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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte
Mercy Transfer Mercy Health Services Ownership of been under CHARLOTTE — For 90 Sisters Of
Charlotte has
years, the pulse
nearly
compassionate care of the Sisters of Mercy and the medical
Mercy Health
On
New
10,
1995
Year Dance
the
operated as
entities
Services, Inc.
Jan. 31, the Sisters of
transfer of ownership
Mercy of North Carolina
publicly proposed the
and management of Mercy Health Services to the Charlotte
Mecklenburg Hospital Authority; ending an era of Mercy-associated medical care in the Charlotte area.
The
transaction accepted by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, is expected to be completed prior to the summer. "Following careful consideration of a
number of factors,
now
cluded that
the Sisters of
priate time to divest
Health Services," said
Mary Jerome
Sister
president and
Mercy con-
the appro-
is
CEO
Mercy Mercy
ment 16 months ago
more
viding
cost-effective, efficient care.
"We have worked well together, and I am very pleased that we can combine our resources to achieve better healthcare
^^^=^==z "We are involved
in
delivery.
Health Services, Inc. "Mercy
types of ministries
develop
like to
several
physician practices,
others.
move
(Hospital and Health Services)
We
has been a tremendous ministry for the Sisters
of Mercy over
the past 89 years.
We
many
is
an
healthcare delivery network to the central Carolinas,"
focus from acute-care
Nurkin added.
in the
"While we found the
Charlotte area to other
collaborative approach help-
of our values, es-
it was difficult to implement through two separate
needs.
pecially our concern for the
ful,
medically underserved." ~~
In return for the acquisi-
tion of the
Mercy
hospitals and related sub-
pay $ 1 1 million to the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of North Carolina. sidiaries, the Hospital Authority will
'
we will
closer to providing a
truly seamless integrated
appropriate time to shift our
erated by an organization that
shares
now
are
Mercy will be op-
pleased that
believe
adding Mercy our expanding
network of owned, managed and affiliated facilities and
and would
still
By
facilities to
Spadley,
of Mercy
an effort to enhance
in
quality of healthcare in the region while pro-
"Several factors played a role in our de-
J.
Schlicksup,
tal,
Inc.
organizations," said Edward Jr.,
president of
"A combined
Mercy Hospi-
organization will be
more effective over the long term. The parties
now
believe that
it
is
timely and appropriate
to take the next logical step; the
complete
integration of their systems."
cision to transfer our ownership of Mercy Health Services," said Mercy Sister Pauline
pital
Clifford, regional president of the Sisters of
to operate
Mercy of North Carolina. As an example, Sister
the
The two groups agreed that Mercy Hosand Mercy Hospital South will continue
still
under their existing names. When hospitals combine with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, they will provide more than 2,000 hospital beds in
others.
We believe now is an appropriate time
multiple locations in the Charlotte-Mecklen-
to shift
our focus from acute-care in the Char-
burg region.
Pauline said,
"We are involved in several types
of ministries and
lotte
would
like to
develop
area to other needs."
"Mercy Health Services and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority share the
same commitment
Mercy
The Selwyn
transaction does not include the
Life Center, which
operated by
in providing the best
Mercy Health
Initially, the Sisters
is
owned and
Services, Inc.
Young women perform a traditional Vietnamese fan dance during a celebration of the lunar new year Jan. 28 at St. Ann Catholic Church in Charlotte. More than 1 ,000 people attended the festivities and Mass with Bishop William G. Photo by joann keane Curlin. Story on page 11.
plan to use the pro-
healthcare at a minimal cost while maintain-
ceeds from the transaction to establish a foun-
ing the highest quality standards," said Harry
dation, to address
A. Nurkin, president of the Hospital Author-
human and social needs. Following a transition period, Sister Jerome
ity.
will serve as foundation president. Schlicksup
The Hospital Authority and Mercy Health
has accepted the Sisters of Mercy's offer
Services entered into a collaborative agree-
See Mercy, Page 16
CCHS It's
Capital
Campaign Nearly
At Goal
a race to the finish as Charlotte Catholic High School's capital campaign
inches closer to
its
goal.
Although $2.8 million of the $3 million in pledges is needed before the campaign wraps
are in hand, the remaining $200,000
School Leaders To Look For Aid For MATT DOYLE
A two-part effort for greater involvement in the legislative
process
is
being launched
by the Raleigh and Charlotte Catholic schools. Superintendent Mike Fedewa of Raleigh and Charlotte's superintendent Dr. Michael Skube are spearheading a drive that will eventually
lead to a grassroots network for legislative action.
Both Fedewa and Skube will be in Wash26-March 1 for the annual United States Catholic Conference legislaington, D.C. Feb.
Fedewa said this year's meetimportant due to changes on the
tive meeting.
ing
is
legislative scene.
few weeks of any campaign are the toughest," Jim Kelley, director of development. Yet, Kelley and members of the campaign leadership cabinet are confident that the final dollars will slide in under the wire. "So far, the campaign has gone according to plan," said Kelley, attributing the success of the fundraising campaign to the Catholic community. "Well over 1,000 individuals and families have stepped forward with generous donations. We are overwhelmed by the campaign's appeal." "The importance of secondary Catholic education is crucial to so many," said Kelley. "Not just for those with children in the Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools, but from the community at large. We've heard from grandparents, alumni and friends." "The new CCHS will be a state-of-the art facility, capable of filling our student needs for years to come," said Kelley. Student capacity will double to 1,200 once the facility is complete. The school opens for students this fall. "Traditionally, the last
said
Education By
up on Feb. 25.
With Republicans control of both houses of Congress, the superintendents hope this indigood news for private and parochial schools. "The Republicans have been more open to looking at legislation toward a voucher system that would include parochial schools," said Skube. The Democratic Party, said Skube, has said it was either not interested or would only consider
cates
school choice within the existing public system.
Voucher and school choice are two issues go hand in hand said Fedewa. The voucher would set aside a certain amount of money that would be allowed to follow a student to what-
that
See Education, Page 13
The Catholic News
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& Herald
February 10, 1995
Forest Students Give Their Christmas Breaks To India's Poor BY NANCY HARTNAGEL
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
— After
finals
service projects in the United States, but
CNS
was
my
and brief Christmas celebrations with families, 10 Wake Forest University students flew to Calcutta, India, to work with
Third World country."
the poor.
ence, she said, "from the actual
Senior organizer and group leader Jessica
Davey described
the trip as "an
told
"this
Though
still
first
time in a
work we
importance of
human
and how beautiful they can
relationships
incredibly spiritual experience," one of
be."
hard work and deep thinking. Accompanied by Dr. Cecil Price,
dents had their
The four men and
own
six
women
students spent Dec. 26-Jan. 14 working
went along."
homes run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. They substituted for long-term volunteers away for the holi-
student replace a stolen passport and "kept
Service,
an eye on some students who got mildly sick," but he told CNS, "the neat thing for me, I was basically doing the same thing as everybody else."
mentally and physically handicapped poor
knew what would be
people.
worked well together," Price said. "It was
Students drew water from wells to
hand-wash laundry and bathe patients outdoors. They scrubbed the cement floors and gymnasium- sized walls of each ward, Davey said, and pushed the dirty water into run-off moats outside.
At noon, they returned to their YMCA lodgings to eat and change clothes for afternoons at the Khalighat Home for the
Dying and
Destitute. There,
Davey
said,
they spoon-fed patients both medicine
and food, and gave massages and rubto dying patients.
downs
Work the Shishu
they expected to be given at
Bhavan orphanage was lim-
because of an outbreak of chicken The group got Thursdays off.
ited
pox.
"Students anticipated it would be hardest emotionally to work with the
dying at Khalighat," Davey said. "But they found the long-term suffering of the people at Prem Dan harder to deal with."
"The students were ready
a big privilege for
for work, expected, and
me to
be with them."
Price said the group has a "responsi-
and
bility to share the story"
will con-
tinue to meet and reflect on the experience.
"I've heard a lot about how beautiful
how much love we were how much hospitality we were
the people were,
given,
shown," said Davey. "But I have a sense that, for some, a re-evaluation of life here has just begun." This was the second trip to India for Davey, a 2 1 -year-old religion and sociology major from Norfolk, Va. She spent the summer of 1993 there, doing similar
work plus teaching English at the orphanage and to
Good Deeds —Sarah Lawlor (left) and Mary Beth Green scrub laundry with Missionaries of Charity Sister Petra at the Home for the Dying and Destitute in Prem Dan, India. The students from Wake Forest University in North Carolina spent more than two weeks working with Mother Teresa's order
Student
Davey
said she
WASHINGTON (CNS)— JessicaDavey, versity in Winston-Salem, N.C., has cor-
it's
not
responded with Mother Teresa since she
Wake
was
hopes "to pursue ordination in the Episcopal Church." Davey said she is "absolutely changed" by her time in India. "One of the most profound changes that I am able
so different from the poverty of the people
8.
saw a PBS piece about
"I
A university committee selected the
"and
I
bugged
students from 40 applicants. Students were
"called the
immunized and met weekly throughout
address."
the fall semester, learning Hindi phrases,
and discussing death and dying. The trip was funded by a $10,000
leprosy,
Theme
dad enough
he
that
India to get her
On
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Shaw and Fathers Thomas Fitzpatrick, Thomas Norris and at St. Paul the Apostle Church. The Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus of Abbot Vincent G. Taylor Assembly escorted the bishop.
Human
life is
sacred
— from con-
ception to natural death. Bishop Curlin's homily inspired and affirmed the
work and
dedication of pro-lifers.
donated more than $400 to
returning recently from her sec-
"Room
at the Inn,"
home for unwed mothers that recently opened in Charlotte. Joann Wittenborn, coordinator of St. Paul's Respect life committee, Sister Annette
a Catholic
Amendolia and Father Bob Bazzoli organized the event.
definition of poverty
From
ond trip as a volunteer with Mother Teresa
Davey told Catholic News Ser"She's no longer larger than life for
in India,
vice,
I truly
admire her
The Episcopalian
Msgr. Joseph Showfety recently
theme:
to articulate," she said,
faith,
her
life,
her vision."
William G. Curlin and Fathers James O'Neill and Bob Bazzoli, assisted by deacons
in attendance generously
my
Embassy of
Forest, she said she eventually
j
GREENSBORO — The third annual "Gift of Life" Mass was celebrated by Bishop
Those
her, after
she got the Nobel Prize," Davey said,
in the streets."
me. But
this
India
velopment of aboriginal tribes" on a fellowship from the Rotary Foundation. A religion and sociology major at
poverty within myself, and that
major from Clemson, S.C., had done
The Mass was centered around
photo)
Changed By Experiences a 21-year-old senior at Wake Forest Uni-
me
(CNS
Led Others To
Teresa talks about the poverty of abandonment, the poverty of being alone," she said. "I was able to recognize the
studying the culture and diseases such as
Bill
Calcutta.
BY NANCY HARTNAGEL
"absolutely changed" by her experience. "Mother
said.
Gordon Forrestor and
in
is
clinging to
Life Is
Who
street children.
"With dying people, at least the end of their suffering was in sight," she explained. "But at Prem Dan, there was no end in sight." Students found the hard manual labor there a kind of refuge, she Allison Dean, a junior psychology
"probably the only person in the world has high-fived Mother Teresa."
who
The doctor spent one day helping a
at
News
is
who said "the university and the little less nervous when I
in Price,
parents were a
Davey said the group spent mornings at Prem Dan, a home for 350
up and gave her one." She said Wake Forest's Laura Shelley
stu-
the Winston-Salem, N.C., university, the
In an interview with Catholic
Davey said everyone was excited to meet Mother Teresa, who sat among the volunteers at daily Mass and blessed anyone who came forward. "At New Year's Eve Mass," Davey
who is quite small, had her hand raised really high to bless a tall person. One of the students thought she was awaiting a high-five, and so she went recalled, "Mother,
attending physician
director of the student health service at
days.
Mary Reynolds Babcock
Foundation, individual donations and student fund-raising projects.
evaluating the experi-
did, I realized the
grant from the
student from Nor-
"was
seeing poverty as "stereotypi-
images of naked people, abandoned children and beggars with outstretched cal
hands," Davey said, she has
me when I was able to recognize
the poverty within myself."
her
all
own letters," Davey said, "but she finally got a typist to help her, though she
hand signs every
letter
stills
she sends- out."
Davey, who co-chairs the university's Volunteer Service Corps, spent the sum-
mer of 1993 volunteering
in India.
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poverty as "something more fundamental loneliness. This became very, very clear to
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M. (NCEA)
of the Assumption school, Teresita
Staub, was named Distinguished Graduate, an award which recognizes the accomplishments of Catholic recently as a 1995 National Catholic Education Associates
elementary school alumni. Staub graduated from Charlotte Catholic High School and
UNCC. The award, sponsored by
"put into practice the values and ide-
the
NCEA
Department of Elementary Schools in cooperation with Our Lady of the Assumption school, was pre-
The Distinguished
Graduate Award was established in 1991 to
sonal and professional achievement.
Her leadership role in the community and beyond reflects her Catholic edu-
honor people who, according to Dr. Kealey,
cation background.
"We
"put into practice the
re-
ceived in their elementary years has
provided a firm basis for growth and achievement in their adult lives." said Dr. Robert Kealey, executive director of NCEA's Department of Elementary Schools.
and
values
^
ideals they
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tative.
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learned in Catholic
elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, and seminaries
schools.
as the second Catholic school on Shamrock Road.
Hospital Sale Catapults
a new experience," she explained,
The Roman Catholic order of 140 nuns
ties.
ate about
selling
is
its
hospital system and
using the proceeds to create a foundation that will support the group's existing
new
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located
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and
charities.
The foundation, which may gener-
cus on helping society's most desperate
million in 1994-95.
need to go see them," joked Crisis Assistance Ministry head Caroline Myers, referring to the Sisters of Mercy who surely are soon to be wooed by worthy causes. "Or wouldn't they like to "I think
come
see us?"
the order, said the group plans to invest
been a struggle," Sister Pauline Clifford said the day after announcing the sale of Mercy Hospital and its affiliates to Carolinas Medical Center for $115 million. 'We've never had funds for anything. This is a whole new experience for us.
efforts.
By comparison, this year's United
the $115 million and use
Central Carolinas budget for
about $19.4 million, Crisis Assistance Ministry in Charlotte, three counties
which gives
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a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commitment to the Church and the community in which we live'.' Bishop William G. Curlin
ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte or to your parish. Simply have the following statement included in your Will: "/ leave to the
Charlotte (or
Roman
parish, city) the
For more information on
how
to
the order puts
it
all in
This
is
standard one-year treasury for example, it would have about $8 million to spend on charity in its first bill,
"Its
Clifford also stressed
Mercy support outreach of which denomination is behind them. "We've never been efforts, regardless
us.
a new
done ecumenical
And
the means.
-
=
Ken Garfield
AIDS
lotte
patients.
order wants to fo-
sorts of
things."
dation will support and probably expand the order's existing work on its 70-acre Belmont campus. That includes the Holy Angels center for 60 developmentally disabled residents; Catherine's House shelter for women and children that can hold 35 residents; and the House of Mercy that is home to six that, the
Catholic,"
she said. "We've always
explained, "to have
Beyond
Roman
strictly
experience, " she
Clifford said the foun-
who
it.
the fact that the Sisters of
a whole new
experience for
health care for those can't afford
a
while the Sisters
of Mercy of North Carolina have mixed feelings about selling
years after opening
Mercy Hospital 89
it,
the nuns are trying
not to look back.
"There is excitement about new pos-
"and really
sibilities," said Clifford,
working our mission." is
relgion writer for the Char-
Observer. This Article
is
reprinted with
permission.
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Charlotte Catholic High School
celebrating 50 years of Catholic secondary education in Charlotte, its 40th anniversary on Park Rd. and the 20th anniversary of the CCHS Foundation is
with a
Name
'Grand Spree' Win a
7-Night Southern Caribbean Cruise for two aboard Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas\ (Continental U.S. airfare included) Tickets: $5 each, 6 for $25 Winning ticket to be drawn at
Address
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sum of$
percent of the residue of my estate) for religious, educational and charitable works." make
Bank of Mecklenburg
City/State/Zip.
Catholic Diocese of
(or
-
"That'll fund a lot of
"A valid Will stands as
In Yours.
victims a, particular passion of Bishop William Curlin, head of the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. "We see that as an area where not much is being done," said Clifford. The nuns also want to provide homes for the elderly and
funds for anything.
charity," said Ketner.
KINGS DR. CHARLOTTE, NC
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"You can tell I' m a dreamer." The group wants to house more AIDS
said Clifford.
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President John Ketner said if
to
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gion.
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citizens.
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Way of the
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Leagues
Into Charity Big
will be
we have
Our Lady Murphy and Bishop William
congratulated by
G. Curlin. Staub received the National Catholic Education Association's "Distinguished Graduate" award for outstanding professional and personal achievements.
ever done has
"Everything
is
of the Assumption Principal Pat
KEN GARFIELD
"to have the means."
have gone. With $115 million coming its way, the Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina in the Belmont town of Gaston County will soon be one of the region's biggest chari-
in Charlotte.
Nuns By
"Its
Teresita Staub (with plaque)
and religious education programs. The Trinitarian Sisters opened Our Lady of the Assumption school in 1948
_
1991 to honor people who, according to Dr. Kealey,
Once possessed of big dreams but a small bank account, an order of N.C. nuns is about to go where few religious groups
and serving 7.6 million students
of Catholic education in pre-schools,
The Distinguished Graduate Award was established in
senator, a
fessional education association in the
recognize distinguished graduates from our Catholic elemen-
The education they
include a governor, a missionary, a
judge, a television
sented to Staub for outstanding per-
tary schools.
Catholic schools."
als they learned in
The nationwide recipients of this award
its
a Will that works, contact
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February 10, 1995
Pro-Life Office Places
Ad
N.Y Times
In
Despite By
Difficulties
NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN
WASHINGTON
— The U.S. bishops'
(CNS)
(jiildren are the angels in this garbage dump of a world. They are human beings as God intended. soul has so many scars that I still have trouble generating sympathy for adults, but children keep a light on inside me. They are the lifeline to my humanity."
.0
m
My
pro-life
ad of its own in The New York Times after a Times ad by Planned Parenthood said Catholic leaders "incite terrorism and viooffice has countered with a full-page
lence" by their words against abortion.
But Times' personnel made an
effort to
keep the
Syndicated Columnist Charley Reese
bishops' ad out of the paper, according to Gail Quinn,
executive director of the bishops' Secretariat for Pro-
The Respect
Diocese of Charlotte
Life Office
(704)
331-1720
Life Activities.
The new ad, which appeared Jan. 22 in the national and Northeast editions of the Sunday Times, bore the headline, 'Truth Doesn't Kill. Abortion Does," and quoted
who
supporters of legal abortion
Church Serves As "Leaven" Where Christians Are Few
admitted that abortion
causes the death of a baby.
Attempts to place the $69,000 ad, which was financed by the Knights of Columbus, were made more difficult by the Times' ad acceptability department, according to
Quinn.
"There was no attempt to hide the fact that they were making it difficult," she said. "It was an effort to scare us off, as if they hoped we might look at it (the agreement) and say, 'I can't sign that,' and abandon the attempt to run the ad."
The Times asked
the pro-life office to sign an in-
demnification agreement stating that all of the people quoted in the ad had been contacted and had agreed to have their names used in the ad. Quinn then asked the ad acceptability department if Planned Parenthood had been required to sign such an agreement before its Jan. 5 ad was published. The earlier ad named Cardinals John J. O'Connor of New York, Bernard F. Law of Boston and Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles among several "leaders of the anti-choice movement who have become the arms merchants in this war of words"; none of them was contacted by Planned Parenthood before the ad ran,
Quinn
said.
Winona Johnson,
the representative of the Times'
ad acceptability department with whom Quinn dealt, told Catholic News Service Jan. 27 that each potential ad is judged "on its own merits" and not in relation to any past ads. "The biggest debate (with Quinn) was over the use of the word 'abortionist,'" she said. "We felt we didn't want them to use that word. It was a matter of taste." There are no written criteria guiding the ad acceptability department on matters of tastefulness, Johnson
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
— Here
Pope JohnPaul IPs remarks general audience Feb.
Dear brothers and
is
the Vatican text of
in English at his weekly-
1
sisters,
My recent pastoral visit to the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Sri Lanka began with the celebra-
Manila of the 10th World Youth Day. The motto of this year's World Youth Day "As the Father sent me, so I am sending you" (Jn 20:21) evokes the tion in
—
—
mission given by the risen Christ to his disciples and his gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. During the vigil and
young people meditated on on our mission to be his witnesses before the world. This great gathering of young people was an eloquent image of the church as God's pilgrim people on earth. The next stages of my pastoral visit emphasized the goal of the church's earthly pilgrimage: the pursuit of holiness. In Papua New Guinea, Australia and Sri Lanka, I celebrated the beatification of three outstanding witnesses to Jesus Christ: Peter To Rot, catechist and martyr; Mother Mary MacKillop, a
the final Mass, millions of
the Lord's resurrection and
courageous religious devoted to the needs of the poor; and Father Joseph Vaz, the apostle of Sri Lanka. In a real way, this pastoral visit was about young people and the youth of the church. Even in those parts of the world,
where Christians are few in number, the church made young by the presence of Christ and serves as a vital leaven of the Gospel throughout soci-
like Asia, is
constantly
ety. I
extend a
warm welcome
to the English-speaking
pilgrims and visitors present at today's audience.
Upon
you and your families I cordially invoke the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mercy Sisters Enter
New
Era
said.
Quinn
said the dispute with the
Times was played
out over several hours Jan. 20 in a series of phone calls
with the ad acceptability department.
See Pro Life, Page 16
The Sisters of Mercy's decision to divest their interests in Mercy Health Services, Inc., is bittersweet news. For and subsequent close to a century, Mercy Hospital healthcare services
—
Editor's
—
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have been a mainstay for
Joann Keane
Charlotteans, and a source of pride for the ever-growing
Catholic population.
The Catholic
ews & Herald
cpa]
February 10, 1995
Volume
4,
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in
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a personal note,
week
your holy prayers
—
High Point Regional Hospital. Msgr. Duncan reHoly Angels in Mt. Airy lives at Maryfield Nursing Home in High Point. He's one of our most beloved priests; held in the highest esteem by all who know him.
—
my
husband and
I
played birthday
as our oldest son celebrated his 11th
We had an impromptu celebration, and baked enough cupcakes for him to share with his classmates. Wow. Wasn't it just yesterday we anxiously waited as this premature baby struggled in neonatal intensive care? Didn't this whirling dervish on rollerblades just learn to walk? It's hard to believe that our young fiery red head is almost as tall as I am. It was just yesterday we could hold him in the palm of our hands. Happy Birthday, birthday.
A recent illness has Msgr. Duncan hospitalized
cently retired as pastor of
ing of the Abbey, perpetual adoration began there last
hosts last
a speedy recovery.
Duncan
Umoja festival at Belmont Abbey last weekend. Speak-
in their
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February 10, 1995
Coping With Anger do you control your anger? The But how does one atoffering all your sufBy patience? tain ferings and humiliations in union with the sufferings of Jesus you can quiet any
How
the world. Jesus suffered the
secret is patience.
rendous humiliations in reparation for our
I
my
tap into
I
Father John Catoir
—
try to
pray this
to ten, I
restore
I
One Candle
flash of
deepest spiritual remain calm on the outside even though on the inside I may be boiling with rage. Instead of counting anger
motivation.
can join Him in that sacrifice all our sufferings and humiliations to God in a spirit of reparation. In this way we unite our hearts and minds with the heart and mind of Jesus who not only forgave his persecutors, but made excuses for them Father, forgive them, they know not what they do. Jesus took blows to the head for you; Jesus was vilified and beaten for you;
and offer
Light
have an occasional
little
prayer which helps
my inner peace. Dear Lord, I offer
do it anyway. I repeat this prayer over and over again until I calm down. This promise of surrender forces me to confront my faith. It tempers any negaperfection? Surely not
tive feelings I
I,
I
stub
I
am
my
in
toe,
on
all
occasions:
bump my
head; or
any kind of distress.
It's
a
way of
sanctifying the
miseries of
little
We
This promise implies an openness to perfectibility. Perfection sible,
may not be pos-
but striving for it certainly
I
offer this prayer
I
regain
that if
my
my peace of mind.
you aim
is.
When
anger recedes and I've learned
for the stars
you have a
chance of hitting the moon. A spirit of true surrender always leads to obedience and love, to combine it with an act of
1
By
The new year has
With it came resolutions, new beginnings and thoughts about income taxes. As you collect statements this month in order to prepare tax returns due in April, it is a good time to review your stewardship of monetary resources.
some of the most
Giving shares of a publicly traded stock that meets these requirements can
speak with people across the diocese.
Q. What about the acknowl-
edgment I must have for any single gift
of $250 or
more made year?
A. Tax law enacted in 1993 requires
Jim Kelley
that in order
income tax deducgift of $250 or more must have an acknowledgment of the gift from the recipient charity. The written acknowledgment must not only confirm that a gift was made, but that no goods or services were received in exchange only "intangible religious
to take a charitable
a donor of a single
tion,
—
benefits," if
benefit
such
is
the case. If a tangible
was received, that must be stated.
When you receive such acknowledgments, keep them with your tax return
Q.
What about
banquet or a musical performance. are the best ways to give to
parish, the diocese or other
Catholic organizations I wish to benefit?
A. The "best" ways of giving depend on each individual. Cash is probably the most
common form for gifts. For many people, it's
the most convenient.
His suffering and offer
all
your suffer-
You may
promises are a thing of the past, but I reject that idea. The church has always allowed and even encouraged solemn
experience an infusion of spiritual joy
promises and private vows as long as a spiritual director approved the idea. The Lord knows our hearts and He responds to every gesture with love. The idea of making reparation for my sins is important to me. Reparation itself is important. We all have to atone; not only our own sins, but for the sins of
patience.
never be able to give the Lord perfect
obedience and perfect love, but you can surely aspire to If
you say
it.
this prayer,
I
think you'll
and your anger will fade into the background. This is my way of achieving
For afree copy ofthe Christopher News Note, "Patience, " send a stamped, self-addressed
envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St.,
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Handling Questions of Faith
Crosswinds Dr.
Martha W. Shuping
Dear Dr. Shuping,
A. Giving by will or living trust is always popular and only requires a little advance planning with your attorney. Making a gift of unused retirement plan benefits can be convenient, too. Such funds can be given either now or after your lifetime. Giving life insurance also is simple and popular. Call if you would like
of your estate plans.
Q. What about giving to endowments? A. Many people give only to the current needs of the church. Endowments represent a
way you can
give to the future
needs of the church. The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte
was established last year to provide endowments for the diocese and its parishes, schools, agencies is
a
and organizations. of assets which
gift
ciple is never spent, only the income. Call
me
you would like more information about endowments and the Foundation. Q.
her husband comes from a good Catholic family. Recently, however, he has admitted to having doubts about the Church and the existence of God. My sister is very upset. I'd like to talk to her husband, but I don't want to say the
wrong
if
What
if I
have further questions?
A. Contact your professional advisor for answers to questions about ways of giving and tax benefits or call (704) 331-
709 or (704) 377-687 1 or write to me at Development Office, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207. We can help you to meet your objectives as efficiently as pos1
the Diocesan
The
thing
is
the director of development for
the Diocese of Charlotte.
way
is to
to
avoid saying the wrong
ask questions and listen care-
can help your brother-in-law to open up to you, you'll have a much better chance of making an impact on him. When people lose their faith, there can be any number of reasons. An intellectual dilemma or a misunderstanding of Church doctrine might be the cause. Problems with parents or a bad experience with a priest may also be significant. I believe that when someone goes so far as to question the existence of God,
however,
it
is
usually because of an iden-
Your brother-in-law may have had when he was younger but never
doubts
A certain dose of agnoswith normal for adolescents
discussed them. is
—
proper nurturing their faith usually returns in a more mature form. If your brother-in-law kept his questions to himself when he was younger, his faith probably never had a chance to develop into a healthy adult spirituality.
On the other hand, if he never entertained any doubts
he
up
to
childhood.
Whatever the cause,
his
dilemma
indicates that he's giving serious thought to the
by
meaning of
life.
You can help him
listening patiently to his philosophi-
Don't hammer might make him defensive. But do encourage him to discuss his thoughts about life and death and life after death. There are very few genuine atheists and even fewer lifelong ones. Probably, at some point, your brother-in-law believed in God. Encourask age him to talk about that belief cal
and theological
ideas. that
—
—
—
him what happened
to
it.
As Christians we know that everybut is made in the image of God right now your brother-in-law can't see that. Ultimately, his doubts have much more to do with his own self-image than
—
one
with the reality of God's existence.
The Seven-Story Mountain, by Thois a great book for anyone who is struggling with issues of faith and identity. Merton himself experienced years of inner turmoil and doubt before finally converting to Catholicism. His autobiography is a tribute to the mercy of
mas Merton,
tity crisis.
ticism
failed to live
the expectations he'd been carrying since
him with questions
thing.
fully. If you
sible this year.
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best
when God
as an adult
My sister is a devout Catholic and
more information about arranging a
gift as part
provides income in perpetuity. The prin-
What
in
long-range planning
and giving?
you are missing a written acknowledgment call the charity in question and request one. Charities are also required by law to inform you of the value of any benefits received in conjunction with gifts of $75 or more. Examples might include tickets
ductions. If
my
our
joying favorable tax treatment.
An endowment
Q.
lift
ings in a spirit of reparation?
be an easy way to make a larger gift than you thought possible. You can complete a pledge or make a special gift while conserving cash for other uses and en-
materials in order to safeguard your de-
to a
pure poetry.
minds and hearts to God. Sometimes all we need is a little boost. This promise of "perfect obedience and love" is an attention getter, not for God, but for me. People today think that private vows or solemn
However, consider other assets you own. Securities that have increased in value and been owned for more than a year, for example, may be given and deducted at present value, not the amount you originally paid. You can also bypass capital gains tax on the increase in value.
common questions I hear these days as I
last
is
struggle every day to
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reparation
giving them meaning.
life,
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stripped,
ated for you. Jesus
I
may be experiencing at the
time. I use this prayer
when when
but
was
whipped and humilibecame a victim that you might have life and have it more abundantly. So why shouldn't you share
Jesus
You all my sufferings
and humiliations in a spirit of reparation and I promise perfect obedience and perfect love. Absurd, of course. Who among us can promise
We
sins.
storm within.
When
most hor-
when he was younger
may have found himself disappointed
that extends to all who search for a deeper meaning in their own lives.
God Dr.
Shuping
is
Social Services tice
contract staff with Catholic
and also has a private prac-
as a psychiatrist in Winston-Salem. Ques-
tions for this
Martha
W
column may be sent
to: Dr.
Shuping, 1400 Mitigate Drive,
Suite B, Winston-Salem,
NC 27103.
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February 10, 199
World Class Choir Plans Greensboro Performance r
f
1
GREENSBOROâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gloriae Dei Cantores,
separate people," says Elizabeth
one of America's top classical choirs, will be performing at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. Under the direction of Elizabeth Patterson, the choir has toured 22 countries, sings in 16 languages, and rehearses daily to maintain their internationally acclaimed standard of excellence. The tour includes performances in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. Opening with Gregorian chants sung by the Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola, the performance will feature Missa "Bella amfitrit altera" by Orlando di Lasso; motets by Italian composers Gabrieli and Bassano and German composer Josef Rheinberger; and several selections by
Patterson.
American composers Leo Sowerby, Samuel Barber and Dominick Argento.
the professional
"Music
the international
is
language that communicates to the heart.
Our role
is to
serve as a bridge. There
is
so
much division in the world, and music
is
one of the best ways
to unite people."
In April 1994, the choir returned to
Venice to open the 900th anniversary of St. Mark's Basilica. In 1992 they were the first artistic group from the Western World to visit Albania since World War IT. In 1991 the choir performed on the BBC Christmas and Advent television programs. In 1990, Gloriae Dei Cantores was the first choir to sing Russian sacred music on stage in Russia.
Formed first
in 1972, the choir
gave
its
public performance in 1977 and took
name Gloriae Dei
Cantores (Singers to the Glory of God) in 1988. Consisting of men and women
"The goal of the tours is to be a means of reconciliation across the divisions that
from a wide variety of occupations, denominations and musical backgrounds, the choir shares a common vision to enable
people to glimpse the glory of God, while preserving the rich heritage of sacred
People And Planets
choral music.
The choir makes its home on Cape Cod, Mass. and sings weekly services and annual concerts at the Chapel of the Holy Paraclete, Orleans, Mass. Admission for the concert in Greensboro is free. For more information con-
"What are humans?" my four-year-old son Bobby asked me as I began the usual search for
word
why
my
house keys on our front
"Humans? Oh
stoop.
for people,"
I
that's just
humans destroying he demanded to know. are
I
another
told him. "Well then
wondered where
this latest line
questioning was coming from. Then
I
cerning their Southeastern tour contact
Family Matters
the earth?"
of
Blair Tingley at (508) 255-3999.
Marx
Eileen C.
re-
membered that a few days before, he had
PUT YOUR GIFTS
watched an animated movie at his cousin Patty's house called, est." In the
the
"Once Upon a For-
wood mouse, Edgar
the
mole and
Russell the hedgehog, find their peaceful lives greatly disrupted spill
and
young
come
by humans.
A
has destroyed Dapplewood
chemical their
seriously
friend Michelle has beill
from the toxic fumes.
The three friends race against time ad the yellow dragons (bulldozers) to save Michelle.
During the past year, Bobby has been on a mission to keep the earth clean. A few weeks ago while we were at the park, I heard Bobby call out, "Mooooommm!" I wondered what rare discovery he had stumbled upon this time. Instead, he pointed to a crumpled-up candy wrapper on the ground and said with great disgust, "littering!" This month's latest environmental concern is graffiti. In fact, we have been discussing it and pointing it out so often that Bobby's two-year-old sister Teresa now yells out "graffiti" each time we pass by the spray painted letters. As I watch and listen to my friend's children,
it's
easy to see that Bobby
is
not
member of the recycle police. Many children are lecturing their parents
the only
about the importance of saving water and recycling glass and aluminum. These little enforcers of the environment already
seem
when someone does something to hurt the earth, it also hurts the people who inhabit the earth. I care deeply about saving our planet, and my husband Joe and I do all we can to respect the environment. But I must confess we have not always been our children's primary educators on the environment. From the time Bobby and Teresa began watching TV, they listened to singing and dancing water droplets on Sesame Street ask, "Are you a Waster00?" In our car we have listened to the
to understand that
well
known
children's entertainer Raffi
sing out, "It's a big beautiful planet in the sky; the earth's our live."
at the
movie, three friends, Abigail
And
in a
home,
it's
where we
popular touring stage
production, "The Great Dinosaur
Mys-
tery," the song, "Extinction Stinks" is the
favorite of all the environmentally correct songs.
In recent years, there has been a grow-
ing
movement by actors, musicians, poli-
Michelle
is
As Michelle
efforts
of the children's videotapes, audio tapes,
spill
books, songs and TV programs stress environmental themes. Creative and com-
be the same again." The children's teacher Cornelius answers her, "If we all work as hard to save Dapplewood as your friends worked to save you, it will be the same again." We too must have hope, for Bobby and all the world's children, that together we can stop humans from destroying the earth and start humans building a world where we are committed to protecting our people and our planet.
mitted people in the environmental movement have done a marvelous job at teaching children to conserve the earth's resources, protect the environment and
keep the planet clean for future generations. They have taught us that the way we can really change attitudes and practices is to teach our children these important lessons right from the start and to reinforce these messages throughout their lives. Although the work is far from complete, we now have a younger generation who have been raised with a respect for the earth and its resources.
As we work
to protect the earth,
remember
crucial for us to
it's
asks us to love one another.
teach them to
person.
In an important pastoral reflection,
Renewing
the Earth:
An
Invitation to
and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social Teaching, the bishops of the United States explore the Reflection
between concern for the person and concern for the earth. The bishops write, links
The whole human
race suffers as a
environmental carelessness. Their lands and neighborhoods are more likely to be polluted or to host toxic waste result of
she says, "I guess nothing will ever
in
The Diocese of Charlotte Contact Father Frank O'Rourke Vocation Director 1621 Dilworth Road East
To order a copy of the bishops' statement on environmental justice call (800) 235-8722.
The cost
is
$4.95 per copy.
For information on
the U.S. Catholic
Charlotte, H.C.
Conference 's Environmental Justice Program, call (202)
28203
(704) 334-2283
541-3182.
He
respect and protect the dignity of each
human
PRIESTHOOD
surveys the damage from the chemical
The
We need to
be just as concerned about the broken lives of the poor and the homeless as we are about the broken bottles on our streets and in our parks. As we work to clean up the water and the air, we must also commit ourselves to cleaning up the hatred and injustice in our communities. And as we teach our children to respect and pro-
we must
of her three friends.
that the Cre-
ator not only asks us to love the earth,
tect the earth,
Consider
rescued thanks to the heroic
and concerned citizens to educate and advocate on behalf of the earth. Many
ticians
Service of Others
dumps, their water to be undrinkable, their children to be harmed." At the end of "Once Upon a Forest,"
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The Catholic News
February 10, 1995
Two Chicago Auxiliary Bishops
Retire,
Three More
dained to the
the United
has accepted the resignations of
episcopate
Committee
two Chicago auxiliary bishops and named three priests to be their successors. Auxiliary Bishops Alfred L. Abramowicz and Timothy J. Lyne, both 75, are retiring. The new Chicago auxil-
March 20 at Holy
Chicago and the Catholic Health Alliance of Metro-
Name
politan Chicago.
iaries are:
60, and Kicanas,
diocese.
director
53, are Chicago
of the Chicago archdiocesan Depart-
Both attended Quigley
Bishop-designate Kicanas,
College, Philadelphia;
Paul
II
(CNS)
— Father Edwin M. Conway,
in
— Father Gerald Kicanas, rector
of the Mundelein St.
Mary of the Lake. Jesuit
Bishop
Conway
Belleville,
111.,
now
of
as episcopal vicar of Vi-
cariate VI.
He
attended
Camden
Catholic High
School, Cherry Hill, N.J.;
Joseph's
St.
Thomas SemiBloomfield, Conn.; and St. Mary St.
Seminary, Baltimore, where he received
Seminary and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, where they both received master's
a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1972.
Bishop-designate Conway, ordained
psychology from Loyola University in Chicago, was ordained to
a priest in 1960, also earned a master's
the priesthood in
ceived a master's degree in divinity from
degree in social work from Loyola Uni-
1967.
the Jesuit School of Theology in Berke-
later
The retirements and appointments were announced Jan. 24 in Washington by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, apostolic pro- nuncio to the United States. The bishops-designate will be or-
succeed Bishop Wilton Gregory,
nary,
became
as an associate
two years, he joined the facQuigley Preparatory Seminary South. He became rector of Quigley in 1978 and in 1984 was named rector of Mundelein Seminary of the University of St. Mary on the Lake. He will be episcopal vicar of Vicariate I, succeeding Auxiliary Bishop Raymond E. Goedert, who will be the
pastor for ulty of
He
assistant to the administra-
tor of Catholic Charities.
Bishop-designate
Conway currently
serves as chairman, president, director,
or board
After serving
Bishop Murray
to Catholic Charities as a counselor.
Detroit-Mercy.
Bishop-designate Murry was bom Dec. 28, 1948, in Camden, N.J. He will
ate in educational
For his first seven years in priestly ministry, he was an associate pastor in two parishes. In 1967, he was appointed
Murry, associate provost of the University of
vicar general and vicar for regional
services.
who has a doctor-
versity in Chicago.
Father George V.
new
Preparatory
degrees in religion.
Seminary of the
—
episcopal vicar of Vicariate II in the arch-
natives.
Bishop Kicanas
University of
for a Cleaner
1983.
Conway,
ignate
Way of Chicago, the Mayor's
He has held his current post since He will succeed Bishop Lyne as
Chicago. Bishops-des-
ment of Human Services.
F.
Cathedral
7
Named
— Pope John
WASHINGTON
& He, aid
member for 20
groups, includ-
ing the Catholic Conference of Illinois,
That year he entered the
was ordained a
Jesuits,
and
Jesuit priest in 1979.
Bishop-designate Murry also re-
and a doctorate in American from George Washington University in Washington in 1994. His Jesuit ministry has been largely centered in Washington. He was a faculty member and dean of student activities at Gonzaga College ley, Calif.,
cultural studies
High School, 1974-79; adjunct assistant professor of American studies at Georgetown University, 1986-1990; and president of Archbishop Carroll High School, 1 989- 1 994. In 1 994 he was named to his post at the University of Detroit-
Mercy. Bishop-designate Murry was also special assistant to the director of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of Migration and Refugee Services, 1975-77, and an editorial board member of The Living Light, a catechetical publication, 198994.
Both retiring Chicago auxiliaries are Chicago natives who studied together at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, and were ordained to the priesthood together in 1943.
They each held parish pastorates until 1989,
when
they both turned 70. Bishop
Lyne, for 23 years the pastor of Holy Name Cathedral, will continue as vicar
Bishop Abramowicz was episcopal vicar of the fifth vicariate and was executive director of the Catholic League for Religious Assistance to
for senior priests.
Poland.
Bishop Abramowicz, whose 76th is Jan. 27, was ordained a bishop in 1968. Bishop Lyne, who will be 76 on March 2 1 was ordained a bishop in 1 983 Bishop Abramowicz was embroiled in a 1976 flap over his invocation at a Polish awards dinner at which Demobirthday
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Your thinkingfeeling-action
power Lord there
is
no real
survival. If only Peter had brought it all together, if he had just prayed about all
FAITH IN ACTION
that Jesus had said about life's meaning, all that Jesus had taught, all that Jesus had done. Yet no one believes Peter's betrayal meant that he didn't love the Lord. It was a love that was real, long before the risen Christ three times asked "Do you love me?" on the shores of Galilee. What the reflective human being eventually understands is that the disjointed life the life driven by the mind alone, or the emotions alone, or the physical self alone is a life out of control. Ultimately it is a life that victimizes us. In such a life, the soul is always the first victim. For Judas, greed initiated a death-dealing downhill process
Discernment, The Art of Choosing Well (Triumph Books, 1 Liguori
—
—
of self-victimization.
The good
must have a God-core. There must be a value life
center to which all is brought in order to be prayerfully judged. This value center will be as unifying and peace-giving as was Christ's if it is the
same
HEART HEAD HAND •
•
as Christ's.
How can we account for the profound peace that followed Jesus' terrible agony in the garden? Jesus says clearly: "Not my will but thine be done." Giving himself over to the Father's will brought peace; it brought amazing conviction; it brought courage and a
Catholic
News
L.
Rowe,
"The 'heart to head to hand'
FMS
Service
(feeling to thinking to acting)
The 10-year-old killed his best friend. They belonged to the same church, the same scout troop. But one day the boy found a gun and was curious what would happen if he shot his friend with
He was is is
it.
curious! Certainly nothing
process of decision making ... is complex because thoughts and feelings can contradict each other; they can be at war." They must work together
wrong with curiosity. But something very wrong with human decisions
if
a person
is to
grow.
how a child could make such a "violently flawed" decision how a child's mind and heart might not work together to tell him not to do what he did. But in a world overflowing with billions of pieces of data that are ill-perceived, poorly understood, unreflected and prayed upon, the risk that decisions will be poorly made or that no real decision will be made at all
—
—
exists for all of us,
would not
—
though perhaps we
kill.
Paul would probably agree that decisions begin somewhere "south" of the brain. Few humans St.
human make
their best decisions when their them" or their hearts are hard or hurting. The "heart to head to hand" (feeling to thinking to acting) process of decision making would seem to be simple enough on the surface of things. But it feet are "killing
is
complex because thoughts and
feel-
ings can contradict each other; they can be at war.
writes in Romans (1:22,23; 29-31), hubeings, in their confusion, while claiming to be wise, become fools and exchange the glory of the immortal
man
God for lies. And so, Paul
continues, people become filled with greed, envy, spite. They become insolent, haughty, boastful, rebellious, senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. While St. Paul, as "psychoanalyst," seems clear about the importance of bringing our thoughts, feelings and actions together in a working unity, I'm sure he understood also that it is not always perversity that keeps people all chopped up in these areas. There is no doubt that St. Peter both loved and betrayed Jesus. Fear, however, overwhelmed Peter's love so that, when questioned, all he could think of was survival. It was a false survival. For outside the will of the
in
subjectively."
Reflection: It is so easy to react to people and situations. But
—
and overreacting without first thinking can be
reacting
harmful. This
week I
—
will
concentrate on pausing to think before reacting to the people
around me. I will ask how present in a situation that
God is
one of two things when working with a troubled person: There is no reflective/prayerful core to their
We need time to do this. We have to take the time to become attentive. Not taking time is destructive of the
lives; or,
what passes
for a reflective
which everything is brought and measured, is abucore, the touchstone to
sive, self-destructive their humanity.
— a violation of
Whether it is an abusive relationship, drugs, emotional instability, whatever: When there is no center, there is no peace. When the center is not based upon God's loving will in the universe, things fall apart. Our power
and
spirit
They may contradict one another with such violence that, as St. Paul
We screen with our heart
what we discover with our head order to make a decision that is ours and one we can confirm
Most psychotherapists such as my-
spirit of forgiveness.
of judgment fails us. Head and heart,
based on so violent a curiosity. Perhaps it is easier to understand
and ambiguity, what differentiates things....
demands attention if it is to grow. I believe this attention ought to come in a spirit of prayer. Prayer has a way of giving us focus and enabling us to become more whole, more unified as individuals.
self discover
By Brother Cyprian
Dr., Liguori, MO 63057. 1993. Paperback, $9.95), by Pierre Wolff, is a step-by-step guide to informed decision making that engages our intellect, heart and will. "Discernment," says the author, "is a process that allows a person to see, without confusion
intellect:
mind and body, The unity of "self"
unity we need as individuals. It places us at risk of being led by impulses that leap up from our feelings or our thoughts, hindering our actions from serving as elements of a genuine pilgrimage toward greater wholeness and holiness.
(Marist Brother Rowe is a research associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a dean of students at the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT I've known people who were so busy thinking about what they might do that they didn't do anything. They couldn't connect their power to think with their
power to act. And I've known people so caught up in activities that they wouldn't step back to think about what they were doing. Their thoughtless actions enslaved them. To me, our human power to act is a gift from God. But our actions are meant our powers to think and to be to be evaluated in the light of two other gifts motivated by feelings. Otherwise our actions will lead away from freedom and
—
a kind of slavery. "Freedom is the power
into
Catholic Church.
to act or not to act,"
And when we
says the new Catechism
give direction to this
power
it
is
of the
perfected (No.
1744). I
believe people need to reflect on the
to feel strongly
about
power they have to act. And they need
it.
power means they can take action to change things and to grow. force creates room for hope. When actions are thoughtful and compassionate, well-informed and empathetic, they are a blessing -r- for you and for others. For Thus,
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this
this
life
David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!
The Catholic News
February 10, 1995
FAITH IN THE
Why
Should human feelings matter in decision By Father David Catholic
K.
News
O'Rourke, Service
When we
begin our parish staffs weekly meetings, I am always anxious to "get down to work." For me that means getting down to the business of working on schedules, planning upcoming events and making decisions we must make that morning. In other words, I tend to relate to the other staff people "head first" (Oops, I meant I relate through the "work" we do together.). But there are others on our staff who tend to work their agenda items "The goal in into
broader human
discussions.
I
might
say that they tend to "feel"
their
way
to establish to
We take the different approaches to our work together seriously because we want to establish a sense of equality and belonging in our staff. For, to the extent that these approaches do involve a difference between the ways men and women relate, they may get
first"
is
( ...
The goal parish
while.
Business
doesn't begin until
human contacts are
human
an
takes
"head first" (an approach which takes seriously the power of
is
not just
human thinking), but which incorporates the need for an "atmosphere of cordial-
which incorporates the need for an 'atmosphere
ity,"
of cordiality.'"
man feelings more seriously in the work-
and family gather-
place).
proaches to work represent the different approaches of men and women. Based on our parish staff members, it might seem there is some truth to this theory.
We
can and do joke within our parish staff about these differences in approach, but they really are different.
—
— Anthony Soignoli, Gardner, Mass. "It
down to wisdom. People who are moment before acting or speaking."
boils
very wise
seem
to
be able
to wait that
— Danny Gallagher, Sykesville, Md.
"There is a pressure expectation in our world for an immediate response, immediate action, or people will think you are not performing effectively, that you Karen Trom, Deerfield, III. don't know what you're doing."
—
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asks: What does it mean for you to be merciful? If respond for possible publication, please write: Faith 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.
you would Alive!
like to
our lives.
We need our parish ministers when they
to be sensitive to people
are
most open or most vulnerable.
One principle of group functioning is that a group can't work together unless people trust each other, and you can't trust each other unless you know each other.
That's why time spent getting to know each other on our staff is not only enjoyable on the human level, it is
a necessary part of getting things
done
well.
(Father O'Rourke is pastor of St. Dominic's Church in Benicia, Calif.)
as well (the ap-
weekend's events
Perhaps that word "atmosphere" is a key term here. For some members of dut staff, establishing this atmosphere f cordiality is the first item of business. And, from their point of view it is a business item that makes what follows possible. Without it the "business" can ring hollow. There are experts and writers today who propose that these different ap-
— Donna Store, Baker, Ore.
act."
proach that takes hu-
renewed, until the
ings are recalled, until an atmosphere of cordiality is established.
how we
in our
to establish approach to work
which
thinking), but
in
is
not just
seriously the power of
before you act?
in charge.
is
an approach
difficult to think
"Usually there's a fear way down inside that if you think before you act that you that you will lose out on some earthly excitement (because) if not act at all you think about it, you will see that it's not what God would really want you to do."
used to determine whose turf it is or who
our parish
sometimes
may
(extra)
along.
There are those on the staff who, upon entering the room, want to visit a
ourselves
to
sized.
work which
"head
making?
is
MARKETPLACE
"The fast-paced world we live in. Our culture is such that people have become an impulsive society.... We don't expect anything to take time. We then apply that
And good functioning means that we take them seriously. I doubt it is a question of either-or. Rather it is a question of both-and. To work together well, however, people need to recognize in themselves and in others what approach is being empha-
OP
is it
& Herald
Actually, our staff s practice of celebrating birthdays is also important to the atmosphere we hope to create. It is important not only as a way of recognizing individuals, but because it sets a tone. And that can set a tone for our work with others, too, because so much of what we do is connected to the ways
parishioners feel. When you think about it, the church's ministry enters into the lives of our Catholic people in its most significant forms around occasions about which people feel very strongly. The birth of children, the death of loved ones, falling in love and plan-
ning to get married, seeing children grow up and receive the sacraments: All these are very affecting times in
CNS
Thinking of the heartfelt variety By Father John Catholic
News
J.
the two powers are fused in a cult for us to grasp today.
Castelot
Service
You hear repeatedly
As Paul reminded the Thes-
in the Bible
how someone "thought in his heart." The phrase reflects a view among Semitic people of what the human person is.
Today we tend to distinguish thinking from feeling; we may see the two in tension. But Semitic people fused the two. In their "psychology," the heart could both think and feel. For them the heart was the thinking instrument. So true was this that the prophet Hosea even portrays God wrestling with conflicting emotions as if "thinking something through." In a remarkable passage Hosea sees Israel's ungratefulness as having hurt
—
photo by Cleo Freelance Photo
God
painfully.
rael
was a
Egypt
God
reflects:
"When
Is-
child I loved him, out of called my son. The more I
I
called them, the farther they went from me" (Hosea 11:1-2). God's immediate reaction is to have nothing more to do with them. But love
— insightful, perceptive love — takes over:
"How
could
I
O O Israel?... my pity is vent to my blazyou up,
give
Ephraim, or deliver you up, My heart is overwhelmed, stirred.
I
will not give
ing anger."
IT
And why will God spare them? "I am God and not man." Under similar circumstances a wounded human being might react furiously.
But
this is God.
The
interest-
ing thing about Hosea's portrayal is that it reflects a struggle a process of working things out, so to speak
—
—
between conflicting feelings. St. Paul was a Semite to the core, a man of deep feelings. To know his thinking we must
know
way diffi-
his feelings;
salonians, he could have dealt with them out of a position of authority, but "rather, we were gentle with you, as a nursing mother cares for her children. With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you not only the Gospel of God, but our very selves as well, so dearly beloved had you be-
come"
(1
Thessalonians
2:7-8).
Jesus, himself a Semite,
was a
per-
son of deep feeling. That may be why he was so sensitive to human suffering, so understanding and forgiving of human weakness. Like God in Hosea, Jesus must have been emotionally devastated by his people's cruel treatment of him. Yet, at the height of his agony on the cross, Jesus could ask, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34).
Even before this ordeal began, Jesus wrestled with conflicting emotions: "Abba, Father, all things are
Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will" (Mark 14:36). Love triumphed over terror. Heartpossible to you.
felt love.
(Father Castelot
is
scholar, author, teacher
a Scripture
and
lecturer.)
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February 10, 1995
MUSICA PARA ENAMORADOS
Nuevo obispo
Por Arturo De Aguilar
Cuando
se trata de ir a una fiesta normalmente nunca decimos no y si va a haber musica y baile mucho menos. Es mas, hacemos lo imposible por asistir y pasar una buena velada. Asf me sucedio a mf la semana pasada cuando supe de un baile en Taylorsville. "eDonde?... Claro que conozco... Sin falta ahf estare... a las ocho en punto". No es que yo sea el tipo de persona que deja todo por ir a bailar, inclusive ni se hacerlo. Sucede que esta vez era distinto, no era un baile cualquiera. Hace dos meses que no vefa a mis queridos amigos Iris y Angel Rivera (ver artfculo "Renovando nuestra relation" en la
edicion del 9 de diciembre de 1994).
Despues de darnos el obligado abrazo de ano nuevo, me comentaron que como parte del programa de retiros para matrimonios y parejas que ellos, junto con la mision de Holy Trinity en Taylorsville N.C., tienen ciertas
auxiliar
fotos que tome, lo contentos que estuvieron los participantes.
momentos como
este los
que
la pareja
Santida Juan Pablo
como
olvidandose de los problemas, del llanto de los ninos y del trabajo, que a veces son
coadjutor de San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia) a Monsenor Carlos Stetter, hasta ahora obispo titular de Orrea y auxiliar
algunos matrimonios conocidos
Piedad y Placido Galvan de Kannapolis, Radames y Ami Maldonado de Charlotte,
Humberto y Guadalupe Alanfs de Taylorsville y muchos otros que
cosas que les absorben y hacen que se olviden de esos detalles que mantuvieron
II
de dicha sede.
Monsenor
su noviazgo interesante y que al final los llevo a comprometerse mutuamente para
Ellwangen-Jagst,
Es muy bonito ver el fruto del trabajo
toda la vida en ese sacramento llamado
Rottemburgo-Sttutgart (Alemania),
de otros, en este caso del trabajo de Iris y Angel. Al ellos testificar de la felicidad de su union, pueden ayudar a otros a mejorar situaciones familiares que a veces han deteriorado por la falta de los detalles que hacen la vida diaria de los matrimonios. Ellos tambien ayudan a que otros testifiquen de su felicidad ante la comunidad y sean asf ejemplo de familias unidas y felices. En este evento
Matrimonio. Asf, al son de "Somos novios, nos amamos y sentimos un amor profundo, limpio y puro... " termino la velada, no sin antes, en la cena, saborear un delicioso caldo de "caracol" (que es como se llamaba la gallina que cocinaron para la reunion, segun fuentes confidenciales).
disfrutaron por igual de la velada.
pude ver como algo tan insignificante como un baile puede colaborar a que un matrimonio mejore sus relaciones. Son
hispana de Newton N.C y durante la misa dominical que celebra el padre Jose Waters
han dirigido durante
30 p.m., va a tener lugar la primera
el ano.
a la
muertos. Por eso
comunion de un nutrido grupo de ninos y ninas, que ha sido preparado por catequistas locales. Es interesante
En esta ocasion dicho evento social seria un baile, pues como buenos hispanos saben que la musica mueve hasta a los
me invitaron, pero solo
1
:
mencionar que este va a ser el primer grupo de ninos hispanos, preparados totalmente en espanol. Las catequistas a cargo de dicho grupo son Angelita Acosta
como reportero y no para bailar, puesto que dicho evento era, y de verdad lo fue, exclusivo para parejas. El sabado 21 de enero tuvo lugar el
nacio diocesis
en de
Stetter
el 9 de marzo de 1 94 1 Recibio la ordenacion sacerdotal el 1 de julio de 1966. Juan Pablo U lo nombro obispo titular de Orrea .
y auxiliar del entonces vicariato apost61ico de Chiquitos (que ahora es la diocesis de
San Ignacio de Velasco) el 3 de octubre de 1987. Recibio la ordenacion episcopal el 28 de febrero de 1988.
Primera comunion
parejas que han participado de alguno de ellos
—
Su nombro obispo
necesita para alimentar su vida conyugal,
El proximo 1 9 de febrero, en la comunidad
que
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO
Pude ver
actividades sociales para todas aquellas
los retiros
para Bolivia
amenizo el disc jockey Edward Acosta con su musica totalmente latina, desde El Gran Combo, Rey Ruiz y Grupo Niche hasta Luis Miguel, Los Panchos y
de Mexico y Xiomara Palma de Nicaragua, quienes han puesto todo su empeno por llevar adelante y hasta su termino a este primer grupo de estudiantes del catecismo.
Todos estan invitados a asistir a esta Misa y les recordamos que la celebraci6n Eucaristica se Ueva a cabo el primer, tercer y quinto domingo de cada mes en la parroquia de St. Joseph en Newton (720
W 13th
Street).
baile y lo
Los Temerarios.
En esta actividad social yo fuf el unico "colado", pues todos alii habfan participado de algun retiro para parejas y,
como tal, llevaban su "otra mitad". Mi
trabajo fue atestiguar por .medio de las
V
Bautismo Con una amplia sonrisa captamos a Marieny y Francisco Brenes quienes forman parte del consejo de la comunidad de Newton y tambien han asistido a alguno de los retiros of recidos por la mision de Holy Trinity. Foto Por Arturo
De Aguilar
Desde
el
mismo
dfa en que el Espfritu
Santo bajo sobre los apostoles, la Iglesia ha proclamado, celebrado y administrado
Bautismo. Narran los Hechos de los Apostoles que San Pedro se levanto, tomo la palabra el
y hablo en nombre de todos a la multitud que se habfa congregado allf, llena de temor y de curiosidad, para darse cuenta de lo que habfa sucedido en aquella manana de Pentecostes. San Pedro dijo a la muchedumbre: "Conviertanse y cada uno de ustedes se haga bautizar en el nombre de Jesucristo, para que se le perdonen sus pecados y recibiran al Espfritu Santo" (Hch 2, 38).
momento
preparacion.
Por eso es de extrema importacia y de gran responsabilidad para padres y padrinos que procuren que sus hijos y ahijados reciban en la edad oportuna una preparacion religiosa completa asistiendo con fidelidad y provecho a los cursos que se dan en las parroquias como preparacion
a
la
Primera Comunion y a
la
predicacion cristiana y el anuncio de la Buena Nueva. Los apostoles y todos los
de la Iglesia Catolica, Edicion Espanola, con permiso de los padres de la Sociedad de San Pablo)
En la predicacion de los apostoles y de sus sucesores el Bautismo siempre aparace unido a la fe (Hch 16, 31-33). El Bautismo es, pues, un bano de
De Aguilar
a lo largo de los siglos. Desde que el Bautismo de los ninos vino a ser la forma habitual de la celebracion de este sacramento, dicha celebracion se ha convertido en un acto unico que integra en forma muy breve las etapas de la
Confirmation. ( Comentario al Catecismo
que colaboran con ellos ofrecen el Bautismo a todo aquel que crea en Jesus: Judfos y paganos (Hch 2, 41; 8,12-13).
Foto Por Arturo
mucho
se inicia la
Desde ese
lisfrutando de la musica podemos ver a Evi e Ismael Valdez y a Dora y Ernesto Ibafiez, juienes anteriormente habian asistido a un retiro espiritual para parejas en Kernesville.
preparacion o initiation ha cambiado
agua en el que la "semilla incorruptible de la Palabra de Dios produce un efecto vivificador" (Cfr IPe 1, 23). Para poder recibir dignamente este sacramento se necesita una preparacion adecuada. Desde los tiempos apostolicos, para llegar a ser cristiano se sigue un camino de preparacion que consta de varias etapas y que comprenden siempre algunos elementos esenciales: el anuncio de la Palabra, la aceptacion del Evangelio que lleva a la conversion, la profesion de fe, el Bautismo, la efusion del Espfritu Santo y el acceso a la Eucaristfa. Esta
To Our Friends Article
by Arturo de Aguilar about a
social event for former participants in
by Iris and Angel Rivera from Florida, who have been working for the mission of spiritual retreats directed
Taylorsville as volunteers. article in
The Hispanic community is
going to have
dren
—
Fifth
a series about Baptism. its first
in
—
Newton
group of chil-
who will receive First Commun-
The group consists of 14 children and has been prepared by two Hision.
panic catchiests.
— Anew diocese has
been establish in Bolivia, the elected bishop is Monsignor Carlos Stetter.
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February 10, 1995
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Vietnamese Catholics Celebrate New Year At St. Ann Catholic Church Members of the Vietnamese Catholic community of Charlotte
gathered
at St.
Ann
Catholic Church on Jan. 28, cel-
ebrating the Lunar Year 1995 with Bishop William G. Curlin.
Speaking through a translator, Bishop Curlin addressed
more than 1,000 members of the Vietnamese community, a standing-room-only group inside the
V. VI^H P^^ "
S1
-
Ann
Parish Center gymnasium.
"Many of you have suffered because of your faith," said Bishop Curlin in his homily. "I believe that many of you
would say that your faith is what caryou to victory." While the celebration was attended by young and old, it was to parents and children that the ried
bishop offered his strongest words. believe you parents want the best for your children, Bishop Curlin. "I beg you who are parents never let your children loose the inheritance you have given them. Share with them the journey of struggles for your faith and I
said
Happy New Year The
freedom."
altar is lavishly
decorated
in
Vietnamese
for
the Mass. 'There are banners all around in a language do not understand," said Bishop William G. Curlin. "I hope it speaks of your faith, and your good will. But you and know that banners will not I
Photos by Joann Keane
"But the greatest thing you can offer -your young chilis your personal example of Jesus living in you." "I wish you happiness and good luck this year, I wish you wonderful health. I wish you many loved ones and friends," said Bishop Curlin. "But the first thing I wish you, is that the Jesus living in your soul might blossom every day and make this a better diocese."
dren,
I
change the world unless we are changed first. We do not Jesus or Love on a banner, we have to live it."
Sing a
new song
Children from the Vietnamese community perform
musically for the community attending the
Presentation of the gifts A young Vietnamese presents gifts at the altar to Bishop Curlin. "Keep your beautiful history alive here," said the bishop in his homily. "You bring to this diocese a treasure chest of Vietnamese faith."
girl
Mu Quat traditional
Vietnamese girls perform Vietnamese folk dance.
Mu Quat
just write
new year
celebration.
Retrospect Two teens present "Saigon" in remembrance left behind. "Many of you have suffered because of your faith," said Bishop Curlin. "I believe that many of you would say that your faith is what carried you to victory." of the land
during the
new
year
festivities,
The
fan
dance
is
a
Blessed are the children Bishop Curlin greets Diana Do as Father Tan Le looks on. The greatest gift you can offer your children is the personal example of Jesus living in you, said Bishop Curlin to parents.
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February 10, 1995
People When Sister
It Comes To Football, This Knows How To Pick 'Em
CHICAGO (CNS) — Sister Jean Kenny knows her
football.
The
Sister of Provi-
dence, a guest prognosticator for a Chi-
cago radio
picked the San
station,
Francisco 49ers to win Super Bowl XXIX
by a score of 44-24. Not bad; the 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26, remarkably close to the score the nun picked for the Jan. 29 game. Sister Kenny's career as a guest prognosticator began during the 1993 season when she was seemingly plucked from at random to give predictions for USA Today. Her record was better than that of USA Today resident picker Danny Sheridan. the Dallas
Cowboys
Then she picked
to beat the Buffalo
In
The News
ence a number of health problems in 1 992 weakened him. His funeral
conference in the San Cristobal diocese by Father Jesus Gonzalez, a longtime
dia relations and marketing strategies of
Mass was scheduled for Feb. 4 at Milwaukee's Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, with Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland presiding. He was to be in-
friend of Bishop Ruiz
the Paulists, will be added to his current
terred in the cathedral crypt.
Argentinian human rights activist Adolf Perez Esquivel.
that gradually
man
and a fellow hu-
rights advocate. Father Garcia said
was made Dec. 24 by the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and
the nomination
Mexican Bishop Nominated For Nobel Prize For Second Year Bishop MEXICO CITY (CNS)
Paulists
—
Name
Father Geaney Head
Of Marketing
MAHWAH,
Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de Las Casas in Mexico's troubled Chiapas state has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the second year in a row by a group of Latin American peace and human rights activists. The bishop's nomination was announced at a Jan. 26 press
N.J.
(CNS)
—
sibilities,
synchronizing the overall me-
work
in radio and television. Father Geaney, a priest since 1964, has won numerous broadcast production awards and is director of ITP-Paulist Communications, producer of several weekly radio and TV programs and other
productions.
Paulist Fa-
John Geaney has been named director of marketing and media relations for the Paulist Fathers. Father Frank DeSiano, Paulist president, made the announcement from Paulist headquarters in Mahwah Jan. 27. He said Father Geaney's new responther
by 17 points in last year's Super Bowl. Lo and behold, the Cowboys won by 17 points. Bills
Retired Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop
Dead At 79
MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Retired Auxiliary
Bishop Leo
J.
Brust of Milwaukee,
who served the church in various capacities for
Pope Prays Women Will Be Messengers Of Values Needed For Peace
more than 50
years, died Jan. 3
By CINDY
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
WOODEN
— Pope John Paul
II
prayed that
women would be "messen-
gers of the religious and moral values" that the world needs for true peace.
at St. Camillus Health Center, where he had been recuperating from hip surgery. Bishop Brust, who turned 79 on Jan. 7, had retired in 1991. He began to experi-
midday Angelus address Feb. 5, the pope began what he said would be a of talks about Catholic women "who have distinguished themselves by their
In his series
work for peace." The series is a follow-up to his message for the Jan. 1 celebration of World Peace Day 1995 which focused on "Women: Teachers of Peace." "History is rich with marvelous examples of women who, sustained by faith and were successfully able to deal with difficult situations of exploitation, violence and war," the pope said at the Angelus. The pope chose to give the spotlight in his first talk to St. Bridget of Sweden, who lived from 1303 to 1373 and "undertook a significant mission for the Europe of her time," advising princes and kings, as well as pressing for reforms within the church and for the return of the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France. "It is not difficult to grasp the relevance of her message when the continent, although working toward unification, has some regions which still today are scenes of worrying and absurd explosions of fratricidal hatred and where the threatening roar of weapons is heard," the pope said. "Likewise, in the age of St. Bridget the strength of passions undermined the peace and serenity of peoples: contrasting interests frequently gave rise to bloody conflicts and even within the church there were moments of painful tension," he said. The pope said St. Bridget answered God's call to be a messenger of peace to the church and to civil authorities. "In this work she expressed all of her femininity, refined by a profound experience of God," he said. "Sweet and strong at the same time, Bridget was able to transmit she had eight." love for agreement and peace first of all to her children love,
Maryknoll Gets
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—
(CNS)
N.Y.
Maryknoll, the Catholic Foreign Mission
Society of America, has received a $304,000 research grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia for a three-year study of "Popular Catholicism
Emerging Global Church." Researchers gathered at Maryknoll
in the
headquarters in Ossining, N.Y., in late
January to begin the study of communi-
Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Peru, St. Lucia and Tanzania. Jean-Paul Wiest, director of ties in Chile,
Mary knoll's Center for Mission Research, is overseeing the project, and Thomas Bamat, a Maryknoll lay associate,
is
coordinator.
"Through seven case
studies, re-
searchers will attempt to better under-
—
The saint, who spent her last years in a contemplative convent she established in Rome, is the mother of St. Catherine of Sweden. Her cloistered life "was not a fleeing from the world," the pope said. "On the contrary, the depth of the mystical experience allowed her to become a privileged echo
—
Mexican Beatified Standing under a tapestry depicting Mexican Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia, Pope John Paul II presides at a beatification Mass for him and three others Jan. 29. The pope called the bishop a model of the "new evangelization" needed in the Americas.
(CNS photo from
Reuters)
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of God's voice for the church and society."
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tus
Auschwitz in Poland by Soviet troops. Nazis committed their crimes while
ish
having a large consensus in public opinion because their actions were not widely reported and they were masters of propa-
of human rights and the uses of science and the mass media, said Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris, whose Jewin the
Auschwitz Nazi
concentration camp.
ganda, said the cardinal.
was "in the name of science that Nazism and its allies organized the exter-
prescriptions and constraints
"People of science must reflect and debate on this instead of letting themselves be fascinated
by the sole pursuit
of their work," he said in a by-lined arthe Jan. 27 Paris Catholic news-
ticle in
La Croix. The article was
4
'This raises the question whether the
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paper,
on the
a reflection
he
said.
Despite the tragedies of the Holocaust,
massive human rights abuses con-
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tion, particularly
those who have a Catho-
school within their
district.
Many
from the Tar Heel state are new to Congress and their stands are not known.
"By meeting with
these representa-
Fedewa, "we'll be able to get a gauge nationally on what the feeling is on choice issues and voucher issues." "What we want to do," said Skube, "is let people know they do represent this
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Whether the
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school vouch-
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Skube
said the group will be prepared to
mobilize to advance the cause. "Once they
have the
skills," said
Skube,
matter of plugging into
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Skube said the work that will be done over the next few months is aimed at education, formation and the creation of rapport with lawmakers. He said an ef-
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time after the meeting
Burlington, the group will reassemble to
vouchers as a legislative agenda, said Fedewa. An alternative, he said, should be "to break off pieces of that such as textbook relief, help with transportation, or different kinds of tax credit."
Fedewa
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CHARLOTTE — Knights of Columbus essay and
poem
contest winners were
announced recently
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on Sunday, Feb. 1 9 at 4 p.m. at the Catholic Social Services office. The group will go out for dinner after the meeting. For information, call Sister Marie at (704) 255-
at
a.m. Jesuit Father Francis Gillespie will
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at
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— (Front row)
A Catholic rated/divorced
support group for sepa-
men and women meets on month
the third Friday each
at
7:30 p.m.
at the Catholic Social Services office.
— The Basilica of
Grief Workshops St.
prayer for the unity of
all
Christians.
— Hospice of Win-
WINSTON-SALEM
ston-Salem offers two hour-long, evening
workshops: "The Loss of a Child" on Monday, Feb. 16 and "Assisting Children and Teens in Grief on Monday, March 13. For details, call (910) 7683972. Retrouvaille
— Members of
the St.
Ann Church senior club, the Happy Timers, will
leave Tuesday, Feb. 14 for a four
day excursion to Myrtle Beach for fun, games and golf.
— Catholic
vices' support
group for widows and
Social Ser-
widowers dealing with new or unresolved grief meets on the third Sunday of each month from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Catholic Center. Call Suzanne Bach at (704) 3556872 for information, or come.
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GREENSBORO Camporee
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Interfaith
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In-
weekend
is
March
3-5.
BELMONT
— A Charismatic Day of
Renewal centering on inner healing and spiritual
A planning ers is St.
meeting for scout lead-
Sunday, Feb. 12
at
2:30 p.m.
guidance
Saturday, Feb. 25
is
from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Queen of
at
call
Mary Ann Mims
at the
the
has received a $20,000 grant from the Broyhill Family Foundation to assist in
The Haid, a multi-purpose campus facility housing the Haid Theatre. The Broyhill Family Foundation in
refurbishing
Lenior, N.C. supports scholarship funds;
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CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMPS
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In the Blue Ridge Mountains of
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3700 Forest
John Neumann Church. Din-
St.
544-0621.
skills are helpful
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on the topic of empowering children. For information or reservations,
For registration
Eulittat (704) 568-1601.
World." The focus
forming for
will speak
or information, call Nick and Irene Fadero
meeting is Feb. 15. For information, Kathy Diener at (704) 553-8559.
Conference Center April 28-30. This year's theme is "You are the Light of the
lic
is
ner will be served and
terfaith
The Twentieth Annual Camporee will be at the Catho-
Group Meet
ering of Hearts,"
The next
The keynote speaker is Dr. Robert Schrag. Everyone is welcome and admission is
—
Single Parents'
and sup-
on Bible stories and parables. Awards will be distributed after 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday. All Catholic scout troops, cub packs and individual scouts or units led by Catholics are encouraged to attend. Saturday lunch is provided. For information, call Frank Thompson at (800) 521-3148 or Jack
Catholic
if
p.m. at
to provide help
CHARLOTTE —The F.A.C.E.S. Catho-
HICKORY
door will be sold for $12,
available.
port to married couples undergoing
Council presents the 1995 Interfaith Forum, "Faith, Family and Violence," Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. at the Main Branch, Greensboro Public Library in the second floor conference room.
Catholic Scout
general admission tickets cost $10 and tickets at the
gram designed
Charismatic Renewal
CHARLOTTE
mission. Preferred seating tickets cost $ 1 5,
parents and meets Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 1'?
Survivors Meet
Beach Excursion
from St. Ann Parish Evangelization Com-
Weekend
at (704)
retreat for
Tickets are available at parish offices or
CHARLOTTE — Retrouvaille is a pro-
information, call (704) 664-3992.
Rock Scripture Study on the Gospel of Luke begins Monday, Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. in the O'Donaghue Center at the St. Patrick Cathedral office on Buchanan St. The fee is $3. All are welcome.
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CHARLOTTE— Anew group, "AGatl
Scripture Study
Day
Winter Concert
A
reception followed the service.
MOORESVILLE
"Getting
John Michael Talbot will perform Saturday, Feb. 25 at St. Gabriel Church.
difficulties in their relationships.
Little
ll
artist
owed, separated and divorced Catholics is at St. Therese Church on March 4 from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Lunch is provided. For
week
7366.
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For information or registration contact
a New Social Life." For information, call
Lawrence, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox, St. Mary Anglo-Catholic Churches and St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Mission celebrated an ecumenical service together on Jan. 25 to observe the Octave of Christian Unity, an eight day period of
Contest Winners
recovering through the twelve steps of AA., Feb. 24-26. Eighteen Spaces are
topic for the Feb. 17 meeting
Ecumenical Service
Patriotic
0146.
Twelve Steps Retreat HOT SPRINGS —Jesuit House of Prayer offers "Twelve Steps to Wholeness," a weekend retreat for male members of AA
1860 by Feb. 20. For information, call Suzanne Bach, CRISM coordinator, at
ASHEVILLE
Megan
support
Our
23
vicariates is Thursday, Feb.
John Neumann Knights of
the
— A Catholic
ASHEVILLE
Reflection for Charlotte and Albemarle
Lady of the Assumption Church. Fellow-
Reminded
St.
Support Groups Meet of
American was spon-
"When I See
contest,
School.
at All Saints
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World and National Briefs Wallace Says Bishops Begged Off Criticized "60 Minutes" Episode WASHINGTON (CNS) A "60 Minutes" segment on the Catholic group Call
—
Welfare Proposals Will Hurt Kids, Not Change Parents, Witness Says
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
— Republican
USA, the U.S. Catholic Conference and the National Right to Life Commit-
ties
Higher Education Must Be Accessible, Catholic Educators Told
—
WASHINGTON
forcing wel-
spokeswoman on pro-life matters and the
responsibil-
director of Feminists for Life briefed
(CNS) The U.S. education secretary told presidents of Catholic colleges and universities that
hurt needy children without
congressional staff members and media,
their institutions are the "center of
reform proposals aimed
at
more
well as the U.S. Catholic bishops'
tee, as
to Action criticized as "intellectually dis-
fare recipients to take
honest" did not include opposing perspec-
ity will
because the CBS-TV news magazine show was unable to find a bishop willing to appear, correspondent Mike Wallace
necessarily changing their parents' be-
all
havior, the president of Catholic Chari-
but think the current proposal needs "fine-
cation should be accessible to
tuning."
"The elections
William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said the Jan. 22 program gave a high profile to the church's "radical fringe" and that producers rejected "views that would have provided some semblance of fairness." But Wallace,
"Our founder could feed 5,000 people with a few loaves of bread and fish, and
tives
said Jan. 27.
ties
USA told a congressional committee.
while
we may
try the
same,
it is
neither
arrange an interview with a cardinal or
sound social policy nor responsible government to put people's lives in jeopardy in hope of miracles," Jesuit Father Fred Kammer told the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Jan. 30. The Catholic Church through agencies such as Catholic Charities has 250
bishop to present a view from the U.S.
years of experience in helping the people
who reported the segment, told Catholic News Service that repeated attempts to
hierarchy were unsuccessful.
An
inter-
view with two lay authorities on the church was not used because producers felt the material was too dissimilar to work with footage from the Call to Action conference, Wallace said. "I don't have any
apologies to
Wallace
make
for the broadcast,"
said.
Lansing Priests' Pension Fund Missing $1.4 Million
LANSING, Mich. (CNS) —At least $ 1 .4 million
is
missing from the Lansing di-
targeted
by reforms
sponsibility Act, Father
said.
—
24 press conference. "We think
at a Jan.
"wrongful diversion" by an independent insurance agent, Bishop Kenneth J. Povish of Lansing said. In a letter to be read at
this is
Bishop Povish said the missing funds were part of a supplemental pension program and the main pension fund, invested through the Michigan Catholic Conference, was unaffected. East Lansing independent insurance agent William Sizer is accused of embezzling some $ 1 00,000 a year from the pension fund since 1984.
to raise this
in all parishes,
Kammer
Re-
Catholic Charities Grant To Help Build Ethanol Fuel Plant Bishop ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (CNS) Raymond J. Boland of Kansas City-St. Joseph announced a $40,000 grant from Catholic Charities USA to provide seed money for a planned $25 million plant to convert corn into ethanol fuel in St. Joseph. '"Seed money' seems to be a very appropriate word," Bishop Boland said
ocesan priests' pension fund because of
Sunday Masses
in the Personal
a very exciting venture."
"We are not cutting any programs money," he
said.
The
grant
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ard Riley said Jan. 3
AUGUSTA, Maine (CNS)
— Saying
are optimistic about finding
they
common
ground between opposing sides in the abortion debate, Maine's governor and the bishop of
its
only Catholic diocese
have agreed to form a committee to work on it. After his meeting with Portland Bishop Joseph J. Gerry at the state capitol Jan. 23, Gov. Angus King asked for an informal committee to be established to look at areas of common ground between supporters and opponents of abortion and at issues arising from confrontational demonstrations and violence at abortion clinics. The committee will include four people chosen by Bishop Gerry and four appointed by Karen Heck, who co-chairs the Maine Choice Coalition. A ninth neutral facilitator chosen by the other members will round out the
1
during the annual
Washington of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Riley told about 250 school presidents meeting
in
that the accessibility of higher education is
a key part of President Clinton's Middle
Class Bill of Rights that proposes tax
deductions for college tuitions, expansion of
IRA
withdrawals for education
and creation of skills grants and child tax credits.
Governor Wants Religious Schools In Wisconsin's Voucher Program MADISON, Wis. (CNS) Wisconsin,
—
the
first state
to implement school choice,
may soon extend the program to
include
schools with religious affiliations,
governor's plan
is
approved.
"It is
in the right direction," said
if
the
a step
Sharon
Schmeling, associate director of Wisconsin Catholic Conference, the public policy
group.
arm of Massachusetts Victory For Catholic Landlords Hailed By League
BOSTON (CNS) — A decision in Mas-
the state's bishops.
The $11.5
million plan, announced by Wisconsin
Gov.
Tommy Thompson
state
of the state address, would enable
in his Jan.
25
the $3,000 vouchers currently available to eligible students in the
the 1993 floods in the region.
Catholic landlords
Proposed Welfare Changes Seen As Adding Pressure To Have Abortions WASHINGTON (CNS) Welfare reform proposals in the Republicans' Per-
—
young women
to
have more abortions,
said speakers at a Jan. 31 congressional briefing. Potentially increasing
demand
for abortions, the speakers said, if
were
additional
children are born to welfare recipients; to cut off aid to unmarried,
underage
mothers or if paternity is not established by the state; and to end benefits after two years. Policy advisers for Catholic Chari-
who
cited their reli-
camp
CAMP
iiicrri-msic
TIAUWItLAKK "A
SUMMER OF FUN, BUILDING
CONFIDENCE & MOTIVATION"
Parental Choice
Program
to
Milwaukee be used
in
gious convictions in refusing to rent to
private or parochial schools. For the past
an unmarried couple. The decision of
four years, the vouchers were only to be
Attorney General L. Scott Harshbarger,
used
agreed to in December, was
in nonsectarian schools.
made public
and hailed by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in Boston. In a st: ment, the league, which had joined the Massachusetts Catholic in late January
Vatican, Algerian Officials
Meet To
Discuss Violence
I:
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
— Vatican and
in filing friend-of-the-court
Algerian officials met and discussed the
briefs supporting the landlords, called the outcome " a vindication of the First
continuing political violence in Algeria
Conference
a victory for the rights
and the "sometimes heroic" role of the tiny Catholic community there, the
of conscience of American Catholics and
Vatican said. Algerian Foreign Minister
Amendment and of
all
religious believers."
"Never Again," Pope Says In Auschwitz Remembrance VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John
—
Paul n, proclaiming "Never again anti-
"MORE THAN JUST A CAMP"
people.
nation case has resulted in victory for the
provisions to cap benefits
m
all
November made
sachusetts not to retry a housing discrimi-
unintended effect of encouraging poor
Inc.
last
comes from a specific Catholic Charities program to help replace jobs lost during
sonal Responsibility Act could have the
Mortgage Network,
America's future" and said higher edu-
eral
No direct
diocesan funds are involved, the bishop added.
saying they support welfare reform
Semitism!" said the Auschwitz death camp marked one of the darkest chapters of human history. "God does not want us to be weeping tomorrow over other Auschwitzes of our own day. Let us pray and work so that this does not happen," he said Jan. 29. "Never again antiSemitism! Never again the arrogance of nationalism! Never again genocide!" he said. The pope's remarks came as religious and political leaders commemorated the 50th anniversary of the liberation
of the Nazi camp in southern Poland, where upwards of 1 .5 million people were
Mohamed Salah Dembri and Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, an assistant secretary of
state,
26
met
at the
for
more than an hour
statement said. The two discussed the "tor-
mented
situation" in the
North African
country and the importance of pacification for the entire Mediterranean area, it said.
Among the latest victims of attacks
by anti-government Muslim groups were four missionary priests in late ber.
Decem-
Vatican officials are increasingly con-
cerned that the anti-foreigner campaign of the radical groups has also become an anti-Christian campaign.
Welfare Needs Reform, But With Care, Bishop Tells Congress
WASHINGTON
killed.
Jan.
Algerian's request, a Vatican
(CNS)
— The U.S.
Catholic bishops support "genuine" wel-
and oppose the federal government abandoning its role in helping families overcome poverty, said the head of the bishops' Domestic Policy Committee. "We are not defenders of the welfare status quo, which too often relies on bureaucratic approaches, discourages work and breaks up families," wrote Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop John H. fare reform that strengthens families
protects children, but they
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The Catholic News
Mercy
(from page
& Herald
February 10, 1995
1)
to serve as executive director of the foun-
dation.
Mercy Health Services, Inc., includes Mercy Hospital with 305 beds and Mercy Hospital South with 97 beds.
It
Truth Doesn't
also in-
cludes several subsidiary corporations,
"Since the old ethic has not yet been
everyone
,500 people.
it
has been necessary to
which continues to be socially
really
knows, that human
life
begins at conception and
if
continuous whether
is
The very considerable semantic gymnastics which
human
are required to rationalize abortion as anything but taking a ludicrous
The
displaced
killing,
abhorrent. The result has been a curious avoidance of the scientific fact, which
intra- or extra-uterine until death.
1
fully
separate the idea of abortion from the idea of
Mercy employs more than
including eight physician practices.
Health Services, Inc.
Abortion Does.
Kill.
life
would be
they were not put forth under socially Impeccable auspices."
Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospi-
"A
New
and
Ethic for Madtelna
Society,*
California Madfctna (adttortal),
tal
Authority, which began in 1943,
em-
ploys approximately 7,000 people.
September 1970
It
'Abortion
the
kills
life
of a baby after
includes Carolinas Medical Center, a
it
Lenten Retreat Day With Mary Ann Getty CHARLOTTE — "Journey"
has begun.'
'Plan Toot Children tor Hearth and Happiness,
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
teaching hospital with 777 beds and a
i.
major research center, University Hospiwith 130 beds, Carolinas Medical Center's Center for Mental Health with 66 beds, the Charlotte Institute of Reha-
We have reached a point in this particular technology where there Is no possibility of denial of
tal
bilitation
1963
The sensations
of
an act of obstruction by the opafator.
dismemberment
ft
before one's eyes.
is
flow through the forceps like an electric current." Or. Warren Ham, Abortionist, at a Meeting of the Aaaoc. of Planned Parenthood Physicians
San Otogo. October 26, 1978
with 123 beds and Amethyst
"Paradoxically,
I
have angry feelings at myself
for feeling
doing a technically good procedure which destroys a fetus,
with 94 beds. There are 27 physician
New MenJco
groups in the Authority-owned Carolinas' Health Network. Other facilities
kills
good about.
is the focus of the annual Lenten retreat day on Sat-
.
a baby.*
urday,
Atoroonlsi
News
cat
.
1993
July 12,
March 1 1 at St. Gabriel Church. Mary Ann Getty, a scripture pro-
Dr. 'Many times"
Brookwood Retirement Center, Huntersville Oaks Nursing Home and Sardis Nursing Home. include the
would
what
lie in
•Maybe they're
"women who had Just had
(a clink; nurse said),
the recovery room and
to say to these
cry,
'I've
women," the nurse
my
Just killed
told the group.
baby'.
.
"Part of
.
|
abortions
don't
fessor
from
Vincent College in
St.
know
burgh.,
me thinks,
is
Pitts-
the featured speaker. In her
"
right'
presentation /'Becoming a Pilgrim: Nurturing a Biblical Image," she expresses
Carolinas Medical Center serves as
'Even
if
you're pro-choice, no
one
see a dead
her belief that the spiritual experience of
fetus."
viima Vatdez, Education Director,
the regional referral center for a network
of 20 community hospitals
likes to
journey "lends
Planned Parenthood of Greater Miami The Miami Herald October 24, 1992
It had more than 25,000 admissions and more than 275,000 am-
portant: faith, call, conversion, change, Pro-life
Mercy Health
advocates
So do
call
abortion
hope and mission." killing.
Dr. Getty has written widely pub-
abortion advocates.
Agreement on basic fact
Services provided care for nearly 10,000 inpatient admissions
number of Bib-
and Lenten themes which are im-
lical
mont Carolinas.
bulatory visits last year.
a
itself to
,
in the Pied-
Is
the
first
step
In
reasoned dialog.
lished articles and the book, Paul: Mis-
A
sionary to the Gentiles.
and 290,000 ambu-
contributing
editor to the Catholic Study Bible, she
latory visits last year.
Abortion Policy Must be Debated. Without Violence. But with Truth.
Associate Editor Joann Keane contributed to this article.
has spoken
at pastoral
conferences, pro-
fessional conventions,
and the Summer
Bible Institute at the Oratory.
"Journey Into Lent"
is sponsored by Church Faith Development Office and the Rock Hill Oratory
the St. Gabriel
E
piscopal Calendar
Center for
Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events during the next few weeks:
Truth
edition of
The New York Times. The ad (CNS photo)
a group of abortionists,
(from page 4)
deemed She said the person she spoke
pm
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the
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office
had provided all the documentation required by the Times for each quote, Quinn said, the Times' representative
the forceps like an electric current."
balked
of Dr.
quoted a 1 963 pamphlet from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America called "Plan Your Children for Health and Hap-
Times
piness,"
"abortionist."
representative said the
if the pro-life office
tified that
could show him iden-
way in a news
pro-life office produced a
story that described
story. When the New York Times
Hern
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