/her power," reasonably, to bring that to pas:

must be serious and

sincere, does not

have to be

in writin

someone who is merely a ni Catholic, actually not practicing? And, on being questioned by the priest, (and honestly) admits that he/she doesn't really "give a darn" one way or th But what

if

a non-Catholic desires to marry

whether or not children of the union are going to be baptized and raised Cath such an instance, a dispensation (permission) allowing the "Catholic" (in qu< marks) to contract the marriage, should not be granted.

How, in heaven's name, can such a person give his or her word before ( good faith, " to do all in his or her power to have all the children baptized and b up Catholic"? There must be some limits. Right?

Folks of different faiths, planning to marry, are strongly advised to get in clear perspective and with good understanding and agreement, before married.

Father Christian Carr

Corner,

S. C.

,

is a former abbot of the Trappist monastery at / andformer editor of The Homiletic Review. He holds a degree

law and a doctorate

in

canon law.)

have been

of modern life.

To begin with, there is no such thing as a rigid daily order at Hot Springs, retreat directors assist the retreatant in arranging a schedule suited to his or her needs. What is shared in common are a mid-day Eucharist and a 5:30 dinnei flows into communal clean-up and evening prayer in the chapel.

The retreatant rises and retires, eats breakfast and lunch, prays and recn times most conducive to him or her. For those who wish, there are opportur walk along the French Broad River, relax in the springs, or take to the mounta (with an optional canine companion.) Some retreatants find a need to kee silence and this is respected. But those for whom conversation is not a disl enjoy learning first-hand about the rhythm of life in the Western Carolina from local residents who frequent the House of Prayer for liturgy and conve One cannot emphasize enough the homelike atmosphere of the House ol in Hot Springs. Indeed, it was built as a comfortable family home, to bedrooms were added that now accommodate a maximum of six retreatants. 1 and dining room accordingly are spacious yet cozy, and the house pets (who i do not have the run of house) are there for the retreatant who enjoys scratching ear or having a cat fall asleep in his or her lap. In such an atmosphere, one is at ease, at peace, and open to the prompting of God's grace.

Perhaps Hot Springs is not for everyone; there are times that even I hav< to make retreats at a large retreat center where I can get lost in a crowd, only to for my three square meals a day. Yet I already regret deeply that my new assi as a parish priest will prevent me from returning to direct retreats at Hot Sp

However, I'm grateful for the encounters with Go< have had there, and, besides, life must go on. Even Blazer has departed, as hind legs have led to her accepting a new assignment as parish dog at the ( Church in nearby Mars Hill. We will never walk the trail together again, but memories.

Jesuit Father Edward Ifkovitz has had temporary assignments at th House of Prayer in Hot Springs and at St. Peter Church in Charlotte. He least for the near future.

I

serving at

St.

Ignatius Curch in Baltimore.

likewise.

By the time Father Andy retired, he was a local legend, and he had also acquired a marvelous property for his parish center, a house, nestled into the side of

Springs Mountain, that looks out on

summer mornings

to cloud

covered

Hot

hills that

range eastward from the town. About 15 years ago this building was put to a new pastoral use when the Jesuit House of Prayer was begun.

This might seem to be a long introduction to an article about a retreat house, and I cannot help but believe that to understand what makes this particular retreat house special is to appreciate how it has absorbed the history of the region in which

yet

it is

a

Renewal Begins At Mountain Retreat House

the front porch by a friendly,

dog

is

who cannot,

make the solemn promise formerly demanded.

Some points to bear in mind: The Catholic partner-to-be promises

(

By FATHER

When

,

of coercion of the convictions of non-Catholics

125).

modification? Has the Church shifted toward a stance of "religious

indifferentism"

to a heightened awareness

promise, while

faithful."

Catholic, the Catholic spouse had to

any other"? No. The basic reason for the alteration in the strictness and sensitivity to the non-Catholic conscience in re matters. This stems, in large measure, from the mind (and letter) of Vatican the emphasis on ecumenism and respect for individual liberty and the r inviolability of the person' s conscience. We' ve backed away, pastorally from

practice, as

who

located.

Unlike the large, institutional retreat centers which have had their unique role House of Prayer offers more than food, shelter, liturgy and spiritual direction. It also offers an atmosphere of simplicity that, I am convinced, is not unlike that which has traditionally drawn spiritual masters into the mountains in order to more readily find God. When I first came to Hot Springs in the summer of 1991, 1 was a teacher on summer vacation who was looking for some supervised experience in retreat direction. By the time I completed a second summer of directing a year later, I left filled with awe at how many persons, including myself, viewed their time at Hot Springs as a privileged immersion into a pace of life that somehow seems more the way life was meant to be than the ordered chaos or, perhaps, chaotic order

in nourishing the spiritual lives of believers, the

—

—

ZITA WAS BORN AT MONTE

sr.

SAG RATI, ITALY, IN 1218. SHE BECAME A SERVANT IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF A WOOL AND SILK WEAVING PROPRIETOR AT NEARBY LUCCA WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 12.

S^

ZITA WAS INITIALLY DISLIKED

BY THE OTHER SERVANTS FOR HER DILIGENCE, HOLINESS AND AUSTERITIES, BUT IN TIME WON THEM OVER. SHE WAS CREDITED'

MANY MIRACLES AND WORKED TO ALLEVIATE THE WITH

MISERY OF THE POOR AND CRIMINALS IN PRISON. ZITA DIED ON APRIL 27, 1278, AFTER HAVING BEEN A SERVANT IN THE FATINELLI FAMILY FOR SOME 48 YEARS. SHE WAS CANONIZED IN 1696 AND IS THE PATRONESS OF SERVANTS. HER FEAST PAY IS APRIL 27. ©

1993

CNS Graphics

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30,

& Herald

The Catholic News

1993

By Marguerite Ozburn

ring a top fashion

model isnt there

i§

all

to six-

teen-year old

Courtney Kennebeek. She uses fame, fortune and her Catholic faith to

Supermodel Courtney in

feed-

our

society.

They know so much and

can teach us so much.

I

ing the homeless and spending time with the elderly.

Thanksgiving and Christmas and some

is

more than

Saturdays

just to

a pretty

face...

them

Leo's, to the

when

can.

I

to get food,

respecting

It

homeless on

but that people were

them on a one-to-one basis,

we were higher and they were we were equals. Every time I go up for a big job, I think of who I could

Courtney: Happiness and

love.

for

one

thing,

Money's not so important;

donate

I

my money to, to the homeless, my

don't think if s important for people to

school or to the Benedictine

have massive amounts of money, but

Youth Boot: What's your main weakness?

they do, if s important to share

if

Courtney:

it.

I'm very interested in the homeless

and I hate

to see the elderly

go

to

waste

My temper.

sisters.

get upset with

I

do more.

him

Mass

to

go

I

forgiven,

Courtney:

don't have to worry anymore.

I

Courtney: Beauty

me

strikes

you

in

your

is

of

something that

insides.

I

also think

it

comes from an inner peace. People who

may have nice

are described as beautiful

Mass and the

think

it

it. I

so as soon as I'm

look to

to a Catholic school

really think they are

I

can't really give

kind of like

beauty?

looks, but

church community are important?

you

I

model-

regularly.

Youth Beat: Do you

Actually,

feel really guilty,

Youth Beat: What's your definition

he can encourage

that

always

for

things go badly

lot of rejection in

Also,

because

you But

up during your

if

they're not nice people, then

can't really think they're beautiful. if

they have peace inside and they're

teenage years and then expect yourself to

happy with themselves, they look more

be a good Catholic when you grow up.

beautiful

you don't go now,

myself when things don't turn out the

bad

habit.

way I think they should.

Youth Boat: How does God fit in?

one

in church.

By Joanie

to

When I want to quit, I always

him and hope to

up

to look

when

because there's a

and I go

lower, but

in life?

have

I

constant support

ing.

wasn't a big deal

not that

Youth Beat: What's important

going to confession?

just a pretty face

Courtney:

serve breakfast at

my church, St.

Courtney

more than

Courtney:

make the

world a better place,

is

And

it

then

If

become afeally

will

on the outside.

think that I'm beautiful. togenic, but

we won't have any-

I

have a

don't really

I

I

think I'm pho-

lot of

growing

to do,

both spiritually and mentally to make

Youth Beat: What do you

myself peaceful.

think about

• • •

Allegretti

but she was just standing by her car.

I

realized she

went over

to

needed help, so

I

pump the gas for her.

Her name was Mary. She told me,

"My daughter usually comes with me to fill up ray car, but she's busy today."

She was so happy I stopped

to help.

And it made my whole day

just to stop to talk

with

By Erin Muth

her.

I

was tromping along when four girls

my car was still occupying a pump. A customer

walked by, giggling and talking. Then three guys walked by talking about last night's game.

puled

thought, "Hey!

Meanwhile,

I

in to get gas and started

yelling at me.

"Hey

lady, are you

Oh, yeah

finished with this pump or what?" i

told the angry

That

man that the

I

I

plight.

zillions of friends

should

so I stopped what I was doing to

it

He looked rather embar-

rassed and hurriedly said, "Oh,

— forgot—

was my

by myself? don't have any friends."

I'm

all

"Everybody seems to

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with a 1 4-year-old American girl (Reese Witherspoon) and young friend (Ethan

After a nasty loan shark (Bill Murray) sends a beautiful debtor (Uma Thurman) to spend a week with the timid cop (Robert De Niro) who saved his life, the sleazy mobster is enraged because the cop falls in love with her.

4 (Universal)

Randall) fleeing murderous ivory poach-

Director John

McCarthy and Stuart Samuels illustrate how creative camera work is not dependent upon the medium's technological

slickly sick sense of

changes. Fleeting nude shot and a brutal

women who are willingly victimized. Some brutal violence, a de-

boxing match. The USCC classification is A-II adults and adolescents.

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ince Office for Film and Broadl-

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reviews include by the U.S. Cathpolic and ratings by the Motion

ications

fpnce

|ric misfire in

which a

fictional

group (Chris Rock, Allen ^nd Deezer D) zoom to the top of Its by patterning their anti-social [ap

id behavior

on a local hood who

"A Far Off Place" (Disney) Contemporary African adventure

ers

by trekking 1,000 miles across the

McNaughton employs a humor in a meanspirited comedy replete with casual vio-

Kalahari desert with only an African bushman (Sarel Bok) as guide. Director

lence and

Mikael Salomon combines a lively story, delightful cast and exquisite cinematog-

meaning and sexist depiction of women,

—

i

he Catholic

News

&

Herald

April 30,

16th Annual Youth Conference

Teens Encouraged To Carry Message Of Christ Left: Conference teens listened and danced to the music of Snowhite.

The band from Stony Point, N.C.,

plays original high-energy rock-nroll.

Members of Snowhite

Right:

concert at

Camp

in

Thunderbird.

"Our main goal is to bring the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ uncompromised to the lost, as we yield our lives to the Holy Spirit so that He can meet any spiritual needs that may arise," say members of the band.

The Cat in the Ryan Dunn, from

Left: hat.

St.

Ann

parish in

Charlotte, wears a

"Dr. Seuss" inspired

The

hat.

clever

headpiece was quite the item at the

conference, making the rounds

from head

to head.

Right: Taking a Erin Cole from St. Joseph in Kannapolis shares a quiet moment with

break.

LaDew. Working the Chris

conference as a "staff assistant," Chris, an

Appalachian State University student, takes an active role

He

with youth.

attends St. Elizabeth in

Boone, and parish

his

is St.

home

Paul the

Apostle in

Greensboro.

Amazing Grace.

Right:

To

the clarifying strains

from a

Photos By

JOANN KEANE

clarinet, teens

prepare for mealtime

through daily prayer.

Several parishes took turns at preparing unique prayer services.

Irene and Tom Czarnomski, coordinators of the Diocesan Youth Council, and conference

Left:

coordinators, are pictured

with Bishop John F. Donoghue. The Czarnomskis created a scholarship for youth in the

who wish

diocese

C.L.I., but are in

to attend

need of

financial assistance.

The

"Adam Thomas Czarnomski" scholarship

named died

for their son

at birth.

to give

is

who

"Our goal

is

youth an opportunity

to attend the leadership institute to

develop

leadership skills and

become

future leaders for

the diocese, parishes and for personal growth."

The Catholic News

1993

30,

&

Herald

1993 Confirmations The

have been approved

following parishes

for confirmations:

arlotte Vicariate

Thomas Aquinas alt

Confirmation

April 13, 7:30

pm

Bishop John

Vincent de Paul

pm 7:30 pm

April 26, 7:30

Lady of Consolation

April 26,

Lady of the Assumption

pm April 27, 7:30 pm April 28, 7:30 pm April 29, 7:30 pm May 1, 5:30 pm May 2, 12:30 pm May 2, 5:00 pm May 15, 10:00 am

F.

Msgr.

John Peter

John

Neumann

i\nn

Patrick

Matthew

Thomas Aquinas jabriel

April 27, 7:30

Donoghue

Bishop Donoghue

J.

McSweeney

Bishop Donoghue Msgr.

McSweeney

Bishop Donoghue Bishop Donoghue Bishop Donoghue

Bishop Donoghue Bishop Donoghue

Bishop Donoghue

Lady of the Assumption ean Catholic

Community

Sept. 12, 1:30

pm

Bishop Donoghue

April 26, 7:30

pm

Retired Bishop

ermarle Vicariate

Lady of Lourdes, Monroe

Michael

J.

Begley

Lady of the Annunication,

pm pm April 29,7:30 pm April 30, 7:30 pm

:rmarle

April 27, 7:30

Bishop Begley

red Heart, Salisbury

April 28, 7:30

Bishop Begley

'ames,

fames,

Hamlet Concord

Season of Grace: Bishop John F. Donoghue with confirmation candidates at St. Philip The Statesville parish confirmation was April 18. From left to right;

Bishop Begley

the Apostle.

Bishop Donoghue

Jennifer Springer, Jon Meronek, Luigi Artuso, Beata Kleacha, Bishop Donoghue,

Thomas leville

Estes, Jason Sadowski, Margaret Dickson,

and Monica Millsaps.

Vicariate

iugene, Asheville vlargaret

Mary, Swannanoa

Andrew, Mars Hill

oan of Arc, Asheville iarnabas,

Arden

ed Heart, Brevard

pm pm 30, 9:00 am June 1, 7:30 pm Oct. 14, 7:30 pm Dec. 9, 7:30 pm May May May

29,5:30

Bishop Donoghue

29, 5:30

Bishop Begley

Greensboro Vicariate

Bishop Donoghue Bishop Donoghue

Immaculate Heart of Mary, High Point

Bishop Donoghue

St.

Bishop Donoghue

Our Lady of Grace,

Mary, Greensboro

Greensboro ne Vicariate

St.

Joseph of the

Hills,

Eden

pm pm

Bishop Begley

pm pm

Bishop Donoghue

7:30

5,

7:30

pm

Bishop Donoghue

5,

7:30

Bishop Begley

6,

7:30

Bishop Begley

May May

1,

5:30

2,

4:00

May May

3,

7:30

4,

May

Bishop Begley

Bishop Donoghue

Our Lady of the Highways, ilizabeth,

Boone

ranees, Sparta

May

19,

7:30

Fall 1993,

pm

TBA

Bishop Begley

Thomasville

TBA

St.

Paul the Apostle,

Greensboro itonia

Vicariate

en of the Apostles, nont

Dorothy, Lincolnton

St.

Pius Tenth, Greensboro

St.

Joseph, Asheboro

Christ the King,

May Fall

pm 1993, TBA 17,7:30

Bishop Donoghue

St.

TBA

Greensboro

High Point

May May May May

6, 7,

pm pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

Bishop Donoghue Bishop Donoghue

Paul the Apostle,

Dec. 10,7:30

pm

Bishop Donoghue

Hickory Vicariate St. Philip, Statesville St.

Frances, Lenior

St.

Charles,

St.

Aloysius, Hickory

Morganton

Smoky Mountain St.

Mary, Sylva

St.

Francis, Franklin

St.

William,

pm pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

April 18, 4:00

Bishop Donoghue

April 19,7:30

Bishop Donoghue

April 20,

Bishop Begley

April 22,

Bishop Donoghue

Vicariate

May May

23, 11:00

am am

Msgr. McSweeney

23, 9:00

Msgr.

May May

24, 7:30

pm pm

Bishop Donoghue

am pm

Bishop Donoghue

am

Bishop Donoghue

McSweeney

Murphy with

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hayesville St.

John, Waynesville

25, 7:30

Bishop Donoghue

Winston Salem Vicariate Our Lady of Mercy, Winston Salem Holy Family, Clemmons Our Lady of Fatima, Winston Salem Holy Angels, Mt. Airy Holy Cross, Kernersville St. Benedict, Winston Salem St. Leo, Winston Salem Good Shepherd, King

May May May May May May May Nov.

8,

11:00

8,5:30

9,

9:30

Bishop Donoghue

12,7:30

Bishop Donoghue

12,

pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm 5:30 pm

Bishop Begley

noon

Bishop Donoghue

14, 15,

14, 12

Bishop Donoghue

Bishop Donoghue

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People

young people and their parcommunicate about sexuality and other personal development issues.

Parents support the program as well.

"To me, it's already opened a door of communication and has us talking about

Msgr. Oesterreicher Dies At 89; Pioneered Catholic-Jewish Relations Msgr.

WASHINGTON (CNS)

that teaches

ents to

—

John M. Oesterreicher, a Catholic convert from Judaism and a world pioneer Catholic-Jewish relations, died of a heart attack April 18. He was 89 years in

He

old.

topics

St.

Center in had been admitted two weeks earlier for surgery for cancer of the colon. His funeral was celebrated April 22 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in South Orange, N.J. Msgr. Oesterreicher was one of the chief architects of the section on Judaism in Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council declaration on other religions, which started a new era of understanding between Catholics and Jews.

Chinese Bishop Might Have Been Tortured Before Death HONG KONG (CNS)

— An

Dame Center For Labor Studies Named For 'Labor Priest' NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) A

Notre

—

center for labor and economics study at

Dame has

been named the Higgins Labor Studies Center in honor of Msgr. George G. Higgins' contributions to the field. Msgr. Higgins, a Chicago native, joined the staff of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, as the U.S. Catholic Conference was then

eld-

ground Church in China died in custody and is alleged to have been tortured before his death. Bishop Stephen Liu Difen of Anguo, 80, who was taken into detention more than two years ago, is the third Chinese bishop to have died while being held by authorities in the

A

talk about other-

mother.

erly bishop of the pro- Vatican under-

past three years.

we wouldn't

wise," said Karen Lackey, Emily's

Barnabas Medical Livingston, N.J., where he

died at

In

the University of Notre

known, in 1944, becoming its director from 1954 to 1972. He became secretary for research when the USCC was reorganized in 1972, and was given the secretary for special concerns in

title

1979. Msgr. Higgins

is

currently an

nist for Catholic

News

Service.

Slain South African

Leader

Given Catholic Funeral

JOHANNESBURG, (CNS)

—

South Africa

Slain South African anti- apart-

Catholic funeral in a soccer stadium

near Johannesburg attended by some

Catholic communities in Hebei prov-

80,000 mourners. Archbishop Wilfred Napier of Durban, president of the southern African bishops' conference, and Bishop Reginald Orsmond of Johannesburg concelebrated the April

abuses in China.

Sexuality Program Brings Teens, Parents Together

HERITAGE,

19 service in the sports facility in the

black township of Soweto. Although

—

(CNS) Spending five consecutive Sunday evenings talking at church with their parents was the last thing some eighth-graders at Pa.

Dame

Parish in Heritage wanted But once the "Love and Life" program got fully underway in March, some opinions changed. Emily Lackey, an eighth grader at Notre Dame School, told the Lake Shore Visitor, newspaper for the Erie Diocese, that "sometimes you don't feel like going on a Sunday,

Notre

to do.

good idea. I think it'll help us later on." "Love and Life" is a diocese-sponsored teen chastity program but

I

think

it's

a

is

not anti-Church

and the liberation leader appeared regaining interest in his

to

Archbl William H. Keeler of Baltimore,!

Mass April| Mary Our Que

celebrated the funeral the Cathedral of

Baltimore. in

"He brought people tog

purpose and

spirit

and they soaJ

a result of his faith," the archb| added.

acquittal of the four police officers in a state trial

Vatican Official Says Canon La Crisis 10 Years After New Cod4

"demonstrated very clearly

that a violent response to the verdicts

VATICAN CITY

and cannot serve the cause of and equality."

will not

justice

years after the

(CNS) Code of Canon La\

updated, a leading Vatican officia

Bishop Says Healthcare Reform Package Should Not Cover Abortion .

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— To

Church law

health care reform plan

the

comment

in crisis

— not

be

people do not feel bound to follow i

in-

To improve

would be "a

the situation, pastors|

governing accc an essential part oil

to recognize that

moral tragedy, a serious policy misjudgment and a major political mistake," according to the head of the bishops' Domestic Policy Committee. Auxiliary Bishop John H. Ricard of Balti-

Rodham

is

the precepts are not good, but be

clude abortion coverage in a national

to

canon law

is

local ministry, said

Bishop

J|

Herranz, secretary of the Pontifical < cil

for the Interpretation of Legisl

Texts. Bishop Herranz' s speech ojf the April 19-24 International Sj

in a letter to

sium on Canon

Clinton, head of the

Task Force on National Health Care Reform. Copies of the letter also went to

Law

at the Vatica

British Cardinal Urges Restra:

spoke about all aspects of health care reform and said the U.S. Catholic Church had both "strong convictions about health care, human life and human dignity" and "broad experience" in the field.

Catholic-sponsored health care and longterm care facilities serve about 40 million people in the United States each letter

In Anglican Conversions LONDON (CNS) England Catholic churchman emphasized taining good relations with the Cf of England as Catholic bishops t considering how to deal with Angll angered by their church's decisis

—

ordain

^

women. Cardinal George

Hume

of Westminster also saic Anglican rite established withiii Catholic Church to handle convert the Church of England should be a

year.

Loyola College Mourns Death Of Father Joseph Sellinger

porary measure.

BALTIMORE (CNS) — Jesuit Fa-

He made his state !

at the start

ther Joseph A. Sellinger, president of

Hani was head of the South African Communist Party and had not been actively Catholic for a long time, Archbishop Napier said in an April 21 telephone interview with Catholic News Service that the party

the Jesuit tradition as scholar, adr

Timothy Wend were acquitted. The cardinal said the riots after the April 1992

members of Congress. The

crackdown on underground

The document appeals for international attention to human rights

trator and civic leader," said

19 after a lengthy battle with cane I 72. "Father Sellinger exemp|

was

Stacey Koon and Officer Laurence Powell of violating King's civil rights by using or permitting excessive force in the March 1991 beating. Officer Theodore Briseno and former Officer

Hillary

heid leader Chris Hani was given a

.

shortly after a jury convicted police Sgt.

more made

body. The bishop had been missing

ince in 1991

Loyola College in Maryland, died!

ment at The Catholic University of America in Washington and a colum-

his left shoulder, after retrieving the

since a

ways to bridge "the gaps and chasms that still divide us." "Now is a time for hope and reconciliation," he said in an April 17 statement issued

the city to find

adjunct lecturer in the theology depart-

statement, signed

"The Faithful Church of Mainland China," said that relatives found unhealed wounds on the bishop's back and in his left armpit, as well as scars on

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bisl

conference of England and Wales

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mobility

is

a problem

be

faith.

Cardinal Calls For Reconciliation After

Rodney King Verdict

LOS ANGELES (CNS)

— Follow-

Rodney King beating trial, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony ing the split verdict in the

Sin

of Los Angeles urged each resident of

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imember When?

Queen Of Apostles

& Hera!,

Parishioner

Winner Of Morehead Scholarship BELMONT

— Melissa Roche, a

member of Queen Belmont was

of the Apostles in

of excitement.

Melissa received the Morehead Scholarship, an annual award based solely on achievement and merit.

The Morehead is one of the nation's biggest and most competitive scholarin a state

And rightfully

so.

ships for undergraduates.

The four-year scholarship Chapel

to

UNC-

pays for tuition, room, board, books and spending money, as well as summer programs each year that stress outdoor leadership, public service, private enterprise and foreign travel and study.

Hill,

With

MELISSA ROCHE

99 grade-point average at South Point High School, Melissa is the prototype of a good student, hard worka

ing, eager to learn.

In 1991, Melissa received the Congress/Bundestag Scholarship, which al-

In addition to her

lowed her

spend her junior year in Germany as an exchange student. At first, she couldn't speak a word of German. Now she speaks it fluently. She works to retain her fluency by attending Charlotte German School every Saturday morning.

academic achievements, she busies herMelissa's involvement in diocesan youth program started when she was in

She has attended youth conferences and a Peace and Justice weekend at Camp Thunderbird, the eighth grade.

a member of Amnesty InternaMelissa is very committed to the issues of human rights and justice. She has started an Amnesty chapter at South Point High School and has given pre-

As

participated in C.L.I. (Christian Leader-

tional,

ship Institute) and S.P.L.U.N.G.E. (an

working with the less and has helped lead several

inner-city retreat

fortunate)

diocesan Journey retreats. the

Church (now St. Patrick Cathedral) in Charlotte as it appeared before the from Vatican II.The photo is believed to have been taken sometime

itrick

ieling resulting

the 1950s.

I

appears on the cover of a card marking the

It

audience with Pope Pius XII the pastor's

le

who

died in 1958.

The card

visit is

of a pastor to

Rome

not dated and does not

name. Charlotte cartoonist Jim Scancarelli found the card among some

keepsakes.

y

Employment Opportunities Education: Full-time position to work with Youth members. Well organized program with enthusiastic and cated catechists. This 1,150-family parish is excited about new building and /arious optional programs. Salary commensurate with experience, education diocesan policy. Send resume to: Rev. Jim O'Neill, OSFS, St. Paul the stle Parish, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Road, Greensboro, NC 27410. ;ctor of Religious

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In one of the two essays required for Morehead Scholarship application,

said.

"It

I

me

Queen of

Since March, Melissa has been at the House of Mercy, a home established by the Sisters of Mercy for people in the later stages of AIDS. She dies everything from bathing and feeding patients to simply talking to them.

working

to explore the

am

and the person who I want to be. I've also had the opportunity to meet many wonderful people, who have taught me very much."

"It' s sort

of taken

away that young inno-

cence that makes you believe you can live forever," Melissa said. "But working there has given me wisdom to realize I must cherish every day and use it wisely and with purpose."

Beth Maren, House of Mercy director, said Melissa is just the kind of person the residents need. "She brings a little life to the place. We really need

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Melissa wrote about the great influence of diocesan programs. "My participation in all of these programs has helped me to develop as a person," Melissa person

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self with outside activities.

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She plans to major in International Affairs. "I would like to work with Third World development after college and

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IS

'Qprnmiqwemonoj La

Iglesia Post-Vaticano

La restauraci6n del Diaconado Permanente en la Igesia ha estado acompanada por otros muchos mas signos de transformation visibles que le

dan nueva vida con caracterfsticas mas positivas y reales, poniendola al dfa en los tiempos modernos.

De una Iglesia clerical donde los sacerdotes son los unicos ministros se pasa a una colaboracion de "pastoral de conjunto" y trabajo en equipo, en la que participan responsablemente laicos

De

izquierda a derecha se encuentran Carlos

Rodriguez, Gladys y Rafael Torres a

la

Medina y

su esposa Martha,

entrada de la iglesia

Queen of

Edwin y Carmen hte Apostles en

Belmont.

Hacia

El

Diaconado Permanente

El sabado 3 de abril nuestro Obispo

Juan constituyo como Acolitos y Lectores a Carlos Medina, Edwin Rodriguez y Rafael Torres, quienes han estado estudiando ya por tres anos como candidates para recibir dentro de dos afios mas el Diaconado Permanente, con el favor de Dios.

Estos tres dirigentes cristianos llevan varios anos envueltos responsablemente en actividades apostolicas de la Iglesia con la comunidad hispana de la diocesis de Charlotte, sintiendo la necesidad de formarse mejor en el conocimiento de nuestra fe para ser apostoles mas efectivos en el future Desde el Concilio Vaticano II, la Iglesia ha restablecido el diaconado "como un grado particular dentro del ajerarqui'a" (LG 29), mientras que las Iglesias de Oriente lo habian mantenido siempre. Este Diaconado Permanente, que puede ser conferido a hombres casados, constituya un enriquecimiento importante para la mision de la Iglesia.

En efecto, es apropiado y util que hombres que realizan en la Iglesia un ministerio verdaderamente "diaconal" de servicio ya en la vida liturgica y pastoral, ya en las obras sociales y de caridad, "sean fortalecidos por la imposition de las manos transmitida y desde los Apostoles y se unan mas estrechamente al servicio del altar, para

—

—

que cumplan con mayor eficacia su ministerio por la gracia sacramental del

diaconado" (AG 16).

El Papa Pablo VI restauro el Diaconado Permanente en la Iglesia en

1967 correspondiendo a las peticioines de los obispor del mundo. "El Orden del Sagrado Diaconado fue tenido por la Iglesia Catolica en grande estima desde el tiempo de los Apostoles (Ver Fil.1,1 y 1 Tim. 3,8-13).. .insigne por su caracter indeleble y por sus gracias particulares, enriquece de tal manera que aquellos que son llamados pueden dedicarse establemente a los misterios de Cristo y de la Iglesia" dijo el Papa.

El numero total de diaconos en la Iglesia universal es de unos 15,775 distribuidos en 99 pafses, segun las estadisticas recogidas en Frieburg, enero del 90.

Este primer paso de ser constituidos Acolitos y Lectores inicia a Carlos, Edwin y Rafael en estos "ministerios de Cristo y de la Iglesia" y los va a cercando al altar en las celebraciones liturgicas

por

la

autoridad del obispo, quien les

recordo ese dfa el compromiso serio que estan haciendo con el Senor.

La decision

personal que ellos tomaron con sus esposas, despues de

mucha oration y

comprometidos, hombres, mujeres y jovenes. De una Iglesia individualists de "Dios y Yo" se pasa a una experiencia comunitaria, donde juntos nos acercamos mas a Dios y nos animamos mutuamente. De una Iglesia masiva y anonima pasamos a formar pequenas

comunidades eclesiales, donde los hermanos y hermanas se conocen y comparten mtimamente para fortalecer su fe y amor.

De una

que mira hacia arriba se pasa a tratar envolverse seriamente en edificar mundo mejor y a luchar por la liberac de las esclavitudes que degradan a humanidad de hoy en la tierra. De i la

humana y a encarnarse er como lo hizo Cristo. Da"

dignidad

realidad

Iglesia ritualista se pasa a celebracio:

alegras y participadas. De una Igf privilegiada se pasa a una opcij preferencial por los pobres y margin

De una Iglesia legalista se pasa a foi cristianos con concienciarecta que

decisiones responsables.

De una Igi

defensiva y polemica se abre

al dial

ecumenico. De una Iglesia estati fija se evoluciona y cambia en lo qi posible para adaptarse

De una

al

mundo aci

Iglesia triunfalistica se b

humildemente a un piano de consta reforma y proceso de conversidn

Iglesia celestial

Destacado Ministro Laico Rafael Torres Mora llego de Cuba a Estados Unidos en 1961 cuando la revolution de Castro disperso a muchos los

En seguida

cubanos.

el

continuo sus

estudios de ingeniero qufmico en la

Universidad de Akron, Ohio. En 1972 Rafael se establecio en Charlotte con su esposa Olga y sus hijos, Diego y Ana Rosa, quienes les han dado ya cuatro nietos,

motivo de gran

felicidad.

Rafael desplego todos sus talentos trabajando por varios anos en diversas

compamas hasta que hubo de retirarse a causa de su salud, lo cual trajo su acercamiento al Senor. Desde entonces Torres Mora se dedico a utilizar todo el tiempo que su salud le permitfa para servir a la

comunidad hispana.

RAFAEL Y OLGA TORRES MOR/ matrimonio. Representa una gran ayi para la comunidad hispana en cuant

En varias oeasiones Rafael ha estado enfermo de gravedad, pero Dios ha

Cristo y los pondra en obediencia a su obispo en cuanto al ministerio especifico

querido mantenerlo vivo por obra de su misericordia y le ha permitido continuar

Ministro Laico esta siempre dispuest

a que se dedicaran una vez ordenados.

su labor apostolica. Por eso en el grupo

Oremos todos por nuestros hermanos Medina, Rodriguez y Torres para que, con la ayuda de la gracia

Catismatica cada martes por la noche Rafael y su esposa Olga alaban an Senor

Rafael y Olga participan en actividades del Centro Catolico Hisp£ y colaboran responsablemente. Raf

divina y la asistencia del Espiritu Santo,

perseveren fielmente siguiendo esta llamada de Cristo hasta culminar sus esfuerzos con la recepcion del sacramento del Orden.

"Buen

Pastor"

de

Renovation

de corazon y le agradecen su bondad.

Rafael completo los estudios que ofrece la diocesis para Ministros Laicos, lo cual le capacito para dar clases a los hispanos que desean prepararse para recibir los sacramentos del bautismo, confirmation, penitencia, eucaristi'a y

servicios sociales, pues este

ofrecer su

mano

al

insi^

necesitado.

es Ministro de la Eucaristi'a y ayud explicar las lecturas de la Misa cuar la

celebra un sacerdote americano.

Olga trabaja en las oficinas del to Carolina Medical Center en teen de procesar datos y apoya a su esposo

pital

de

al

sacramento

Sabado Santo y recibieron una lampara encendida, sfmbolo de la luz de Cristo que va a iluminar sus vidas. Despues celebraron el perdon de Dios con una fiestecita. Su Primera Comunion sera el domingo 23 de mayo en el CCH a las 10:30 a.m. la

Reconciliation

el

El Club de Amistad, un grupo familiar de interes hispano, se reune cada mes en Lenoir- Rhyne College cerca Invita a su del centro de Hickory. proxima reunion del sabado 1 de mayo, de 7-9 p.m. en el Faculty Lounge del Cromer Center. Se presentara un programa narrado de diapositivas sobre Bolivia y habra tiempo para charlar y gozar refrescos y comida. No hay costo.

AIM pueden enterarse de otras actividades Mas y programas para hispanos. information con el Senor W. Hamp Shuford, tel. (704) 327-4047.

1

su ministerios apostolicos, apreciar su dedication a la obra de la Iglesia

Noticias Diocesanas

Estos son los ninos hispanos del Centro Catolico Hispano que se acercaron

/

Iglesia espiritualista se pasa a defen

caminos de

reflexion, los llevara por los

fan

I

—

Oportunidad de Trabajo senor Aldo Sevillano, administrador, various restaurantes, busca hombre

mujeres interesados. al (803) 548-1938.

Pueden

llama

Cuidado de Enfermas

—

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Llamar a Charlotte.

Judi,

tel.

(704) 548-0710

Busca quien viva con

(

a

para cuidarla y trabajar en Ponerse en contacto con Lydia, tel. (7 896-8141 en Davidson, NC. la

ft

.

The Catholic News

I 30,

1993

riths

(From Page

1)

& Herald

3

At one time, they had 18 kids in With so many kids, their home became more like an institution their care.

i

r h )

ward for coming to the aid of a boy trapped in a store, had broken a >w and cut an artery in his arm. In he and Mary were honored with

libvernor s Award for volunteer ser'

e

45, credits his faith.

llteve,

"The

been the real strength in our rjige, family and extended family," s. "Without the Church, none of it have had any meaning."

Steve and Mary moved to Hayes ville 15 after running a foster home on a re farm in the town of Crumpler in 1 County. Their first foster child schizophrenic, suicidal prostitute Id on drugs and alcohol at age 14. w:h has

l'1

than an extended family, says Steve.

They were ready for a change. Besides, two other families had moved to the farm and were taking in children.

They heard from a friend that the Catholic Church had a house in Hayesville they could rent. But the Smiths, both* college educated, didn't

have enough money for the first month s rent. No problem. Their rent could slide a month or two until they could pay it '

back.

In a

1970 Maverick with few per-

sonal possessions, a cage of chickens

and a rabbit, the Smiths toting two small children of their own and four teenagers arrived in Hayesville. Four of five teen-

move name the

agers in their care had decided to

with them.

farm

One would

"New

later

Life" after a verse in

The logo is a dove.

"We have 40 some kids who still call us 'mom' and 'dad' and who knows Corinthians.

how many grandchildren," says Steve.

"A lot of people go to Kenya but you can be a missionary right here at home and there's a lot of

work

to

be done."

Steve, once a highly paid executive,

found work in a cement block plant.

Then he worked at a hatchery, debeaking chickens and cleaning incubators. Next step was Western Carolina University

STEVE SMITH

Mary Smith

with her children in front of Immaculate Heart of Mary:

(right, rear)

(1-r,

rear)Matthew, Kristie, Katie, (middle) Paul, Peter, (front) Andrew.

Photo by

for teacher certification.

CAROL HAZARD

He landed a substitute teaching job, ;fore that, they lived in ,

Fla.,

Palm

where Steve was executive

for Prevention of Blindness,

)r

— soon was born —

ay

;irl

after their first child,

who

a stray bullet hit a

lived nearby. Their next

eighbor was an abusive alcoholic, time to leave the

city,

Smiths started the N. C. foster for their church and ran it for three They lived off the land growing bles and raising livestock. Steve, originally from Rochester, N.Y., ver milked a cow before. Mary is le Boston area. They met through urch while attending Brockport

which turned into a fulltime position, at a K-12 school in Hiawassee, Ga., 12 miles from Hayesville. He taught chemistry, algebra and computer science for 15 years and was named outstanding teacher for the 1 99 1 -92 year by students and his peers. This past November, he was named principal.

In the early years of their marriage,

le

University College, Brockport,

was a lot of suffering, times when our gross yearly income was $5,000," Steve says. "But the Lord always had these little tricks up His sleeve. I never would have imagined what I would be "there

doing today."

Meanwhile, he and Mary had bought the farm. The church wanted to sell the five-bedroom, three-bath house on the

narrow one-acre

buy land

lot to

for a

and especially your honesty," reads a

new church. The Smiths wanted to buy.

There was no place like home and this

handwritten note.

was

teaches Faith Formation classes, hosts a

it.

For the

first

five years,

Mary

says

she missed malls. But no more. She'd rather take the kids for an afternoon

swim in the clear waters of nearby Lake Chatuge than shop a crowded mall.

in a

crowded

store in

Besides, she's busy running a bait

business from a

little

A

shed and pond

on the open door reads "minnows are on the dock, next to their house.

worms

sign

are in the refrigerator, crickets

are in the

wooden box and

lizards are in

the barrel by the pond."

Prices are listed on the wall inside the shed. register.

On the table is an open cash "We appreciate your business

Mary

isn't

always there since she

weekly ecumenical prayer group at her On Wheels Program for the church, chauffeurs kids and, like Steve, is part of the church music ministry. Sure, she gets ripped off sometimes. But no matter.

Ever resourceful, the Smiths run several cottage industries from the farm Steve and Matthew sell about 300 Christmas trees each year. Katie, 18, tends to the rabbits and keeps half of the money she earns from selling them. The house, helps run the Meals

rest

goes to her college fund. Kristie,

When

her.

drew,

Peter, 12, Paul, 8,

and An-

6, get older, they'll take over,

helping to

for 10-12 year-old girls

Relaxing Cruise

lp.m. -4:30 p.m.

St.

money and

pay for college.

Mother /Daughter Program May 23

6,

deal for

earning pocket

Sunday,

1

Same

takes care of the goats.

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'

the female reproductive system, the sacredness

of human

the virtue of chastity, and a answer segment. Healthy dating relationships and reverence for our sexuality are also life,

confidential question and

discussed.

The purpose is to provide an atmosphere of love and learning to discuss the important topic

of growing up and to establish a foundation for continued communication between parent/ guardian and child.

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Claire

May

27-28. The trip will inch Lawrence Welk Show, and a g tour of the city, the financial di

Mothers' March For Life

— A Moth-

WINSTON-SALEM ers'

March

starting at

for Life

is

Saturday,

May

8,

p.m. at #1 Triad Park in

1

downtown Winston-Salem. The

six-

block march will start with a rally and be led by the Knights of Columbus Fourth

year

is

May

5-7.

Second Annual 40 Hours

CHARLOTTE —

St.

Ann Church

Second Annual 40 Hours Devotion May 5-7. The Eucharistic Devotion honors Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. The devotion dates back several centuries and is believed to have begun as a commemoration of the 40 hours Christ's body lay in the tomb will celebrate the

hour of His resurrection.

The purpose is to increase appreciation, love and knowledge of the Blessed Sacrament. Most importantly, people should take personal inventories of their relationships with Christ in the Holy Eucharist and re-evaluate its importance until the

in their lives.

Contest Winners

GREENSBORO — Winners of the

Vocations Essay/Poem Contest by the Piedmont Council #939 of the Knights of Columbus are Mary Katherine Dunn, 7th grade, St. Pius X, and Adrienne Geraghty, 7th grade, St. Pius X. The theme was "Lord, Where Is It In Your Vineyard That You Want Me To

Upcoming Dioceean Events May 4

Pathfinders

Peer support for Separated

And

Serve?" The winners received a $50 Savings Bond.

Adrienne' s entry also won the N.C. State Council of the Knights of Columbus. Another contest winner, Bobby Osterhoff, 8th grade at Our Lady of Grace, won the state award for the theme, "How Do I Feel When I See Old Glory Fly?" State winners received a $50 Savings Bond.

CHARLOTTE — Caring Hearts, a

program sponsored by Mercy Hospitals needs of family members starts May 5 and will continue each Wednesday for seven weeks. The group will meet from 7-8 p.m. at Mercy Hospital, 2001 Vail Ave. Cost is $10 and includes a survival guide booklet. To register, call Mercy Sister Therese Galligan at (704) 379-

to address the

pm

Who have

lost a child

Neumann, Charlotte Cindy Cook (704) 535-4197

May €>-& "The Wiz" CCHS spring production 7:30 pm at CCHS Dottie Tippett (704) 523-5671

May

7-13 "The

Hills

Are

Alive"

Waters Reflection Center Maggie Valley Sr. Jane Schmenk, OSF (704)

BBQ

-

May

8>

Irish

Children^

—

Mecklenburg

have the first track meet for grades 5-8 at Sedgefield Junior High on Saturday, May 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Students will compete in sprints, middle distance running, relays, softball throw (5th and 6th grades), shot put (7th and 8th grades), and long and high jumps.

For more information, call Bo Mielczak at St. Gabriel School, (704) 366-2409. will

Summer Program) Swannanoa

5:30 Mass

Beverly Lenk (704)

May

299-0164

13 Spring Musical

Immaculate heart of Mary High Point, 7:30 pm Wanda Garrett (919) 657-2613

May

"Storytelling in Judeo-Christian

sacred stories.

Guild Card Party

CHARLOTTE — The

de Paul

St.

Women's Guild Card

Vincent Party

It is

also for profes

their work..

Cost is $795 A non-refundable at time of registration. For mation, call 1-800-277-7035. .

is

due

Revival

CHARLOTTE— Our Ladyo: solation

Church

will celebrate

i

May

23 at 1 1 a.m Father Louis Vallone of the Dioc Pittsburgh will be the revivalist.

i

is

Wednesday, May 5 from 7 p.m. to 10:30 Snacks!

Cold drinks! Tickets are $5 and must be purchased in advance. Contributions for hall.

door prizes would be appreciated.

For more information, call Vicky Garvin at (704) 552-8317.

Asheville

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Good photographs, preft black and white, also are wel briefs.

Please submit news releases andf. at least 10 days before date ofpu tion.

Area Retreat

— An Asheville-

HOT SPRINGS

Widowed, Separarated overnight retreat at the Jesuit House of Prayer in Hot Springs is Saturday and area Divorced,

Family Feast Day

or reservations, call

STATESVILLE

—

St.

Philip the

Apostle Church will celebrate the feast

day of the parish's patron saint on Sunday, May 2 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The winners of a U.S. Savings Bond raffle will be chosen that day. Bring a covered dish to share. Entertainment will be provided by Barbara Johnson on the electronic keyboard. There will be games and prizes for children.

Life In

The

is

Church

presenting "Life in the Spirit," a semi-

nar on

May

3,

17 and 24.

10,

may be what

8022; Mike Woyniak, (704) 891-4729, Anne Davis, (704) 645-2529.

or

Fish Fry

CHARLOTTE

— The Knights of

Columbus Council 770

is

hosting a fish

Council Hall, 220 E. Kingston Ave., on Friday, May 7 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The menu is flounder, french fries, hush puppies, slaw and drinks. Cost is fry at the

more information,

call

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at

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523-5285.

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Sunday, May 29-30.

Cost is $35. A $15 deposit is required by May 4. For more information

seminar

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tion" July 25-31 at the college'

5000.

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May 5 Caring Hearts Support group for parents

Lou

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Divorced

St. Gabriel, Charlotte, 7:50

is

942-2012.

p.m. in the church social

Caring Hearts

Stone Mountain

visit

$117. For more information

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College

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this

group will

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World and National Briefs josium Examines Scientific In Context Of Faith

iress

OTRE DAME,

(CNS)

Ind.

—

ilic bishops have a mandate to out to the scientific community promote a better understanding

j)

lence's relationship to the culture,

Louisiana bishop April 14. The

I.

should be offering scientists

:h

its

jm on the spiritual dimension of a nature and the moral/ethical dions of scientific theories and disies, said Bishop William B. Friend

Montana Bishop

Issues Sexual Misconduct, Child Abuse Policy HELENA, Mont. (CNS) A new sexual misconduct and child abuse policy issued by Bishop Elden F. Curtiss of Helena calls for a "response team" to assist in investigating any alleged viola-

—

tions of the policy.

The

Latinos Leaving Church Seen Taking Religious Culture With Them

NEW YORK (CNS) — Latinos who

switch from Catholic to Protestant churches tend to carry their religious culture with them, scholars reported at a

symposium about

the religious prac-

on

such as worship and use of symbols, Latinos who go to non-Catholic churches

the part of church employees or volun-

often exert a "catholicizing" influence

policy, issued

April 20, will take effect June

1

.

It

said

child abuse and sexual misconduct teers "is not to

be tolerated." Three

civil

Bishops Urge Hope, Warn Against False Expectations For Democracy PRETORIA, South Africa (CNS) South Africa's bishops have urged their fellow countrymen to keep hoping

—

for the best as they prepare for all-race

elections for a transitional government.

"Toward

Democratic Fu-

tices of U.S. Latinos. In matters

In a letter,

styles of

ture," issued April 19, the bishops also

that these churches

j

have to accommo-

new mem-

a

warned South Africans not to expect democracy to solve the nation's problems overnight and to beware of intimidation by candidates for political office.

"Our hope sustains us as, together with

lawsuits have been filed against Father

date

if

bers,

symposium participants said. They

said such factors need greater attention

the majority of South Africans,

in studies of Latino religious identity

n Values of the National Confer-

1990, charging him with sexual abuse of children in the

f Catholic Bishops gave the opendress of a symposium on "KnowDd, Christ and Nature in the Post-

1960s and 1970s. The diocese earlier this year settled the first of these suits against Father Smart.

exposed and corrected, for violence to be rejected and for the obstacles to democracy to be removed," the bishops said.

rsity

of Notre Dame. The chair-

Wilson Smart, a Helena diocesan priest for 33 years before resigning from ac-

the

Committee on Science and

tive ministry in

reveport, La., in a speech at the

jif

Illinois Bill

Archdiocese Tries To As Priest Shortage Worsens [NCrNNATI (CNS) Father Ken Jiger says that between 1994 and jtmati I

—

Cincinnati Archdiocese will

Bthe i

|

problems of produced by many Latinos continuing to call themselves Catholic even though they may attend other in consideration of the

definition

only 22 new priests and expects more that 100 active priests in the

Said

To

Violate

Clergy Confidentiality CHICAGO (CNS) —Catholic offi-

USCC

Backs Guatemalan

Bishops' Peace

Moves

we wait

for the evils of the past to be

Aid Mission Reaches Sarajevo With U.N. Help VATICAN CITY (CNS)

churches.

Era."

jvistic

and

they are to hold their

—A

joint

Vatican-Italian Catholic humanitarian

lobbying against a

WASHINGTON (CNS)— TheU.S.

mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina ran into

would violate the confidentiality between a penitent and confessor. The bill, which would re-

Catholic Conference has expressed

quire clergy to report allegations of child

troubled Central American country. In a

some difficulties delivering aid, but reached the besieged city of Sarajevo with U.N. help. Officials of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," the Vatican's

cials in Illinois are state bill they say

strong support for the efforts of Guate-

malan bishops

to bring

peace to their

personnel di-

sex abuse to state authorities, would

letter to

Bishop Gerardo Flores Reyes,

aid agency, and Italian Caritas left Rome

|for the archdiocese, he's in a job

apply both to counseling sessions and the confessional, according to the Catho-

president of the Guatemalan bishops'

April 17 with four truckloads of hu-

Roach

manitarian aid. Archbishop Vinko Puljic

we

of Sarajevo was to have met the Vatican-

As

foeriod.

priests'

cannot ignore numbers and the of numbers in this case de-

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he said. In the archdiocese, which 14 parishes, there are fewer than §'

fichdiocesan priests.

ihe 282

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who are active include 20

lic

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workers are, and states that "privileged communications" do not apply.

and Iwho are seriously ill. The median

Diocese

rlose to 60, Father Czillinger said,

Grant From Catholic Charities

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nly 13 priests

lic

Charities

USA has given a $

1

fears came to pass. "I never saw

new

so bad

—

the sight of those

and knowing people were inside. it," he told Catholic Service in a telephone interview.

Iiferno he described took place 1 9, when cult leader David Koresh -dly ordered a mass suicide that ijiore than 80 lives at his Texas und after federal agents attacked links and tear gas.

Iiever forget

Italian

ments in the on- going Guatemalan peace process, we continue to be impressed by the evangelical commitment of the church of Guatemala to that work."

Archbishop Roach is chairman of the

Split,

Committee on International was released in Wash-

ington April 20.

ing rebuilding in areas devastated by

Hurricane Andrew last August. Bishop Harry J. Flynn in announcing the grant

Vatican has a responsibility to

said the

money will be used in part to aid

seasonal workers and for establishing

businesses or for training workers

in another field.

The money

target the needs of in the areas

will also

women and children

of literacy, job

skills

and

post-traumatic stress. Programs to re-

and renew damaged houses will added Bishop Flynn.

Workers from Habitat for Humanity and volunteers from parishes have been giving time on weekends to help repair pair

also continue,

houses.

(CNS)

— The make

moral judgments about the arms industry and is preparing an in-depth document on that issue, a Vatican official said. "It cannot be allowed that while people are dying of hunger, the weapons manufacturers grow rich," said Bishop Jorge Mejia, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Bishop Mejia's remarks to journalists in Spain were reported by Vatican Radio April 17. He later said the justice and peace council has been working on the weapons sales document for at least two years.

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April 3(

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FRANK MERCOGLIANO

my glory days of youth (just kidding,

I'm only 23),

I

was

at

felt that

the

work I did was

what I've written.

With the sports year

at

now that I can

pretty good, especially

Belmont Abbey drawing

Says

Waco

Standoff

Violent Ending Of

sports editor

of The Pine Needle, the official student paper of Pembroke State University.

always

Priest

I

Was

have

look back

to a close, I started thinking

about the senior athletes and wondering what is going through '

their heads.

There is such a finality with sports Almost every team ends their season with a loss. Sports have things such as "suddendeath" where you score and win, or be scored upon and lose.

Pain and agony are often placed within just a fraction of an inch apart, and it is that inch that can have a profound effect on an

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The

end result of the standoff at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, was inevitable because of the group leader's apocalyptic vision, according

.

athletes

life.

There are such extremes. Christian Laettner ning shot in overtime and the

Instead,

still

moment

hits the

win-

capsulizes everything

about the sport. And then there is Donnie Moore, who gave up a home run to Dave Henderson on a two-strike, two-out pitch.

A strike would have put the Angels in the 1986 World Series. suffering from one agonizing pitch, Moore took his life just two years

later.

While such extremes would hopefully never occur of athletics, especially competitive athletics,

finality

at

is still

Belmont Abbey, the

there. Baseball players

will turn to recreational softball for pleasure. Golfers will, well, they'll

still

play golf,

when their workload isn't heavy. No more national champiThe aspirations turn to things like marriage, money, a founda-

but only on weekends

onship aspirations. tion, a family.

Whether you are 23 abounds in these times.

am, or 53, or even 103, a feeling of joyful sadness these athletes are going through, and we know that all will work out. Only they don't know.

High school athletes go on to college. Most college athletes go on to work. It is like

We

I

know what

the rare exception for a small college athlete to continue professionally in his sport.

They might find themselves back at the Abbey, watching their former teammates play. They will relive a lot of memories and tangle with a lot of emotions. They will want to go out and step onto the court or field, suit up and contribute, but they can't. And they know that. However, the yearning to keep playing; the competitive desire within all athletes is very tough to resist, and it will lead to alot of emotional conflict.

Seeing these senior athletes reminded me of what emotions I went through just year as my soccer playing career ended at Pembroke State University. I was lucky, because I had an outlet for my emotions; the school paper.

The following is an excerpt from my column that I wrote for the Oct. 25 issue of The Pine Needle. What I wrote then still applies now, and I think it will apply for a while well after you and I are long gone, as long as there are college athletics and as long as there are athletes who just want to play a game that they love. last

"I've played soccer since

I

was seven. After 14

Inevitable

years, 18 uniform numbers, 11

and literally years of practice, the final, final whistle will blow. As I'm concerned, it will be bittersweet. I did a lot, but damn, I could have done a lot more. Somehow though, I think all the senior athletes say that."

Believe me, they still do.

Frank Mercogliano is sports information director at Belmont Abbey College.

different teams,

Providence priest specializing in

to a

cults.

coming of Jesus, particularly denced by his early teachings be became so well known.

"People, particularly

ide

people, are looking for heroes an ers of cults are their heroes," b

"The whole situation reminds what happened in Jonestown.": than 900 followers of the Rev. Jir joined their leader in a mass suij Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978.

Father Desmaris said he did if people were forced to kill the ,

Father Paul E. Desmaris, head of the Diocese of Providence's Occult

Awareness Ministry, said he was dismayed but not shocked by the reports that more than 80 Branch Davidian members had died in Waco April 19.

"It was just a matter of time" before

came to a head, he said. "In I told others that the com-

in Waco, but he tended to thinkl

be a peaceable end."

The talk of Armageddon by cult leader David Koresh was the key to

Jonestown, most chose to stay with their leader.

Mainline churches have to to help people feel welcome in c avoid their leaving to join cults, "People who join cults are their churches because they are nil

anticipating the tragic results, Father

ing what they need there," he[

Desmaris

"They

'

nity, a

sense of belonging, a wa

the situation

weeks past, pound had all the elements present for mass suicide. I never thought there would

Other key elements included the presence of a charismatic leader and followers who had "sold body, mind and soul into a dream."

The priest said Koresh "plugged into their fears" and subjected his followers to a type of brainwashing that left them with an "us-against-the- world,"

good

said.

vs. evil mentality.

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welcoming."

Notre Dame Sister McCarthy, a lecturer on pea nonviolence, said

FBI

involve

Branch Davidian case had

the

a situation already fraught lence.

"Koresh always intended to kill himself and the members of his cult because he believed this type of mass suicide would fulfill his prophesy of Armageddon," he said.

"When he denied any type of suicide plan, he was just postponing FBI action until he was ready for the confrontation," Father Desmaris said.

The Providence priest said he had no doubt that Koresh had come to believe that he was in fact the second

re looking for a sense of c

Although she agreed

(

v

tha

thing had to be done" to stop

ported beating and abuse of j

she said that in the end "the

|

up playing God.'" "I'm afraid the whole standc power struggle and the] tired of waiting," Sister Patr "As a result, an estimated 25 who had been abused are now adults who may have reconsic into a

i

compound

the

left

voluntarily

dead. That's inexcusable."

far as

"Christ - Light of the World"

Lutherans, Catholics To Observe

Second Anniversary Of Covenant BURLINGTON

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Catholics and

Lutherans will gather in Burlington on June 5 to observe the second anniversary of the signing of a covenant be-

tween the two denominations.

"Anniversary Days II" will bring together Catholics from both the Charlotte and Raleigh Dioceses and the Lutheran Synod of Noth Carolina to study the ecumenical Lima Document with a special focus on baptism. Major presentations will be made by Dr. Michael McDaniel of Lenior-Rhyne College and former bishop of the North Carolina Synod of the Lutheran Church in America and Father James Garneau, pastor of

Church

in

Our Lady of Guadeloupe Newton Grove.

Dr. McDaniel, along with Bishops

Joseph Gossman of Raleigh and John Donoghue of Charlotte met in Greensboro on Pentecost Sunday of 1991 to sign the covenant which pledges prayer, support and pastoral cooperation between Catholics and Lutherans throughout the

at

St.

During the day, a

The document

is

now

discussed in most of the participating denominations.

Registrations for the Burlington observance are being made through Macedonia Lutheran Church, 421 W. Front St., Burlington, N.C. 27215, (919) 227-5554. The registration fee is $10 which includes lunch. The program begins at 9:30 a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.

Information for the Lutheran-Catholic Anniversary celebrations in Arden and Hickory will be included in a brochure which will be mailed to all parishes in the near future.

The Lima Document was

St.

Jude

Thanks to St. Jude for prayers answered and favors granted.

EMG written in

oe lo;

members of the

Diocese of Charlotte to join him on

t>mu>s

Pilgrimage to the

45th International Eucharistic Congress in Seville, Spain.

Leaving Charlotte Asheville

and Greensboro on

Saturday, June 5th, 1993.

For 9 days of celebration with Pope John Paul II and people from around the world.

You are also invited on a 6-day Extension to the Shrine of in

Our Lady

Our

I

of Lourdes

France under the leadership of

Fr. Francis St.

O 'Rourke,

rector of

Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte.

air transportation will

Iberia Airlines of Spain.

Hotels. Single

procession will take place to Macedonia

Lutheran Church.

cordially invites all

document. being officially

will

Blessed Sacrament Church,

408 W. Davis

LVZ

ticipate in the writing of the

Thanks To

state.

The Burlington observance begin

1982, the ecumenical effort of more than 100 theologians from around the world. It is the most comprehensive study of baptism, Eucharist and ministry from a multi-denominational perspective. Lutheran and Roman Catholic theologians were among the 100 to par-

Bishop John F. Donoghu

rooms

be provided by

Double rooms

KLM will

Royal Dutch AirlineM

be provided

available. Breakfast

in First Cl;f

and dinner each day.

For information and application, contact your pastor or Ci or Msgr. Richard Allen Mrs. Jean Ponischil Pilgrimage Secretary St. Ann Church 632 Hillside Avenue (704) 375-2366 Charlotte, N.C. 28;!

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