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Number 43

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Western North Carolina

By

Breaking

JOANN

S.

KEANE

Editor

LINCOLNTON — Angels led

ground

procession into

Monroe parish prepares for new

the

parish.

petals in their wake.

3

...Page

Dorothy

St.

For

this largely

Costa Rican com-

munity,

it

try, the

second of August would be a

was the

feast celebration to honor the patroness of their homeland. In the Central American coun-

Catholic awardee inspired

by Jesus' birth

national holiday. Hundreds of thousands trek a pilgrim route to the ba-

7

...Page

the

—

Our Lady of Los Angeles home of La Negrita, a small black

silica

of

statue, a likeness of this

patron

Photo by Joann S. Keane

Dancers added to the

Diocesan priest "retires"

...Page

festivities at

Dorothy Church in Lincolton during a Costa Rican celebration.

St.

to Alaska

5

Youth experience faith

By

JIMMY ROSTAR

group spearheading

Associate Editor

15

Quilting

CHARLOTTE

rium

—

In a move praised by death penalty moratorium proponents as progress toward a

parishioners

teaching moment, Charlotte's City Council on July 24 voted to discuss the moratorium issue at its next meeting.

to heritage

The council voted 9-2 in favor of the discussion, slated for its next

connects

...Page

16

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Lord, Our Lady of Los Angeles was included in the celebration. It was a little bit of Central America in the heart of Lincoln County.

"Lincolnton is an area where all

niche."

Celebrating culture "gives the people a sense of belonging," said Rev. Mr. Medina. "They belong to the church, the parish in Lincolnton, St. Dorothy's. This is their parish, and Catholicity is very well expressed by the people."

Roughly translated as "the little black one," La Negrita as the Costa Ricans reverently call her was solemnly crowned in the 1920s, nearly 300 years from the date she revealed herself in the community of Cartago. Stories of her appearance vary, but it's generally accepted the Holy Virgin became visible to a young peasant

—

—

girl in 1635.

A

shrine, a Byzantine-style

See

LINCOLNTON,

page

morato-

local

efforts.

"Our challenge now is to offer good, articulate reasons why the council ought to be concerned about and vote unanimously on this issue," he added. "Our hope is that by bringing the dialogue to the Charlotte City Council, that other people will be-

come

interested in the issue."

He voiced hope that supporters of a moratorium will attend the meeting

in droves.

"We

encourage

people to come down to the meeting and show support," he said.

Critics of the vote said a city

council

is

not the proper vehicle for on the moratorium

a discussion

See COUNCIL, page 4

meeting on Aug. 28. At hand will be whether the city should adopt a resolution that supports a moratorium, a period during which the death penalty is suspended to allow time for study of capital punishment, its implementation and its possible faults.

Five city councils in North Caroincluding the town of Davidson's within the Charlotte Diocese, have already adopted resolutions. lina,

.Pages

10-11

& Columns .Pages

Members

12-13

"Our society must ... combat discrimination based on sex, race, ethnicity, or age. Such discrimination constitutes a grave injustice and an affront to human dignity."

— U.S. Catholic Bishops' Administrative Board, "Faithful Citizenship: Civic Responsibility for a New Millen-

nium," p. 22

8

Charlotte City Council to discuss moratorium issue

through arts and music ...Page

Costa Rican

saint.

But today, on the Aug. 6 liturgical feast of the Transfiguration of our

ews

the Costa Ricans have gathered," Mr. Carlos Medina, permanent deacon for St. Dorothy parish. "This is a Costa Rican said Rev.

From the tiniest babe adorned with feathery wings, to prepubescent cherubs with halos, the heavenly band of angels left a trail of fragrant flower

church

Editorials

the Diocese of Charlotte

Costa Rican feast celebrated in Lincolnton

i

!

in

of local faith communi-

and others supporting a moratorium in this state lauded the Charlotte City Council's vote as an opportunity to take a hard look at what ties

continues to be a controversial topic in the United States.

"Our challenge has been faith

to get congregations to sign a resolu-

tion on a moratorium," said

Ted

Frazer, a parishioner of St. Peter Catholic Church and a member of the Charlotte Coalition for a Moratorium

Now (CCMN),

a grassroots

advocacy

Photo by Joe Benton

Msgr. Lawrence Mclnerny

pastor of Stella Maris Church, and the Rev. James A. Holmes (right) of Washington United Methodist Church joined clergy from the Lutheran and Episcopal churches.

See story,

page

9.

(left),

The Catholic News & Herald

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The World

August

in

church"

Missionaries scarce in northern Vietnam, says church official A SON TAY, Vietnam (CNS) church official in northern Vietnam

many

non-Christians in his dio-

cese have expressed their wish to be-

come Catholics, but there are not enough missionaries to help them.

Nguyen

Van Dinh, coordinator of parish councils for Hung Hoa Diocese, estimated that some 40,000 people have expressed their desire to become Catholics,

UCA

reported

family members.

with National Park Service representatives should help the two parties reach agreement on a property dispute involving the Appalachian Trail.

The

hiking

which stretches

trail,

for

more than 2,000 miles from Georgia Maine, goes across the property of the Atonement Friars in New York.

The meeting was about the park service's efforts to take about 20 acres of the friars' property by the power of eminent domain to increase protection for the trail area. Father Arthur M. Johnson, the friars' minister general, said that, pending efforts to work out a solution, the park service would suspend its earlier move to have the Justice Department pursue the case to

legally.

Church leaders welcome Nigerian Senate leader's removal NigeLAGOS, Nigeria (CNS) rian church officials welcomed the removal of the president of the Senate

—

i

CNS photo from Iraqi

boy joins

call for

Reuters

end of sanctions

Iraqi boy puts up a poster outside the U.N. office in Baghdad Aug. 6 demanding a stop in bombing and end to U.N. sanctions. Sanctions were imposed on Iraq after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

brother Knights,

parliamentary inquiry into

corruption.

The

vice president of the

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nige-

Archbishop Felix Job of Ibadan; Archbishop Peter Jatau of Kaduna; and Msgr. Festus Okafor all described the removal of Senate President Chuba Okadigbo as a means by which God is purifying and purging Nigeria. Archbishop Job said Aug. 9 the removal of Okadigbo is a development that bodes well for the country's nascent democracy and that "God is ria,

really at

work

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Mass 8015

begin6:30 p.m. with a Servite rosary service. Father Rookey

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at

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Mass and installation of Father John T. Putnam as pastor of Holy St.

Infant, Reidsville

information, call Terri (704) 888-6050.

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CHARLOTTE — All

DeLuca families

at

who

have suffered a loss are invited to St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, for a memorial Mass in honor of those who have passed away during the month. Call the church

—

To

donate or for more inLinda Hutchinson at (336) 748-8277 or Liz Matthews at (336) 768-6641.

at

Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400

will also be the celebrant at St.

WINSTON-SALEM

St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave., is having its semi-annual fall and winter children's clothing sale from 9 a.m.-l p.m. this morning and from 8 a.m.-noon tomorrow in the activity center. The proceeds from this sale will benefit church and outreach

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Mary Rookey, known

call

Development

(704) 370-3301

Suther Rd., in Charlotte on Aug. 22,

Charlotte,

Kelley, Director of

agency, or diocesan foundation.

at

Address to LIMEX students St. John Neumann, Charlotte August 28 - 10 a.m.

A bequest in your will A gift from a retirement plan A gift of life insurance A gift of an annuity A gift of a trust A gift of real estate

Jim

of Beijing and one for the Diocese of were ordained Aug. 6 in Nanjing

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in this jubilee year that

preme convention should after a

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1-3 gathering in

Friars, U.S.

of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement said that a productive meeting

some

2,000 Knights of Columbus and their

work.

—

the Catholic hierarchy

celebrated a special liturgy for

is

park service meet over Appalachian Trail dispute NEW YORK (CNS) The head

protest, said Fides in an

members of

News, an Asian

church news agency based in Thailand. "However, the problem is that there are not enough qualified church workers to teach catechism," he told UCA News recently. He added that the local church currently relies on catechists to do the evangelization

in

—

While compiling a book called "One Hundred Years of Hung Hoa Diocese, 1895-1995," Father Joseph

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Aug. 7 report. Out of a usual Mass attendance of 1,500 parishioners, only 700 turned out for the ordination, the news agency said.

Knights gather in Boston for 118th international meeting BOSTON (CNS) Following a golden crucifix into the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston and dozens of other

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— The

Youth

in

Action group from Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Statesville Ave., is sponsoring a dedication and blessing of the newly renovated cultural center today after 1 1 a.m. Mass.

Refreshments are being served after the ribbon-cutting ceremony. For more information, contact Nanette Lide, youth minister, at (704) 536-

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Around the Diocese

Monroe Catholic community breaks ground for new church By

JIMMY ROSTAR

not build a house, borers labor.'"

Associate Editor

MONROE

—

history and a

its

that

its

-

reflected

faithful

new

ish.

"This will be a privileged place where God can dwell with his people for years and years to come," he said.

"This will be a place of music. This will be a place of poetry. This will be a place of prayer wherein God draws all the human corners to center, into a unity many people, many gifts, but one in Christ Jesus, around his

the

optimism and

multi-cultural heritage.

Anglo and Latino parishioners prayed and sang as parish and diocesan officials presided at the ceremony.

Spiritan Father Ed

...

—

Vilkauskas, the pastor of the Monroe church, called the occasion a sacred

moment.

"Both

soil and souls are being upward," said Father Vilkauskas. "With shovels in hand, scores of families have come from throughout the parish in Union County as a community of faith."

The new 450-seat church will serve the needs of a parish whose roots are embedded in the time of World War II. It was in 1942 that

turned

...

Mercy from Brooklyn, N.Y., arrived in Monroe to start a church here. Nearby Camp

priests of the Fathers of

Sutton had previously been established, and at that camp, hundreds of soldiers

them

—

— Catholics among

trained.

Our Lady of Lourdes established

munity,

May

parish

1942.

10,

was

The com-

mostly composed of soldiers and their spouses, gathered at local venues for Mass until a church was built on the current property on Franklin and Deese streets. Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh dedicated the church April 24, 1946.

The parish grew over the years, despite the departure of the soldiers still

after the war.

The

Spiritan Fathers,

with Father Vilkauskas as pastor,

2340.

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte area monthly ultreya meets today from 1:30-3 p.m. at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne

Commons

Pkwy., in the parish center. For more information, contact Dan Hines at (704) 3392076.

HENDERSON VILLE

—

The

St.

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order meets today from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate

Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West, in the recently added office wing. Visitors and inquirers are welcome, so for more information, call Pat

Cowan

at (828) 884-4246.

—

28 CHARLOTTE There is a support group meeting for caregivers of family and friends suffering from Alzheimer's/ dementia today from 23:30 p.m. in rooms and E of the

D

including Father Mauricio

W. West,

The pastor also took time to thank the parish, whose faithfulness and dedication has inspired the pasmore than Monroe.

tor in his

vice in

a decade of ser-

In this jubilee year, he said, the parish has a special reason to be thankful and to continue being that strong family devoted to God. "This year is a time of grace for all

—

Christians and certainly for this community of faith, this parish," he said. "(It is) a celebration of the rebirth of Christ among us, in the holy temple of glory made not by human hands but by hearts in love with Christ and

connected to his service."

table."

In addition to their

Photo by Jimmy Rostar

Parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Monroe were invited to bring soil from their own property to add to the groundbreaking ceremony.

own

shovels

overturn soil at the groundbreaking, parishioners were to

Contact Associate Editor Jimmy Rostar by calling (704) 370-3334 or email jtrostar@charlottediocese.org.

invited to bring soil from their prop-

erty to pour into an opening in the

ground over which the altar will someday reside in the new church.

Elder Ministry

The have staffed the parish since 1988. At the end of this month, Father Vilkauskas enters a new assignment at the direction of his community, and the parish will be staffed with diocesan personnel. Father Luis OsorioSalazar, one of the diocese's newly ordained, has already assumed his role as parochial vicar here.

Especially in recent years, the

parish has seen an influx of Latino parishioners who bring a different culture but the same sense of being a

gesture, said Father Vilkauskas, added to the sense of community and ownership all communities of faith

schedules "Fall

share.

Latino parishioners led a special procession in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, to whom a shrine will be dedicated in the new church." Carrying a statue of Mary and jars of earth

Catholic Social Services' Elder

Catholic Conference Center in St. Mark Church on Oct. 19; and St. Elizabeth Church in Boone on Oct.

Hickory, Oct. 12;

brought from the original Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine in Tepeyac, Mexico, the Latino parishioners of-

26.

fered their prayers for a faith-filled future in the Monroe parish as well.

p.m.,

in Huntersville

All times are 9:30 a.m. -3:30 and registration is $8 per person. Advance registration is required by Sept. 26 for Hickory,

for Boone. Space

Vilkauskas. "We know the familiar words of the psalm: 'If the Lord does

Lewandowski, builders John Construction, and diocesan

8442.

tion about the meeting or about the Adult Day Respite Program for the memory-impaired, which meets every Monday and Wednesday from 8:30

night at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call the church office at (336)

a.m.-

1

p.m., call

Suzanne Bach

at

(704) 376-4135.

September

—

1 HIGH POINT Christ the King Church, 1505 East Kivett Dr., is

holding a Latin Mass at 7 p.m. tonight followed by benediction and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

All are

welcome

more information,

and the church

to attend, call

for of-

many months

8

HOT SPRINGS — "A Spiritual

NW

7366.

10 CHARLOTTE The St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., cancer support group

—

For more information, Annette Leporis at (828) 4977464 or Linda Knauer at (828) 631-

call

until 3 p.m. call

3561.

4 CLEMMONS

the memory-impaired are also being provided. For more informa-

matic Mass being held at Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd. to-

— There

is

a charis-

(

Re-

treat for a Creative Mind" is a women's retreat being led by Mercy Sister Soledad Aguilo, artist and educator, and being held at the Jesuit House of Prayer, 289 Hwy. 25/ 70, today through Sept. 10. For more information, call Mercy Sister Peggy VerstQge, director, at (828) 622-

lies

—

Clark

invites all to attend a special

Mass

at

5:30 p.m. for the sick and their famiand friends with the sacrament of anointing of the sick being administered after Mass. For more details,

Marilyn Borrelli at (704) 5422283 or Bob Poffenbarger Sr. at (704) 553-7000.

1 1 CHARLOTTE Churches in the Charlotte area are having their Sep-

—

Oct. 4 for Huntersville and Oct. is

1

limited at the

Hickory and Boone locations.

For further information, call Sandra Breakfield at (704) 3703220 or Meg Smith at (828) 464-

officials

778-0600.

(336) 884-0244.

2 SYLVA Eucharistic adoration takes place today at St. Mary Church, 22 Bartlett St., following 9 a.m. Mass fice at

S.

re-

gional Fall Days of Reflection for seniors at the following locations:

Father Vilkauskas called special attention to during the ceremony.

"The work we're beginning today, then, should enliven our faith and make us grateful," said Father

for

Days"

Minstry has announced three

"This event ends a few years and of planning, prayer, dreaming and hard work on the part of many people," said Father Vilkauskas, giving special thanks to the pastoral council, church planning committee, the capital campaign committee, architects John and Anna

community that has existed here more than a half-century.

It is that sense of community that

faith

ministry center at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Activities for

to the inter-

our neighbors, the community, and serve them, then we are in a sense God's own co-workers," he added.

The pastor urged the congregation to seek God's grace during this special time in the history of the par-

worship space. The parish broke ground Aug. 12 during a bilingual

ceremony

la-

ests of

In the next couple of years, parishioners will move into a new church in the shadows of the current

community's

do the

vicar general and chancellor.

"Whenever we look

Within a painted outline of a church yet to be built, the parish of Our Lady of Lourdes celebrated both beginning.

in vain

tember cancer support group meetings for survivors, family and friends on the following days because of the Labor Day weekend: St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., tonight at 7 p.m. in the confer-

ence room of the ministry center, St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., on Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in the conference room of the office building and St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., on 14 at 7 p.m. in the activity center in classroom 5. For more information, call these contacts: St. Sept.

Vincent - Betty Childers at (704) 554-0733, St. Matthew - Marilyn Borrelli at (704) 542-2283 and St. Gabriel - Eileen Cordell at (704) 352-5047, Ext. 217. For further information, call Sr.,

Bob Poffenbarger,

coordinator, at (704) 553-7000.

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

4

The Catholic News & Herald

BMHS capital campaign exceeds goal as plans continue

businesses.

The

campaign goal of $2 million has been exceeded by nearly a

a vehicle that will allow families to

million dollars, to place the total at

fosters a faith-based education," said

$2.9 million as of Aug.

Corgan.

ALESHA

M. PRICE Staff Writer

—

WINSTON-SALEM

area.

As

re-

turning students start anew in their familiar surroundings at Bishop McGuinness High School for the year, plans for a new high school in the Triad area are well underway. In the summer of 2001, the school will be completed, thanks in large part, to the generosity of individuals and capital

14,

send their children to a school that

stated

Warren Corgan, general BMHS capital campaign committee chairman.

The

were solicited by a threeheaded up by Bob Davis in Greensboro, Ken Hughes in High Point and Bill Lawler in WinstonSalem, which included approximately 150 volunteers from throughout the Triad area, and promotional work by

John

allow by dividing large classrooms and adding temporary classrooms.

With 310 students enrolled for this new school year and more teens waiting to become a part of the Catholic education system, the new building could not be coming at a better time.

"One of the earliest requests I received when installed as bishop in April 1994 was a petition to build a new high school in the Triad area," said Bishop William G. Curlin. "I take this opportunity to express my prayerful and heartfelt gratitude to all who devoted their time, energy

communications

Ceneviva,

chairman."

Corgan added

that one of the keys

campaign was the donations from corporations and to the success of the

other organizations.

"One of the things I am most gratified about is the level of support from businesses and foundations who played a major role in guaranteeing the success of the campaign and seeing them step forward in support of this effort," agreed George Repass, principal of BMHS. "We feel richly blessed to have this kind of response

and talents "I

is

future of

a testimony of the faith in the

BMHS's unique

am

in

making

this possible."

especially mindful of the

leadership of Warren Corgan, the three city chairmen, George Repass and the effort of the committees," said Bishop Curlin. "I look forward to the joyful occasion when we will formally

from businesses and foundations, which

present 40-year-old struc-

which was designed to hold about 250 students, has been expanded as much as the building will

"All pledges

bless the

contribution

new

BMHS

building."

to education in the Triad."

The new

school,

now

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Frazer emphasized that a key goal for moratorium proponents who attend the council meeting will be to point out why this is a matter that should be of concern at the city government level. At a recent meeting of CCMN, members discussed that challenge and noted that the moratorium issue is a city issue on several counts:

—

Suggesting that the city council discuss a moratorium on rather than abolition of the death penalty,

—

—

members pointed out

that Charlotte

takes pride in a history of deliberate

dialogue on public policy. As approaching the state government, they said, the city council can encourage the General Assembly to begin a comprehensive study of the death penalty allowed within a moratorium.

The death penalty, they said, is the only government program that calls for a citizen's life to be deliberately taken by the state. The execution of the condemned is the ultimate form of direct government action, they added.

Members pointed out that the United States is the only western de-

and

civil

Mind

Field

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Pope John Paul II has endorsed an international moratorium on and the end of capital punishment, calling the death penalty during a 1999 visit to the United States "both cruel and unnecessary."

On Good Friday of this year, North Carolina Catholic Bishops William G. Curlin of Charlotte and F. Joseph Gossman of Raleigh joined a

growing number of U.S. bishops who are releasing official statements call-

ing for a moratorium, and ultimately, an end to the death penalty.

"This is not an easy issue," the N.C. bishops wrote in their letter. "All of us need to consider how we will stand up for life for all human beings, how we will stand with the victims of crime and how we can work for a society that imposes justice without violence."

—

Want The Charlotte torium

to

go?

Coalition for a

Mora-

Now

urges those in favor of a moratorium to attend the Charlotte City

Council Meeting Aug. 28 beginning at 6

p.m. at the Government Center, 600 E.

—

employing capital punishment, and even within this country, only a subset of the states that do

mocracy

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also say that the

Jim Cooney, an attorney and member of CCMN, and Peter Gilchrist, Mecklenburg County district attorney, will lead an open discussion on whether North Carolina needs a moratorium Aug.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department plays a key role involved in

27from 4-5:30 p.m. at Providence United Methodist Cburch, 2810 Providence Rd.

the administration of death penalty

in Charlotte.

authorize

it

actually use the death

penalty.

—

Members

cases in the city. City employees, they

thus directly involved in the death penalty policy's enforcement.

Internationally to locally, the Catholic Church is among those making headlines in the moratorium debate, which has been heightened of late with growing scrutiny by those on all sides of the issue. said, are

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Diocesan priest "retires" to Alaskan mission circuit JIMMY ROSTAR

By

Msgr. Allen,

70, joins eight from other dioceses who com-

Although a licensed pilot himself, Msgr. Allen said he hopes to let others

priests to celebrate three or four

pose the circuit mission in the Anchorage Archdjocese. While they

take the controls of the small planes over the Alaskan landscape. "I could

Masses on any given Sunday. But when they travel several hundred miles by plane, car or snowmobile to

parishes circuit

Associate Editor

priests

CHARLOTTE — It's common for

might

celebrate those Masses, the term ordinary time takes on a new meaning.

work

month

Queen City

Anchorage, Alaska, where he has become the newest "cirthis

nearly

Long-known for his devotion to missionary work and a spirit of adventure, Msgr. Allen said this new oppor-

"When

him back came

first

I

me

parishes, the small lics in relation to

was small

He

number of Cathothe population and

'

it

The priests rothrough the

tate

missions, and Msgr. Allen noted that one priest sel-

Catholic. "It's

dom visits the same place each week.

—

have, and that.

it's wonderful to be able to There's a great openness."

When you

"The whole nature of the

new

something I've always liked,

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On weekdays, the priests help however they can in the city of Anchorage, where Msgr. Allen said the Catholic Church's presence is growing.

endowment.

establish

Cathedral and

and

marrying couples,

tral section of the state, also has mission in Magadan, Russia.

flows through a diocesan

cir-

offer

visiting hospitals,

mission farthest from Anchorage is 900 miles away. The arch diocese, which covers the south-cen

"You make do with what you

Through the years, Msgr. Allen's pastoral assignments included moves into larger parishes like St. Patrick

pastoral ministry when they arrive: celebrating Mass,

Msgr. Richard Allen

The

from them.

do

Sunday

The

sacramental

evening.

was here in North Carolina most of the churches that we say Mass in are shared with another denomination, or we borrow like

I've

visit last

chorage

church," he said of the people within the archdiocese's territory, adding that about 10 percent of the popula-

years ago

the week.

Mocksville. Today, parishes bustle in all three of those places.

during

cuit priests

flew to

With an invitation from Anchorage Archbishop Francis Hurley, Msgr. Allen felt a tug toward Alaska, which he has visited several times. In his encounters there, he drew connections to his southern home.

"They truly have a sense of

is

churches

Even

two sites the next morning for Mass, visited a hospital, said another afternoon Mass and returned to An-

a fair-

Lay people or religious usually serve as administrators of the missions, taking care of running the

recalled one

weekend

am

and there's not much fair weather on a consistent basis in

—

it.

I

"Those folks taught me an awful about church, and they taught me an awful lot about the importance of being in touch with people and being involved in the community," he said of his former parish, then composed of about 60 families.

He'd later spend summers on the road, as part of a "motor mission" that brought the church to then-rural spots like Mooresville, Statesville and lot

Alaska," he said.

October when he celebrated Mass on a Saturday afternoon, spent the evening with a homesteader's family,

the religious atmosphere of North Carolina," said Msgr. Allen, a native of upper New York State. "It was a very inviting thing."

tion in that region

flyer,

in

got to learn how to use those," Msgr. Allen said with a chuckle.

North Caro-

to this place

flying skills, but

get there

snowshoes.

lina in the early '50s, the thing that

attracted

my

priests'

done

is

name

a half-century.

to

use

weather

however we can by car, by snowmobile, by dogsled, by airplane. You

140,000 square miles.

tunity takes

the

"We

for

cuit priest" in ah archdiocese that cov-

ers

20

when needed, most of

mission outposts scattered through some of the region's most rural locales.

Msgr. Richard Allen, a retiring priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, leaves the swelter of the

assist at the archdiocese's

tion with people and places.

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People

in

August

the News

tells youths to open their hearts to missionary spirit

Pope

CASTEL GANDOLFO,

movement, but it also highlighted his pioneering efforts in Catholic-Jewish relations and his leadership in civil

Italy

—

rights and religious tolerance.

With the stage set for a (CNS) week of World Youth Day activities in Rome, a smiling Pope John Paul II welcomed the first of an expected 1.2 million young people and told them to open their hearts spirit.

how

vice president struck and killed by vehicle WASHINGTON (CNS) A memorial Mass was celebrated Aug. 4 for Vincent P. Walter, 62, vice president and general secretary of The

—

who know

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to witness to the world the radi-

newness

cal

CUA

to the missionary

"Christ needs souls

a busy Washington street. It clipped the car, hit a second car, and

then jumped the curb and struck who was pinned underneath the vehicle. Walter died not long after being struck. Bystanders pulled him from underneath the van and tried to

Walter, CNS photo by Karen Callaway,

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U.S. bishops will lead a fact-finding

near Lowell, Ind., in late July. A member of the Pilgrim Cross Ministries, she walks over 15 miles a day in an attempt to visit all jubilee churches and shrines in the state.

—

delegation to five African nations in to assess the situation of

revive him.

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"A poor woman without a house reminds me of Mary, who had no place to give birth to Jesus, and I feel like doing something to help her own her own home," Arputham, 53, told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

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Charleston hosts interreligious

Catholic

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Diocese of Charlotte

By

JORDAN MCMORROUGH

than 130 years.

New Catholic

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members of

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Deacon Michael Osbourne of Stella

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Taking part in the ceremony was Msgr. Lawrence Mclnerny, pastor of Stella Maris Church; the Rev. Edward Counts of St. John's Lutheran Church; the Rev. Alvin F. Kimel Jr., Church of the Holy Communion; and the Rev. James A. Holmes of Wash-

sentiment expressed by everyone was one of gratitude."

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Psalm

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"The

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Republican State Sen. Glenn McConnell spoke briefly prior to the religious service. "We are committed to dealing with the remains with the deepest respect," he said. "This ceremony has no precedent, this blessing of the Hunley."

At the close of the 15-minute reception, a bugler, a Confederate reenactor in a white period naval uniform, blew taps.

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Read ngs

18,

2000

Book Review

new book

Part of ethics series, offers reflections DIMITRA

Reviewed by

BOLGER

C.

many

Catholic News Service book on death is not exactly the kind one likes to mention at parties.

Neither is it likely to become the sub-

on Dy-

recom-

their

ject of an afternoon book-discussion

group. is

ing"

still

not the usual

among

topic of discussion

"The Eternal

friends,

Pity: Reflection

stands out as

—

mended book

a

particularly for dis-

cussion in classrooms or book groups.

Edited by Father Richard John

Neuhaus, who was named by U.S. News and World Report as one of the 32 "most influential intellectuals in America," the book consists of 26 selections on various aspects of death our own death and the death of loved

—

ones.

"The Eternal Pity: Reflections on Dying" edited by Father Richard John Neuhaus. University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, Ind.,

own conclusions.

More important however

208

The work

pp.,

is

$15.00.

for

two

key reasons:

first because of the qualiof the selections themselves, and second because the work fulfills what

ties

— namely,

to invite

the reader to look at the morality and ethics involved with death.

The book

the

book as a learning "The Eternal Pity" is part of a series entitled "Ethics of Everyday tool.

by members of the Institute on Religion and Public Life in New York.

The series aims to take everyday subjects such as leadership, work, teaching, and romance and provides anthologies of reflections on Life," edited

—

—

each.

Are these works the best of what prose and poetry have to offer on these subjects? One could always make an argument for adding or re-

moving

a reading. a

whole, the readings

by C.S. Lewis, Pieter de Vries, and Milton Himmelfarb are especially exemplary.

"The Eternal Pity" succeeds because it is a good selection of easy-toread, diverse and thought-provoking

More important however, the book stands out as an invitation to true intellectualism, as readers are en-

provoking and insightful introduction in which Father Neuhaus relates

couraged to think for themselves and to enter into the dialogue which has been ignited by means of these essays and reflections.

Death may never be a favorite topic at parties, but if people read books such as this, death is definitely going to be talked of much more.

own

experiences with life-threat-

ening cancer and chemotherapy.

From there, Father Neuhaus invites the reader to explore 26 thought-pro-

voking

reflections.

He

divides the selections into

three parts: "Thinking

Twelve Die,"

About Death:

Classic Visions,"

"When

We

and "When Others Die."

The

readings themselves

various forms

—

Bolger recently received a bachelor's

and Great Books from. Franciscan University of Steubenville. She is a staff assistant at the U.S. Catholic Conference and continues degree in theology, philosophy

come

in

poetry, literature,

and philosophical discourses.

They represent thinkers from

essays,

Sat.

9:30am-5:30pm 9:30am-3:00pm

Proverbs 9:1-6

and him

Psalm 34:2-7 2) 3)

Ephesians 5:15-20 Gospel: John 6:51-58

Catholic

may not And

News Service

my

own, not simply what

was handed

as a child.

am

I

I

there.

read these and

first

similar invitations to

was

wisdom when

was

that which

find

which would lead maturity

me

solid,

is

me

as

my

interior barriers

I

—

Question: Have you taken time

to a spiritual

lately to

remember the first blush of adult faith when you no longer took for

something more

than yet has been grasped.

As I turned to Scripture and prayer, even in my nascent belief, I found that I could say with the

granted the goodness of God and the abundance of his mercy toward

in life

you?

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Aug. 20

- 26, 2000 Sunday, Proverbs 9:1-6, Ephesians 5:15-20, John 6:51-58; Monday (St. Pius X), Ezekiel 24:15-24, Matthew 19:16-22; Tuesday (The Queenship of Mary), Ezekiel 28:1-10, Matthew 19:23-30; Wednesday (St. Rose of Lima), Ezekiel 34:1-11, Matthew 20:1-16; Thursday (St. Bartholomew), Revelation 21:9-14, John 1:45-51; Friday (St. Louis, St. Joseph Calasanz),

Ezekiel 37:1-14,

12-

Matthew

22:34-40;

Saturday, Ezekiel 43:1-7, Matthew 23:1-

Readings for the week of Aug. 27 - Sept. 2, 2000 Sunday, Joshua 24:1-2, 15-18, Ephesians 5:21-32, John 6:60-69; Monday (St. Augustine), 2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12, Matthew 23:13-22; Tuesday (Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist), 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3, 14-17, Mark 6:17-29; Wednesday, 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18, Matthew 23:27-32; Thursday, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Matthew 24:42-51; Friday, 1 Corinthians 1:17-25,

Matthew

25:1-13;

Saturday,

1

Corinthians 1:26-31,

Matthew 25:14-

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"Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1949)

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Stylish^ black

Guinness, a Catholic convert,

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"The Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957)

Robert Hamer directs the proceedings with wit, elegance and much irony as related in flashbacks by the

POWs

British in Burma who build a military supply bridge for their Japa-

smoothly caustic perpetrator on the eve of his execution, though Guinness steals the show with his satirical parade of stuffy, doomed aristocrats.

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"The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951) British comedy classic in which a

between the British commander (Alec Guinness) and his Japanese counterpart (Sessue Hayakawa) over who will command the work details. Some wartime violence and harrowing camp punishments. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Columcenter, the battle of wills

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Editorials & Columns Transforming the marketplace

The Pope

For two years I attended a Tuesday Night Group with a dozen business people. We read the

Speaks

factory and marketplace.

Sunday's Scriptures and reflected about the

POPE JOHN PAUL

Pope condemns violence

II

in

Russia, Spain, Indonesia

By JOHN NORTON Catholic

News Service (CNS)

VATICAN CITY

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Pope John

Paul II condemned separate terrorist acts in Russia and Spain and appealed for an end to Christian-Muslim violence in Indonesia.

"I hope with all my heart that every form of violence, the source of mourning and suffering, ceases and that hearts turn toward thoughts of intense and peaceful coexistence," he said Aug. 9 at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square.

Referring to a bomb attack in central Moscow Aug. 8 which killed at least eight people, the pope expressed "my strongest condemnation for this serious attack, while I assure my solidarity, which I accompany with prayer."

Russian police blamed Chechen rebels for the rush-hour blast that struck commuters in a pedestrian underpass. The rebels, waging a guerrilla war against Russian troops in the

Caucasus region, were also blamed for last year's wave of Russian apartment bombings that killed hundreds of people.

The pope also condemned a fresh series of bomb blasts across Spain attributed to the Basque separatist group ETA. He said he extended his prayers "to the

The group

challenge for believers today comes frequently as creative opportunities to transform the marketplace. The economic system promotes frivolous consumption, while advertisements further products based on vanity, power, prestige and greed. The market lacks a moral compass and can-

not differentiate between profits from authentic creation of wealth, or from the exploitation of workers, the environment or communities. But, people of faith can* make a difference.

not be a Christian to be honest,

fair

or

And, reasons for virtue may cover the spectrum from "it's just good business" to a personal conviction about human dignity and the com-

respectful.

good.

in business

To

the casual observer, both a Christian

and

a highly ethical

person

may

However, the difference lies in a vision. The person of faith sees God's power at work in the

On the

"We want

from the of the goods

death of their loved ones, the loss necessary for existence and the destruction of their places of worship," he said.

Many inhabitants had been forced to flee the islands, "where they have a right to live in dignity and security," he said.

Pope John Paul prayed that order would be established in the Moluccas, that "the harmony of former days be found again soon, and that Christians and Muslims succeed at coexisting in peace."

every human person. Believers hands and feet of God in the marketplace. But, the hands and feet of the Body of Christ need one another.

There is a follow-up to Stuart's story. When he a dignified life for

act like the

Monday

after the Christ-

mas, party, he felt like a pariah. Folks avoided the

company

conscience. Gradually, on an individual co-workers approached him with their own stories. One told how he supported a boys home for nearly 20 years, another how his spouse volunteers half-time with the Red Cross. Slowly Stuart realized the overtures did not focus on Carribean vacabasis,

tions or

By

new

red sports cars.

had transformed the level of awareness at the office from self-indulgence to service of others. Believers need their own Tuesday Night Group. Meeting weekly, believers will find time for prayer and reflection. They will maintain their personal values and challenge one another to live a spirituality that will ultimately transform the marketplace. his action, Stuart

Glenmary Father John S. Rausch and organizes in Appalachia.

writes,

teaches

it

would be nice

to think

some of the would

folks taking part in the tattoo fad

have asked these men's advice prior to securing own skin art, things like, "Do you think having barbed wire tattooed around my neck will their

DAN MORRIS CNS Columnist

bomb in the Zumaya killed a

to send thoughts of intense

world and believes that power can transform sociGod's forgiveness can heal violence, God's generosity can share wealth and God's love can insure ety.

Truthfully,

Side

day, a car

spiritual closeness to those suffering

'

young

24-hour period, leaving five people dead and at least 10 injured. An Aug. 8 blast in a northern residential district of the capital, Madrid, wounded 10 people, including two

During his Aug. 9 audience, the pope also asked prayers for an end to continuing violence in the Indonesian Molucca Islands. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands have been forced from their homes. In the fighting between Christians and Muslims, dozens of churches and mosques have been burned.

Guest Columnist

sleeve shirts.

Light

Three bomb explosions rocked the country

northern Spanish town of leading businessman, Jose Maria Korta. On Aug. 7, a suspected ETA commander and three accomplices were killed as explosives they were transporting by car detonated in the northern city of Bilbao.

In late July, the pope vigorously condemned ETA's murder of a Spanish politician and emphasized that "no idea or political or social project can be imposed with violence."

FATHER JOHN S. RAUSCH, Glenmary

act the

same.

in a

The same

Faith

returned to the office the

The

victims of the attacks which, unfortunately, continue in Spain."

children.

Economy of

office,

shelter.

mon

2000

told stories

and focused on making the Gospel concrete in everyday life.

Stuart, one of the members, said he worked for an accounting firm in Atlanta. Every year his firm threw a lavish Christmas party in a swank hotel.

Inspired by the group, he told his boss he would skip the party because he saw a conflict. On Wednesday nights he and his wife worked at the homeless shelter in downtown Atlanta, and he could not reconcile his Wednesday ministry among Atlanta's poorest with the Christmas party and its elegance. In fact, he challenged the firm to donate his portion of the expenses to the shelter. At first his boss resisted, saying the request would set a precedent, but Stuart prevailed. The amount the firm would have spent on one couple fed 35 people at the

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Saintly tattoos the problem with having a large tattoo of St. Francis of Assisi ensconced on your left shoulder is that you might change your mind later and decide that St. Therese of Lisieux is actually your favorite saint. Then where would you be?

Naturally you would have to have a tattoo of the Little Flower memorialized on your right shoulder. This is only fair.

Yet, as fickle as some of us can be, what if you

As you know,

next developed an incredibly deep devotion to

St.

Anthony? Put him on your shoulder blade?

A person could run the risk of becoming the record book's entry for "most tattoos of saints on his or her body."

I am not aware of this being addressed in either canon law or the catechism, so we Catholics fascinated by the current tattoo craze are kind of on our

own on

this.

does make one think of those young World War II sailors who had the names of their girlfriends tattooed on their forearms. More than a couple of those men had those relationships fall through, and they were faced with some sticky options: Tell the new girlfriend that "Bettylu" was hs mother's name; date only girls named "Bettylu"; have "just kidding" tattooed alongside "Bettylu"; change his named to "Bettylu"; always wear longIt

present fashion accessorizing challenges in the future?". Or, "To anticipate my body changing a little in a decade or three, do you think a frog, lizard or iguana would warp least and look least like a map of South America on my biceps?"

Of course there is a presumption here: that a tattoo was an informed decision rather than something done after consuming enough "adult" beverage to significantly alter one's vision and ability to snap one's fingers.

Actually, the problem with saint tattoos, according to my friend Winston who knows these things, is finding any at all. And if you have one done, people would probably think St. Francis was Darth Vader. It is definitely a challenge for folks interested in religious art tattoos.

On before

the positive side,

you

I

suspect

it

long tempo-

will not be

will be able to find lick-and-stick

rary tattoos of saints and other religious art in Christian bookstores. This just makes sense.

As a matter of fact, if I were a development or vocations director for the Franciscans or the Carmelites (St. Therese, remember?), I would be

hopping on this one.

Can you imagine how popular temporary tattoos of things Catholic could become in Catholic schools and religious education programs across the country? Talk about fund-raising potential.

The

Jesuits should be careful, though, if they

were thinking about St. Ignatius of Loyola tattoos given the fact that images of their founder do, I am sorry to say, look a lot like Vincent Van Gough or a Ann Rice novel.

Clearly this is an area in need of much more theological reflection and spiritual discernment.

character from an

August

2000

18,

The Catholic News & Herald 13

Editorials & Columns

Light

One

Good Neighbor

the

Lake Erie

Policy.

hazardous because it is the most shallow of all the Great Lakes. You might recall Herman Melville's mention of Erie in Moby Dick as an example of how the highest waves are produced by the shallowest waters. In a few seconds, the wind can stir up a nearly placid lake into 12-foot swells.

Candle

J.

McSWEENEY Guest Columnist

Bon Voyage About halfway through the blockbuster movie "The Perfect Storm," I broke out in a cold sweat that sent "shivers up me timbers." Instinctively my heart and stomach bonded with the screen charac-

was absolute

lake

glass. Just as

I

halyard, a line attached to the mainsail, a sudden gust of wind churned up frothy whitecaps that

board. If

weren't for the pole he took with him, I I would have retrieved him. Holdhigh enough for me to grab as he bodysurfed it

know how

difficult,

ing "to suffer."

My

hometown

is

Pennsylvania's port city to

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

the Great Lake of the same name Erie. During the summers, we natives get the chance to give in to

the travel bug by sailing across the lake's borderless wide expanse to visit the shores of Canada. It can be both exhilarating and hazardous.

Exhilarating because on a day when the wind direction and speed are just right, you can trim your sails to reach Long Point, Ontario, within 5 hours of shoving off from Erie's shores. It's just another 20 miles to the always friendly and inviting port of Dover where Canadians really express

don't

to rip

your

sails

into tatters.

A

journey can be

even life-threatening, yet

it is part of bur nature to believe that risks are ultimately out-

weighed by potential benefits.

There are many times in life when we keep going purely out of faith and hope. But we have good reason. We proceed, not on our own, but as followers of Jesus

who

has both laid out the course

and followed it. Our ability to recover from setbacks, our power to make the right choices, our stamina to travel through rough weather all derive from Him. If Jesus could calm a storm at sea with the words, "Peace! Be still!" (Mark 4:30), surely He can calm our troubled souls and guide us home.

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How

is justice related to forgiveness?

Q. Tour answer to "Is Forgiveness Really Possible?" was very enlightening. It's not surprising you receive so much mail because this is a very common

Question

Corner

problem.

To

take this one step further,

what about justice? My me and my

brother committed various crimes against

parents, which ultimately cailsed my father's death. I forgive him for what he did to me, but that he caused our father's death is something I cannot accept.

I feel I must get justice for will punish

him

is

a cop-out. I

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

my parents. Saying God

want

attorney, but I keep asking myself

to

Columnist

turn to the district

whether I

am

really

seeking revenge in disguise.

If we

sit

and

we may as Should we not

"forgive" everyone's crimes,

well abolish the police, courts

and jails.

attempt to stop the evil in this world? Revenge Seeks to

harm. Justice seeks this

restitution.

Can you

help

me figure

want revenge or punishment, but restitution. Is this money or something else? How much?

Then, is what you plan to do likely to be successful? For example, is the money, or whatever there to be returned?

else,

out?

what you want to do likely to accomplish more good than harm for you? Your mother? The rest of the family? Will it bring some closure or just reopen old wounds? Are other avenues possible to Is

A. First of all, I'm going to assume that when you say crime you mean crime. Crime is an activity, usually quite serious, punishable by law. So not every injustice, even a grave one, is a crime.

Did your brother directly cause your father's death? Or did he bring about a family situation that, as you see it, occasioned the death? These kinds of facts will be significant.

Since you speak of approaching the district attorney,

it

seems you consider what your brother

did as carrying legal sanctions.

you're not positive, it would be good to find out for sure before beginning a move to the courts.

If

For

all this,

of course, you will need the advice of an

You omit

achieve your purpose?

This may seem a rather cold approach to an emotional situation. But these are basic, common sense questions to ask if you hope to arrive at prudent and otherwise virtuous decisions that will accomplish something positive for everyone concerned.

we have

and done the best we no cop-out. All life on this earth is imperfect, which means that, even morally, everything is not balanced or, if you wish, After

reflected

can, leaving the rest to

God

is

fair.

attorney.

your letter some morally critical information, but a few prudential questions will be essential in any case.

To begin with, you need to identify clearly what you wish to accomplish. You say you do not in

CNS

My

pole, lost his balance, slid to the side of the boat, flipped over the lifeline, and plunged headfirst over-

word

comes from the French word mean-

ANTOINETTE BOSCO

hurled the boat into roller coaster bobs. The halyard snapped from my hand whiplike and flew perpendicular to the mast like a taut clothesline. sailing mate, reaching for the line with a

ing it back to the boat, I was able to hoist him to the side.

Such are the days when everything seems to conspire against you: fog so thick you can't read the compass, an atmospheric charge that electrifies the mast so that a green spark ("St. Elmo's fire") shoots clean down to the keel, water spouts that threaten

"travel"

Line

when the disconnected the

being helplessly thrashed by the unforgiving sea. In effect, each waterlogged scene stirred up a flashback to my own terror-filled memories of sailing Lake Erie.

From time to time, most of us are bitten by the "travel bug," and usually the bite is not without its pain, especially for those who put out to sea. For sailors and boaters, it is a rare trip on which nothing goes wrong. They understand why the English ters

The Bottom

recall vividly a cloudless afternoon

I

FATHER THOMAS

is

That eternity

full

truth

is still

is,

and can

be, revealed

only

in

part of our faith and hope.

Columnist

Insights from a fisherman

A soft-spoken young man named Joe Grieco was showing photos of truly artistically mounted fish, only these weren't real fish bodies preserved by a taxidermist. They were fish reproductions, put together so perfectly that the eye-catching completed product looked absolutely lifelike.

I asked Grieco what I suppose was a poor question to ask a fisherman: What's the allure of fishing for you? He gave me an unexpected answer. "Jesus was a fisherman, and so were most of his disciples. There has to be something very special about fish. At least that's how

I

feel."

looked at the photos again, and this time the mounted fish, all Grieco's work, seemed even more alive than before. I was reminded of a conversation I'd had recently with a priest who told me our work should be less about making money and more about finding how we can subtly serve the Lord through our work.

Grieco told me that his father had been a taxidermist and had taught him the skill of preserving animals in a lifelike mode. After his father died, Grieco had carried on the work part time as Joe's Taxidermy, but found himself always choosing to work with fish.

He feels there's something almost spiritual about fish, he says. "The fish was so important in the early church. It was the sign of belonging to Christ."

I remembered that well, because the nuns often told us that the early Christians identified themselves secretly to one another by drawing a fish, frequently using their toes, in the sand of the roads.

When he learned that new processes had been developed for replicating fish, Grieco said he felt this was the direction his work should I

take.

Another positive Grieco pointed out,

side of fish reproductions,

that a taxidermist can do mounting from a photo.

As we talked, I felt this young man was a gentle teacher. He had studied to be a is

a

Franciscan brother for a while after high and his Catholic faith has remained his

school,

great source of strength ever since.

"The best part was learning that we were there in the monastery to help, to uplift one another," he said, "which is what we must also

do

in the world."

A devoted husband and father of two, he emphasized how Christ became and has remained his trusted companion and refuge. "I feel Christ holds me, and then I, in turn, must hold others."

Recently

I

have been reading a

the spirituality of work.

Questions

may

be sent to

Father Dietzen at

address, or e-mail: jjdietzen@aol.com.

the

same

on the

spirituality of work I've heard many a fish story in my day, but few caught my attention the way one did recently. I was at one of those nice, big family get-togethers and happened to get in on a discussion about a relatively new way fishermen can now have their fish and eat them too.

I

felt

Grieco about what he does with a textbook on the subject.

was

lot

about

talking with Joe fish,

and why,

14 The Catholic News & Herald

Shroud of Turin unveiled

By CATHOLIC

TURIN,

NEWS SERVICE (CNS)

Italy

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Shroud of Turin, the controversial cloth believed by- many to have wrapped the body of the crucified Christ, was unveiled in northern

two-month show-

Italy for a special

summer

his

The

ing during the Holy Year.

About 6,000 young people from around the globe, on their way to

World Youth Day

celebrations in Rome, were on hand for the unveiling Aug. 12 at the Turin cathedral. Hundreds of thousands were expected to view the shroud before the display ends Oct. 22.

Pope John Paul II, speaking from

Aug.

in Italy for

residence outside Rome the linen was a "singu-

13, said

lar witness of Christ."

"Whenever there

an opportu-

is

one remains deeply moved. This has happened to me, too," he said, recalling his visit to see the shroud in 1998, during its last public showing. nity to contemplate

The

it,

7-foot-long cloth, venerated

1

by Christians

for centuries, bears the

man and the apparof wound marks that corre-

faint imprint of a

ent signs

August

the News

In

spond to the crucifixion.

Kept permanently in a special case in the Turin cathedral, it has been shown publicly only four times

Holy Year showing

100 years.

in the last

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Vatican Radio that he thought additional tests would be carried out on the shroud.

But he doubted that the question of the shroud's authenticity would ever be settled.

Carbon-14 testing in 1988 dated the cloth to the Middle Ages, suggesting that the image on the linen was a fake.

But several experts have since questioned the reliability of the 1988 tests, pointing to the possibility of chemical or biological contamination.

Meanwhile, church officials have not ruled out future dating attempts.

"The church is not afraid of science," said Turin Archbishop Severino Poletto, who favors additional research on the cloth.

Bruno Barberis, president of a shroud study institute in Turin, told

In his opinion, he said, there is already enough evidence to identify the image on the shroud with that of

Christ.

The church has not pronounced on the authenticity of the shroud, but the pope has asked scientists to keep an open mind as they investigate its properties and origins.

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Around the Diocese

Youngsters experience faith through arts and music

BY ALESHA ML PRICE

year-old children, explained Violette.

"I liked the singing the most,"

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE family friends

—

Parents and beamed with pride as

they clapped for their little ones, and cameras flashed as the young group performed with stars, rainbows and band-aids painted on their faces with their eyes shielded with sunglasses.

It was the final day of the "Gifts of Spirit Here" or GOSH! Arts and Music Camp at St. Luke Church, which lasted from July 31 through Aug. 4, and the young participants were taking part in a play week's activities.

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feel

Volunteers Maureen Baisley, 17, and Brian DuBois, 17, lead the Smiling Spirits, five- and six-year-olds, in a song with hand motions at the GOSH! Arts and Music Camp at St. Luke Church in Charlotte.

Spirits."

Hunt

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Violette, the

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was inspired with the idea

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"I wanted to involve St. Luke parishioners and thought about who could work with children to help them to bring out their talents," she

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said.

gifts

God, and everyone has special

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"I wanted to keep the music upbeat so that the kids could move and dance. I knew that they would be sharing their gifts with everyone at the ending performance," explained

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parent and teen volunteers who helped to keep the children going in the right direction from class to class and to lead the singing and activities.

"This ties arts and music to our religion," said Michele Raskob, who helped with the younger children and

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Living the faith

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2000

Quilting query quickens quite a quest

BY ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer

SPENCER MOUNTAIN

at the museum with explanations of the origins and themes of

on display

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The

night sky shines with a blanket of stars, and with the North Star as a guide, African-Americans held in

bondage on Southern plantations and farms travel via the Underground Railroad to the North. Along the way, homemade quilts draped over porch railings with particular patterns help to serve as secret signposts for their

freedom journey.

Certain quilts that mirror the nighttime star pattern act as a celestial map, and other quilts depict disguised signs. "A bear's paw trail" patch, a square with four triangles, signals to follow the northern trail of a bear, while the "flying geese pattern," a series of eight triangles, shows which direction the slave had to travel with two darkened triangles.

Most of these original freedom quilts have not lasted throughout the years because of heavy use, just as the need for the Underground Railroad has dissipated.

In the quiet recesses of a small mountain town, parishioners from St.

Helen Church are creating quilts, inspired by the past and a trip to an area museum, that symbolize family and faith. Under the direction of Ann Gardin, a seamstress by profession,

women

are making smaller versions of the quilts used by their ancestors for warmth, and for some, as part of an escape route.

the cloth creations.

"We wanted

to get a feel of the

of the people quilts," said Gardin. spirits

who made

those

The tradition of African-American quilting has its roots in the production of textiles among various African tribes in Central and West Africa, where the male members of the community used colors and patterns distinct to their region in their weaving to distinguish themselves from other tribes. After Africans were brought to America on slave ships, the African weaving traditions were passed onto the women and were intermingled with the quilting being done by slave owners' wives and mothers.

African-American women had to make their own family quilts with leftover material scraps, as their

daughters and granddaughters watched and helped. Those skills have filtered down the generations through the years.

Musetta Glenn, a St. Helen member,

who

stressed that she does not

have "much sewing experience," is working on a family quilt with her daughter Dabney Wilson and her granddaughters Deshawna Wilson and Alexandria Wilson after Sunday Masses. Their navy- and melon-colored and flowered quilt includes biblical quotes and family pictures.

"I wanted my children to know who they were and to know Jesus," explained Glenn. "This quilt is about faith, and if I can implant in them the

Photo by Alesha M. Price

Three generations work on their family quilt. Dabney Wilson holds her daughter Deshawna, while Dabney s mother Musetta Glenn pastes a picture of her granddaughter onto the fabric.

Gardin,

14,

joined the after

Mass

church members will become involved with the quilting. "Our church is made up of family, and quilting is something that we can do as a project

ses-

Moreover, a quilt dedicated to Gardin's son Taurus now resides with him at his home on a wall on display, explained Gardin, smiling sions.

to further strengthen our family ties."

with pride.

The first quilts will be completed

by October to be hung on display in the church and during an upcoming fund-raiser. Gardin hopes that more

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roots of their heritage as AfricanAmerican Christians, then they can handle anything. The quilt tells

where we have been and where we continue to go, and I can pass this down from generation to generation."

Glenn's

daughter,

Dabney,

can keep up with this better than a scrapbook or a photo album.

After my mother hands it down to me, I can pass this to my daughter Deshawna, and she can pass it on to her child."

Three-year-old Deshawna cries, agreed,

"I

"I want to make my own quilt." So, Gardin cuts a piece a fabric onto which she can glue pieces of pipe cleaner. While Deshawna is occupied, Gardin explains the group of quilts

that she has created.

One Photo by Alesha M.Price

Photos of Ann Gardin's grandparents adorn this quilt, crafted

in

memory

of

her

caretakers.

Prompted by a church outing to the Mint Museum of Craft + Design Charlotte in April, Gardin and sevothers visited the exhibition "Spirits of the Cloth: Contemporary Quilts by African-American Artists."

Fifty quilts created by 30 members of the Women of Color Quilter's Network, a national organization of over 1,000 male and female quilters, were in

eral

of the nearly completed

"Homegoing: Celebrating the Lilies in the Valley" has miniaturized, laminated versions of the obituaries of St. Helen Church members and other family members with colored beads representing the number of children they left behind attached onto the pastel patches. One quilt dedicated to her grandparents includes pictures of fruit representing her grandfather, who sold fruit from a truck, and another red-flowered quilt reminds people to "stop, meditate and pray."

Even though she has no daughters to which she can pass along the skill of quilting, her niece Renata quilts entitled

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