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2001

Number 43

Volume 10

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1

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The j

Serving Catholics

in

Western North Carolina

in

the Diocese of Charlotte

Inside Transitional

deacon, priesthood

candidates

welcomed ...

Page 7

BMHS campus minister offers helping

hand ...Page

9 Photos by Alesha M. Price

Jacqueline McElrath, Toni Tupponce and Julie Raburn from the Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir raise their hands in praise. At left, Father John T. Judie preaches during "Revival of the Spirit 2001: Climbin' a Higher Mountain."

News

Local

Revivalist encourages

Bishop addresses antiimmigration sentiments

...

oneness with God

Page 4

Hendersonville

priest

remembers Padre Pio By

Page 5

ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

—

higher mountain," said

tvery Week Entertainment .Pages Editorials

14-15

"I

am

climbin' a

members of

the

congregation to one another during the

Sunday Mass. The tent revival's theme, lifted by the cool, morning breeze, echoed throughout the tent and reverberated throughout the weekend. For the second consecutive year, people gathered in the

name of

& Columns

spirituality,

ecumenism, fellow-

ship and praise under a large blue- and

...Pages

16-17

white-striped tent

'Revival of the Spirit 2001," an old-

Show Them We Care The diocesan

Priests'

Retirement

and Benefits Collection taken

in

will

be

parishes Sept. 8-9. The

annual collection funds the

expenses of

retired

religious priests

See pages 10-11

living

diocesan and

who

People dressed in African-inspired complementing the kente cloth material and decorations draped on the podium and on the altar, clapped, jumped up in excitement, waved their hands and shouted "aniens" and "alleluias" in response to the Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir from Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte; the Pinn Memorial Baptist Church Gospel Choir from Philadelphia, Pa., last year's guest choir and the guest revivalist.

Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor, concelebrated the Sunday Mass with Father John T. Judie, pastor of Mother of Good Counsel Church in Louisville, Ky., and with Rev. Mr. Todd and Rev. Mr. Charles Knight from Our Lady of Consolation Church serving.

On Saturday, the participants had the opportunity to hear information and learn more about diseases and illnesses that par-

of God

serve here.

for details.

fashioned tent revival reminiscent of the old days of outdoor preaching, took place

Aug. 24*-26 on the corner of Statesville and Oaklawn Avenues on the outskirts of

downtown Charlotte. A positive response to last year's tent revival,

sponsored by the dioc-

esan African American Affairs Ministry,

prompted Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, vicar ofthe African American Affairs Ministry and diocesan vice chancellor, to decide to organize another outdoor gathering.

African-American com-

is all

With

clothing,

around

us."

the electric keyboard as an ac-

companiment, Father Judie preached in a songlike tone to the crowd throughout the weekend gathering. He spoke to the tune of the theme and used biblical passages from Haggai and the Gospel of Luke in order to convey the message of spirituality and a continually developing relationship with

God. Father Judie explained how he interweaved the theme into his three days of preaching. "On Friday, the idea was to run and tell others about what God has done for us, to spread the Christian message and be a witness to others. This is one of the steps to climbing the mountain and is

how we "On

will get to the top.

Saturday, using the familiar story

about the apostles traveling on road to

Emmaus,

the road to nowhere, the idea

munity. This year, the revival featured a

was a calling back from wherever we've wandered away because we can start up

health fair with blood pressure checks, free

the mountain and find ourselves wander-

massages, and other medical services and

ing in

advice.

where," explained Father Judie.

ticularly affect the

"The

directions but not

going any-

"We need to keep or focus on the top of

tent revival has been so alive,

and you can feel the love of God here," said Rose Bulas, a St. Gabriel Church parishioner, on Saturday afternoon. 'Everyone is joyful, clapping, singing, and the presence

all

the mountain and

we

what waits

for us

when

get there," he said of Sunday's homily.

Father Judie reminded the crowd to

See REVIVAL, page 7

August 31, 2001

The Catholic News & Herald

2

The World

in

Brief president of the American Catholic Cor-

Cardinal urges solidarity

workers

with, for

Labor Day message

WASHINGTON

yearly gathering Aug. 8-1

—

(CNS)

Borromeo Seminary

toward achieving a living wage in the Labor Day message. Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles bishops' annual

being supported by a in ministry share a strong vision."

group of sisters and brothers

who Church offers solutions before birth, near death, speakers say ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) The

—

1981 encyclical on die dignity of

work and

Catholic Church's teachings on

"Laborem

and approaching death, said speakers at a national conference on marriage and family life Aug. 17. Three panelists discussed church teachings on

—

contraception, infertility problems and

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is encouraging Catholic organizations to apply

end-of-life care at the

anniversary of Pope John Paul

some of the $100 million available in grants from its national volunteer caregiver program, Faith in Action. The program makes grants to local groups of

who

are

frail,

faiths

ill

who CNS

or dis-

abled. Organizations interested in apply-

ing for a Faith in Action grant should

Palestinian children play in shot-up car

Marriage Encounter convention celebrates sanctity of matrimony

bloodshed.

324-841

at (877)

or

1

toll-free,

Web

visit its

site at

www.fiavolunteers.org.

ATLANTA (CNS) — The 700 marand 80

ried couples

who

priests

rea and Africa.

Worldwide Marriage Encounter

was 'Marriage:

were honored

as "the saints

Auxiliary Bishop John

Atof God." in

convention's theme

Grace Odyssey."

African priest says he justice

work

Archdiocese for the Military Services ad-

in

Kenya

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Ugan-

dressed the group at the opening of the

He

The

A

was attacked over

Raising of the

J.

who was

Pope John Paul II's recent announcement he would beatify a married couple, Luigi and Maria

dan

Beltrame Quattrocchi, and told

and peace department. Comboni Father Paulino Mondo, who has worked on the investigation of a murdered U.S. missionary, lost the vision in one eye as a result of the

conference.

talked about

were "the saints of God here in

ers that they

front of me."

The

held at Georgia lanta,

his listen-

drew

July 20-22 convention,

Tech University

in

At-

from across the Philippines, Ko-

participants

United States, Australia,

priest

beaten, hacked

and shot

he believes he was attacked because work with the Kenyan bishops' justice

at said

of his

June attack

in Nairobi,

Kenya. Shortly after

the incident, he traveled to the United States,

where he visited doctors, spoke at U.S. parishes and met with government officials to discuss the FBI investigation into the August 2000 murder of US. Mill Hill Father John Kaiser.

Catholic prison chaplains gather in Philadelphia for conference

WYNNEWOOD,

Pa.

— An

(CNS)

W

E

& H E R A L D

S

August Volume 10

2001

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annual training conference for prison chaplains helps them minister to the imprisoned, but also enables them to teach the church about "justice issues surrounding incarceration," said Father Robert Schulze. The priest is the new

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September 16

— 11 a.m.

Installation of Father

James Hawker

pastor, St. Luke, Charlotte

4 p.m.

— Rosary Makers' Mass

28237.

St. Patrick,

Charlotte

at

4

pm,

further information, call Bill

639-9837.

2 CHAPdXHTE

Owens

— The St

at 7 p.m. in the minis

and

St.

Matthew Church, 8015

Ballantyne

Commons

every

Tuesday

first

Pkwy., On Sept 4 and

at 7 p.m. in the office

building conference room. For

at

infor-

call:

Correll at (704) 362-5047,

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217.

CLEMMONS — Holy Family Church,

4820 Kinnamon charismatic

Rd., will

be celebrating a

Mass with Father

Fidel

Melo

tonight at 7:30 p.m. The sacrament of reconciliation will

be given at 7 pm., and the

laying on of hands will take place after Mass.

Kolbe Fraternity of Secular Franciscans will be meeting today from 2-4 at Our

The next Mass will be celebrated on Oct.

Lady of Consolation Church, 2301

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

5 CHARLOTTE The Happy Timers of St Ann Church, 3635 Park Rd., will be having a meeting widi a luncheon and pro-

pm

Statesville

Ave. All visitors and inquirers are

Mood, SFO, as

at (704)

Maximilian

welcome. For more information,

of Charlotte

other

— 12:45 p.m.

Catholic Diocese

and $18 per year for all other subscribers. Second-class postage paid at Charlotte NC and

Mass today

and a potiuck dinner will follow the Mass. Father John Putnam, pastor, will be the celebrant For will

— 4 p.m.

September 15

Sacred Heart Church,

charismatic and healing

family's purpose.

library

pm Prayer and worship widi prayer teams

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planner

—

Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Atkinson said the pope outlined a biblical vision of families with God at the center, whereas society tends to put people at the center to determine the

Monday

128 N. Fulton St, will be celebrating a

September 7 7:30 a.m.

Mass for Knights and Dames of Malta

Jimmy Rostar Alesha M. Price

Staff Writer:

in thefollowing events:

Curlin

diocesan family life ministries who attended the Aug. 15-18 symposium in Arlington sponsored by the U.S.

Providence Rd., tonight and

Diocesan September 2 SALISBURY

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part

Number

Most Reverend William G. Joann S. Keane

Publisher:

Episcopal calendar

"Familiaris Grabowski, associate professor of theology at The Catholic University of America, set the stage for the panel discussion by explaining the cultural setting in which "Familiaris Consortio" was issued and its major teachings.

'Familiaris Consortio' said to offer radical vision for family ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) Pope John Paul II's apostolic exhortation on the family, "Familiaris Consortio," holds out a vision for family life that is radically different from whatrsociety offers, says Joseph Atkinson. "What vision will we follow?" asked Atkinson, assistant professor at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, in a speech at a marriage and family life conference. He addressed about 400 people involved in

Thc

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ap-

—

partici-

pated in the national convention of the lanta

photo from Reuters

Palestinian children play with smashed glass in a car that was hit by gunfire during an exchange between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Hebron Aug. 22. Israeli soldiers shot dead four Palestinians in the West Bank, hours after the two sides said they were ready to hold new talks on ending nearly 1 1 months of

phone the national program office,

II's

on the family, Consortio." John S.

ostolic exhortation

to care for their neighbors

elderly, chronically

Aug. 15-18 con-

ference in Arlington marking the 20th

for

many

offer

fore birth

Foundation seeks to fund 2,000 programs aiding elderly, disabled The PRINCETON, N.J. (CNS)

work together

life

solutions to problems' encountered be-

Exercens," issued after papal visits to Mexico and his native Poland.

volunteers representing

Charles

St.

Wynnewood.

in

lains "a sense of

urged Catholics to "recommit ourselves to the solidarity of workers and solidarity with workers" on Labor Day, Sept 3 this year. The message centers on Pope John die rights of workers,

its

in the Phila-

Father Schulze, who also directs the Office for Jail and Prison Ministry for the Diocese of Trenton, N.J., said the gathering is important because it gives chap-

tion

II's

1

delphia Archdiocese at

The

chairman of the U.S. bishops' Domestic Policy Committee urged a legalization program for foreign workers and quicker ac-

Paul

which held

rectional Association,

in

call

Skyler

at (704) 573-4299.

3 CHARLOTTE

—

Churches in the Charbe having their regularly

For more

10.

information, call the church office

at (336)

—

scheduled cancer support group meetings

gram at 1 pm in the parish activity center.

The Tutu's Hawaiian Dancers will perform

and friends on the

during the event All adults age 55 and older

lotte area' will

for survivors, family

following days: St Gabriel Church, 3016

are welcome. For

more

information, call

.

August 31, 2001

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in

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

Chicago firefighters form new

mission for Religious Relations with the Jews, said he would seek to re-launch the

Knights of Columbus council CHICAGO (CNS) The city where

—

fire

poles were invented and

got the

drants

first

home

to the

first

three Jewish and three Catholic histori-

members

and para-

said they

chives to

sell

—

Mauser, an outspoken gun-control advocate since his son's death in the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School,

was

Tootsie

Rolls with the rest of Chicago's Knights.

Vowed on racism first

talk

opened the

in the religious life

night of the joint convention of the

Women

Leadership Conference of

Reli-

gious and Conference of Major Superiors

of Men in Baltimore Aug. 23-27. "Racism is

firmly entrenched in the religious con-

gregations of this country," said Sister

Mary

Alice Chineworth, 84, former supe-

Oblate Sisters of Providence of Catonsville, Md. 'We have to rior general of the

name

the

Service.

it,"

More

we cannot rid News

otherwise

sin,

ourselves of

CNS photo by Ed Zelachoski, The Catholic Accent

she told Catholic

than 1,000 leaders of U.S.

religious congregations gathered for the

conference on the theme "Changing Faces,

Changing Hearts," which looked multiculturalism and religious

Mauser, a parishioner at St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Littleton, Colo., had refused to leave the driveway of the gun lobby's headquarters June 13 as he marched around in a circle carrying a sign with a photo of his murdered son, Daniel. Judge Lorraine Nordlund dismissed the charges against him Aug. 22 because the arresting officer was ho longer with the police force and had failed to subpoena any NRA officials to testify. After the case was dropped, Mauser again returned to the NRA headquarters, wearing his slain son's sneakers and carrying his photograph as he marched for an hour along a public

at

Carmelite puts up fencing at monastery Carmelite Sister Mary Paul Cutri puts up sheet metal fencing on the grounds of her order's monastery in Unity Township, Pa. The sisters are celebrating the community's 40th anniversary this year

sidewalk.

Cookie company founded by nun provides haven

in the

life

context of the growing cultural diversity Of

for Twin Cities kids (CNS)

Pope cautions against new racial discrimination

CASTEL GANDOLFO,

— Pope John Paul

(CNS)

racism as a sin against

II

Italy

condemned

God and human-

and warned that new types of racial discrimination were emerging across the globe. The pope made the remarks at a Sunday blessing Aug. 26, five days before the start of a weeklong U.N. conference on racial discrimination in Durban, South Africa. Addressing pilgrims at his ity

summer

residence outside

Rome, the

pope said the Vatican delegation to the conference would make clear the church's

commitment

in all its forms.

to fighting racism

The pope

said

human

Charles Nesto at (704) 398-0879.

Thuerauf had a vision of providing a safe haven for children in her north Minneapo-

nationalism, ethnic violence and racial

discrimination.

for her intercession.

victims of

recent decades, which he said have wit-

nessed increasingly aggressive forms of

Visitors flock to Mother Teresa's tomb to mark birthday

CALCUTTA,

India

(CNS)

—

Mother Teresa's Aug. 26 birthday was marked by prayers for her speedy canonization and a continuous flow of visitors to

the nun's

tomb

in Calcutta.

The founder of who died in

the Missionaries of Charity, 1997,

10 days after her 87th birthday,

would have been

91, reported

UCA News,

an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

Outside the religious

in

— The

6 WINSTON-SALEM

—

pm

CLEMMOMS — The diocesan Faith Formation Office-Northern Region ing "Lighting the Fires of Faith

is

sponsor-

VH"

today

from 8:30 a.m.~4 p.m. at Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd. This bilingual workshop will include morning and afternoon sessions in English and Spanish and will cover topics including cultural

—A

charismatic

Mass

there each day.

World War

lished

blamed

it

documents and partly on Jewish members' II

and polemical writings." In an Aug. 24 statement, Cardinal Walter "leaks

Kasper, president of the Vatican's Corn-

p.m. and will continue every family

room of St

Ruth Posey

at (704)

bereavement ministry

—A

facilitated

bereavement sup-

by Ruth Posey, CSS

are in

Re-

will

review

differ-

loss,

rehabilitation plan

weekend

10 CHARLOTTE

who

ways to make a grief and setting realistic goals for the grief process. For details, call the church office at (704) 364-543 1 ing impacts of

lotte, will

port group,

those

entitled "Grief as

Larry Dawalt

—A

7 to 17, help

store bustles with

mix batter, sweep floors and take orders. The basement has been converted into an art room, dance studio and computer lab. Upstairs, kids collaborate on projects that help them develop leadership and decision-making skills. activity as they

chairman of the National Service Committee of the Renewal, and Dr. Richard Collings from the Share God's

Love min-

be presenting at the conference.

For more information, call (336) 760istry will

1

7-8:30 p.m. in the parish ministry center. In this session

The

110 or e-mail jmanna@triad.rr.com.

session for those

Church, 3016 Providence Rd., tonight from

pm in the school cafeteria For

(704) 527-4676.

call

habilitation" will be held at St. Gabriel

with prayer teams at 3 p.m. and a potluck further information, contact Josie Backus at

the

370-3238.

—A

12 CHARLOTTE who are grieving and

ence, sponsored

dinner at 5

Monday in

Gabriel Church, 3016

Providence Rd. For further information,

be held at St Patrick Cathedral 1621 Dilworth Rd. East this afternoon at 4 p.m.

will

nonprofit business, called the Cookie Cart.

breakup of a Catholic-Jewish historical commission to study the Vatican's pub-

14 CHARLOTTE

Schmidt at (336) 288-0983.

—

streets. Sister

About 150 young people, ages

9 CHARLOTTE

Alice

order to get them off the

Vatican's top ecumenist lamented the

details.

call

violence, she invited a

Jean's vision has turned into a full-fledged

The Healing Companions, a grief support group for the bereaved, will be meeting tonight and Sept 20 in Conference Room A at 7:30 at St Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. Call Joanne Parcell at (336) 924-9478 or the church office at (336) 724-0561 for

For further information,

gang

commission VATICAN CITY (CNS)

counselor, for those grieving the death of a

Ancient Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division 1, an Irish-Catholic social and charitable inter-parish group, will be having a meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Ladies' Cottage at Our Lady of Grace Church, 2205 West Market St in Greens-

neighborhood. After 12 children died as

group of kids into her home to bake cookies

loved one will begin tonight from 6-7:30

Ladies

lis

Vatican's top ecumenist laments breakup of WWII

ments and other related issues. Dominican Sister Rosa Monique Pena from the Archdiocese of Miami, the keynote speaker, will present 'Love Beyond All Telling" in the morning. For more information, call Marie Kinney or Connie Cupello at (336) 9963625 or (336) 996-5109.

8 CHARLOTTE St. Luke Church, 13700 Lawyers Rd., will be having a children's consignment sale today from 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Proceeds will go to the local Mothers of Preschoolers' group. If anyone would like to sell fall and winter children's clothes or baby items, please contact Amy Mullis at (704) 573-0519.

— The

than a dozen years ago, Mercy Sister Jean

community's motherhouse chapel, "Happy Birthday Dearest Mother" was written on a blackboard. At Mother Teresa's tomb, people from all walks of life flocked to pray

dignity had been seriously threatened in

awareness, catechesis, morality, the sacra-

6 GUILFORD COUNTY

boro.

— More

MINNEAPOLIS

the U.S. church.

forms of

in front

in Fairfax.

— Frank

(CNS)

Aug

of the National Rifle Association headquarters

congregations

BALTIMORE

cleared of trespassing charges

22 for his June protest

religious look at racism

in their

needed access to the

World War II armove forward.

Father of boy killed in shooting continues protest FAIRFAX, Va. (CNS) Tom

Vatican's complete

Chicago Fire Department chaplain Father Thomas Mulcrone, a member of Knights of Columbus Council 1291 1. The new council received its charter and installed its founding officers Aug 24 in a ceremony at St Gabriel Church. The first activity of the council's 60 members is to said

21-22 to

when some

ans, dissolved in late July

medics. "We're definitely one of a kind,"

hit the streets Sept.

The made up of

foundations."

study commission, originally

name "fireplugs" is now Knights of Columbus

council formed for firefighters

new

joint research "on

where hy-

renewal confer-

by the Charismatic Re-

newal Service Team of the Diocese of Char-

Ongoing ASHEVILLE

—

The hours for the Nazareth House Family Ministry and Lending Library, 474 Haywood Rd., are as follows: Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m., Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. and Fridays from 1 1 am.-3 p.m. Nazareth House is a family ministry dedicated to promoting the blessings of Christian marriage, chastity,

natural family planning and post-

abortion healing.

For

further details, call

250-9690 or (828) nazarethhouse@juno.com.

e-mail

be returning to Charlotte area this at St Thomas Aquinas Church,

1400 Suther Rd., with liturgies and music from the Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir of Our Lady of Consolation Church and Rev. Mr. Keith Kolodziej. Father Patsy Iaquinta,

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

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Around the Diocese "Be notforgetful

Pope cautions

to entertain strangers, for tJiereby

some have entertained angels unawares" Hebrews 13:2

—

new

against

forms of

racial

August

2001

31,

discrimination

By CATHOLIC

NEWS SERVICE

CASTEL GANDOLFO,

Italy

—

Pope John Paul II con(CNS) demned racism as a sin against God and humanity and warned that new types of racial discrimination were emerging across the globe.

The pope made the remarks at a Sunday blessing Aug. 26, five days before the start of a weeklong U.N. conference on racial discrimination in Durban, South Africa.

Addressing pilgrims

mer

residence outside

at his sumRome, the pope

said the Vatican delegation to the conference would make clear the

church's

commitment

to fighting rac-

The pope

said

human

dignity had

seriously threatened in recent de-

been

have witnessed increasingly aggressive forms of nationalism, ethnic violence and racial discrimina-

cades, which he

said

tion.

"Racism

a sin that constitutes a

is

serious offense against God," he said.

"Every honest conscience must decicondemn racism in whatever heart

sively

it makes a home. Unfortunately, it emerging in new and unexpected forms, offending and degrading the human fam-

or place is

ily,"

he

said.

The pope

cited the

Second Vatican

Council's teaching that prayer to

unworthy

if

God

those praying engage

is

in dis-

crimination against other groups of people.

He

said the church strongly supports

a widespread effort to educate people in the values of rights.

human

At a recent anti-immigrant rally in Newton in Catawba County (August 18), some of the 75 participants carried extremely offensive ethnic signs and shouted negative statements at passersby whom they perceived to be immigrants. Signs calling a particular racial or group "stupid" and telling them to "swim back" are vile and only serve to incite distrust and fear. The number of anti-immigrant opinion months in various media forums (e.g. editorials, radio broadcasts) has also risen, many of which have used facts to supposedly "inform" the general public. The use of various public forums to encourage civil erroneous and stereotypes negative involves debate on issues that affect and shape our society is to be encouraged. If such debate, however, purposely excludes certain voices or unacceptable morally address such called to goodwill are people of voices, all certain acts or words of intimidation that serve to silence

pieces appearing in recent

behavior.

As we

enter uncertain economic times,

dignity and fundamental

A conversion of hearts is necessary,

and the starting point is prayer, he said.

'Hacism must be opposed by a culture of mutual acceptance, recognizing in every man and every woman a brother or a sister with whom to walk the road of and peace," he said. said he hoped the Aug. 31SepL 7 conference in South Africa would

solidarity

The pope

strengthen international resolve to build a

and fairer world. He offered a prayer to Mary for the end of discriminatory practices and entrusted the outcome of the U.N. conference to freer

her.

Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:30pm Sat. 9:30am-3:00pm

when job

security

our

is

a tendency by

if economic

our community

conditions worsen.

on how we can best marshal our resources to meet the growing needs of society, including the needs of immigrant communities, it is imperative that we keep in mind the biblical injunction, which appears throughout Sacred Scripture, to care The U.S. Catholic Bishops, in our for and protect the "the widow, the orphan, and the stranger" (e.g Deut 10:18, Exod. 22:21, Lev. 25:35). have in no uncertain terms made Diversity," in Unity pastoral letter issued in November 2000, "Welcoming the Stranger Among Us nativism, ethnocentricity and the country, our different parts of popular in become has stance that clear that "we reject the anti-immigrant and racism that continue to reassert themselves

in

our communities."

The tremendous growth of the Diocese of Charlotte in recent years has been due primarily to the influx of people from other states and Our diocese, of all US. dioceses and archdioceses, has perhaps seen the greatest percentage increase in its Hispanic Catholic population over the past ten years. Due to language barriers, due to facing daily struggles in adapting to cultural differences, and sadly as we have seen, due to the growing hostility which immigrants face in this society, migrants from foreign lands ought to receive special other countries.

make certain all are welcome to celebrate the liturgy, participate in parish and diocesan programs, and the crux of the message of the recent U.S. Bishops' statement, "Welcoming the Stranger Among Us," that our are all one in our communion in Christ and parishioners "must be filled with a spirit of welcome."

consideration in diocesan efforts to

attend social gatherings. parishes, parish

staff,

It is

We

devoting increasing levels of staff and resources to welcome and to meet the spiritual and material needs of the Hispanic members of our community. Through our diocesan programs such as Programa Esperanza in Catholic Social Services and through the many dedicated men and women (priests, religious, and laity) involved in Hispanic Ministry throughout our diocese, I

The

Diocese of Charlotte

is

do hope that the message is clear that all are welcome to the table of the Lord and to the healing ministries of the diocese. While many programs do exist in our diocese to reach out and meet the spiritual and material needs of our Hispanic brothers and sisters, there is of course more to be done. For example, through the kindness of Abbot Placid Solari, Belmont Abbey College has accepted my request that a program on Spanish language and cultures will be made available to priests, religious and parish leaders who serve in the diocese. I have also mandated that our seminarians take part in this program, which will begin in January. 2002.

Our country has been blessed by the wealth of contributions that a diverse population, representative of many lands, has offered to our diversity and the social, spiritual, economic, and political development. The Catholic Church in the United States is especially proud of its have brought to groups immigrant benefits all shows the evidence historical history.

The of its valuable feature as a immigrants role of Let us not be a people that fears the challenges, but rather, sees the ongoing benefits and tremendous opportunities offered to church and society by recent immigrants.

U.S. society have far outweighed any costs.

Christians of all denominations know the passage from Matthew 25: 31-46, "I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Catholic teaching mandates that respect and care be shown for immigrants and other "strangers among us," such as refugees, whether or not they have legal status to enter and live in our country. In a special way, I call upon those who share with me a deep devotion to the Holy Family, night, to see in the faces of immigrants the faces of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The Holy Family, who had to travel in the dark and cold of of to a foreign land, "are for all times and all places, the models and protectors of every migrant, alien and refugee who, whether by fear

persecution or by want,

is

forced to leave his native land, relatives, and close friends, and to seek a foreign

soil."

(Apostolic Constitution

'Exsul Familia.")

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Capuchin priest serving diocese recalls relationship with

By JOANITA M.

Correspondent

HENDERSONVILLE

In the end, church authorities found nothing unscrupulous. On July 16, 1933, Padre Pio celebrated his first public Mass-

— Their time

together was short, but Padre Pio changed Father John Aurilia's life forever.

Father

Aurilia,

1967. Father Aurilia smiles often

us

more than

in

a decade

and began hearing

confessions again the following year.

And what a confessor he was. Father

Capuchin

a

Franciscan who serves as pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, served as one of Padre Pio's secretaries in August recalls the

Padre Pio

NELLENBACH

Aurilia said that

one hour of hearing conhim drained, but Padre Pio could keep going hour after hour.

"For me," Father Aurilia said, "the fessions can leave

when he

man he came to regard as "one of

but also speaks reverentiy of the stigmatized priest in Catholic Church history and a man who could read hearts and minds, cure people and bilocate.

man."

Father Aurilia, who studied in the Franciscan seminary that Padre Pio

The stigmata bled a couple of times a day, and his bandages were changed as

founded at Pietrelcina, Italy, in the 1940s, had been ordained less than a year and

when

friars,"

greatest miracle

is not that he cured people but that he was able to hear confessions up

first

was teaching at another Franciscan semiDel Gargano, when he was informed that he was going to San Giovanni Rotondo to fill in for one of Padre Pio's secretaries, who would be away for the month of August "You're joking," Father Aurilia

to eight hours a

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He

entered the Capuchin Franciscan Or-

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when he was

Pio

(Pius).

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15,

Always in frail health, but of strong will, he was ordained in 1910.

he cured people, which he did, but because of the confessional ministry and the

9 1 8, he began to feel the pain of Christ's wounds. Gradually, in Septem-

prayer."

ber 1918, the

May

25,

1887, at Pietrelcina to poor, deeply religious parents, Grazio Maria and Maria

commodate his swollen feet, and the wound in his side was bandaged.

People made confession appointments as much as five months in advance, al-

photo from Reuters

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Giuseppa Di Nunzio Forgione. From the age of 5, Francesco wanted to be a priest.

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Prior to

in his

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wounds became

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The wounds

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in his feet

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Pietrelcina,

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spot, but within a couple

He

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months

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and told the priest that a church and seminary would soon rise there. The priest, who did not smell the incense, doubted that anything would ever be built on the barren

and the mark of the

years, until a few

double gift," Father Aurilia said. "He was extremely simple and at the same time extremely insightful. He knew exactly if

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During this "period of observation," which lasted 10 years, Padre Pio could not celebrate Mass at any particular hour, but always at different times, preferably early

He

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He

his confession before

Father Aurilia says that the man, who had waited months for his appointment,

San Giovanni Rotondo. In June 1922, he received a letter from the pope and the general minister of the Capuchin Franciscans that he was to be kept under observation. Church authorities were skeptical of the stigmata and other

present.

—

missed.

isolation at

J

—

person said anything. Once a man from Milan came stunned from the room where Padre Pio heard confessions. He had not

the incense incident happened many years after Padre Pio's long period of

Executive Dirorfor;

he sometimes knew the depth of or lack of it before the

repentance

And

I

he held his hands up to the light the bandages were off, Father

middle joints of his fingers protected the bandages; he wore special sandals to ac-

Once he met Padre Pio, Father Aurilia saw a man of constant prayer and ministry—and someone who enjoyed having

Pio was

frail

you could see right through the holes. Gloves covering his hands to the

thought. "God, you're joking."

The man who became Padre

a

Aurilia said,

an image of Padre Pio near St. Peter s Square in Rome Pope John Paul II beatified the Capuchin friar May 2, 1999, in what was one ol the largest religious ceremonies ever in Rome.

said, "not because of the stigmata, which he had, or the bilocation, which he did, or that

— and he was

often. If

nary, Vico

fun in spite of his physical suffering.

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day

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August 31, 2001

Head of faith-based

office to leave post WASHINGTON (CNS) The director of the White House Office on Faith-based and Community Initiatives plans to leave the post, just six months after he was appointed. President Bush named John Dilulio to head the new office when it was created late in January. Dilulio, a Catholic Democrat who

Joy Philbin,

wife,

mark on

—

the

"At Home With" on the Home & Garden Television cable channel. "At Home With," which premiered in the spring, tours celebrities' homes, but

on

show, the celebrities themselves

this

serve as the tour guides, "so you really

get to

enthusiasm and their love home," Philbin said.

feel their

for their

Pope provides

his academic name as a criminolotook a leave from a professorship at the University of Pennsylvania to open

'paternal presence,' say

gist,

White House

office.

is making her own landscape hosting a

series called

made

the

TV

World Youth Day officials

VATICAN CITY

Dilulio, 43, told

one-year countdown to

goals he set for the job and that he never

Day

in Toronto began, church officials and young people said they were looking ahead to Pope John Paul II's presence as

intended to stay in the position longer

He

than six months to a year.

also said

health and family considerations

were a

a sign of his "paternal love."

Pope's likeness to appear on new euro coins beginning next year

Ambrozic of Toronto. 'The meeting with the Holy Father will be an intense witness for our city and our secularized country, which would like their Christians to remain politely off to one side

— Euro-

(CNS)

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II.

Ahead of the and

Jan.

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ments

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St. Francis of Assisi Church, the parish of Reagan and her husband, because of

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Maureen Reagan mourned, celebrated at Catholic funeral (CNS)

Calif.

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—

Maureen Reagan "had a great love of God and she knew beyond doubt that

God who

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Mass

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When Al Cassidy, a parishioner at St. Patrick in the Diocese of Columbus, learned about the postal apostolate, he wrote to Ambrose Pare who, more than 50 years ago, founded the Society of Sts. Francis Xavier and Therese, a postal apostolate that anonymously sends folded postcards to names and addresses taken from telephone directories. "Pope John Paul II always said that we should evangelize, and I thought maybe this would be a way I could do it from home," said Cassidy, who also has been a member of the Knights of Columbus for 40

crowd expected. Reagan,

60,

team-taught a seminar at the University of Chicago on the ethics of courtship and have edited a book together on court-

died Aug. 8 after a five-year battle with

ship,

malignant melanoma. She was the eldest daughter of President Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman.

also has explored the rituals,

Bush bioethics appointee has expertise in other fields, too WASHINGTON (CNS) Leon R.

—

marriage and the family. Leon Kass customs and taboos surrounding the act of eating in his 1994 book, "The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature."

Another Philbin gets into the TV act with joy

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By

CHARLOTTE

— "We

ordained to the transitional diaconate, the

phase of formation prior to the priesthood,

have gathered

said

at

St Patrick

Cathedral.

During die Mass on the feast of the Assumption of Mary into heaven, three of the diocesan faithful

commitment

who have

to the church

chosen a

life

moved one

ana and Soutii Carolina,

said tiiat he is ready and excited to be ordained to die transitional diaconate. "All I want is to be a good priest," said Fowler in an April 2000 interview in

Tie Catholic News &

of

step

Buettner,

bom

Herald. in Peoria,

111.,

God has given him to share his gifts

closer to fulfillment of their decisions to be-

nity that

come priests. Rev. Mr. Adrian Porras, 29, was ordained to the transitional diaconate; Leo Fowler, 53, and Matthew Buettner, 25,

with his people in the Diocese of Charlotte" in

an August 2000 vocations

were admitted

with great expectation to serving Christ and

as candidates for the transi-

tional diaconate

The

rite

and priesthood.

his

of admission of candidacy for

ordination as deacons and priests

is

prior to die transitional diaconate.

die step

Matdiew

Buettner, a seminarian at Theological College

News

&

Herald.

look forward

church for the salvation of souls."

Rev. Mr. Adrian Porras, who hails from Greensboro via El Paso, Texas, has a few months to go before he is ordained a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte in

of America in

The

series in

"I

December 2001

Washington, D.C, and Leo Fowler, a semi-

along with Rev. Mr. Christopher Roux, 38, who was also ordained to the transitional

narian at St Vincent's Seminary in Latrobe,

diaconate earlier this year.

at the Catholic University

were granted candidacy upon approval of the bishop and with the recommendation of their respective seminaries.

At the Mass, the candidates went through the steps of calling, examination, acceptance and prayer. The two men will be Pa.,

During die

rite

of ordination of a deacon,

the bishop calls the candidate forth to the promise of celibacy and the ence.

make

vow of obedi-

The candidate lies prostrate on the floor

while those in attendance kneel and pray the litany

of the

The

Mr.

life

to his

Revival, from page 1

Porras.

bishop lays his hands and asks the

Holy

Spirit to

The

candidate

dalmatic and

—

descend upon die candidate.

stole,

remember why they came to worship to thank God and praise him for his bless-

then vested with the

is

and

as a deacon, assists at

saints.

Congregation as a postulant and had a seleft in

the Marian Scholasticate

when

'This tent revival

the Order left the Diocese of Charlotte. Want-

Lying prostrate is an act of

diocese he had

grown

received

liis

Master of Divinity from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C, in

May

2001.

Rev. Mr. Porras,

who

is

now

serving at

St Mark Church in Huntersville, said that after he is ordained a priest, he will reach out to the whole church and help out the His-

community in the best way he can. on the day Mary was taken into heaven body and soul, Bishop Curlin told die men to turn to the Blessed Mother whenever they needed to pray.

"Mary is a model for our kves as priests because her response to God was yes.' Your answer must be yes' even through times when your heart is heavy, when you must minister to someone who is sick or dying, or when you have trials and struggles in your

word

life,

We

is

it

new

way."

Saturday

after the preaching, in

keeping with the idea of the old-fashioned tent revival, Father Judie invited people to

come

to the altar to rededicate themselves

to Christ, particularly those

away from

fallen

"I

knew

making

my

in

who have who

the church or those

are troubled, explained Rev.

Mr. Todd. people were

spirit that

life-changing decisions right there

and responding to the invitaand giving their kves to God. It was so

at the altar

tion

congregation during his homily. "Jesus was

lives.

in a

On

the bishop to the candidates and

center of our

that

opens up our eyes, ears and thinking to absorbing and embracing that

proclaimed,

Reflecting

the center of Mary's

word

different perspective to the

panic

lives," said

very important

what God is doing in our lives. Sometimes our week-to-week worship can become kind of drab and a little routine, so we need a little reviving and renewal of spirit something out of the ordinary, to set us back on track to get us where we need to be," said Father Judie. "When you bring in a speaker from the outside who brings a

to love, he spoke to

He

is

because (we must) always be attentive to

Bishop Curlin and joined the diocese as a seminarian in August 2000.

also said that simply attending

weekend event was not enough, that they had to allow the spirit to move, change and transform them into the people the God had intended for them to be. the

die Marians of the Immaculate Conception

mester

He

ings.

Rev. Mr. Porras originally entered into

ing to remain close to his family and the

and raised

expressed his gratitude about the "opportu-

Catholic

ministry, explained Rev.

die rest of die Mass.

Fowler, originally from southern Louisi-

Bishop William G. Curlin to the congre-

on Aug. 15

in

June 2002.

here tonight to honor our Blessed Mother,"

gation gathered

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powerful," said Father Judie.

and he should be the have to say yes' to

"I

think as with last year's revival, this

one was a success

Jesus every day."

plished primarily

as well in that

it

accom-

what we had hoped. The

tent revival is an evangelizational tool and an outreach to the unchurched and the fallen away, Catholic and otherwise," said

Rev. Mr. Todd. "This idea was affirmed

when Father

Judie had the altar

call,

about 30 to 40 people, moved by the

and

filled

and

spirit

with hope for their future rela-

tionships with

God, came

to the front to

say pubUcly in front of God and everyone that they have renounced their pasts

and

have returned to the path toward God." Stephen Pickett, a member of Our

Lady of Consolation Church who shared his story of faith with the crowd on Saturday, agreed, "I was inspired and moved that the community of faith came together to be renewed by the word of God preached in such a dynamic way," said "I was honored to be allowed to serve the people of God and this revival. I look

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International speaker addresses 'sex

and sanctity' at Charlotte parish is

definition of purity.

love.

lying with our bodies;

The distortions are made obvious when he compares the artwork in the

expression of the spiritual bond of mar-

Chapel with the degrading portrayal of the human body in pornography.

Restoring sexuality to what God had intended requires the removal of the tainted

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is

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as

on

God created

it,

dered desires and turning them to Christ

sins but has 'taken

so that redemption can be realized.

world.' If

West

Ann Church

recently.

Perhaps it was the very novelty of the "Sex and Sanctity" combined with die

continued

tiiat in

a world

possible through purity, but

growing popularity of international speaker and author Christopher West that

pression and indulgence are

600 people to St Matthew Church in Charlotte on Aug. 5 to hear this important message for today.

"Our path to holiness is intimately

correctly,"

love as

God

said

loves,"

bom-

it

two

is

means

"Re-

sides of

the revelation of

saw each other

which West describes and life giving, with

own

God's "I

God

in

for their

each quality necessary for authenticity.

what God has created to be

true,

West's talk

It

takes grace."

St.

found a confirmation of what she in Huntersville,

teaches.

die youth need to hear," she said.

West

gives the 'whys'

then discussed marriage, a sac-

behind the 'whats' on the issues that are

rament consummated through the one-

most fundamental to our faith but have been obscured," said Father Matthew

physical renewal of the sacred

Kauth, parochial vicar at

St.

Matthew

Church. 'Thanks to (him), the Theology of the

wedding

Body

is

reaching people with a mes-

sage that can set us

free."

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"In the Theology of the Body,' Pope John Paul II is renouncing the dichotomy of repression and calls for the integration of body and soul, something

of

union that "forms us in the very likeness of the Trinity." He spoke on how the body communicates a profound language in the marital embrace, which is a

good and

not easy.

Mark Church

flesh

pleasures. Because sin takes

as free, total, faithful

is

"Christopher

West

said.

come here to wag a finger.

Kathleen Lewis, youth minister at

worth.

each other, they

West

did not

greatness

sets

as objects to use or possess

love,

you to embrace your greatness. I call you to your own supreme dignity as men and women made in the image and likeness of God. If we are cheap then rio demands are made on us," said West, "but we are instead called to greatness and

sins of the gift

done according to your word," con-

call

tion,"

because they understood the nuptial meaning of the body (the capacity of expressing love). When they no longer saw

West "Holiness is to

away the

our body to the

my body given up for you" and "Let it

trary to the fundamental call to mirror

he said, using die analogy that God up a bank account witii trillions of graces and people only witiidraw 50 cents'

disorder, the inability to love

how before the fall, He Adam and Eve were naked without shame

God

we open

not

not be

grace there will be a radical transforma-

he said. explained

has stamped his eternal plan on the body,

male and female,"

same

the

attracted almost

entwined with our sexuality because

in Florence,

barded with sexual temptation, holiness still

The language of contraception is "This

desire

S.C.

life-

said.

ogy of the Body, shared some sad accounts of what he has witnessed when sexual

pop culture with-

by the Holy Spirit during Sanctity and sex are also

giving potential of the marital embrace, he

Family Life for the Archdiocese of Denver and staff advisor for the Theol-

meaning," said Holly

"is

not an honest

because they remove the total and

is

pressing into the discomforts and disor-

its

it is

odds when a couple uses contraception

at

sin that

becomes inverted.

'There is always hope," said West, who quoted the pope. 'The (human) heart is deeper than lust" which describes the "aspiration of the human spirit towards the true, good and beautiful."

"Have confidence in Christ He did not just give us coping mechanisms for our

St.

riage established

West who is also the director of Mar-

Father's 'Theology of the Body"

Gatlin from

family issues told a Charlotte audience

title

Holy

"Sex before marriage," said West,

riage and

out losing any of

"rock-

an international speaker

the understanding of the

that the speaker

manner.

into the vernacular of the

revolutionizing

from original

said.

II

vows.

it

by Pope John Paul

the

newspa-

should be because this

admits that

block one's ability to see God's plan, he

"Christopher has done a remarkable

find in a popular

it,

for the counterfeit of God-like

glasses acquired

job translating the scholarly language of

"Sex and Sanctity"

one would

his in-

presents in an understandable and user-

Correspondent

fall

collection of 129 general audiences given

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Melbourne, Australia, derived

friendly

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and twists

easy to

Sistine

a visiting professor at the John

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sights

Photo by Kathy Schmugge

West

But because of sin, few can see the revelaGod in the body, which is the

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Around the Diocese

Healing of woman's

Campus minister extends helping hand to

tumor attributed to MotherTeresa

BMHS students, Hispanic community By

ALESHA

M. PRICE Staff Writer

—

WINSTON-SALEM

would be serving. This year, he will be working with the annual senior retreat, a possible overnight junior retreat and small

In prepara-

tion for the school year, several students

retreat services for the sophomores.

from Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School were busy during the summer exploring and developing their spirituality in

coordinates the required

Through

the guidance and lead-

ership of Martin Mata,

BMHS

campus

cuss the

new

ministry at

to

for the language,

the Piedmont-Triad area Catholic high "I

work with Spanish-speaking people," said Mata of his opportunity. "I receive satisfaction to see people, some of who have been through so much, stand on

same except

was very imway

their

- to

bring everyone closer to Jesus."

pressed with the

the 13 kids responded to

who

is

School in Raleigh about their peer ministry

program. 'This year,

we

are incorporating

peer ministry groups which will be helpful in bringing the 'good news' to the other

and

we

are excited to be able to

provide this program."

Not only is peer

ministry spreading

its

newly formed wings across the student body but campus ministry, in its current form at BMHS, is flying high as a recent addition to the school. This

is

come

better Chris-

tians,

they can help

commu-

nity."

faith

Mexico, Mata came to the

in

formation programs, retreats for mar-

ried couples, English-as-a-second-lan-

guage classes, workshops and seminars on changes in immigration laws and other programs.

Work at BMHS and at Holy Cross provides opportunities for Mata to combine his ministries. This year, the students will conduct a food collection for needy Hispanic families during the holidays, and he is working with the Spanish classes to coordinate a Christmas party with

bachelor's degree in philosophy from

for the language, and the ministry and

Belmont Abbey College,

purpose are pretty

he conducted interviews with the freshmen to become better acquainted with the students he his first year,

his

involvement

with St Joseph Church in Asheboro and

Holy Cross Church

much

the

calling

Shouldn't they see

an interview with

copy was released Aug.

He

said

Monika

An

Italy's

advance

28.

Besra, a 30-year-old

parentiy through

Mother

was

Nuns of Mother

woman

over the

Teresa's order prayed

5

at

Teresa's interces-

pm

Sept

5,

1998,

Mother Teresa's deatii.

They also touched the woman's abdomen with a "Miraculous Medal of the Immaculate Conception" that had been placed on Mother exactly one year after

Teresa's

body before her

burial.

— —

"During the night the sick woman who in the meantime had gotten drowsy woke up and realized that the (tumor) mass had disappeared," he "Subsequent that

it

said.

tests

by doctors showed

never came back," he added.

In mid-August die priest a Canadian, delivered documentation supporting the

miracle claim to the Vatican's sainthood

congregation, along with a 35,000-page case file

He

on Mother Teresa's life. said he had decided to submit

—

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scheduled surgical removal

The

to

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"Both ministries are the same except

During

time

first

the apparendy miraculous healing of a Fili-

Jesus with others. After receiving a

tion.

faith

Teresa's advocate for

dren.

dents with spiritual guidance and direc-

1991 with a strong

Mother

sainthood, detailed the alleged miracle for the

gious activities for Spanish-speaking chil-

foundation and wanted to share his love of

in

Missionaries of Charity Father Brian Kolodiejchuk,

reli-

ond year as campus minister, and he has been working non-stop to provide the stu-

United States

postulator said.

sion.

Hispanic population with adult and youth

Born

woman who

helping them to be-

regular student interviews into the

for them."

ing of a non-Christian Indian

was touched with a medal tiiat had been in contact with Mother Teresa's body, her

they offer help to one another. By

retreats, small

Mata's sec-

—

been asked to confirm the miraculous heal-

motiier and animist religious believer,

Mata and 35 group school Masses and campus ministry program.

"I have met very good and spiritual kids, and I would like to guide them in becoming better acquainted with Jesus Christ," said Mata. "I want to help them to see Jesus in their lives and to feel his presence and to show them how he is walking along with us. Many kids have struggles, and I want to try to provide some answers

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"Both ministries are the

retreat to dis-

"I

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summer

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Prie»b' Retirement

Priests' retirement and benefit

collection a way to say 'We care' By

JIMMY ROSTAR

that will increase benefits annually for priests of the diocese

Associate Editor

both

those who are now retired and those in current service.

Retired diocesan priests receive monthly pension payments thanks to the collection.

In an effort to better meet the retirement needs of priests who serve here, the collection was revised in 1997 as an assessed collection. Individual parish goals for the collection are determined based on a percentage of annual offertory income.

"The amount assessed is 3 percent of their annual offertory income," said Bill Weldon, chief financial officer for the Diocese of Charlotte, regarding each parish's goal.

"The total assessed amount to fund the priests' retirement and benefits 2001-2002 for is program

Though their experiences and backgrounds are varied, the priests who

serve in the Diocese of Charlotte are united in their love of God, devotion to the Eucharist, and thanksgiv-

ing for the spiritual support they receive from their brother priests and

the faithful of the diocese.

And thanks to the Diocese of Charlotte's annual Priests' Retirement and Benefits Collection, they know their financial needs will be taken care of, too.

"Show Them Care" is the theme of the 2001 collection, to be taken in parishes Sept. 8-9. The col-

We

is the primary way parishioners of the diocese can offer their thanks to the priests who have already served them faithfully through the years, as well as those priests currently serving in ministry here.

The collection funds the diocese's priests' retirement plan, which covers health care, housing and other costs of living. A percentage of the collection goes to the retirement funds of religious orders whose priests serve in the diocese.

lection

The plan

—

$854,951."

Of

$383,900 will go to the diocesan priests' retirement plan, $284,984 to the retirement funds of that,

religious order priests serving in the

diocese, $168,967 for other clergy benefits,

and $17,100 for campaign

expenses.

Today,

24

retired diocesan priests currently receive benefits,

includes provisions

while 77 serve in active ministry.

Eleven religious orders provide the 59 priests who serve here now.

Barbara Gaddy, who directs special collections

programs

cese, said this offertory

for the diois

a loving

example of stewardship on behalf of those who give so willingly of themselves.

"People's contribution to this important collection is a way to say 'I care!' to the priests who serve us so faithfully," said Barbara Gaddy, diocesan associate director of development. "Our retired priests deserve to live their final years in comfort and dignity.

"Many of our retired priests have but one family the people of the parishes they have served," she

—

said.

For Bishop William G. Curlin, will one day benefit from this effort, the collection is an important and loving gesture.

"The priests of this diocese spend

who himself

Photo by Jimmy Rostar

their lives giving to others," said

Msgr. William Pharr, who retired from active ministry this summer, lays hands on Father Kurt Fohn, one of the diocese's newest priests, during the June 2, 2001, ordination liturgy in Charlotte. Msgr. Pharr, Father Fohn and their brother

Bishop Curlin. "Even in their retirement, many of these dedicated men continue to serve the Catholics of western North Carolina by generously giving of their time and talent to~ help with weekend parish Masses and confessions.

"They spend their lives giving to others, and now it is our turn to

'Show

Them We

priests

who

serve in this diocese are

beneficiaries of the Priests' Retirement and Benefits Collection.

Care.'"

Diocese of Charlotte Retired Priests Show them how much you

"Thank Ton "

care with a

contribution to the Priests' Retirement

and Benefits

Most Reverend Michael J. Begley, Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro High Point, NC 27260 Msgr. Richard Allen, 3007 W. 34th Ave., #4, Anchorage,

note to them

Collection.

Ramon

2450 Morgan Rev.

Msgr.

100 Mercy

Thomas Dr.,

Rd.,

Conrad Kimbrough,

620 South

Ellis St.,

45 SE

1

,

NC 28144

Rev. Bernard Manley, 28 Edgemont Rd., #14, Asheville,

NC

Rev. Richard McCue, 50 Brookside Dr., Apt. D-2,

NH 03833

Rev. Gabriel A-l

Salisbury,

28801

Exeter,

NC 28012

Francis M. Cintula, St.,

NC 27106

AK 9951

Burke,

Rev.

3th

#101, Winston-Salem,

NC 28712

Brevard,

Belmont,

1525 Woods

Rev. Msgr. Anthony Kovacic, 411 Dogwood Ln., Belmont, NC 28012

Berg, Mill Rd.,

Rev. Joseph Kelleher,

Rev. Rd.,

Rev.

Rev.

and a generous

Boca Raton,

805 Foxwood FL

Meehan, Ct.,

SW, Lenoir,

NC 28645

33432 Rev. Msgr. William N. Pharr,

Rev.

Thomas

P.

Clements,

P.O. Box 5086, Statesville,

5100 Sharon

Francis Connolly, 164 Creekside Ln., #C-2, Boone,

Rev.

James

Rev. Vincent Erb, Regency Park Towers #813, 1001 Easton Rd., Willow Grove, PA 1 9090

Rev. Patrick Gavigan, Maryfield Nursing 1315 Greensboro Rd., High Point, NC 28260

St.,

Hourihan,

Elmira,

NY 14904

Solari,

30 Lorraine Ave., Asheville, Rev.

Edward

3400 Eastern

Raymond

NC 28210

NC 28607

Rev. Msgr. Arthur Duncan, Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro Rd., High Point, NC 27260

507 Fulton

#516-E, Charlotte,

Rev. Charles Reese, 800 Bay Dr.#25, Niceville, FL 32578

Rev.

Rev.

Rd.,

NC 28687

NC 28804

Sullivan,

Blvd. H-9, York,

PA

1

7402

Rev. John Tuller,

PO Box

Home,

794, Saluda,

NC 28773

Rev. Thomas Walsh, 12 N 6th St., Allegany, NY 14706

Rev. Joseph Waters, 561 4-B West Market St., Greensboro,

NC 27409

.

August 31, 2001

Retirement not wasted

9how

on diocesan priest BARTHOLOMEW

By BETTE

Such

— Good

They just find

is

shepherds

other flocks.

Charlotte.

When he announced last year to

his last parish, Sacred

Salisbury, that he

Heart Church

my life."

they are in

Clements, a "retired" priest of the Diocese of in

out

Then there is back. The flag,

the national cemetery the Taps, the

rifles,

who want

ber their grandfathers for Father Clements,

feeling of his parishio-

these moments.

was one of sadness.

Not only were parishioners dependent upon him for spiritual reflection, but he had

to be a Trappist

youth and at the

Center and Catawba College left

cal

Father

Tom

huge shoes to fill over and beyond the normal functions of church and school.

But as Father Clements transitioned from active ministry into retirement, the pastor and mentor took the opportunity to reflect on the shared experiences of the faith journey.

miss the wonderful seasonal

litur-

RCIA, Easter Week and witness-

ing miracles of transformation," he all,

I

said.

retirement has also yielded

more

time to share his love of God and neighbor in his

ongoing work

"My

at the Veterans' Hospital.

transition gift

my

has been

through

all

of this

he

said. "I

love these

men and

enjoy their families.

"These

Head

men

Now

of Lake

removed from the everyday

Norman

'For myself,

offers a peaceful setting

I

find that

brother's 8th Air Force (regiment),

who

These are the aging Korean and Vietnam veterans who have come to heal the inner wounds of post-

"What as

I

$ 168,967 $

17,100

$854,951

Retirement Funds of Religious Order Priests Serving in the Diocese

Other Clergy Benefits

Campaign Expenses Total

truly feeds

my

soul these days

dig and plant are the memories of the

precious people

who have

"My to

single regret

go back

my

been

family

Please give generously to the collection taken

of the diocese," he is

that

I

in your parish

have no

on September 8-9.

to each of these wonderful

parishes to thank those fine people for their

love and support

"My

prayer

is

that they

know how

precious they are to me."

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more

think

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years....

said.

flew over Berlin.

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and more about the finals in my own life," he said. 'Yet the eternal optimist in me goes on planting 100 little five-inch saplings, which will mature in about 20

way

in

® $383,900 # $284,984

and thanksgiving.

for prayer

my

gunners

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life as a pastor, Father Clements has found meditative quietude in the woods surrounding his home. Moreover, he has kept his hand helping others find comfort in their hour of need.

His rustic property on the headwaters

Normandy Beach

tail

Order Pr

and watch the

bustle of parish

in the varied parishes

are the

heroes, the

gar-

i

back to the VA."

continuation of the chap-

laincy at the Veterans' Hospital in Salisbury,"

Funds of

my

ducks and geese," he said. "I never turn on TV and I collapse in bed around 10:30 p.m. I am back up about 6:30 a.m.

Then I drive one hour

Clements

miss the wonder of the

children in the parish school."

And

"Here I work two or den,

lo-

Rowan County jail, Rowan Regional Medi-

"Most of

33% Ret

three hours in

the par-

the

"I

rural back-

yard.

cal Veterans' Hospital,

gies, the

own

in his

i

Clergy Benefits

tinues to this day, even

In addition,

ish

20% Other

His love for nature con-

major milestones

crises.

was monk.

for the priesthood

been part of their fami-

work with

Diocesan Cler

His original vision

ners

and

45%

it

so good to feel a part of

is

his

remem-

a souvenir by which to

was

ministry, the general

lies in

the

gathering of the spent shells by children

from active

retiring

Ue Qwzl

balmed with love and understanding.

These men have no idea what a blessing

Tom

the case of Father

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GERALD POTKAY

By REV. MR.

Correspondent

— On

STONEVILLE

August 31, 2001

Around Ihe Diocese

an overcast

Group of hundreds breaks ground for

Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, a group of ap-

proximately 300

priests, deacons, religious

and laity gathered around Bishop William G. Curlin for the fulfillment of a long sought-after event of the Triad Catholic

community.

was the This groundbreaking for the

day St.

of Francis

Springs Prayer Center in Stoneville.

event

The

the beginning of an answer to a

is

long-prayed-for dream of a humble and

courageous visionary, Franciscan Faan independent Catholic institution in the diocese and will be operated by Franciscan clergy who serve here. Father Canino is currently director of The Franciscan Center in center

is

Greensboro.

The

was the first culmiwork of not a few people.

celebration

nation of the

stages were undertaken by the St.

Initial

Francis Springs Steering Committee, which has met regularly over the last

groundwork

three years providing the

Another group that

assisted in the

the Building Committee.

endeavor is Together, with

of the friends of St.

all

Francis, their prayers, their talents

and

made

the

their financial support has a reality.

Francis Center,

all

people will be able to

easily take that interior

know God, he At

journey to

said.

same

the

tute for Peace

time, through the Instiand Justice that will be

on these grounds, there will come an active ministry to a world in need of

located

healing.

As bishop of this

Curlin said his goal

"is

diocese, Bishop

to help people find

Jesus in ourselves and in one another

...

and

is

this love isn't truly love until

it

this facility,

taught the contemplative learn

how

must

set the

people will be life

and then

to bring Jesus to others.

world on

fire

"We

with divine

love," the bishop said.

Franciscan Father David provincial counselor of the

Hyman,

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Father Canino expressed his pleasure that Bishop Curlin was not only able

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to be present at this celebration, but

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importantly that he brought with him his

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Franciscan Father Louis Canino addresses the crowd that gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony. A longtime dream of Father Canino's, the prayer center will serve the spiritual needs of people in the Triad area of North Carolina.

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Franciscan's story a profile of faith dream — Center of

By REV. MR. GERALD POTKAY he "God works mysterious Correspondent At The Franciscan Father GREENSBORO — Franciscan Fainstead

as

fulfilling his

says:

Lewis Institute celebrates,

welcomes new campus ministers

ways."

in

By COLLEEN

Center,

who was

dier Louis Canino,

born

in

upper

New York State, was educated in the parosystem of Syracuse, N.Y.

chial

was

He

says he

inspired to the priesthood through a

Franciscan priest early on. Even diough he tried to dismiss this calling in high school, he felt more drawn than ever while

His resistance was

at a senior retreat.

nally broken

him

when

to at least try

his confessor

fi-

convinced

it.

Father Canino started his seminary training with the Franciscans in Callicoon,

N.Y. From there, he went through an intense year of prayer as a novice at Lafayette in

Canino saw the need for spiritual direction, counseling and programs on spirituality.

Weekends saw him

He

filling in at St.

Pius

X

campus minisboth Bennett College and North

Church. ter at

also filled in as

A&T

The

haven" wherein nonjudgmental listening

is

the key to

assisting those

who

seek advice on topics

including sin, estrangement from the church, divorce and even decent housing this, along with two talks a week and Mass every Wednesday.

ordained into the Order of Friars Minor in September

—

1969.

Father as-

signment was as an

With

assistant pastor at

all

of

this,

Father Canino never Elizabeth lost sight, of his Church in Wyckoff, Franciscan Father Louis Canino dream for a prayer N.J. Two years center. later, he was transWith the help and generosity of ferred to St Anthony's Shrine in Boston, the Friends of the Franciscans, St. Mass. Here, he shared the ministry with Francis Springs Prayer Center is fast 55 other friars for five years. Energized becoming a reality. Resting on 140 witii a master's degree in pastoral counselacres, it is located about 30 miles north ing, Father Canino was sent to St. Joseph of Greensboro. When completed, it Monastery, Wilkes Barre, Pa., where he will have as its base meeting facilities, served as pastor and director for six years. scheduled conferences and a Justice Then, as he tells it, a very reluctant yet and Peace component. Its purpose will obedient Father Canino, who had dreams be to "provide a peaceful atmosphere of a prayer center, was reassigned to St. for prayer and contemplation that has Anthony's Shrine as rector. life changing possibilities for people of This was to become for him a very different faith traditions, all in the strong conversion experience as he met spirit of St. Francis." and embraced his personal leper this, in the persons of the dirty, needy people At the same time its mission is to sensitize all to the social justice teachings of waiting in the bread line outside his church. It was a time of de-institutionalthe Gospel and the church. ization of patients with mental illnesses Already there are bookings for the who had nowhere to go. And where year 2002 from churches in the Diocese of Charlotte, the Diocese of Richmond and there had been no bread line when he left the Diocese of Raleigh. Another important St. Anthony's Shrine in 1976, upon his St.

—

was now a line of 150 to 200 people per day.

Motivated by Father Canino, community and religious leaders, combined

factor

with the efforts of the Franciscan

be asked to give four to six hours per week

downtown Boston

to

and feed the homeless. Suitably, this was named St. Francis House. Father Canino was named one of the codirectors of this facility, where he served until

1989.

Two

months

into a year's sabbatical,

Father Canino was called by his provin-

was then that he first expressed his view on the need for a "prayer center." Yet again, reluctantly but in complete obedience to his superiors, Father Canino came to Greensboro to establish The Franciscan cial. It

the

and higher educa-

while Alexia Kelly of the Catholic

tion,

Four campus ministers from the Dio-

is

cese of Charlotte attended the institute as

team members or

The campus

participants.

warmly

re-

Prayer, reflection, community, fun and hospitality were key elements of this institute.

ministers were

and

sources for implementation of Catholic

In addition to gathering for

daily prayer

and the Ignatian examen,

welcomed at the opening liturgy presided by Bishop W. Francis Malooly,

the participants were publicly welcomed

the Archdiocese of Baltimore's newest

Our Queen Cathedral

Among those in attendance was Dr. Mary Pat Suerkamp, president of the College of Notre Dame of auxiliary bishop.

Maryland.

The institute's pedagogical component began in dialogue with Dr. Monica Hellwig, who reflected on the "shattered experience" of post-modern Catholic students.

She urged campus ministers

to

by the worshipping community of Mary in Baltimore.

Harold Ridley, president of Loyola College of Maryland, and President Mary Pat Suerkamp of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland Jesuit Father

hosted the institute for various recep-

and dinners.

tions

The goal tute

is

table

of the Frank

J. Lewis Instiwelcoming, hospi-

to provide a

environment where new campus

create places of trust in which Catholics

ministers can relax, have fun and

may

deeply reflect upon their

own

for this ministry. It

about helping and their

practice

nity.

"We

ers,"

she

commitment and commu-

are called to be bridge build-

said.

them

Msgr. John Strynkowski discussed the implementation of "Ex Corde Ecclesia," the 1990 apostolic constitution

by Pope John Paul II establishing worldwide norms for Catholic colleges and universities, and the ecumenical theology of "Dominus Iesus," the recent Vatican document which emphasized Christ as the unique savior.

Greg "Dobie" Moser supplied the group with a portrait of the "millennial generation" and urged the campus ministers to become familiar with family systems and addiction in order to assist young adults in their developmental tasks toward mature adulthood.

Dr. Michael Galligan-Steirle, assistant secretary for the U.S. Catholic Conference's Campus Ministry & Higher Education department, stated that the goal of campus ministry is simply for all Catholics on campus to grow in faith. He emphasized the gift of campus ministry to higher education.

'We must stand

at this crossroads

of

and culture with confident modesty," he said.

Pete Rogers helped the participants faith

is

more

giftedness

to actualize these gifts

upon

potential, reflecting

this in the

awareness of God's abundance grace in their lives, on campus and in the church

community.

Frank Catholic

Lewis was

J.

who

evangelization.

J.

devoted

Church's work of

assist the Catholic

Frank

a

established a foundation to

The

eastern and western

Lewis Institutes, supported in Frank J. Lewis Foundation,

part by the

have helped train thousands of campus ministers in their service to the church.

The next Frank

— East Notre

J.

Lewis Institute

will be held at the College of

Dame

of Maryland June 17-24,

The next Frank J. Lewis Institute West will be June 6-15, 2002, in San

2002.

—

Diego,

Calif.

For more information, send e-mail to cmmcdermott@charlottediocese.org.

Colleen McDermott is director of campus and young adult ministriesfor the Diocese of Charlotte. She serves as director for East in tlie Frank J. Lewis Institute

—

collaboration with

tlie

Campus Ministry

& Higher Education.

U.S. bishops' office of

that people of other faith traditions

are validating the need for this type of

prayer center in the Triad area.

who join this worthwhile effort will

All

at

The

lose

its

Franciscan Center which will not

importance

To

shelter

shelter

for justice

social teaching principles.

from the Catholic University in Washington, D.C, Father Canino was

vated a building in

Dan Ruff provided

Jesuit Father

framework

ministers.

According to Father Canino, he renumerous calls from within and outside of the Diocese of Charlotte, from Catholics and non-Catholics alike, with a variety of questions on spirituality. This

—

ceives

After graduating

the generosity of friends, bought and reno-

July

vices offered practical guidelines

help.

bank," a "Catholic

and

28 campus ministers from across

From

Frank J. Lewis Institute East, an eightday orientation program for new campus

weekend

makes

friars

10-17,

ministers.

College of Notre Dame of Maryland for the

New

return there

Institute has

new campus

services to other area parishes in need of

he was

first

Lewis

served

years passed, Father Canino expanded his

St. Francis.

Canino's

—

Campaign for Human Development and Eileen Emerson of Catholic Relief Ser-

As

ing onto the spiritu-

of

J.

the country gathered in Baltimore at the

State University.

able to begin grasp-

ality

BALTIMORE years, the Frank

answer this question: "How do we accompany our flock in the process of becoming morally mature?" to

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the

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Prayerfully, with the help of Secular Franciscans from Greensboro and from ties,

places as far

away

Mount and

Raleigh, along with other

as Burlington,

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August 31, 2001

Readings

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Hahn's book hailed as

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who could

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on his own the next John begins counting off the

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see

3)

would seem to be the fourth day of John's narrative. However, as Hahn points out, if John means the third day after the days

day"

Hahn dem-

creation: "the next day"

(1:43),

already mentioned, this would, in

onstrate step-by-step, passage-by-passage,

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fathers to support his argument, but as

place of Mary in Christian thought.

always his strength

His

Reflecting St. Augustine's premise that

the

New Testament is concealed in the Old

petty point

New, Hahn looks carefully at the Garden of Eden story, the role of the Ark of the Covenant in Israel's history, the function of the Queen Mother in the Davidic monarchy (includand the Old

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coming of the Holy Pentecost, and the book of Revelaagain,

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Gospel of John with the opening of GenGenesis says, "In the beginning God

Shortly, both biblical texts refer to the cre-

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Each day we visited with families

and

Walking up the mountain roads we would feel increasingly humbled as we observed

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"helped" only a

little, but enjoyed sharing the unmistakable presence of

God

we descended

in Jorge's family,

the mountain and

felt

our

spirits ris-

ing from the experience.

That evening, the house where

I

sat

on the roof of

we were

staying

and, in awe, looked toward the dwell-

ing of Jorge

—

lifting

my

gaze high

QUESTION: When

the difficulty of the people's living

has humbling yourself

conditions. In one of the highest colonias, we visited several times

brought you a sense of God's presence and pleasure? How does our lifestyle

with a young boy, Jorge, and his mother and two sisters. Jorge had

discourage the practice of humility?

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Sept. 2-7

it

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Their tiny house was spare in its furnishings but unbelievably clean with a dirt floor that practically shined from Jorge's mother's continual sweeping. The family offered joyful hospitality to visitors and displayed a loving attentiveness to their son and brother. They talked of their thanks to God and their appreciation for the sisters, whose assistance had helped them tend to Jorge's great

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NEW YORK (CNS) — Following are recent capsule reviews of movies issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic

and Broadcast-

Bishops' Office for Film

(Mekhi

Phifer)

convinced by his envious

cheating on him, leading the

(Julia Stiles) is

hoop

make some

star to

Director

ing.

is

friend (Josh Hartnett) that his girlfriend

Tim

desperate choices.

Blake Nelson's brutal modern-

ization of Shakespeare's classic story "Othello"

"Bubble Boy" (Touchstone) Mean-spirited spoof in which a

man

(Jake Gyllenhaal)

entire

life

in a

who

young

has lived his

bubble to protect his weak

immune system

constructs a mobile

bubble and travels to Niagara Falls to stop the wedding of his childhood sweetheart (Marley Shelton). Director Blair Hayes'

comedy crawls along

forgettable road-trip

is

involving, but the inescapable

presentation of remorseless teen killings leaves die senses

numb.

Vicious, explicit im-

ages of teen violence, including rape and

some sexual situations, a few scenes of drug abuse and recurring rough language and profanity. The US. Conference of Cathosuicide,

lic

Bishops classification

offensive.

The Motion

O

is

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morally

Picture Association of

—

is R restricted.

"Summer Catch" (Warner

with one-note, foolish characters and base,

America rating

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Recurring slapstick violence and mayhem

Bros.) drama set in Cape Cod about a poor local boy (Freddie Prinze Jr.) with big dreams of playing

with some sexually suggestive dialogue

and crass language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification

is

A-III

—

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—

Strained romantic

cationing in his

"Happy Accidents"

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wooden

inappropriate for children under 13.

who falls for a

baseball in the major leagues

wealthy, out-of-town girl (Jessica Biel) va-

strikes

characters, director

out with

in the first inning.

A

and

Tollin

this formulaic film

social class divisions that

encounters,

Mike

about

runs out of steam

few implied sexual

much underage drinking, fleet-

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and

fisticuffs

with an instance of rough language.

The

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III

—

The Motion

adults.

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Picture Association of America rating

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is

A-III

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"Maybe Baby" (USA)

America rating

(Hugh

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way

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(Joely Richardson)

a

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is

A-III

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adults.

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R—

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Editorials The Goodness

Speaks

in

Today's Youth

the emphasis in the newspapers these days

The Bottom

on school crime and bullying, along with drugs, crazy dressing and disrespect for peers and teachers alike, people

Line

With

The Pope

August 31, 2001

& Columns

all

are judging youngsters to be a generation out of control.

I

think that judgment

is

And

skewed.

think the

I

media are to blame, if there's a choice between running a story on trouble or on youths doing good, guess which one wins out? The bad news, of course.

I would like to suggest that everyone take a month to focus on what the majority of young people are really like,

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

activities that

convinced that

ably good,

Morning prayer helps

so many of them take on. I we would find young people remarkespecially when called upon deliberately or

looking into the

am

than 100 of us showing up.

selves or others.

nieces

As one example,

Woman." The

a daily newspaper in

my area carried

story

was about

who were

six teen-agers

boating on a river, planning a leisurely day in the sun.

wickedness, says pope JOHN THAVIS

Paul

and she

News Service (CNS) Pope John page from the Book of Psalms to

Catholic

—

VATICAN CITY

used a illustrate the value of prayer in daily life.

After listening to a sung version of Psalm 86, on "human wickedness and divine providence," the pope explained the scriptural passage for several thousand people attending his weekly general audience Aug. 22.

He said that, in contrasting the evil of the sinner with the goodness of God, the psalmist had described the intensity of both realities.

The sinner is seen planning wickedness even before he rises from his bed in the morning, while God's desire for man is depicted with images of generous love, bounty, life and light.

"God's love is characterized by faithfulII

ness, tenderness, justice

and providential care

of his creatures. The psalmist used the images of food, drink and light as tokens of the gifts that God gives us, leading ultimately to a share in divine life itself," the pope said.

"Praying this psalm helps us to face the challenges of daily life with trust in God's loving care and protection," he said. He suggested that morning prayer is a good way to orient oneself spiritually before heading out into the "not always straight streets" of con-

temporary life.

"Every time a day of work and human relations begins, there are two fundamental attitudes one can take: Choosing good or giving in to evil," he said.

In remarks in English, the pope also greeted delegates of a South African ecumenical center in Cape Town and offered a prayer for increased unity

among

Christians.

Pope John Paul

II

—

(CNS) recent wave of

Italy

protested a

arrests of Christians in Lebanon, saying the

move

illustrated the risks facing

democracy

in

the Middle East country. During a noon blessing at his summer residence outside Rome

Aug.

19, the

pope recalled Lebanon's long

later,

They got

said, yes,

closer to ask her

his-

tory of internal divisions and said he wanted to remind the country's leaders that "the values of democracy and national sovereignty must not

be sacrificed to the political interests of the moment." He said the recent arrests of antiSyrian Christians were symptomatic of the serious political tensions that "block national dialogue" in Lebanon.

if

she was

she was just swimming.

A

all right,

litde while

they noticed she was struggling to get hold of a

slippery boulder

— and

that she

was

fully clothed.

Again

how

blessed

we

are in them.

A summer issue of Modern Maturity looked into the young people and reported: "Surprise! Today's most optimistic, hard-working generation since World War II. You hear a lot on the news about bad kids. But when you look at this group as a whole, what you truth about

teens are the

other boat with a group

an overwhelming majority of great kids." new book called "Millennials," authors Neil Howe and William Strauss write, 'This can-do youth revolution

91

will

they called out to her, and she said she didn't need help.

The youths were

unconvinced.

They found

an-

who had a cell phone, called and decided to go back themselves to check on her. They noticed that their fuel was low, but took a chance anyway. When they got close to her, seeing she was in trouble, some of the boys swam to the rock to hold her, while the others lashed a water-ski tow rope from the boat to a tree to hold her.

They stayed with her, keeping her safe until 1

firefighters arrived. Later, the

woman,

see

is

In a

overwhelm the cynics and the

authors have

it

pessimists."

think the

I

right.

67, told police she

had been walking by the river and fell in. Without the brave and caring action of these teen-agers, she might not have survived the ordeal.

I had a firsthand experience with some great youths this summer when we had a family reunion with more

—

phor,

Guest

that

Column

it's

like

being so impressed with the motorcade

we fail to see the dignitary who rides in it.

The 54 verses of Chapter 4 of John's Gospel

tells

us that Jesus initiates a face-to face contact, and that

Jesus welcomes the people

The

disciples,

whom

the

woman

brings.

on the other hand, don't drive the

Samaritans away as they did with the children,

FATHER JOHN AURILIA,

OFM

C.

Cap.

Guest Columnist

Prejudice: Handle with Care

The

is not an issue of an American issue. St. John the Evangelist dedicates a full chapter (Chapter 4) of his Gospel to the reality of welcoming the outsid-

explosive issue of prejudice

the 21st century or, even

Pope protests Lebanese army's wave of arrests of Christians CASTEL GANDOLFO,

ones, realizing

Unexpectedly, they spotted a woman's head bobbing in the water.

By

To our surprise, some of the and nephews put a newspaper together in honor of the occasion. They called it The Family Buzz, and the tone was one ofjoyful celebration.

Most of us just thanked the good Lord for our young

unexpectedly to achieve something important for them-

a story recendy headlined 'Teens Save Life of Elderly

orient people against

ANTOINETTE BOSCO CNS Columnist

less,

perhaps, Jesus did what he did

when

or,

the disciples

were not present, thank God. Later on, the disciples learned to let the Master be the Master. Does this Master want a Samaritan on board? So be it. We don't know if they were happy about it.

One of the fragile connections between "us" and "them" is that one of us or one of them is in denial. God knows which one! We do engage in a dialogue sometimes, and I wonder if the dialogue is simply academic and superficial, a face-to face encounter, or even better, heart-to-heart sharing.

When

a Methodist minister refused to

come

to the

ers.

platform because a Unitarian clergyman was already

Serb-Kosovo, Palestinian-Israeli, Black-White, Brown-Hispanic, gender bias, class bias, age bias, religious bias and, back to the New Testament times, JewSamaritan.

Traveling in Samaritan territory, Jesus speaks to a Samaritan woman. Jewish-Samaritan hatred began when the Samaritans, who had been carried off into exile, allowed Alexander the Great to build them a temple on Mount Gezerim. Probably by John's time, there was sizeable contingent of Samaritan Christians.

John reminds the Jewish Christians that Jesus himself had bridged that hatred. easily miss the point of the Gospel's story if we become enchanted by the artistry of the marvelous dialogue and interaction between Jesus and the woman. The real power of this event is that Jesus makes a sacrament of the ordinary things of our daily lives. Notice, for instance, the symbolism of the well and the water.

Father Taylor, "the rum-free evangelist," fell to knees and prayed, "O Lord, deliver us here in Boston from bad rum and bigotry. Thou knowest, O Lord, which is worse."

History tells us that the three most important things in life are to be kind, then to be kind, then to be kind again. I personally like Mark Twain's advice: "I am quite sure that I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any there, his

society. All that

being, that

is

I

care to

enough

know

is

that a

for me; he can't be

man

is

human

any worse."

We

John's trees are so splendid that

we

easily miss his

Wouldn't it be ironic to tell the story of what Jesus did and to miss the point? To change the metaforest.

Capuchin Father John C. Aurilia Conception Church in Hendersonville.

is

pastor of Immaculate

'

August 31, 2001

counselors begged to

One

Light

my

Seems

differ.

that in

computer speak

10 percent grade had been translated as 100 percent.

And

Candle

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& Columns

Editorials

certainly

anyone with a 100 percent

trigonometry must be

gifted. It

in

Coming of Age

advanced

took a while, but

I

finally

escaped mathematics.

newfound report card and recom-

Recently, with the

mendations in hand, I decided to confront my Mom. "Why," I argued, "did you and Dad ignore the teacher's recommendation?" I concluded by saying, 'You know, Mom, I might have had a veiy different life and career with

MSGR. JIM LISANTE

an

Guest Columnist

do math." She listened to my protests with a Then, she laughed. "What are you laughing at?"

AMY WELBORN

ability to

stoic face.

CNS

Columnist

"At you, dear, of course."

Letting

It

Go

so

through a box of old, forgotten school records, I recently found a report card from my childhood. It had my marks in math and the verbal skills from the first through the sixth grade. Most of my grades were pretty decent, but Sifting

during the sixth grade, my math scores start to take a dip.

Attached to the card is a notification that some math tutoring might help. I never did get that tutoring. In fact, I just struggled on, trying to make sense out of the wonder-

world of the so-called "new math."

Finding that report card and recommendation from my teachers, addressed to my parents, made me wonder: ful

Why hadn't they gotten me the suggested math tutoring? mean, truth be told, math remained a constant difficulty sometimes with comic me straight through school

I

—

for

then, gently, she let

In one case,

I

was mistakenly placed

in

an honors class

of advanced trigonometry. Protesting the placement, I was told by my high school guidance counselor that I'd have to

remain

listed in the class for

attended or not

the whole term whether

At the end of the year,

I

I

received a 10 in the

Seems the final had a gift question that you couldn't get wrong, so even someone who didn't take the test could

course.

complaining. "What

Moving on

to college after that debacle,

I

found

been placed in advanced mathematics once again. protested that

had no particular

I

'You know, Jim,

it.

could've been

I

...

what

I

much

should' ve

And the truth is what might have happened if we surely do make some mistakes. I mean, we only learned how to do the job by doing the job.

Somewhere along the line, you guys have to let go of all the blame, all the perceived missed opportunities, all the worbeen

how

rying about

it

your lives."

She reminded

could have been different, and just live

me

without great math derful

life.

of the obvious: 'You know, even

ability,

Can't you see

you've really enjoyed a won-

you do have

all

— and

stop

complaining about what you don't?"

Mom

right.

is

mistakes our folks

Too

we

often,

look at

made and spend

more egregious

Of course,

all

the perceived

a lot of time in the

parents deserve

criti-

But for most of us, I suspect, our parents did a whole lot more right than wrong.

It's important to acknowledge mistakes in our lives, those made by others that affected us and those that we made ourselves. Yet at some point, we've got to let go drop the resentment, extend forgiveness, and move ahead.

Letting the past swallow up the future is an awful waste of

cism

in

cases.

—

Sometimes you are just tired, aren't you?

It seems the treadmill never stops for you to get

Msgr. Jim Lisante

I

off,

even for just a few minutes.

is

director

of The

God does.

Sure.

You might

you take one. Maybe

Christophers.

because of the church's position that

with conception. Doesn 't the church tion between the

the

womb when

human

itself make

Question

It's

Corner

begins

it

is

many

dignity of the

is

Columnist

"consonant with the

God

body."

not be possible.

other Christian communities

than an inch long until

many weeks after conception, it

ministered with an invocation of the Holy Trinity.

burial

say normally because in

may

possible for a miscarriage to occur several days before

either the

mother or physician

Furthermore,

full

is

aware of it.

Catholic funeral

rites,

appropriate and

common

refer,

—

provided for in the church's "Order of Christian

Clarification

We

Mormon after

"I

on Mormon Baptisms

beliefs in

that,

relation to Christian faith. Shortly

our daily paper reported that

Mor-

mon

baptisms (for the living) are not considered valid by the Catholic Church. Is that true? (Ohio)

A. Your local newspaper was correct. In July the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled that baptism conferred by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints is not a valid Christian baptism.

The Vatican newspaper announcing the ruling noted that the Catholic Church teaches the validity of baptism in

as

I

When

are received into

explained in the column to which you

Christian teachings have significantly different

—

only appears to be Trinitarian. said the Vatican article, believe the Father

"an exalted man, originating from another planet, who acquired his divine status through a death similar to is

human

death," the necessary

way

the Father has a wife,

becoming divine. the Heavenly Mother,

to

whom

he shares responsibility for creation," the article continued, and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are their children. Mormons teach baptism is not a sacrament established by Jesus Christ, it said, but was begun by God,

and the

first

to be baptized

In that context,

God

rest

is

ordering you to take It actually

has a

or two.

was Adam.

Mormon

baptism could not be what

Christians believe this sacrament to be.

Afree brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the

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more

own

personality and character

fully reflects his

image.

In other words, you're busy doing lots of good stuff

ad-

for

Spirit"

"God

rites for children.

are grateful for your enlightening column on

we read

is

Mormons. The Mormon baptism formula baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the

Holy

with Q.

many

meanings

Mormons,

Other ceremonies, with prayers and Scripture read-

Funerals" in the section on funeral

the sacrament

members of these communities

However,

after a miscarriage.

ings chosen to meet the particular needs of family and friends, are

when

the Catholic Church, they are not re-baptized.

including

Mass, are celebrated for children whose parents intended them to be baptized, but who died before baptism (Canons 1 176 and 1 183). Since it is not required that the body of the deceased be present, a funeral or memorial Mass is

a break. Rest.

to develop your

so that

baptized

com-

be exact.

If you think about it, the work you do during the week is all about joining with God in his continued work of creation. You're using the gifts he's given you to bring good things like beauty, justice, healing and love to bloom in the world. You're cooperating with

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

it

one of the Ten Commandments, to be taken

spiritual basis

some instances baptism and For example, since the fetus is

I

less

human

is

familiar:

actual, real, carved-in-stone

third, to

about being lazy or mindless.

isn't

other) hospitals, deceased fetuses nor-

mally are given proper burial as

an

The Sabbath

status

mistaken. According to directives followed in

Catholic (and

sounds

just as seriously as the others.

a distinc-

Christian burial after a miscarriage? (Louisiana) A. I don't know where you received your information,

but

It's

Take

ridicule

life

not

is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in not do any work" (Exodus 20:8-10).

shall

mandment. The

of human life in and out of does not require a baptism, funeral or

moral it

and

this

God

he has issued orders

rest,

seventh day

Yup.

opposition

be surprised to learn that

only believes you deserve a

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the

ability for the subject,

The Church's Position on When Human Life Begins much

school's

—

you

Q. Catholics receive

And now

and you know what that means: six or seven teachers, each under the distinct impression that you are only taking this one class.

Whatever the gender breakdown, the story's the same: homework, tests, quizzes, projects and papers seemingly all due the same week. Then you've got sports, drama, music or dance practice, or any combination of the above.

You might also have a job. You definitely have a home, meaning a room to keep reasonably clean, household chores to do and that fun thing called "family dynamics" to deal with.

Can't a kid get a break? Doesn't anyone believe kids deserve a rest once in a while? starting again,

that

lifetime.

I'd

When

Can't a Kid Get a Break?

....'

...

that as parents

a

get a 10 percent.

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of the boomers in your generation do so

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And many

But the

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in

We

world's turning depends on us and our efforts.

Taking a break is an act of humility. When we on Sunday, we're telling God that we know he's really in charge and that we'll give this day over to remembering that and thanking him for it.

Honoring God this way is just part of the reason you should take a break from work on Sunday. The

rest

other reason

is

that

it's

God's

gift to

pretty ungrateful to turn your back on

you, and

it's

it.

God knows you better than you know yourseff, and this gift of the Sabbath shows that he loves you a whole lot too. He knows you need a day where, as much as possible, you'll push schoolwork from your mind, stop worrying about games, performances and a day when you can just relax with your paycheck your friends and family and maybe even all by yourself, if that's what you really need.

So, the next time Sunday rolls around, try taking

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18 The Catholic News & Herald

August 31, 2001

Around the Diocese

Three awarded Eagle Scout rank Salisbury parish gathers to at Greensboro court of honor Eagle To rank GREENSBORO — The Eagle Scout

achieve the

Court of Honor for Boy Scout Troop 107 was called to order Aug. 14 at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Greensboro, where three young men were awarded the rank of

one must complete a

Eagle Scout.

Drew Wofford, a freshman at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, developed for his Eagle Scout project a recycling

housing

program

at

Dolan Manor,

facility associated

with

St.

Pius

a

X

Church in Greensboro. He is the son of Tita and Tom Wofford and plans to Catholic

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major in pre-med.

David Girguis designed and built mobile planter boxes for gardening for residents at Friend's Home West. The son of Mary Girguis, he is a freshman at North Carolina State University in Raleigh will

major

who

in biology.

Joseph Simkins landscaped an area at Jefferson

Elementary School and

built four

the troop and carry out a service project to benefit the

community.

Boy Scout Troop

currently serves

more than 45 youth from age

12 to 18.

A

new Venture Unit is being organized this fall for young men and women ages 13 to 18.

Cub Scout Pack 107 is also very active and serves boys from age 6 to 11.

Scoutmaster honored with St. George Award

GREENSBORO

— Ken

Shahbaz,

scoutmaster of Troop 107, St. Paul the Aposde Catholic Church, was recendy presented the St George Award. A national award given by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, the award recognizes adults involved in scouting

made

outdoor area for study programs and lunch. Simkins is a junior at Northwest Guilford High School and is the son of Jan and Scott Simkins.

Troop 107 is chartered by St Paul the Apostle Church, where Oblates of St. Francis de Sales James O'Neill serves as pastor. Father O'Neill opened the court with prayer and a talk about doing a good deed daily, the building of character and scouting as an integral part of youth minis-

youth.

By BETTE

Scout,

who have

a significant contribution to Catholic

Shahbaz has been active in the community of Greensboro, serving on several nonprofit boards of directors and at St. Paul the Aposde Church. While he has served as scoutmaster, 12 boys have received the "Ad Altari Dei" Religious Award, and since 1995, 16 young men have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

For more information on scouting, call Ken Shahbaz at (336) 574-1438 or e-mail him at kshabaz@mindspring.com.

BARTHOLOMEW

Correspondent

of 21 merit

badges, hold leadership positions within

picnic tables that will give students an

try in the Catholic Church.

of

minimum

support local youngster —

SALISBURY Washko,

plucky

Samantha

5-year-old girl fighting a battle with a rare form of leukemia, quietly played games with her mother, Nancy, at a

little

Brenner

Winston-Salem's

Children's Hospital, while the community of Salisbury and environs united in prayer and blood typing hoping to find the necessary combination for a bone marrow transplant.

Once again, Sacred Heart Parish of Salisbury pulled together as a unit as they joined the family of Steve and Nancy Washko in hoping for a miracle for Samantha.

Samantha's family had called

when they found out Samantha needed the transplant. Parishioner Nancy Weber organized the drive with the Washkos.

The American Red Cross was Sacred Heart that

blood typing people Aug. 14 at the church hall in order to find the per-

match for Samantha's bone marrow. They had planned on 150 to 200 donors. In a few hours, they had long gone past the estimate.

Supplies and money were running out and the crowds still came.

Organizers contacted Rick Hendrick, a Charlotte businessman and also a leukemia patient, who had already donated but agreed to pay for typing 250 more donors. fect

The Community Marrow Donor Program was with

also involved early

on

aid.

Salisbury

Academy,

Samantha had registered

where for kin-

dergarten, joined in active support of the drive.

Under Barbara Casey's leadership, there was a rosary every two hours upstairs in the church for

Samantha's intention.

While people stood in line they pulled money out of their pockets and cell-phoned friends for financial aid. In all they raised $13,750.

"It can be expensive $73 to tissue type a donor," said Cathy

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Veronica Hobbs, who had worked all day, reiterated, "Funding was a very real issue here today.

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Padre

The Catholic News & Herald 19

Around the Diocese

people twice a day.

Pio,

come

then he would

—

he was one of us ing a little tobacco.

from page 5

He was

room

want

to ask

go

to

him and

to confession,'

kneel down.'

matter with you?

I

said,

said,

I

I

with Father Aurilia in Hendersonville.

you so neryou can read

And

In

it

was

in

Pio's miracles

it

his humanity.

—

performing his duties as

a secretary that Father Aurilia found his life

changing.

He was

Father Aurilia wishes that

.fact,

biographers and those interested in Padre

beautiful confession."

But

the simplicity, the humility, the inner

spirituality.

assigned to answer

would also pay attention to "Those books miss the point

Padre Pio was great

We

make ordinary

ity:

also secretaries to handle letters in French,

nary, not vice versa.

German and

letters that

ance.

age of Jesus, the image of St. Francis. He was not a great preacher [m words], but he would preach without words. He was

Pio's help in

letter,

but

what Francis

responding to

contained requests for guidall

if necessary

all

the television

contacted

God, so much suffering in the world, and Padre Pio had to pray for all of them. And he was so simple, so humorous, he was one of us. I experienced during that mondi of that he could read

On

which Padre Pio was famous. Father Aurilia replied things, such as bilocation, for

that he hadn't.

minds and

"Don't

want to go back to teaching.

One day I went to him to ask how to answer a letter, and he said, You're going back to Vico Del Gargano.' I had never told him what I was thinking."

I

"

show "Unsolved Mysteries" him to learn if Father Aurilia had witnessed any of the more spectacular

the letters changed

in

hearts.

'Preach every day, and

tioned in Virginia, a representative from

my life," Father Aurilia said. "So much faith

August

said,

use words.'

Once, when Father Aurilia was sta-

the letters before

they were mailed.

"Just reading

a real

Most of The

answered every

Padre Pio blessed

He had

Franciscan attitude. This guy was the im-

the letters were requests for prayers.

sought Padre

things extraordi-

English. Padre Pio

received sacks of mail every day.

secretaries

in the

ordinary things, the Franciscan spiritual-

the Italian correspondence, but there were

Spanish,

1

—

'OK,

are

Helax. Enjoy'

thousands

If I didn't see

would say, 'What's the difference?' He was just like any of us like Father John pSalvas] or Brother Michael [Malloy]," who serve

"What's the

said,

Why

1 heard that

said,

and he

hearts,'

was a

Tather,

He had a kneeler in his room.

was trembling, and he vous?'

said,

and he

and

cracking a joke, snuff-

of people packing the church, his

famous, but

into the seminary

CNS FILE PHOTO

didn't

another occasion, a

woman

asked

whether her son should become a doctor or a priest Father Aurilia says, 'Padre Pio

Tell her he can be a medical doctor,' and he had not seen the letter."

However, he refused to be relegated to said,

the role of fortuneteller.

When

a

woman

asked him what the weather would be during her upcoming ocean voyage he re-

'You ask me? Check the weatherman." Father Aurilia chuckles at the memory.

plied,

After Padre Pio's period of isolation,

people packed the churches

when he

seen in this undated file photo. The priest known worldwide for his holiness and mystical experience of the faith died in 1968.

Padre Pio

is

Mass, even when Mass was at 4 a.m. At first, he celebrated Mass in the monastery church, which held about 300 people. Then the monastery built a church that accommodated 2,000 people, and that one was packed as

And

Aurilia recalls that,

would nudge him

to

said.

The

remind him to

continue with the Mass.

Mass had been one of the things that made his isolation bearable. Celebrating Mass alone, he could Meditation during

said to him,

You

had a good time.' He praised the pope, and he never complained about the situation."

He was

stayed in that," Father Aurilia

"We

were persecuted.' He

well.

the Masses were not short. 'Tie

had a priest to assist him, because he would begin to meditate and he would have priest

meditate as long as he wished. Father said, TSTo,

I

always humble.

'Fame had no affect on him," Father Aurilia said. "He was convinced that all those people came to where he was to honor Jesus. He was right When we say Mass, we act 'in persona Christi,' in the person of Christ. He was personifying Jesus so beautifully that people were coming to experience Jesus through him.

"He opened the window

to bless the

said

The

TV rep

"Unsolved Mysteries" apparently wasn't interested in reporting on the quieter times, such as Padre Pio's prayer life. "I never saw anyone on earth praying so many rosaries," Father Aurilia said. "He

was in constant prayer. Like St Francis, he was not praying, he was the prayer the intensity of prayer. When he was praying, he was in it in another world. He would sometimes spend all night in prayer. He was working in the garden he was saying the

—

—

He didn't waste any time."

He couldn't afford to. He prayed for everyone who asked for his prayers, including asking God to heal cancer victims rosary.

and give him the cancer.

'Padre Pio had influence

my

vocation stronger

that

I

was going

to see

—

him as

Accepting

L.

St.

Francis.

He was

people, always happy."

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Twin transplant surgeons say

Deacon derives strength

faith in

from dedication to Jesus He went

ALESHA M. PRICE

By

Staff Writer

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

HIGH POINT

Jesus' presence has

of rough times during his

He and

some

life.

By ELLIE HIDALGO

back to work as an operator

cians at St. Vincent Medical Center in

for

TVs

and

radios.

He

received his

first

try as he traveled to High Point, N.C., to perform inspections.

Smith children

when

accident

adolescent,

lost their

Joe was

16.

and the

mother to a car Mr. Smith had

A new position brought him,

and work nearly 16-hour days

Carolina in 1955.

delphia cotton mill to support his family.

Visits to the chapel in his Catholic

him to complete his high school years, where he found classes difficult Also, being an altar boy and serving at early morning Masses helped to start his day in the mindset of God. His father, a daily communicant, was helped

He

could not stay for

Mass but would receive before heading to work every morning.

the Eucharist right

an early role model.

his wife

War

company

The

family immediately

had the same response. At least five people came up to me later and men-

school graduation at

World

the start of

parts

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point. Nearly 30 years would pass before Smith would hear the words "permanent diaconate," but when he did, the suggestion came from all sides.

"When it (the permanent diaconate) first came out, I never paid attention to it.

My wife said, Why don't you sign up?' I said, 'I don't want to be a deacon.' My son called and asked me the same thing, and I

high

After

TV

and two sons to North

settled in at

high

young Joe Smith grounded and

school kept

as a quality control su-

pervisor from another

to raise his family of eight as a single parent in a Phila-

tioned

the

same

1941, Joe

thing," recalled Rev.

went to work in a machine shop, and

Mr. Smith. "Some-

shortly thereafter, entered the Army

speaks

for nearly four years.

people."

II in

times,

my

I

For Rev. Mr. it was a continuation of some of the volunteer work

ties.

Smith,

did not have

Rev. Mr. Joe

my

remembered Rev. Mr. Smith. the brunt of the unit's jokes at

because he would say his prayers on

bended knees. After a while, the other men began to develop an affinity for the devout cradle Catholic. fact that

"I

really appreciated the

they respected

my

prayer

life.

Someone would yell, 'Hey, Smitty's praying' and the room would get quiet I always thank God that I was able to stay close to him."

England to the

Army

officer's orderly.

At a

Air Force as an

dance, he

soulmate. Joe courted Jean,

who

met

his

converted

to Catholicism before marriage, and they

became husband and wife

in

her

home

country of England.

After his release from service in 1946,

he and his wife moved back to Philadelphia and were welcomed home with their own

neighborhood

"ticker tape" type

welcome.

greeted with shouts, streamers

honor of his new bride. "As old as I am now, I can still visualize the flags and neighbors out shouting. Jean really felt like she was a part and refreshments

of the family."

Smith

he had been doing before being ordained.

A few years later, his wife of 43 years died from complications of diabetes. He lost his life companion and best friend but ex-

all

is

belief in

God

integral to their work.

"Every time you see someone recover and do well, you know it's by the grace of God," Robert Mendez told The Tidings, newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

He said that on surgery days, he turns to God. "I just say to myself, I know he's guiding my hand. Though I have to look after the patient, I know there is someone above looking after the patient," he said.

Both received their callings as transplant surgeons as young adults.

Robert Mendez assisted in one of the earliest kidney transplants in California history while attending medical school at the University of California San Francisco. There, he witnessed a woman's recovery from death's door to

life.

was so incredible to see this dramatic change in this dying woman to a healthy woman in two weeks. It became evident to me that this was the field of the future," he

Christi

He

Church

said.

noted trumpeter Rafael Mendez, asked a surgeon friend to allow his sons to observe an operation.

The experience made such an impression on the younger Rafael that he decided then that medical school was for him.

"It was just amazing. There was no question in my mind after that, that I wanted to be a surgeon," Rafael

days was 50 percent.

"We would sometimes sleep in the bed next to the patients through the first few nights just to make sure they would get through it," he said.

In time, the brothers were ambng those leading the way in curtailing the rejection rates of donated organs.

Acceptance rates are percent for those

who

now

at

90

receive an or-

gan from a relative. Hospital stays following transplant surgery average four days, compared to 32 days in the Rafael Mendez said one element of his job that he enjoys is seeing the generosity exhibited by others.

"It is remarkable to see the coming together of people for totally humanitarian purposes in their donation," he said.

"Everybody, regardless of their religion, ultimately grasps this sense of being a part of something much, much bigger than who we are here on this particular day," he said.

Rafael Mendez, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said his faith sustains him, particularly

"Many

said.

The pioneering work of the Mendez twins, who began working at Vincent's in 1969, helped make the medical center into the most acSt.

in Pacific Palisades.

said the success rate in those

early years.

"It

Mendez

The brothers recalled the early days of transplant surgery, when the patient's life expectancy was low and the government and insurance companies refused to cover the costs of the new procedures.

Those days "took great patience and great faith," said Robert Mendez, a longtime parishioner at Corpus

when

a patient dies.

times, the realization

is

done everything that is known at this time and that maybe he's being called back by a power that you've

greater than you," he said.

some relief at her passing.

"Some people look at me strangely when I say this, but I am glad she passed away. I didn't want her to be in pain anymore. When someone you love is sick, why would you want him or her to suffer?

perienced

"I

'Trench foot," a condition similar to frostbite which can lead to amputation, removed the young soldier from combat, and after being hospitalized, he was sent to

They were

work with

other diaconate du-

in

time

a

He was first

was

Los Angeles, said their

operations.

In high school, the twins' father,

prison inmates and

rosary in

hand,"

other

and nursing home patients,

can't re-

member when

I

Lord you

path to ministerial work with hospital

try of France.

I

to

Ordination in 1983 cleared the

chine gun in the cold, wet trenches in the unfamiliar coun-

'When

the

through

His four months in combat were spent mostly behind a ma-

combat,

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Twin

Corporation as a quality control inspector

exposure to the Southern part of the coun-

when he was an

LOS

western United States. Last year, medical staff performed more than 280 transplant tive transplant center in the

brothers Rafael and Robert Mendez, who both work as transplant physi-

lean

sion

News Service ANGELES (CNS)

machine shop where he worked before the war. He later had a couple of odd jobs when he began working for the Philco

nights without dinner during the Depres-

his siblings experienced

God sustains their work

Catholic

at the

always been a source of strength and inspiration to Rev. Mr. Joe Smith who has seen his fair share

August 31, 2001

Living the faith

fully in

thank

God

that he took her peace-

her sleep in the hospital."

The

grandfather of three works for the

YMCA part time as a desk clerk five days a week, performs his ministry for his

home

and attends Mass at Christ the King Church in High Point every morning.

parish

"A lot of people don't realize that I am an ordained minister, and we are a part of the hierarchy of the church. I take my position in the church seriously," said Rev. Mr. Smith, who remarked that his wife remains his greatest inspiration. 'The permanent diaconate put me more in focus with the Lord, and I gained a whole new purpose."

CNS photo

in

Contact Staff Writer Alesha

M.

Price by calling (704) 370-3354 or email amprice@charlottediocese. org.

Rafael and Robert

Mendez work

by Ellie Hidalqo, The Tidings

as transplant surgeons at St. Vincent

Los Angeles. The well-recognized work of the twin brothers has helped make the hospital the most active transplant center in Medical Center

in

the western United States.