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Parish Profile: Holy Family Church, builds
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for
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Established Jan. 12, 1972
by Pope Paul VI
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SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
2005
2,
Celebrating a
new Holy Family in Clemmons
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Ministering
Bishop Jugis dedicates
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EVANS
BY
STAFF WRITER
—
CLEMMONS
JERRY FILTEAU
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON
Five
—
The
years ago, then-Bishop Will-
U.S. Conference of Catholic
iam G. Curlin called Msgr. Michael Buttner at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Lenoir and asked him to be pastor of Holy Family Church. The request came with one
Bishops Nov. 15 approved a major document giving guidelines on lay ecclesial ministry after some debate over use of the terms "minister" and "min-
very long
serving the church.
istry" with regard to lay
Msgr. Buttner
string:
was instructed to build a new church to accommodate the growing parish in Clemmons. He
people
The debate ended
after
Cardinal Avery Dulles, long one of the country's most noted Catholic theologians, rcs'- to defend the usage in the text, saying the drafters "were very careful to see that the terminology is in accord with the documents of the Holy See and with a whole series of docu-
accepted both of Bishop Curlin's
mandates and set to work. "Bishop Curlin believed in me before 1 believed in myself," Msgr. Buttner said at the
See HOLY FAMILY, page 5
ments previously published by this conference."
VATICAN
II
Photo bv Karen A. Evans
Council's impact on religious education still felt in BY
Clemmons as Bishop Peter Mass Nov. 27.
J.
lugis prepares
See LAITY, page 8
Celebrating service
CAROL ZIMMERMAN Editor's note: This
is
the
next part in an ongoing series II 's legacy.
WASHINGTON
—
Catholic schools
is
not what
Guard
mark 500th. anniversary with stamps, Masses, march Swiss
Reli-
gious education in parishes and
used
in
U.S
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
on Vatican
Knights of Columbus line the aisle of Holy Family Church
to lead the recessional at the conclusion of the dedication
The 82-page document, "Co-workers in the Vineyard of the Lord," needed approval
BY
to
CINDY WOODEN
to be.
VATICAN CITY
Catechism as in decades past, nor do they focus on personal experiences the Baltimore
in
500
Jan. 22, the anniver-
Rome of 150 Swiss soldiers recruited to serve and protect Pope Julius II. The Vatican's commemorative stamps, featuring artsary of the arrival in
it
Students no longer recite
and feelings as they had done
turns
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
— One
of the Vatican's most popular tourist attractions is about to celebrate its 500th anniversary with a special series of stamps, concerts, Masses and a 450-
work by former guard Rudolf Mirer, went on sale Nov. 22 at
The Swiss Guard
since officially
See GUARD, page 9
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mile march.
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Current and upcoming
In Brief
topics from around the
world to your
own backyard
Anniversary marks 60 years of action to assist uninsured WASHINGTON
(CNS)
— For
the
45.8 million people in the United States without health insurance and for leaders
RUNNING ON FAITH
19 marked 60 years of failed efforts to achieve national health reform resulting in universal coverage.
On S.
Nov.
Harry
19, 1945, President
Truman became
the fu-st U.S. presi-
dent to call for such a plan, proposing
be expanded to
that Social Security
clude mandatory medical insurance. "Millions of our citizens do not
have a
in-
now
measure of opportunity
full
to
who
are underinsured or
the anniversary offers "a dramatic re-
we
minder of how
continue to tolerate
the intolerable," she said Nov. 15.
"How
long can
we
tolerate millions
Diocesa n. -planner Running cross country
is
a family activity for the Peters family. St.
Matthew School
All
of the children run
the Diocese of Nashville, Tenn.,
in
"We said we would get people to the moon by a certain time, and we did it, but we do not have a health care policy that says
by
will
have access
which their parents coach.
Catholic Scrip-
CC
275
Salle Church,
Wright School Rd.
Visit www.catholicscripturestudy.com for
more
information. Classes meet Wednesdays, 7-8:30
Tennessee clan makes crosscountry running a family affair NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Meet Team
Mom, Mary;
Peters:
12-year-old Michael;
1 1
Dad, Mark;
-year-old Daniel;
Priests
St. Matthew Church, and Mary and Mark Peters are coaches of the
Peters children are racking
up
the accolades. All six of them ran in five different races in this year's final
when
was
But winning isn't everything. For many of the young competitors on the St.
Matthew team,
improve on
their
their goal is
own
simply to
previous records.
Peters children have different
reasons for participating. Daniel likes
seventh grade, and have been running
cross-country running because of the diverse terrains. Michael enjoys setting
ever since,"
Mark
Peters said.
"When
started dating
Mary, running seemed
be part of our
life
I
to
his
own
personal goals. Emily loves
making new
together."
records,
Tom
thinks run-
After Mark and Mary Peters married and children started coming on the
brother. Will, likes getting the exercise
scene, they just sort of
but also enjoys running for his school.
fell
into step.
"When Michael and Daniel were just babies, track,
we'd take
and
I
the stroller to the
ran laps while
Mary walked
them," said Mark Peters. "So they've just always seen me doing it, and over time they became interested in it too." As more sons and daughters joined the Peters team, running just became an
of the family picture. never been a forced effort,"
integral part "It's
Mary
Peters said. "It's just a
lifestyle activity.
And it's a
fiin,
healthy
life sport; it's
something they can take with them anywhere."
St.,
before the 9 a.m. Mass.
ning
an exciting sport, and his twin
is
For Dad, running also means a deeper into his faith. "I found that running was an opportunity to be away from the rat race of Ufe, a time to collect my thoughts and
chance
be a leader in
life
was
headed," he said. "It was a very cleansing thing, to think deeper thoughts, spiritual."
"It's
when
it's
through
hard not to think about
God
a beautiful day, you're running
hills
and different
terrains
where
the trees are budding, and the smell
fresh
church office
call
the
VICARIATE
CHARLOTTE
—
Jesuit Father
Thomas Gaunt,
executive secretary, Jesuit Conference USA, will present "Rehgious Values in the Workplace:
Twenty
Revisiting the 'Workbench of Life'
Years Later"
at
the next Just
event, Dec. 9, 1-2 p.m., in the
Annex Building of St.
Doors open
St.
at
and clean," he
said.
is
Sister
Hartman
nation," Sister
The Hispanic Ministry and the St. Gabriel Church present Las Posadas Dec. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at church, 3016 Providence Rd. This traditional
Second Fridays Atrium Room of
(704) 364-5431.
— The
CHARLOTTE
will
be covered
at
by Leo
Trese and a chapter
J.
every meeting. For more infor-
mation, call Jordan at (704) 737-1964 or
Ryan
at
(704) 377-1328.
—
CHARLOTTE
The Vietnamese Cursillo of
Charlotte School of Leaders meets the second
CHARLOTTE
—
The Happy Timers of St. Ann Church meet the first Wednesday of each month with a luncheon and program at 1 p.m. in the Msgr. Allen Center, 3635 Park Rd. All adults age 55 and, older are welcome. For more information, call
Charles Nesto
12:30 p.m. and lunch
is
GREENSBORO
at
(704) 398-0879.
VICARIATE
(704) 370-3225 for further information about this presentation.
Catholic
Blood Give-In
will take
Gym of St. Matthew Ballantyne Commons Pkwy.,
place in the Parish Center
Church, 8015
Young Adult Faith Reflec-
group meets at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., the first and third Mondays of each month. The group will read "The Faith Ex-
tion
Peter Church, 507 S.
call
A
a re-enactment of the
is
Holy Family's search for lodging in Bethlehem. For more information, call the church office at
GREENSBORO
—
said.
—
provided. Visit www.cssnc.org/justicepeace or
CHARLOTTE
cover the unin-
efforts to
Mercy
Sunday of each month at 2:30 p.m. at St. Thonias Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd. For more information, contact Nam Le at (704) 549-1525.
765-2224.
at (828)
CHARLOTTE
the
Daughter of Charity.
Marie Hartmann, a veteran health care administrator with the Sisters of Mercy in Cincinnati. "We need to ... awaken our social conscience as we look to how to solve this tremendous problem, which has certainly been exposed as a disgrace to our sured, said
Dec. 18, 8 a.m. -1:30 pm. Donors will be required to provide identification such as a driver license or Red Cross blood donor card. Appointments are encouraged and will be honored. Walk-ins are welcome, but will be taken as time permits. For more information, call Ed Nenninger at (704) 366-6637
—
The Greensboro Council of Tea Dec. 7, 2:30-4:30 p.m., at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2780 Horse Pen Creek Rd. For more information,
Women
please call
will host a Christmas
Carmen Wood
GREENSBORO
—
for information at (336) 632-1340.
GREENSBORO Advent Series
—
will
The Coffee Talk for Adults meet Dec. 4, 11 and 18, 10:30-
DECEMBER
THE
VOLUME
^new^Sherald
(336) 545-9266.
at
The Ladies Ancient Order of
Hibernians of Guilford County will have a Christmas Tea Dec. 17 at 3 p.m. at the O. Henry Hotel, 624 Green Valley Rd. Please call Marilyn Conte
to delve
think about the day and where
even
more information,
American
to health care," said
The CathoUc health care ministry must
plained," 3rd edition,
recited each Friday at St. Lucien
priesthood. For
Tryon
in
I
to attend.
Intercession for
compe-
won an individual
Michael, winning four times.
The
started running
Michael
country season, five of the six have won at least one race, with the oldest,
parish team. "I
— A Rosary of
cons, and for an increase in vocations to the
The
trophy, coming in first in the seventhand eighth- graders' race, and the St. Matthew boys' team finished first. At some time during the 2005 cross-
senting
is
(336) 957-7193
at
you plan
Prayers are offered for bishops, priests and dea-
and Tom; and 6-year-old Clare.
cross-country running program, repre-
information' or if
Church, 695 Summit
tition Oct. 16.
participate in the Nashville diocesan
more
SPRUCE PINE
9-year-old Emily; 7-year-old twins, Will
The Peters are parishioners at St. Matthew Church in Franklin, and all of the children attend St. Matthew School. They all run cross country too. The family takes having fiin at running very seriously. The Peters children
Rob Hicks
p.m. Please call for
the year 2015, every
Sister Coreil, also a
will
ture Study group meets at St. John Baptiste de
La
in health care for
Hispanic family festivity
NORTH WILKESBORO
said.
has been
choir "Alegria Hispana" from
VICARIATE
—A
who
Coreil,
years, said the
CHARLOTTE
PHOTO BY Kats Barry
BOONE
Keehan
more than 50 key problem is the lack of a national will to achieve comprehensive health care coverage for all Americans. working
the
CNS
Bemice
Sister
can't get
still
the care they need?" Sister
achieve and enjoy good health," he said.
"The time has arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and that protection." For Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity who is the new president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association,
little
without insurance and millions of others
Nov.
in Catholic health care nationwide,
cross country for the team at
2005
2,
15
2005
2,
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2005
FROM THE VATICAN
U.S,
Prepare for Advent, Christmas with
— Wearing
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
him from the Pope Benedict XVI encouraged Christians to prepare for Advent, which "spiritual fervor."
"I ask you all to prepare for Advent with spiritual fervor, drawing from the word of God and the Eucharist interior energy for welcoming the Lord who comes," he said at his Nov. 23 general audience. Because more than 25,000 people
The
whom By
hymn pope
St.
picks up
Room
11:15 a.m.. in the Youth
tion,
call the
St.
church office
GREENSBORO
—
at
of
Pius
St.
said.
Pope Benedict ended his draw the world
yourself,
X
meets the second
Monday of each month
(336) 272-468.
call
Pius
—
The Women S Guild of
Francis of Assisi Church, 299
Discussion dates are Jan. 8
the Family Life Center.
and Jan. 9
at
For more information, (336) 272-468.
SALISBURY
CONCORD
the second
12:45 p.m. with a
at
For more information, (828) 369-1565.
the church office at
WINSTON-SALEM
VICARIATE
— The National Night of Prayer
take place Dec. 8, 9 p.m.-l a.m., at
Great Church, 139
CLEMMONS
will
in unity
Monday
of
prayer with thousands across the country highlighting eucharistic adoration
and
St., 1
The meetings
for
MOORESVILLE
—
Joy
at
was
"It
the elderly
...
who
died of
gross neglect, and so aren't their deaths as important as the deaths caused
by
abortion or euthanasia?" she asked.
"No
for Life
and the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family sponsored the Nov. 17-19 congress, which reviewed how ethical norms of Catholic teaching could better permeate modem science. It marked the 10-year anniversary of the publication of Pope John Paul IPs encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" ("The Gospel of Life"). In her Nov. 19 speech to the conference. Sister Taylor cited Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq as two events
needless death
than another
every
if
is
life is
more
tragic
inviolable,"
she said in her speech. If CathoHcs are to be true to the legacy left by "The Gospel of Life," Catholics must "respect, protect, love and serve every human life." Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus and a professor of family law at the John Paul II Institute in Washington, said a public culture that helps women and their children is lacking, and Catholics are uniquely suited to fill that vacuum.
Rrst (grade) Thanksgiving
call
Claire
Bamable
at
VICARIATE
— The Knitting Ministry of Holy on
life's
meets
lessons and reach out to
we
knit
more information.
WINSTON-SALEM
the
—
Spend Advent with
Mary. Join us for four weeks with Mary as guide,
St.
model and companion during son. The retreat meets
draw
strength from others' experience of loss and grief call
B. Johnson de-
clared a "war on poverty," she said.
others in our community. Opportunities exist
— A Support Group for Parents
For more information, 3992.
Lyndon
after President
feature
for the beginner to the experienced as
We
life.
meets
and purl Prayer Shawls, Preemie Blankets or Squares for Survivors. Please contact Rosemary at (336) 766-2315 or Cannel (336) 766-0650
Therese Church, 217 Brawley School Rd.
Academy
dignity and
Katrina helped expose the immense poverty still plaguing America 40 years
p.m. in
song and music. For more information contact Lisa Metz, St. James Respect Life Ministry, at (704) 785-9566 or e-mail sjmetz7@msn.com.
Who Have Lost a Child of any age meets second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at
Pontifical
human
to be
to pro-
St.
followed by recitation of the rosary and prayerful
MOORESVILLE
tect
commitment
evenings, 6:30-8 p.m., to pray, learn
to knit, reflect
prayer
silent
at
Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd.,
James the
St.
Manor Ave., S.W.,
Maple
Monday of each month
consistent in their
Bioethics at Georgetown University.
The
need for Catholics
that underline a
concerns must include protecting the vulnerable and opposing unjust wars, said a U.S. nun who participated in a Vatican-hosted international congress. "If we want to be serious about creating a culture of life, we need to now think beyond things like abortion and euthanasia," said Holy Family Sister Carol Taylor, who directs the Center for Clinical
guest speakers and special events periodically.
7 p.m. with a dessert bar.
call
concerns to poor, war
7
the church office at (828) 456-6707.
FRANKLIN
X
at
For more information,
hall.
Church, 2210 North Elm St., will read "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom. .buffet lunch
to
give us peace.'"
p.m. in the church
St.
by saydraw us to yourself and talk
ing, "Let us pray: 'Yes, Lord,
For more informa-
The book club of
said,
in Christ.
similar "blessings" found in the Jewish
Church, 2210 North Elm
and holiness, the
was destined from the beginning of time to be united
at the
hymn
underlines the Christian vocation
the fact that all creation
pope focused on the
said the
is
emphasizes the "excess, the giving without limit or reserve" of God's grace out of love and
beginning Paul's Letter to the Ephesians.
The pope
the Fathet
professing that Christians are
The hymn, he
a cold breeze blew.
of
work of God
to brotherhood, unity
Peter's Square,
of blessing found
the
Christ, "in
is
chosen in Christ, filled with abimdant grace and are made adopted sons and daughters of God through Christ, the
the
In his talk, the
central figure
revealed and accomplished," the pope said.
requested free tickets to the audience,
morning gathering was held in St. where the temperature stayed below 45 degrees Fahrenheit and
as the "Father
of Our Lord Jesus Christ."
cold,
begins Nov. 27, and for Christmas with
God
should extend
says Catholics
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pro-life
tradition, but praises
a heavy red cape to protect
hymn
pro-life
pope says
'spiritual fervor/
nun
(704) 664-
the
Advent
at
Portiuncula
Franciscan Spiritual Center, 211
Dec.
7,
sea-
W. Third
St.,
14 and 21, 7-8:30 p.m. For additional
information, call Sister Kathy Ganiel at (336) 624-1971 or e-mail portiuncula@bellsouth.net.
Seniors ages 55 and up are
217 Brawley School Rd., the second Satiu-day of each month following invited to St. Therese Church,
Mass for Senior Games Night, feagames and a potluck dinner. Call Barbara
the 5:30 p.m.
turing
Daigler at (704) 661-9151 for details. Is
SMOKY
SYLVA
MOUNTAIN
— Knights of Columbus #9722
an American Red Cross Blood Drive Church, 22 Bartlett
St.,
submit notices for the Diocesan Planner at
will sponsor at St.
Mary
least 7
Dec. 16, 1-5 p.m. For more
information, call Allen or
Anne Thurston
at
of
St.
— The Catholic
days
(828)
in writing to
370-3382.
Circle
John the Evangelist Church, 234 Church
Courtesy Photo
Karen A. Evans
at kaevans@chariottediocese.org or fax to (704)
Women 's
prior to desired publication
date (Fridays)
586-0432 or (828) 507-0594.
WAYNESVILLE
your parish or school sponsoring a free
event open to the general public? Please
VICARIATE
First-graders at Our Lady of Grace School
Dec. 4
Bishop Peter '«
St.
— 2:30 p.m.
Gabriel Church, Charlotte
—
J.
Dec. 7 3 p.m. Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice honors Diocesan Pastoral Center, Charlotte
first
Thanksgiving
like
Squanto and help the pilgrims.
Jugis will participate
the fallowing events:
Sacrament of Confirmation
Greensboro re-enact the
showed how the Native Americans, especially one named Squanto, helped the pilgrims settle in their new land. Pictured are "Native Americans" holding a powwow to determine
St.,
whether or not they should be
EpiSCOPcll calendar
in
during a play presented to fifth-graders Nov. 18 and to parents Nov. 21. The play
Dec. 8
— 10 a.m.
Retirement Community Groundbreaking for Pennybyrn at Maryfield High Point IVIass at Maryfield
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2,
2005
AROUND THE DIOCESE
Dispensing lielp and liope Hurricane BY
relief
funds being dispersed along Gulf Coasts in Diocese of Charlotte
DAVID HAINS
osity of the people in the pews, the
needs as identified by local authorities. Ten service agencies within the Diocese of Charlotte responded to refiigee needs in a variety of ways, including housing, food and health care. Those agencies,
Diocese of Charlotte is distributing more than $700,000 for victims of
which are receiving $180,000, are in Charlotte, Mooresville and Winston-Salem.
TO THE CATHOLIC NEWS &. HERALD SPECIAL
CHARLOTTE — Due to the gener-
Hurricane Katrina.
Catholic
Campus Ministry
Voluntary collections were conat nearly all of the 92 parishes and
University of North Carolina at Charlotte is
missions in the diocese in the aftermath of the hurricane that devastated the Gulf
"The students wanted to do something hands on to help a family. One
Coast in August. Unlike the January and February collections for the victims of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia in December
week
warded
money was
for-
to a single agency, these funds
are being distributed
by the diocese
to
we
it,
campus
PROVINCE OF MOBILE
we
minister.
Mobile $40,000
Butterfly Bin, Charlotte
Birmingham $40,000
Charlotte
Biloxi
Salvation Army, Winston-Salem $15,000
collected, the Diocese of Charlotte en-
stricken areas in diocesan Catholic
Alexandria $40,000
schools at no cost to the students' fami-
Baton Rouge $40,000
dioceses in Louisiana, two in Alabama and
two
in Mississippi are receiving a total
$520,000. The
money
will
of
be spent on
Second Harvest Food Bank, Charlotte $15,000 Catholic
individual schools absorbed the
Houma-Thibodaux $40,000
Campus Ministry,
UNC-Charlotte $10,000
and are not receiving Lafayette $40,000
funds from the collection.
Lake Charles $40,000
Parent Teacher Organizations at the
schools helped evacuee families with
hurricane collections, seven
People,
Mooresville Christian Mission, $5,000
New Orleans $80,000
have once again demonstrated their love and concern for the victims of a disaster," said Bishop Peter J. Jugis. collections totaled Tsunami $422,000 and were sent to the Baltimorebased Catholic Relief Services, the U.S.
From the
Empower Local
Charlotte $10,000
PROVINCE OF NEW ORLEANS
was
$25,000
Community Health $25,000
Salvation Amiy, Charlotte $25,000
$60,000
Jackson $60,000
Helping
In addition to the $700,000 that
costs associated
of communi-
tact him at dwhains@charlottediocese.org.
evacuees," she said.
The
director
Catholic Education Association. The
"This ($10,000) grant will allow us to continue to meet the needs of Katrina
lies.
is
cations for the Diocese of Charlotte. Con-
rolled 47 students from hurricane-
bishops' overseas aid agency.
David Hains
Cherry said the schools participated in a separate collection with the National
"The people of the Diocese of Charlotte
tated areas.
DIOCESE OF CHARLOHE'S DISTRIBUTION OF HURRICANE KATRINA FUNDS
started talking about
Sister Eileen Spanier,
who were
"Child to Child" funds were distributed to faith formation programs in the devas-
helped," said Cherry.
had a house and a family of four living in it," said Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart
agencies in the hurricane-stricken area as well as to agencies in North Carolina.
thanks from the families
receiving $10,000.
after
office and the individual
at the
ducted
2004, in which the
"My
schools have received several letters of
OTHER
Shreveport $40,000
Federation of Southern Cooperatives
textbooks, uniforms and supplies.
$25,000
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AROUND THE DIOCESE
Clemmons parish one happy Holy Family HOLY FAMILY, from page 1
Mass
conclusion of the
to dedicate the
new Holy Family Church Nov.
27.
The dedication Mass was celebrated by Bishop Peter J. Jugis, with Bishop Emeritus Curlin presiding. Msgr. Buttner, pastor, and Father Brian Cook, parochial vicar, concelebrated.
Several priests and permanent dea-
cons of the Diocese of Charlotte were also in attendance, along w^ith approximately 1,000 parishioners, guests and local officials
and clergy.
Holy Family Church has grown to become the largest church in Clemmons and among the largest in Forsyth County. With an increased seating capacity from 575 to In fewer than 30 years,
A
life-size sculpture of the Holy Family,
1,250 worshippers, the
new church can
depicting
now accommodate
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stands at the front of Holy Family Church.
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More
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Photos bv Karen A. Evans
than 1,000 parishioners par-
ticipated in the capital
campaign
to
Deacon Gerard Schumacher
lights a candle
nance construction of the $3.6 million church. The campaign began in September 2002 and ground was broken for the new church June 5, 2004. The new church includes Stations of the Cross imported from Italy, a skylight over the baptismal font, marble altar, ambo and altar of repose, altar flooring of Brazilian cherry wood, statues of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and crucifix imported from Spain. The new bell tower carillon is programmed with more than 100 hymns for daily Mass, Sunday Mass and special occasions such as Christmas, Easter, weddings and funerals.
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The new church includes an enlarged choir area, a nursery, family room, handicapped access to the church and a-state-of-the-art audio system. Bishop Curlin provided the altar carpet as a gift for the
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The old church
church.
be used as a faith formation center, to be named the Bishop Curlin Faith Formation Center. "When we stand in awe of what God is doing at Holy Family Catholic Church, we can only be humbled by the many blessings he has bestowed on us," said Msgr. Buttner. "We are hungry to share will
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2005
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IN
Vatican says no ordaining homosexuais,
men who support 'gay culture' CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
BY
VATICAN CITY
— A long-awaited
teaching of the "Catechism of the CathoUc
Church," which describes homosexual acts
Vatican document said the church cannot allow priestly ordination of men who are active homosexuals, who have
as sinful
"deep-seated" homosexual tendencies or
is
who
support the "gay culture." Such people have serious problems relating properly to men and women and present a risk of "negative conse-
quences" that should not be underestimated, the document said. Prepared by the Congregation for Catholic Education, "Instruction
Con-
cerning the Criteria for the Discernment
of Vocations With Regard to Persons With Homosexual Tendencies in View of Theii' Admission to the Seminary and to Sacred Orders," was officially released by the Vatican Nov. 29. In recent weeks, some reports have suggested that the docimient would allow
homosexual men to be ordained, as long as they had remained celibate for at least three years during seminary formation.
But the document does not say that; is no discussion of "celibacy" of homosexual candidates. WTiat it does say is that fleeting homosexual tendencies experienced in youth should not reprethere
sent a bar to ordination
—
as long as
those tendencies are clearly overcome.
The wording of
the text presumes
homosexuality is not a permanent of "tendencies" or an inclination that can, in fact, be overcome. But the instruction makes no attempt to define the difference between "deepthat
identity but a set
seated" or "transitory" tendencies.
Nor
does it say what criteria would be used to determine whether a candidate had overcome such tendencies. In explaining why homosexuals should not be ordained, the instmction refers to the
and the homosexual
inclination as
"objectively disordered." It
follows,
it
homosexuality
said, that
a bar to a priest's "affective maturity"
and seriously impairs his ability to minister community.
pastorally to the Catholic
Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., president of the U.S. Conference of Cathohc Bishops, said "it is certainly not acceptable if a candidate practices
sexuahty or
...
identifies
homo-
himself principally
by a homosexual inclination or orientation." The aim of seminary education is to develop priesthood candidates
who
"dis-
play an 'affective maturity' which enables
them
to relate properly to others as
chaste, celibate priests
who can
fully represent the teaching
faith-
of the church
about sexuality," he said. "The priesthood is conferred on men who have given proof that they have
been called by God to the gift of chastity in absolute and perpetual celibacy," said Bishop Peter J. Jugis of Charlotte, commenting on the document. Although described by some media reports as Pope Benedict XVI's answer to clerical sex abuse, the decision to
write the instruction predates the erup-
of the sex abuse scandal and the pope's election. Sources said the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith then headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the curtion
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The Catholic News & Herald 7
2005
FROM THE COVER
Vatican
Councirs impact on education still felt in U.S
II
religious
should be taught. Religious educators today also implement modem teaching methods focusing on different learning abilities and the importance of linking doctrinal studfaith
COUNCIL, from pagel
more recent decades.
ies
with personal faith experiences.
Instead, according to those in the
Then and now.
religious education strives for a
field,
balance in handing down content and relating it to personal faith experiences.
Msgr. Dan Kutys, deputy secretary Conference of
for catechesis for the U.S.
Catholic Bishops, said trends in rehgious
education over the past several decades
have been
like a
swinging pendulum.
Prior to the Second Vatican Council,
he noted, religious education primarily focused on content. In the '70s and '80s, the focus was more on how the content was taught, he told Catholic
News
Service Oct.
The pendulum,
Jerry Baumbach, director of the Center for Catechetical Initiatives at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, said he thinks the dissonance is waning
"between the content and methodology concerns of the past" referring to the discoimect some have perceived with handing down authentic teachings and focusing on how that is done effectively. histead, he told
tent
5.
the priest said,
CNS
Oct.
19, "au-
thentic catechesis is a rich sharing
of con-
and methodology working together." Baumbach, who was a parish
cese of Albany, N.Y., just as the church
tion of the "Catechism of the Catholic
was implementing Vatican II changes, said "a lot of good emerged from the council," and noted that it was an exciting
to the center with the
1
Church," which he said helped "reclaim universal truths" of the Catholic faith. The catechism and corresponding texts that have followed it, such as the Vatican's General Directory for
time to be working in church ministry.
One immediate change of lay people
rectory for Catechesis and the Vatican's
reserved for priests and
"Compendium of
to carry out.
the 'Catechism of the
Catholic Church,'" currently available Italian,
provide guidelines for
for religious
education was the newly emerging role
Catechesis, the U.S. bishops' National Di-
only in
Bridget Fichtner, a for her first
member
Communion
reli-
gious educators on what aspects of the
of St. John of Rochester Parish in Fairport, N.Y., prepares
at her Perinton, N.Y.,
in a ministry
once primarily
Along with this new set of lay teachand materials came necessary teacher formation and a means for determining if the newly published religious texts were in line with church teaching. Marie Scanlon, coordinator of as-
teaching the
dedicated their
lives to
religious education
In
past decades, nor do in
more recent
document affirmed
sessment for catechesis for the
the right of parents choose the type of education they wanted for their children, upheld the importance of Catholic schools and defended freedom of inquiry in Catholic colleges and universities. But Scanlon pointed out that all of the council's documents "have messages for educators" and her own copy of the documents, collected in a paperback version, is well-worn. "The documents refocused our efforts," she said. "They spoke to educators about what we were to do." She noted that educators are contantly evaluating their approach and
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a result, there has been a
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IN
Bishops approve lay
ecclesial ministry guidelines It
also ad-
dresses the role of church authorities in certifying, authorizing
and appointing lay
general pastoral associates, assisting the
The National Association for Lay welcomed the document, say-
Ministry ing
Tucson,
Melczek of Gary,
right, is joined
by Bishop Gerald
F.
Kicanas of
answering questions about proposed guidelines for lay ecclesial the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Washington Nov. 14.
Ariz.,
ministry at
Ind.,
in
it
"takes an important step forward in
recognizing and supporting the significant role these lay ecclesial ministers
play in the Catholic Church.
It
publicly
affirms their leadership, invites appropriate authorization for their ministry
and
clarifies their accountability within ecclesial structures." LAITY, from
down norms
not lay
page 1
or prescriptions."
Rather, he said, it seeks to give bishops guidance in overseeing the "faithful development" of the growing practice of
by two-thirds of the
employing lay ecclesial ministers in parishes and other church institutions.
membership passed by a vote of entire
of the conference. It 190-49 with five abstentions. Bishop Dale J. Melczek of Gary, Ind., chairman of the bishops' Committee on the Laity, and Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., chairman of the
Redefining the ministry
The document says istry
Subcommittee on Lay Ministry, pre-
by nonordained people who engage
in
substantial public leadership positions in
church ministry, collaborating with the ordained leadership under their authority. It sets out guidelines for the appro-
ecclesial ministry," a rapidly
nomenon
growing phe-
in Catholic parishes in the U.S.
Bishop Kicanas stressed
document
is
priate
that "this
not particular law.
It
human,
spiritual, intellectual
pastoral formation of those
does
scribe
some
lay people.
Cupich of Rapid document's use of minister and ministry followed the clear Bishop Blase
J.
City, S.D., said the
practice of the church and official
church documents. The bishops rejected a proposal by Bishop Allen H. Vigneron of Oakland, Calif, that the document be submitted to the Holy See and not be published until any changes suggested by the Vatican are incorporated.
Several bishops have questioned the
The committee
rejected the sugges-
use of the term "lay ecclesial minister," suggesting a danger that Catholics may not understand clearly the difference be-
tion as unnecessary, saying there
tween lay ministry and the ministry
prescriptions that
proper only to those
as a "re-
it
Bishop Melczek said describing cerchurch as ministries is grounded in official church documents. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, N.Y., asked that the document be remanded to the committee with a request that it be reviewed by the Committee on Doctrine before coming to the bishops for a vote. He said he did not have a problem with the word "ministry," but with using "minister" to de-
tain lay activities in the
who
are ordained.
nothing in the document in the
new
was
way of
teaching or legislation, norms or would require Vatican
review or approval.
mindoes not describe a new rank or
source for guiding the development of lay
Bishop Melczek described
Ministry and service
are ordained.
lay ecclesial
vocation in the church; rather, it is a generic term for a variety of positions held
sented the document to the bishops.
He
asked that "roles of service" replace "ministry" in the phrase "lay ecclesial ministry" throughout the document.
pastor in a wide variety of pastoral tasks.
PHOTO BY Paul Haring
who
restricted to those
of lay ministry and the differences between ministry arising out of ordination and ministry arising out of the sacraments of initiation. According to the latest national study, there are about 1.6 paid lay ecclesial ministers per parish and they now outnumber priests engaged in parish ministry. According to the study more than 40 percent of lay ecclesial ministers in U.S. Catholic parishes are directors of relispells out the theology
gious education. About one-fourth are
CNS
Bishop Robert J. Baker of Charleston, argued that the church would be better served if the term "ministry" were S.C.,
ecclesial ministers. It
J.
2005
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Bishop Dale
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The Catholic News & Herald 9
2005
FROM THE COVER
Swiss Guard to mark 500th anniversary —
flanked by two ference, Mader guards in their traditional tri-colored uniforms said Pope Julius chose the Swiss mercenaries because of the Swiss
GUARD, from page 1
—
"passion for war and, especially, for
the Vatican and in Switzerland, marking the
first
Vatican-Swiss stamp package.
their respect for the church."
"The pontiff wanted to be able to count on a well-prepared corps of guards which Would safeguard him at critical moments and which could become the permanent nucleus of a larger army to be formed in case of necessity,"
Also in anticipation of the anniverof the Guard written by Sgt. Christian-Roland Marcel Richard was released Nov. 9. Col. Elmar Mader, commander of the Guard, said Richard's work marked the first time that an active guard pubsary, a history
lished a
book describing hfe
,
Mader
home-
Precise as the watches of his
said.
Between April 7 and
in the corps.
May
land, Richard said it took him 2,962 hours to write the book when he was not guarding the entrances to the Vatican,
Switzerland to Rome, following the route
The march was timed
former guards to participate
moment of
—
Masses and
Those
Mass and swearing
in
of
uniform
in
Mader was asked been given
reputa-
be under age 30, unmarried when
to
if any thought had changing the uniform of
the guards, particularly after Richard's
they begin their service and have served in the Swiss
a memorial
of whom are Catholic.
They must have an impeccable tion,
key
the May 6 anniversary of the fall of 147 guards, killed in action in 1527 while protecting Pope Clement Vn during the sack of Rome.
Guard, the book includes a chapter on the rules governing the recruitment, training and discipline of the corps. The current Guard has 110 male all
in the
the anniversary celebration
new members on
In addition to the history of the Swiss
Swiss citizens,
CNS
book
Army.
definitively laid to rest the legend
Michelangelo designed the costume. not up to me to change the uniform of the Swiss Guard, which dates fi-om the Renaissance and which the whole world recognizes," he said. that
"It is
Marching strong Unveiling plans for the anniversary celebration during a Nov. 22 press con-
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SwiSS GuARO
to allow the
control, continuing his training or perat
more
taken by their predecessors in 1506.
protecting the pope, working crowd
forming ceremonial duties visits fi^om heads of state.
4,
than 100 former guards will march from
Col. hill
Elmar Mader, commander of the Swiss Guard, stands
above
St.
Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
history of the Guard life
in
marked the
first
in
dress uniform on the
his
Mader said a new book
detailing the
time an active guard published a book describing
the corps.
—
The conmiander also was asked and not for the first time whether the
point.
Guard ever would include women. "I cannot imagine that we ever would have women in service," he said. "We live in a very small barracks, and there would not be room for women." "The men are young," he said, "and I would not want to recruit problems"
reasons for seeking a place in the corps.
—
for discipline.
"Obviously,
women
are capable of
providing security services. That
is
not the
It is
a matter of discipline," he said.
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Dec.
Author
favorite story
Third
11,
He was
Sunday of Advent
sees 'Christ the Lord' series as her 7i/e s
61 :l-2a, 10-11 Psalm: Luke 1:46-50, 53-54 2) 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 3) Gospel: John 1:6-8, 19-28
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Even before made list,
its
for her
BY
Anne Rice
By the end
of 1998, 1 felt I was obsessed." One example Rice gave that, regardless of where she was, when she turned on the television, "it would be on EWTN and
and her return to Catholicism in 1998. She said that she sees her atheism as "part of the journey" she had to take to get to the faith she embraces today. "My earlier books, they were all part of the search for God, part of the conversation between God and the devil, finding the meaning of good and evil in the world," Rice said. Those novels' characters, she added, were "a reflection of who I was
down
When
I
was
little
I
to do, finding
what
that's
I
my
mark on
light
and darkness helps us understand
Jesus into our world. In today's reading,
John the Baptist differentiates between Jesus and himself, describing himself as one who is testifying to the "light" and preparing for Jesus' arrival.
stories or silly jokes.
consumed with preparing
We, is
about courage, superstition and
light,
but ours
now we
a twofold mission. Right
However, the
faith.
was the source of
John the Baptist, must preare
to celebrate
larger task challenges
us to live our lives so that we prepared to celebrate the Second
My grandfather had a jagged scar on his forehead that
like
the birth of Jesus.
darkness. These were heart-stopping stories
us.
the astonishing miracle of God's sending
pare for the coming of the
realization that
was being prepared
sooner each
falls
in light-polluted cities, the
In John's Gospel the imagery of
tagged along
Sometimes, however, he would talk
had
dark,
may
be
Coming
with the risen Christ, the eternal light
my
who
will
come
to take us
home.
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE
for all
these years, part of a search," she said.
She does not read much other ficBrontes and Dickens. However, "I'm certainly reading (C.S.) Lewis with new eyes," Rice said. "I'm very much committed to the idea of tion, apart fi"om the
lay witness.
things better."
had a few more
spiritual questions
had," Rice said. "I
was never totally convinced. I was afi-aid there would be no God, but (did) not (believe) 'there was no God.'" Her turnaround began while reading "the story of the Jews in history, think-
was no explanation
We who
believe in Christ
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 4 - DECEMBER Sunday (Second Sunday of Advent), (Advent Weekday), Isaiah 35: 1 -1 0, Luke 18:12-14;
Wednesday (St. Ambrose),
The
process continued with what she called
5:
1
7-26;
Tuesday (St. Nicholas),
Isaiah 40:25-31
Conception), Genesis 3:9-15, 20, Ephesians
,
Matthew
1:3-6, 11-12,
1 1
:28-30;
Mark
Monday
1:1-8;
Isaiah 40:1 -1 1
,
Matthew
Thursday (Immaculate
Luke 1:26-38; Friday
(St.
Juan Diego),
have to witness in our own way. We have to tell the Christian story over and over again. "I'm intrigued by how (Lewis) became such a powerful and influential witness. I'm moved by his power and his simplicity and his simple eloquence,"
Sunday of Advent), Isaiah 61:1-2, 10-11 Luke 1:46-50, 53-54, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, John 1:6-8, 19-28; Monday (Our Lady of Guadalupe), Zechariah 2:14-17, Luke 1:26-38; Tuesday (St. Lucy), Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13, Matthew 21:28-32; Wednesday (St. John of the
she said.
Cross), Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-25, Luke 7:18-23; Thursday (Advent Weekday), Isaiah 54:1-10, Luke
Rice said her first brush with Lewis was in the 1950s as a child.
Weekday), Genesis 49:2, 8-10, Matthew
by
it,"
Isaiah 48:17-19,
Matthew 11:16-19; Saturday (Advent Weekday), Sirach 48:1-4,
9-11,
Matthew
17:9, 10-13.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER Sunday
11
DECEMBER 17
(Third
7:24-30; Friday (Advent
said Rice.
Much more
"more reading, studying, pondering." Rice said, "I felt I was running and (God) saw me, saying, 'I'm coming after
Weekday),
The
Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-8,
John 5:33-36; Saturday (Late Advent
1:1-17.
of praise for this Advent and Christmas season!
recently, she added, "I
read 'Mere Christianity' by C.S. Lewis
and
not going to be enough. You're
I
That's
was completely knocked more
my
out.
kind of reading."
^
Jo/n our Oratorian Coniregation to
GOD AS
SERVE As
10
Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11, 2 Peter 3:8-14,
"My mother was reading 'The Screwtape Letters' and was knocked out
for the sur-
vival of these people," Rice said.
It's
Even
while he went about his daily chores. No matter what he was doing, it would be fian for me because he would tell me
about working deep in the ground in utter
It
Rice rejects the notion that "Christ is a refutation or recanting of her earlier books. "I think of it more as finding what I
of religious people as deluded, people who needed mythology to get through life. We had to be the ones to make
you.
someone would come to him home. As we begin this second full week of
day.
was
would be a priest saying Mass.
the Lord"
Rice finds her atheism was nuanced. "I never met any atheist who thought we were just here to have a good time," she recalled. "I thirik most of us felt we were facing reality. We thought
ing there
the light of a fellow miner or
December, darkness
BEVERLY CORZINE
uncanny. Here I am, this atheist, and I'd sit back in my easy chair watching the priest delivering his homily for an hour."
there
dark corridors."
many of them
take
storyteller.
not going to find any peace without me.'
about her decades spent as an athe-
for years: seeking, searching
would see
to get him.
the light of an angel.
Hurley Whittaker, a former coal miner, possessed a keen wit and a faith that knew no bounds. Like other people who spend their lives in jobs where catastrophe and death are just around the comer, my grandfather was a master
"Vampire
ist,
"I
someone coming
short days leave their
"This is the consuming passion," Rice said in a telephone interview Nov. 21 with Catholic News Service. While promoting "Christ the Lord," Rice, who was bom Catholic, has talked
than
never have forgotten his answer:
told himself he eventually
would be
It
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Chronicle" novels.
fi-eely
the
and
I
in the dark
Anne Rice, had come a long way toward completing a follow-up novel. She envisions four books in all, telling the story of Jesus all the way through to his ascension into heaven. "It's becoming my life's work," said
known
when
Either way,
au-
thor,
Rice, 64, best
mining days.
his coal
ceiling of the tunnel collapsed. Hurt
He
God is our light
York Times''
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digging on his knees
the light of
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.
"Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt" had its
,
At this point in the story, I always would ask him about being scared. For me being caught in the dark was the ultimate terror of my young life.
Cycle B Readings:
work'
1 1
bleeding, he lay in complete darkness.
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Made-for-TV movie about Pope John Paul II might get Golden Globe BY
CAROL GLATZ The movie, which aired in August on
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cable's Hallmark Channel in the United
ROME â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The made-for-TV movie,
States, was based on the Vatican-approved book, "Stories of Karol: The Unknown Life of John Paul II," by Gian Franco Svidercpschi. According to the Vatican, Pope John Paul had seen the movie in its entirety during a private viewing before his death April 2. Valsecchi said the pope was only able to see the film's fiirst rough cut, which had no musical score. "I had a feeling I wouldn't get this film finished in time for the pope to see it," he said. After Valsecchi sent the Vatican a rough cut of the movie on DVD in early December, Msgr. Pawel Ptasznik, an official at the Vatican's Secretariat of State
"A Man Who Became
Pope," may get a Golden Globe nomination, said the film's Italian producer, Pietro Valsecchi.
The movie and
television awards,
run by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be presented Jan. 16 with the nominations announced Dec. 13.
Valsecchi told Catholic
News
Ser-
vice he heard hints that his movie about the early life of the late
may have
Pope John Paul
II
a chance at a Golden Globe
nomination.
Even though a nomination "would be it would also reflect the great success the film had in Poland, Italy and
a miracle,"
the United States, he said.
CNS
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Adamczyk portrays Karol Wojtyla in "A Man Who Became Pope," which aired on in August. The made-for-TV movie may get a Golden Globe nomination, said the film's Italian producer, Pietro Valsecchi. The movie and television
Piotr
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served along with Cardinal Roberto Tucci as Vatican consultants to the filmmakers, called Valsecchi asking him to
VHS
copy of the film "because they didn't have a DVD" player. Soon after, Msgr. Ptasznik and Cardinal Tucci told Valsecchi their names could be associated with the film and listed in the credits, which for Valsecchi meant "the pope saw himself as being send a
life
and "ac-
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"So
DVDs
I
made 200
call
A Golden Globe nomination would be a great honor and give greater exposure to a film that, he said, "offers a very impor-
message
of war." Karol Wojtyla is "a model for young people to be open to the world, to care for the least tant
in these times
in his early life,
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opening kickoff of the Charlotte Catholic homecoming game versus West Mecklenburg High School Oct. 2 1 Ranked in the top 15 percent of his class, Andy is actively involved
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AROUND THE DIOCESE
Lasting spirit
Manley.
When Morrow became
ously
her mother asked the sisters to
ill,
care for her child.
Each
sister
took turns caring for
the infant Maria,
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employees at banquet
resident^
ognized for a number of honorable including her "spirit,
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have physical disabilities and are
traits,
commitment
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medically
to
bom
Dec. 20,
1955, with multiple disabilities,
Morrow's life and example have made an impact on the lives of the famiand
fragile.
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encouragement and
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are residents
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December
Perspectives
A
collection of columns,
and viewpoints
editorials
Pope urges worid to continue
The
alone
^ownership' of
husband
my
In
to.
all
honesty,
Of course,
was
living alone
tion unique to only
at
is
think
I
situation.
where she
I
is
found
in
a
28
caught my attention, "A Party of One, Meditations for Those Who Live Alone," by Joni Woelfel. The best part of the book was the spirit of
title
cially
Woelfel says
it
bluntly:
Hving alone bring
their
"As
in all
limitations
to recent
for publication,
of the writer for
and edited
letters
from readers.
each
letter
purpose of
World
the special
weekly general
Peter's Square.
Jerusalem while in the hands of their captors "by the streams of Babylon" was "almost a symbolic foreshadowing of the extermination camps" of the last century which were "an infamous operation of death that remain a permanent disgrace in the history
of humanity."
Even though
Approximately 40 million people live with HIV, and nearly 5 million people were infected by the virus in 2004 alone, according to figures released by UNAIDS, the joint U.N. program on HIV/AIDS. More than 3 million people died last year because of AIDS, it said. Calling the latest statistics alarming,
Babylonians, the pope said, "God,
... how to read and receive even the cries of the victims beyond the bitter tones they carry at times." He said St. Augustine taught that "even among the people of Babylon,
who work for peace and good of the community" even though
there are people
families.
they
He encouraged
the people
worked through "the many
who
initiatives
dedicated to overcoming this disease," especially the
work
carried out
by the
church.
who is know
the ultimate judge of history, will
pope expressed his solidarity with those suffering from AIDS and their the
the psalmist expresses
a longing for violent revenge against the
the
may
not believe in the
God of the
Bible.
God
will lead these people of
good
will "toward the heavenly Jerusalem, re-
warding them for their pure conscience," said the pope.
"Closely following Christ's example,
Though they may not know God,
the church has always considered heal-
they possess "a sparkle of desire for the
ing the sick an integral part of
unknown and
its
mis-
sion," he said.
Some 23,000
pilgrims gathered un-
der drizzling rain in
St.
Peter's Square
for the pope's first general audience for
the season of Advent.
The pope dedicated his catechesis to Psalm 137, recalling the exile of the Jews
and
their
enslavement
by
the
Babylonians.
He
said the psalmist's
Jews weeping for
image of the
their destroyed city
of
transcendent" which is "a form of faith" or belief in hope, he said. This faith and longing for the transcendent is "really a journey toward the real Jerusalem (in heaven) and toward Christ," said the pope in remarks apart from his text. The pope reminded Christians to remain open to God and the transcendent and to "not always become attached to material things and the here and now, but to be on the path toward God."
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learned that those of us who hve alone must take "ownership" for our lives, "confident in being guided and upheld by God." Remembering that, we all can rejoice
challenges,
Woelfel's situation arrived unexmany years of marriage, and especially having to survive the sui-
To be considered
when
she admits so honestly there
somehow, paradoxically, gave her a sense of peace knowing she "was in God's hands, come what may." Woelfel's advice was what I have
pectedly. After
250 words or less, pertain
with
Yet, this
lessons, joys and rewards."
WRITE A
talks about getting sick
the experience."
dynamics of
own
chapter, in particular,
was nothing she could do "but
it.
stations in life, the unique
One
back memories. She writes, "As a person living alone, there was no one to bring me chicken soup, a cup of tea or a word of encouragement." I could relate, espe-
new book I grabbed
recently because the
that time
made
The U.N. -sponsored day "aims to draw attention to the scourge of AIDS and invite the international community to a renewed commitment in the field of prevention and supportive assistance for those" affected by the virus,
influenza, brought
million Americans live alone. That infor-
mation
reconciled. But
much from
she was suddenly thrust into aloneness that she found herself writing about it. I found it amazing that she could stay so positive, actually even upbeat, when her life so sadly had plunged her into aloneness. When you have to live alone "for whatever reason," she tells readers, you can "take ownership" of your life if you remain confident that you are being guided and "upheld by God." A word she speaks many times is "empowerment," and she tells how she found ways to get comfort, inspiration and eventually wisdom in her new and sudden situation of living alone. Often I felt myself relating to her
not a situafact,
her.
when
an end.
few of us. In
was leaving
They subsequently
left
best usefulness
that he
she learned so
I still had my job to go to every day, and that was good. It kept me too busy to keep focusing on my loneliness. But the emptiness was there, and the quiet. 1 had no one to cook for, or argue
feh
was given the news from her
eve of the Dec. the pope
at the
audience in
surprising and terrifying
a loneliness that almost defied description.
with, or listen
appeal
cide of a beloved son, she
home as they entered adulthood. I remember sometimes walking from room to room, feeling children
On the AIDS Day,
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loved ones to taUc with, eat with, quarrel work or laugh with. We face a turning point and an atfirst unknown fiiture, but one that defiriitely will be different. I went through this lifestyle change
my
those hit by the virus.
ANTOINETTE BOSCO
with, pray with,
all
of people affected by EHV/AIDS continues to rise. Pope Benedict XVI urged the world to persevere in its fight against the disease and offer needed assistance to
Line
During the holidays I hear again from friends who live alone how lonely they feel at this time of year. I relate to what they are saying with empathy. People live alone for many reasons. Some choose this lifestyle, but for many it is a situation imposed on them: A spouse dies, a child moves away. Most of the time we don't think about the days to come when we will be without companionship in our home. Then that day arrives. We no longer have
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Another 15,765,000 are in state and municipal offices; 520,000 in hospitals and mental institutions, and this reduces
Our Advent protagonist: St. John the Baptist
the
we must
This season, selves for Jesus'
coming
way
"Prepare a
for the Lord,
make
straight his path!"
Whose
voice was this crying out in
was that of St. John the Baptist, who wore a garment of camelskin and lived on locusts and wild honey, the desert?
St.
Mark's Gospel.
work
CAPUCHIN FATHER JOHN AURILIA
and big mistake: we don't control the activity, the activity controls us.
who
speaks for
Guess what
God to
— we
us.
are supposed to
work and determination. Have you ever done any painting? Not the kind of painting such as by Leonardo da Vinci or Pablo
be prophets. The Gospel reminds us: "Be stay awake" on your guard, (Mk. 13:33). Spiritually, we have no time to sleep or to get tired. Time has a unique quality if it is not used properly, it is
Picasso, but the ordinary painting of a
lost for ever.
Change, as it
we know
it,
is
uncomfort-
requires
window
you have ever painted the proper way, you know that the most important, tedious and exhaustwall,
ing part
It is
preparing the surface to be painted: sanding, cleaning, scraping.
much work, Advent apply
new
can is
we
Only
then, after
like painting.
You
carmot not
is
Sometimes blaming society, the world or others is an easy way out, but the Gospel speaks to me and to you personally John the Baptist is talking to us, as uncomfortable as it may seem. ready.
—
He is the messenger, the prophet; teller,
read in a magazine once the fol-
I
lowing
No matter how tired we
statistics:
may be,
our exhaustion
is
fully justified,
proven
by simple The United States has a population of some 200 million. Of as
can
be
arithmetic.
these, 72 million are past retirement age,
paint.
paint if the surface
not a fortune
—
or chair. If
not applying the paint.
is
he
leaving 128 million in the
is
work
force.
When you subtract the 75 million people who are either too young or still in school, you get 53 million left to do the work. There are 24 million employed by the federal government, which leaves only 29 million in the work force.
Subtract from that 12 million in the
is
spending time in horo-
scopes and palm readings. The prophet
military
and the work force
is
down
to
17 million.
Vatican II: 40 years later An anniversary worthy of our attention Dec. 8 marks the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's closing.
the well-off and powerful.
During that gathering the 21st ecumenical council in church history more than 2,500 of the world's bishops approved 16 documents designed to enliven Catholic spirituality and make the church far more relevant to the modem
tions to turn
—
—
force.
In our feverish activity of the busiest season of the year, we make a common
GUEST COLUMNIST
the one
individuals,
the
true nobility
—
Column
for radical change, not a superficial one.
able;
are vagrants with-
But there are 252,998 people incarcerated, leaving just two people you and me! No wonder we are tired and burned out!
•
As we continue our journey through Advent, we see that St. John's message not really easy. John did not is make things easy for people. He called
force to 715,000.
out jobs, leaving only 253,000 in the
Guest
It
according to
work
Of these, 462,000
ready our-
Generosity, the
It
relationship. let
us prepare the sur-
face and stay alert for Jesus' coming.
Capuchin Father John Aurilia is pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville.
Difference
governments and corporafrom selfishness and seek
...
IS
TO BE GODLIKE
"September's collection was for the victims of Katrina and Rita.
by
It
ping out," someone said recently.
Numerous
national disasters and the
from them may the limits of
rising costs of recovery
leave us wondering
when
our giving will be reached. In Latin, the
word generous means "of
noble birth," and the word noble means
having elevated or high character. We don't have to be bom into high-class nobility to be noble. Being noble implies that we beUeve in elevating the well-being of others and act to do something about this. Nobility is selflessness. The noble person is the opposite of a self-cen-
Being a generous giver, however, goes beyond having noble character. To be truly generous requires imitating Christ incamate, who divested himself of his divine powers to become one of us. Not only did Christ do all of that, but he took the form of a slave as well. To show his enormous love, he died on the cross, literally pouring himself out whole and entire for us. Ultimately, to be generous is to be Godlike by pouring ourselves out as It
we die to we love and cherish. who tmly have poured
often implies that
Christians
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themselves out for others are among our canonized saints. The contributions they
made ten
Divine Providence urgently demands of
we
from the age-
to society were awesome and ofwere considered beyond human
imagination. Take, for example, the
work of Blessed Mother Teresa of
abolitionO of excessive desire for profit,
world.
nationalistic pretensions, the lust for po-
old slavery of war."
Calcutta in
The most challenging and prophetic of these documents was the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modem World. It is arguably the most important document in the rich tradition of
litical
resources at our disposal,
Christians have an abundance of this
While many nations were preparing to launch full-scale war on the unborn and newly bom, the council fathers de-
world's goods, while others are deprived
clared,
of the necessities of life and are tormented with hunger, disease and every kind of misery. This situation must not be allowed to continue, to the scandal of humanity." The world's Catholic bishops courageously confronted an increasing war
tion, life
Catholic social teaching.
To
label a
document of an ecumeni-
cal council "pastoral"
was
in
itself
The pastoral nature of this document meant that it was calling the Cathounique.
world above all masses. lic
Its
to serve the larger to serve
very
world
—
humanity's suffering
"Some
mentality.
...
nations with a majority of
They taught
that the
accumu-
words powerfully illus"The joys and the hopes,
first
trate this call:
the griefs and anxieties of the
age, especially those
who
men of this
are poor or in
any way afflicted, these too are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ." While speaking on behalf of the world's poor, hungry, war- torn and unborn, the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modem World confronts
free ourselves
"From
est care,
moment of its concep-
the
must be guarded with the greatwhile abortion and infanticide
are unspeakable crimes."
Four decades have passed since the on the Church in the Modem World was approved, and the world largely has ignored its critical messages. Countless Catholics have also Pastoral Constitution
of weapons does not build genuine peace, it threatens it, and it does nothing to address the causes of war, such as
ignored these authoritative teachings.
economic inequalities.
indifference before
Their document says: "The arms race is an utterly treacherous trap for humanity, and one which injures the poor to an intolerable degree."
disciples of Jesus
lation
Pressing forward, the bishops urged us to think outside the box. They said, "Let us find means for resolving our disputes in a maimer worthy of man.
and
then by the Cardinal's Appeal! We're tap-
us that
domination, militaristic thinking.
was followed
collections for earthquake victims
certain things that
exists a
There must be an
TO BE GENEROUS
Christ did.
TONY MAGLIANO
pressing need to reform economic and social structures.
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tered miser.
Making a
challenges
common good, saying: "In many instances there
The
Gospel guides us as it warns us to be awake and to be alert. Yes, it is very healthy and peacefiil to be awake to our loving process and to be alert to his message of faith and hope. The perfect image of this paradox is the running water, always clear, healthy and flowing, and yet still peaceful and joyful. In fact, what an iimer peace you experience just watching for a few minutes the running water of a river or stream or the waves of the ocean. In John's Gospel, there is an episode in which the first words spoken by "some Greeks" to the disciple Philip are, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus" (Jn.l2:21). That is indeed the most sincere desire of our hearts: we wish to see Jesus and encounter him on a one to one This Advent,
FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK
How many more lives must be sacrificed to the gods of war, greed and
we
—
especially the
— stand up and cry
"No more!" At Vatican II's final public session. Pope Paul VI summed it all up with these out:
inspiring words:
human being, tears
"On
the face of every
when marked by we can and must
especially
and sufferings,
see the face of Christ, the son of man."
modem times. When we honestly reflect it
on
all
the
leaves us
with the feeling of being tmly blessed.
When and
the spirit of Christ's generosity
of the saints takes hold of us, its and inspiration override fears that we'll be tapped out, replacing them with a heartfelt desire to dig deep into our that
nobility
pockets for the unfortunate.
No
doubt about
it,
many of
us
al-
ready are tightening our belts to the point of suffocating. If we live as noble Christians, however, we won't suffocate. In fact, we will breathe a new, refreshing, intoxicating
air.
the end of the movie "Schindler's List," Schindler decries the fact that he could have done more to save Jewish lives. We have been blessed more than we
At
.
We become even more blessed when we give to those who have less than us. More often than not, we don't miss what we have given. realize.
December
2,
2005
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PARISH PROFILE
Holy Family Church a home Catholics in Forsyth County
for
many
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH 4820 Kinnamon Road Clemmons, N.C. 27013 (336) 778-0600 Vicariate: Winston-Salem
In 1976, the significant growth of St.
Pastor: Msgr.
Leo the Great Church in Winston-Salem prompted the Diocese of Charlotte to purchase 10 acres of land to build a
Schumacher
in
a rectory
Buttner
Permanent Deacon: Deacon Gerard
new
Clemmons. At the same time, a home on the comer of Knob Hill Avenue and Peace Haven Road was purchased as church
IVIichael
Parochial Vicar: Father Brian Cook
Number
of Households:
1
,600
and also served as a chapel for
weekday Mass, office and meeting space and religious education classes. Father James Solari, assigned to St. Leo the Great Church at the time, served as resident priest of what was known then as the
Clemmons mission during the
years 1977-78. Father John Vianney
Hoover arrived to replace Father Solari at what was becoming known as "St. Leo's West" from 1978-79. The first Mass was celebrated July 15,
Msgr. Michael Buttner
1978 in the Clemmons Presbyterian
Church by Msgr. Richard Allen, thenpastor of St. Leo the Great Church. While they had generously offered their hospitality, after two weekends of Masses, Cathohcs were overflowing their facility. For the next five years, the Saturday evening Mass and religious education classes were held at the Clemmons Moravian Church and Sunday morning Masses were held at the Clemmons Vogler Funeral Home Chapel.
became the first pastor of Holy Family Church as a parish on Aug. 15, 1980, with St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mocksville named as its mission. Then-Bishop Paulist Father Robert Scott
Michael
J.
Begley canonically established
the parish under the patronage of the
Holy Family. The name was one of the choices proposed by the parishioners and was chosen based on the "Year of the Family." In that same year the first building committee was created with 170 registered families. Pastors succeeding Father
Scott included Fathers
Tom
Clements,
Cecil Tice, Tom Walsh, Frank J. O'Rourke and the current pastor, Father Michael Buttner. In April 1981, plans were under way to build a 9,200-square-foot structure
comprised of a worship area, reconcilia-
In September 2002, a capital campaign was initiated to raise $3.2 million dollars to build a new church that will seat more than 1,200 parishioners and open up much-needed space for the growing faith formation programs. On June 5, 2004 a new chapter in the history of Holy Family Church began at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new
CouRTEsy Photo
Holy Family Church County.
is
the largest church
More than 1,250
in
Clemmons and one
families worship each
weekend
of the largest in Forsyth
church.
Masses.
at six
J.
On Nov.
27, 2005, Bishop Peter
Mass new Holy Family Church. The new facility will support the
Jugis celebrated the dedication
for the tion
room,
and
offices, nursery, kitchen
a concourse for social events, classes
and overflow of the worship
area.
following year, parish registration
The had
grown to 329 families. Bishop Begley conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new church building March 4, 1984 and the fu-st Mass was celebrated in the new building in December. Parish registration
are conducted there for the youth minis-
growth of the parish and ensure adequate space for the worship and ministerial needs of the parish for many years to come. This day became a reality because of the hard work and generosity of Holy Family parishioners.
program. These programs help the
try
parish meet the spiritual and educational
needs of middle and high school youths. By 2002, Holy Family Church was
home lies.
to more than 1,500 registered famiOvercrowded Masses, lack of class-
room space
for faith formation
and cramped to
programs Staff writer
office space inspired a plan
accommodate
uted to
the continuing growth.
had then grown to 550 registered families. Then-Bishop John F. Donoghue dedicated the new Holy Family Church building
March
youth center was cons'tructed in of youth-oriented educational and organization functions. Sunday evening classes to provide space for a variety
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