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July 20, 2001

July 20, 2001 Volume 10 t Number 40

Inside BMHS students journey to foreign exchange

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Charlotte’s oldest Catholic Church celebrates Benedictine influence

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Local News Camp Leo provides activities for summer slump

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Preacher-musician to headline tent revival

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Every Week Entertainment ...Pages 10-11

Editorials & Columns ...Pages 12-13

“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.”

— Luke 11:9

S e r v i n g C a t h o l i c s in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Hispanic ministry in Charlotte Diocese blossoms thanks to dedicated servants

By RICO De SILVA Correspondent TAYLORSVILLE — The future of Hispanic ministry in the Hickory and Boone vicariates is now.

According to a Catholic News Service report from March 7, 2000, there has been an 84 percent increase in the number of Hispanics in the Charlotte Diocese over six years. The Hickory and Boone vicariates are no exception to this Hispanic population explosion.

The former administrator of Holy Trinity Church in Taylorsville, Father Joe Waters, is aware of this reality. Father Waters was appointed to Holy Trinity in 1988 by then-Bishop John F. Donoghue to do full-time Hispanic Ministry in the two vicariates.

Father Waters was ordained in 1956, and retired from active ministry this past July 9 after being a priest for 45 years.

Known as “Padre Jose” by the many Hispanics who populate this area, Father Waters is considered by laypeople, priests and religious as a pioneer in Hispanic Ministry in the Charlotte Diocese. According to Father Waters, the Hispanic presence in the vicariates has gone from mostly a few migrant workers in 1988 to a more stable community of mostly factory workers.

“In the beginning, you had to go out and find them in the farms; now, you have hundreds of people in church. In Hickory people are standing-room only,” Father Waters said.

The rapid growth of the Hispanic community in this area has also created pastoral challenges for the church. Non-Catholic religions are actively pursuing Hispanic Catholics in this area of the Carolinas. According to Father Waters, these churches are being successful because their leaders are very active and well trained in their ministry, and he also recognized that large numbers of Hispanics are flocking to these churches.

“We’re losing a lot of them,” he said. “(Those of other faith traditions) are knocking on their doors, inviting and reaching out to them. That’s something we all should be doing as Catholics,” he said.

House visitation has been an integral part of Father Waters’ success in bringing Hispanic Catholics back to church. “I find that people will come together if you invited them to come,” he said. However, he added that house visitation on the part of the laity and not just the priest is crucial to attracting Hispanics to come to church.

The training of lay ministers and their involvement in Hispanic ministry are essen-

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Father Joe Waters prepares to baptize one of Holy Trinity Church’s new parishioners in Taylorsville. Father Waters, who retires from active ministry this month, has been a fixture in Hispanic Ministry in the Diocese of Charlotte. tial to meet the needs of this community. It is impossible for just the priest to reach out to everybody without any help from the lay community, he believes.

Franciscan Sister Andrea Inkrott is the coordinator of Hispanic Ministry for the Hickory Vicariate, and works closely with Father Waters in the Hispanic community.

She said there is not only a need to train lay ministers to work with the Hispanic community, but also “for them to work with the Anglo community to see how integration among both communities can take place.”

Franciscan Sister Linda Scheckelhoff, coordinator of Hispanic Ministry for the Boone Vicariate, said there is a great need for priests to hear confessions in Spanish. She hopes to see more Hispanics and Spanish-speaking people answer the call to vocations.

Catechetical instruction among the Hispanic faithful in these vicariates is also essential to serve their present and future needs, Father Waters said. Generally, he believes, their religious instruction in their home countries is very poor and has usually ended after making their first Communion. Creating Bible study groups and prayer groups has helped the community get a better grasp on their faith, and has helped them become more integrated in the com-

munity.

However, Father Waters continues, the most important element for an effective Hispanic ministry is for clergy and religious leaders to be present to the people. “A big part of that is for them to feel like the Church is interested in them,” he said.

This presence is what brought Evodio and Juana Rodriguez to the Sagrado Corazon de Jesus Mission in Dobson.

Originally from Guanajuato, Mexico, and now living in Dobson, the Rodriguez family met Father Waters back in 1991, “when we had no water,” Mr. Rodriguez said.

“Padre Jose asked us if we needed help; we said ‘Yes.’” Father Waters helped them get water, and after that he started picking them up every Sunday to go to Mass because “we didn’t have a car then,” Mr. and Mrs. Rodriguez said. Mr. Rodriguez is now an active lay minister in the Dobson mission.

When asked what was needed the most to meet the necessities of the Hispanic community in the Charlotte Diocese, Mrs. Rodriguez said with a smile, “For there to be many more Padres Joses.”

Rico De Silva is a seminarian of the Diocese of Charlotte.

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Sacramento Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Garcia, a member of the committee, and Stockton Bishop Stephen E. Blaire were among those at the conference, held in mid-June. The agricultural ad hoc committee has more hearings scheduled this year in Amarillo, Texas; Ames, Iowa; and Washington.

Indianapolis is focus of study on religion’s impact INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — When scholars and clergy around the world want to study the impact of religion on a community, they likely will turn to Indianapolis. For the past six years, the Polis Center — a research center based on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis — has been studying religion in Indianapolis. “Because of what Polis has done over the last decade, there is absolutely no doubt that more is known about religion in Indianapolis than in any other city in the country,” said Craig Dykstra, vice president of religion at the Lilly Endowment, which funded much of the research.

Dykstra made the comments at a mid-June conference where some of the major findings of the Polis Project on Religious and Urban Culture were released.

Notre Dame center aims to reconnect ‘good’ and ‘sport’ SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS) — A research and education center at the University of Notre Dame is trying to reconnect the word “good” with the word “sport.” Parents fight each other over kids’ hockey games, jocks bully nerds and nerds shoot back, and athletes skip college or don’t graduate. No longer do people seem to think

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Boys in north India work for less than $1 a day Boys move bricks for less than $1 a day at a factory in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, where many people live in poverty. Catholic groups were calling on leaders of the world’s richest countries to listen to the voices of the poor ahead of the G-8 summit July 20-22 in Genoa, Italy.

retariat for Pro-Life Activities, said it was “disturbing news” that the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk had created human embryos “solely to kill them for their stem cells.” He said, “Those who have become accustomed to destroying ‘spare’ embryos for research now think nothing of taking the next horrible step — creating human life for the purpose of destroying it.”

Growers, farmworkers, organizers air concerns on agriculture SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) — Growers, farmworkers, academics and organizers shared concerns and hopes

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Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events: July 27 — 10:30 a.m.

Opening Mass of National Gathering for Black Catholic Women Adams’ Mark Hotel, Charlotte August 3 — 7:30 a.m.

Mass for Knights and Dames of Malta St. Patrick, Charlotte August 5-9 International Knights of Columbus Convention Toronto, Canada August 12 — 4 p.m.

Celebrant and homilist at charismatic Mass St. Patrick, Charlotte August 15 — 7:30 p.m.

Feast of the Assumption Mass and Conferral of Candidacy for diocesan seminarians St. Patrick, Charlotte

it’s how you play the game — what matters is whether you win or lose. So David Light Shields and Brenda Light Bredemeier created the Mendelson Center for Sport, Character & Culture at the University of Notre Dame two years ago to help develop “a sense of human solidarity and concern for the common good” in sports. They are trying to make sports a characterbuilding experience for participants and offer cultural critiques of the role of sport in society.

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The next Mass will be celebrated on Sept. 3 with Father John Putnam. For more information, call the church office at (336) 778-0600 or Jim Passero at (336) 998-7503.

8 CHARLOTTE — The 50+ Club of St. John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., will be conducting a meeting this morning at 11 a.m. with a program and lunch in the parish center. Donations are being accepted during the meeting. For more information, call Louise Brewer at (704) 366-9592 or Gloria Silipigni at (704) 821-1343.

9 CHARLOTTE — Churches in the Charlotte area will be hosting ultreyas and school of leaders on the following dates and times: St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., from 7-8 p.m. tonight for adults only with shared snacks; St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd., from 1:152 p.m. on Aug. 26 and St. Matthew

California tops all states in movie review line calls WASHINGTON (CNS) — California topped all states in the number of calls placed last year to the toll-free movie review line sponsored by the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Communication Campaign.

Californians’ 24,254 calls — and the 55,583 minutes they spent on the line — was more than double the calls placed in Pennsylvania and New York — the only other states with more than 10,000 calls.

In all, according to a CCC announcement, 89,347 calls were placed last year to the movie line — (800) 311-4222 — and callers listened to 274,550 minutes of reviews and information about the CCC and its services.

Milwaukee archbishop says Curia official can’t usurp his authority MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, in a July 5 letter, vigorously defended his position on renovation of the Milwaukee cathedral and declared that the issues involved “touch the very nature of the church and how it functions.” The letter, which was marked “personal” and sent to priests, parish directors and deacons of his archdiocese, became public when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on it July 11 and published the complete text on its Web site. The archbishop, in the letter, declared that Cardinal Jorge Medina Estevez, head of the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, “has not proven that I broke any liturgical norms or canons in making the decisions that were rightfully mine to make as the local bishop of this church.”

Latest news on embryo research said to show dangers ahead WASHINGTON (CNS) — The news that a Virginia medical institute created and then destroyed dozens of embryos to obtain stem cells points up the need for the Bush administration to “step back from the brink” of funding any research involving the destruction of human embryos, an official of the U.S. bishops’ conference said July 11. Richard M. Doerflinger, associate director for policy development at the bishops’ SecChurch, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., from 1:30-3:00 p.m. on Aug. 26 with childcare and a family potluck. For more information, call Dan Hines at (704) 544-6665 or Aliceann Coon at (704) 540-8696.

12 CHARLOTTE — Bishop Curlin will be the celebrant and homilist at the charismatic Mass being held at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, this afternoon at 4 p.m. with prayer teams at 3 p.m. and a potluck dinner at 5 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

For further information, contact Josie Backus at (704) 527-4676.

22 CHARLOTTE — Just 1 Call is a service being made available to people in Mecklenburg County in order to find medical and related services in Charlotte and surrounding areas. Two sessions will be held for all senior adults, adults with disabilities and caregivers at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., this morning from 10-11 a.m. and at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., Aug. 23, from 10-11 a.m. For reservations and

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Polish church leaders stay away from Jewish massacre commemoration WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — Poland’s bishops did not attend a public commemoration of a Polish villagers’ massacre of Jews because they held an earlier private prayer meeting, said a spokesman for the Polish bishops’ conference. “The bishops held their own prayer meeting, which served as a spiritual vigil and created a climate for this commemoration,” said Jesuit Father Adam Szulc, the bishops’ spokesman. “The church knows Poles were guilty and is waiting for the full truth. But it’s also dealing with this matter more deeply and broadly,” he said. Father Szulc spoke a day after July 10 ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the wartime massacre in the town of Jedwabne.

Catholic, Muslim leaders agree to promote social responsibility VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholic and Muslim leaders have promised to work together to educate their faithful on the responsibility each person bears for the good of society. “Religious values should be the basic starting point from which to direct humanity in such a way as to preserve human dignity and promote peaceful coexistence,” said members of the Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee. The committee, led

by Cardinal Francis Arinze, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and Kamel al-Sharif, secretary general of the International Islamic Council for Da’wah and Relief, met at the Vatican in early July. A statement of agreements made during the committee’s discussions on religion and dialogue in the age of globalization was released July 12.

Vatican says vacation is time to rest, learn about other cultures VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Vacations should be a time to rest, to learn about other cultures, to spend time with one’s family and to appreciate God’s creation, a Vatican office said. Tourism is a big business, with pastoral implications as well as an obvious economic impact, the Vatican said, noting that almost 700 million people vacationed outside their own country, and many more traveled domestically in 2000.

The Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers published “Pastoral Orientations a potluck dinner will follow the Mass.

Father John Putnam, pastor, will be the celebrant. For further information, call Bill Owens at (704) 639-9837.

6 CHARLOTTE — Churches in the Charlotte area will be having their regularly scheduled cancer support group meetings for survivors, family and friends on the following days: St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., tonight and every first Monday at 7 p.m. in the ministry center library and St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., on Aug. 7 and every first Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the office building conference room. For more information, call: St. Matthew - Marilyn Borrelli at (704) 542-2283 and St. Gabriel - Eileen Correll at (704) 3625047, Ext. 217.

6 CLEMMONS — Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd., will be celebrating a charismatic Mass with Father Joseph Kelleher tonight at 7:30 p.m. The sacrament of reconciliation will be given at 7 p.m., and the laying on of hands will take place after Mass.

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Orangemen march toward barrier near Drumcree church Protestant Orangemen march toward a security barrier near the Drumcree church in Portadown, Northern Ireland, July 8. A razor-wire blockade prevented the march from entering the mainly Catholic area along Garvaghy Road.

for Tourism” July 11. It encourages tourists to prepare for visits to other countries, be respectful of local cultures and religions, safeguard the environment and remember that a vacation should not mark a break from practicing one’s faith.

Tribunal could turn Milosevic into martyr, warns Jesuit in Serbia OXFORD, England (CNS) — Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic could be “turned into a martyr” if tried for genocide by the U.N. war crimes tribunal, said the head of Serbia’s Jesuit community.

Jesuit Father Lorant Kilbertus, who has headed the Yugoslav republic of Serbia’s small Jesuit community since 1991, spoke with Catholic News Service in a telephone

interview from Yugoslavia. “It’s in people’s mentality here to create as many martyrs as possible,” he said. “When Milosevic appeared before the tribunal, he spoke very clearly, without exaggerated emotions, as someone 100 percent certain of his own rightness.

This has inspired people to rally around him again.”

Pope urges astronomers to continue probing mysteries of the sky VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope John Paul II encouraged astronomers to continue probing the mysteries of the nighttime sky, saying the study of stars could lead to the betterment of humanity.

“Your astrophysical research is not a luxury remote from the daily concerns of people

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CHARLOTTE — St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., is hosting its Christian Coffeehouse tonight from 7-8:30 p.m. Join other young adults for spiritual messages with live Christian contemporary music provided by Kathy and David with Redeemed, fellowship and refreshments. For further information, group reservations and sponsorship opportunities, call Kathy Bartlett at (704) 614-9100.

31 MAGGIE VALLEY — Silence and quiet prayer will be the focus of a retreat that will be held at Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane, beginning today through Aug. 6. Dominican Sisters Mary Pat Dewey and Mary Ann Ennis will discuss God’s presence through centering prayer, meditation and simple listening. Morning prayer and daily Eucharist will include preaching on the daily readings. For further details, call the center at (828) 926-3833

August 1 NATIONWIDE — There will be retreat opportunities with the Benedictines of Belmont Abbey in Belmont, N.C., the Trappists of the Gethsemani Trappist Abbey in Trappist, Ky. and at the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, Ga. These vocational awareness retreats include work, prayer and conferences with the monks. The next retreats are taking place today through Aug. 15, Aug. 15-19 and Oct 17-21.

Early registration is a must, and some restrictions may apply. Call toll free 1 (866)-548-3463 for more dates and further information.

2 WINSTON-SALEM — The Healing Companions, a grief support group for the bereaved, will be meeting tonight and Aug. 16 in Conference Room A at 7:30 p.m. 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 details.

and irrelevant to the building of a more humane world,” he said in a July 2 message to students and scientists at a summer astrophysics school hosted by the Vatican Observatory. “What you do as scientists is important for all of us, especially when your empirically grounded vision of reality leads to an understanding of the human person as an integral element in the created universe,” he said. A copy of the pope’s message was released at the Vatican July 6.

Ecumenical institute in Jerusalem to close for reorganization JERUSALEM (CNS) — The Ratisbonne Institute, which eventually developed into an ecumenical center for Christian-Jewish relations, will be closing its doors for a two-year “reorganization” as of mid-July. “We are suspending the academic program for two years — we are not closing the institute and there will be other, nonacademic lectures and seminars taking place as there have been in the past,” said acting rector Marianist Father Charles Miller, who took up the post at the end of June. He said the decision was made because of the institute’s increasing debt.

In addition, enrollment at the institute has dropped to 30 this year and is scheduled for 17 for the next academic year, from 50 two years ago.

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CHARLOTTE — The St. Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity of Secular Franciscans will be meeting today from 2-4 p.m. at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Statesville Ave. All visitors and inquirers are welcome. For more information, call Skyler Mood, SFO, at (704) 5734299.

5 CHARLOTTE — Christopher West, director of marriage and family life in the Archdiocese of Denver, Colo., will be the guest speaker at a program for teens and adults entitled “John Paul II’s ‘Theology of the Body.’” The session will be held at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., from 2-4 p.m., and West will discuss the pope’s revolutionary teachings on marriage and sexuality. For details, call the church office at (704) 543-7677.

5 SALISBURY — Sacred Heart Church, 128 N. Fulton St., will be celebrating a charismatic and healing Mass today at 4 p.m. Prayer teams will be available at 3 p.m., and

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BMHS students journey to foreign exchange

By MICHAEL STREICH Special to the Catholic News & Herald WINSTON-SALEM — On a chilly, misty afternoon in late June, several Bishop McGuinness High School students stood in front of a 200-year-old Irish schoolhouse at the Ulster Cultural Park in Northern Ireland.

They were amazed at the simplicity of education two centuries ago, all the more since they were students themselves, benefiting from the opportunity to travel beyond their modern classrooms in order to experience history and foreign culture first hand.

As Bishop McGuinness High School prepares to move to a new facility this fall, the tradition of foreign exchange through summer travel abroad continues. In past years, student groups have visited almost every corner of Europe, as well as Australia.

This year, students and parents traveled to Ireland and Scotland for 15 days.

Because student travel has become more affordable than ever, more students are able to enrich their classroom experiences by actually traveling to the places they read about.

“I will never forget the trip to Ireland,” said student Jessica Enos.

“It was a unique experience in which I was able to experience places — the Giant Causeway, the Cliffs of Moher, the city of Dublin — that I had only heard about or seen in books.”

Enos said the journey involved more than just the sights, though. “Our group was lucky enough to experience Irish culture first hand,” she said. “ ... On the first night that we stayed in Kerry, we were given the opportunity to watch Irish singing and dancing, which was performed by local teen-age girls. Their talent was amazing.”

On the second day in Dublin, the group journeyed south to the old sixth-century monastic ruin at Glendalough. Here, almost 1,500 years ago, St. Kevin established one of the first learning centers in Ireland. Students walked among the old tombstones, stopping briefly in the old stone chapel which was the only permanent structure when St. Kevin’s monks first established their community.

In addition to the castles, cathedrals and Druidic stone circles, the group experienced breathtaking natural wonders from the Giant’s Causeway in Donegal to the Ring of Kerry. In Killarney, they made the arduous trek to the top of Blarney Castle to kiss the stone.

But beyond the sites were the people and the warm Irish hospitality.

In Londonderry, students spoke briefly with local teens about the ongoing tensions.

While in Derrydane the tour director organized a game of kickball, which attracted adults and children from the locality. Such activities showed the group that everyone can work together and play together.

After a final day in Dublin, 17 members of the group continued the journey to Scotland, crossing the Irish Sea and landing

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Above: The group poses at St. Patrick’s Rock in Cashel.

Left: Corey Ketcham, Patrick Schoolmeester and Brad Shepherd, with Kylemore Abbey in the background. years. Both the language and history departments have enabled students and adults to travel to distant lands.

Upcoming tours include Australia and Fiji and the summer of 2002, a summer 2002 tour to London, Paris and Rome, and a 13-day German tour with a focus on the Holocaust in 2003.

The goal of the tours is to take the classroom abroad, to create academic as well as fun adventures that seek to increase understanding.

Summer foreign tours are an integration of the general curriculum.

They are a way for students to touch the Rosetta Stone or see first hand the Code of Hammurabi. They take students to remote corners of the world and challenge participants to create a world of understanding and harmony.

Foreign exchanges direct lives, something Catholic education does very well. Summer tours are open to everyone in the BMHS community — students, parents and friends.

Led by professionals — teachers who are experts in their fields — these tours are both enriching and challenging. They are a tribute to the ongoing focus of Bishop McGuinness High School.

“Ireland for me was peaceful place rich with history ... truly a classroom abroad. The short nine days that my family and I spent there will certainly stick in my mind for the rest of my life,” said Charlie McCurry Jr. “I was very fortunate to be allowed the opportunity to travel. You could not put a price on the chance to delve into the history of your ancestors’ country.”

Michael Streich teaches history at Bishop McGuinness High School.

in Wales. One of the first stops was historic Conway Castle, an overwhelming relic of Edward I’s attempt to pacify the Welsh peoples during the late-13th century. After a day in the Lake District — which included a tour of William Wordsworth’s home, Dove Cottage — the group entered Scotland.

In Edinburgh, students toured the imposing castle, site of the largest military parade in the world, the Edinburgh Tattoo.

Following an afternoon at St. Andrew’s, the

group continued into the Highlands, spending two days at Fort William and driving into the Hebrides to the Isle of the Skye. The return to Edinburgh was enlivened with a visit to the William Wallace memorial and Stirling Castle.

Students experienced more than just the sites: They ate unfamiliar foods such as haggis and local seafood; they watched a parade of Orangemen; they met people with different cultural experiences.

For the McCurry family, the Ireland part of the tour was a dream come true. The parents had visited Ireland after they were married.

This was an opportunity to share those earlier experiences with their five children.

“What a treat it was to share Ireland with our five children,” said Darcy McCurry.

“It was a trip of a lifetime that will be remembered by all of us.

“We were lucky enough to have a wonderful bus driver from County Cork. His twinkling eyes and charming sense of humor made the journey all the more special. He shared the Irish music and his local wisdom to make the trip extraordinary. As we passed ‘Ladies’ View,’ a gorgeous area in the Ring of Kerry, he suddenly stopped the bus in the middle of the road, opened the bus door, and went barrelling out to catch two leprechauns that he had seen.

“Such excitement was to the liking of our 10-year-old twins. He made believers out of all of us.”

Two other families on the tour also returned home with many memories of sharing a wonderful 15 days with their children.

Although the foreign tours are not school sponsored, teachers at Bishop McGuinness have made such tours available to the school community for many

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Sisters of Mercy of N.C. Foundation announces $1.36 million in grants

CHARLOTTE — Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation announces grant awards totaling $1,367,045 to 28 nonprofit organizations located in 13 North Carolina counties.

The grant funds will be used for a wide variety of purposes by the organizations. Supported programs include affordable housing, children’s services, crisis assistance, environmental issues, health care, immigration assistance, job training, legal assistance, services to the elderly and social services.

The organizations are as follows.

A Child’s Place, Charlotte, will receive a grant of $110,000 over three years for salary support for a Spanishspeaking social worker. Adoption Options, Inc., Charlotte, will receive $25,000 to provide start-up support for staff salaries. Adult Life Programs, Hickory, will receive $50,000 to provide furnishings and equipment for a new adult day care facility. Bakersville Community Medical Clinic, Bakersville, will receive a three-year grant of $63,000 to support a parttime coordinator for the Mitchell Community Health Partnership.

BRIDGE Jobs Program, Inc., Charlotte, will receive $22,011 to be used in the purchase of a 15-passenger van. Cabarrus Cooperative Christian Ministry, Concord, will receive a $55,000 grant over two years

to provide salary support for the addition of a night shelter case manager.

Catawba County Hispanic Ministry, Hickory, will receive $15,000 to help provide for start-up costs. Cherokee Boys Club for the Cherokee Center for Family Services, Cherokee, will receive a grant of $23,895 to help fund the salary for a “floating” staff teacher for the Agelink Childcare Center.

Child Care Resources, Inc., Charlotte, will receive a three-year grant of $75,000 for salary support for an early childhood specialist. Children & Family Resource Center, Hendersonville, will receive $25,000 for general operating expenses. Community Progress Association of Union Mills, Union Mills, will receive $25,000 for start-up expenses for a computer laboratory and tutoring services. Crisis Assistance Ministry of Christians and Jews of Greater Gastonia, Gastonia, will receive a two-year grant of $60,000 for general operating support.

Dilworth Center for Chemical Dependency, Charlotte, will receive $25,000 to help provide for start-up costs for an adolescent treatment program. Doctors Care, Inc., Winston-Salem, will receive $40,000 for operating support and to help fund

See MERCY GRANTS, page 14

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Youth Rally expected to draw thousands

By JIMMY ROSTAR Associate Editor Fort Mill, S.C. — Organizers of a youth and young adult faith rally hope thousands of people will attend the Catholic evangelical event in September to celebrate their faith.

Good News Ministries of North Carolina — Charlotte is organizing the High School / Young Adult Youth Power Rally for Sept. 8 from 12:30-8:30 p.m. at the Charlotte Hornets Training Center in Fort Mill, S.C. Music, talks, testimonies, skits, food and liturgy will highlight the day.

Good News Ministries is working on the event in cooperation with the youth and young adult ministries of the Atlanta Province: the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and the dioceses of Charlotte, Raleigh, Charleston and Savannah.

Interest in the event was sparked following the well-attended FIRE Rally at Belmont Abbey College in September 1999. More than 500 young people came to the youth rally that was part of that evangelical event.

The Youth Power Rally will focus on four themes, taken from the pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “faith power,” focusing on the creed; “Gospel power,” focusing on morality; “Mass power,” focusing on the sacraments; and “prayer power,” focusing on prayer.

Featured speakers and musicians include Bishop William G. Curlin of Charlotte, who will preside at the liturgy; Diocese of Charlotte priests Fathers Matthew Leonard and Matthew Kauth; Franciscan Father Paul Williams, who serves in the Charleston Diocese; EWTN’s “Life on the Rock” co-hosts Jeff Cavins and Catherine Rumore; Matt Pinto,

author of “Did Adam & Eve Have Belly Buttons?”; Kathy and David with the band Redeemed; and Christian recording artist Steve Angrisano, who will serve as master of ceremonies.

Scott Walters, spokesperson for Good News Ministries, said people’s interest in being part of the event has been inspiring.

“Doors kept on opening and opening, and here we are, having an event,” he said.

“We’re really pumped up to be able to bring this. This is truly the work of the Lord. We’re just the messengers here; we’re just the hands and the feet.”

Walters said the event is designed not only to invite young people to celebrate their faith on that day, but to inspire them to be an active part of their parishes back home, too.

“This is a significant event in that we are trying to bring young people from across five dioceses together to celebrate their Catholicity,” Walters added. “They need to know that there is a real Catholic presence in the South, and coming together like this and having some good talks, praise and worship will help with that.

“This will be a day when they can enjoy themselves and meet other youth who are also Catholic and share the same beliefs. Hopefully, the people who attend this event will bring back a feeling of ‘wow.’ What we really want to bring home is that Jesus does love them very, very, very much.”

To register online, visit the Web site at www.ntrnet.net/~goodnews. Registration deadline is Aug. 25. Youth under age 18 must include a consent form from their home parish.

For further information, call (704) 521-9949.

6 The Catholic News & Herald NBA assist leader gets big assist from his faith HAMMOND, Ind. (CNS) — At 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds, wearing a Polo shirt and shorts, John Stockton looks more like a dad ready for a barbecue than a perennial National Basketball Association all-star and two-time Olympian. During 17 seasons with the Utah Jazz, the Catholic Stockton has learned several things about sports and life, including: Hang in there. “Find something you enjoy. If you enjoy it, play every minute you can,” Stockton told 130 youths at a basketball camp July 7 at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond. The camp was run by his former coach, Kerry Pickett, a northwest Indiana native. Since being drafted in 1984 out of Gonzaga University in Washington state, Stockton has carved an NBA career marked by unselfish yet aggressive play.

Congressional medal for Cardinal O’Connor awarded to his family NEW YORK (CNS) — The sister of the late New York Cardinal John J. O’Connor accepted a Congressional Gold Medal in her brother’s name during a July 10 ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

President Bush, in presenting the medal, said future generations would know Cardinal O’Connor, who died last year, as a man who left a mark on his time as a defender of the faith, a cheerful giver and a good person.

Bush joined House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Vito Fossella, R-N.Y., in talking about Cardinal O’Connor’s impact before giving the specially designed gold medal to the late cardinal’s sister, Mary Ward, and his successor in New York, Cardinal Edward M. Egan.

Jesuit evangelizes through novels, poetry, song WASHINGTON (CNS) — Jesuit Father Jesus Juan Diaz Vilar is a one-man multimedia operation. To evangelize Hispanic youths he pens novels, composes music, rhymes poetry and gives concert/conferences. “The new evangelization needs new methods and a new ardor,” he said of his Spanish-language endeavors. The aim is to reach Hispanics who don’t go to church and have to face life’s dramatic turning points such as drug addiction, AIDS, divorce and alcoholism, he told Catholic News Service in an early July telephone interview. Through music, rhyme and story line “you can give indirect messages: how God heals our

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being told at age 17 “in front of the whole school” that he could not sing. He guessed that his teacher was 22 years old at the time. “I am much older than she was when she told me — more than twice as old,” said Bell, now 51. “I will not let her dominate my life any longer.”

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Service with HEART Bishop William G. Curlin presided at the closing Mass of the Catholic HEART Work Camp at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School in Charlotte July 6. The service and evangelization projects are hosted at sites throughout the nation each summer. The Charlotte group comprised 310 participants from many states. In his homily, Bishop Curlin urged the group to take their faith-filled experiences back to their own communities to more fully experience God’s living presence today. hearts; how Jesus can give strength to live through drug addiction,” said Father Diaz, who lives in Jersey City, N.J., at St. Peter’s College but spends most of his time on the road.

She’s 99 and still makes pies for a living LEECHBURG, Pa. (CNS) — Around town Domenica Roppolo is known as “Nota” or “the pie lady” for baking pies for a Leechburg restaurant. Roppolo turned 99 on June 29 and still works part time.

She also remains active in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, and is the last surviving charter member of the group’s local court, or chapter, founded 75 years ago.

She works three half-days a week, baking an average of 12 pies a day. She tried retiring two years ago, but returned to work within a week. The 99-year-old baker attributes her longevity to the fact she does work. “I’m not happy if I’m not working,” she said. “I get up in the morning, say my prayers and the rosary. Then I’m ready to go to work.”

Niece of beatified Ukrainian priest recalls his unselfish acts WEBSTER, N.Y. (CNS) — When the Nazis imprisoned Father Emilian Kowcz in the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland, he spurned all attempts to get him released. “Don’t waste your efforts,” he wrote his bishop. “I cannot leave here because I

am needed. These unfortunate people — thousands of them — need me.” On June 27, Father Kowcz (sometimes spelled Kovch) was among the 27 martyrs of Ukraine’s Eastern Catholic churches beatified by Pope John Paul II in Lviv, Ukraine. “From what I’ve read about him, he must have been a marvelous man,” said Father Kowcz’s niece, Christina Kowcz, of Webster. She is a parishioner at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Irondequoit, which is part of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Conn. “He was always putting others before himself,” added Kowcz.

God expects us to sing, liturgical music composer says WASHINGTON (CNS) — Despite some people’s dismissive comments about others’ singing ability, God expects us to sing, Scottish liturgical music composer John Bell said at a July 3 workshop at the National Association of Pastoral Musicians’ convention in Washington. “We sing because we can,” Bell said in answer to the workshop’s title, “Why Do People Sing?” He recounted a story about

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Charlotte’s oldest Catholic church celebrates Benedictine

By Alesha M. Price Staff Writer CHARLOTTE — As Jean Mueller walked to the rectory of St. Peter Church in Charlotte, she did not know what to expect. It was winter in 1955, and she wanted to ask the pastor about joining the parish. The door opened, and Benedictine Father Edward Biss answered. Mueller remembered that the “gruff, old priest” welcomed her wholeheartedly into the parish with comforting words and an arm around the shoulder. That was her first experience with the Benedictine order who staffed the parish for nearly 80 years.

“He [Father Biss] is the one that most of us remember. He was an Army sergeant-type who took his religion very seriously, but he was gentle and kind,” said Mrs. Mueller about the last Benedictine priest to be pastor of the church.

“The Benedictines are such large part of our history.”

Father Biss and other Benedictines who served the church were honored and remembered at a liturgy on July 8.

Abbot Placid Solari, OSB, spiritual and administrative leader of Belmont Abbey and chancellor of Belmont Abbey College, as representative of the Benedictine community, joined Jesuit Father Joe Sobierajski, pastor, for the first of three liturgies in honor of the church’s sesquicentennial anniversary year.

Father Sobierajski told his congregation about the significance of the Benedictines at the 150-year-old parish. “We’re very pleased and honored to have Abbot Placid with us today as a representative of the men of Belmont Abbey who served this parish with so much love for so many years. The Benedictines are significant for us here and through North Carolina; moreover, they were the primary presence in this area.

St. Peter has a 77-year history of being shepherded by the Benedictines, and that influence is important.”

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From left to right, Abbot Placid Solari, OSB, and Jesuit Father Joe Sobierajski join hands to pray the Our Father at a Mass at St. Peter Church in honor of the Benedictine Fathers who served as pastors from 1892 through 1969.

In his homily, Abbot Placid expressed his “gratitude and appreciation to the entire church community for this celebration by inviting me here today in recognition of those monks, my confreres, who, in years past, served this community.”

The abbot told the parishioners that he felt he was coming full circle because Father Jeremiah J. O’Connell, church founder and the priest who laid the church cornerstone on St. Patrick’s Day in 1851, also donated property purchased in Belmont to the Benedictine monks to establish Belmont Abbey in 1876.

Other longtime parishioners,

whose memories of St. Peter Church span over 70 years, agreed that the Benedictines left their mark in the church in various ways. Rachel O’Daniel came to Charlotte in 1945 for nurses’ training and said that she wanted to come back to the parish for Mass and other activities because she was always welcomed.

“The Benedictines were so friendly and caring. They made me feel at home, and I seemed to belong here,” said Mrs. O’Daniel, whose husband converted to Catholicism under Benedictine Father Tim Flaherty, Father

Biss’s assistant. “They had a large influence on our lives, and I am very grateful for what they have done for my family.”

Joe Salem attended O’Donoghue School, named after Dr. Dennis O’Donoghue, a church benefactor, in the late 1930s and early 1940s and remembers the Benedictines as being strict disciplinarians along with the Sisters of Mercy who staffed the school. The school was once located on the church grounds and is now St. Patrick School nearby. Salem recalls Benedictine Father Maurice McDonnell who was pastor from 1936 to 1949.

“It seemed like Father McDonnell was 6 feet and 9 inches tall with four feet of shoulders when I was a youngster. I remember that the priest and nuns were very strict and serious about religion but were very friendly.

Father Biss was frequently at our home for dinner when I was growing up.”

The Mass in honor of the Benedictines is the first of three liturgies during a year filled with historical exhibits compiled by Steven “Chip” Long, church historian, and social activities to celebrate 150 years of Catholicism in uptown Charlotte. In October, a Mass will be celebrated in honor of the Jesuits who have served the parish since 1986. Bishop William G. Curlin will preside at a Mass on January 2002 in honor of the consecration and first liturgy celebrated in the church 150 years ago, said Father Sobierajski.

“We consider those three things a part of our spiritual roots as a diocesan parish that has continued to grow, and we are trying to celebrate those roots throughout this 150th year,” said Father Sobierajski. “St. Peter is a wonderfully involved parish, one that people are a part of because they want to be. People come from all over to be

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Mercy Sister Mary Patricia Doyle dies at GASTONIA — Mercy Sister Mary Patricia Doyle, who was in her 67th year as a Sister of Mercy, died Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was 86.

Sister Patricia was born Dec. 9, 1914, in Savannah, Ga. Her secular name was Teresa Ann Doyle. She took the name Sister Mary Patricia upon entering the religious order of the Sisters of Mercy on June 7, 1933.

She was received as a Sister of Mercy on Jan. 2, 1934.

Upon her entrance with the Sisters of Mercy, Sister Patricia served as a substitute teacher at the parochial schools in Newton Grove, N.C. In August 1935 she entered Mercy School of Nursing in Charlotte, and graduated as a registered nurse in 1938. From 1939-1948, she served at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Asheville, as a nursing supervisor in several departments.

In 1948, Sister Patricia retuned to school. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in nursing education in 1949 from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and in 1953 earned her master’s degree from that same institution.

In the period between her graduate student years, she managed to serve as supervisor of the obstetrics/ gynecology unit and as a clinical instructor in anatomy and physiology at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. In 1956, she was asked to return to St. Joseph’s Hospital where she served as supervisor of numerous departments, includ-

ing the pediatric and medical/surgical units. She also ministered as assistant director, and later as director of nursing services, at that facility.

It was not until 1966 that she returned to Mercy Hospital in Charlotte, where she was named director of nursing services. In 1970, she returned to school, this time as clinical coordinator in surgical nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

During her last year in Chapel Hill, she served as triage nurse representing the surgical department.

Upon her return to Belmont in 1974 and until the college closed in 1987, she served as a nurse consultant for Sacred Heart College as well as at the college’s Testing and Diagnostic Center. In 1978, Sister Patricia was appointed administrative assistant and nurse consultant to the Mary Dore Center for Human Potential, Inc., in Charlotte.

In spite of her busy schedule, Sister Patricia remained active in the

Kappa chapter of Sigma Theta Tau National Honor Society of Nursing; the American Nursing Association; the Mental Health Association; and the North Carolina Counseling and Guidance Association.

As a member of the American Society for Hospital Nursing Service Administrators, she served on the board of directors as well as serving as chairperson for the group’s Nominating Committee, its Executive Committee, the Committee on Membership Promotion and the Committee on Legislation. In addition, she served on the board of directors of the North Carolina State Nur ses’ Association. She was actively involved in the Medical Advisory Board of Educational Films, the American Red Cross, and the Planning Council of Mecklenburg’s Technical Advisory Committee.

Sister Patricia was a member of the board of directors of Mercy Hospital in Charlotte; was chairperson for the Community Education Development Committee of the Sisters of

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Mercy of North Carolina; and was a visiting lecturer on health concerns in diocesan secondary schools. In addition, she conducted a five-year study of the correlation of Nursing State Board examination scores with the admissions policies at a school of nursing. Following the list of accomplishments, it comes as no surprise that in 1978 she was named to “Who’s Who in the Southwest.”

Sister Patricia’s quick wit and sense of humor were her hallmark.

Sister Patricia was the daughter of the late James Patrick Doyle and Mary Teresa Haverty Doyle. She is survived by a brother, William J. Doyle, and a sister, Clara Doyle McDonough, both of Savannah; several nieces and nephews; and numerous grandnieces and grandnephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Fred A. Doyle Sr. A wake service was held Thursday, July 12, 2001, at the Sisters of Mercy Marian Center, adjacent to Mercy Administration Center in Belmont.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Friday, July 13, 2001, at the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians at Belmont Abbey. Burial followed at the Belmont Abbey Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Sisters of Mercy, Sacred Heart Convent, 100 Mercy Drive, Belmont, N.C. 28012-4805.

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Camp Leo provides activities for summertime

By Alesha M. Price Staff Writer WINSTON-SALEM — Hispanic students in the PiedmontTriad area are taking advantage of a church camp that is providing education, fun and fellowship during a time when kids find themselves complaining of boredom.

Sister of St. Joseph Joan Pearson is running the fifth-annual Camp Leo at St. Leo the Great Church in WinstonSalem for five weeks this summer, and children ages 5-12 are taking part in reading with books donated by the local library, Bible study, physical activities, arts and crafts and other educational, spiritual and social activities.

Sister Joan says that she has been overwhelmed by the support and donations she has received and is grateful to the church and all of the volunteers who have helped to make the camp a success including the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School District, the Forsyth County Library, the YMCA of Greater Winston-Salem, local 4-H volunteers, Scout Troops and various church groups. Over 160 children participated last year, and she expects this year’s attendance to be similar.

The children are placed into age groups, and their teen volunteer counselors help rotate them through the activities from relay races and neighborhood walks outside and reading from bilingual books in the library corner to breakfast, snacks and lunch to painting and drawing in one of the church’s annex buildings.

“I am stunned at the cooperation that people have given. It started out as a wonderful little idea that has grown tremendously. I know from the parents that they feel their kids are being cared for,” said Sister Joan. “This helps the kids bridge their summer, and the teachers have told me that they have seen a difference when they go back to school.”

Contact Staff Writer Alesha M. Price by calling (704) 370-3354 or email amprice@charlottediocese.org.

Photos by Alesha M. Price

Above, Perla Cortez and Viviana Montes, both age 7, trade books during library time.

Above left, Esmerelda Nuñez, 12, paints the rose she drew onto a block of wood to be placed into old cigarette machines across the country as part of an arts initiative.

At right, 6-year-old Fenix Expirrou smiles while playing stick ball with a friend during free time after lunch.

Bottom right, 9-year-old Iris Mendoza concentrates on her drawing during the 4-H activity.

Below, from left to right, Joel Shacon, Cesár Leon and Alex Moreno, all age 7, collectively try to solve a puzzle during library time.

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Grisham’s latest is authentic tale of rural life

By Joseph R. Thomas Catholic News Service Frankly, I had been avoiding John Grisham’s “A Painted House” (Doubleday, $27.95) because his last couple of offerings, while popular (the man has a devoted following), were pot-boilers at best, and “A Painted House,” being a cotton-field saga far removed from the courthouse venues he favors, I was fearful of terminal ennui.

“A Painted House” does move at the pace of an aging hound dog searching for shade, but it is Grisham doing what he does quite well when he puts his mind to it: presenting a character the reader can relate to while telling a straightforward story.

In this case the character is the narrator, 7-year-old Luke Chandler, and Grisham nicely evokes rural Arkansas in the early 1950s. The action takes place on the Chandler farm and in the nearby village of Black Oak (population 300) as the Chandlers, after hiring Mexican migrants and the downtrodden Spruill family from the Ozark hill country, set out to harvest their cotton in a race against the expected autumnal rains.

Heavy rains come early, however, and with them, flooding, which short-circuits the harvest. To some extent this justifies the interminable talk about the weather, the talk often enough holding up the pace of the story, which is not so much about the vagaries of farming as about Luke’s emergence into the ambiguities of the adult world around him.

Luke at this time is buoyed by Baptist certainties about what is right and what is wrong, sustained by dreams of playing baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and buffeted by nightly fears for the safety of his heroic-sized uncle, who has been more like a big brother and is now under fire with American troops in Korea.

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Into this world, also inhabited by Luke’s parents and grandparents, step the Spruills, including a seductive teenage daughter, a thuggish son, another son who “ain’t quite right,” two Spruill nephews, and the Mexicans, among them one with a surly attitude and a nasty switchblade knife.

Once the principals are in place, Luke is poised to see and hear more than he should and suddenly finds himself burdened with secrets and anxieties he’s not prepared for. He is witness to a brutal Saturday afternoon fight in which one man is stomped to death, is set acquiver by Tally Spruill’s nakedness, learns that his uncle is being identified as the father of a child born during the obligatory birthing drama that is a fixture of farm epics, and sees one man kill another.

The more secrets he learns, the more isolated he feels because the moral absolutes to which he is tethered have become nuanced and the nuances pose choices he’s ill-equipped to contend with because the secrets are not really his alone and to talk about them would seemingly involve risk to himself or others, most especially his mother.

While some of the characters are stereotypical, most are nicely sketched and Grisham makes us care about all but a few as he weaves a few subplots — the painting of the farmhouse is one — into the main tale. His depiction of the era’s insular small-town life — church socials, the division of labor, Saturday go-to-town rituals, the escapism of the baseball season — rings with an authenticity that Grisham sometimes has ignored in the past in a quest for nonstop tension.

Word to Life

July 22, Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C Readings: 1) Genesis 18:1-10a Psalm 15:2-5 2) Colossians 1:24-28 3) Gospel: Luke 10:38-42

By Jean Denton Catholic News Service The local Refugee and Immigration Services staff told me my first assignment as a volunteer English tutor would be “a real challenge.” They said Maria, who had come to the United States from northern Iraq with her husband and six children, wasn’t motivated to learn English and had the added limitation of not being able to read or write even her native language.

We’ve been together for a year and a half, and Maria still has only a rudimentary grasp of the English language.

However, now she is motivated to learn and doesn’t shy away from trying to make herself understood or ask questions in English. But it seems that she should have better conversation skills by this time.

I’ve tried to make our sessions more structured so Maria will learn the language better. I want her to gain skills in English so she can confidently make her way in her new American community. I remind myself that this is my most important role with her. Or is it?

My relationship with Maria has helped me understand this week’s Gospel and what Jesus wanted Martha to understand: the importance of being present to one another and to him.

When Maria and I began our sessions, we simply spent time getting to know each other, looking at family albums and speaking our own languages.

Then I included “lessons” to cover basic concepts and vocabulary.

But once Maria felt comfortable talking with me, it became hard to keep her “on task.” She wanted to learn more English, but mostly she wanted to visit, to talk about her home and taking care of her children. She wanted to tell me about their progress in school and about her husband’s job and about discipline problems with a teen-age daughter.

I realized that, more than the occasional food or household items I bring, or even the alphabet and English lessons, the valuable element of our visits is our growing relationship. When I go to her home each week to speak English, we are friends being together — laughing, worrying, caring about each other’s lives and sharing a mutual love.

Maria is a wife and mother far from her homeland — uprooted three times over the last 10 years. She needs a friend more than she needs proper syntax. So do I. QUESTION: What tasks, even those serving others, have stifled or crowded out a developing relationship with someone — or with God?

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of July 22-28 Sunday, Genesis 18:1-10a, Colossians 1:24-28, Luke 10:38-42; Monday (St. Bridget of Sweden), Exodus 14:5-18, Matthew 12:38-42, Tuesday, Exodus 14:21 - 15:1, Matthew 12:46-50; Wednesday (St. James), 2 Corinthians 4:7-15, Matthew 20: 20-28; Thursday (Sts. Joachim and Anne), Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b, Matthew 13:10-17; Friday, Exodus 20:1-17, Matthew 13:18-23; Saturday, Exodus 24:3-8, Matthew 13:24-30 Readings for the week of July 29-August 4 Sunday, Genesis 18:20-32, Colossians 2:12-14, Luke 11:1-13; Monday (St. Peter Chrysologus), Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34, Matthew 13:31-35; Tuesday (Ignatius of Loyola), Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28, Matthew 13:35-43; Wednesday (St. Alphonsus Liguori), Exodus 34:29-35, Matthew 13:44-46; Thursday (St. Eusebius of Vercelli, St. Peter Julian Eymard), Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38, Matthew 13:47-53; Friday, Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37, Matthew 13:54-58; Saturday (St. John Mary Vianney), Leviticus 25:1, 8-17, Matthew 14:1-12

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Black Mountain singersongwriter celebrates good life

By JIMMY ROSTAR Associate Editor “Now there’s no time for me to brood / I’ve got too much gratitude / It’s just a happy attitude / Life is good,” sings Black Mountain singer-songwriter Jimmy Landry during the title track of his new album, “Life is Good.”

Over the course of 10 songs, Landry echoes that sentiment in tunes about the examined life — a life where hope, peace and faith take center stage. Landry’s latest is a celebration of appreciating things that not only enrich the human condition, but bring great happiness if we simply make the choice to seek it.

Landry’s fifth album comprises some of his most inspired work to date. The collection reflects influences of folk, bluegrass and pop music, as Landry and his acoustic guitar lead listeners on a musical voyage enhanced by fiddle and dobro, piano and percussion, banjo and bass.

His voice and songwriting have reached new heights of sophistication, while the supporting cast of musicians punctuates a collection of tunes that enlightens.

Co-producing with Asheville luminary Chris Rosser, Landry makes sure that his latest is a group effort.

The a cappella “Speck of Dust” and the horn-driven “What” bring together a small choir of North Carolina singer-songwriters who share in singing duties.

Musically, Rosser and Puryear’s David Johnson contribute with nearly

LIFE IS GOOD, by Jimmy Landry. ISG Records (Black Mountain, N.C., 2001). www.jimmylandry. com, (888) 495-6575

a dozen instruments between them throughout the recording. Bruce Hornsby band lead guitarist Doug Derryberry plays on the title track, the contemplative “Come Here, Go Away” and on “Me & Brian,” a heartwarming tribute to friendship and one of Landry’s older tunes re-recorded here with a fresh vitality.

In songs such as “Do What You Can” and “Rhythm of Life,” the album certainly embraces a “seize the day” sentiment. But these songs see with eyes focused on a spiritual path, too.

Consider this verse from “Rhythm

of Life,” a prayerful waltz celebrating God’s creation in nature: “So I will cherish my time by the river / And the peace that I find in its flow / Like I cherish each breath / With its birth and its death / On the journey that leads me back home.”

In “Do What You Can,” Landry weaves his way through the hectic pace of life and makes a point of taking the time to appreciate each day as a gift: “Do what you can, take as long as you need / This is not a race, it’s not about your speed / It’s the magic in the way you work that makes it all worth-

while,” he sings.

The positive reigns on this album.

Even in the end-of-relationship songs “Temporarily” and “Come Here, Go Away,” Landry conveys a positive sense of learning from experience.

And he has a downright good time on a rollicking, bluegrassy cover of Neil Diamond’s “I’m a Believer,” while “The Saga of the Chickens” offers an ode about rural living while including a witty, Landry-esque moral to peck on.

Landry began singing and playing guitar at folk Masses as a youth in suburban Washington, D.C. He has pursued music both as a profession and a calling as an adult. In October 1994 he settled in the Asheville area, where he founded Independent Songwriters Group, a record label that nurtures local musicians.

In a 1997 interview with The Catholic News & Herald, Landry recalled a homily he heard as a youth about finding God not only in church, but in all aspects of everyday life.

“What he was talking about is not just on Sunday, but every part of every day,” Landry said. “I may not always do it right, but that’s my goal, and it seems like that comes through in the songs I write, in performances and in the music that means the most to me by others. That’s the way I’d like my life to be.”

Landry radiates that same sense of devotion on his latest album as he reminds listeners that, indeed, life is good.

Associate Editor Jimmy Rostar’s 1997 story on Jimmy Landry, “Singersongwriter sees music as God’s gift,” won a Catholic Press Association Journalism Award in the best personality profile category.

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POPE JOHN PAUL II

Pope urges believers to reject violence, respect dignity of all

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All who believe in God are called to reject violence and place their faith at the service of building a society that respects the Godgiven dignity of each person, Pope John Paul II said.

While a review of his late-June trip to Ukraine was the focus of his remarks at his July 4 general audience, the pope also offered special prayers for peace in Northern Ireland, where political leaders are trying to solidify the peace process.

Greeting members of a choir from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, the pope said, “In these days I am praying more intensely for peace in Northern Ireland.”

In his main talk, as is customary after a foreign trip, Pope John Paul shared his impressions of his June 23-27 visit to Ukraine.

“This was a visit which I had long wanted to make in order to pay homage to Ukraine’s long and glorious history of faith and Christian fidelity,” he said in his English remarks.

The pope said it was an “unforgettable experience” to preside over the Eastern- and Latin-rite liturgies in Ukraine, expressions of the unity of the church, which he said embraces and is enriched by diversity.

As he did throughout his trip, in his audience talk the pope offered special greetings to Ukraine’s Orthodox majority, despite the fact that the leader of the nation’s largest Orthodox community refused to meet him after claiming Catholics were engaged in a campaign to steal believers and property from the Orthodox.

The pope praised the work of the governmentsponsored council of churches and religious organizations with whom he met in Kiev, Ukraine’s capital.

The council, he said, “promotes spiritual values, favoring a climate of understanding among different religious communities. This is even more important in a country which experienced very heavy constraints on religious freedom.”

Over the past 100 years, he said, Christians, Jews and Muslims in Ukraine all experienced repression and even death at the hands of the communists and the Nazis.

Now that they can live and worship freely, he said, religious leaders must help the nation build its social and democratic institutions.

“All believers in God, rejecting every form of violence, are called to strengthen the essential religious roots of every authentic humanism,” the pope said.

Pope John Paul said a highlight of his trip was the beatification of 30 Ukrainians, including 27 martyrs from the Eastern Catholic churches.

“May Ukraine draw renewed apostolic enthusiasm from the patrimony of holiness left by these exemplary disciples of Christ and by the many others whom they represent,” he said.

The pope also prayed that God would bless and strengthen all Ukrainians who “dedicate themselves to the service of the Gospel and to the search for the true good of each and every human person.”

Do not judge, so that you may not be judged Very often married couples lose sight of their purpose to complement (and frequently complement) each other and co-create for themselves a new identity. Instead, we sometimes try to recreate each other into our likeliness. Our differences become our insecurities rather opportunities to grow.

Marriage thrives and lives in happiness when we continually ready ourselves for it. It’s about self-improvement. When I am bored with the relationship, it is because I am boring. It is a signal to do something that will make my life (and all in my life) more exciting, more interesting. It may be time to take a class, read a book, develop a new hobby, or begin a new project around the home.

Do something different and new together. Go to an ethnic restaurant — a culture completely foreign to you both. Don’t order from the “American Food” menu! Experience yourselves and each other in a new setting from time to time.

Measure your criticism with a double dose of kindness. Listen twice as much as you speak (God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason). When kind words are hard to find, work harder to find them.

There is mutuality in marriage. What you dish out you get in return. Make sure that what you give is from God. What you get in return will also be.

Once we have developed this kind of relationship between us, having healthy, loving relationships with our children comes naturally. They model our communicating style. They reflect our peaceability. As we

Economy of Faith FATHER JOHN S. RAUSCH, Glenmary Guest Columnist

doctors. Putting service above salary, Dr. John works for what economists call a psychic income and what theologians might label Gospel wages. Motivated by his Catholic faith, he earns a much-below doctor’s salary in his dedication to serving the uninsured and under-served.

Currently, over 40 million U.S. residents lack any medical coverage. For some, their employers do not provide health insurance; for others, their income cannot afford the high premiums. Still, the U.S. health care system cures by market forces, and increased pressure to compete is forcing hospitals to treat fewer charity patients. In regards health care there are simply limits to the market system.

The church sees health care as a basic human right, not simply a commodity. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that society must help all its citizens attain essential living conditions: “food and clothing, housing, healthcare, basic education, employment and social assistance.”

To live a dignified and secure life in our society requires universal health coverage, nothing less.

Dr. John Belanger spends about 20 minutes with his patients each visit, twice the national average. He heals by understanding and encouragement as much as by any medical procedure. His dedication leaves no one excluded from health care. His common sense can spark creativity for others with a healing ministry. One doctor of faith responded to the invitation of local people, gathered a dedicated staff and made Paint Lick a healthier community.

Glenmary Father John Rausch writes, teaches and organizes in Appalachia.

Family Reflections ANDREW & TERRI LYKE Guest Columnists

emulate Christ, so do they.

Questions for reflection: How has marriage challenged me to be a better person?

How do I criticize my spouse?

Do I listen twice as much as I speak?

Do our children and others see Christ in my marriage?

“Family Reflections” presents a continuing theology of family life. Andrew and Terri report, from their experiences as married partners, parents and members of extended families, their observations of God’s presence in family life. As active members in the Catholic community, they share their perspectives on the church in society. Through the prism of their African American heritage, they share their unique spirituality.

No Bills Over $20 After more than 30 years, the rural Appalachian community of Paint Lick, Ky., has a doctor. One hundred volunteers helping Dr. John Belanger, a board-certified family practitioner, descended on the town’s old red brick warehouse and transformed it by hammers and sweat into the Paint Lick Family Clinic (paintlickmd.hotmail.com) with three exam rooms, a lab and administrative offices. The clinic provides acute and chronic care minor surgical procedures, health maintenance and dietary counseling.

Currently about 20 farmers, low-wage workers and area residents of modest means pass through the waiting room each day. What turns this feel-good story into one of inspiration and instruction flows from Dr. John’s philosophy. For 11 years, he worked in a clinic that targeted an under-served population.

Noticing the stratospheric rise of health care costs, he looked for an alternative. His solution: Cut the paperwork, lower the overhead and work for a reasonable salary.

His cost-cutting formula avoids the paperwork of dealing with private insurance companies and Medicare. The Paint Lick Family Clinic does not take insurance cards, but instead charges $20 per visit. If needed, patients can make $5 weekly payments or whatever they can afford.

Nationally, about one-fourth of health care employees do nothing but paperwork. The Paint Lick Clinic runs with one office manager and one nurse.

Lowering the overhead suggests some creative approaches. With a small grant of $35,000 and local donations, the non-profit clinic bought the building and had scores of community volunteers remodel it.

And unlike a medical specialty, primary-care medicine does not require a large capital investment in sophisticated equipment. Dr. John, with low-tech tools like a stethoscope and flashlight, monitors heart conditions and a patient’s general health. With lab work he checks cholesterol and possible infections.

With generic drugs — “a good therapeutic alternative that can save a significant amount of money for patients” — he can treat the common stress-related illnesses of hypertension, depression and back pain.

When necessary, he offers referrals to other doctors and hospital services.

Finally, an essential cost-cutting measure faced the question of the physician’s salary. The clinic could not afford the usual six-figure earnings of

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Light One Candle MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

setting himself up for a final match against Tina who, in fact, beats him by one vote.

Now lots of analysts will castigate Colby as a fool who blew a million dollars. I see it another way. I think he made an honorable choice. That’s not to say that he didn’t want to win. But he and Tina had become friends. And friends don’t betray friends. In an earlier moment in the show, Tina had revealed that except for her present job, she’d never worked for anything but a minimum wage. The thought that she was inching toward the big prize was exciting. At that moment, I began to hope she’d get her wish. Maybe Colby did, too.

The “why” of his decision to take on the tougher competition will probably remain in the mind and heart of this gifted competitor. For me, the reason lies in his character.

Throughout his defeat, Colby acted with honor, dignity and genuine grace. The smile and embrace he offered Tina at her moment of victory rang true. In his moment of defeat, Colby seemed to be a true gentleman. That’s not behavior we’ve come to expect either from the media or daily life, but it’s great stuff nonetheless.

So Matthew and Colby, congratulations. We’re not here to succeed all the time. But we are here to be persons of honor and character who respect others. The world may think you crazy for these choices. I rejoice in your goodness.

And so do the people watching — on the TV set or from across the room. against his will. After a tumultuous few months of reign as Celestine V, he resigned his office, the first and apparently only pope to do so. The church thus has little experience with papacies ending in any way except death.

Two years ago, some Vatican sources indicated that the pope may have already made provisions for his eventual incapacity. He might even stipulate that if his physical condition were to deteriorate to a certain point, it be considered equivalent to resignation.

Whatever the future holds, Pope John Paul II continues to demonstrate a stamina, determination and mental acuity that seem nearly beyond human. As one of his theologians remarked at the beginning of the new millennium, “I don’t think the hypothesis of resigning has been considered.”

Anyone, even a layman, may be elected pope. He would immediately be ordained bishop, however. When elected, a pope by definition becomes the bishop of Rome.

When widows remarry Q. You recently responded to a question about widows desiring to remarry but afraid of losing Social Security checks from their deceased husband’s account.

Additional information I received from the Social Security Administration is interesting. If a widow remarries before age 60, she cannot receive widow’s benefits as long as that new marriage is in effect.

However, if she remarries after reaching age 60, she will continue to receive benefits on her deceased husband’s record.

The Social Security Administration regrets there is much misinformation about this provision and thanked me for asking.

A. I’m grateful to this Oklahoma City reader for writing. Judging from the mail I receive, my sense is that thousands of widows are not familiar with this provision of the Social Security code.

While benefits from the husband’s income are customarily more than from the wife’s, that is not always true. The same rule described above applies to widowers as well.

A Matter of Honor Matthew is a good guy. By that I mean he’s a person of honor and integrity. Now that may seem a bit biased. I mean, he’s only 17 and he is my nephew. But there are in him signs of quality that make me proud to know him. An example: Matthew attends a Catholic high school. Recently, he slammed his desk loudly in class. It annoyed the teacher who whirled around from his blackboard and gave detention to the student in front of Matthew. The other student protested his innocence, but the punishment stood.

On reflection, Matt realized that he couldn’t let the other fellow take the rap for him. So Matthew showed up to take the detention himself. Not a monumental action, granted, but a sign of a working conscience and a character that considers consequences and responsibilities. I would like to think that it’s not unusual for a young person — or any person — to make a morally correct choice, but we live in an age and society that appears almost startled when someone does the right thing.

Which brings me to “Survivor II.” This amazingly popular CBS television series has been fodder for millions of discussions about what Colby did. Now, if you don’t know who Colby Donaldson is, let me give some background. One of the show’s 16 contestants, the custom auto designer from Dallas was highly skilled at surviving. Friends and foes agreed, he was the one to beat. Colby headed into the final eliminations against Tina Wesson, a mother of two from Knoxville, Tenn.

Their only other competition was Keith Famie, a chef from West Bloomfield, Mich., who did not seem especially talented at the game. In addition, Keith seemed to annoy just about everyone. As the “strategists” saw it, Keith had survived the game almost as a fluke. The assumption was that he’d be cut by the final elimination.

So we get to the finals and Colby once again scores a victory. His reward: He gets to eliminate either Keith or Tina — in other words, to select his final competitor.

Now, logic would suggest that he eliminate his strongest opponent. That would leave him with a huge advantage over the last person standing between him and the milliondollar prize. Smart money says Colby should eliminate the popular and talented Tina. He doesn’t. He chooses Keith,

Question Corner FATHER JOHN DIETZEN CNS Columnist

Could the Pope Resign?

Q. Recent rumors that the pope has Parkinson’s disease make us wonder what happens if he becomes incapacitated mentally or physically. Does any church law govern this contingency?

If he could no longer offer Mass or fulfill other responsibilities, who would substitute for him? Also, must the College of Cardinals elect one of its own to the papacy? Or could it choose someone else, even a layperson?

A. According to the Code of Canon Law (332), if the Roman pontiff resigns his office it is necessary for validity that the resignation be made freely and be properly manifested.

It is not required, however, that the resignation be accepted by anyone.

The first and most obvious requirement, therefore, is that the decision be made by the pope himself, no one else.

Furthermore, that decision must be clearly disclosed, in writing, for example, or perhaps by declaring his intention to the College of Cardinals.

Once the pope makes that choice manifest, it takes effect automatically; it is not necessary for the decision to be accepted or approved by anyone else.

With modern medical advances bringing increased longevity, said one Vatican official last year, it is more likely the church will sooner or later need to face such problems.

Until now, however, resignation has not been a major concern.

In l294, a saintly Benedictine monk was elected pope

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The Bottom Line ANTOINETTE BOSCO CNS Columnist When Sisters Are Close My sister Jeannette and I went out for breakfast at the beginning of summer to celebrate her birthday and the end of the college year. My feelings were mixed, that combination we often have, of joy and sadness.

This past year, Jeannette has lived most of each week with me because she was teaching at a university within driving distance of my home. But on this day she was going to her own home about 120 miles away for the summer.

I was trying to adjust to the fact that I wouldn’t have her with me to share coffee in the morning and dinner at night, when we would recount our day’s happenings, always with empathy and often with laughter.

I’m one of the really blessed people of this world because I have sisters, four of them in fact. Rosemary is two years older than I am. We were teen-agers when Jeannette and Loretta were born, and in our early 20s when Nancy arrived.

Rosemary and I were mothers to our three “little” sisters, until they grew to adulthood. Then we related as grown sisters who share a very special closeness. Because we have each other, we are never alone and are, thus, among the very fortunate people of this world.

Far too little has been written about the beauty of the sister relationship. If you find an article about sisters, it usually begins with the assumption that sibling rivalry dominates the relationship. Glossed over is the positive, special something you share.

For sisters come from the same beginnings.

Having parents in common, we share our origins and our very genes.

I look at Loretta and see my own eyes; at Jeannette and view aspects of my personality; at Rosemary and see my sensitivities played out in another person; at Nancy and see her energetic motherhood as a playback of my own some 20 years ago.

Sisters share memories: the good ones like so many Thanksgivings, Christmases and graduations; the bad ones, like Dad’s occasional temper, Mom’s constant nerves and our brother Joe’s permanent battle with hairy cell leukemia.

We share secrets past — and countless dreams: the romantic ones, the ambitious ones, the ones we lost, the ones that came true. We share our goods, our advice, our concern and our labor, such as the time Loretta, in her teens, moved in with me to get away from a parental problem that had turned sour for her or the summers when Jeannette would take in my six children for a couple of weeks to give me a much-needed break from single parenting.

We have been, and I believe always will be, there for each other. Maybe that’s because we have shared more than a fair dose of hard times. Maybe instinct tells us that our survival stands a better chance if we’re united. Maybe it’s our spiritual unity or bounce-back optimism. Maybe it’s all of those that have brought me and my sisters to an extraordinary closeness.

But — no maybe about it — we love each other increasingly as the years go on. Having sisters is a special gift, one that makes us count ourselves as the most blessed people in the world.

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Helping Hands Clinic of Caldwell County, Lenoir, will receive $30,000 for operating expenses. HOPE Worldwide-NC, Charlotte, will receive $26,250 for salary support and materials. Jacob’s Ladder, Charlotte, will receive $25,000 to provide salary support for an employment coordinator. McAuley Institute, Silver Spring, Md., will receive a three-year grant 0f $225,000 to provide salary support for staff in the institute’s regional network office in Raleigh.

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UNC-Asheville Environmental Quality Institute, Asheville, will receive $13,564 to purchase equipment.

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ClassiEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES instructor with church experience and music degree. Knowledge and familiarity with choral and instrumental programs desirable. Beginning hours, part-time (5-10 hours per week). Send resume and salary requirements to: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Attn: Music Ministry Position, 108 St. Joseph St., Kannapolis, NC 28203. For information, (704)932-4607 or fax:(704)932-0566.

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Ingersoll Foundation announces 2001 Richard M. Weaver Prize BELMONT — A political science professor at Loyola College in Maryland has been named the recipient of the 2001 Richard M. Weaver Award for Scholarly Letters.

The award, presented by the Ingersoll Foundation of Rockford, Ill., is administered by the Bradley Institute for the Study of Christian Culture at Belmont Abbey College.

The prize was established in 1982.

Dr. Diana J. Schaub, associate professor of political science, will be the first woman to receive the award and its $25,000 prize during a symposium in October at Belmont Abbey College. She has written extensively about declining morality in society and will address symposium participants at the conclusion of the event.

Schaub earned her bachelor’s degree with highest honors from Kenyon College in 1981. Her master’s degree and doctorate are from the University of Chicago. Prior to entering academe she was assistant editor of The National Interest magazine in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the American Political Science Association, the Society for Greek Political Thought, The Montesquieu Society, and the National Association of Scholars.

Previous winners of the Weaver Award include James Burnham, Russell Kirk, Shelby Foote, and most recently, Robert Conquest in 1999.

The Bradley Institute of the Study of Christian Culture presents timely issues from ethical, theological and philosophical views to the wider community. areas of administration. Must have computer and office skills. This parish is a traditional, downtown parish with 1200 families and is demographically and ethnically diverse. Qualifications: Active, practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church. Experience in parish youth ministry and/ or college campus ministry. BA in Theology and/ or related field or Certificate of Advanced Study in Youth Ministry preferred. Competitive salary/ benefits package offered. Send resume and references to: Fr. Allan J. McDonald at above address.

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Antoinette Bellow, mother of St. Gabriel pastor, dies at 89 CHARLOTTE — Antoinette Bellow, 89, of Charlotte, died Sunday, July 8, 2001, in the Wesley Care Center.

A Mass of the Resurrection was offered on Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at 8 p.m. at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, with her son, Father Richard Bellow, celebrating the Mass. Visitation took place in the family center at the church.

Interment took place on Thursday, July 8, in Hopewell, N.J. Born and raised in New York City, Mrs. Bellow was the last of 11 children born to Jerome and Josephine Vavatta Bica. She moved to Charlotte in 1995 and had resided at the Presbyterian Wesley Care Center.

Mrs. Bellow has also been a member at St. John Neumann Catholic Church.

A faithful wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she loved life and was a woman of great faith and devotion. Mrs. Bellow leaves behind many family members and great and loyal friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Samuel.

Mrs. Bellow is survived by her sons, Robert, Jerome and Father Richard Bellow, as well as her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

It has been requested that memorials be made to the Baptismal Fount Fund c/o St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 3016 Providence Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28211.

Greensboro Catholic school starts basketball league GREENSBORO — St. Pius X Catholic School is providing a unique opportunity for young women who are interested in basketball.

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Under the direction of Father Anthony Marcaccio, pastor of St. Pius X Parish, Principal Mark Akerman, and Carmel Kessler, assistant principal and athletic director, the school has tipped off a basketball league for girls aged 11 to 15.

The league is unique in that it offers a format where these athletes are given an opportunity to learn from various experienced coaches and community and church leaders from throughout Guilford County.

The mini-camp component has created an atmosphere where fundamentals and advanced skills of basketball are being taught by male and female coaches who have coached at all school levels, including elementary school, middle school, high school, and college — both public and private institutions.

Participants receive further instruction from their team coaches as they are expected to learn how to play within a team concept.

Organizers have integrated a devotional into the schedule on each night that the teams are together.

“Our speakers share with them their own relationship with Jesus Christ and encourage and challenge these young women in their walks with the Lord,” said David Dupont, a St. Pius X Church parishioner.

Parishioners, community leaders, youth leaders, educators, business leaders and others from the community are invited to address the league participants and parents.

Organizers said families from around the Greensboro area are enthusiastic about the format.

“Many of our participants are multi-sport athletes and are pressured throughout the year to excel and win at almost any cost by their coaches, teammates and especially parents,” Dupont said. “It has been so refreshing to see these young women being motivated by Christ and by those who know him.”

For more information on the new league, call David Dupont at (336) 2997119.

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Living the

July 20, 2001

Preacher-musician to headline tent revival

Bostonian’s life surrounded by

By JIMMY ROSTAR assortment of celebrations, includAssociate Editor ing revivals, parish missions, youth CHARLOTTE — “Climbin’ a Higher retreats and charismatic gatherings.

Mountain!” is the theme of the second an- He also teaches courses in Scripture, nual Diocese of Charlotte African American church history and spirituality for Affairs Ministry old-fashioned tent ministry formation and diocesan catrevival Aug. 24-26. echesis programs.

The revival made its debut last An accomplished musician, Father summer, drawing more than 1,200 who Judie has served as a music minister, came to sing, hear preaching, learn developed and directed choirs, and about African-American Catholic wor- worked with vocalists for more than ship and, perhaps, be inspired to return 30 years. He contributed to developto church themselves. ing “Lead Me, Guide Me,” the first The event will African-American take place at the Catholic hymnal, corner of Statesand he served on ville and Oaklawn the committee that avenues. developed a pastoThe event was ral letter on liturgy designed as a tool for the Louisville of evangelization Archdiocese. and a way to offer His writing people a first-hand has appeared in experience of black The Catholic ReCatholic worship, view, newspaper said Rev. Mr. Curof the Baltimore tiss Todd, vicar for Archdiocese; The African-American Record, newspaper Affairs. of the Louisville “ H o p e f u l l y, Archdiocese; and we’ ll be getting newsletters of the more and more Louisville Archpeople involved in diocese. church and in re“What we try Rev. John T. Judie turning to Jesus,” to get in the revivsaid Rev. Mr. Todd. alists we invite to “We hope to reach preach is twofold,” out to the unchurched and the fallen said Rev. Mr. Todd. “One, they certainaway, Catholic and otherwise.” ly must have a visible relationship with Preaching, music and liturgy high- Jesus and a love for him and his church. light the gathering.

Secondly, their preaching style should This year’s revival leader is Fa- be in the style of the old-fashioned ther John T. Judie, a parish priest of revival preaching.” the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky. The Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir Ordained in 1987, Father Judie has of Our Lady of Consolation Church in preached to various congregations of Charlotte will begin the revival with different faith traditions in the United a concert Aug. 24 at 6:30 p.m. Father States, Mexico, Europe and East Af- Judie will preach at 7:30 p.m. rica.

During the day on Aug. 25, people In addition to preaching, he has can receive free health screenings at a served as a keynote speaker at a wide health fair, where doctors and nurses will be on hand to answer questions. At

while in the service, he then attended

By ALESHA M. PRICE law school and graduated in 1972.

Staff Writer “While in the military, I would WINSTON-SALEM — Rev. Mr. perform investigations and go to court, Dennis O’Madigan says that his life has come so I decided to learn the other side full circle. He entered the seminary after high of law. I was told that there were few school and decided to leave because he felt people in security who were lawyers, there was something else in store for his life. and I wanted to be unique.”

Years later, that call to ordained ministry was He had no idea how unique he answered. He was ordained into the first class would become. In 1972, the federal of the permanent diaconate in the Diocese of government decreed that all U.S. airCharlotte in 1983. He is now back where he lines would install screening processes began. as a means of enforcing security meaBeing ordained a permanent deacon was sures. Rev. Mr. a proud moment for a O’Madigan was first-generation, Amerione of seven who can-born, Irish Catholic traveled to Washman who had spent his ington, D.C., to life in the church surcreate what travrounded by family and elers must endure friends. Immigrants into before boarding the United States, his airplanes today parents sought refuge in — security checkBoston along with other points. native Irish families who Piedmont provided support and a Airlines, which piece of home in a strange was headquarland. Dennis O’Madigan tered in Winstongrew up with his two Salem and later sisters in a church and acquired by US school that was comA i r l i n e s, p r e prised of an entirely Irish sented Rev. Mr. population.

O’Madigan an in“I remember only teresting offer. He one family that wasn’t would be allowed Rev. Mr. Dennis O’Madigan Catholic,” said Rev. Mr. to practice law O’Madigan who attendwhile working as ed the neighborhood director of security for the airline. It Catholic school and church. “Catholicism was was an opportunity he could not pass like putting on a pair of socks that you never up, so he moved his family to North took off. The church was the center of everyCarolina and joined St. Leo the Great thing, school, social events, etc.”

Church in Winston-Salem.

After moving to another section of the For three years, things worked city, he began attending a boys’ seminary at well. He was doing two things that he the age of 13. “At that time, it was common for loved and was being paid handsomely a lot of orders to have elementary preparatory for it. However, the lure of the airlines seminary high schools.” However, after eight overshadowed his law practice. He years of being associated with the Columban was asked to become assistant general Fathers, including college classes, he could counsel, an in-house attorney, for the not remain. airline.

“I went in so early and didn’t know anyIn 1981, the urge to apply for the thing about life. It was much like monastic life permanent diaconate overwhelmed his and was too confining,” he said. “My parents mind and soul. He did not originally were upset when I left because for Irish parhave an interest in becoming a deaents to have a son who was becoming a priest con, but he felt God tell him to apply. was the ‘be-all-and-end-all’ of life. But, I had After prayer and discussions with his to go.” wife, he was accepted into the class. “I He left the seminary and went straight went back into an environment that into the Army via the draft. He was lucky, was totally Catholic. It was wonderhowever, in that he was assigned to remain ful because we were united to achieve in Boston in the Counter Intelligence Corps something which was being what God and was not sent to Vietnam. “There wanted us to be.” wasn’t much difference between the He works in prison ministry, Army and seminary,” joked Rev. Mr. works with the schools and visits the O’Madigan. “Except, I went from sick and shut-ins. “I have worked with praying for people’s salvation to investhe forgotten and the ‘throwaways.’ It tigating them.” brings them so much joy to see you and His life changed when he met his future to know that someone cares.” wife on New Year’s Eve in 1956. Cupid’s arrow S eve r a l m o n t h s ago, M r s. struck his heart, and he fell in love at first sight O’Madigan lost her battle with canwith Diane. They were married in 1958. cer, but Rev. Mr. O’Madigan does not He remained in the same investigaspeak with any sorrow or regret, only tive and research field as he was while in the happiness that retirement allowed him Army and became director of security for to spend time with his wife before her Northeast Airlines, later purchased death. “I had 43 wonderful years with

by Delta Airlines, while he obtained her. I look back at the great times, and his bachelor of arts degree in history I am extremely grateful to God for and government from Boston College. everything he gave me including six Because of an interest he developed