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April 9, 1993

From The Bishop

Letter

Holy Thursday, 1993

Dear Friends

Our Holy

in Christ:

Father,

Pope John Paul

II,

announced

that the

45th International

Eucharistic Congress will be held in Seville, Spain from June 7-13.

The purpose of

Congress, as with all the Eucharistic Congresses that have been held in the past, to bring about a new awakening for a true, solid Eucharistic devotion to Jesus

this is

Christ in the Blessed Sacrament and a deeper appreciation for the Eucharistic Liturgy. will be leading a pilgrimage

from the

diocese to Seville, to join pilgrims from

all

over the world to pay homage to Our Lord in the Eucharist. Information about the pilgrimage will be forthcoming so that

who

those that

are interested in joining us for

wonderful experience will be able to

so. I

realize that not

everyone will be able can benefit

to journey to Spain, but all of us

mm.

by renewing our love for the Lord present in the Blessed Sacrament in our own parishes. I have asked the pastors to have a Eucharistic celebration in their parishes

between April 18 and

May

23 and,

addition, a vicariate or regional celebration

where people from a number of parishes will come together to celebrate Christ dwell-

ing

among

us. It is

an opportunity for

all

Catholics throughout the diocese to reflect on the gift of the Eucharist, the 'nourish-

ment from heaven provided by Jesus Himself.

Let me encourage you, my dear people,

to take part in these parochial

celebrations;

and vicariate

confident that the Lord

will bless each of us, as we celebrate His presence among us and worship Him in the

Holy Eucharist. You will be hearing more about these parish and vicariate celebrations.

During Photo by

)one Parish

JOANN KEANE

Wins National

bnor For Religious Education By

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

OONE —

"If

seed has flowered at

St. Eliza-

church and, as a result, the small in the heart

ains has

of the Appalachian

won

the

Mustard Seed

award is given annually for mce in parental leadership and pation in religious education from tional Catholic Educational Ason. St. Elizabeth is one of five ie

;s,

including St. Francis of Assisi

-igh, 's

honored with the award,

a tribute to the lay leadership in

P ish

and their involvement

in reli-

jiducation," said Jesuit Father H.

Bradley, pastor of St. Elizabeth.

Easter Break <-use

of the Easter holidays, The

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">e

April 23.

week of

the year,

celebrate the institution of the

teaching?

you have faith as a of mustard seed, you will say to ountain, move from here to there, will move; and nothing will be Isible to you." (Matthew 17-20) te

this holiest

can be a wonderful opportunity for us to reflect on this beautiful gift which the Lord gave to His Church. I would encourage everyone to re-read the 6th chapter of St. John's Gospel, which is concerned with the promise and institution of the Blessed Eucharist by Our Lord. One of the most striking features in every period of Christian history is the persevering and constant love which Catholics manifest in their devotion to the Blessed Eucharist. We can ask ourselves why is it that we believe and adore Jesus Christ in the Eucharist? What is our authority for accepting so stupendous a Eucharist.

"To put

To answer these questions, we must go back to that time when Jesus walked on We must see the Lord as He lived and listen to His teachings on the

very succinctly," Father

Bradley wrote in a letter to the NCEA, St. E s could exist with dynamism with'

out a pastor."

Carol Brown, parish coordinator of religious education, said she

— "a

was

sur-

church of 350 families in Boone, North Carolina" won the national award. Brown will accept the award for the parish April 14 during the NCEA 90th Convention in New Orleans. More than 14,000 educators are expected to attend the conven-

prised St. Elizabeth

little

—

the earth.

Blessed Eucharist. We must watch Him after His baptism in the Jordan River. We may see Him as He told the paralytic to rise and walk; as He touched the blind, who saw and praised Him; as He touched the rotting flesh of lepers and instantly cured them. We may see Him as He multiplied five loaves of bread into food for 5,000 people; we may see Him as He fed the poor, forgave sins, and preached the Gospel of penance. No teaching ever left His lips but that He stamped the seal of divinity

by working some miracle. was while surrounded by a crowd of followers that He said: "I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the desert and they are dead; but this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that a man may eat it and not die. I am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will

upon

tion.

live forever;

Although small in size, St. Elizabeth is mighty in spirit. "I have lived around the country and I have never been in a parish quite like St. Elizabeth," Brown said. "The church works the way it should work ...

(Jn.

Maybe

it's

because of the size

— we're

big enough to have viable programs, but small enough for people to get involved."

Brown

was hard pressed to weren't already busy

said she

find parents

who

See Honor, Page 2

and the bread

that

shall give is

flesh, for the life

of the world."

6:48-51)

The Gospel tells us that when the disciples of Christ heard this, many of them away they could not accept the fact that He was promising to actually give

turned

—

them His flesh as food and His blood as drink. Since that day, that passage has been tossed about by scholars who were unwilling to accept the Real Presence in the Blessed Eucharist. Could Christ really have meant His flesh and blood, or was He speaking symbolically of faith?

It is

true that everything Christ said about His flesh

and blood can be applied, also, to faith, but if that is all He meant, how easy it would have been for Christ to explain to His disciples that He was only speaking figuratively. It was evident to His disciples that He meant what He said, and so, as the Gospel tells us, they walked away from Christ. Notwithstanding the confusion See Letter, Page

fhe Catholic

News

Herald

April

Diocesan Seminarians Studying For the Priesthood

Rev. Mr. Joseph R. Valentine St.

Meinrad Seminary

and

Salem.

hood

in St.

studying

Meinrad,

Ind.,

member of St. Leo in WinstonHe will be ordained to the priest-

Keith Nesbitt of

St.

Benedict Parish in

Greensboro is studying at St. Meinrad Seminary.

in June.

Rev. Mr. James M. Collins, a permanent deacons at his home parish of St. Lucien in

Spruce Pine,

studying at Sacred Heart

School of Theology

Honor

Hales Corners, Wis.

(From Page

Martin T. Mata studies at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, Fla. A native of Mexico, his

Joseph

home parish

Mark S. Lawlor is studying theology at St. Meinrad Seminary. He is a native of Salisbury where he is a member of Sacred Heart Parish. Lawlor spent last summer at Queen of the Apostles Parish in Belmont.

Thang Q. Pham

home

parish

studying at

Seminary College

Joseph

St.

in St. Benedict, La.

His

Our Lady of Consolation

Thomas A. Williamson,

also studyir

Meinrad Seminary, is a member! Timothy Parish in Springfield, Va.

Neil R. Buchlein

is at St.

in Baltimore. His

home

Conception

late

Mary's

parish

is I

Hendersonvilk

is in St.

Charlotte. in

Asheboro.

been

at St. Elizabeth, the

number of more

children served by the church has in the

church to make dinner for the First

Communion

than doubled to 135 enrolled in pre-

school through sixth grade and 70 in the youth ministry (seventh through twelfth

celebration.

The cooperative spirit at St. Elizabeth attracts people from in and around

grade).

Up until a few years ago, parents would drop their children at church for Sunday school and cruise Boone while

Boone, neighboring counties as well as Tennessee, said Brown. Some travel an hour or more along winding mountain roads to attend and help out at church. People are drawn in part because the

they waited for Mass. Instead of whiling

away time, they organized a parent sharing group that met once a month. The program was so successful it evolved

parish offers religious education pro-

grams

for all ages,

ily participation,

upon

and encourages famBrown. "It builds

into an Adult Enrichment program that meets every Sunday. "One of the things that makes our

said

itself."

After being rejected at one church, John and Elizabeth Kress of Crossnore, N.C., received a Elizabeth.

warm welcome

parish so vital

They had approached

the

we work

Jesuit Father H. Cornell Bradley,

CRE Carol

Damion Lynch,

Brown, Youth Director Patsy Edmisten and Father Damion Lynch work together for

gether, they share ideas

ment because they did not attend church

religious education formation at St. Eliza-

with

regularly.

beth.

minister.

When

they inquired at

St.

programs are "dramatically enriched" by parents, said Corts. Parents make up 68 percent of full-time catechists for the Sunday school and youth ministry pro-

in the nursery.

grams. All those involved in confirma-

"St. Elizabeth's is

extremely family

munity."

with a real vision for education," she parish's religious education

tion preparation for college students are

And 73

or committee

NCEA, parishioner "We grow because we

In a letter to the

have a desire and willingness to be nurtured. And we give because we hear a calling that cannot be hushed. It is that willingness and that calling which leads us to seek its Source, and it is by the

two wonBrown. Moreover,

are blessed to have

"Father Bradley

The

percent of commission

members

are parents.

Parent-initiated programs range from a popular Adult Enrichment series to prison ministry.

The parish

also has a

successful "Adopt-a-student" program

aimed

befriending Appalachian State University students. at

In the five years since

Brown has

Arturo DeAguilar of

came to

St.

Vincent

Boynton Beach, F native of Mexico. His home Sagrado Corazon in Homestead, Seminary

wondrous fruit for our families and com-

parents.

Liz Corts said,

and collaborate

derful priests," said

erybody

really caring."

parochial vicar. To-

grace of that Source that our efforts bear

oriented," said Elizabeth Kress. "Evis

pro-

Brown and Patsy Edmisten, youth

"We

Eliza-

Frank Connolly, who was pastor at the time, told the couple he would not stand behind them and push them, but he would stand beside them and walk with them. Their daughter was baptized, and they've been at St. Elizabeth ever since, even though they live 45 minutes away. John Kress volunteers beth, Father

vided by Father Bradley and Father

baptized, but were refused the sacra-

other church to have their second child

together as a

team," said Brown. Leadership

at St.

Elizabeth's

said.

His vision led to the creation of a

monthly Childrens' Mass, in which Sunday school classes take turns coordinating the liturgy, choosing the music and homily and serving as ushers. To encourage waning interest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, older children were offered a workshop on making choices. The workshop stressed the importance of families coming together for prayer as a

way

of leading people to

new expression of the sacrament. As a result, the crowd for the parish communal reconciliation service was much larger than last year, said Brown. a

"They (parishioners)

reach

mendously," said Barbara Butle are so open and friendly, and ag in making sure our family kno\ all the functions. Although herl Stephen,

not Catholic,

it h;

been issue, she says. "We're b come." The Butlers teach foui

Sunday school together. The other award winners i Shepherd Parish, Alexandr Church of the Incarnate Word, field, Mo., and Church of th< I sion,

Overland Park, Kan.

Ptie

The Catholic News

19 1993

ASCAR

Herald

Pays Tribute To Alan Kulwicki

Priest

His interest switched from playing

ather Dale Grubba, a diocesan

quality.

failed to

make

the second

football to kart racing during high school

race of the season. "At that point,

wrote the following article for Catholic News & Herald about his Alan Kulwicki, before the racecar

although karting wasn't popular among his peers. "It wasn't considered cool, so

didn't think

-and three others were killed April plane crash six miles shy of Triiegional Airport in Tennessee, ather Grubba, a photo-journalist

wasn't tempted to smoke, drink or do

the Diocese of

from

Madison,

got

left

out of the

'in'

group. But

also

knowing how de-

drugs." His father,

manding and

was in

an April 8 memorial Mass ulwicki at St. Thomas Aquinas

:h.

He was

at St.

Grubba spoke

away

ing

ith

moved

attending the Winston

let in

New

and won the 1992 Stock Car Championship. "People told me, You can t do that, Kulwicki once told Father Grubba. '"You're not a good oT boy and you don't have a million dollars.' But I did it anyway. It was just blind faith and a

Waldorf Astoria

the

Cup

to Charlotte

York one Saturday last Kulwicki suddenly dashed

nber,

returned a half hour or so

of determination." Kulwicki became the 1991 champion by beating Davey Allison and Bill Elliot in the final race of the year at

the

parties, but

know

didn't

was going," he

said.

exactly

"Then an

burned out my truck, leavme without a way to pull my trailer.

Maybe, I thought, somebody was trying me something. I was scared. I was swimming for my life, but sometimes fear can be a good motivator." Kulwicki went to Day tona and didn t to tell

See Driver, Page

to the top

salute to the

was not

easy.

probably should have really don't know if I could go rights

all

failed. I

in those early

years."

Kulwicki, whose father was an engine builder in Wisconsin, lost his

which such teaching caused among His

perfectionism and demanding nature

moving south and winning

sprung from that

ionship in a predominantly south-

Alan Kulwicki did

Diocese of Ch

it.

attention

was by

loss.

"The way I got good grades or

getting

achieving in sports," Kulwicki said.

Bo* 36776

listeners,

notwithstanding the incredulity

of His disciples, Jesus persisted in telling them that unless they ate his flesh and

The Eucharist is, indeed, the center of the Church's life. Nothing is more fundamental to the Church than this great mystery of faith. Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has said, "Just as the Church 'makes the Eucharist' so 'the Eucharist builds up the Church.'" The Eucharist is the source of the Church's faith. It provides the strength for the Church to proclaim her faith. It is precisely that mystery which gives life and strength to the Church and to each member of the Church.

brother and mother at an early age. His

Catholic from Greenfield,

you.'" (Lk. 22: 19-20)

which was also the

back and repeat what I did

filled person," said

Letter (From Page

ard Petty.

"By

Grubba.

N C 28236

bloiie,

(704)377-687

March 24, 1993

partaking in the Eucharist,

share in the love that binds the Church

together and enables us to love, to respect, to forgive and to serve one another.

we find the source of that love which impels the Church to reach out to the needs of others, especially the poor, the sick, the suffering. In some way, our Eucharistic food is like other food; like other food, it brings us nourishment and strength. The food we eat becomes part of us, part of our flesh, our bones, our marrow. But when the Eucharistic Christ gives Himself to us, we are transformed into Him, so much so that we can say with St. Paul, "Now, it is no longer I who live; it is Jesus Christ who lives in me." As we prepare to celebrate our belief in this beautiful teaching of Christ by celebrating in our parishes and in the vicariate celebrations, let us fervently accept the invitation the Lord offers us to come and be united with Him in the depths of our hearts and souls and to be united with one another in a powerful bond of charity that makes us one body in Christ and one body, the Church, with each other. This truth is our faith; it is the faith of the Church. Let us be proud to profess Here,

in Christ Jesus,

Our Lord.

Dear Friends in Christ:

With kind personal regards and every best wish,

At Easter, we ask your generous support and response to the second collection which will be taken in all churches of our diocese to help meet the needs of our Vocation and Seminarian Program, as well as to provide support for the continuing education of our priests.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Like most dioceses, we are in need of priesthood, to serve the spiritual needs of lation. Presently, we have eleven men in look to the day when they will be ordained the Church in the Diocese of Charlotte.

Most Reverend John

Donoghue

Bishop of Charlotte

men who feel called to the our growing Catholic popuvarious seminaries, and we and begin their service to

Also, the diocese regularly sponsors workshops and other programs to keep our priests abreast of developments in theology and pastoral practices. This theological updating is important and will help our priests in serving the needs of all the faithful.

The cost of education continues to rise, and it is only through your kindness and generosity that we are able to meet these escalating expenses. Please know of our gratitude and appreciation for your generous response to the Seminary & Priests' Continuing Education Collection, to be taken the weekend of April 10-11. I

Remember His Will In Yours.

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commitment to the Church and the community in which we live'.'

Bishop John

Donoghue

Wishing each of you the blessings of this holy Season of Easter, I

retiring king of stock car racing, Rich-

The road

Aquinas, his own way, he was a very

art?

make

drank His blood, they could not have life everlasting. This promise to give His flesh as food and His blood as drink was carried out at the Last Supper. St. Luke tells us: "Then he took some bread, and when he had given thanks, broke it and gave it to them saying, 'This is my body which will be given for you; do this as memorial of me. He did the same with the cup after supper and said, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood which will be poured out for

Atlanta,

rnias

'olish

lot

weeks ago, Kulwicki was way to the airport in Milwaukee, he passed a man holding a sign \e message that he needed money js willing to work. Kulwicki gave a friend and asked the friend to man and give him the money, the morning of the accident, ki spent time in silent prayer at

lout six

and faith

Kulwicki decided

NASCAR

he had."

'hile

ALAN KULWICKI Photo by FATHER DALE GRUBBA

title.

Cup Banquet. Kulwicki gambled again two years ago. "I could have taken the money that I had made and played it safe and went home," he said. Instead, he started the season without a sponsor. Finally, at Atlanta, Hooter's Restaurants approached him and agreed to sponsor him for one race. The race turned into three races and a multi-year contract. With financial backing, Kulwicki could concentrate on winning the cham

electrical fire

ep and abiding faith. He was one of those silent Chris" said Father Grubba. "He didn't out and spout his faith, but he did hings that made you think about

engi-

the

annual Winston

south in 1986. "They had going

where

The Catholic

said Kulwicki during an interview at the

move

& Herald about Kulwicki' s quiet,

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; graduate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would win "rookie

didn't," said Kulwicki.

circuit,

efore his arrival in Charlotte,

on going." Before the season

over, Kulwicki

"The times when I have taken the biggest gamble have been the times when I have made the most progress,"

moving up into the prestigious NASCAR

Thomas Aquinas,

just kept

of the year"

at first.

After a short track career focused on

Berg and Richard Contiliano, I and parochial vicar, were lebrants. Kulwicki was a parish-

didn't have anything to turn back to so

"There were times I resented that, because he had the knowledge and resources to help me and

the celebrant, Fathers

was going anywhere, but

neering student

cruel the sport could be,

discouraged his son

'ottefor

was

ollows the NASCAR circuit,

Msgr. John J. McSweeney, V.

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the residue of my

and

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Catholic

News

& Herald

April 9,

Pro-Life Corner

"A nation cannot be destroying

its

blessed while killing

its

babies,

families, demoralizing its teenagers

and promoting perversion." James C. Dobson, PhD

Editorial The Respect Life Office

Diocese of Charlotte

Congratulations We want to offer our congratulations to St. Elizabeth Parish in Boone for winning the Mustard Seed Award from the National Catholic Educational Asso-

The Pope Speaks

ciation.

—

also serve as an inspiration to

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II asked some 10,000 youths and young adults from his diocese to dedicate all their enthusiasm, hearts and minds to following Christ. At an April 1 prayer vigil with the pope, the young people from the Diocese of Rome promised to commit

We know there are many

their lives to bringing the

other excellent religious education programs in our

*\ ^ Gospel message to others. The event was the pope's second annual vigil with youths in his diocese in

The fact that a relatively small mountain parish was one of just five nationwide to be honored by the

NCEA

for

its

religious education

efforts of Fathers H. Cornell

CRE Carol Brown

Lynch,

who

ners

a tribute to the

Bradley and Damion

and the countless parishio-

are actively involved in St. Elizabeth's

religious education program.

The award should

other parishes in the diocese.

It might not be a bad idea for more of them to going after some national recognition for their

parishes. start

•*

efforts.

tered the Vatican's audience hall.

authority

wish to extend to our readers our best wishes for this joyous Easter season. May the blessings of the Risen Christ be with you now and throughout the year.

life"

VATICAN CITY meant

Paul

(CNS)

— The pope's teaching

to safeguard

free

from

and

Church Pope John

clarify

distortions,

II said.

said.

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Publisher:

Editor:

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Most Reverend John

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that while the

proclaims a doctrine pertaining to faith or morals in terms which clearly manifest his intention to define a

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certain truth

Associate Editors: Joann Keane, Carol Hazard

Gene

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Sullivan

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God's creations and their destiny according to design, the pope said. The pontiff also is obli; instruct Catholics regarding earthly and eternal the basic requirements for truth and goodness, h The teaching of the Church and the pont

give proper expression to

pope may exercise his infallible teaching authority, "many popes have not done so." The last example of a pope teaching "ex cathedra" was Pope Pius XII' s 1950 proclamation of Mary's bodily assumption into heaven. "The pope enjoys the charism of infallibility when, as supreme pastor and teacher of all the faithful, he

groups and Catholic schools.

See."

Pope John Paul noted

Number

Rome diocesan sym Rome parishes,

distortions

not a simple bearer of an infallibility belonging in

April 9, 1993

adult delegates to the

of selected representatives from

weekly general audience.

Peter,

Volume

He personally

crosses on necklaces around the necks of you

designed to safeguard church doctrine in those "and continually free them from the clouding a

a personal gift given to the pope as successor to St.

^News & Herald

The pope's ordinary teaching and the extraordiwhen he teaches infallibly are guided by the Holy Spirit, the pope said at his March 24 nary occasions

The authority to teach infallibly or "ex cathedra" is

A The Cathouc

young

was the evening's theme as young people and Pope John Paul listened to a full

doctrine and keep

Easter

young people

with the pope in Denver in August. the

Polish saint acted in imitation of Christ, the pope

the celebration will culmi-

nate with an international gathering of

"Called to give

Maximilian Kolbe, who gave his life for an prisoner at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz The pope said St. Maximilian's action h; profound resonance in the environment of that co; tration camp where every human being was tr with deep contempt and was trampled upon.'i St.

on Palm Sunday. This year

ebration of World Youth Day

your attention to Msgr. McSweeney's letter on Page 3 regarding the Easter Sunday collection for the diocesan vocations program. The money will be used mainly for the training of the seminarians who will be our priests in the future. Education for the priesthood is expensive and your contributions are needed. The diocese presently has nine men in seminaries around the country. (Their pictures are on Page 2.) Some of the money also will be used for the continuing education of our priests. like to call

orchestra and choir presenting an oratorio on the

But while St. Maximilian's sacrifice saved the one fellow Pole, Christ's death on the cross br life to all men and women. Christ s sacrifice had "a universal dimension, embraces all men and women of every age, eve: every race," the pope said. At the end of the vigil, the pope blessed the wooden crosses each participant received as tfo

preparation for the local cel-

Seminarians We would

(704) 331-172

sisters,

on the Church, we have been speaking of the ministry of the pope and the bishops. We now turn to the ministry of priests, who, together In our catechesis

share in the pastoral authority by which Chris

with the bishops, are sharers in the one, eternal priesthood of Jesus Christ (cf. Heb 7:24-28) through the

up, sanctifies and rules his body, the Church.! anointing of the Holy Spirit, priests are cons J

sacrament of Holy Orders.

and sealed with a special character which coi.il them to Christ and grants them the power to aitt

Order of Bishops in offering sacrifice, forgiving sins and publicly fulfilling the priestly office instituted by Christ (cf Presbyterorum Ordinis, 2). The decision of Jesus to entrust 70 disPriests are cooperators of the

ministers. This character is the source of specia

ras

See Pope,

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The Catholic News

9 1993

Notebook

Editor's By BOB aid in this

space

he complete

list

Light

of the special Eucharistic devotions which Bishop Donoghue

weeks leading up

quested across the diocese in the

to the 45th International

Eucharistic Congress to be held in June in Seville, Spain.

turned out that

taking longer than expected to

Augustine said we are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song. In Isaiah 62:4 we read, "You shall be called 'My delight' for I the Lord delight in you." When Jesus taught us to think of God as our heavenly Father, He was not saying that God is a lot like an earthly father. He said that God is our Father in the best possible sense of the word. God made us, and we belong to Him. He not only loves St.

us,

plan these devotions and the

of devotions

list

now

—

at least

list is

not yet available.

The

those on the vicariate level

—

As you probably have noticed on the front page of this we are taking a one-week break from publication in

issue,

order to observe Easter. There will be no issue April 16

with the next issue scheduled for publication April 23. In order to get in some vacation time, our office will

ecent episode of a television series about the U.S Secret Service brought back .

The episode was devoted

inpleasant memories.

LN,

to the terrorist activities of

a Puerto Rican independence group.

aims was to disrupt the 1980 Democratic presidential campaign, primary campaign that year, my wife was office manager for a Mondale campaign office in a Chicago suburb. roup of FALN terrorists invaded the state campaign headquarters in Chicago, ; staff members hostage and seized thee records with the names, addresses and me numbers of all campaign workers. The fear was that these people would of

its

the Illinois

potential targets. to the Democratic National Convention. Some began receiving threatening phone calls and the FBI placed a tap on >ne in order to trace any such calls if they came. Fortunately they didn't, cuments seized in a raid on an FALN headquarters indicated a plot to blow lison Square Garden during the convention. My wife and the other delegates ider heavy guard during the convention. ain, nothing happened. But it's not something we want to go through again, iter 13 years, just watching that television show was enough to send a few p and down our spines.

wife

was named a delegate

lelegates

*oup Offering Help To

Homosexuals

delights in loving us.

inspire the Gospel writers to tell us about God's love. "Think of the love that God lavishes on us, by letting us be called God's children, for that is what we are." ( 1 John 3: 1 Our task is to stay in touch with His love by taking the time every day to communicate with Him and remind ourselves

issue.

be closed from noon on Holy Thursday until Wednesday, 4. We probably will operate with a skeleton staff and for reduced hours that d will not be in full operation until April 15.

Jesus died and rose again to share this special knowledge of the Father with us. He sent the Holy Spirit to

expected to be ready for publication in our next

One Candle

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

GATELY

week that this issue of The Catholic News & Herald would

last

& Herald

how much He

love

personal.

ready to accept the idea that God's

are

all at

different stages in our

appreciation of this sublime truth.

Some

think of

Him

a stern, impersonal judge. Passages like the one in

Deuteronomy 28:15, 28 become an obsession,

"If

you do not obey the voice of

Yahweh your God, nor keep all His commandments and statutes that I enjoin on you today, then curses shall come upon you and overtake you. Yahweh will strike you down." A chilling thought, but thank God this was not the final word. In ancient times, many people thought that physical blindness was a curse from God. But in Chapter 9 verses 1-3 of St. John's Gospel we read, "He saw a man who had been blind from birth. His disciples asked him, 'Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, for

parents sinned.

him to have been born blind?' Jesus answered, 'Neither he nor his He was born blind so that the works of God might be displayed in

him.'" there are many maladies, like AIDS or mental illness, which view as a curse. Jesus rejected this kind of rash judgement. Those who are physically challenged for whatever reason, live in the light of God's unchanging love just like everyone else. Those who appear to be the least among us may in fact be the most highly favored. We cannot judge because only God can judge

In our

own day

some choose

the

human

heart.

Jesus insisted that God loved every single one of His children.

"Go back and tell

John. ..the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed." (Matthew

:5)

Jesus saw

human life. And since He reached out to the most abandoned of we can presume He still seeks them out.

sacredness in every

His day,

The ultimate blessing of Easter is the great knowledge of God's love. There are no words to describe it. "God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish, but may have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved." (John 3:16-17) (For a free copy of the Christopher New Note, GOD DELIGHTS IN YOU, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

loves us.

Not everyone

The Christophers, 12 East 48

Street,

New

York, 10017.)

read your column in our archdiocesan newspaper some weeks ago in a gay alcoholic who was confused and wanted help. I am gay also and o once very confused. About 10 years ago I joined a Catholic group ourage. It has helped me a great deal. If others write to you who are gay trying to live a chaste life, you could tell them about this group. I know person who wrote to you feels. Members of Courage have the same id have been a great example to me. (New York)

Father John Catoir

director of The Christophers.

-oincidentally, in the

same mail with your

letter

Crosswinds

received a note and good

from Father John Harvey, the founder and director of Courage. I am who expressed the same sentiments you did. rage was founded 13 years ago in New York and now has a number of _j in the United States. Its purposes, as outlined by Father Harvey, are 1) To chaste lives in accord with the Catholic Church's lion to

both of you, and others

Ilive WL^^

teachings; 2)

i|k

dedicate their lives to Christ through

prayer and other spiritual works; 3) To foster a spirit of fellowship so no one needs to face the problems of

To encourage chaste friendships which possible but necessary; 5) To live lives that

sexuality alone; 4) are not only

may

serve as

good examples

to other

homosexuals.

New

York's Cardinal John O'Connor is a strong supporter and sponsor of Courage. As he pointed out in one of his columns, there is no room in Catholic teaching for contempt for any human person. "The Church rejects homosexual activity as immoral," he said, but "the Church embraces the homosexual person made in the image and likeness of God, as is every other person." >rding to the cardinal, "Courage exists for one purpose: to help. It is not 1 in criticizing, indicting, condemning or giving anyone a hard time in any

a series of columns

written by Catholic Social Services staff

person initiated the appointment. CSS recently did an analysis of the

members about

number of counseling

Crosswinds

their experiences. In

order to protect client confidentiality the staff members are not identified. The word is "ambivalence," and we have probably experienced it several times in our lives in both significant and less important matters. In the book, "I'm OK/You're OK," Dr. Harris describes

how

so often indi-

viduals with the best of motivation come to a point in their lives

where they

the percentage of those

fers a

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other time." hild also

note that

many

dioceses in the country have instituted established

personnel to be available to homosexual men and women for the same assistance that Courage offers. To find out what is available in your area, chancery office of your diocese. ^

information on Courage and

by writing to Father N.Y. 10001. fey phone (2 1 2) 42 1 -0426. Inquiries are welcome from parents, spouses and m can be made anonymously if desired. Ue brochure answering questions Catholics ask about receiving the Holy

iter

the

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mature manner, they do a little research and make a counseling ap-

for

or cancelled the second. I

had this experience

this

week. The

moved

her ap-

pointment time, then failed to

call or

"counselee" called and

come. Yet,

just a

week

ago, she

was so

motivated (and very impressed with our sliding fee scale).

In a

who came

the first appointment and failed to return

perceive things are getting out of control.

sessions per indi-

vidual and, in collecting the data, noted

set in:

suspicion

"Would

that

ambivalence

the counseling

work?"

of the appointment often the inner, needy

worth my investment of time?" "Things are really not that bad." It's sad. We all do it from time to time. We would do well to think through

child takes over and the counselor might

some of

have before him or her a resistive, questioning individual. Such a stance can

season of reconciliation, reconcile within

pointment.' Dr. Harris describes

how on the day

cause the counselor to wonder

why

the

"Is

ourselves

the implications and, in this

some of our

current ambiva-

lences.

Eucharist is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.) Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N.

1993 by Catholic News Service

Catholic

Call

News

& Herald

April 9, 1»

To Faith By BISHOP JOHN

DONOGHUE

In an article she wrote for Catholic Update, Dolores Curran tells the story of a mother who sees the priesthood as a possibility for her son but hesitates to tell

him

so.

The

story

common one. What was

once a subject broached by mothers and fathers in Catholic homes, has become taboo, as though the words "priesthood" or "religious life" carry awful connotations. Why, Dolores Curran asks in her article, are we afraid to talk about vocations? I wonder the same thing. I wonder, too, if the people who turn to our priests, brothers and sisters think that each of us just stumbled into our chosen life of ministry. Do they think that we were void of any guidance or urging on the part of our parents? Vocations, despite what some people might believe, don't happen overnight. They are cultivated over the course of many years and in many ways. The opportunity to

fulfill

one's vocation to ministry begins

when

parents allow the children to believe that their willingness to help others

his or her is

good.

shown, by example, the virtues of faith, hope and charity. begins when It begins when the child learns to respect and appreciate the prayers, traditions and rituals of his or her faith. In other words, the seeds of vocation begin where all other at home. life's journeys begin Father Francis O'Rourke, director of the diocesan Vocation Awareness Committee, put it this way: "We have to start gathering parents who have young sons and daughters and, by virtue of their active involvement in the life of the Church, convene them to present a vocation as a viable call to the Church." This effort, he said, is a way of "keeping the question alive" throughout a young person's life. The more we can create an open and encouraging atmosphere for the parents to understand vocations, the more likely they will convey these insights to the child

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involve other Church groups in building vocations. The Knights of Columbu;

young men to consider priestly vocations. Bot and national offices of the K of C have developed vocation awareness prog and materials that they make available to parishes, schools and other church gi( The National Catholic Diocesan Vocations Director office also works ha hand with these groups and dioceses to foster vocations. In their newsletter, ar are written to help vocations directors "keep the question alive." In a recent a in that publication, Bishop Robert F. Morneau, auxiliary bishop of Green Bay proposes that directors be creative in their approach to vocations. "If the images [of the future] are life-giving and energizing, we set off dowi path. If nothing clear lies ahead or the images picture only boredom and drud we look down other paths. Images do indeed make all the difference in the w< So what are those life-giving, energizing images that are being offered t youth? "I would tell any young man contemplating the priesthood that it is whereby you enter into relationships with families and individuals that are nurturing," said Father O'Rourke. "I would also say that there's always a dime of mystery in a priest's life. A healthy mystery that allows you to reflect on mon what is seen by the eye. "You're always 'poor in spirit' and constantly seeking an ongoing dialog God, asking him to help you respond to many questions that arise in your ow and the lives of others. "I would tell them it's adventurous!" Similar experiences can be found in religious vocations of all kinds. I enco parents to open their children's eyes to the creative images of our Chi for years sought to encourage state

ministries.

ask young people to consider their call to serve others as a possib And, as an integral part to its success, I ask all of you t<

to a lifetime of service.

daily for our vocations programs, the people

their children.

In addition to convening parents, the diocesan committee

seeking ways to

everywhere who are considering

this

once

who work

them, and for

in a lifetime adventure.

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? Important 'Rules' Regarding Holy By I.

Communion

FATHER CHRISTIAN CARR

Eucharistic Fast

The norms that the Church has set on how much time must pass before receiving Holy Communion, after eating/drinking, are really pretty simple. This is the basic norm: No food/drink within an hour before receiving the Eucharist. (That means one hour before Communion, not one hour before the time Masss begins.) Note: water is o.k. at any time within the hour. The same holds for medicine. And so, water and any type of medicine never break the Eucharistic fast. (Can. 919.) What does "medicine" mean? It means whatever is intended to help in recovering health or if on doctor's preventing illness. What about liquor taken as medicine? Fine orders. (Do you have some M.D. friends, maybe?) Next, the elderly and the sick and those taking care of them are not held, at all, to the fast. One is considered "elderly" if one is a "senior citizen" or now eligible, age-wise, for membership in the government's Social Security club. One is considered "sick," so far as the Church's law is concerned, if one suffers from some infirmity, either permanent (diabetes, for example), or temporary (hurt in an accident and cannot leave the house). The "no fast required" exception extends to nurses, family members, friends, etc., who happen to be present when the Eucharist is to be given to the sick and want also to receive, but have been eating or drinking within

—

the hour.. .and are

somehow

as faithful and obedient members of the People of God, we all intend Church's legislation on this Eucharistic fast; we've abstained from food and drink for a good hour before going to Holy Communion. But that isn't to suggest that we re under any obligation to measure that hour do wn to the split second or minute, maybe using an electronic stop-watch of such accuracy as decides spacelaunching! Yes, be fittingly observant of the rules, but no need to be scrupulous or a blind slave. No! ("The Sabbath is for man/woman; man/woman is not for the Sabbath"). Let's keep our priorities straight. Which do you think that God and the Church prefer: 1) Your reception of Our Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity with consequent growth in strength and Lord holiness of life, or 2) omitting Communion because you may have finished breakfast only, say, about 50 minutes ago? You know the answer to that one without having to consult a professional canon lawyer for his/her considered opinion. (Thank heaven, by the way, that we can now speak of a growing number of women canonists. It isn't an attempt to curry their favor, to note what every honest man admits: with some exceptions women have sensitivity for the human element in legal matters and all law is more warmly humanized in its enactment and its administration by more feminization.)

Of course,

—

Holy Communion More Than Once

A Day

your religious fervor, share in the celebration of Mass a couple of times tomorrow, or next Sunday, you are free if you so wish to receive the Eucharist at both Masses. That is a change in the Church's law since 1983. Before then (that year witnessed the promulgation of the "new" code), we were allowed to receive twice on the same day only on Christmas and Easter Sunday and in the case where one was in danger of death and received what used to be called (and still may be) "Viaticum," along with "last rites" anointing, final (?) prayers, etc. (That beautiful and useful and accurate word, "Viaticum," comes from the Latin and means If you, in

—

"provisions for a journey.")

This

the exact wording of the law:

"One who has received the Holy Eucharist,

It is an integral part of that celebration which is a url complete form of worship. And so, if it's a question of "going to Commurl second time on the same day, it is not to be a matter of going to church, maybe jj there at "Communion time," receiving the Eucharist and leaving. In sh( reception of Communion apart from Mass, a second time, except by Viaticum, is allowed. (Father Carr is a Trappist monk from Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corned He holds degrees in canon law and civil law. A former abbot of Mepkin Abi) will soon leave for Uganda where he will serve as a chaplain for a monas

one's sharing in the Mass.

Trappistine nuns.)

the

saints

caring for the sick one.

to observe the

II.

may receive It again on the same day only during the celebration of the Mass in one participates." (Can. 917.) The reception of Communion is not to be isolate

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Teens Should Handle e Pressure To Have Sex

Herald

soon sinks under the weight of

its

contrived situations and leaden script.

CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS

nuendo, stylized violence and an instance of rough language. USCC classiadults. fication is A-III rating is PG- 13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

NEW YORK (CNS) — The follow-

the winter of her junior year, started

—

Therese began calling herself "a

waking up with nightdreams

lot

her sweating out of sleep.

could hardly remember the

but they left her feeling dirty,

Here was the way she was thinking: She'd had sex with Brian, and Tim knew about it. Tim wanted sex, and she'd like to keep dating him, so that meant she had to have sex with Tim. Only she didn't want to. She was thinking about doing something she felt was wrong, but she wasn't sure she had the right to say no. After all, she'd had sex

and ashamed. Then one aftermom found Therese on the room floor, pounding her head

her

and crying, "No, no, no..." her in. Therese lad met before, about four years len there was trouble in the fam-

er fist,

y mom brought

with Brian.

The

dragged off to see a shrink, hen people are carrying that much

Therese was

seventh grade

)een dating Brian,

and they got

way too fast. Before were having intercourse. ey broke up after a few months, lerese decided that she wasn't or sexual relationships, and she far out

of her mind as she could, next two or three years,

lad a couple of boyfriends, noth-

serious

^.ving

and nothing sexual. She good time and feeling

)out herself.

was

until she started dating

was an old friend of Brian's. way guys are, Tim had bout what went on with the two way back in seventh grade. 1

enough.

started off nice

active with a prior boyfriend doesn't

ing the

his

somewhere

ashamed. Teen-age boys can be very pushy and utterly irresponsible. Girls have to be good at saying no. First, the smartest thing you can do is put sex off. The earlier you have intercourse, the more problems it causes in your life. Second, even if you've been sexually active, you can stop. Nobody can make you have sex against your will. They call that rape, and it's a crime. Just because you've been sexually active with a guy does not mean you need to have sex with him again. It's your right to say no. The fact that you've been sexually

ley

;

Tim was doing

back of her mind she knew it. Tim was treating her like she was "a slut" and that was what made her feel dirty and

0 involved

iring the

truth is that

the

was

lien

wasn't like she was a

best to use Therese, and

and self-hate around, the probimost always revolves around it

virgin.

she didn't feel so badly about

place you under any obligation to have

sex with a

new

boyfriend, even

knows what happened before. If he knows your personal

"No

he said, "I'm willing to go

tion Picture Association of America rating.

"Pinocchio"(1940) Walt Disney's animated classic about a wooden-headed puppet (voice of Dick Jones) who wants to be a real boy but keeps getting into trouble by listening to foxy Honest John (voice of Walter Catlett) instead of appointed conscience Jiminy Cricket (voice of Cliff Edwards). The fantasy quality of the story

made

all

the

delightful

superb animation and such lovely songs

"When You Wish Upon a Star," though small fry may get some frights on Pleasure Island and in the sea depths with Monstro the Whale. One of Disney's grandest contributions to famentertainment.

USCC classification

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A-I

nor the animation shines. Comic violence and mild sexual innuendo. USCC adults and classification is A-II rating is PG-13 adolescents. parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate

re an easy

No matter what your past has been, your future begins today. Your most important obligation is to maintain your

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MPAA

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for children

under

13.

"Captain Ron" (1992) Inept comedy about a Chicago fam-

(headed by Martin Short and Mary Kay Place) who take a Caribbean dream ily

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cruise on an inherited sailboat

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NORTH CAROLINA Owned

away. Allison Anders directs a realistic drama of a broken home that is not without modest insights into female

solidarity.

few discreet sexual en-

counters, brief nudity and minimal rough

language.

—

USCC classification is A-III MPAA rating is R — re-

adults.

stricted.

"Gentleman Jim" (1942) Period success story unfolds as

James Corbett (Errol Flynn) rises from lowly San Francisco bank clerk to cocky prizefighter, ultimately winning the heavyweight championship in 1892 by knocking out John L. Sullivan (Ward Bond). Director Raoul Walsh alternates scenes of Jim's prowess in the ring with work-

ing-class Irish-American family and his

on-again, off-again romance with a society debutante (Alexis Smith). Styl-

ized boxing sequences and brawls.

USCC classification is A-I — general patronage. Not rated by MPAA. "The Mark of Zorro" (1940)

Dashing tale of Old California in which a well-bred caballero (Tyrone Power) turns bandit in order to free Los Angeles from its greedy governor (J. Edward Bromberg) and his ruthless commander (Basil Rathbone). Directed by Rouben Mamoullian, the period action piece

strikingly photographed, with

Power easy to take as the Spanish Robin

whose

mance.

USCC classification is A-II —

adults

and adolescents. Not rated by

MPAA. "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992) Bittersweet comedy traces

volves them with guerrillas and pirates.

reer of a caustic, stand-up

Director Thorn Eberhardt's waterlogged

(Billy

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in-

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"Bebe's Kids" (1992) Dull animated tale in which three bratty kids harass their baby sitter (voice of Vanessa Bell Calloway), her little boy and, most of all, her boyfriend (voice of Faizon Love) who is forced to take them all to an amusement park. Under Bruce Smith's direction, the African-American characters created by Robin Harris have plenty of sass and

mark. That s what was making Therese feel cheap and dirty, even though she wasn't doing '

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"What

our daily bread?"

I keep picturing the starving people in Somalia," Jane said. "I pray that they and all hungry people will get enough bread to eat somehow." "I don't know," John said, "but I guess I've always felt it means more than bread. It seems to me that 'our daily bread' means all the food we need. And I guess I've also included everything else that my family needs to get through the day food, shelter, clothing, health, spiritual strength and whatever else we need to meet the challenges of each day." "I've had a different view of it," said Maria. "I think it refers to the bread of the Eucharist. After all, we say the Lord's Prayer in every Mass just before Communion. So I think 'our daily bread' is the bread of life, the bread that becomes the body of Christ." "I guess I've seen it as referring to the Eucharist, too," Julio added, "but I learned somewhere that the Eucharist

"Lately,

writers

quent receptk Communion. So this

that a good loaf of bread

a wonderful gift from God. When I ask for 'our daily bread,' I can almost smell it baking." Who is correct? What does that petition of the Lord's Prayer mean? Actually, all the members of the Bible study group were correct. Through the centuries, "our daily bread" has meant many different things to different people. These meanings are connected, however, and are not mutually exclusive. The Lord's Prayer appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, with some variations. In general, Matthew's text seems to have strong eschatological overtones, that is, it prays strongly for the coming of the kingdom and is oriented toward the second coming of Christ. Luke's Gospel seems to stress more the needs of the Christian community

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FAITH IN THE

Some

period even use< prayer a~ encouraging moi 1

a foretaste of the heavenly banquet, so I think the prayer asks for the* true heavenly bread, the feast we will share some day in heaven." "Gosh," Joanna said, "I feel like I'm a bit simple-minded. When I say that prayer, I just think of bread. I love to bake bread, and it has always seemed

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need."

Mick

that

all

for us each day, not only with b but with all that we need The manna in the desert was seen as a figure of the bread of he so the tradition of linking the bre

Prayer invites

By Father Lawrence

phrase, "give day our daily

in the present time.

The

difficulty comes translating the Greek word "epiousios,"

has given risej whole skein of

which we commonly

Asking for th nary bread of dal prompts us alf

bols.

translate as "daily." The word occurs no-

where nor

else in Scripture

God

trust in

known

for

Greek meaning is uncer-

exact tain.

Israelites in thei|

Sometimes

has

of trouble.

been

translated as "tomorrow's bread," or simply as "the food that

The manna rd us of the breacl heaven, the Euclj which leads yearn for the he!

need." In any case, the early Christians could hardly avoid thinking of the manna God gave the Israelites in the desert. It was "daily bread," and they were only allowed

banquet that

til

charist foreshad^

What means

the

for each I

may vary as we

to gather enough for each day, trusting that

God would provide again for the following day.

In the same way, the Lord's Prayer God will provide

invites us to trust that

of our own par needs at a and our con» of the needs of c It is important to remember t Lord's Prayer is not a "private' but one that links us with all w

God

mind when you pray, "Give us

this

day our daily bread."

"Sometimes my arms are joined with those of starving mothers and children we see pictured in the daily news.... Other times image myself with those close to me asking for all that nurtures our lives food, yes, but also friends, worthwhile work to do, good books to read, strength to respond to the needs of others and ears to hear their call." Pat Witte, Clearwater, Minn. I

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"Give us this day our daily bread' takes me to the children of Somalia. would like to see them have as much food as also reminds me of spiritual bread and the need to be spiritually nourished." Jean Popiak, Raleigh, N.C. I

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have.

"Bread comes in many forms, and sometimes need to open my eyes and heart to be able to know when am being fed. Often myself would prefer a danish, yet God provides for my hunger in the form of a piece of whole wheat. My prayer is that whatever am given by God to feed upon, will be thankful for." Duane F. Bauer, Alexandria, Minn. I

tell

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"That ... we may all have a warm place to live, ample food to share and good health. Also, that we may always have the opportunity to openly pray and worship our Lord at any given moment." Don Wurzberger, St. Stephen, Minn.

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edition asks:

like to

Lord's Prayer, d ing on our awf

MARKETPLACE or hopes are in your

need, which re! us of the manna desert sustainiij

in other literature, so its

is it

toy

"Father."

We need to pray for the need

What images

and then commit ourselves to bring about whatever chan| needed in our world so that all will have their daily bread We also pray that all people i day share the bread of the Ei

and that we last the

will all

come

heavenly bread in the V

of God.

Thus this petition can lea hope and work for the day whe kingdom

will

come and God's f

be done on earth as (Father Mick

it is

in hea

a priest

of U

diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, an lance writer.)

Itdui

W f y

9 1993

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UTH IN ACTION

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mealtime is a powerful symbol in the age of the resurrection, as anciscan Sister Joan Puis shows in her book, Seek Treasures in Small Fields, \eryday Holiness (Twenty-Third Publications, 185 Willow St., Box 180, Mystic, >nn. 06355. 1993. Paperback, $7.95). Not only is providing food to those who pod

nger a sign of God's justice. Food also is a sign of God's hospitality. To share is to be a good host; the meal offers people the opportunity to recognize

pad

they share

and

life

to celebrate their

bonds

— as families do when they eat

aether.

"Our valid reception of the bread of life is contingent on our bread to those in need, " Sister Puis writes. She suggests that here, the gift of bread motivate the receiver to become, in turn, xfs gifts e who gives to others. And to feed the hungry is to be Christlike.

election:

'lingness to give

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You are what you pray For me, the question to ask about the Lord's Prayer is what kind of heart

By Steve Heymans Catholic

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day people compare authentic r with music that flows spontanefrom the heart. True, prayer is msic, but not for the reasons we think.

rthermore, we are likely to disthat the free, expressive style of Davis' bebop jazz is a highly ical and complex form of music, t prayer is like music in shaping influencing our dispositions and des. "Create in me a steadfast oh Lord," the psalmist prayed.

way we pray imprints on us a "habits of the heart" habits istinguish us as Christians,

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jcently visited

grandmother

ursing home. I could not help but the elderly, many of whom were mscious, at chapel reciting the Despite the cacophony of voices,

seemed a certain unison of an "at homeness" among those fe-

rn only speculate,

but

suspect

were people who grew up reciting sary, people whose hearts were i by the routine, the words and e assumed in such praying. I left I thought how our hearts are shaped by the lyrics of populgs, images and noise. Unlike the of my grandmother's generate are surrounded by technololat produce a constant prattle alk shows, news, elevator music,

—

iion.

wonder we avoid the silence Hows us to hear the sounds of our ;le

For

when we

really hear our

realize they are restless

and

— that they are not at home

/hat has

tOD

it fashions in us. And is it something with which we can be at home? What kind of dispositions or attitudes does it

create?

In praying the Lord's Prayer,

we call

upon God as Father, and so we render ourselves childlike and vulnerable.

And to pray "our Father" is to express a unity with others who so pray, a unity that comes from being of the same family, God's family. In saying, "Give us this day, our daily bread," we acknowledge that we live not by our own work, our own bread, but by God's work. By asking for our daily bread, we acknowledge our dependence upon a source of life apart from our own strength. It is easy to overlook the "Significance of "Give us this day, our daily bread," for we live in a culture that tells us our success comes through our own achievements rather than by the gifts of others. We have been taught to think that we have it by the sweat of our own brow. Yet, when we stop to think of it, we discover that, in addition to our own efforts, we are who we are and have What we have because of the goodness, generosity

and influence

God and

others.

By saying, "Give us this day, our daily bread," we are reminded that who we are and what we have is a gift. Such a prayer creates a different kind of heart, a different kind of person from the one whose heart is formed by the prattle of everyday noise.

(Heymans istry

St.

Collegeville,

director of campus min-

John's

University,

Minn.)

shaped them.

God's providence, and a warning on present needs ("give us 'each day' our daily bread" (Luke 11:31), this

By Father John Castelot Catholic

News

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meaning The

Christians to pray the Our Father were well aware that "one does not live by bread alone" (Matthew 4:4). That, however, did not assuage their gnawing hunger for day-in-day-out sustenance. Hence their oft-repeated plea: "Give us today our daily bread" first

The Greek word translated

"daily"

can mean "for today" or "for our sustenance." Jesus taught them not to be anxious about matters like food or clothing but to rely on their Father's loving providential care. This was not Jesus' way of recommending irresponsible laziness. It was a warning against a consuming preoccupation with material things that would blot out all awareness of God as the indispensable source of their wellStill,

pray for "our daily bread" in 1993 is to pray with images of starvation raved upon our consciousness. Who hasn't gazed this past year at the tograph of a starving Somali citizen and silently exclaimed, "How is this

the general thrust of the

Our

Father suggests another meaning. It is, from start to finish, a plea for the end-time victory of God over all evil, for the day when God's will would be done "on earth as in heaven."

<sible?!"

an age of abundance. For many it hardly seems apt to ask God for J. Perhaps instead the prayer would be that we not waste food, not overeat or sacrifice sound nutrition to cholesterol's many temptations, lave these words of The Lord's Prayer outlived their usefulness? Or are they

"his is

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minder -That we still need nourishment of many kinds from God. j-That even in the food department the riches of God's creation have yet to be tjred as they could be. I-That no one should overlook the opportunities God gives to serve as a Kwuit of nourishment for others. iaster is the day of the Eucharist par excellence, the day of the bread of life, iut where is bread needed now? Where is lite needed by others, by you? Does God mean The Lord's Prayer to motivate us to think that this age of the ejrrection is intended as a time of abundant nourishment for everyone?

—

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

The petition for bread had connotations over and above the obvious concern for this day's food. In fact, the same word translated also

"And I confer a kingdom on you, my Father has conferred one on me, that you may eat and drink at my ciples:

just as

table in

(6:11).

being.

FOR THOUGHT

of "bread for the future" was not absent. In the Last Supper Discourse recorded in Luke, Jesus, about to pass through death to glory, tells his dis-

mean

"for the

as "daily" can coming day, the

morrow, the future."

The first Christians' prayer, then, would have expressed a yearning not just for the bread of this world, but for

God's final intervention and for the

bread to be given at God's table in heaven. This was a common biblical understanding of "bread," a term that lends itself to rich symbolic meaning. Even in the form of the prayer used in Luke's communities, with its clear emphasis

my kingdom" (Luke 22:29-30).

In the fourth Gospel, the connection between bread, the manna, "the food that endures for eternal life," and the Eucharist (John 6:27) is unmistakable. The request for daily bread had connotations for the first Christians that went beyond a simple plea for material nourishment. It begged for God's ultimate victory over evil, over all the forces that impede satisfaction of the universal hunger for peace, justice, love and harmony. Christ's resurrection was a foretaste

and a pledge

of that victory.

Every Eu-

charist is a celebration of that victory, a joyous anticipation of our ultimate share in it. It is no accident that the Communion Rite at Mass begins with a recitation of the Our Father or that we are reminded just before receiving the bread of heaven: "Happy are those who are called to his supper."

(Father Castelot scholar, author

and

a Scripture

lecturer.)

Heraio v

& Herald

News

he Catholic

April 9, 1<3

People British Official

Announces

tian Brother

Conversion To Catholicism MANCHESTER, England (CNS) An official of Prime Minister John Major's Conservative government has announced that she is to become a Catholic. Ann Widdecombe is to end four months of what she describes as limbo in a ceremony at the House of Commons chapel after Easter. Miss Widdecombe,

gurated of

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neral

Pa.

(CNS)

—A

Burke was inau-

new

which

president

run by has been La Salle provost

Ellis,

Chris-

BrotherBurke,

who left the post to become presi-

dent of The Catholic University of America, Washington. Brother Burke graduated from La Salle College High School in 1963, earned a bachelor's degree in English from La Salle in 1968,

and subsequently earned a master's

Scranton. Hinton, former president of

March 7. He was He began his Church career in 1942 with National Catholic Community Services. He was executive director of the agency from 1948-71. From 1972-78, Hospital in Scranton 82.

he was director of finance and administration for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' and its twin agency, the U.S. Catholic Conference. He had also been vice president of Catholic Golden Age, an organization for Catholics over age 50.

New President PHILADELPHIA (CNS)

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Navy

rights, a Catholic

chaplain told

Republican lawmakers. Father Eugene T. Gomulka told the Republican Research Committee

March 24

Catholic Scuba Diver Prepares

personnel, Father Gomulka told the com-

To Search For Sunken Treasures

mittee,

which

probably ab

statistics that

actual figures in the

fin

Of all

Chicago Archc

allegations of sexual ab

of minors by Chicago clergy in the p 25 years, he said, "39 priests were judj

have been subjects of valid accu

tions

approximately 5 percent of

...

men who have been

priests in Chic;

for the last quarter- century."

Stearns of California.

U.S. Release

Bishop Says U.S. Policy Major Cause Of Salvadoran Tragedy

Of Funds

For Nicaragua Urged

WASHINGTON

SAN SALVADOR

—

(CNS)

The

head of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Policy has urged Secretary of State

Warren Christopher

—

iary

tragi

of El Salvador's civil war, said

Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chave;

San Salvador. "A large part of our ti edy has to do with U.S. policies... important that the errors which w committed and which were the caus*

to re-

lease, "without delay," congressionally

appropriated funds to help Nicaragua. "It is

(CNS) was a major cause of the

policy

well past the time for the United

States to assist the people of Nicaragua

many

in rebuilding their country, devastated

Rosa Chavez told rep ers after a Mass March 28. U.S. Se<! tary of State Warren Christopher

by years of conflict and violence," said Archbishop John R. Roach of St. PaulMinneapolis in his March 29 letter. "I urge that the full funding be released without delay." Congress had authorized $104 million for Nicaragua in fiscal

deaths in El Salvador be

ex;

ined," Bishop

appointed a panel to review the

lij

Truth Commission report on Salvada war crimes and its implication for 1

policy.

year 1992* Last year the Bush

some

U.S. senators placed a hold on the funds About half the money was released in ,

Employment Opportunities

Chicago

cese.

chaired by Rep. Cliff

administration, after urging from

Chris-

Fat!

was a national projection based on

would

U.S. International University.

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projected

the priest-sociologist said his estim

forcing President Clinton's order to alin the military

(CNS)

Andrew M. Greeley

2,000 to 4,000 U.S. Catholic pri have engaged in sexual abuse of min in the past quarter- century. There now 52,000 priests in the United Stat In an article in the March 20-27 issue America, a national Catholic magazi

that en-

burdens on an already strained military medicine program." The policy also would hurt recruitment and retention of

his

Inaugurates

Catholic Chaplain Urges Congress To Keep Ban On Gays In Military WASHINGTON (CNS) Allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military will hurt morale and cohesion among the troops and violate privacy

put "additional financial and personnel

company, Exploration International, was given the green light to conduct the

Salle University

WASHINGTON

Miami and a doctorate in psychology and anthropology from the

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Have Abused Minor:

2,000 Priests

University of

ViWis. (CNS) sions of silver and gold have been dancing in the head of veteran deep sea diver Scott Mitchen since he was given permission to dive on the treasure-laden shipwreck, the San Pedro d' Alacantara. Mitchen said the Spanish warship, which sank off the coast of Venezuela in 1 8 1 5 may hold silver and gold coins, artifacts and jewels. The ship's soldiers had pillaged Marguereta Island off the coast of Venezuela and looted the island's Catholic cathedral. Part of the booty included the jeweled crown taken from the wooden statue of the Virgin Mary. Mitchen, a native of Milwaukee, started his career in treasure hunting by diving in southern Wisconsin waters at age 14. He said

Catholic Golden Age, died in Mercy^

Father Greeley Projects That

May.

low homosexuals

WASHBURN,

was held March 13, at Our Lady of the Snows Church in Clarks Summit, Pa. Burial was in Cathedral Cemetery,

salvage operation that will begin in April or

educational administration from the

fu-

Mass for Thomas Hinton, a former

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priests.

SCRANTON,

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Former NCCB, Catholic Golden Age Figure Dies

Joseph

March 2 1

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—

Pope

accepted the resignation of j^hbishop Robert F. Sanchez of Santa jjin

Paul

The archbishop had fcdered his resignation March 19 amid N.M., April

who

it is

some of us

former executive director of the Church

Minutes" planned

The pope named Bishop Michael J. Lubbock, Texas, as b>stolic administrator of Santa Fe until

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program

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must say, 'I'm

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March

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In another written statement released

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two days before the CBS program aired, he announced that he had submitted his resignation to the pope and was awaiting his response. Bishop Sheehan will remain bishop of Lubbock, a largely rural northwest Texas diocese bordering on New Mexico,

March

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April 3 by Charles

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In a statement released

19,

that:

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Kulwicki could have left his operaand become a driver for the famed Junior Johnson team- But he had too much involved emotionally and financially and he didn't want to give up. "The ultimate satisfaction is to win the championship ... and to have done it with my own team," he said. Kulwicki was the first driver-car owner to win since Richard Petty did it tion

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MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Any pro-

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|;w archbishop is chosen. The changes lop Agostino Cacciavillan, papal prolcio to the United States. Archbishop Sanchez, 59, was the ion's first Hispanic archbishop and s widely regarded as a leader in the akening of U.S. Hispanic Catholic tural consciousness over the past

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jbehan, 53, of

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'(Jtmmifuemarioj Cristo Resucitado Vive Entre Nosotros

De acuerdo con un documento del Vaticano del ano 1973, "La razon principal de reservar la Eucaristfa despues de la Misa es la administracion del Viatico, o sea, la comunion de los moribundos".

Ademas "para

adoracion de nuestro Senor Jesucristo presente en el sacramente" (La Santa

Comunion y

Culto de la Eucaristfa

fuera de la Misa, No. 5).

Como

historia lo atestigua, la Iglesia

empezo a

reservar la Eucaristfa con el fin de llevar este alimento espiritual a los

que iban a

morir. Esta practica llevo a la costumbre

de dar la comunion a aquellos impedidos

una practica que solo gradualmente se establecio en la Iglesia, fue la expresion natural de la creencia constante y profunda de que el Senor esta verdaderamente presente en la del Santfsimo,

Eucaristfa.

como

adoracion de

conocemos hoy en dfa realmente empezaron en el siglo XIII. Aunque hombre y mujeres tal

Herman

toca con devocion

el crucifijo

en Holy Family, Clemmons. Allf oro con fe

hace dos anos y hoy agradece al Senor las gracias que recibio. Venezuela, casada felizmente con Kevin Herman.

Precisa La Pasion "^No

era preciso que el Mesfas

padeciese esto y entrase en su Gloria?"

"Comenzoaensenarlescomo era preciso que el Hijo del hombre padesciese mucho. .y que fuese muerto y resucitase despues de tres dfas" Mc. 8, 31. "A la manera que Moises levanto la Lc. 24,26.

serpiente en el desierto, asf es preciso

que sea levantado (en la cruz) el Hijo del hombre, para que todo el que crea en el no perezca, sino que tenga la vida eterna" Jn. 3, 14-15.

No fue necesaria la Pasion de Cristo, por parte de Dios, quien hubiera podido perdonarnos gratuitamente, ni por parte de Cristo, cuyas acciones eran todas de valor infinito, pero con ningun otro medio se hubiera obtenido el fin tan perfectamente. La Pasion de Cristo fue mucho mas conveniente a su justicia e ni

incluso a su misericordia.

"Todos

Arelis es natural de

Cristo libero del pecado, sino que nos merecio tambien la gracia y la gloria. Por la Pasion de Cristo se realiza mas la dignidad humana; porque asf como un hombre fue enganado y vencido por el mal, convenfa que fuese otro hombre quien lo venciera (Rom. 5,18-19). Cristo sufrio su Pasion porque quiso voluntariamente sufrirla y morir en la cruz, "Se humillo, hecho obediente hasta la muerte y muerte de cruz, por lo cual Dios le exalto y le otorgo un nombre sobre todo nombre, para que al hombre de Jesus doble la rodilla cuanto hay en los cielos, en la tierra y en los abismos, y toda lengua confiese que Jesucristo es Sehor para gloria de Dios Padre" Fil.

constancia, justicia y demas virtudes. Por eso dice San Pedro: "Cristo padecio

por nosotros y nos dejo ejemplo para que sigamos sus pasos" 1 Pedro 2,21. Por la Pasion de Cristo, no solo nos

28211. li

y conventos estaban acostumbrados a orar en la presencia de la Eucaristfa, ahora los laicos comenzaron a visitar las iglesias para orar ante el Santfsimo Sacramente, mientras que antes las visitaban para honrar las reliquias de los Santos y martires. En 1215 el Concilio de Letran ordeno que en todas las iglesias se conservara la Eucaristfa bajo Have. Para el siglo XIV la practica de orar en privado ante el Santfsimo Sacramento estaba bien establecida. Las peregrinaciones y procesiones a las iglesias empezaron a centrarse en la Eucaristfa ymenos en honrar a los santos. La Iglesia exhorta enfaticamente que "todos los fieles le muestren a este santo sacramento la veneration y adoracion que se debe al mismo Dios" (La Santa Comunion y Adoracion de la Eucaristfa fuera de la Misa, No. 3). Para este proposito los libros liturgicos contienen instrucciones para la exposicion y bendicion del Santfsimo Sacramento. A las parroquias se les recomienda reservar una vez al ano un tiempo para la

exposicion prolongada del

Sacramento. El valor de

SantfsiiT

las visitas al Santfsirr

Sacramento fue enfatizado por el Paj Pablo VI quien las llamo: "Una pruel * de gratitud, una promesa de amor, v servicio de adoracion que le debemos Senor allf presente" (Mysterium Fide * No. 66). Las visitas al Santfsimo nr deben conducir siempre al Sent presente en su pueblo y presente en selebracion de la Eucaristfa. Lapresenc de Cristo en el Santfsimo Sacramen presupone su presencia en la asamblf reunida para orar en comun, su presenc en la Palabra, su presencia en la persor|»»lp ordenada como ministro, su presenc en el compartir de la sangre y el p

i» c

eucaristicos.

Nuestra oration ante el Senor del' m ser sensible a las necesidades y suenii and de nuestros hermanos y hermanas d mundo entero para renovar la fe, el am » y la unidad, que mueven la acck (j

torn

apostolica, mostrando asf nuest: entendimiento y respeto por la plentiti del misterio de la Eucaristfa en la Iglesi

sili

2,8-11.

Humanidad Resucitada De

Cristo

Misterio Pascual

son

justificados gratuitamente por su gracia, por la redencion de Cristo Jesus, a quien ha puesto Dios como sacrificio de propitiation, mediante lafe en su sangre" Rom. 3,24-25. Y esta fue mayor misericordia que si hubiera perdonado los pecados sin satisfaction alguna. Por eso dice el mismo San Pablo: "Dios, que es rico en misericordia, por la excesiva caridad con que nos amo, estando muertos por los pecados, nos dio vida en Cristo" Ef. 2,4-5. Por la Pasion de Cristo conocemos cuanto nos ama Dios: "Dios probo su amor hacia nosotros en que, siendo pecadores, murio Cristo por nosotros" Rom. 5,8. Por la Pasion de Cristo, no solo ejemplo de obedencia, humildad,

de Saint Gabriel, 3016 Provid

Rd., Charlotte,

las

religiosos que vivfan en los monasterios

Arelis

Sacramento, en la capilla especial Iglesia

Esta practica de Eucaristfa

Adoracion perpetua de Jesus en el Santfs

Jesus resucitado establece con sus

Este es

Misterios Pascual:

discfpulos relaciones directas mediante

pasion, muerte y resurreccion de Cristo,

al tacto

perpetuada mfsticamente en su Iglesia y por lo tanto, en cada uno de nosotros.

Les invita asf a reconocer que el no es un espfritu, pero sobre todo a que comprueben que el cuerpo resucitado con el que se presenta ante ellos es el mismo que ha sido martirizado y crucificado, ya que sigue llevando las huellas de su pasion (Lc. 24,40). Este cuerpo autentico y real posee sin embargo al mismo tiempo las propiedades nuevas de un cuerpo glorioso: no esta limitado en el espacio ni en el tiempo, pero puede hacerse presente cuando

Nadie mejor que San Pablo expresa esta realidad vivida intensamente:

"^,No

saben uestedes que, el quedar unidos a Cristo Jesus en el bautismo, quedamos unidos a su muerte? Pues por el bautismo

fuimos sepultados con Cristo y morimos para ser resucitados y vivir una vida

nueva" Rom.

en la segunda "Asf como los sufrimientos de Cristo se desbordan sobre nosotros y nosotros sufrimos con el, asf tambien por medio de Cristo se desborda nuestro consuelo" 1,5 y tambien en el capftulo 4,10: "Dondequiera que vamos, llevamos siempre en nuestro cuerpo la muerte de Jesus, para que tambien su vida se muestre en nosotros". San Pablo dice a los Filipenses que desea "conocer a 6,3-4.

carta a los Corintios:

(Lc. 24,39; Jn. 20,27) y el

compartis

comida

(Jn. 21,9)

Cristo, sentir en mf el poder de su resurreccion, tomar parte en sus sufrimientos y llegar a ser como el en su muerte, con la esperanza de alcanzar la resurreccion" 3, 10-1 1. Nadie mejor que San Pablo sintio que Cristo vivfa en el.

quiere y donde quiere (Mt. 28,16-1

Mc.

16,21; Jn. 21,4).

La Resurreccion de Cristo no fue retorno a la vida terrena como en el ca

de Lazaro. Jesus pasa del estado muerte a otra vida mas alia del tiempc del espacio. En la Resurreccion n abre el acceso a una nueva vida. Por Resurreccion obtiene victoria sobre muerte y el pecado. PorsuResurreccii realiza la adoption filial porque humanidad se convierte en hermanos Cristo por

don de

la gracia, filiacii

adoptiva que confiere una participaci< P real en la vida del Hijo unico. '

ultimo, por su Resurreccion Cristo

primogenito de entre los muertos" (C 1,18), es el principio de nuestra pro{ resurreccion, ya desde ahora por justification de nuestra alma (Rom. 6.'

mas tarte por la vivificacion de cuerpo (Rom. 8,1 1).

nuesi

)

The Catholic News

1993

,ril9

Una Llamada De Fe

Mensaje Del Obispo Jueves Santo de 1993 i

Amados Amigos en

Cristo,

Nuestro Santo Padre Juan Pablo II anuncio que el 45 Congreso Eucaristico imacional tendra lugar en Sevilla, Espana, del 7 a 13 de junio. El fin de este lgreso como todos los anteriores es para un nuevo despertar verdadera y solida ocion a Jesucristo en el Santfsimo Sacramento y un aprecio mas profundo a la irgia Eucaristica.

conducire una peregrinacion de esta diocesis a Sevilla, para unirnos a los

de todo el mundo que vendran a prestar homenaje a Nuestro Senor en Information acerca de esta peregrinacion aparecera dentro de poco i quienes esten interesados a unirse a nosotros en esta maravillosa experiencia. Me doy cuenta que no todos pueden hacer este viaje a Espana, pero todos si emos beneficiarnos renovando nuestro amor al Senor presente en el Santfsimo ramento en nuestras parroquias. He pedido a los parrocos que tengan una tbracion Eucaristica entre el 18 de abril y el 23 de mayo y ademas, una bracion Regional o Vicarial donde se reunan personas de varias parroquias para brar a Cristo que habita entre nosotros. Es esta una oportunidad para que todos catolicos de la diocesis reflexionen e el don de la Eucaristia, alimento stial que nos proporciona Jesus mismo. ;ro animarles, mis amados amigos, a icipar en estas celebraciones oquiales y vicariales. Conffo que el igrinos

.ucaristfa.

nosotros y adorarle en la Sagrada

Dentro de poco

les

conmemora

ano,

mas sagrada

la institucion

'/"

reflexionar sobre este maravilloso

que

lo 10

Senor dio a su

Iglesia.

^^^^

de San Juan que

esta idea a sus hijos.

Ademas de ayudar a los padres de buscar

los rasgos

mas

constante y perseverante amor que los manifestan en su devotion a la

licos

Nos podemos

^Por que creemos y adoramos a risto en la Eucaristia? ^Sobre que "idad nos apoyamos para aceptar una

untar,

nlanza tan sorprendente?

ara contestar a estas preguntas

mos volver a

epoca en que Jesus camino sobre

la tierra.

Tenemos que ver

como

vivid y escuchar sus ensenanzas sobre la Sagrada Eucaristia. irvemoslo en en Rio Jordan despues de su bautismo, lo mismo que cuando

;nor

no al paralftico levantarse y andar, al ciego a quien toco y pudo ver a Jesus para trie, al tocar la piel de los leprosos para sanarles inmediatamente. Podemos

cuando multiplied los cinco panes en alimento para 5,000 personas, persono los pecados y como predico sobre el arrepentimiento. Ninguna aanza salio de sus labios sin el sello de su divinidad probada por algun milagro. Cristo

"Yo soy el pan de vida. comieron el mana en el desierto y murieron; pero este es el pan bajado ielo, que quien lo coma no morira. Yo soy el pan de vida bajado del cielo. n coma de este pan vivira eternamente; y el pan que yo les dare es mi carne la vida del mundo". (Juan 6, 48-5 1 11 evangelio nos dice que cuando los discfpulos oyeron esto, muchos dejaron guirlo no podfan aceptar el hecho de verdaderamente darnos su carne como da y su sangre como bebida. Desde aquel dfa, este pasaje ha sido discutido os letrados que no han querido acepar la Presencia Real de Jesucristo en la ida Eucaristia. ^Quiso Cristo darnos a entender de verdad que es su cuerpo angre o hablarnos de un sfmbolo de fe? Es verdad que todo lo que Cristo dijo cuerpo y su sangre se puede tambien aplicar a la fe, pero si solo eso fue lo que |fico, que facil hubiera sido para Jesus explicar a sus discfpulos que solo ba de manera figurativa. Era evidente a sus discfpulos que decfa la verdad y )S dice el evangelio que muchos dejaron de seguir a Cristo y se volvieron atras. bstante la confusion que esta ensenanza provoco en sus oyentes y no obstante redulidad de sus discfpulos, Jesus insistio en decides que si no comfan de su y bebfan de su sangre, no podfan conseguir la vida eterna. a promesa de darnos su carne como comida y su sangre como bebida se W'lio en la Ultima Cena. Nos dice San Lucas: "Entonces tomo el pan y despues r gracias, lo partio y lo dio a sus discfpulos diciendo, 'Este es mi cuerpo que mtregado por vosotros; haced esto en memoria mfa'. Hizo lo mismo con la Pjy dijo: 'Este es el caliz del nuevo testamento en mi sangre que sera derramada stando rodeado por una multitud de seguidores, dijo:

>adres

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Eucaristia es verdaderamente el centro de la vida de la Iglesia.

Nada hay

fundamental a la Iglesia que este gran misterio de fe. Nuestro Santo Padre Juan 1

ha dicho,

jesia".

"Como la Iglesia hace

La Eucaristia

la Eucaristia, asf la Eucaristia

construye

es la fuente de la fe de la Iglesia, provee de fuerzas a la

proclamar su fe. Es precisamente ese misterio que le da vida y fuerzas y a cada uno de sus miembros. (articipando en la Eucaristia compartimos en el amor que une a la Iglesia y nos lite amar, respetar, perdonar y servirnos mutuamente. Aquf encontramos la

a para

iglesia

& del amor que impulsa a la Iglesia a cuidar las necesidades de los demas, en *ial,

de los pobres, los enfermos y los que sufren. De alguna manera nuestra como cualquier otra comida que nos trae alimiento y nos da La comida que tomamos se hace parte de nosotros, parte de nuestra carne,

tla Eucaristica es is.

El Director Nacional de Vocaciones Catolicas tambien trabaja desde su oficina con estos grupos y diocesis para fomentar vocaciones. En su boletfn, hay artfculos que ayudan a los directores diocesanos a mantener esta cuestion viva. El Obispo Robert F. Morneau, obispo auxiliar de Green Bay, Wis., en un artfeulo reciente en esta publication, propone a los directores que sean mas creativos en su modo de promover vocaciones. El dice: "Si las imagenes del futuro estan llenas de vida y son energicas, estaremos indicando el camino. Si no presentamos nada claro o las imagenes pintan algo poco atractivo, llevaran a otros caminos. Las imagenes indudablemente marcaran la diferencia". ^Cuales son esas imagenes llenas de vida y que engendran energfas para ofrecer a la juventud? "Yo dirfa al joven que considero el sacerdocio que es una vida llena de relaciones personales con familias e individuos muy enriquecedora" dijo el Padre O'Rourke. "Tambien dirfa que hay siempre una dimension de misterios en la vida del sacerdote. Un misterio sano que nos hace reflexionar mas en lo que no ve el ojo. Uno se siente muchas veces 'pobre de espfritu' y continuamente buscando un dialogo con Dios para pedirle ayuda en responder a las muchas preguntas que surgen en nuestra propia vida y en la vida de los demas. Yo les dirfa que es una empresa

audaz".

Experiencias similares pueden encontrarse en vocaciones religiosas de todas

Exhorto a los padres de familia a abrir los ojos de sus hijos a imagenes Pido a la juventud que consideren su llamada a servir a otros como posible vocacion como una empresa audaz de toda la

clases.

creativas de los ministerios de la Iglesia.

vida.

Pope

(From Page 4)

which accompany

lege,

priests as they carry

London.

also

welcome the group

out their ministry of offering worship to

of Italian restaurant proprietors from the

God, proclaiming the Gospel and work-

United States meeting

ing for the sanctification of their broth-

prayers that the celebration of the Lord's

ers

and I

Week will be a time of spiritual renewal

pleased to greet the groups

from the Benedictine School at Downside Abbey and from the Oratory Prepa-

for all Christians,

upon and

ratory School in Reading, as well as the lecturers

Rome. With

passion and resurrection during Holy

sisters.

all

cordially invoke

the English-speaking pilgrims

visitors present at today's

audience

the abundant blessings of Christ our

and students from King's Col-

savior.

nuestros huesos, nuestra medula. Pero cuando Cristo en la Eucaristia se nos da en

Stedes'". (Lc. 22, 19-20) -a

familia, el comite diocesano esta tratando de

colaboracion de otros grupos para promover vocaciones. Los Caballeros

Iglesia.

significativos

dos los periodos de la Historia Cristiana

rada Eucaristia.

de Colon por muchos anos han animado a los jovenes a considerar la vocacion sacerdotal. Sus oficinas nacional y estatal han desarrollado programas vocacionales y han ofrecido materiales para uso en las parroquias, escuelas y otros grupos de la

trata sobre la

nesa e institucion de la Sagrada iristi'a por Nuestro Senor.

Uno de

animen a una vocacion como llamada a servir en la Iglesia". Este esfuerzo, dijo el, es una manera de mantener viva la llamada a traves de la vida juvenil. Cuanto mas hagamos por crear una atmosfera abierta y animadora para que los padres comprendan lo que es una vocacion, mas probablemente ellos pasaran

Les

a volver a leer el capftulo sexto del

igelio

la vida.

cultivar

de la Es una buenfsima oportunidad

iristfa.

artfeulo

e hijas pequenos, los cuales por su participation activa en la Iglesia, los

haremos

t mas sobre estas celebraciones.

Durante esta semana,

Por OBISPO JOHN F. DONOGHUE que escribio Dolores Curran narraba la historia de una madre que vefa la posibilidad del sacerdocio para su hijo, pero no se decidfa a hablarle sobre esto. Esta historia es comun. Lo que era un tema apreciado por los padres y madres en los hogares catolicos, se ha convertido ahora en secreto como si las palabras "sacerdocio" o "vida religiosa" llevaran implicaciones malas. <<Por que Dolores Curran pregunta en su artfeulo si tenemos miedo hablar sobre vocaciones? Yo tambien me pregunto lo mismo. Me pregunto tambien si la gente que trata a nuestros sacerdotes, hermanos y hermanas piensan que nosotros solo caimos en nuestra vida escogida de ministerio. ^Es que piensa la gente que no tuvimos gufa y apoyo por parte de nuestros padres? Las vocaciones no suceden de la noche a la mahana. Ellas deben cultivarse de muchas maneras y llevando mucho tiempo y hasta anos. La oportunidad de seguir una vocacion al ministerio comienza cuando los padres formentan en sus hijos el deseo de ayudar a los demas como cosa buena. Empieza cuando al nino se le muestra con el ejemplo la practica de las virtudes de la fe, esperanza y caridad. Empieza cuando a los hijos se les ensena a respetar y apreciar las oraciones, las tradiciones y los ritos que expresan su fe. En otras palabras, la semilla de las vocaciones comienza a germinar en el hogar, lo mismo que todas las otras cosas de

En un

El Padre Francisco O'Rourke, director del comite diocesano para despertar vocaciones dice: "Tenemos que comenzar a reunir padres de familia que tienen hijos

or les bendecira al celebrar su presencia

aristfa.

alimento, nos transforma en El, por eso

podemos

decir con San Pablo:

"Ahora no

soy yo quien vive, sino es Cristo quien vive en mf". Al prepararnos a celebrar nuestra fe en esta bellfsima ensenanza de Cristo por medio de las celebraciones que tendran lugar en las parroquias y vicariatos, aceptamos con fervor la invitation que el Senor nos ofrece a venir y a unirnos los unos con los otros en un lazo poderoso de caridad de nos hace un cuerpo en Cristo y un cuerpo, la Iglesia, uno con el otro. Esta verdad es nuestra fe, es la fe de profesarla en Cristo Jesus, Nuestro Senor. Con mis mas cordiales saludos, Sinceramente en Cristo,

Muy

Reverendo John Obispo de Charlotte

la Iglesia.

Donoghue

Estemos orgullosos de

The Catholic

News

& Herald

April

Diocesan News Briefs Who's News

ASHEVILLE Fabrey

II,

Commission

—

Elizabeth Church

at St.

Dr. Robert H.

looking for volunteers interested in be-

Buncombe County family named vice

coming community sponsors for prison inmates at the Watauga County prison facility. A sponsor would take an inmate out for a couple of hours to a movie

practice physician, has been

president of medical affairs for St.

Joseph's Hospital. Fabrey, who will assume duties June 1 has been a mem-

and depositing reservation forms in designated boxes in the narthex and side entrances to the church the Sunday be-

The goal

work toward

parish mission "to deepen our

or dinner, for example. Both the sponsor

ment

and inmate must be approved. Training

Christ; to bring all to the

1980 and has served as chief of staff, vice chief of staff and secretary-trea-

surer.

Rienerth

Fabrey is a clinical associate profesUNC-Chapel Hill and is a medical consultant for Medical Mutual Insurance Company of North Carolina. sor for

required for sponsors.

For more information, at

Weekend Retreat

MAGGIE VALLEY — The annual

Alcoholic is

April

lic

Anonymous Spiritual Retreat

6- 1 8 at Living

Wathers Catho-

Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd.

The purpose of the retreat is to give all A.A. members, men and women, an approach

to their

CHARLOTTE

Cost is $80 and includes a private room, all meals, coffee and snacks. For more information, call Cathy, (704) 2997502 or Elisa, (704) 696-9120.

Dealing With Addictions

HOT SPRINGS

— "From Addic-

Choice of Full Living," a day of reflection and sharing for people interested in and dealing with addictions of various kinds, will be presented at the tion to a

mission of Jesus

to continue the

knowledge,

OWLS Trip CHARLOTTE— The St. Gal OWLS (Older, Wiser, Livelier Sen Club

planning a

trip to Atlanta

love and union with the Father through

27-28.

the teaching, sharing and living of our

The itinerary includes a Lawi Welk Show and a guided tour of the

Faith."

— Mercy Hospital

volunteers are needed to

fill

some involving some working with

tact,

a variety of

patient con-

families or

staff. Skills and interests will be matched and flexible scheduling accommodated. For information, call Nancy Mead, (704) 379-5806.

Homes ASHEVILLE

Eliada

CHARLOTTE — Our Lady of ConChurch

—

The Lions Club

throughout Western North Carolina is sponsoring its 12th annual auction for Eliada Homes Saturday, May 8 on the

Eliada.

day, April 17 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m

Let this be the year you reach out to the homeless, abused and neglected chil-

23 at 11 a.m. Mass. Father Louis Vallone of the Diocese of Pittsburgh will be the revivalist.

Homes has apartments for families who are homeless. For

School Raffle

Homophobia

its

May

—

HIGH POINT The Immaculate Heart of Mary Home School Association

sponsoring a "Wheels Raffle,"

along with a dinner/dance auction on April 24.

The winner of

the raffle will

home in a 1993 red convertible Dodge Shadow from Ilderton Dodge.

drive

more information,

(704) 259-5380.

call

in Religion

Seminar

and Society

—

CHARLOTTE The Center for Homophobia Education is sponsoring a seminar, "Homophobia in Religion and Society," May 20 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30

p.m.

UNC-Charlotte, Cone Univer-

sity Center,

Highway

49.

Mercy

dren in Western North Carolina. Eliada

will celebrate

Cost is $ 1 1 7 For more inform* Lou Scharff at (704) 541-685 .

call

new, antique, collectable, and good used items to sell at the auction. All of the proceeds go to the children at collect

an-

solation

Center and Georgia Tech Unive On the way home, the group will Stone Mountain

Eliada Homes campus. The Lions Clubs

Revival

nual revival

spiritual well being.

the

commit-

the financial district, Martin Luther

opportunity for quiet reflection and participation in a directed

Jan

Hospital Volunteers

positions,

A.A.

call

(704) 264-5359.

their marriages even better, For more information, call To Emilie Sandin, (919) 274-4424.

fore the meal.

ber of the hostpial's medical staff since

make

Festival

BELMONT— The Sisters of N are hosting a

Mercy

Festival on

S la

festival, at the

Motherhouse groun

free to the public.

Entertainment includes a artist Loonis McCl a Sister Act presentation, a hot ai loon, food and tours of the Motherh

mance by jazz

For more information, call Newton, (704) 829-5108 (day) or Nancy Nance, (704) 825-4161 (d;

The Catholic News & Herald comes parish newsfor the diocesa

Good photographs, prefe black and white, also are weh Please submit news releases and at least 10 days before date of briefs.

{

House of Prayer Saturday, April

Jesuit

24 from 10 a.m.

to 3:30 p.m. Trinitarian

Two

$125 a

Sister Marge Burnard, director of Catholic

Social Services in Asheville, will

hundred

the University of Pennsylvania, co-au-

ticket.

If interested in

tickets, call

purchasing or selling

George Holbrook

(919)

882-6432.

lead the group.

The suggested donation is $25. For more information, write the Jesuit House of Prayer, P.O. Box 7, Hot Springs, NC 28743 or call, (704) 622-7366.

four classes in Natural Family Planning

Spaghetti Dinner

parish center, beginning April 19 from

Natural Family Planning

WINSTON-SALEM — A series of

will be offered at St.

— Catholic Youth

CHARLOTTE

Formation and RENEW at St. John Neumann Church are sponsoring a spaghetti dinner April 17 from 5-8 p.m. in the parish hall. Cost at the door is $5 for adults, $3.50 for children and $10 for

Leo Church

in the

7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Subsequent classes are April 26,

Cost is

May

and

May

10.

April 14. For

more information or

BOONE

— The Community

—

April 13 Ten

Tuesdays

"The Holy Spirit, Tradition & Renewal" Our Lady of Grace Activity Center

involved in spiritual political activities

within the lesbian and gay community.

Cost is $35 at the door, and includes and materials. Coffee and tea will be provided; please bring a brown bag lunch.

tuition

Dinner Party

CHARLOTTE — Metrolina AIDS is

sponsoring

its

annual "Guess

St.

Devlne Mercy Celebration Mass

Our Lady of Grace, Fr.

May 26

for Christian fellow-

Marriage Encounter

CHARLOTTE

The evenings start with 5:30 p.m. Mass, followed by dinner, fellowship and programs for adults and children. Cost for the dinner is $3.50 for adults, $2.50 for children ages 4-12. Dinner reservations are made by completing

riage Encounter

— The next Mar-

Weekend

April 23-

25 at the Government House Hotel. The encounter has enriched the lives of thousands of married couple in more then 70 countries. The weekend is for couples with good marriages who would like to

Joe Roesch, MIC

(919)

May

274-3766

Jesus Day Retreat For First Communicants St. Barnabas, Arden 1

10 am - 3 pm Sheryl Peyton (704)

6&4-609&

MITSUBISHI Morons

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World and National Briefs Representative Urges Panel Reform Health Costs, Delivery WASHINGTON (CNS) Health reform must control costs and im-

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the health care delivery

but never as

lolic

Health Association told Presi-

Task Force

Clinton's Health Care

full

members.

Bishops Back Limited Use Of Force, War Crimes Board For Balkans

WASHINGTON

succeed, a representative of the

system

pointed observers or theological experts,

(CNS)

—

The

lic

Conference, decrying "the litany of

horrors" in the ongoing Balkan war,

Vs Leadership Task Force on Nail Health Policy Reform, was among

religious believers

than five dozen speakers during

said in a statement

community

to act with

the conflict.

was "time

for

and the international

new

resolve" in

The statement approved

George

"strictly limited" use of force, a political

hington University in Washington,

solution to the war, the creation of a

can force the $5 aspirin down to a el, but if all we do is to achieve cost

gees and nations accepting them. "The

panel's 13-hour session at

without delivery reform,

rol,

fear

have failed our fellow citizens,"

/ill

Sister Bernice, senior vice presi-

DaughCharity National Health System

for system integration of the

Louis.

Generation' Of Teens May g More Poverty, Report Says t

WASHINGTON •.riorating status

—

(CNS)

The

war- crimes tribunal, and help for refu-

world cannot stand aside as innocent people are destroyed, as aggression shapes a new world, as the hopes of freedom turn into the violence of war," the board said. The board which is made up of about 50 U.S. bishops and acts on policy decisions in between general bishops' meetings also recommended solidarity, reconciliation and interfaith prayer for people of faith.

—

of American teens"

new study released h 29. The Kids Count Data Book,

Pro-Life Groups Condemn Proposed Funding Of Medicaid Abortions WASHINGTON (CNS) —Pro-life and church leaders mourned the Clinton

ired by the Washington-based Cen-

administration's decision to seek fed-

rthe Study of Social Policy, looked

eral

iding to the creation of a

new

>n of families likely to live in

genpov-

according to a

funding of Medicaid abortions and

indicators of social well-being to

vowed to "fight the president all the way

and adoles-

on this." George Stephanopoulos, chief White House spokesman, said March 29 that Clinton's proposed federal bud-

the state of children

The

today.

wement

report found slight

since 1985 in the infant

down

ility rate,

14 percent nation-

and the child death

rate,

down

nt.

Religious Call For

len

Full Part

Women

Of World Synod

/ASHINGTON (CNS) Inal

—

The

Board of the Leadership Con-

Women Religious has asked

|;e of

yomen

religious "be included as

uticipants in the deliberations" of

Synod of Bishops.

)94 world

"If

synod is to be credible to n religious of the Church, who are "gest number of those committed igious life, the uniqueness of n's reality must be brought to bear

prk of the

the deliberations," the

LCWR

be made public the week of April 4, would include funds for abortion under the federal portion of the Medicaid program for the poor. Such funding has been prohibited since 1976 under the Hyde Amendment named for Rep. Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill. "We intend to fight the president all the way on this," said Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Comget, to

"Under the president's plan, taxpayers would pay for hundreds of thoumittee.

sands of elective abortions every year, including

many

late-term abortions."

Progress

MEXICO CITY

(CNS)

— Peace

ping center.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

scheduled for the fall. The conference theme, "The Child and the Future of Society," is also to cover basic healthrelated issues such as pre-natal care, birth facilities and medical assistance during the first 18 years of life, said Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini. Cardinal Angelini heads the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, which annually sponsors the conference on a medical topic of interest to the church and lay experts. He spoke about the 1993 meeting, scheduled for November, in an interview March 30 with Vatican Radio.

Saskatchewan Bishops Request Aid For Province's Farm Communities OTTAWA (CNS) A ministry formed by the bishops of Saskatchewan

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ment presented

state-

Com-

mons Standing Committee on Agriculture March 30. According to ministry, which represents the Saskatchewan dioceses, the economic crisis has caused moral and social deterioration including marriage and family breakdowns, substance abuse, domestic violence and suicide.

—

said.

World Youth Day Continues To Accept Registrations

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Almost

100,000 young people have already responded to Pope John Paul II' s call to in Denver for World Youth '93 in August. But registration for

him

Day the

Aug. 11-15 event

open for

is still

those unable to register through their parishes and dioceses by the target date.

"The event

how many we

terms of

March

limitless in

can register,"

'93. "We wish to accommodate all young people who wish to attend," he added in announcing three more av-

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Mexico Shelters Guatemalans Fleeing Military Attacks

MEXICO CITY

(CNS)

—

The

Irish cardinals issued their first joint

gration authorities granted temporary

statement ever to express outrage

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Army bombing

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that

lans for as long as they remain in Mexico.

two children and injured more

A cross-border raid by a unit of Guate-

than 50 people in a Warrington, En-

malan soldiers precipitated a diplomatic confrontation between the two coun-

Irish

Republican

March 20. "This

outrage was so appalling in

ence to the lives of men, children that

its

indiffer-

women and

issue this joint state-

tries.

The refugees

who

civilians

the

are mostly Indian

refuse to cooperate with

Guatemalan military and

live in

clandestine "villages of resistance" in

both feel," said Cardinal Cahal Daly of Armagh, Ireland, and Cardinal Basil

remote areas in Guatemala's mountainous Ixcan region. They were routed in late February by intense attacks within two miles of the Mexican border by Guatemalan helicopter gunships.

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lic denunciation by Pope Pius XII of Nazi war atrocities against Jews would have sparked more repression, said a Vatican background paper presented at a major Catholic-Jewish meeting. "Where the Nazi machine was already organized for oppression, the screw would have been turned even more tightly," said the paper. This position was shared by the Allies and the Interna-

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Crusader Corner Tennis

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By FRANK MERCOGLIANO at many colleges. The

a sport that gets overlooked

and

surpass-

all

ing power, a sign of the

divine energy working in

our hearts," said

Bishop John

at St.

Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte.

"And

through the sacraments

Thursday's conference torunament

of the church, these

seeds.

oils shall bring

about

healing, dedication and

consecration to Jesus."

Photo

JOANN KEANE

big spring sp

any newspaper and you'll see plenty of basel

The squad, composed of eight players (six regulars), pic up four big conference wins in six days last week. The tea only conference loss was to two-time defending confere champion Barton College, and that was only a 6-3 loss. The biggest advantage that the team has heading

Donoghue at the Chrism Mass during Holy Week

and softball scores, but you're lucky to find a tennis score. I Today doesn't even want tennis scores. It might be plausible for the local press and fans to over!' tennis, but not any more. Belmont Abbey's men's tennis sq has defied the odds and finished second in the conference, they are co-favorites in the Carolinas Conference Toumarr to be held in Wilson, N.C.

"The sacred oils are a symbol of God's wonderful,

Look

Softball.

that

has three

The tournament is "flighted," meaning that all the players that play first po: on the team play in a seven-man tournament. All the players that play second' in their own seven-man event, and so on down to position number six. The Abbey's number two, three and four players are all going into tournament seeded #1, which means they receive a bye and automatically adv: to the semi-finals.

The number two and Curvan, made

Mike McGrath and

three players for the Crusaders,

and

to the finals last year at three

four.

number four player Pepper Meredith, streaked through

Both players, along

the conference unde:

with six wins.

David Buerkle (number one), Ryan McDermott (number five) and Walker (number six) all will be seeded in the middle of the pack, and all have

Sacred Oils Consecrated At Annual Chrism Mass By

of advancing to

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

—

St.

players.

Patrick Ca-

"As priests, we have been anointed,

who

ordained, set apart to teach God 's word,"

thedral overflowed with people

came to the annual Chrism Mass during

said

Holy Week for the consecration of the

oil. The sacred, fragrant chrism used in the sacraments of initiation, holy orders and the dedication of churches and altars. Also blessed were the oils of the catechumens and the sick, oils that together with the chrism oil symbolize "the grace and love of Jesus Christ," said Bishop John F. Donoghue, the cel-

Christ oil is

ebrant.

"These

remind us of our duty to

oils

be co-workers with Christ, announcing

most wonderful news the world has ever heard and to help make our people the

holy through the power of the sacra-

ments," Bishop Donoghue said.

The bishop was joined by 80 or so priests who came to the April 6 Mass not only for the consecration but also to

mark

the birthday of their priesthoods.

Bishop Donoghue offered encouragement to his brother priests as they

"grow in the likeness of Christ," to serve the people of the Church and to bring the Gospel to people who have strive to

never heard or accepted

at least the semi-finals.

One of the reasons that the team's showing is so surprising is that the team only one in the conference made up exclusively of American players. One team the Crusaders faced-off against, Barber Scotia College, had two players who p! for the Trinidad National Davis Cup team. David Buerkle took a set from one of

it.

Bishop Donoghue. "What we bring

our people, of course, is not our own teaching ... but the teaching and words of God. And that should give us great confidence, because His

word redeems;

Mike McGrath and Tim Curvan

are the team leaders with identical 9- 1 rec two players have either both won on the same day oi lost on the same day for the past two and half years. Head coach Dr. Mike Reidy, who is coaching the team after a one sabbatical, has his group in line for a possible conference championship. M<

for the season. In fact, the

then, the rest of the world will take notice.

Frank Mercogliano

sports information director for Belmont Abbey Colt,

His wisdom has no limits."

As priests, they must continually renew themselves by prayer and reflection on God's words, but they also need each other, said Bishop Donoghue. "That

Thanks For Favors Thanks

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sins of a very few. one another."

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A commemoration of renewed commitment, the Mass also celebrated the sacraments and the holy oils used to sanctify the Church. A special aromatic fragrance is poured into the chrism oil as "a sign of that joy which the Spirit makes possible in our hearts," said Bishop Donoghue. "We ask God to bless the chrism oil, to ennoble it so that at baptism, it may mark those reborn of water and of the power of the Holy Spirit. In the Sacrament of Confirmation, it will be the sign of that special seal of the Holy Spirit."

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