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Volume 4 Number 42

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August

4,

1995

Knights Of Columbus Gather For State Installations In Fayetteville

By CHARLIE

BOWLING

FAYETTEVILLE

—

About 500 members of the North Carolina Knights of Columbus attended the annual organization meeting and Installation Banquet July 21-23 at the Howard Johnson

harder with youth programs which in-

about evenly divided between the Charlotte and Raleigh Dioceses.

ball,

Deputy Luther J. Stultz took over the reins from James L. Neely, who has served in that office for the past two Other elected officials installed at the Saturday evening Mass celebration years.

included Father Thomas J. Gaul, State Chaplain, John A. Harrison, State Secretary,

Group Worked To Calm Anger Towards Susan Smith

Robert J. Singer, State Treasurer,

Susan Smith

to death for killing her

two

young sons last October would not have brought the boys back "and would reflect negatively on us as Christians," said Father Richard Harris, pastor of

"To prison

its

in the first

my way

percent.

of thinking,

in

life

Union's tiny Catholic parish.

On July 28 Smith was sentenced to life in prison after she was convicted of killing her children by rolling her car into a lake while they were strapped in

reads:

their car seats.

tality."

Father Harris, pastor of St. Augustine Church, was among those who gathered for a series of prayer services sponsored by the Downtown Ministerial

At the July 25 meeting at Duncan Acres United Methodist Church, Father Lennart Pearson, pastor of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, said it takes

Association during the Smith trial. They were held in hopes of softening attitudes

community.

Father Harris said the ministers decided to hold the prayer meetings to help project a positive

which has

at its

"Welcome

image of the town, entrance a sign that to the City

hospitality to

foster programs for vocations, but they provide financial support for seminarians for all the years of their studies.

Southern Pines was singled out as con-

tributing to 11

seminarians and their

sister council in Pinehurst has three

0 years

1

Grand Knight

The 21 year

million and Carolina.

it

is

Some

by

six

over $6.7 used entirely in North $25,000 was contribtotal is

known

as the

semi-

RSVP

program.

Other fund-raising efforts benefited priest retirement, disaster relief to the

flood areas in Georgia and assistance

and funding to scholBelmont Abbey College.

A check was presented to the Direc-

arships at

inception in 1974," Stultz said. local

is

tor of

Room at the Inn and a pledge made

to continue their support to the

home

in

Charlotte.

It was announced that about 200 Knights volunteered recently to act as

uted to Special Olympics by the coun-

ushers at the Charlotte Coliseum for the

and state.

"Considering that we live in a state with so few Catholics, we need to continue our award winning growth com-

visit

cils

of Mother Teresa.

A total of were also

1 1

new

installed

District Deputies

from the Charlotte

Diocese.

Reflections

of Hospi-

•

more than

is

golf.

will continue their theme, "In Solidarity With Our Priests."

Many of the local councils not only

for Oklahoma City

since

like a thousand deaths,"

bowling and

The Knights

retarded people in the State. "That

about what we raised

he told the New Catholic Miscellany, newspaper of the Charleston Diocese. "She will have to think about her terrible crime every day." is

all local

narians in what

to increase that figure this year

—

lenged

Anthony M. Petite, State Advocate and David L. Onofrio, State Warden.

State Deputy Luther Stultz acknowledged the success of "Operation Lamb" which raised over $650,000 to assist

He challenged each

By PAUL A. BARRA UNION, S.C. (CNS) Sentencing

Warden David Onofrio chalcouncils to work even

clude State volleyball, basketball, soft-

State

Ministerial

State

They represent over 8,300 members

ticipated

Four members of SPLUNGE (L-R) Erin Leonard, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, High Point, Patrick Reich, Youth Minister at Immaculate Conception Church, Hendersonville, AN Taylor, St. Paul the Apostle Church, Greensboro and Onie Rodriguez, St. Matthew Church, Jacksonville, Fla., spend some of theirtime gardening for Hope House, a residential home in Asheville, for men and women suffering from AIDS. Photo by Eduardo Perez

cent net growth goal in 1995, '96," he added.

from 84 councils paralong with family members.

Hotel. Delegates

Lending a green thumb.

pared with the other 50 states," Stultz stated. "We should exceed our five per-

make

Of Bells Mark 50th Anniversary Of Bombing Tolling

a good

WASHINGTON (CNS)— Remem-

residents, tormented by a too horrible to imagine and pes-

an ecumenical gathering, but one of the things we have in common is the need for forgiveness," he said.

Since the murders and the town's

brances of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki "carry a unique burden," said a Catholic moral theolo-

from a fuller context that included Pearl Harbor and "the total brutality of the Japanese and Nazi expansion."

But troubling questions still sur-

by intrusive press coverage, reacted by advocating the death penalty

human

face, he said, questions about alterna-

inundation by reporters, "things will never be quite the same for any of us,"

race must learn

from the 1945 destruc-

tive strategies, other motives, Allied

the rural Southern

town about capital

punishment.

Many :nme tered

for Smith.

who

Most of the 100 or

so people

turned out for the weekly services

opposed

A

that sentence.

CNN-Gallup-USA Today

poll

onducted during the trial found 68 perent of Americans polled favored the ieath penalty. South Carolina is considred to be at least as tough, with a

governor and attorney general who owed to be tougher on crime when they ivere elected in

1994.

Augustine parishioner Marion yrd, a Union native, opposed capital unishment and said he thought life in son would be no break for the mother, ho ki lied her 3-year-old and 1 4-monthSt.

ld sons.

"This

is

gian in a reflection on what the tion of the

two Japanese

cities.

all

At the final prayer service, Father Harris stressed the need for healing in

insistence on unconditional surrender, and the need to drop a second bomb.

peoples a special moral scrutiny," said Father Francis X. Meehan, writing in

Father Meehan, who s pastor of S S Simon and Jude Parish in West Chester,

Union.

The Catholic Standard and Times, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadel-

Pa., said the

phia.

enshrined even then in international law

said Father Pearson.

Remembering "requires of

"In this humbling and unbelievable

—

tragedy which has befallen our city where our tradition is that no one is a stranger and that all are welcomed we

and his path to peace, unity and healing," he said.

Another parishioner, Myrna B. Kennedy, said she was astounded at the strength and number of voices of her

His article, "Hiroshima: The Search for an Objective Morality," was published to mark the 50th anniversary of the Aug. 6 and 9 blasts. Across the country, other observances included special Masses, peace vigils and the tolling of bells.

Achieving objectivity about the

See Smith, Page 12

bombings is hard, said Father Meehan, because people remember that they saved

—

move gently among ourselves to find his strength

American

lives

and cannot be isolated

i

tions

most troubling moral ques-

come from "a criterion of morality

and within

all

religious traditions: the

norm granting immunity to civilian populations

from

direct attack

and

terror."

He called the 50th anniversary "less a time to celebrate, and more a time to beg the wisdom of God." In Missouri, Archbishop Justin F. Rigali of St. Louis recalled remarks made

See Bomb, Page 6

Says Second Choices

Priest

Do

Work On

First-Rate By

MARK PATTISON

—

WASHINGTON

After (CNS) making his first feature film, "Romero" Paulist Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser thought that maybe the making of his

"Dorothy Day," might be

latest effort,

turned out that he didn't get the

star he wanted. Or the writer he wanted.

Or the composer he wanted.

"But God was always able to show me that my second choice was better

my

than

In the first part, Dorothy, in New York, has an abortion. The second part

has Dorothy relocating to Staten Island,

where she finds God, has a child with her common-law husband and decides to raise the child as a Catholic.

easier.

It

Film

first,"

In the third segment, Dorothy cofounds the Catholic Worker with Maurin. The Catholic Worker movement espouses voluntary poverty and

service in the midst of the poor.

The

said Father Kieser of

Paulist Productions and the producer of

part details Dorothy's

final

"dark night of the soul," Father Kieser

"where she pays the price for

that

both movies.

said,

His hoped-for star to portray the Catholic Worker Movement's cofounder was Michelle Pfeiffer. He had trumpeted that choice nearly from the time he vowed he would make the biographical drama.

"I don't know Michelle personally, but I know her husband," Father Kieser told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview from Lake George, N.Y., where he was on vacation.

He was hoping that the friendship was enough to get Pfeiffer to forgo her

kind of lifestyle."

Moria Kelly

"Serving the poor is not easy, and this film does not romanticize the poor," he said. "Being celibate involves a price.

Being poor yourself involves a price.

Being nonviolent in the face of violent conflict has a price. All this happened to

the movie "Dorothy Day."

usual multimillion-dollar pay and star

street-smart,

movie budgeted at $4.2 million, $220,000 of which was supplied by a

tions to assist in the effort.

up Moira Kelly, an

Mother Teresa. But one who has had affairs and an abortion."

Her story "gives people an experience of God's presence in the situation.

It tweaks nerves in American society. It

More movie

is

about women's rights, it is about dignity, it is about fulfillment.

mid-July.

"It is about the need for God, it is about abortion, it is about single

erly people living in poverty.

in a

Catholic Communication grant.

Campaign

But no go.

Instead, he lined

Irish-born Catholic.

audi-

—

ences have heard her than seen her she was the voice of Nala in "The Lion King " but Kelly has also starred in "With Honors" "The Cutting Edge" and in two roles in "Chaplin."

"Moira is a believer and she acted this part from her heart. That's why she gave the superlative performance we see in this film," Father Kieser said.

"Moira will be a major star after this

—

her."

The

Day

priest said

He didn't name his first choices

walks along a street with Mary Ostrow in a scene from CNS photo by John Johnson, Paulist Pictures

Catholic Charities Aid Chicago Heat

he knew Dorothy

personally, having been in

Rome

with her for the fourth session of the

Second Vatican Council.

Dorothy Day, he said, was "a feisty,

American version of

it is about lay ministry, it is about the homeless, it is about finding God in the poor, it is about commitment

parenting,

and sexuality."

With all that, finding a company to distribute "Dorothy Day" should be no problem, Father Kieser said, despite earlier reports to the contrary.

picture."

(right)

ALEXANDRIA,

—

Va. (CNS)

Catholic Charities USA has wired $25,000 to Catholic Charities of Chicago to aid families suffering from the recent heat wave. It has requested dona-

Most of

were

the heat victims

Some emergency used for fans. The rest

eld-

from the "Rocky"

his stirring scores

movie

series.

distributor,

he

said.

it

to a

"We want to show

them what we can do."

Looking into the

an Episcopalian priest," Father Kieser said, "and John is quite a holy man in his

ing on a cable series on New Testament characters, a series

own

millennium, and "we're also thinking

And

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from the place

in his heart

where he

believes," he added.

be used to

nation's largest private social service

is to

network, with

from the heat and to provide counseling and outreach to affected families.

"Not only were many people too poor to afford air conditioning, but they lived in neighborhoods where they were afraid to open their windows," said Jane

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of Chicago Catholic Charities.

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"That's where Dorothy makes

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institutions, including the Catholic

USA. "They were

of Molokai," the famed "leper priest" of

Michael Rhodes, who also directed "Romero."

"Dorothy Day" looks at its subject' director

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eral funding for the

othy has her share of run-ins.

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Also featured are two-time Oscar nominee Melinda Dillon as Sister Aloysius, who befriended a young Dorothy; Martin Sheen as Peter Maurin, her mentor; and Brian Keith as the archbishop of New York, with whom Dor-

—

help poor families cover burial costs, to help pay high electric bills resulting

future, Father

Kieser said Paulist Productions is work-

right."

"This tragedy is just one more ex ample of how desperately we nee(

degrees."

father, incidentally, is

"John Wells'

director of gov-

affairs for

year round," she said Catholic Charities USA is the

basically forced to shut themselves in

for

ernment

LIHEAP funds

finish the picture first, then take

known

USA deputy for social policy

Mindy McFadden,

funds are being

Gallagher, director of disaster response

Bill Conti, best

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this year.

late September, he will shop the movie around to distributors. "We're going to

is

among

the poor, said Sharon Daly, Catholic

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more than half the nation's total, week of oppressive heat and humidthat gripped much of the country in

writer or composer, but for writer the

composer

acute heating and cooling needs

in a

Chicago had some 400 heat-caused deaths,

After post-production wraps up in

John Wells, co-creator of NBC's new smash "ER." The movie's

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August

4,

The Catholic News

1995

Finnerty

Is

Director of Hispanic Ministry

Finnerty as the

new

poor people was a rich and enlightening pastoral experience. His work afforded him many experiences working in team ministry, in the formation of small base communities and lay leaders, with the youth pastoral and the working class.

He experienced difficult moments during Noriega' s government. A fellow priest was murdered by soldiers for no

director of the His-

panic Ministry for the Diocese of Char-

and of the Catholic Hispanic Cen-

lotte ter

of Charlotte.

The Charlotte community had the opportunity to welcome Father Vincent during two Masses celebrated on July 16, and enthusiastically showed him their support. Father told them he ac-

reason at

the lack of Spanish speaking

priests in the Diocese.

H

e

was born

He was

n

0

January 1

transferred to

1986, and for five years,

1952 n

31,

Finnerty said this experi-

ence strengthened and renewed the commitment of the people with God and his kingdom of justice and brotherhood. He also said that the lay people are the strong foundation of the Panamanian Church.

cepted this position gladly because he

knew of

all.

spiritual director at the

Mexico worked

in

as

Vincentian semi-

nary and taught in the seminary of the

work and at that time he also started to know and to share with simple country

Archdiocese of Mexico. There he had the opportunity to learn and practice new things, mainly as spiritual companion and teacher of the social doctrine of the Church. In 1991 he was appointed provincial director of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in Mexico. He continued giving spiritual direction to individuals and to groups As provincial director he would visit the sisters' houses around Mexico. He visited Baja California, the Tarahumara in Chihuahua, the Otomies in Hidalgo and Puebla, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo,

folk.

Guadalajara, Aguascalientes, Morelia,

He attended public schools until he was 1 8-years-old. He attended Niagara

New York,

Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas. In Chiapas he visited the sisters in Altamirano, one of the four towns

where he had

his first contact with the

that the Zapatistas took over. In this

priests of the

Congregation of the Mis-

Williams-

town,

a

small

town about 50

,

miles north of Syracuse,

New

Father Vincent Finnerty

York.'

His father was a farmer and from an early age he learned the value of hard

University at Niagara Falls,

sions,

town the

known as the Vincentian Fathers.

This congregation was founded in the 1 7th century in France by St. Vincent de Paul. Finnerty said that the life of St. Vincent impressed him so much that he started to feel a burning desire to imitate him, following Christ, the evangelizer

that there

He

1

979.

Father explains

were several instances of ten-

He said that he never saw as much poverty as he saw among the Mexican Indians.

Father Finnerty expresses great en-

thusiasm as new diocesan director of the Hispanic ministry. His immediate

He had two

plan

is

to get to

know and

listen to the

different

time. First, in a five year span, he lost

agents working with the Hispanics and

two brothers and

to

make himself available.

At the end of the interview, he told

before his ordination. This was a very

us about the great impact that the faith

difficult test

of his family's

faith.

The

of simple people has had in his

was

his vocation.

After his ordination he was sent to work in Puerto Armuelles, Panama, dis-

of Baru, on the border with Costa work there with humble and

trict

Rica. His

Remember HisWll

things."

"A valid Will stands as

a

continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

ment to the Church and the community in which we live."

In Yours.

life.

He

mentioned Juan Diego and his devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe and recalled the Virgin's words to Juan Diego: "Am I not here because I am your Mother?

Are you not under my shadow? Am I not your health? Are you not lucky to be on my lap? What else do you need? You do not have to grieve or be afraid of other

second experience was the opportunity to work briefly as a seminarian in Panama. That was when Father Vincent realized that working in the missions

Bishop William G. Curlin

— For

"SPLUNGE

Special People Living a Uniquely Growthful Experience, July 1 8-23.

This fourth annual inner city retreat

sored by Hospitality House

provides an experience of serving the poor, hungry and homeless.

vices to the homeless in the community.

—

"During those

days participants met the challenge of a simple life-style, broadening their understanding of central city issues, exposing themselves to six

different life-styles and cultures, explor-

ing the Scriptures and integrating

them

with their daily experiences," said Cathie

SPLUNGE and Barnabas Church.

Stout, coordinator of

youth minister

Youth

at St.

— who

are least

1

5 years old

statement included in your Will: "I leave to the

Charlotte (or (or

Roman

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

percent of the residue of my estate) for

religious, educational For more information on

how

and to

its

charitable works."

make

a Will that works, contact

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

introduce our

youth to social service agencies," said Paul Kotlowski, diocesan coordinator of Youth Ministry.

Seven

SPLUNGE participants

vis-

Hope House, located in Asheville's Montford District. Hope House is sponited

— an orga-

nization of five programs developed to

provide food, shelter and support ser-

Hope House is a facility for homemen and women who are HIV positive or suffering from AIDS. It is a home less

for up to five residents who pay rent based on income while receiving the benefit of support services that address problems unique to these individuals.

At Hope House, SPLUNGE participants baked cookies and pulled weeds from the garden for four residents cur-

rently living there.

kids baking us cookies and working out

less fortunate.

to see

—

in

"The experience

is

physically and

spiritually challenging,"

"SPLUNGE flection

The

is

built

said Stout.

on education,

re-

teens split into groups to expe-

rienced the inner city.

One experience

was Block Studies. Participants were dropped off in city neighborhood blocks, with their team adults, and had to find out as

who

"It's

and

their living condi-

tions.

"It

was

interesting evaluating a

neighborhood and getting peoples' different perspectives of their own neighborhood," said Susan Van Skiver, a 17year-old from St. Paul the Apostle Church, Greensboro. "People realize the bad element from the good element in

They know how to the crack-dealers from the good citi-

their neighborhoods.

zens."

them taking an interest in trying to make a difference in the community," said Louis, a Hope House resident.

"Our motto at SPLUNGE is 'Live said Stout.

new

commit themselves to helping the needy. They visited the Department of Social Services, Child Abuse Center, Manna Food Bank, Catholic Social Services, the Asheville-BunChristian Ministry

and Kenilworth Wellness Center.

"We hope participants find a

appreciation for the gifts and bro-

kenness of the city while they dare to

own

confront their

ignorance, preju-

dices and fears."

Living simply

is

just

what

partici-

They ate three light meals a day, with no snacks, and were allowed only two showers during

pants did for six days.

the experience.

"SPLUNGE was worthwhile for me because

it

taught

preciate the

me how

little

to really ap-

things

I

take for

granted, like taking a shower," said Erin

Leonard, a parishioner

at

Immaculate

Heart of Mary Church in High Point. "It made me see how complicated my everyday life is when I live simply for a

week."

"This program offers teenagers the become socially respon-

ganizations that

combe Community

wonderful

in the garden, but it's just as

much as possible about the people

live there

wonderful not only to see these

simply, so that others may simply live',"

and action."

opportunity to

sible," said Stout.

"By challenging them new found experi-

to evangelize their

ences of justice and peacemaking, they have the chance to take back to their parishes a sense of social awareness."

Congressman Thanks Pope, Flynn For Helping Free Americans WASHINGTON

(CNS)

In Iraq

— Pope

Richardson said the Vatican helped

John Paul II and U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Raymond Flynn were "enormously helpful" in expediting the release of two Americans from Iraq in

him by giving him "important strategic advice" and by telling him that Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Aziz was

mid-July, according to the U.S. con-

Aziz' s Catholicism gave him an "important personal connection" with Richardson, who belongs to the Cathedral of San Francisco de Asis in Santa

gressman who brought the Americans out of Iraq.

News

a Chaldean Catholic.

Fe,

N.M.

D-N.M., said

Richardson said Pope John Paul and

he had hoped to stop in Rome to thank Pope John Paul and Flynn for their help but had not been able to because of the pope' s vacation and his own busy sched-

other Vatican officials had "laid the

House of Representatives.

"I wasn't able to thank them then, but I want to thank them now," he added.

ian aspects" of the situation.

28, Rep. Bill Richardson,

ule in the

sum of$

we can

growing in their faith are given a hands on experience in service to people in need and who are

and interested

In an interview with Catholic

or to your parish. Simply have the following

means

through which

Service in his Capitol Hill office July

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte

a valuable

is

days 14 teens from the Diocese of Charlotte and three from the Diocese of St. Augustine, Fla. experienced the reality of inner city life in Asheville, N.C. The Faith Formation office and St. Barnabas Church sponsored SPLUNGE six

Participants also visited various or-

of his father occurred just a few days

Live

EDUARDO PEREZ Staff Writer

ARDEN

tell

The death

his father.

By

communities and pastoral

very important experiences during this

May Simply

Others

still

exist.

entered the seminary and was

May 26,

have a rural hospital to

sion during the conflict and they

of the poor.

ordained on

sisters

care for the natives.

So That

Live Simply,

WOLF

By LUIS A. Bishop William G. Curlin has appointed Vincentian Father Vincent H.

e

On

July 16, Richardson gained the

release of William Barloon of

Iowa and

David Daliberti of Florida, who had been sentenced

to eight years in an Iraqi

prison for crossing the border between Iraq and

Kuwait on March

13.

necessary groundwork" for his diplomatic efforts by sending several messages to Saddam "raising the humanitar-

Such

efforts are

grounded

in the

Catholic Church's tenets, such as hu-

manitarianism and the importance of communication, he said.

"Instead of always considering one another adversaries, sometimes we need to talk," he said.

News

& Herald

August

Pro-Life Corner

Church, Society Must

4,

1995

Make Room For Women

—

The Paramount Human Life Amendment (HJR 90) has been Introduced In Congress. If your Congressman Is not a co-sponsor, you should determine why he or she Isn't and make sure that he or she becomes one.

Contact: Congressman House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) The church and society must make more room for the input and involvement of women, Pope John Paul II said.

"Without the contribution of women, society is less alive, culture is less rich and peace is more insecure," the pope said July 23 during his midday Angelus address at Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence south of Rome.

Continuing his series of talks in preparation for the U.N. World Conference on Women in September, the pope said, "Those situations in which women are prevented from developing all of their potential and from offering the richness of their gifts are to be considered profoundly unjust not only to women themselves, but to all of society."

Pope John Paul

said society

attention to the family

life,

must give special

needs and responsibilities

of mothers of young children.

(Diocese of Ckartotte The Respect Life Office (704)331-1720

must conis open to the economy, politics

"But, except in those circumstances,

it

vincingly adapt itself so that a wider space

women

in all areas of culture,

and church

so that the entire

life itself

nity increasingly

is

enriched by the gifts belonging to

E

said,

have

gifts that the

church and

society desperately need.

piscopal Calendar

"It is

not a question of placing

women and men in

opposition to each other," the pope said. While they

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events during the

share the

"and

same

values, their

emphases are

different

of enrichment."

Pope John Paul said women "have been given a particular ability to accept the human being in his or her

next few weeks:

that diversity is the source

August 5

concreteness."

Catholic Social Services Retreat, Catholic Conference Center, Hickory

"This singular trait, which opens her to an affective and spiritual maternity as well as a physical one, is part of the design of God, who has entrusted the human being to women in a special way," he said.

6

pm Confirmation William,

St.

Even if this sensitivity to others is a characteristic of femininity, he said, "women, like men, must watch to avoid the temptation of a possessive egoism and

Murphy

August 8 Ecumenical Meeting with Lutheran and Catholic

place themselves at the service of an authentic love."

Pope Says

Bishops, Raleigh

Military Action In

Bosnia Could Be Justified August 10 Diocesan Foundation Board Meeting

LES COMBES,

August 12 5 pm Confirmation Christ the King,

High Point

August 14

Campus

Ministers Meeting

August 15 Holy Day (Our Lady of Assumption) 7:30 pm Mass St.

—

As a "last resort" to defend innocent civilians in Bosnia-Herzegovina, international military action could be justified, Pope John Paul II said.

"This remains the last resort. There has always existed the principle of a just war, which is defensive.

Even this type of war is ugly, but it (war) is that way," the pope told journalists July 22 as he ended his mountain vacation in Les Combes.

The reporters asked his reaction to a July 21 decision by 16 European and North American countries to authorize NATO forces to bomb Bosnian Serb Italy

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"Above all, we are concerned about those who are no matter which side they are on. And

suffering,

everyday we see how much they suffer, including through the images on television," he said.

For the past three years, Pope John Paul has pleaded for an immediate end to the fighting and for the sides involved in the Balkans conflict to treat peace negotiations seriously. He also repeatedly has asked the international community to devote all possible energy to mediating an end to the fighting.

Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro- Vails told reporters July 22 the pope believes even a defensive war involves moral problems, which is why it truly must be the last resort for resolving conflict.

"The priority now is humanitarian, to respond to the incredible sufferings of these thousands of people which have reached a level not seen in Europe since the Second World War," Navarro- Vails said.

"The pope's priority is not political, strategic or military, but humanitarian," he said. He added that the Vatican had been not been asked to mediate, although the papal nuncio in Bosnia met July 22 with Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic.

Pope John Paul called on Catholics throughout the world to work for an end to the war through the use of prayer, "the great means we have at our disposal to obtain that which seems humanly difficult."

The pope called for the prayers July 23 during his midday Angelus address at Castel Gandolfo, his sum-

mer

August

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blame Bud,

my

can

we

Rome.

not once again turn our worried

attention to the martyred people of Bosnia?" he asked

pilgrims gathered in the courtyard of his

can

we

villa.

"How

not listen to their heart-rending cry for help?"

"With courage and generosity may everyone make their contribution to restoring the

minimum conditions

for peaceful coexistence in the Balkans," he prayed.

Ant Brigade

want

to destroy every ant within a three-mile

my

infested rhododendron roots."

Ursula rubbed her hands together. "Nuke 'em, eh?" she said gleefully. I nodded. She pulled a smallish plastic container off the shelf, glancing left and right as

she did.

"Zeees

vill

dooozee jop," she whispered.

"When did you develop the funny accent?" I asked.

Until recently.

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radius of

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if attacks continue on U.N.-declared safe zones harboring Bosnian Muslims and Croats.

"If one attacks and wants to trample the right to life and the right to exist, then there is the right to defense," he said.

Pope John Paul said the Vatican was not advising the international community on how to proceed in Bosnia, but outlining the moral principles that should guide specific political and military decisions.

tion. I

Service

II

positions

of Bud's

DAN MORRIS

Catholic

Pope John Paul

human commu-

masculinity and femininity," he said.

Women, he

The Pope Speaks

neighbor.

Bud sprayed his lawn with something that caused massive panic in the insect world. Lines of refugees were soon seen wandering down my driveway, up my drain spouts, around my mailbox, into my water meter and over my shingles.

Many of them claimed they had seen teensy road signs pointed our way.

Bud denies this. But I overheard the troublemaker cackling and telling one colony (all their possessions on their backs) that they'd be safe and welcome at Uncle Dan's and "Ant" Eileen's.

Cute.

Negotiations broke

down

quickly.

The

ants

were

"Only ven I zell zees," she smiled.

"Veel it verk?" I asked.

She tapped the label. The directions were written in three languages in print small enough to make ants squint. As near as I could make out, an ounce of the stuff diluted in five gallons of water and then misted into the air would drop a charging rhino.

She also sold me a sprayer, a mask, a shoulder harness, extension hose, rubber gloves and a set of teensy road signs.

my

"You look like a character from 'Ghostbusters,'" wife observed as I suited up for battle.

'Take the children to Canada and return in a

week,"

I

said bravely.

Two

hours later

I

had misted

carrying scrap lumber out of the garage into the yard

everything from the house foundation, roof rafters and

while claiming to be bargaining in good faith. We retaliated with brooming, brushing, boot stomping and

gutters to decorator rocks, electrical service panels

aerosol spray. (Note: Ants consider pine-scented

room

deodorizer a performance-enhancing drug.)

I sought U.N. help (Ursula's Nursery). "Ursula," pleaded, "I've given up on inter-species

I

communica-

and 1937 Buick I keep stored in the garage.

I want to believe it has worked. But I could have sworn I heard the sound of an itsy, bitsy violin coming from under a fir tree and wee voices singing "Antland UberAlles." the trunk of the

August

4,

1995

The Catholic News

& Keral J

5

Two Prayers There is a beautiful prayer taken from the Native American tradition which speaks volumes about the spiritual maturity of the people we, once

To approach the Lord without shame is I

a lofty goal and yet so basic, so fitting.

am deeply moved

Holy

Spirit

manifested in

prayer. Native

savaged them.

0 Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds, and whose breath gives life to

beauty of nature they see the manifestation of God's beauty. The prayer also expresses an awareness of Divine Provi-

world, hear

all the

1

am

me!

and wisdom.

strength

eyes ever behold the sunset.

Make my hands

respect the things

I seek strength, not to

be greater,

fight my greatest enemy — my

selfishness.

Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes, so that when life fades, as the fading sunset,

is,

God's on-going care and to end it

deep

spirit

for the grace to be

of humility; asking

more humble and less

presupposes a belief that all of us must one day face our Lord to give an accounting of our stewardship.

my spirit may come to You with-

out shame.

These are the same truths expressed

own prayers. It's easy to see how much alike we all are. God is not limited in the way He reveals Himself to His in

^^^^

From beginning

selfish

You have made, and my ears sharp to hear Your voice.

Let me learn the lessons You have hidden in every leaf and rock. but to

protection. reflects a

Let me walk in beauty, and make my

Father John Catoir

it

honor the Creator of the universe. In the

dence, that

small and weak, I need your

One Candle

this beautiful

Americans who pray

The more I think about it the more I come to see that it was we who called savages.

Liaht

by the power of the

our

children.

People all over the world share the same fear of death, but Jesus said, "Be not afraid." St. Francis de Sales (15671622), once the bishop of Geneva, tried to cope with his own fears through a prayer which he wrote to promote his

trust

of God.

Do

not fear what may happen tomorrow.

The same loving Father who cares for you today, will care for you tomor-

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row and everyday.

stamped, self-addressed envelope to The

He or He

Either fering

will shield

Christophers, 12 East 48th Street,

will

York,

strength to bear

you from sufgive you unfailing

it.

Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginings.

For me, these two prayers say more than a thousand sermons.

Becoming Comfortable With It was entirely too quiet in our basement playroom. My three-year old daughter, Teresa, and her best friend, two-and-one-half-year-old, Elliot, were playing with a toy kitchen set when I had checked on them just a few minutes earlier. Elliot's sister, Jilly, and my son, Bobby, were playing happily upstairs.

I called downstairs, "Teresa, what are you and Elliot doing?" "Nothing,"

For a free copy of the Christopher Note, "Be Not Afraid, " send a

New

NY 10017.

Father John Catoir The Christophers.

is

director of

Conflict

Family Matters Eileen

Marx

she replied in a voice implying that trouble of epic proportions

was brewing

I

ran downstairs and couldn't be-

my eyes. They

had found a set of Bobby's magic markers and decided to color their arms, legs and faces with lieve

every color in the box. artistic

The

frenzy was also

trail

left

of their

on a few and

stuffed animals, an Etch-A-Sketch,

newly painted white wall.

I'm sure parenting experts would tell me that there was a creative way to handle the situation. But it was 9:30 in the morning, I had five hours sleep the night before, and it was already 90 de-

a

|

grees outside. Besides, these little people

were old enough to know

better. I

was

angry.

A terribly its

unpleasant voice forced

way through my clenched

teeth, "I

want you both to sit on the stairs, right now! You know that we only color on paper. This was a very, very, very bad idea!"

wasn't our idea," Teresa answered in a tone much too brazen for a child in a heap of trouble.

"Yeah," Elliot piped in. "It was "Well,

it

away to cool off moments or finding something

short fuse that stepping for a few

below.

funny in a tense situation.

Although anger is a universal emotion, it's a subject many of us are uncomfortable with. Each of us has our own way of handling or mishandling our anger. Some bury their anger, other explode over a minor incident. Some people believe it's not right to express their anger, others express it to everyone except at the person who's the cause of their anger. Some people walk away the moment a cruel word is spoken and others will stay to an argument's bitter end, needing to have the last word.

Because we live in a society where child abuse and domestic violence affect far too many families, we need to give parents and children healthy ways to channel their anger. As a growing number of teenagers brings guns to schools and lose their lives in arguments over girlfriends, designer clothes and drugs, we need to teach children effec-

ways

tive

to resolve conflicts peace-

fully.

The pressure on all families are great

at the top

and everyone can benefit by learning new skills to cope with anger and stress.

of the stairs in time to hear the accusa-

A few months ago, Elliot's mother,

Jilly' s

and Bobby's idea!" and Bobby appeared

Jilly

But even these five-year-olds were able to see the humor in watching Teresa and Elliot wiggle their way out of this jmess. Within a few minutes we were all Jaughing and everyone was given a sponge to help clean up. It's too bad ion.

pvery angry (easily.

moment

isn't

resolved this

Nothing works better

to cure a

Fran, and

I

attended an anger manage-

ment workshop given by

Jerry Gross, a

professional counselor at the Vienna

Family Therapy Center in Virginia.

Throughout Mr. Gross' presentation, he discussed some specific and practical strategies for handling anger in families:

Know and understand your anAre you an aggressor or an

1.

ger.

It's

avoider?

2. Identify the beliefs

anger and

try to

you have about

change those

that are

unhealthy.

3.

Take

responsibility for your an-

4.

Take

the anger to the one with

ger.

whom you are angry. Don'

t

kick the dog

ger

is

important to remember that ansome unresolved

often a sign of

in each of us. Do we feel inadequate as a parent? Are we discour-

problems

aged in our job? Are we overwhelmed and under appreciated? Are there issues that need to be worked out in our relationships with family members or friends?

or yell at the kids.

While we struggle with how

to

Don't use dirty tactics, e.g.

"You're just like your mother (father)."

6. During arguments, stay in the

handle anger, it' s good to remember that anger isn't all bad. It can motivate us to

present.

speak out against an injustice. It can help us see more clearly those things

5.

7. Try to avoid the words "always" and "never."

8. Don' t fight in the kitchen or in the bedroom.

9. Have regular family meetings and let everyone be heard.

10. Practice

for adults 1 1

all

.

"time out" procedures

or attitude.

Whenever

Sign "No Violence" pledges with

family members.

12. Help your family to accept an-

read the story of Jesus

Be more

Learn whether your child tends to stuff or ventilate their anger and help them find a middle ground.

14. Affirm your children when they handle their anger appropriately (or try very, very hard).

During the teenage years, try to remember the good seeds you've planted. Trust in all the good you've put into your child.

felt

am

I

reas-

anger,

He

expressed it as well. It truly is a human emotion. He also made it crystal clear that resolving our anger is so important that He will be in our midst when we are settling

our disputes.

A few days ago, Elliot' s mother told

13.

15.

I

getting angry in the temple,

sured that Jesus not only

and children.

ger as a legitimate emotion. comfortable with conflict.

we really value in our lives. And if we're angry at ourselves, it might just help us to change a destructive behavior

that

me that she's been praying for creativity in

handling the challenging

moments

with her children. Something

tells

me

and Teresa, pray for creativity and

that children, too, like Elliot

on some

level

assistance in handling the tough

mo-

ments with their parents. And judging by their response to the magic marker fiasco, I'd say their prayers have already been answered.

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News

From Page

& Herald

August

by Pope John Paul II during a 1981 visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.

"It is with deep emotion that I have

come here today as a 'pilgrim of peace,"' pope said

make this

at the time. "I

visit

...

wanted

to

out of a deep personal

remember the past commit oneself to the future."

conviction that to to

is

"Surely, those reflections of the Holy

ful

Of Bells Mark 50th Anniversary Of Bombing —

book, Hiroshima survivors or "hibakusha," which literally means "bomb-affected people" are often ignored in debates over the meaning and legacy of the bombings.

Rachelle Linner recounts the stories of this dwindling group in her first book, "City of Silence: Listening to Hiroshima,'" recently published by Orbis

—

can serve as a powercatalyst for our own reflec-

Father

...

wrote Archbishop Rigali in his column for the July 28 issue of his newspaper, the tion...,"

5/.

Louis Review.

"They offer an incentive for

a still more fervent commitment on the part of all to the pursuit of

she

came

She

still

to the

United States in 1973.

works for her order in Chicago.

Clothed in her black habit, she tried could only move a few feet.

to run but

my

whole body was on flat on the ground, said my religious vows and prayed. When I opened my eyes I was not dead yet."

She hurried to the river with the other nuns. She saw naked people running wildly from the center of the city, where the bomb had hit. She thought some were wearing rags, but they were not. "It was their skin that had peeled off." She saw others who were black and swollen, "carbonized," she said. At the river the nuns helped those they could.

"It felt like

fire,"

she said. "I lay

Sister

peace and ... of the justice that produces peace."

The archbishop urged the world, in remembering "the tragic events" of 50 years ago, to echo the pope's message on

Yamada, who never suffered

radiation sickness, says even today she

to cry

"was sent by God to end the war for Japan."

Another eyewitness, 78-year-old Jesuit Father Klaus Luhmer, recently spoke with The Catholic Standard and Times in Philadelphia by phone from his Tokyo home. On Aug. 6, 1945, he was at

Enough with war!

a Jesuit novitiate about four kilometers

end of World War which he said: "We need the

out loudly:

II,

thinks the bombing

in

when he heard

Let's build peace."

north of Hiroshima

Events planned in St. Louis included parishes ringing church bells, holding prayer

distinctive drone of airplane engines.

"I

saw the purple-yellow

blast

the

and

ran as fast as

I

could," he recalled. "I

was an ordinary blast, but there was no sound and no debris."

When he and the other Jesuits at the house looked outside, they saw the entire city on fire, but did not learn until after the bombing of Nagasaki that the cities had been struck by atomic bombs. imagined

it

Luhmer said his own resiwindows and part of became a temporary hospital.

Father

dence, which lost the roof,

He went carry out

into the city that day to help two injured priests who recov-

ered and lived to old age, according to the Jesuit.

"I was sick, I suppose for three or four weeks," he said. "It was probably

caused by the radiation, but we didn't know it then." Because of his proximity to the blast zone, the priest said he has "an atomic health pass which entitles me to medical care."

Father Luhmer, retired from a 34year teaching career and living at the Jesuit residence at Tokyo' s Sophia University, said he still has not made up his mind about whether the bomb was justified. But today, he said, nuclear weapons, like poison gas "should be absolutely abolished."

services, gathering signatures

for a petition to abolish nuclear

weapons and holding a procession through downtown.

Elsewhere in Missouri, Bishops

CNS Books. She went

to

Photo

Hiroshima in 1985 and to research

Michael F. McAuliffe of Jefferson City and John J. Leibrecht of SpringfieldCape Girardeau joined other church fig-

to interview survivors

ures in the state in calling for "reconcili-

home and peace throughout the

She said she undertook the project because she feared the "spirit of

In the Pittsburgh Diocese churches

Hiroshima," personified in the hibakusha and their quest to be heard, was in dan-

ation at

world."

were to ring their bells as part of an observance planned by several peace groups, including Physicians for Social Responsibility and the

Thomas Merton

testimonies taken in the years following the bombings.

ger of being lost as they age and die.

A

theme she found from the testimonies was: "It is war we hate ... not

consistent

Americans."

One survivor recently recounted the

Center.

New

Jersey observances included

horrors of the blast in an interview with

an Aug. 5 interfaith service to be held at a Montclair Unitarian church with ad-

The New World, Chicago's archdiocesan newspaper. Sister Theresia Yasobu

dresses by Auxiliary Bishop

Thomas J.

Gumbleton of Detroit, a former president of Pax Christi USA, and Akiolnoue, a survivor of Hiroshima.

The

St.

site

Aug. 6 of a prayer service and an exhibit of photographs showing the effects of the bomb on people and places. Pax Christi of Southwest New Jersey scheduled prayer services at three other Catho-

churches.

According

Yamada was

to the author of a

new

Transfiguration

quietly reading the Bible

garden when the atomic detonated miles away.

in her convent's

bomb was "I

Francis Peace Garden at a

Keyport, N.J., church was to be the

lic

saw a light like a shining rainbow.

A small beam became bigger and bigger and covered the whole sky," recalled Sister

Yamada, now

77.

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the Society of Helpers of the

Holy Souls,

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By JERRY FILTEAU WASHINGTON (CNS) — The raon Hiroshima and Nagasaki before prominent U.S. Catholic moral theologians dioactive dust had not yet settled

questioned the morality of using the

atomic

bomb on

Japanese

cities.

"Nobody challenged their theology.

It's just sad that nobody wanted to listen," says Jesuit Father

McSorley 50 years

Richard T. Father

later.

exercise in America-bashing.

Then other

the revised exhibit treated the as

there

if

when bombing

berated the Smithsonian

critics

were no

critical

questions to

be raised.

A review of the early August 1945 news files of the National Catholic News Service, forerunner of today's Catholic News Service, shows that even amid the excitement of Japan's imminent surrenserious Catholic commentawere sharply critical of President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb. The news service was then, as it is now, the main source of national and

some

der

Questioned A-Bomb

God. This prinit were foreseen that as a result of such an attack on the civilian population the morale of the people would be broken and the war brought to a speedier close. A good end does not justify the use of an immoral

The same news report quoted Jesuit geophysicistFatherJamesB.Macelwane of St. Louis University defending the bomb's use on the basis of a "total war"

means.

"Secondly, even in the supposition that the bomb were employed directly only against a strictly military objective, such as a munition factory or an airfield, it would be against the law of God to use

of

violation of the law of

ciple

would hold even

if

McSorley, professor emeritus of theology at Georgetown University is a longtime peace activist and director of Georgetown's Center for Peace Studies.

The first U.S. atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Aug. 6, 1945, leveling most of the city and killing an

tors

estimated 200,000 people.

a 1 200-word piece dated Aug. 9, quoted one Jesuit scientist defending the bomb but another Jesuit scientist and three moral theologians condemning the ac-

aimed

tion.

of the stupendous power of the bomb,

Three days later a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. That city's more hilly terrain and smaller size contributed to less destruction: 39,000 killed immediately and about 25,000 injured.

Fifty years later, Americans still have not come to a resolution of the debate over the morality of the U.S. action to hasten the end of the war in the Pacific.

When

the Smithsonian Institution

international

news

for U.S. Catholic

if

harm done coincidentally

the

to the

were out of proporthe benefits consequent on the

tion to

destruction of the military objective.

newspapers.

The main theological reaction story, ,

more bombing of

"This latest excess

is

still

immoral than the Germany," said Jesuit Father John C. Ford of Weston College in Massachusetts. A year earlier, in a major article in Theological Studies, Father Ford had

"For example, if the bomb were at the munitions factory but it could be reasonably anticipated that 5,000 or 6,000 civilians would be killed in their

homes

in the vicinity as a result its

condemned the Allied carpet bombing of German cities as a clear vio-

University of Los Angeles, saying: "Even

war

granting that our military leaders in-

lation of just

to the

Father Francis J. Connell, a widely known theologian

tended the destruction of military objectives only, still the act remains immoral ... because the evil effects consequent upon the use of the atomic bomb are completely out of proportion to the good

who

effect,

principles.

Redemptorist

later

became

dean of the theology school at The Catholic University of America, said initial information from military authorities

on the two bombs was too scant to make adefinitivejudgment yet

—

at that time the

second bomb had been dropped only a few hours earlier.

But he opined that from initial accounts "there are

"The old

namely, the destruction of legiti-

mate, recognized military objectives."

Even in the midst of a war-weary America thrilled at the prospect of an early end to the daily loss of American lives, he added the caution: "The mere opinion or even the fact that the atomic bomb would bring the war to a quicker close and save countless lives does not justify the use of this immoral means, because a good end never justifies the

distinction

between com-

batant and noncombatant has lost

War

much

no longer simply a struggle between armed men, it is primarily a clash of mechanism," he said. "Therefore, to win the war the enemy s production must be stopped and his ability to wage a mechanized warfare thereby must be destroyed. The atomic bomb is a means to that end ... (and) is therefore just and moral insofar as the war itself is just and moral."

But the report quoted another Jesuit physicist, Father John T. Delaney of Loyola College in Baltimore, calling the its

significance.

is

'

bomb

"a sacrilege" that "has perverted

science to the cause of slaughter and destruction."

Another condemnation of the bomb

use would again be unlawful according

fundamental moral principles."

Fathers Ford and Connell were among the leading figures in U.S. moral theology at the time.

The article quoted a third theologian, Jesuit Father Joseph A. Vaughan, head of the ethics department of Loyola

clearly

publicly

it

civilian population

theory.

was

carried in the

news

service in

its

widely syndicated column, "Sursum Corda," by Paulist Father James M. Gillis, editor of the Catholic World, who was also nationally

known as a longtime NBC

commentator and author of several popular religious and theological books. radio

Writing less than a week after the second bomb was dropped, Father Gillis said bluntly, "The use of the atomic bomb is indefensible on ethical grounds."

Father McSorley said that from a perspective of 50 years later it would be interesting to go back into the archives of U.S. diocesan newspapers and see how widely the comments of those theologians were reported and how U.S. Catholics

reacted to them at the time.

Even more interesting, he suggested,

would be to see their comments reported again in the Catholic press today and to compare the response they evoked among Catholics then with the response it evokes today.

use of evil means."

grave reasons to fear it

(the atomic

bomb)

lends itself to

that

methods of warfare contrary to the law

of God."

He went on

CNS

Photo

outline

to

two prin-

ciples: set out this

year to mark the 50th anni-

versary with an exhibit in Washington, parts of the proposed exhibit containing

commentary critical of the U.S. decision were excised because of pressure from veterans' groups who called it an

"The first is that it is never permitted in war to attack directly the noncombatants of the enemy nation. Consequently, if the bomb were employed for a direct attack on a residential section of a section in which a Japanese city there are no important military objectives its use would be a flagrant

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looking

innovative person to lead their Office of Youth Ministry into the Twenty-First century. The ideal candidate will have a Masters Degree in Religious Education or Theology with several years experi-

ence

at the parish level

&flit

FAX (205) 836-1910. Application/ resumes requested by Aug. 10.

JjiaAt

Reflections on the Social Mission of the Parish

66

but demonstrated

competence in organization, faith formation of youth and adults and leadership are of prime importance.

Please address resumes or request additional information from the Office of Youth Ministry, PO Box 12047, Birmingham Ala. 35202 (205) 838-8301

vAnA

e are a very diverse community of faith racially, ethnically, economically

and ideologically. This diversity should be respected, reflected and celebrated in

our social ministry. Social justice

coalitions across racial, ethnic

geographic

lines

and

can be an impressive

sign of the unity of the

Body of Christ."

U.S. Catholic Bishops, Communities of Salt ana" Light

—

File

Photo

olic

News

& Herald

August

Nuevo

1995

Colaborador del

Director del

Ministerio

4,

"Comuniquemonos"

Hispano

regresa

al

La Confirmation VIII

seminario

Por

encuentro sacramental con Confirmacion recibimos el del Espfritu Santo, para que nos el

Cristo, en la

Por LUIS A.

WOLF

Don

Arturo De Aguilar es un seminarista

Por LUIS A.

WOLF

Nuestro Obispo Guillermo G. Curlin ha nombrado al Padre Vicente Finnerty, CM., Director del Ministerio Hispano para la

Adquirio experiencia en el trabajo de conjunto, en la formacion de comunidades eclesiales de base, en la formacion del laicado, en la pastoral juvenil y en la pastoral obrera. Vivio

momentos

diffciles durante el gobierno de Noriega, incluso un companero de congregacion fue asesinado por los militares sin motivo alguno. El Padre

comenta que esta experiencia fortalecio y renovo el compromiso del pueblo para con Dios y su Reino de justicia y fraternidad y enfatiza que los laicos son el pilar fuerte de la Iglesia panamena.

En 1986 fue trasladado a Mexico y trabajo por cinco anos

como

Director

Espiritual del Seminario Vicentino y dio clases en el seminario de la

arquidiocesis de la Ciudad de Mexico.

Ahf tuvo

comunidad de Charlotte tuvo

la

oportunidad de darle la bienvenida al Padre Vicente en las dos Misas que celebro el domingo 16 de julio y le

expreso

su

apoyo

con

mucho

entusiasmo. El comunico que acepto esta posicion con gran gusto al saber de la escasez de sacerdotes

en

la

de habla hispana

enero de 1952 en Williamstown, un pueblito situado a unas 50 millas al norte de Syracuse, en el estado de Nueva

York. Su padre era campesino y el Padre Vicente aprendio desde temprana

valor del trabajo duro y responsable y al mismo tiempo empezo a compenetrarse y compartir con la gente el

sencilla del

campo.

Hasta los 1 8 anos estudio en escuelas publicas. Fue admitido a la Universidad de Niagara, en Niagara Falls, estado de Nueva York, donde tuvo su primer

contacto con los Padres de la Congregacion de la Mision, conocidos

como los Vicentinos. Esta congregacion fue fundada en el siglo

1

7 en Francia por

San Vicente de Paul. El Padre comenta que le llamo mucho la atencion la vida de San Vicente y su forma de darse a Dios y empezo a sentir un ardiente deseo de imitar a San Vicente, siguiendo a Cristo, el Evangelizador de los pobres.

Entro en el seminario y fue ordenado sacerdote el 26 de mayo de 1979. El nos relato que tuvo dos experiencias muy importantes durante este perfodo.

Primero, en

el

oportunidad de descubrir y

de acompahante espiritual y maestro de la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia. En 1991 fue nombrado Director Provincial de las Hijas de la Caridad de San Vicente de Paul en Mexico. Continuo la labor de direccion espiritual individual y el asesoramiento a grupos dirigiendo el

transcurso de cinco anos,

hermanos y su padre.

La muerte de su padre ocurrio unos dfas antes de ordernarse sacerdote. Todo ello fue una prueba de fe diffcil para su familia. La segunda experiencia fue la se le murieron dos

oportunidad de trabajar brevemente, cuando era seminarista, en Panama.

Desde ese momento el Padre supo que queria trabajar en las misiones.

Al ordenarse sacerdote lo mandaron a trabajar a Puerto Armuelles, Panama, en el distrito de Baru, que hace frontera con Costa Rica. Alia trabajo con gente humilde y pobre y fue una experiencia riqufsima en cuanto a la pastoral.

Mexico cuando todavfa no

actuar

trabajar en la Diocesis,

sabfa

si

ser

Director

a las

varios anos de estudio dejo el seminario

que el mismo Espfritu suscita en nuestras almas y que conocemos como sus siete

y se traslado a los Estados Unidos donde tuvo di versos trabajos. En los lugares donde vivio, el vio el estado en que muchos de sus compatriotas vivfan y la necesidad que tenfan de gufa espiritual.

Eso le desperto el deseo de hacer algo por ellos y trabajo con un grupo juvenil en una parroquia. Asesorado por un padre, muy amigo de nosotros, decidio regresar al seminario y fue aceptado en la Diocesis de Charlotte para cursar sus estudios en el seminario de Boynton Beach.

Trabajo un verano con el Padre Jose

Waters donde conocio todas las comunidades que el Padre Waters atendfa. El

Otomies en Hidalgo y Puebla,

encontraba informacion para sus

Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Guadalajara, Aguascalientes, Morelia, Yucatan,

escritos.

Campeche, Tabasco y Chiapas. En este ultimo lugar acompano a las Hermanas en Altamirano, Chiapas, uno de los cuatro pueblos tornados por los Zapatistas el lro. de enero de 1994. Las Hermanas tienen un hospital rural en

periodico, Arturo ayudaba en la oficina

ese pueblo para atender a los indfgenas.

El Padre explico que hubo muchos

momentos de

tension en el conflicto y que aun siguen las tensiones. El dice

que nunca habfa visto tanta pobreza como la que viven los indfgenas de Mexico.

El Padre Vicente nos expreso su gran entusiasmo como nuevo director diocesano de la pastoral hispana, asf como sus deseos de conocer las diferentes comunidades hispanas en la diocesis. Su plan inmediato es conocer y escuchar a las comunidades y a los agentes pastorales que estan trabajado con el pueblo hispano y ponerse a su disposition.

Al terminar la entrevista, nos hablo de la gran influencia que la fe de la gente sencilla ha tenido en su vida. De modo particular menciona a Juan Diego y su devotion a Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe y nos recordo las palabras de la Virgen a Juan Diego: "i No estoy yo aqui que soy tu Madre? ^No estds bajo mi sombra ? I No soy yo tu salud? I No estds por ventura en mi regazo ? i Que mds ha de menestar? No te apene ni te aquiete otra cosa.

cristianos.

Son esas cualidades sobrenaturales

Hermanas en los diferentes estados de Mexico. Conocio Baja California, los Tarahumara en Chihuahua, los

Como

Provincial tuvo la oportunidad de visitar

como

sacerdote era su vocation. Despues de

proximo ano escolar estudio en Belmont Abbey, de donde se graduo el pasado mes de mayo.

Desde el mes de diciembre ha colaborado con artfculos publicados en esta pagina. Los fines de semana visitaba diferentes comunidades donde

ejercicios espirituales.

Diocesis.

El Padre Vicente nacio el 31 de

edad

la

practicar nuevos dones, especialmente

ha regresado al seminario en Boynton Beach, en la Florida, para completar sus estudios.

Arturo entro en el seminario en

vaya formando y madurando como hijos e hijas de Dios, viva reproducion de Cristo resucitado, y por lo mismo, activos, fuertes y dinamicos ciudadanos del Reino de Dios en el mundo, que es la Iglesia. Los efectos de la Confirmacion, estan pues, relacionados con la mision y accion del Espfritu de Dios en nuestro

que es conocido por casi toda la comunidad hispana.

Despues de un ano de estudiar y

Ademas de

su colaboracion con el

del Centro Catolico de Charlotte. Allf

contestaba el telefono y hasta iba

cuando

al

una llamada de emergencia. Hay muchas facetas en la vida de Arturo que son muy interesantes, pero esta pagina no es lo hospital

se recibfa

suficientemente extensa para contarlas.

El influyo la vida de

muchas perso-

nas por su manera de ser y le estan muy agradecidas por sus favores. Yo particularmente le expreso mi gratitud

dones.

El don de la sabiduria que nos abre a las realidades sobrenaturales y nos comunica el gusto por las cosas de Dios.

El don del entendimiento que nos hace penetrar en las realidades de la fe y nos lleva a un recto conocimiento de las mismas.

El don de la ciencia que nos da una exacta vision de las cosas creadas y del fin que tienen en nuestra existencia.

El don del consejo que nos forma un juicio cristiano en todas las cosas y nos

mueve

a

siempre

comportarnos

conforme a la voluntad divina.

El don de piedad que nos relaciona con Dios como nuestro Creador y Padre,

y nos lleva a honrarlo y adorarlo.

El don del temor de Dios que nos

impulsa a tener un gran horror al pecado y una vivfsima contrition por haber ofendido a Dios.

El don de fortaleza que nos hace valientes y audaces en la practica de todas las virtudes y nos capacita para superar las dificultades que pueden surgir en relation a las mismas.

Es indudable que estos magnfficos dones concurren grandemente a nuestra madurez cristiana, pero, de ninguna forma agotan la accion del Espfritu que actua en nosotros con la multiforme variedad de sus gracias en funcion del bien de la Comunidad, como son, en su conjunto, todos sus carismas.

(Con permiso de los Padres de Sociedad de San Pablo).

la

la ayuda que me proporciono en los meses que trabajamos juntos.

Gracias a el, el "Comuniquemonos" tuvo artfculos interesantes, incluso algunos controversiales, que impidio que esta pagina dejara de publicarse, y su trabajo en la oficina fue de gran ayuda

To Our Friends

para mf.

cese of Charlotte and director of the

Arturo se ordenara de diacono alrededor del proximo mes de mayo y se esta pensando que los otros dos seminaristas, Martin Mata y Fidel Melo, se ordenen de sacerdotes al mismo tiempo.

Se espera que estas ordenaciones se celebren en Mexico y ya hay personas que estan preparando un viaje con ese motivo.

En proximas ediciones tendremos artfculos sobre Martin Mata y Fidel Melo que tambien son bien conocidos en la comunidad hispana.

Catholic Hispanic Center of Char-

por toda

Le estoy muy agradecido a Arturo por toda su cooperation y le envfo mis mejores deseos al continuar sus estudios.

Father Vincent H. Finnerty, CM,

was appointed as the new director of the Hispanic Ministry for the Dio-

lotte. Father Finnerty, a native of Williamstown, New York, belongs to the order of the Congregation of the Missions of Vincentian Fathers.

Arturo De Aguilar, who has been

writing articles for this publication, returns to the seminary in

Boynton

Beach, Florida.

Article 8 of a series about the Sacrament of Confirmation explaining the Seven Gifts that the Spirit

bestows on

us.

Holy

August

4,

1995

The Catholic New

Diocesan News Briefs Auction And Yard HENDERSONVILLE

and yard sale benefiting Immaculata is Sept. 23 at the National Guard Armory. All items of value, except clothes, are needed. For information, tion

School

call

Terry

McCool

(704) 697-8924.

at

Ice

Sale

— An auc-

Cream

Kaltreider, Rector of the Basilica of St. Lawrence, D.M., will create his famous ice cream sundaes in the crypt of the church following 7 p.m. Mass on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Aug. 15.

ing Ministry: is

Commissioned To Heal,"

an ecumenical retreat Sept. 22-24

at

sponsored by Our Lady of Grace Church and other local Catholic and Protestant churches. Deadline for registration is Aug. 21. Cost is $5. For registration and information, First Lutheran Church

call

Betty Ford at (910) 282-3208.

Weekend Of Discernment

A

weekend of discernment

for

vocation

is

Aug. 11-13

at the

Blessed

Holy

Trinity,

the third

Sunday each month from 4:30-

6 p.m.

at

the Basilica.

Welcome Aboard FRANKLIN There was

—

a "wel-

buffet dinner in honor of

CHARLOTTE

Day Of Reflection

WINSTON-SALEM VICARIATE

May field will present plans for the Little Flower Senior Residence. A complimentary luncheon will be provided. For information, call Anne Mclntyre at (704)

zen day of reflection led by Father Richard Contiliano is Thursday, Sept. 14 at Holy Angels Church, Mount Airy. For

citi-

for people with

HIV/AIDS and terminal

illnesses is Aug.

1 0 and the second Thursday each month at 7 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc Church. For information or transportation, call (704) 252-3151.

Drivers

an-

CGA National Headquarters, Scranton, Pa.

18505 or

call

(800) 836-5699.

Needed

GREENSBORO

—

Fellowship

and Catholic Social Services offers group support for birthmothers the second Thursday each month from 7-8:30 p.m. at Family Services, Inc. Discussions center around issues of grief and loss experienced in the adoption process. For information call Rebecca Nagaishi at (910) 722-8173 or Becky DuBois at (910) 727-0705.

call Scott

Spivak

at

and abuse, needs drivers willing to transSunday Mass. For in-

port residents to

formation, call Sister Phyllis at (910)

272-4681.

Divorced and Remarried Catholics Group meets at Sunday, Aug. 13 at 6 p.m. outside of War Memorial Stadium to attend the Greensboro Bats vs. Savannah Cardinals baseball game. For information, call Brenda at (910) 292-41 14.

Holy Hour

BLOWING ROCK — A Mass followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Church of the Epiphany.

Youth Ministry Training

ASHEVILLE

—

A

support group for separated/divorced

is the theme for the Youth Ministry Adult Leadership Training session Aug. 25-26 at Belmont Abbey College. Cost is $20 and includes

LLC

The overnight fee is $16.50.

Call

at (704) 331-1723 for and information.

Youth Ministry registration

at

For Directors Of Religious Education

Institute

information, call (704) 255-0146.

•

HICKORY — A regional

institute

sponsored by the National Association of Parish Coordinators/Directors of Religious Education of the National Catholic Educational Association and the Office of Religious Education for the Diocese of Charlotte, "Storytelling and Spiritual Development," is Aug. 19-20 at the Catholic Conference Center. Cost is $75 for

NPCD/NCEA members

and $100

for non-members. Registration ends July

Introducing:

24. For information or registration, con-

Personalized Burial 8f Cremation Services Advanced Funeral Planning Family Owned & Operated

47 15 Margaret Wallace Road

Newnan

at the

Office of

Religious Education, Diocese of Charlotte,

To T^e Community"

Needs

Volunteers

— Volunteers

CHARLOTTE needed

to start training

Ministry. Call

371-3001,

now

are

for Crisis

Anne Davant

at

(704)

ext. 114, to help.

Religious Life Presentation

— A presentation

GOLDSBORO

for those in religious life by Sister Doris

Women

ship Conference of

Religious

and Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, is Saturday, Sept. 16 from 10 a.m. -2: 30 p.m. followed by liturgy at 3 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. For information, call (9 1 9) 821-9751.

Anniversary Mass

CHARLOTTE

— An anniversary

Mass and reception

for couples married

25 and 50 years is Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2:30 p.m. at St. John Neumann Church.

Call your parish office by Aug. 18 to participate.

Living Waters Retreats The Aug. 16-22 week-long retreat, "Silence on Fire," directed by Reverend William Shannon (author of Silence on Fire) focuses on contemplative spirituality. Donation is $200.

The Aug. 24-30 week-long nature retreat, "Be Still and Know that I am God," is directed by Dominican Father Martin Iott. Donation is $210.

To tact

register for these retreats, con-

Living Waters Reflection Center,

1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 2875 1 For information, call (704) 926.

3833.

Ultreya

And Leaders' Schools

WINSTON-SALEM

—

Ultreya meets the second Friday each month at 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church.

Leaders' School is the fourth Tuesday each month at 7:30 p.m.

Ultreya for the Asheville, Arden and Hendersonville areas meets the second Friday each month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church. Leaders' School is the second Sunday each month between Masses.

ASHEVILLE Ultreya meets the second Tuesday each month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Eugene Church.

ARDEN

—

—

CHARLOTTE

—

Vietnamese

Ultreya meets the third Saturday each

month

at

7 p.m.

at St.

Ann Church.

Leaders' School is the second and fourth

Friday each month

Community Of Justice

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan

—

at

7 p.m.

day, Sept. 23 from 9:45 a.m. -3: 15 p.m.

news briefs. Good photographs, preferably black and white, also are welcqme.

Please submit news releases and photos at least 10 days before the date of pub-

at Holy

lication.

Human Development present "A Call to Dam Mmhh Dehord & Jo(m DeBord

call

(704) 331-1714.

The Justice and Peace Ministry and The Campaign for

704-545-3553 Ties

tact Christine

CLEMMONS

(at Idlewild Rd.)

and dinners;

trips

DeLuca at (704) 888-6050.

Crisis Ministry

Become New,"

7:30 p.m. Catholic Social Services. For

FUNERAL HOME

camping,

nics,

the Diocesan Office of Faith Formation/

Catholic

meets on the third Friday each month

BELMONT— "Behold, All Things

meals.

Support Group Meets

Families interested in activities like pic-

Gottemoeller, president of the Leader-

SDR Group Meets GREENSBORO — The Separated,

suffering with alcohol/drug addiction

"Our family Caring For Yours"

Our

Sept.

Catholic Families With Kids CHARLOTTE Catholic Families With Kids promotes unity to

WINSTON-SALEM— Family Ser-

Hall, a treatment facility for persons

Re-establishing an Old Tradition in Funeral Service

"Strengthening

is

required. For information

and registration, (704)331-1714.

vices, Inc.

— A Healing Mass

Healing Mass

ASHEVILLE

nual "Million Candles for Peace" obser-

vance sponsored by Catholic Golden Age, the largest national nonprofit organization for Catholic age 50+, is Tuesday, Aug. 15 at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. In conjunction with the Mass, members will participate in a Pilgrimage Day beginning at 10 a.m. The Solemn Liturgy of the Assumption, celebrated by Archbishop John P. Foley, is at 12 noon. For information about Catholic Golden age, write

is

Birthmother Support Offered

Barnabas Blast" (formerly Fall Fling) is Sunday, Aug. 27 from 12:30-7 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church. Events include Carnival games, crafts, prizes, bingo, karaoke, refreshments and more.

Golden Age Observance

— The

a per-

Bach (704)

Fans Are Needed

D.C.

fee

Terri or Phil

355-6872.

WASHINGTON,

No

15.

—

is

Family Fun ARDEN— The Second Annual "St.

information, call Suzanne

United Services for Older Adults is in need of fans to provide senior citizens with relief from the heat. New fans and used fans in good condition or donations to purchase fans are welcome. For information, call Melanie at (910) 333-698 1

— There

Novena to the Blessed Mother at Vincent de Paul Church on Mondays at 8:30 a.m. For information, call Eva at (704) 542-1614.

staff as Parochial Vicar.

— A CRISM sponsored Catholic

545-5046.

(704) 355-6872 for

Perpetual Novena

having Father Collins, who was ordained

by Bishop Curlin in June, added to the

Club of St. John Neumann Church meet Wednesday, Aug. 9 at 11 a.m. in the parish hall. Keith Adams and Sharon

at

and Bishop William G.

strengthen Catholic families through

of Assisi Church. Nearly 200 people attended to express their gratitude for

CHARLOTTE — The 50+ Seniors

the Catholic Center. Call

Suzanne Bach

CHD,

tor for

Curlin. Deadline for registration

fellowship, socialization and prayer.

732-

50+ Seniors Meet

or unresolved grief meets

St.

Father Jim Collins recently at St. Francis

6414.

new

petual

come aboard"

call (803)

ing with

Aug. 10 with Masses at 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. There will be veneration of a firstclass relic of St. Lawrence and the faithful will be blessed with it at both Masses.

The feast day is one of six days throughout the year on which a plenary indulgence may be gained by the faithful at

Pe-

23803 or

include Ron White, education coordina-

Services for widows and widowers deal-

feast of their patron saint Thursday,

Catherine Norton, 123 Franklin tersburg, Va.

port group sponsored by Catholic Social

—

Ala. For information, contact Sister St.,

working to end poverty and injustice in America and North Carolina. Presenters

Patron Feast Celebration ASHEVILLE The Basilica of St. Lawrence, D.M. will commemorate the

women interested in exploring religious Trinity Shrine Retreat in

— A CRISM sup-

CHARLOTTE

information.

Ecumenical Retreat

GREENSBORO — "Christ' s Heal-

Survivors Meet

Social Father Carl

—

ASHEVILLE

Be...

A

Community of

Justice," Satur-

Family Church. Participants will

celebrate 25 years of the Catholic Church

olic

News

& Herald

August

4,

1995

World and National Briefs Head Of Women's Conference Says U.S. Should Attend WASHINGTON (CNS)

—

Women's

issues are so important that

the United States should send a delegation to the Fourth

World Conference on

Women, despite its concerns about human rights in China, said the secretarygeneral of the conference. "Much as the questions on China are important, they are not as important as the questions on

women,"

said Gertrude Mongella, a

Tanzanian Catholic appointed to head the Sept. 4-15 conference in Beijing.

"The agenda on women is so important that, personally, I feel the United States must attend" to represent American women, Mrs. Mongella said at a Washington press conference July 26.

Catholic Leaders Seek

Senate Support To Stem Foreign Aid Cuts

Sees Catholic Church

Historian In '90s

As Church In Crisis DAYTON, Ohio How would

—

a

from now characterize the U.S. Catholic Church in the 1990s? According to R. Scott Appleby, an associate professor of histhe historian

Dame,

would see a church in crisis

with the potential for decline. That can be seen in the gap within the church, he

between the broad range of ministries dedicated Catholics undertake and low church attendance and giving.

Appleby addressed about 80 people in mid-July at the University of Dayton.

He is an expert on fundamentalist movements worldwide, director of the University of Notre Dame Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, and editor of The Fundamentalism said,

Project.

WASHINGTON (CNS)— Officials of Catholic Relief Services and the U.S. Catholic Conference met July 19 with

Changes In Faith & Values Channel Seen Spurring Catholic Programs

— Changes

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in an

NEW YORK

stem proposed deep cuts in U.S. foreign humanitarian aid next year.

McConnell is chairman of the Senate Foreign Operations Subcommittee on Appropriations. Barbara Kohnen, a

announced by the Faith

USCC

"We have to decide as a church whether

effort to

official at the

meeting, said the

(CNS)

& Values chan-

an interfaith cable network, will push Catholics to produce better programs, according to a priest who is a nel,

leading figure in Catholic broadcasting.

senator told the group that he "supports

we

foreign aid" but "foresees a difficult

media," said Paulist Father John Geaney

do intend

really

war can be overcome,' thus

to deal with the

Warlords

Who

Teens

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

agers to terrorize

members of rival

eth-

emony

who have a right to peace and desire it greatly, we ask those involved in the conflict to lay down their weap-

lier in the

Burundi,

and the habit of violence" are at the basis of the civil strife between Hutus and Tutsis, the bishops said.

tended by suspicion over the cause of

Female Feticide SEOUL, South Korea (CNS)

Catholic and other groups have ex-

how he

pressed concern over a link between

the Kiev Patriarchate of the Ukrainian

illegal gender testing and abortions of female fetuses in South Korea, where a

Autocephalus Orthodox Church was at first reported by his secretary, Father Borys, to have died of a heart attack July 14. But press spokesman for the Ukrainian Orthodox Brotherhood of St. Andrew, Volodymyr Katelnytsky, told news agencies in Kiev that the church leader in fact was found dead, with four broken ribs, at Kiev's Botanical Gar-

ate action against

of death." "Even

BALTIMORE first

(CNS)

— For

contracted with a U.S. -based Catholic health care system to provide medical

The Baltimore-based

CRS announced July 26 that

it

Fla.

— Eight Catholic bishops from

Ecuador and Peru held an unusual press the

time, Catholic Relief Services has

services overseas.

Bishops Of Peru, Ecuador Call For Days Of Peace In August

NORTH PALM BEACH,

had signed

an agreement with the Daughters of Charity National Health System to man-

age the Balombo Hospital in Angola's

Benguela province. Under the agreement, a team of three nurses belonging to the Daughters of Charity religious order will arrive Aug. 25 to staff the hospital and train local medical staff to eventually assume responsibility for the

traditional preference for male offspring

fetuses are reportedly killed yearly

conference in Florida July 25 to announce plans to celebrate a new peace between their South American nations in August. "With the present world situation torn by inhuman wars that afflict

what it calls a "culture if

there

is

a law, the

morality and conscience are recovered

The press spokesman said police began an investigation into the death

both by the doctors and parents," a church

only

Position Available

Room

Performing gender tests is illegal in South Korea. A doctor is subject to a 10 million won (US$13,230) fine, a prison term of up to three years and the possible loss of his or her medi-

at the vigorous insistence of the church leader's son, Taras Romanyuk.

The question about the manner in which the patriarch died came just days after a violent clash between police and the patriarch's followers at the planned

cal license.

burial site.

and elsewhere, the Ecuadorean and Peruvian bishops proclaim the need that 'two Christian countries such as ours show by what we do that the temptation

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St.

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Because of the nature of the Monastic Guest Program, it is available only to men. Our Retreat Program, however, is open to both women

and men for private

at the Inn

Residential Program, has a weekend, live-in position

dens.

official said.

than 60 miles of the town, will provide

sis.

The 69-year-old head of

rica

The Balombo Hospital, the only functioning health facility within more

and children suffering from potentially deadly diseases such as cerebral and anemic malaria, diarrhea and tuberculo-

died.

the peoples of Bosnia, Chechnya, Af-

facility.

direct medical care to over 40,000 adults

by

The

practice will not die unless medical

ensure audience appeal.

(CNS)

demise and turmoil at his burial. One of the biggest controversies concerns

his

—

grams and applying

Daughters Of Charity Agree With CRS To Staff Angolan Hospital

—

Gender Tests Said To Fuel Korean

Catholic Church has called for immedi-

and development assistance. U.S. food aid has already been cut 24 percent since 1993, and further cuts are projected.

Leader KIEV, Ukraine (CNS) The death of breakaway Orthodox Patriarch Volodymyr Romanyuk has been at-

Illegal

fewer hours to specifically religious pro"stricter criteria" to

in the cathedral,

Suspicion, Turmoil Surround Death Of Ukrainian Church

search for power, the spirit of vengeance

million needy people in 79 nations, proin relief

Word

cal crisis.

abortions following such tests.

more than $300 million

a Liturgy of the

children," the letter said, according to a

would need more advertisers and that it would be devoting

viding

City's cathedral ear-

July 28 Vatican Radio report. "The

remains strong. About 22,400 female

it

Mexico

day. In a homily given during

ons immediately," the bishops said in a pastoral letter. "Everyday, almost every hour, our country is losing many of its

watch." Faith Values announced July 24 that the subsidy it had been receiving that

in

Archbishop Rivera called for a return to family values and urged Mexicans to remain united in the midst of the country's current economic and politi-

to

was ending,

Ahumada. In an evening ceremony in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the new archbishop of what is the world's largest archdiocese concelebrated a Mass and was formally installed by papal nuncio to Mexico, Archbishop Girolamo Prigione.

The transfer of the archdiocesan management took place in a solemn cer-

nic groups. "In the name of the people of

programs, especially programs such as food aid that depend heavily on a partnership with the U.S. government. In 1994 CRS estimates it helped some 21

&

administration by his predecessor, Cardinal Ernesto Corripio

— The

will force significant reductions in its

produce programs "the folks will

formal handing over of the archdiocesan

bishops of Burundi have condemned "warlords" who recruit and arm teen-

with usable ideas but needs the funding

the chief overseas relief

a day of ceremonies which included a

Recruit,

and development agency of the U.S.

CRS,

—

archbishop of Mexico City, Norberto Rivera Carrera, was installed July 26 in

Condemn Arm

Burundi's Bishops

Catholic Church, fears that U.S. aid cuts

ahead given overall budget reduc-

stalled,

25 statement. The press conference was held at the close of a July 22-25 conference at Our Lady of Florida Spiritual Center in North Palm Beach sponsored by the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle, which sends diocesan priests to South America.

"Strong programming can be created, but it's not there now." He said the church has access to talented people

battle

tions."

Mexico City Archbishop InUrges National Unity MEXICO CITY (CNS) The new

contrib-

uting to world peace," they said in a July

historian a full generation

tory at the University of Notre

to

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1995

People Illinois Youth Gored By Bull In Spain GLEN ELLYN, 111. (CNS) Shock

"But we are continuing

reigned as 400 relatives and friends

Bosnians in many places were afraid to gather in

Funeral Held For

—

still

gathered

at St.

James Church

in

Glen

Ellyn July 20 for the funeral of 22-year-

Matthew P. Tassio. To the world Tassio was the young American tourist killed July 1 3 in Pamplona, Spain, when he was gored by a bull in the annual old

to

work with the people in camps." He said that

numbers

large

tries

from the University of Illinois and had a job lined up at Motorola, but he and a friend decided to take one last fling before entering the world of work. They traveled to Egypt, Italy and France before venturing on to Spain. Matt joined the crowd of daredevils racing ahead of the bulls through the city s narrow streets. He was knocked down, and as he was getting up a bull '

speared his chest, severing his aorta. He died almost instantly. Injuries are common in the event but Tassio' s death was the first in 15 years.

Despite Bosnia War NEW YORK (CNS) The Catho-

—

Church's ministry is continuing in Bosnia despite major adjustments forced by the war, a Franciscan priest from Bosnia reported in a New York interview. "We had about 70 Franciscan parishes in Bosnia, and about half have lic

been emptied and

their

churches de-

stroyed," said Father Franjo

Radaman.

FOUR GREAT NAMES to

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many

now impossible, churches in

such areas as humani-

tarian

aid,

Radaman

said.

Father Almost

every parish has a small Caritas operation, provid-

pharmacy or other

ing a

services, he said.

Byzantine Diocese Of Parma Gets First Married Deacons

PARMA,

Ohio

(CNS) —Bishop Andrew Pataki of the Byzantine

Diocese of Parma took four men through the fi-

Church Ministries Continue

L

ways with smaller

groups. Although

maintain active programs

just graduated

UaJ

had to be provided in

other

He

He had

...

Mass

for

traditional activities are

liked to taste, to see, to explore.

ml0

the churches, so minis-

at

running of the bulls. To the mourners at St. James, Matt was a fun-loving friend with a ready smile and a zest for life.

The News

In

on

nal steps

their

way

to

the diaconate in ceremo-

22 at the CatheJohn the Baptist in Parma. The bishop nies July

dral of St.

conferred the orders of

lector and subdeacon on Justin

acolyte,

—

ASHEVILLE Members of St. Joan of Arc Parish, and its Caring Hearts AIDS ministry, were among the hundreds of those who took part in Asheville's second annual Red Ribbon Walk and Run on Father's Day, June 18. The event was a fund-raiser for Loving Food Resources, a food bank in Asheville for people with HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses, which become a focal point in the nearly year and a half old AIDS ministry at St. Joan of Arc Church. Participants in the Father's Day event made a $10 donation, received a red ribbon T-shirt, and were able to take part in the one mile walk, or a separate 5 kilometer run. Those unable to attend made donations in various amounts to have feather's pinned to walkers in their honor. Altogether, St. Joan of Arc Church and its parishioners helped to raise nearly $1 ,400 for Loving Foods, an increase of $500 over last year's event.

Designed to create a Catholic presence and response to AIDS, Caring Hearts was formed at St. Joan of Arc in February of 1 994. Members have packed and delivered hundreds of boxes of groceries for LFR, held monthly Healing Masses, one of which was celebrated

by Bishop William G. Curlin, and are currently planning a second retreat for people with HIV/ AIDS to be held this autumn at the Jesuit House of Prayer in Hot Springs, NC. For information on the Caring Hearts ministry, call the St. Joan of Arc Parish Office at (704) 252-3151

O' Connell of St. John the Baptist Church in Minneapolis; Larry Hendricks of Sacred Heart Church in Livonia, Mich.; Richard Guiden of St. Mary Church in Whiting, Ind.; and Michael Kenes of St. Nicholas Parish in Munster, Ind. Each of the men was to be ordained a deacon

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"In Hiroshima, 140,000 people died in one second. In Nagasaki, 70,000 people died in one second," Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue of Hiroshima, a del-

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