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2001

17,

OH

Serving Catholics

in

Western North Carolina

in

the Diocese of Charlotte

Diocese has opportunity

Inside

"welcome

Bishop Curlin addresses

to

stem-cell issue

the stranger"

...

Page 7

ROSTAR

By JIMMY

Associate Editor

— The Diocese of

CHARLOTTE Charlotte

is

blessed with an opportunity to

respond compassionately to the bishops' recent pastoral letter

US.

Catholic

on immigrants

and refugees, a Refugee Resetdement

Teens learn to faithful

live

as

"Welcoming the Stranger Unity

servants Page 12

...

official

said.

in Diversity"

the

is

Among Us:

November 2000

statement by the bishops encouraging Catholics to welcome immigrants and refugees into their church communities.

The let-

on all members of the church to work

ter calls

together with "simple, grace-filled kindness

and concern" on behalf of newcomers to

this

country.

Local

Beth

News

Downing coordinator ofthe Parish

and Community Resources for Refugees

Program (PCRRP) lotte, said

in the

Diocese of Char-

the bishops' pastoral underlines

their prayers for a truly universal church.

Secular Franciscans shine

"The statement is intended to help the community embrace all newcomers from diverse backgrounds, especially refuCatholic

at annual gathering ...

Page 9

gees, into the ing,

life

of the church," said

whose program

is

Down-

part of the Refugee

Resettlement Office of Catholic Social Ser-

of Charlotte.

vices in the Diocese

ESL program bridges

"This statement of the U.S. Catholic

Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach

bishops actively acknowledges the changing

Retreatants gather for Mass among beech trees on Kephart Prong in Great Smoky Mountains National Park during a nature retreat co-led

by Father Terry Hyland, pictured foreground. See story page 4.

face

of the church

See

communities, cultures ...

Page

in the

United States and

WELCOME,

page

10

18

Catholic leaders respond to Bush 'tradeoff' in

Every Week

By

stem-cell research

NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN

News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic

Entertainment .Pages 14-15 Editorials

& Columns ...Pages

16-17

"So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour

—

announcement

existing stem-cell lines already devel-

oped by

The

scientists,

because in those

government, for the first

time in history, will support research that

cases "the life-and-death decision has

relies

on embryonic stem-cell research announced Aug. 9 by President Bush is "morally unacceptable" and

already been made."

human

potential of stem-cell research without

"However such a decision is hedged about with qualifications, it allows our

may be unworkable, according to the president of the U.S. Conference of

crossing a fundamental moral line by provid-

nation's research enterprise to cultivate a dis-

ing taxpayer funding that would sanction or

respect for

Catholic Bishops.

encourage further destruction of human em-

Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston said he prayed Bush

bryos that have at least the potential for

"trade-off'

would "return to a treating

principled stand against

some human

nothing more

lives as

'This allows us to explore the promise

and

Bush tion to

also

human

announced

his strong opposi-

cloning, his support for "ag-

gressive federal funding of research

stroyed for research purposes."

bilical cord, placenta,

of Man will come."

from

his vacation

home

in

Crawford,

Texas, Bush said he would authorize federal funds for embryonic stem-cell research involving only the 60 or so

stem

cells"

and

on um-

adult and animal

his plans to establish a

president's council

on die destruction of some

defenseless

beings for possible benefit to others."

human

life,"

The USCCB

he added.

leader also said that

because some researchers and "their

allies

Congress" already have rejected limits such as those set by Bush, "the president's policy may therefore prove to be as unin

than objects to be manipulated and deIn a nationally televised address

life,"

die president added.

you do not expect, the Son

-Matthew 24: 44

decision, "the federal

on

stem-cell research

headed by Leon Kass, a biomedical from the University of Chicago.

Bishop Fiorenza said that

ethicist

witii Bush's

workable as it is morally wrong, ultimately serving only those whose goal is

embryo research."

Some Catholic commentators found reason to praise Bush for his new policy. unlimited

See

STEM

CELL, page 7

The Catholic News & Herald

2

The World

August

in

As temperatures soar,

squalid

air-conditioned school opened to homeless LAWRENCE, Kan. (CNS)

—

camps

— The

News Service.

Nuncio visits clergy on

Catholic

Philippine island, site of

beheadings

so that they could escape the sweltering

ISABELA,

heat and get a good night's sleep at least

apostolic nuncio to the Philippines visited the clergy of a troubled

reading "Welcome" was taped to the door. Capuchin Franciscan Father

gym

Charles Polifka, pastor of St. John and prime mover behind opening the temporary shelter, said it was "just the right thing to do."

Delaware rectory

—

investigators continued their arson

damaged the rectory and parish offices, members of the Church of the Holy Child in Wilmington attended Masses elsewhere. Their pastor, Father James Kirk, was recovering at the rectory of Christ Our King Church from burns he inquiry into a fire that

suffered to his hands while escaping the fire July 20. Although Holy Child church building itself was not burned, it had some smoke damage, so weekend Masses were being

early-morning the

celebrated temporarily in the performSt. Edmond's Academy. A double-wide trailer was moved onto the parish parking lot to

ing arts center of nearby

serve as temporary offices.

Debate over human cloning hits new peak WASHINGTON (CNS) The U.S. debate over human cloning

—

new peak Aug. 7 when three defended their plans to begin producing cloned babies at a symposium convened by the National Academy of Sciences. The symposium took place a week after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to ban all cloning of human embryos, whether to produce babies or to destroy the emreached a scientists

N E

S

Most Reverend William G. Joann S. Keane

Publisher: Editor:

Acting Editor: Staff Writer:

bryos in order to use their stem cells for experiments or medical treatments.

The bill still had to come before the

Most

symposium opposed making cloned humans.

Rudolf Jaenisch, a biology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-

Senate.

nology, called it too dangerous to try cloning humans at the current state of scientific knowledge. "At present there is no way to predict whether a given clone will develop into a normal or

abnormal individual," he

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—

official

praised a

decision by Pakistan to register

—

refugees. "This

Afghan

a very important de-

is

velopment because now the refugees will be able to receive emergency aid," said James John, deputy director of CRS' Pakistan program. More than 150,000 Afghan refugees reside in

locesan planner Au gust 19 CHARLOTTE

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Abu Sayyaf 2. The

group abducted some 30 Christians, including eight children. At least 10 men, including a lay minister, were

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St. Patrick,

Charlotte

closing will take place at 4:45 p.m. this

afternoon at St

Matthew Church, 8015

Ballantyne Pkwy.

The women's

Cursillo

also at call

St Matthew. For more information, Coon at (704) 540-8696 or

Aliceann

Dan Hines

at (704) 544-6665.

20 MOORESVILLE Simpson

will

—

Rev. Mr. Bruce

speak on healing at St Therese

Church, 217 Brawley School Rd, tonight at 7:30

pm at the regularly scheduled meeting of

the

Holy

— 4 p.m.

Celebrant and homilist at closing liturgy Power Rally 200 ]

Fort Mill, S.C.

cell

research

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.

—

(CNS)

An

executive order by Missouri Gov. Bob Holden will prevent statefunded science research grants from being used for abortions, stem-cell research, human cloning or other medical procedures that harm a fetus. The order releases about $21.5 million from Missouri's portion of the national tobacco settlement to fund life sciences research grants. Funds may not subsidize the following: research involving embryonic stem cells or hu-

man

cloning; referrals for abortions; use of tissue from aborted fetuses; or the development of abortion-inducing drugs such as RU-486. A bill similar to the executive order drew wide support in the Missouri General Assembly, it

but the assembly failed to vote on

before adjournment.

monthly memorial Mass

at St. Patrick

Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, that will

be taking place tonight at 7:30

p.m

Call the church office at (704) 334-2283

may

be remembered during the Mass.

22 GUILFORD COUNTY cient

— The An-

Order of Hibernians Guilford County

more Irish Catholic them for meetings, educational seminars and social events. Contact Division

men

is

looking for

to join

Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for time and location of tonight's monthly meeting.

24 MAGGIE VALLEY

—A

retreat for

singles will be taking place at Living ters Catholic Reflection Center, 103

Wa-

Living

Diocese of Orlando, Fla, and has spoken to

Waters Lane, beginning today through Aug. 26. The weekend gathering, entitled "Blessed Are the Single Herated," is being presented by Augustinian Father Terry Hyland, Tommy Barnhart and Lee

around the

Accettullo. Topics such as the spirituality of

Spirit

Prayer Group. Rev. Mr.

Simpson has worked with evangelization and

several

groups

in various areas

country. For further information, call

September 8

Missouri governor limits state funding on abortion,

with the name(s) of loved ones so they Cursillo

other aspects of ministry for many years in the

September 7 7:30 a.m.

Mass for Knights and Dames of Malta

address corrections to The Catholic

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for

Redemptorist Priests Redemptorist Retreat House Long Branch, NJ.

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Bishop Anicetus Bongsu Sinaga of Sibolga said that what happened in north Sumatra was a consequence of cutting trees. "This tragedy is a lesson for us to be more careful in treating nature," the bishop told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. In the coming weeks, the bishop added, the life of people there would be more difficult because the harvest they depend on also

Catholic Relief Services

Indonesia (CNS) The early August mudslide and floods that killed more than 100 people in western Indonesia teach hard lessons on the effects of environmental abuse,

August 25

NC 28203 NC 28237

stress,* especially after

rebels attacked Basilan Aug.

said the local bishop.

closing will take place Sept. 23 at 4:30 p.m.,

Charlotte,

for enrollees in parishes of the

said, citing

the high failure rates so far in the clon-

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southern island where 10 men were beheaded by Muslim extremists.

Archbishop Antonio Franco gathered the clergy of Isabela prelature Aug. 7 in nearby Zamboanga City to express his concern for the priests, who have been without a bishop for six months, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. The prelature is on Basilan island, 550 miles southeast of Manila. The nuncio said the priests were under a lot of

beheaded.

—

Jimmy Rostar

St.,

II.

August 18 11 a.m.

Groundbreaking for St. Francis Springs

Curlin

Alesha M. Price

1123 South Church

War

in thefollowing events:

Number 42

•

surrender in World

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part

2001

17,

photo from Reuters

Woman prays at A-bomb dome in Hiroshima Toshie Kanda offers a prayer on the 56th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing at Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6. More than 100,000 people were killed when the United States dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, and on Nagasaki Aug. 9. The bombings led to the Japanese

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Philippines (CNS)

The

through mid-August. Parishioners strung blue Christmas lights around the gym door as an added touch of hospitality, and a handwritten sign

As

in Pakistan, after fleeing

years of war and drought in their homeland. Pakistan began registering refugees Aug. 6 through the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and has offered to assist those refugees who wish to return to Afghanistan, John told

weather outside is frightful but it's due to the heat, not a winter storm.

Homeless people in Lawrence may have felt like it was Christmas in July, however, when St. John the Evangelist Church opened its school gymnasium

fire labeled arson; parish adapts WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS)

2001

17,

Brief

(704) 664-3992.

22 CHARLOTTE

—

All families

who

have suffered a loss are invited to attend the

life, community and relationships and other related themes will be discussed.

For further details, call (828) 926-3833.

single

26 a^ARLOTTE

—

Churches

in die

Char-

August

2001

17,

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Brief

in

Judge awards $315 damages to former

tides,

million

The

hostage's family

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A federal

unity in the

NCCW

former

tional office. Michelle Miller, a

campus minister who worked most

theme of the four-day event,

Family, Laity,

Women

and Youth,

is

the

executive director of the National

first

"all

Korea's state-controlled Catholic association in late July, Fides said

Among

Aug

the proposals discussed

4.

was

moved

three-month rotations.

Fides called the encounter and talks

over the country," depending on president or secretary lived,

its

Miller said. But thanks to a $65,000 grant from the Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities and funds from the association, the national office will be

based in Washington or the Virginia suburbs.

North Korea considers allowing priests to minister in country VATICAN CITY (CNS) Au-

—

North Korea have discussed

thorities in

in the

North

in

"positive signs."

Christians oppose genetic modification WASHINGTON (CNS)

A

South Korean Catholic delegation from the Archdiocese of Seoul met with government authorities and representatives of North service.

Dan Coon

call

26 HENDERSONVILLE

— The

St.

International poll

was con-

Pew

their

own

religious, ethical

Initiative

or moral views

Stars Adult

Day

Respite

Presbyterian Church,

call

Suzanne Bach

at

(704) 376-4135.

incident in late July highlights

this

Marian image underlies Mexican

identity.

The

situation

—

Order will meet today from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West, in the office wing. Visitors and inquirers are welcome.

celebrating a charismatic and healing Mass today at 4 p.m. Prayer and wor-

information, call Pat

(828) 884-4246.

27 CHARLOTTE

—A

Cowan

at

support group

St.,

will be

where Mary, under

the office building conference room.

more

information,

Gabriel -

Ext

For further information,

call

Bill

St.

For

Matthew

-

at (704)

217.

4820 Kinnamon Rd,

will

ment of

reconciliation will be given at 7

and the laying on of hands

celebrated

will take

The next Mass

on Oct.

10.

will

be

For more informa-

778-0600 or Jim Passero at (336) 998-7503. tion, call (336)

meeting for caregivers of family and friends suffering from Alzheimer's/ dementia will be held today from 10-11:15

Owens at (704) 639-9837.

3 CHARLOTTE Churches

room E of the ministry center at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. With advanced notification, activities for

larly scheduled cancer

religious gifts

meetings for

Church, 251 Union St, are as follows; Sun. after 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses, Wed.

a.m. in

memory-impaired are also being provided. For more information about the the

Italy

(CNS)

violence continued to escalate in

—

in the

Charlotte area will be having their regu-

support group survivors, family and friends

on the following days: St Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., tonight and every first

Monday

at 7 p.m. in the ministry

summer

held at the pope's

residence at

was in Rome for government leaders,

a plan to send international observers to

the Middle East to monitor ongoing viola-

mid-June cease

tions of the

Hammad, Rome,

made

fire.

Nemer

the Palestinian representative in

Pope John Paul had he supported the idea of

told reporters it

clear

sending observers to the region.

Mary Moore

at (704) 720-0600.

KERNERSVILLE

—

All are invited for

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament which takes place every Friday at Holy Cross Church, 616 S. Cherry St, from 9:30

am-7

p.m.

Anyone

interested in

spending a hour with the Blessed Sacra-

ment

as a monitor, call JJ3.

Hamacher

at

(336) 993-7650.

be celebrating a

Mass with Father John Putnam tonight at 7:30 pm The sacra-

charismatic

place after Mass.

Mass. Father John

call:

CLEMMONS — Holy Family Church,

p.m.,

will be the celebrant.

ort

542-2283 and Eileen Correll at (704) 362-

Marilyn Borrelli

able at 3 p.m., and a potluck dinner

Putnam, pastor,

Matthew Church,

pm in

ship with prayer teams will be availwill follow the

different

8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., Sept. 4 and every first Tuesday at 7

3 Sacred Heart

similar in the

is

other heavily Catholic Latin American

5047,

Se ptember 2 SALISBURY

how

The

St.

Church, 128 N. Fulton

For more

— As

urging them to use their influence within the European Union to garner support for

The Zogby

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan

on both sides

CASTEL GANDOLFO,

talks with Italian

Mines at (704) 544-6665 or Aliceann at (704) 540-8696.

Pope meets with Arafat, calls for end to violence

team jersey over his head and ran around the field celebrating. Beneath the green jersey was a T-shirt emblazoned with the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. tional

center library and St

a family potluck. For more information,

Award.

Colombia, he pulled the front of his na-

Program for the memory-impaired, which meets every Monday and Wednesday and beginning on Sept 13, on a third day offered at Sardis

pm today with childcare and

1998-2001, will receive the

in

2001 Distinguished Service

and animals, according to a new survey.

support group or the non-profit Shining

1:30-3.<X)

Holy See

NCCW

opposes the genetic modification of food

leaders

pm

national conference in Washington, will be the keynote speaker, discussing the current role of women in the church and society. During the convention, Corinne 'Lindy" Boggs, U.S. ambassador to the

Castel Gandolfo. Arafat

lotte area will

from

general secretary for the U.S. bishops'

—

countries

Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy.,

Mercy

Latin American soccer championship in

—

Although most American Christians believe humans should use their knowledge to improve the lives of others, the majority

on whether man should move genes from

be liosting ultreyas and school of on the following dates and times: St Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd, from 1:15-3 with a family potluck and St

levels.

Israel and the Palestinian territories, Pope John Paul II met privately Aug. 2 with Yasser Arafat president of the Palestinian Authority. The 25-minute meeting was

on Food and Biotechnology, and was released July 26 during a panel discussion on "Genetically Modifying Food: Playing God or Doing God's Work?" Asked about

news

"NCCW

to national identities in Latin America When WASHINGTON (CNS) Alberto Garcia Aspe scored the winning goal that put Mexico into the finals of the

ducted in mid-July for the

said Fides, the Vatican's mis-

More

Sharon Euart, former associate

Sister

Marian devotions tied

minister to the country's few thousand

sionary

community and global

one species or organism to another, 57 percent of Protestants and 52 percent of Catholics said they were opposed to such manipulation. Jews were the only religious group in which a majority supported such biotechnology, with 55 percent in favor and 35 percent opposed. Among Muslims, 46 percent opposed genetic engineering.

Survey finds most U.S.

allowing the return of Catholic priests to faithful,

photo from Reuters

Girl cools off in Washington fountain Katie Turner, 11, of Lawrence, Kan., cools off in fountains near the Washington Monument as the nation's capital hit a record heat index Aug. 9. Hot and humid air smothered most of the United States in early August.

providing for a permanent presence of South Korean priests, who would serve

isted since 1982, its headquarters

where

CNS

Young Adult Ministry AssoAlthough the association has ex-

Catholic ciation.

—

Servant Leadership: Making a Difference Every Day," aims to recognize the many ways members of the organization improve the lives of women and families through projects at the church,

re-

cently in the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for

(CNS)

are expected to at-

tend the upcoming National Council of Catholic Women's 50th annual convention Sept. 27-30 in Nashville, Tenn. The

National Catholic young adult ministry established

the establishment of a permanent na-

September

in

women

than 1,500

office for

taking a big step forward with

to hold 50th annual

WASHINGTON

the 1980s.

is

faith.

convention

564 days beginning in January 1985. He was abducted in Beirut while serving as program director of Catholic Relief Services there. He was one of dozens of Westerners taken hostage in the Middle East by terrorist groups associated with the Iranian government during

Church

dioceses and parishes

Mary under her many titles to promote the differences among Hispanics within their overall

as a hostage for

adult ministry in the U.S. Catholic

Many

cultures.

encouraging devotions to

was held

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Young

being transplanted in the

is

with significant Hispanic populations are

the survivors of the Servite priest. Father

1996,

tradition

and

damages from Iran for the 18 months he was held hostage in Lebanon in the mid-1980s. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in an Aug. 2 ruling awarded $300 million in punitive damages and $14.6 million in compensatory damages to million in

who died of cancer in

symbol of one's nationality as mother of believers.

United States as Hispanic immigrants see her as a needed link to their home countries

judge has awarded the survivors of the late Father Lawrence Martin Jenco $314.6

Jenco,

a

is

well as the spiritual

Ongoing

CONCORD — The summer hours for the and book shop

at St.

James

from 9 a.m.-noon and Sat after the 5 p.m.

Mass. For more information, contact

U pcoming WINSTON-SALEM

—

Marriage Encounter Weekends are designed for couples to get

away from

jobs, kids,

chores and phones for 44 hours and focus

The next Marriage Encounter will be taking place Sept 2830 at the Holiday Inn in Winston-Salem.

Registration closes Sept. 23, and the weekends fill up quickly. For details and registration, call Tom and Emilie Sandin at (336) 274-4424. only on each other.

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

publication date.

4

The Catholic News & Herald

August

Around the Diocese

Nature retreat in N.C. mountains

During

his

homily

at

17,

2001

Deep Creek, Fapower that

ther Terry talked about the

signs have to remind us of God. Water, for life just as God's Spirit 'There is something life-giving about being cleansed," he said.

During our reflection that evening, we experienced seven-time cleansing.

Father Terry had begun the morning's service by using the blessing from the

instance, gives us

gives us

celebrates God's creation Editor's note:

Smoky Mountain Vi-

see

and

as zestful

life

our

tasty,

makes a

it

real

The sounds

of

cariate correspondent Joanita Nellenbach

difference in

recently attended a nature retreat hosted

nature are gentle and pleasing. Keep silence

Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, an institution of the Diocese of Charlotte currently operated by Augustinian clergy. The following is her ac-

gende sounds and savor the goodness of the Lord

by

count of the experience.

attitude.

woods so you can hear

in the

the

around you."

Bob Maxwell, on retreat with his Liz, was inspired to listen and to see

NELLENBACH

—

"Creation

Day" was the beginning. Now, on "Earth Day,"

we

looked out across creation,

row of mountain

after

ridges,

row

On

from deep

For

vision.

five days,

—

creation

25 of us had reveled

in

the cold water of mountain

streams, fresh

air, fire's

warmth, earth

—

in

our

facilitators

—

Augustinian

for three hours.

reflec-

nature.

morning,

first

sees.

good

—

goals

is

"is

ing on sacred land.

come

that

we

Man

is

the only creature

We should not do that."

Joe.

The

own agenda

to

next day, "Water Day,"

Deep Creek to meditate on

first

ourselves a 'fast-food' society.

we

Cherokee have recently purwas land on which they had

stream or under a

lived for 9,000 years before the

down your chin.

peach If we

known

at

evening at

Investing

and co-facilitator of the retreat, tells Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

storyteller

D1

Not as Simple

Is

as A, B, C.

stopped at a 300-acre piece of land

that the chased.

tree. Bite into a

Cherokee legends

the cleansing

Really savor as you eat lunch today by a let the juice drip

we went

Photos by Joanita M. Nellenbach

Freeman Owle, Cherokee

and refreshment that water brings. But

and see the goodness of the Lord.

and

Continued Next Page

as they prayed.

told the

somewhere and reflect on what was going on instead of having to get into a car and drive somewhere," said Betty Dunne, who was making the retreat with her husband,

miss the touch of the Lord. Taste

"We call

laving water over themselves seven times

many of the retreatants.

"What I liked best was having the Mass outdoors and then being able to walk

our senses. Some-

times we're so focused on our

how the Cherokee, a mono-

would get up each morning and go to bathe in the nearby stream,

highlights for

the ability to see as

alive in

us

theistic people,

headwaters of the Oconaluftee River, we had Mass at a picnic table.

Masses at these remote locations were

And God saw that creation was very good. One of the retreat's

to

water seven times and touch our foreheads, praying as the Cherokee had prayed all those years ago in their stream: first, to be cleansed of whatever kept us from God; second, to be cleansed of whatever kept us from others; and five

That first morning, we went to Smokemont Campground. There, by the

—

the

Cherokee had buried We were walk-

that has the ability to separate himself from

Fran Grady, artist and spiritual director; and Freeman Owle, storyteller, instructor on Cherokee spirituality and culture, and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee helped us focus on the day's theme. Then, taking the sack lunches we had packed in the retreat center's kitchen, we would carpool to the day's place in Great Smoky Mountains National Park or on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

"Wisdom," Father Terry told us on tion center; Sister of Charity

God

Freeman

to approach

Freeman had advised us: 'Take off your shoes and put your feet in a stream.

You cannot find God unless you find yourself Rest; be at peace. If you can do that for 15 minutes, you will feel like you have slept

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Each morning, through prayer and Father Terry Hyland, director of the

"Creation Day,"

Now we were invited

the bowl, kneel, dip our fingers into the

God

He told

water.

could not see them. Freeman

told us that the

to extend far

Rite of Baptism to bless a punch bowl of

ated mountains.

during our hands and beneath our feet "Drink the Living Water," one of several nature retreats held each year at Living

reflection,

want

we

graves,

Cherokee legend of how the buzzard created the mountains and the valleys: The first buzzard was very large, and as he flew over the land, his wings dipped to earth to make valleys; as the wings rose, they cre-

blue nearest us to pale, pearly gray at the

edge of our

I

although

people under their houses.

beyond the retreat, is the desire to talk less and listen more, to not wait for the great revelation. We don't need a revelation. We get it from thousands of sources."

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times for whatever

we

needed.

Next day was "Air Day." "God's .

we

along the railroad bed of a 1930s Chilian Conservation Corps logging opera-

I

this place."

breathe," Father Terry said. "Today, where we're going for Eucharist, we go up an incline, and your breathing will become more labored. Be aware of that.

claimed the area, a stone chimney, a couple of stone gateposts, an arched rock

means

We

all

is

as real as

the air that

take breathing for granted until

challenged.

It's

it's

the same with our spiri-

know about you, but my prayer life is w eakest when everything is going well. I'm much more aware of my need for God when my life is challenged."

"Recall how many breaths you have taken since the doctor slapped you when you were born, and how many breaths tual

life. I

you

don't

will take before

you

die,

and be

thankful for the gift of breath," Sister

Fran

said.

tion.

wall that

We went to a stream called Kephart We walked about a quarter-mile

are

that remain of the logging camp.

Father Terry set up a little table beside the stream at a spot where the tops of beech trees as tall as skyscrapers met over the water. gathered on the bank or on wide flat rocks in the stream to participate. As we gave the Precious Blood to each other, Father Terry began

We

to sing;

we

all

joined

in:

"Surely the presence of the Lord

is

in

this place.

I

Prong.

was once part of a church,

can

feel his

mighty power and

his

grace.

I

can

feel

the brush of angels' wings.

who had

see glory on each face.

Surely the presence of the Lord

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Day" and

many

of

for this

us.

On "Fire Day," we went to Heintooga Overlook for Mass and meditation.

been especially meaningful to

them.

The most moving

was in Marga-

serv ice

the evening, in a glade above

St.

Church, which is on the hill overlooking Living Waters. There, a fire had been built in an aluminum can atop a pile of fieldstones. Each of us received two sparklers, the kind that kids set off" on the Fourth of July. took turns lighting one of our sparklers and telling about a person who had been a spark in our lives. The stories were compelling, as people told of parents, spouses, friends ret

We

was one of

said that

the things he liked best about the retreat.

was so personal," he said. "People were so revealing about sharing the person who had influenced them."

"It

With

the second sparkler

a person that

we

we hoped

we named when

to spark

returned home.

Our last day was "Earth Day" with theme that the earth is full of the goodness of God. "If we could recognize that the earth is blessed, it would make a difference in our lives," Father Terry said. 'When others see the good acts we do and give thanks for us, we are living its

Good

the Gospel.

keep us grounded.

acts

Think today about how we

are called to

be earthy, humble, rooted, grounded, salt of the earth, light of the world."

Freeman had offered to teach us to carve soapstone. Sister Lynda Snyder, a Sister of Notre Dame from Toledo, Ohio, carved a bear into a piece of the soft

stone. "Besides hiking, that

with the earth," she sacramental

said. "It

— handling

was one of

me

the things that really got

in

touch

was almost

the earth and

making something from the earth."

And that evening we went to Waterrock Knob (elevation 6,292 feet) on the Blue Ridge Parkway to see the sun set over the mountains. It was cloudy, and we saw only the red outline of the sun behind the clouds, but that

was enough.

glorious mountain vista

And

as

Freeman

believe that

told us, "Cherokees

you should put your soul on

the highest mountain top; then

be dragged

out

down by

it

won't

earthly things."

There was plenty of time throughthe retreat to meditate on

mountaintops for the "I

soul.

liked the flexibility of the schedule,"

Knapek, a Sister of St.

said Sister Bernice

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Freeman Owle, who has been carving in stone and wood since boyhood,

"If you felt

could take

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creatures.

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From the Cover with claims of false mercy and compas-

Stem Cell,

August

17,

2001

"These tiny specks, these stem cells are no less vulnerable. They deserve our protection, not experimension,"

from page 1

he

said.

tation."

The Massachusetts

arm of

ference, public policy

Archbishop Francis

Catholic Con-

B. Schulte of Orleans said Bush's decision "is morally wrong and furthers the culture of death."

"My hope is that this brief disappointment will not be a cause for despair or cynicism," he added. "Rather, let us rededicate ourselves to the Gospel of life and to doing all we can to promote the

New

the state's

four dioceses, said in a statement that

Bush had "demonstrated the utmost in courage by refusing to compel millions of taxpayers against their conscience to

promote the

killing of

human

for

life

utilitarian purposes."

"While the president's decision permit research funding on established

dignity of life in

William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil

the

of

significance

Rights, said Bush "did the right thing by opposing any federally funded stem-cell

the

volving the future destruction of embryos," the statement added.

M.

is

Scheidler, a Catholic

research that would require the killing of

"a

appointing Kass to head the president's council.

"But Bush erred when he said human embryos 'have at least the poten-

in Chicago, called Bush's decision

much-needed

from the

retreat

its

slippery slope of disrespect for

human

We

and death,

on

wish,

tial for life,'" Donohue added. "A human embryo is a human life and if allowed to mature naturally without human impediment he or she will in most

half-step for society,

which must begin

of

this issue

life

life.

—

Bush had made a full step."

He said it was "a victory for the prolife movement that Bush would stand up to the pressure and not permit our tax

money would

more human

instances develop as a fetus, infant,

and adult."

Laura Echevarria,

"is

still

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson of the Knights of Columbus expressed his organization's "deepest disappointment"

Bush

decision.

search

all

is

the

more

baffling in that

avenues to pursue this research avenues that all can agree upon are available with adult stem cells,"

—

—

Anderson said.

Noting that adult stem

"are

cells

already being used successfully in hu-

man

clinical

marked

he added, "In embryonic stem cells

trials,"

contrast,

have never helped a single human patient."

Cardinal

Adam

said the debate

over embryonic stem-cell

research reminded eral years

Maida of Detroit

J.

ago

in

him of the Michigan

efforts sev-

to legalize

assisted suicide.

at the

end of their

lives

nestled life

on

knowing there

future includes

all

new

I

pray that you

will give

due consideration to the teachings of the

of

On July 31, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that bans the cloning for any reason. join my brother bishops in the United States

human embryos

I

Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in applauding this action. The passing of the Human Cloning Prohibition Act sends the message that our society can use technology for the benefit of all humanity, and that it must resist traveling down an ethically flawed path of treating some human lives as expendable for the benefit of others.

Last week, President Bush addressed the nation on the matter of whether embryonic stem cell research should receive federal funding and to what extent such research should be regulated. His statement follows upon months of public debate on this matter. I write to the Catholic faithful of the Diocese of Charlotte, to inform you of the response of the U.S. Catholic bishops to President Bush's statement on federal policy toward embryonic stem cell research.

so long as the cells are voluntarily obtained from adult tissue, placentas and

all

them.

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Church on this issue.

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Catholic bishops have been very

(i.e.

much

is

involved in this public debate on stem

unacceptable and a morally egregious act

because such research involves the killing of a living

human

believe that

life

human embryo. As

begins at conception, and that

created by the hand of God and in His image.

It is this

that led Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, president of the

all life is

profound

USCCB,

Catholics

we

we

are

sacred because

belief in the sanctity

of life

to issue a statement calling

amount of embryonic stem cell research Even though the policy proposed by President Bush does not fund the killing of further embryos for research, any research on stem cells obtained through the past destruction of human embryos "cultivates a disrespect for human life." I echo Bishop Fiorenza's concern that even stem cell research on already extracted embryonic stem cells "relies on the destruction of some defenseless human beings for the President Bush's decision to allow even a limited

"morally unacceptable."

benefit of others."

Many

have called for the expansion and public funding of embryonic stem

cell

research because they believe that such research holds promise of medical treatment and

cures for a wide range of life threatening and debilitating diseases and injuries.

do what

are called to compassion and called to

is

While we

ethically permissible to alleviate the

—

to permit the we are never permitted to trade one life for another who are defenseless as a sacrifice to benefit others. It is encouraging that adult stem research holds therapeutic promise for millions of people who are ill or injured;

suffering of others, killing

of those

indeed such research has already helped thousands of patients.

As

Catholics

knowing offer life

we

our society the

for others.

science.

can urge our legislators to support adult stem research funding,

that this research has aided

The

We

many,

will continue to benefit

many, and does not

of trading some lives for the hope of a better need not compromise our faith and morals to the advancement of

terrible utilitarian choice

and current involvement of institutions of the Catholic Church in faith and science can be true the advancement of society. historical

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Around the Diocese

Secular Franciscans shine at annual gathering

By ELLEN NEERINCX

SIGMON

Correspondent

HICKORY

— Even though

the skies

"Francis and Clare (of Assisi)

saw the

became so

real for

light,"

he

them

that

was

it

"When

were overcast, the light of Christ shone brightly through the members of the Secular Franciscan Order who met at the Catholic Conference Center July 27-29 for

"Christ

said.

all

that they needed.

comes among

Jesus

we

us,

begin to see in clarity because there

is

he said. When trying to make a decision about the right thing to do, he said, one should "always ask the question, light,"

their annual regional gathering.

Saturday began with an early morn-

'Will this bring darkness or light?'"

ing Mass, during which John Martin, a

In the evening, several people shared

how Jesus had blessed them through their associations with their secular Franciscan groups. Ruth Thoni, minister of the Hickory group, met her

from Lenoir, made his profession into the order. Martin belongs to the

stories of

veterinarian

Fraternity of Brother Francis in Hickory,

but about 100 secular Franciscans representing five states watched him

future husband,

San Damiano cross as a symbol of world and a lighted candle to remind him that he would become an even brighter light of Christ through his profession.

Later that morning, Capuchin Father

Herman Thoni,

at a

1995

receive a

Franciscan convention. Both were in their

his mission in the

60s and had never been married.

Lester Bach, author of "Catch

bow Too,"

a

Me

She

also talked about the support

and

prayers she received from Franciscans in Charlotte and

all

over the world when her

husband was diagnosed with cancer.

a Rain-

died in

book used by many

Franciscan groups for their formation pro-

"but

gram, spoke about the light of Christ and how it is present throughout the Bible.

it's

soothes

I feel

a

little

this great

his profession.

He Thoni

December 2000.

"Yes,

Photo by Ellen Neerincx Sigmon

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cheated," she said,

joy of

St.

Francis that

my heart."

John Martin spoke about Herman

Larry Kertz, a candidate for profession from the Chattanooga, Term., Franciscan

as well. Thoni, formerly the minis-

ter of the group,

had

felt

the need for the

group, talked about

birth of Jesus, in the spirit of the crib at

with that group had helped him overcome

Greccio, Italy, organized by

and problems with addiction. a group of people who for me and loved me unconditionally," he said. "I've learned an awful lot from my community.

They've affirmed me."

He also spoke about how much he had enjoyed getting to know the other Franciscans in the region that weekend.

'They radiate a serenity and peace that I want," he said.

Martin and other members of the Hickory group announced plans for an-

"They are have modeled

was a

was asked to find the animals for the re-enactment.

Martin said that a few days later, a client called his office about a sick donkey.

When Martin examined the donkey, he found that it had pneumonia and was very sick and weak. When he suggested that the donkey be put on antibiotics, the client was concerned about the cost.

Martin told him that he would treat the animal free of charge, provided that, if the donkey lived, the man would bring it to veterinarian,

and

agreed,

Martin

other re-enactment of the crib at Greccio at

The man

participate in the reenactment.

alerted

Franciscan group to pray about

4 p.m. on Dec. 2

his

it.

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Refugee Resettlement Office case

Welcome,

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reject the anti-immigration stance that has in different parts

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refugees are compelled to

and religions in so different parts of the United States has challenged us as a church to a profound conversion so that we can truly become a sacrament of unity," it says. "We

many

to assist

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different cultures

bered closer to 12,000 before

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lic

II's

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Pope John Paul

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would be otherwise,"

it

orphaned by war

the nation to take a stronger role in address-

school and religious education leaders, social

bishops' statement

traumatic than

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1999.

Hayden said. "They will feel more ofa sense of belonging and connection to their new home-

parish councils, liturgists and homilists,

The

soli-

in this

By

young

men

said

said.

group are members of the

Catholics can "advocate for laws that respect

Downing

solidarity,

Ponce

Americans,"

implementing the bishops' pastoral, "parishioners will have the opportunity to put

since

tor of the Refugee Resettlement Office.

Regarding

a pilot program of the

the

as Catholics to a

bridges to join cultures.

is

is

others."

political

urges all parishes to join together to become a welcoming church," added Cira Ponce, direc-

The PCRRP

stranger'

increased cultural exchange and under-

more open viewpoint of She added that communion implies an accepting of newcomers and building

from page 1

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the call to

and

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In response to the

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ALESHA M. PRICE

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manager in the diocesan Refugee Resettlement Office. "You create a bond with them. They become family members; they are no Services case

longer refugees."

Because of her dedication, Garcia received the Outstanding Agency Employee Award from the North Carolina Refugee Office.

Each refugee resettelment office submits a nomination, and that along with the state refugee office coordinator's visits, observations and

on other appointments. Her co-workers and friends marvel at how she

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

maintains relationships with all of those people. She says that even though it is her job to help, she feels as if all of them are extended family.

"I grow very close to my clients when they arrive, and it's a great

Alicia Garcia

has 96 "relatives," some of whom she interacts with almost on a daily basis.

She visits their homes, ensures that their needs are being met and accompanies them on trips to the doctor and

are helping some-

one," said Garcia, a Catholic Social

and work

for dedication

when you

feeling

CSS employee recognized By

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Refugee Resettlement Office

—

—

determines the person recognized for his or her work with refugees. Cira Ponce, director of the diocesan CSS Refugee Resettlement Office, nominated Garcia for this year's award. She said that Garcia "goes beyond the call of duty" with her clients.

"Alicia has been and continues to be there for her clients, and they regard her as a family member," wrote Ponce in her nomination form. "Her commitment, energy and compassion reports

are admirable."

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August

Around the State He

Faithful Servant offers leadership schools

By

MATT DOYLE

NC

Catholic Staff

SMITHFIELD common

act of

—

Nobody's fake here; everybody's

One

of the

threads that seems to be

woven

God was

real.

totally

with us."

into the stories about school violence in

— Michael Smith,

is that many of the students have been the aggressors have a his-

recent years

who

17,

of Asheville

with another in that situation before

it

exploded into violence? What if that someone had a better understanding of what it means to be ostracized by others because they, for a fleeting moment, had been able to feel that pain?

Such empathy is part of the training given to students at a long-running institute conducted jointly by the two Catholic dioceses in North Carolina. About 80 people from the dioceses of Raleigh and Charlotte gathered at the Short Journey Retreat Center in mid-July to take part in the Faithful Servant Leadership Institute. Led by adult chaperones, youth ministers, peer leaders and the young people themselves, the participants engaged in a week of discussions, talks, small group gatherings and other related ac-

"The goal

is

to learn leadership skills

in a Catholic Christian setting," said

Mike

Hagarty, youth ministry consultant for the

Diocese of Raleigh. that leadership

is

"It is

important to see

learnable and these

young people have chosen

to learn leader-

ship skills in this setting."

Hagarty

said the fact that Catholic

Christian leadership can be learned viated

and (we)

briefly in that trap, teenagers at the

them take those back to the parish."

But the walls between the church community and the secular world are not

Faithful Servant Leadership Institute can

"(They) are given the

by the

fact that so

many

is

ob-

teenagers

have decided to return to the program as peer leaders. 'They put their practice to be a

and

real,

in this case

for

young people."

Leo Moreda, youth minister at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Raleigh, said other

the teenagers learn

skills

they can carry

Mark Church

ter at St.

Institutions

when

said

the institute

is

in Huntersville,

help others escape the situation.

At

least,

they will be able to better identify with

who

those

suffer

such devastating stereo-

typing and help to "challenge the label the

Wake

County.

Lewis echoed a statement offered at

kid wears."

Josh Moore,

over, the teenag-

17,

one of the several

many

events that bring together

tismal call to leadership in the church and

Burlington to attend the session, added

She

the world at large."

weight to the idea that the teenagers can learn from being exposed to difficult situa-

church.

Moreda everyday

can

said they could use the

same

they lean at the institute in their

skills

lives.

"A lot of it

is

leadership

you

a secular setting," said

utilize in

tions.

He

agers

skills

in

said the experience teaches teen-

that improve the ability to get

along in diverse groups.

Moreda. "pTJtudent governments or youth councils have different goals by

turned to Short Journey as a peer leader.

similar roles."

The

One

Michael Smith,

17,

of Asheville, re-

Barnabas Church member said experience "changed my life."

St.

of the important sessions in the institute puts the teenagers and the

last year's

adult chaperones in the situation of be-

now

ing the outcast. While the situation

something that came as a result of the interest in guitar playing he developed at

is

not

leaders believe the role playing

real,

— and

Smith

offered a concrete example.

a participant in

Mass

He

state.

said they learn they are part of a larger

Lewis explained that many of the Catholics in North Carolina live in settings where most of their fellow students in public schools are not Catholic. The only contact they have with other Catholics is in church settings, and

young

often because of size, those opportunities

are limited.

The

is

at his parish,

young

people from far flung sections of the

native of Charleston, S.C., said

was her experience that it is important for a young Catholic to understand they it

are part of the larger church and that

the institute last year.

there are others experiencing similar

go through the process better understand what teenagers feel when they are cutoff from the main-

Smith said the experience of the institute gave teenagers the chance to be more open in a group setting. 'TSIobody's fake

situations.

stream in their schools.

Lewis said the development of future sensitivity to such situations is "part of our expectation." She said the exercises used to demonstrate the pain of being ostracized

here; everybody's totally real.

who must

—

cumb

the adults

also

teach the teenagers

how

to the roles that

easy

it is

with

Lewis

to "suc-

if

a person

is

Having the opportunity to gather at places like Short Journey Center gives the teenagers a new perspective

on what in

the

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ARDEN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; For most permanent deacons traveling to Arden on Aug.

30-minute to 3

1

4, it

was

a

/2-hour ride through the

mist and sprinklings of threatening rain, as they drove through the

mountains where the sky kisses the earth.

This is one of tiiree opportunities for die deacons to

They

and and love

their obligation

fulfill

responsibility to

of Christ.

grow

in the faith

gather regularly for

spiri-

renewal and camaraderie afforded through die brotherhood of the diaconate.

The ongoing-education classes and pretual

Mr. Art

senters are arranged by Rev. Kingsley,

who

is

a permanent deacon at

Barnabas Church

The

St.

Saturdays of February, August and November of each year. Each deacon attends based upon topic, location and other obli-

may

interfere with a certain

class.

The day

Mass

started with

Diocesan deacons and wives gather for development, renewal which the day's

The

offered

by

According to Father Valtierra, the message of the Psalms is the message of a covenantal relationship between Yahweh and his chosen people. The timeframe expressed in the Psalms is past, present and future

pass on to eternal

life.

the love of a puppy, Father Valtierra ex-

congregated in the church

After the Mass, the deacons and wives hall to

over coffee and donuts. Shortly thereafter,

assembled in the main conference room

by the newly or-

dained Rev. Mr. Michael Zboyovski. is

people

renew

all

Morning prayer

all

have experienced before they

friends

time for the eucharistic celebration.

led

will

Each Psalm touches

experiences that

Giving an example of an old softdrink commercial in which nothing is said, but pictured is a boy being smothered by

in

new

at once.

all

human

have or

old acquaintances and meet

he on the Psalms.

gives seminars and classes

Arnsparger welcomed his parishioners and the travelers who were able to make it

morning prayer

based.

was Fawas ordained in September of 1976 into a community of priests and lay brothers, the Oratorians, founded by St. Philip Neri in 16th-century Rome. He lives in congregation at the Oratory located in Rock Hill,

those

for

was

ther David Valtierra. Father Valtierra

Father Roger Arnsparger, pastor. Father

all

class

presenter for this class

S.C. There, along with other duties,

Arden.

in

classes are scheduled for the first

gations that

The Catholic News & Herald 13

Around the Diocese

part of the Liturgy

plained that this

is

Photo by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

Pictured from left to right are Reverend Mr. Thomas Kak, Emily Reverend Mr. Vince Shaw and Reverend Mr. Gordon Forester.

the expression of pure

joy supposedly related to the product. This

same type of experience is gleaned from the Psalms, which artfully and spiritually

upon whether the Psalm

move

thanksgiving or praise. Each Psalm works

the reader from basic

human

experi-

ences to the image of God himself Yet, in

on

the midst of looking at the Lord, there

levels of

is

one of lament,

Liturgy of

but one prerequisite: "One must be honest

the Hours every day, one completes the

about one's own spirituality." Otherwise, one can never connect through the Psalms.

and on several different thought simultaneously.

The Psalms are a resource, a songbook. They are expressions of a shared memory of the people of God on

Father Valtierra indicates the each Psalm "invites us to go into areas we have never yet ventured," the area depending

their journey through faith. As a community prayer book, they should be sung in community.

of the Hours, which

all priests,

deacons and

religious are required to say each day.

By

faithfully reciting the

(Book of Psalms) within a

entire Psalter

four-week

cycle.

The

Psalter

is

a liturgical

book consisting of psalms and biblical canticles used in divine worship and upon

is

several images

Ann Kak,

Judith Johnson of St. Charles Borromeo and wife of Rev. Mr. James Johnson in Morganton said, "I have studied the Psalms before. This

and

different

depth to

approach with a

new more

a

is

lot

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Rev. Mr. Philip Killian of St Benedict in

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Greensboro told of

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14 The Catholic News & Herald

Read ngs i

Book Review

New literary work explores development of spirituality

Word to Life

technological age

in

August 26, Twenty-first Sunday Reviewed by Catholic

JAN KILBY

News

Many people know transformed their

enjoyable way.

The

Service

that technology has

but few have devel-

lives,

oped a theology of technology. Richard Gaillardetz

is

one

who

R

how is

"no

human

en-

result in a "culture of simulation" that

replacement for interpersonal,

Our Days:

Community and Liturgy

1)

Isaiah 66:18-21

2)

Psalm 17:1-2 Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 Gospel: Luke 13:22-30 1

3)

Spiritu-

Gaillardetz believes that the Catholic

Tech-

doctrine of the Trinity and the theology of

something that requires some effort, "to in through the narrow door."

I recently met a couple who followed this radical idea. Steve and his wife have taken their privileges to tlje narrow doorway to share with those

come

the

by computers can

gagement."

has.

In 'Transforming

author then describes

virtual reality created

in

C Readings-

Ordinary Time Cycle

who

struggle.

After a middle-class upbringing

DENTON

By JEAN

God

opportunity to eat and drink in his com-

and a university education, they chose to move to a crowded urban neighborhood where they rented a house which they opened to the city's poor as a hospitality house. Now, while rearing their own family, they provide coffee and bread in the mornings and a soup kitchen every noon.

emerges as we attend to the world around us and receive it as a gift."

Gaillardetz describes the impact of

pany. Hey, just like middle-class Ameri-

Rooms

can Christians!

need shelter.

He

people were born in the narrow doorway

narrow door

nological Culture," Gaillardetz, a Catholic

questions the "privatization of spirituality."

theologian, examines technology's influ-

He suggests

just look out for ourselves and our

schools us in practices and

and struggle there for a lifetime, but with God and his kingdom close at hand encouraging them in with minute, peri-

attitudes that allow us to recover the sacred

odic tugs of a sort of divine crowbar.

our

Liturgy, he

These are the impoverished, the op-

"Our culture pushes people very much in that direction."

ality,

in a

grace

TRANSFORMING OUR DAYS:

158

as a "pulsing, divine

so

R. Gaillardetz.

says the Trinitarian concept of

He

much

pp. $15.95.

technology on communal

ence on

life

and

community

faith.

Gaillardetz,

who

hold

will

the

Murray-Bacik Endowed Chair in Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo beginning

this

fall,

describes in his book's preface

growing awareness of technology's

his

harm. This realization occurred

when he

recognized his family's increasing depen-

dence on TVs,

VCRs

Though he committed to

made

a surprising discov-

'Something precious in our lives seemed to be seeping out of our family life.'" suggests that

faith

can help pro-

vide the proper perspective on technology.

He

bases his views on Catholicism and on

the

work of Albert Borgmann,

a Catholic

and a University of Montana philosophy professor and writer on technology and

Borgmann calls for "a transformed dailiness" or more awareness of the spiritu-

culture.

ality

of daily

life.

Technology, Gaillardetz ises to

says,

prom-

eliminate routine tasks considered

"boring, insignificant and burdensome."

The problem he sees is that in performing such tasks we receive "grace and blessings.'

He agrees with Borgmann who asserts that "technological devices" can produce

experiences that are less meaningful than "focal" experiences.

...

says,

is

in a culture

life."

He

it

lives."

suggests that people

dominated by technology and

consumerism may be ence

spirituality.

the "paradigmatic focal practice of

the Christian

less able to experi-

fully.

nology can

people in

fulfilling their

He

stewards of the earth.

also says that the creativity required to

develop technology

is

evidence of divine

He

simply urges readers to evaluate their use of it. inspiration.

He

"We

need a lifestyle' discernment, not a discernment about the goodness or badness of a particular device." By doing so, he says, people can says,

—

It also

makes

pressed, the sick

me

think that

who know God

some

because

are available to those

who

Steve admits that going to the isn't an easy choice.

"There's always the temptation to nuclear family, to be concerned for

own wants and

needs," he said.

they live on die edge of life and must look

However, he pointed out an op-

him every day for salvation. On their final day they'll just pop through.

But what of the ones standing in the wide doorway where God's generosity constantly oozes out and greases the

posite attraction: "Living with the

to

skids of their lives?

What a wonderful way this is into

(and practically painless)

—

—

in our house is poor every day putting ourselves in a position to open our eyes and our ears to see and hear what God sees and hears."

Sounds like the kingdom of God to me.

the kingdom.

Jesus' message,

QUESTIONS: What material and

however, indicates

—

one-way doors the wide one flowing out of the kingdom, but the narrow one being the way to get in. these are

'Try," he says, emphasizing that this

is

spiritual

you received through God's generosity? What keeps you from going to the narrow door?

privileges have

achieve "the salvation of humankind that

embraces the personal, social, political, and economic spheres of human existence." This is especially critical now, he says, "because one of the characteristics of modern society

is

the effective anesthe-

humanity to the felt need for any salvation at all."

'Transforming Our Days" is thoughtprovoking, well written, and timely. The author makes complex ideas clear, interesting and readable. tization of

For example, he says, warm home, but a

more

assist

biblical role as

Kilby

central heating creates a

fireplace brings people together in a

material wealth, intellectual gifts or the

Gaillardetz acknowledges that tech-

ery:

He

it is

for

is

that "immersion in a Christian

dimensions of our daily

and computers.

says he and his wife were

their vocation as parents of

four children, he

a quality

writes that "grace

a divine substance as

News Service

not

to-

shows us the need

in love"

Catholic

Jesus' image of the entrance to heaven being a "narrow door" makes me think he was directing his remarks at people of privilege those having either

movement

of relation in which the presence of

Crossroad Publishing Company (New York, 2000).

He

God

relationships.

LITURGY IN A TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE, by Richard

tices.

ward us

COMMUNITYAND

SPIRITUALITY,

preservation of focal prac-

call for a

is

a free-lance writer in

San

Antonio.

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of August 19-25 Sunday, Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10, Hebrews 12:1-4, Luke 12:49-53; Monday (St. Bernard of Clairvaux), Judges 2:1 1-19, Matthew 19:16-22; Tuesday (St Pius X), Judges 6:ll-24a, Matthew 19:23-30; Wednesday (The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Judges 9:6-15, Matthew 20: 1-1 6a; Thursday (St Rose of Lima), Judges 11:2939a, Matthew 22:1-14; Friday (St Bartholomew), Revelation 21:9b-14, John 1:45-51; Saturday (St Louis, St Joseph of Calasanz), Ruth 2:1-3, 8-1 1; 413-17, Matthew 23:1-12 Readings for the week of August 26-September 1 Sunday, Isaiah 66:18-21, Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13, Luke 13:22-30; Monday (St Monica), 1 Thessalonians 1:2-5, 8b-10, Matthew 23: 13-22; Tuesday (St. Augustine), 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, Matthew 23:23-26; Wednesday (The Martyrdom of John the Baptist), 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13, Mark 6:17-29; Thursday, 1 Thessalonians 3:7-13, Matthew

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ing mother and a middle-aged daughter,

Video reviews

once wealthy but

who now live as recluses

in

By Catholic News Service Thefollowing YORK (CNS)

a crumbling mansion in an exclusive com-

are home, videocassette reviews from the U.S.

Albert and David Maysles, the often moving,

Film

often troubling portrait of rugged individual-

—

NEW

Conference of Catholic Bishops' Officefor

and Broadcasting. Each able in

VHSformat.

videocassette

Tiieatrical movies

is

avail-

on video

have a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification

America

and Motion

rating.

Picture Association of.

All reviews indicate the appro-

munity

wants them out Directed by

wliicli

ism invades as noble

their privacy but presents

women who

and heroic

compromise

"The Brothers" (2001)

Morris Chestnut and D.L. Hughley)

them

their ideals to the standards

of

ops

—

—

is

rat-

under

for children

Films)

13. (Portrait

"Pollock" (2000) Powerful portrait of modem artist Jackson

who

commit-

Pollock (Ed Harris), his tumultuous relationsliip

one of the quartet gets engaged. Director Gary Hardwick's male perspective on dating and marriage lacks energy and uses cliched dialogue to

with wife Lee Krasner (Marcia Gay Harden) and

state the obvious. Several intense sexual

finely

after

and crass

references, fleeting vio-

lence and sporadic rough language with

some

profanity.

The

is

an appropriately restrained work that grasps

the troubled

life

of an

artistic icon,

although the

wrought performances are hindered by a

somewhat lagging narrative pace

A brief sexual

encounter, an extramarital

alcohol abuse,

affair,

some profanity and intemittait rough language

A-IV The Motion Pic-

The US. CbnfereneeofCatholic Bishops classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture

adults with reservations.

is

ture Association of America rating restricted.

his rise and fall from fame Harris' directorial debut

U.S. Conference of

Catholic Bishops classification

is

— R—

(Columbia TriStar)

—

Association of America rating

is

R

—

restricted

(Columbia TriStar)

"The Brothers McMullen" (1995) Sturdy but flawed comic drama set

"The Secret Garden" (1993) Winning dramatization of Frances

in

New York City where three brothers (Jack Mulcahy, Mike McGlone and Edward Burns) share their muddlements over love, sex, relationships and commitment from

Hodgson little

Burnett's children's classic about a

who comes manor on

remote

to live in her uncle's

the English

moors where she

uncovers the mystery of a locked garden,

bringing. Also written and directed

transforms her sickly cousin (Heydon Prowse) and wins the friendship of a local

by

Burns, the low-budget picture succeeds

bond

best in portraying the close family

country lad (Andrew Knott). Directed by

helping the brothers face individual moral

Agnieszka Holland, the appealing

quagmires as best they can without benefit of ties to parish or sacraments. Sexual situ-

three lonely children discovering the

much discussion of mowith sporadic profanity and rough

and joy of

life

ations occasioning

garden

rality

suals ranging

The

U.S. Conference of Catholic

Bishops classification

is

A-IV

stricted.

adults

The Motion Picture AsAmerica rating is R re-

with reservations. sociation of

—

—

(Fox)

"Grey Gardens" (1976) Documentary about two women, an ag-

tale

of

wonder

tending a long-neglected

in

through evocative vifrom the forbidding gloom of the manor to the enchanting beauty of the natural world outside. A rich experience for all

is

vividly told

members of the

family.

ence of Catholic Bishops

—

CNS

Victorian orphan girl (Kate Maberly)

the perspective of their Irish-Catholic up-

language.

who helped him

parents are strongly cauPG-13 tioned. Some material may be inappropriate

Bland relationship drama about four young African-American men (including

ment and honesty

Boston priest

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishclassification is A-III adults. The

society.

ing

face their individual issues about

'Planet of the Apes' star helps

refuse to

Motion Picture Association of America

priate age groupfor the video audience.

situations

The Catholic News & Herald 15

Entertainment

general patronage.

The

The Motion

Association of America rating is audiences.

(Warner

US Confer-

classification is

A-I

Picture

G — general

Home Video)

of the Apes." Closer to home, the actor St. Edward Parish in Brockton.

By STACIE N.

GALANG

News Service BOSTON (CNS) When the hit movie "Planet of the Apes" premiered Catholic

in

Boston, star

—

Mark Wahlberg inwho

vited his former parish priest,

helped steer the actor from the streets.

Father James Flavin left the premiere with a six-figure pledge from Wahlberg to help rebuild the gymna-

sium at St. Edward Parish in Brockton, where Father Flavin serves as pastor.

The movie

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Wahlberg adult who

Flavin

described mature attends Mass every Sunas being a very

day.

"He's very proud of being Catholic," Father Flavin said. "The church really helped him to set a foundation."

For the July 26 premiere, Wahlberg arranged for members of community organizations from the Boston area to attend.

In an upstairs theater, young moviegoers awaited Wahlberg, who

Girls Club."

Wahlberg while serving St.

as pastor at William's in Boston's Dorchester

section.

it

tion in a

For honest, personal service, calf

gym

Wahlberg.

when

But

CL

helping a priest rebuild a

"He was kind of a street thug and he got himself together. He was always getting in fights at every basketball game," Father Flavin said of

star

youth. Father Flavin befriended

3.2

is

greeted the audience to choruses of "We love you, Mark."

James Romikitis, 13, of St. Augustine Parish in South Boston attended the screening with friends from the Boys and Girls Club of South Boston.

"He (Wahlberg) came up to us and shook our hands," Romikitis said.

"He gave a shout out to the Boys and

to

HENDRICK ACURA

Photo from 20th Century Fox

Mark Wahlberg as Leo leads a rebellion against tyrannical primates in "Planet

was Wahlberg's participaCatholic Youth Organiza-

Romikitis gave the movie good reviews, although he said the ending

tion basketball league that helped

went

steer the youth in the right direction,

Father Flavin said Wahlberg is expected to be on hand for the ribbon-

Father Flavin said.

Wahlberg's story is the story of a kid with troubles who made good, the priest told The Pilot, newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese.

The exact figure of the donation could not be made public, Father Flavin said, because of the contract bidding process. But it did exceed six figures, he said.

The priest recalled how Wahlberg as a youth would regularly drive past St. William, always in a different car, waving and beeping.

It's been a while since Father Flavin visited

Wahlberg

in jail.

a little overboard.

cutting ceremony for the new gymnasium in the fall.

"I'm as a proud of him as the kids

from

St.

William's

who became

layers," Father Flavin

now

has the means to help

people."

Through

the years, the two continued their re-

said.

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brick-

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lot

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i

17,

2001

Teaching Young Ones to Pray With -schools opening, parents and children are getting focused once more on studying and learning. When my children were young, this was also the time when we put some attention on how to supplement the religious instruction they would get in CCD classes. Most of the

The Pope

'

August

& Columns

Editorials

Speaks

we were

time,

determined to say the rosary as often as

possible.

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coming back there

God protects weak, watches over those who trust in him,

pope says

By JOHN NORTON Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) God watches

—

over

the events of

all

human

history, protecting

weak and encouraging all people to hope in him, Pope John Paul II said.

"The loving faithfulness of God, like a cloak, wraps around us, warms us and protects us, our faith and our hope," he said Aug. 8 at his weekly general audience.

Speaking to thousands of people in the Vatican's audience hall, the pope continued his series of talks on the Psalms, focusing on Psalm 33, which he called a "catechesis" on God's conpsalm, he said, teaches that

God

teach children to pray.

family that prays together, stays together."

and

The announcement came from Bishop Sean O'Malley who sought formal approval by the

of Fall River, Mass.,

Vatican for this cause because Father Peyton

the

is

buried in

Easton, a town within his diocese. Reading of this brought

many memories.

As Bishop O'Malley was

reported to have put

world to pray daily, especially the rosary, to strengthen families and to achieve world peace. He knew that with all

want

youngsters today

who

say they

to get their children to pray more, but too

activities

time.

things became possible."

talk to parents of

I

and

interests distract them,

many

crowding out prayer

While they grew up saying die family rosary, it's this way in their homes today. So what are

hard to pray

The

me

that they encourage par-

when nothing

ents to bring their children to the church

is

self-understanding, as well as their understanding of other

people and of the whole world. today,

how

families teach children about praying

Peyton devoted

his

life to,

will decide

that prayer strengthens families.

which of these humans

die? Euthanasia historically follows abortion.

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will

liv

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Who will

be

next?

President Bush needs to hear "the other side of the

despite their transitory and apparent

success," he said, in the

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story." Call the

end their plans are des1 1 1 1

tined to

matter

one thing has not changed: the truth that Father

Who plans try to offer alternatives,

they introduce injustice, evil and violence" into the world, he said.

"And

author underscores her conviction that "prayer

tlie level where a person really is. As the Quakers say, it must 'speak to our condition' if it is not going to be irrelevant and useless. So instead of having children listen to and mouth words someone else has composed, children should be shown how to do their own praying, how to reach way down inside themselves and way out beyond themselves" so that they can increase their

of earthly powers."

"When human

—

should be at

No have told

a two-way street

,

the alternatives? priests

important for children to understand

them talking to God God talking back. To hear him, they have to listen.

One book I recommend to many parents, published is

by Sorin Books, is "Children Praying, Why and How to Pray With Your Children," by Joan Bel Geddes. It brings together important insights on spirituality and child devel-

it,

Father Peyton "encouraged millions of families around the

prayer

It is especially

that prayer

opment

back

Some is

going on so that they can show them sacred items and images, explaining what they are and why they're there.

They say storytelling is a very important form of active prayer for youngsters, where characters do good for others, and that good published material abounds to help parents

This summer, the Vatican Congregation for Sainthood Causes formally opened the cause of possible canonization of this priest, who never stopped saying, 'The

stant care for his creation.

The

college,

after trips

impressed.

for

Lord of human history and that his plan for humanity often faces opposition from "the plans

my

at

he would take to various places, often Hollywood. He would tell us stories about stars who were devout Catholics, and we were, indeed,

the

offering us serenity and giving a sure foundation

I

was fortunate to have been a student at the College of St. Rose in Albany, N.Y., in the days when Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton was a frequent visitor there.

He had a mission to get families praying every day,

was

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"The psalmist reminds us that from heaven, his transcendent dwelling place,

God

follows

all

Mary

the itineraries of humanity, even those which are foolish

the

and absurd, and he

intuits the secrets of

human heart," the pope said.

The psalm tells the powerful not to fool them-

on their armies, he said, and it on the oppressed and the poor "to hope in the Lord who will not let them fall into the abyss

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arrogance of the powerful and who is close when humanity is weak, raising up and sustaining those who have faith, who trust in him and who offer their prayers and praise to him."

Pope prays

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President Bush will soon

—

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Contemplating a photo of Iowa Franciscan Sisters Dorothy and Gwen Hennessey about to be sentenced to six months in prison for demonstrating to close the Fort Benning, Georgia, "School of the Americas" (The Catholic News & Herald, Aug. 3), I spent early morning meditation time with the Old Testament Books of the Maccabees. The case of elderly Eleazar (2

Then

me confess

years ago

virtually ignored this important fact; thus, the general

MM, was instrumental in

is

Stem

cells for

6:18-31) provides an

Let

when

I

it

that both sisters offered

visited

me

hospital!

Des Moines and Dubuque,

that their now-deceased brother, Father

helping

me

at

Ron Hennesse

arrange

my curre

ministry here in Guatemala. Also, as she and hundreds

being misled.

out killing

Mac

was the Syrian empire's attempt to impose its pagan mores on the resistance community in Jewish society. As he refused to go along with the obligatory pagan ritual, Eleazar explained himself, saying: "I prefer to behave as people expect of someone my age, so I can give a good example for the young generation." instructive parallel.

embryos in stem-cell research. Misinformation abounds from celebrities to senators. Stem cells from adults are actually better, but for some strange reason the media have public

for elderly

Editor,

medical research

may

human embryos. They can be

be obtained withtaken from adult

others were doing the Great Peace

March from

Califor

umbilical cords, according to the National Right to Life

Washington in the late 1980s, I visited with then-7 year-old Sister Dorothy in her pup tent somewhere alon US Route 30 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The

News, June 2001.

An embryo is a

Hennesseys are very ordinary people giving an extraordinary witness worthy of becoming the norm for elderly

blood, bone

marrow,

have are present

fat

tiny

and also from placentas and

baby

at the

—

all

the features

it

will ever

time of conception and the

process has begun. Nothing

life

added except nourishment.

Every human being starts as an embryo; therefore, discarding one or using it in stem-cell research results in an abortion.

to

Catholics of the Charlotte Diocese.

is

Father Bernard A. Simil

Guatemala

August

17,

2001

Light

Burial?

One

I

happened to be

time and he told

Candle

me

funeral

Mass

sought This

Around

celebrated in the cathedral as a public state-

—

was rather

quiet, respectful, hardly the larger-than-life

With him was

the deceased

may

not even have

Is

it

open to

all,

their religious identities behind?

Or

Often, in a parish,

you meet

who

folks

They come

near a church in years.

for the child's preparation for first

For some,

confirmation.

the

it's

first

Communion

who weren't married in the church, the last point of contact may be even longer. I know that some priests have serious and underFor

touch since they got married.

others,

— and probably

he died not long ago,

died, people

who began

as Catholics, but wandered.

life

faith, is it

his wife

right to grant a

is not a battle between the bereaved in need of comfort and a hardhearted hierarchy. Rather, we have a family which seeks to honor the dead and a shepherd who seeks to protect the dignity of the sacraments. There are no bad guys here. Only people with a decidedly different vision of

the proper role of the church.

Mass of Christian

Book of Numbers, where God

When

orders the elimination

the soldiers construe the

only males, Moses, at God's

women and children,

too,

command,

command them

dispatches

to

Bible mockers point out that

Corner

mean

and guilty? How about and all wit/i the Lord's A. First of all,

tJie

killing

may first

qfboth innocent

those soldiers keeping girls as sex slaves,

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

blessing? (Illinois)

we

Columnist

obviously cannot, from a Christian,

or even later Jewish, perspective theologically justify these

wholesale slaughters. Without attempting to do that, ever,

how-

we can acknowledge that, from the Hebrew outlook of

those times, there was

more

to this practice than

meets the

eye.

Through

a centuries-long series of complicated ethnic

Their destruction, something similar to effect dedicates

God

human

to die deity.

While

is

From

the aspect of God's purpose for the people and

doesn't appear in your question. If a distant

which threatens to corrupt the

made that enemy nation, is

eliminated. "If Israel had been tolerant attitude she

for

Tribes and cultures whose religions and military ambitions created an obstacle to that purpose were to be

dominated by any less would have amalgamated with her pagan neighbors and in so doing lost all that she was to contribute to the world."

command

cepted as the

they

The

ideas behind the

to totally destroy the

word of God

ban (the enemy) "cannot be ac-

for the

may well have been so for

modern

Christian, but

Israel in the sense that

they

its

inheritance,

Hebrew

relation

militants are to save alive

"nothing that breathes" (Deut 20:16).

sense of

Israel's

manded

to totally "destroy" the

20:17), the

Hebrew

enemy

(e.g.

Deut

is

com-

7:2

and

verb, here translated as destroy,

school and attended school.

is

some time

at the Catholic high

Although Rose did not personally know Jes-

or her family, she learned about Jessica's back-

sica

ground and

identified widi her.

'This girl was very large and had never been accepted by the kids at either school," she remarked.

"This hit closer to home because I grew up a big girl."

She began attending the trial with her friend, Doris, who knew first hand the many hurts these cases bring with her own son in prison on a DUI that involved someone's death. Faithfully Rose sat in the Greene County Courthouse each day for over two weeks, praying with Doris and other parishioners for

without parole instead of the death penalty. Fi-

came

like

an answer to her prayers:

themselves dirough the story of Richard DeDong, the confessed

For nearly three weeks Rose

killer.

me why

"Someone asked

how

trials,"

she

was

said. "I

still

at-

wanted to attend

I

trying to understand

these things could happen."

One day

as she sat

alone in the courtroom without Doris or other parishioners, a

Southern Baptist minister took the stand.

Ron Houston, a local pastor, had visited DeLong

Rev.

in jail nearly

every week for two and a half years.

"Forgiveness and grace were the epithets of visits,"

he

said.

He

my

appealed to the jury not for

exoneration but mercy.

"If this defendant

cannot receive grace, then

grace will not be available to any of us because God's

words pierced Rose's souL "I then diought of grace as forgiveness, and I knew I had what I was

We have here another element of a holy war; women who had married

girls

Yahweh

every-

(including

contributed to building up the pagan

taken captive could

now bear children for the

agree, this violates

our concepts of morality, for insights I point out, however,

all

The

for

all."

addressed to the jury, the logic of the

looking

for,"

penalty in

she

said. "I

am now

against the death

all cases."

Richard DeLong is now serving life in prison without possibility of parole in a maximum-security prison in Missouri. Murderers cannot

conquering people of Israel.

I

is

Though minister's

Midianite population) was to be destroyed. But the unIsrael

murdered another from the parish grade

an act of religious obedience.

Vol. 2, p. 458).

When

Jessica graduated

grace

thing offensive and contemptuous to

points are significant.

woman.

God's supreme lordship over all people and creation makes their compliance with his law, as they understand it,

must be understood in the light of God's purpose" and what was needed to accomplish it (The Interpreter's Bible

Two

Parish, Springfield,

parishioner, Jessica Clark,

these

and land chosen to play a major

the history of his salvation of the world.

Agnes

at St.

in that context.

radically

instruments to establish and confirm role in

work

tended court, even on Saturdays.

it is

between Israel and Yahweh, refuses to make peace, every male is killed; women and children are taken as booty, but not to be slain (Deut 20:12-14).

If, however, enemy cities occupy land given to Israel

Israel as the people

office

Mo., she learned that a 20-year-old and a former

something other than an act of wanton vengeance or cruelty when viewed us,

land of Israel, an interesting distinction

in Christian understanding) as a

sacrifice, in

this devastation

way

some degree

used

them

morally reprehensible to

and religious experiences, these "holy wars" were seen (even to

in-

Over the next several years, Rose joined Doris and other parishioners in prayer vigils before executions in Missouri. Then, in 1998 an horrific crime shocked Springfield. A mother, her three children and her unborn child were murdered by an estranged boyfriend and father of the unborn.

"Now I had to really decide if my feelings were always against the deatii penalty or just, case by case," Rose reflected. The case contained the complexity of knotted twine. Drugs, lack of education, low selfesteem, abuse as a child, HrV and AIDS all wound

to slay the

was our God who

it

How can wejustify

punishment remained remote

second-degree murder with the possibility of parole.

keep for yourselves.

invented genocide.

ing for

nally the verdict

of an

with one exception: The virgins you

headlines.

capital

Still,

life

Question

Q. Detractors of the Bible sometimes point to Chapter 31 of

made

cases

death penalty case grabbed her attention. Volunteer-

who have

there are the families with loved ones

band, she lived in states where frequent death penalty

have not

—

Then

Does the Bible Countenance Genocide?

entire people.

who

—

will

employment moves of her hus-

the years with the

volving nobody she knew. Then, in her later 60s, a

never have an ongoing relationship with the church. Other priests see it differently.

They reason that rejecting a family's desire for a child to be welcomed to the sacraments is a sure way to make them permanently. former members of the church

had

seldom thought about the death penalty. Wisconsin abolished capital punishment in 1863 and today numbers among only 12 states without it. But, over

to cel-

want

This

wanted final services at the cathedral in Providence, RI. That diocese has an extraordinarily kind and pastoral shepherd, Bishop Robert Mulvee, who faced a sensitive situation, one many face in parish life. When someone has not been active in his or her religion, who has even spoken critically about

the

or

time they've been in

ebrate the sacraments for their children but

aspects of the

haven't been

to baptize their child.

Kathy Benven. She had been his personal assistant. They in love and had children. Faith was important to her and she wanted to many in the Catholic Church. Quinn's first wife had died and he and his second wife had married civilly, so the possibility existed. But he also had a reputation for well-publicized affairs. And Anthony Quinn had a history of disliking what he viewed as pretense in the official Church.

Born a Catholic, he wandered a wide

When

Discovering Mercy For All When Rose Pentecost grew up in Wisconsin, she

should comforting die

grieving survivors take precedence?

Or

I

even those who seem to have left

standable reservations about families that

spiritual road.

GLEN MARY FATHER JOHN RAUSCH

situation raises the issue of the church's sacra-

his wife,

fell,

of Faith

Guest Columnist

mental life.

There's no doubt that life can be complicated, if not downright messy. That certainly applies to the spiritual and moral decisions we are called on to make. You have to make them, just as I do, just as bishops and celebrities do which brings me to these thoughts.

Like many people, I have long enjoyed Anthony Quinn's films, from "Zorba the Greek" to "Shoes of the Fisherman." So, a while back, I was glad to meet him. He

Economy

to a priest

burial.

ment of honor which

character he often portrayed.

no objection

But he was unsure of the wisdom of a large funeral Mass at the cathedral on behalf of someone who seemed disinclined to either receive the sacraments or be otherwise involved in the life of the church. Here is a diocese that wants to respect the deceased and his family, but also wants the sacraments to be celebrated by those who honor them; a diocese that sees a

Guest Columnist

All

Bishop Mulvee about that

visiting

that he had

being present at the

MSGR. JIM LISANTE

Hard Decisions

The Catholic News & Herald 17

& Columns

Editorials

especially used in relation to a holy war. Objects or persons

individuals or nations.

under the "ban" must be wholly consumed as a holocaust to God.

are not insignificant and for a long time guided the

people in the ways they related to their God.

Hebrew

Rose

insists, 'If they

natural

life

to

go

are guilty, they need

make peace with God and

can only be done with

life

in prison

free.

all

Yet

of their

others.

This

without parole."

18 The Catholic News & Herald

JIMMY ROSTAR

Associate Editor

—

CHARLOTTE

Around two

ment, women from Africa and Southeast Asia are learning about pronouns in English. Smiles replace frowns as the women make their way

linguistic grasp of "he,"

here, said Cira Ponce, director of the

Sudan, Soma-

and Liberia, and a Montagnard from Vietnam who came here fleeing from their native lands.

The women are among a group of 82 currently participating in the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program sponsored by the Refugee

Resettlement Office of the Diocese of

the pages. this afternoon, the

On

women's "she" and

is the latest small victory in a struggle to assimilate as strangers in a strange land. These women are refu-

"they"

is

Refugee Resettlement

part of

the cultural and community services provided or co-sponsored by the Refugee Resettlement Office to new-

Office.

In addition to the

ESL

classes at

three sites in town, the Refugee Office

connects refugees with tutors as well.

"Since the Refugee Resettlement Office's inception in the 1970s, thousands of refugees have benefited from the office's ESL classes," said Beth Downing, coordinator of the refugee office's

Charlotte's Catholic Social Services.

The language program

Parish

Community

and

Resources for Refugees Program.

Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the diocesan Foundation, the Refugee Office is embarking on expanding the ESL program. With the grant funding, classes are now taught five days a week instead of three.

"Knowing that an exceptional ESL program is key in helping its

Photo by Jimmy Rostar

Luz Vickers and Cira Ponce accept a $5,000 grant from the diocesan Foundation from Gina Rhodes, diocesan director of planned giving.

refugee clients become self-sufficient, the Refugee Resettlement Office aims to improve upon this already successful tool," said Downing.

Photo by Jimmy Rostar

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Around the Diocese

Leadership training seminar Second-annual tent revival reaches out to community to be offered in Asheville JIMMY ROSTAR

By

—

ASHEVILLE

Leadership

and

skills

tailored to the

The

leadership in action will be the focus of the

diocesan Education Vicariate s Leadership

Training for Lay Ministers Sept 29 and Oct 13 in Asheville, education

officials

recently

announced.

The training seminars are for lay leaders involved in any of the diocese's educational ministries, as well as in other

of the

many

leadership opportunities that exist across the diocese's

western counties.

Business and diocesan leaders serve as trainers during the sessions, offering their

areas of experience leadership,

and expertise in matters of

communication and

'This program

is

be more bilities,"

collaboration.

designed to

in leadership in parishes

those

assist

and other

effective in their roles

and responsi-

action plan for applying leadersliip skills to

ministry.

The Oct 13 session will include discussions on how to communicate with compassion and collaborate with consideration.

Seminai" leaders will give an overview of

skills,

including practicing those

Each and

will

November March 2001. our invitations went out to

is

from 9:30 a.m-430

pm

be hosted at the University of North

program

infancy stages, the training

its

will continue to

time to include

is

all

be expanded over

regions of the diocese.

"One of the keys to having it in Asheville commitment that we made to ensure

the

we

made

available

tiiroughout the diocese," Father

Hawker

with on a regular basis

said.

—

that whatever

offer is

youth ministers, campus ministers,

"We want to be sensitive to that" McDermott said the Diocese of

people in the schools and in the RCIA," said

Charlotte's variety contributes to the need for

Colleen McDermott, diocesan director of

such programs to be hosted at and tailored to

campus and young

different sites.

leaders,

faith

formation

adult ministries

and co-

"We

ordinator of the leadership training seminar.

When

music ministers, parish council

members and other

parish leaders heard

are an incredibly diverse diocese,"

important to know what peoples needs might be in an urban setting she

said.

"It is

Charlotte and realize that might not be a

about the program, however, interest soon

like

mushroomed, McDermott said.

"When you think about who needs leadership skills, it makes perfect sense to come to this if you're in a leadersliip role and you

need

details

haven't had these types of opportunities in the

write to Leadersliip Training, Education Vi-

past,"

she

in the

which

is

The Asheville seminar was planned after McDermott met with pastors and faith for-

Smoky Mountain

NC.

Vicariate,

rural."

Registration deadline

is

Sept

on the program or how

cariate,

said.

1123

may

Staff Writer

S.

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Church

call

14.

For

to register,

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be one," said Bishop William G.

Curlin.

CHARLOTTE —The

At

big tent will

go up again on the corner of Statesville and Oaklawn Avenues. The African American Affairs Ministry of the Diois sponsoring "Revival of the Spirit 2001: Climbin' a Higher Mountain!" an old-fashioned tent revival reminiscent of the old days of out-

cese of Charlotte

door preaching Aug. 24-26. Because of the widespread popularity of the community-based event, the diocesan ministry decided to sponsor another event similar to one held last year.

Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, vicar for African-American Affairs Ministry and

was such that people had begun asking about subsequent reviv-

the turnout

even immediately following the

als

people the Education Vicariate would deal

"Originally,

ALESHA M. PRICE

vice-chancellor of the diocese, said that

session

Carolina at Asheville.

in Charlotte in

2000, with a second session in

skills in vari-

ous exercises.

Still in

Developed from national guidelines on

program debuted

communicating and collaborating

basic

education in the Diocese of Charlotte.

pastoral leadership training, the diocesan

western region ofthe diocese. program will be divided

Asheville

into two parts. The Sept 29 session will focus on defining what skills are needed to be an effective leader. Topics will include becoming a leader who cares and makes a difference; organizing for success; and developing an

entities to

Father James. Hawker, vicar for

said

By

mation leaders at a recent vicariate meeting.

After needs were discussed, the program was

Associate Editor

first

this

month's event, along with

the choir from Philadelphia, the Per-

Hope Gospel Choir from Our Lady of Consolation Catholic Church petual in

Charlotte will also be kicking off the

weekend on Aug. 24 with music

The

p.m.

revival leader, Father

Judie from the Diocese of Louisville, Ky., will begin preaching at 7:30 p.m.

On p.m.,

Aug. 25 from 10 a.m.

will take place. At 5:30 p.m., a gospel concert featuring the Pinn Memorial Bapist Church Gospel Choir will begin with preaching from Father Judie at

7:30 p.m.

The

closing liturgy will take place

at 9:30 a.m.

on Aug.

26.,

from both

the liturgy last year. One of those groups requesting to be a part of this year's weekend of preaching, praise and fellowship was the Pinn Memorial Baptist Church Gospel Choir from Phila-

evangelization that was

who sang

at last

That choir

spirit

of oneness that the Bap-

members

with music

choirs.

Bishop Curlin said that the tional

felt at

spirit

Gathering of Black Catholic hosted by the diocese and held

in Charlotte last month, will continue with the upcoming tent revival.

"The tent

revival and the national

gathering are evidence of the marvelous multicultural growth that the diocese

is

presently experiencing.

—

The

'Climbin' theme of the tent revival is one approa Higher Mountain'

—

priate for the future of the Diocese of "I ask the Diocese of Charlotte for their prayers and support for the

Charlotte," said the bishop.

faithful of the

celebration.

I

am

confident that the

tent revival will enrich our diocesan

family with innumerable blessings

from the Lord."

All are invited to attend, and for

more information, call Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd at (704) 370-3339.

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August

Living the faith They moved

Deacon grows in faith as years pass By

ALESHA

M. PRICE

with the company and a 55-year marriage

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Psalm 23 has always inspired Rev. Mr. Joe Mack. The words have comforted him through perilous and desperate times in his life. As a young man who had barely even seen what life had to offer, he was in midst of war and death. World War II supplied

camped lina

in places like

Canada, North Caro-

and the New England states.

He and his wife attended church with their family, but

later

when

them

for a while that.they

their

faith-

was not until grandson was living with

fully

to an area of East Char-

where there was no church at the time. The Catholic community had been gathering in Idlewild Country Club and Cokesbury Methodist Church while St. John Neumann Church was being built The couple remembers the Catholic church lotte,

yearly road trips around the country and

woman

he met while working.

Helen was working as an industrial nurse at IBM in the first aid department, and Rev. Mr. Mack came in a few times and received medical attention from the young nurse. "Every time he came in, my heart skipped a beat, but I didn't say anyto the

2001

17,

in its early stages.

it

"We remember we were

began to explore their faith life more deeply. "We had to go to first Communion class with our oldest grandson, and we

first

driving past

looking for

when

it

and turning

it

derived an almost unexplainable sense of

Despite their

There weren't any

around to see a small sign that said 'CathoChurch.' We drove up the driveway to see a pile of bricks where the church would be," said Rev. Mr. Mack.

They watched the small church grow while they became involved with the

peace from the biblical text and through

lack of conversation

formal 'ministries'

diocese's first

constant prayer

in the beginning, the

at that time,

overabundance of

realized that there

lot

marriage, and they

was more than just going to church.

couple became involved in

of the shadow of death'

began

We

called Rev.

six children in the

volved with Bible

Mrs. Mack was the director for 16 years, and they began the baptismal preparation

town where they

study and a teen

program

both grew up. Rev.

seminar

many

opportunities for

him

to experi-

quietly

ence the effects of war on its participants.

Throughout his time with the Army, he

'The first real test of my faith came I was in the Army. I watched men

when

dying, and

I

walked through that

'valley

thing to him. And, he would

come

key battles of the war including the Battle of the Bulge and received several accolades for his service. "I began with intercessory prayer, and it came to me that I should pray directly to the Holy Trinity. With all of the shelling and motor and arms fire, a feeling of peace came over me, and I knew I would make it back."

Rev. Mr. Mack did return home from overseas and continued his civilian life in Endicott, N.Y., where he grew up during an era when bread was 6 cents a loaf and where he earned 19 cents an hour selling food and beverages at Grover's Pig Stand,

when he did remem-

their family

of

some-

and we

became

permanent diaconate

"She was with

me all of the

way.

class.

We did a

of studying together."

After being ordained in 1983, the

in-

new parish.

Mack says that

at the

Rev. Mr.

class."

RCIA, where

he

is

just as

Mr. Mack learned more about IBM through company-

ministries paved

provided classes and

Mr. Mack's

earned his associate

degree in business

involvement with permanent the

technology at a local

diaconate. After be-

great-grandfather of three, says that his

ing transferred to

ministry has brought he and his wife closer

Charlotte to help

together on a spiritual level and has opened

community

college.

Mack

tried to

Mrs.

adjust to

at

life

These the

Rev. Mr. Joe

&

Helen Mack

home

was away.

was almost like being a single away so much. It was that time. The children and I

difficult at

missed him especially at dinnertime." ever, the

early

active

Mack bunch

How-

found time to take

POW

Macks

felt

that the

Holy

Spirit

than he ever was with

chaplaincy with the St. John Council 7343 Knights of Columbus and other church duties. The nowtion,

retired professional, grandfather of 15

up a new area

di-

"We

was guid-

for them.

The permanent me help him in his me in understanding

Scripture together.

"We felt that God was calling us Charlotte reminded me of Rochester,

diaconate has helped

both.

work and has aided when he has to be about

N.Y., because of the trees and flowers," said

Mack

said

Mrs.

the Lord's

work"

Mack

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and

learned to pray aloud and read

ing them.

Mrs.

visits to

Neumann

later

IBM

now

the sick and shut-in, baptismal prepara-

for Rev.

vision in 1979, the

'It

Army, he worked at IBM, where his father had also worked.

This was the beginning of a 42-year career

way

begin the

while her husband parent because he was

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lic

thing was missing.

to

a barbecue drive-in restaurant. After his discharge from the

realized that

Mack

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