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Lent is time for sharing God's gifts,
Catholic
says pope; projects announced
leaders
remember
By CINDY WOODEN News Service ReVATICAN CITY (CNS) sponding to the love of God the Father and his abundant gifts, Christians should make Lent a time of sharing those gifts with others, Pope John Catholic
King Hussein ...Page
16
Paul
—
II said.
"If we live
Lent with our eyes fixed on the Father, it becomes a unique time of charity, manifested in our works of spiritual and corporal mercy," the pope said in his annual message for
Witnessing to the
Gospel at
Lent.
work ...Page
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Unum" announced
ceses in
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12
News Catechists
commit to
Oceania to fund "100 Projects of the Holy Father" during 1999. The projects range from literacy programs to housing for the elderly. In addition. Catholic charity and development agencies have joined the program with projects and financing worth $17.6 million. The agency-related projects include two worth $4 million each: construction of a seminary in Albania and construction of housing for displaced people in areas of the former Yugosla-
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formation
15
we live
Lent
with our eyes fixed
on the Father, t
becomes a unique time of charity
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ongoing
...Page
it had colfrom some 200 dioNorth America, Europe and
lected $2.8 million
nine after papal flight
Local
The theme of the pope's 1999 message for Lent, which begins Feb. 1 7 for Latin-rite Catholics, is "The Lord Will Prepare a Banquet for All Peoples." Releasing the message Jan. 19 at the Vatican, the Pontifical Council
manifested
Although originally conceived as a program with 100 specific projects, requests and offers for funding expanded the program to 223 projects, said Msgr. Frank Dewane, an official at
spiritual
in
our
and
corporal works of mercy."
"Cor Unum." Participating agencies include the
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in
visit
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for
development agency, Msgr. Dewane said. ops'
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Faith Alive!
In addition, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia joined the agency side of the program with proposals and funding for a parish nurse project and for a
home
for
women
with
HIV/AIDS.
During Lent, Pope John Paul said message, "Our thoughts go especially to those excluded from the banin his
quet of everyday consumerism." ...Pages
8-9
Individual and
Pope John
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Human
Development, the U.S. bishops' domestic anti-poverty program; Catholic Relief Services, their international relief and development agency; and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, the Canadian bishCatholic
communal
acts of
Photo by Joann Keane
charity and organized efforts on a so-
and
needed to help "all those who have no share in the material benefits which progress has brought," the pope said. "There are situations of persistent misery which cannot but impinge upon the conscience of Christians, reminding them of their duty to address these situations both as individuals and as a community," he said. Pope John Paul also called on international institutions and national governments to "undertake brave plans and projects to ensure a more just sharing of the goods of the earth." cial
political level are
The Lord's promise to prepare a banquet for all peoples is ultimately a promise of union in heaven with God the Father and with all peoples, the pope said. In addition to sharing material blessings, he said, Christians must share the hope they draw from God's promise.
"Those who are lonely, those on the margins of society, the hungry, the
victims of violence, those who have no hope must be able to experience, in the
church's loving care, the tenderness of
SHARING GOD'S
GIFTS, page 3
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Ihe World
February 12, 1999
Brief
in
mg
Black Catholics urged to celebrate their heritage, faith YORK (CNS) Father
Indian prime minister fasts, appeals for harmony and tolerance NEW DELHI, India (CNS) Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari
—
NEW
—
Giles A. Conwill called on participants
Mass commemorating February as Black History Month to celebrate their in a
black heritage and their Catholic
Vajpayee fasted on the anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's death to appeal for
faith.
"The first thing I'm going to do when I get to heaven is thank God for making me black and for making me Catholic,"
communal harmony and
at St.
In a nationwide broadcast, Vajpayee decried "terrorism that continues to claim innocent lives" and condemned
New
York. The event also marked the 10th annual National Day of Prayer for the AfricanAmerican Family. Patrick's Cathedral in
attacks on nuns, the burning of churches and the recent killing of an Australian missionary and his two
New nuncio to Canada has experience in trouble spots
CNS
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope
John Paul
appointed a diplomat with experience in troubled countries such as Haiti and Colombia, along with parts of Europe, Africa and Asia, to be his representative in Canada. Italian II
Archbishop Paolo Romeo, 60, was named nuncio to Canada Feb. 5. He had been serving as nuncio to Colombia since 1990. After studying canon law, he entered the diplomatic service
1967 and worked in the Philippines, Belgium, Venezuela and Rwanda and in the Vatican Secretariat of State. Vatican to launch Web site in
dedicated to jubilee year
VATICAN CITY grims planning
—
(CNS)
a trip to
Rome
for the
jubilee year can pay a virtual visit
and even make arrangements
Pil-
first,
for their
with a new Vatican Internet site dedicated to the year 2000. The site, stay,
which goes on
22 at
Feb.
line
www.Jubil2000.org, offers plenty of
how
practical information, such as
to
get from the airport to St. Peter's Square, as well as city maps, descriptions of special events and the opening hours of the major basilicas. It also is full of facts on liturgy, history and practices related to the Holy Year. Bishops discuss S. African
seminaries TOWN, South Africa
CAPE (CNS)
—
South African seminaries
PHOTO BY Josip Stilinovic
sons.
Croatian march
trict
parish helps Haitian village get water pipeline WEBSTER, Mass.(CNS) Parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church are hoping that their outpouring of support in Webster will trans-
tice
late into
tJ.S.
Croatian religious march in candlelit procession from the Franciscan church to the cathedral of Zagreb Feb. 2 to mark the World Day for Consecrated Life. will maintain connections and "support each other," the region's bishops said after Cape Town's archbishop decided to create a local seminary. Bishops' conference representatives met staff of South Africa's three seminaries Jan. 27 to "find a way forward," said a Ja;n. 29 statement from the conference.
At
John Vianney Seminary in Pretoria, former seminarians who St.
asked not to be named have made allegations of excessive drinking, womanizing and racism. "Allegations by former seminarians of misbehavior at our seminaries formed part of the discussion," the bishops said in their statement.
—
attorneys to Supreme Court JusAntonin Scalia, whom she mentioned by name. But the tide started turning, she said, with the effort in
1996 to commute the death sentence of Joseph O'Dell III of Virginia, whose cause was taken up by Italian citizens and politicians. Professor suggests policy shift
from welfare to working poor CHEVY CHASE, Md. (CNS)
—
If
and state rules are getting people off welfare, then the
changes
in federal
public policy debate should shift to the
working poor, a Harvard University professor suggested Feb. 1 at a welfare policy conference. Mary Jo Bane, a
Church closing 'loophole' allowing capital punishment, nun says WASHINGTON (CNS) The
professor of public policy and manage-
"loophole" in Catholic teaching that
have dropped by 43 percent according
—
permits capital punishment is slowly closing, according to Sister Helen Prejean, who wrote the book "Dead Man Walking." In a Feb. 2 adstill
ment at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, noted that welfare rolls to
some estimates
since the
new
fed-
law took effect in 1996, but the poverty rate for female-headed households with children dropped only
eral welfare
dress in the crypt level of the U.S.
three percentage points in the past two
Capitol, Sister Prejean said that "people had loopholes a mile wide if they wanted to quote Catholic teaching on the death penalty" from dis-
years.
—
"These workers are very vulnerat the next recession," Bane said, "and they're still poor. We have turned the welfare poor into the workable
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— A charismatic
celebrated today at
— The
Catholic As-
St.
Patrick
home-
school support group, meets today for a Lenten potluck supper at 6:30 p.m. in Laurentine Hall of the Basilica of St. Lawrence. For details, call Denise Vish at (828)
645-6990, or Sheryl Oligny at
Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, at
(828) 298-0336.
4 p.m. Prayer teams are available at 3 p.m. For further information, call Josie
The Story of a Soul," a live drama
527-4676.
chocolate lovers," featuring a variety of
today from 2-4 p.m. in Charles Borromeo Church, 728 W. Union St., Cost is $ 10 per person. For details, call (828) 437-3108.
Murray
Catholic Diocese of
Charlotte and $1 8 per year for
subscribers.
is
catered desserts,
Phone: (704) 370-3333 FAX: (704) 370-3382
amount
of Feb. 2 was $6,110. Since 1995, Sacred Heart has been twinned with St. Anne's Parish in Chardionnier in the Haitian Diocese of Les Cayes, said Sis-
19 ASHEVILLE
MORGANTON — A "Valentine tea for
11:30
Secretary: Jane Glodowski St.,
14 CHARLOTTE
at (704)
Advertising Representative: Cindi Feerick
1123 South Church
February
Mass
— 9:00 am
toral director, the
sociation of Family Educators, a
planner
calendar
D
1.
an outpouring of clean water About $5,000 is needed to build a pipeline to get clean water from the mountains in Haiti to the village of Bosquette. According to Sister Theresita Donach, Sacred Heart's pasin Haiti.
...
Diocesan NEWS
tolerance.
However, the parliamentary affairs minister, Madan Lai Khurana, resigned the same day to protest radical Hindu groups' recent attacks on Christians, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.
he said. Father Conwill, a priest of the Diocese of San Diego who teaches history at Morehouse College in Atlanta, was the homilist Feb. 7 for the annual
Mass commemorating the month
poor.
is
Hall of
St.
GASTONIA — A Mass in Vietnamese is
celebrated at 2 p.m. today in St.
Michael Church, 708 St. Michael's Lane. Call (704) 867-6212 for details. 1 is
8
HIGH POINT — A healing Mass
celebrated today at 7:30 p.m. in the
chapel of Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro Rd. For details, call (336) 886-2444.
20 WINSTON-SALEM
— "Therese: based
Therese of Lisieux, is today at 3:30 p.m. at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Dr. Cost is $4 for adults, $ 10 for families. Space is limited. For details, call (336) 724-7071.
on the
life
of
St.
2 1 STATESVILLE
—
"Therese: The Story of a Soul," a live drama based on the life of St. Therese of Lisieux, is today at 7 p.m. at St. Philip the Apostle Church, 525 Camden Dr. Cost is $3. For details, call (704) 872-2579. Changes, an 22 CHARLOTTE Alzheimer's support gi"Oup, meets today at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., from 1:30-3:30 p.m. For details, call Suzanne Bach at (704) 376-4135.
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The Catholic News & Herald 3
February 12, 1999
Wake 1999 commencement
Cardinal Arinze to deliver Forest's
—
Cardinal WINSTON-SALEM Francis Arinze, one of the Roman Catholic Church's most renowned leaders, will deliver Wake Forest University's 1999 commencement ad-
OFFICE OF THE BISHOP
dress on
February
5,
May
figure
who was made
John Paul mentioned
Mr. Kenneth Hackett, Exec. Dir. Catholic Rehef Services 209 West Fayette Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201
the pope. tifical
cardinal by
Pope
rending days
in their
is
is
president of the Pon-
Council for Interreligious Dia-
Council for Interreligious Dialogue brings ideal conclusion to this Year of Globalization and Diversity," said Wake Forest President Thomas K. Hearn Jr. "The Wake Forest comtifical
munity
homeland.
fortunate and grateful to
is
have Cardinal Arinze as our honored guest."
Sincerely in Christ,
Hearn, along with his wife, Laura, extended Cardinal Arinze an invitation to speak at commencement during a personal audience in Rome. "We left with a sense of his deep piety, keen
Most Reverend William G. Curlin Bishop of Charlotte
Sharing God's "Many
Effective January 25, 1999 Rev. Christopher W. Nowak, O.S.A., Parochial Vicar St. John Neumann Church, Charlotte, NC
of our brothers and sisters can bear their situation of misery, discomfort and sickness only because they are certain that one day they will be called to the eternal banquet of heaven," Pope John Paul said. Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of "Cor Unum," said charity is a necessary witness to the goodness of God in a world which sees poverty
at
Effective January 27, 1999 Rev. Bernard Backiel, M.I.C., In Residence at Our Lady of Grace Church, Greensboro, NC
and suffering and
God does
is
tempted to believe
not exist or does not love his
creatures.
The archbishop announced that Pope John Paul would celebrate a Mass May 16 at the Vatican with rep-
Rev. Daniel Papineau, M.I.C., Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Grace Church, Greensboro, NC
resentatives of Catholic charity and
24 CHARLOTTE
—
A support group for persons separated, divorced, and remarried outside the church meets today from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the activity center of St. Ann Church, 3635 Park Rd. For details, call Cindy Shortall at (704) 529-5080.
GREENSBORO
.
— The Greensboro
Council of Catholic Women hosts its Lenten mini-retreat today at
..annual |St.
Mary Church, 812 Duke St. Mass
is
by coffee and refreshments. Others gatherings are March 3, lOand 17, concluding March 24 with Mass and a covered dish luncheon. All are welcome. For details, call Lillian Leonard at (336) 299-0736.
^at 10 a.m., followed
25 ASHEVILLE
—
The Caring
Hearts AIDS Ministry of St. Joan of Arc Church, 919 Haywood Rd., hosts a healing Mass celebrated by Father John Pagel at 7 p.m. in the church hall for everyone in need of physical, emotional or .spiritual healing. Refresh-
ments
will follow.
(828) 252-3151.
For
details, call
26 CHARLOTTE program
—
Retrouvaille
is
a
with Us!",
its
annual gala and auction
married couples that brings hope, teaches communication on
benefiting the school, today from 7 p.m.-midnight at the Swing 1000 Club
a feeling level, helps couples realize that
on Central Avenue. Tickets are $75 each, which includes dinner, valet parking, and entertainment. The CCHS Foundation is also selling tickets at $5 each or 6 for $25 for chances at winning a cruise for two on the Mis-
for
problems are not unique, helps couples identify their values and priorities, and teaches couples to start anew. The program begins today. For details, call Rev. Mr. Nick or Irene Fadero, their
from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. in Belk Gymnasium at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The opening ceremony is Feb. 26 at 6 p.m., and the closing ceremony is Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. The display is co-sponsored by UNCCharlotte and the Regional AIDS In-
can be purchased by sending a check payable to CCHS Foundation to 7702 PinevilleMatthews Rd., Charlotte, N.C. 28226. For details, call (704) 543-91 18. 28 ASHEVILLE The Catholic Association of Family Educators, a homeschool support group, hosts a "moms' evening" today at 7 p.m. For details, call Denise Vish at (828) 645-6990, or Sheryl Oligny at (828) 298-0336.
Network. For details, call Shane Windmeyer, (704) 547-2521.
March
(704) 544-0621, or (800) 470-2230.
CHARLOTTE
— The AIDS Memo-
Quilt is on display today from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m., and Feb. 27 rial
sissippi River. All tickets
—
terfaith
and bus or van parking can be arranged by Feb. 23. Charlotte 27 CHARLOTTE Catholic High School hosts "Swing Special transportation needs
—
candidates. If
first
black pope
since the reign of St. Gelasius
496.
The
I
ended
in
article also described the car-
2 GREENSBORO Waldek Ziolkowski
of major international positions. In Africa, he served as the regional Catholic education secretary for eastern Nigeria, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria, and vice president for Africa of the United Bible Societies. In 1985, Cardinal Arinze was appointed president of the Secretariat for Non-Christians, which was later renamed the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. In addition to the council, Arinze serves on several
CARDINAL ARINZE,
page
15
gifts, from page i
the heavenly Father," the pope said.
His Excellency, Bishop William G. Curlin, announces the following changes in clergy assignment in the Diocese of Charlotte:
would be the
with a charismatic personality." Born in Nigeria, Cardinal Arinze became an ordained priest in 1958, bishop in 1965 and an archbishop two years later. His work for the Roman Catholic Church has included a variety
He
1985,
followers of other religions. "His work as president of the Pon-
We
among papacy
list"
dinal as "theologically conservative,
in
ing mutual understanding, respect and
together with a donation from our diocesan relief fund. May God bless you and your staff for the good work that you will continue to keep you in our prayers as you strive to do. help the people of Honduras and Nicaragua during these heart-
the
frequently
II
collaboration between Catholics and
Please find enclosed our check in the amount of $155,000.00 for the Hurricane Mitch Relief Fund, representing additional contributions received from parishioners of the Diocese of Charlotte,
A
placed Cardinal Arinze "near the top of
as a possible successor to
logue, the Vatican's office for promot-
Dear Mr. Hackett:
ality,"
elected, he
17.
Cardinal Arinze, an international
1999
and warm, engaging personHearn said of the visit. 1998 Wall Street Journal article
intellect
— Marian Father discusses
how
to
develop Christian character today from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the activity cen-
development organizations and with Catholics involved in volunteer work, to underscore the importance of their activities.
He
also said the council's "Pane
Caritatis" project,
which involves
Ital-
ian bakers donating a portion of special
bread sales, had raised more than $300,000 in its first three months. "Cor Unum" has sent $100,000 to the Archdiocese of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to build bread ovens for the poor. Another $50,000 was sent to the Diocese of Hoima, Uganda, for the care of refugees from Sudan, the archbishop said. The council is examining proposals for projects in Burundi and Rwanda, t
Our Lady of Grace Church, 2205 W. Market St. For details on this and other adult religious educater of
tion sessions, call (336) 274-0415.
5
HIGH POINT — A Latin Mass
celebrated today at Christ the
is
King
Church, 1505 E. Kivett Dr., at 7 p.m.
The rosary is prayed at 6:30, and Benediction with adoration follows the
Mass. for detaUs,
6
call (336)
884-0244.
BELMONT — First Saturday de-
votions are at Belmont Abbey Basilica today, starting with Mass at 9:30 a.m., continuing with the rosary
and concluding with the sacrament of reconciliation at 10:30. For details, call Terri or Phil DeLuca, at 9:30,
(704) 888-6050.
BOONE
— Group reunion Ultreya
meets today at 6:30 p.m. at Appalachian State University's Catholic campus ministry facility, 232 Faculty St. A covered dish dinner preceded the meeting. For details, call (828)
898-5328.
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Lent
The Pope
Speaks
is
a
February 12, 1999
& Columns
Ediioriais
tiiouglitful
time
The Bottom
used to have a hard time with Ash Wednesday. It had such a dreariness about it. "Dust we are, and to dust we shall return" seemed to defy the idea of resurrection and eternal life. It didn't seem hopeful or life affirming. But I've come to see there is a reason behind this idea of dust and ashes. It is to tell us we must face our earthly mortality, our vulnerability to weakness, our moral failures. That's our human condition. That's
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Line
ANTOINNETTE BOSCO
CNS
reality.
Some
ill and that Lent forces us to repent so as to heal and seek again what is ultimately important. Lent, the dry time in the desert for 40 days, has a happy ending. Lent invites us again to meet the person who knows us and can give us life. In fact, he revives us by breathing new life into us, a life that will never die. The Easter story is an astounding love story about life and covenant. Christ brings us out of Lent and to eternal life because he is a lover. Before we get to this understanding, we may wonder about the emphasis on dust and ashes especially when we have to explain this to children! Well, it comes from the Bible, from Genesis 2:7: "Then the Lord formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being." I wonder if we ever think about that line, really. God could have made us from starlight or sun rays, from clouds or wind. But he made humans from dust. think God made us from the earth so we'd I always know we are one with all nature. Maybe God made us from earth so that we could really believe him when he showed us through the resurrection of
cally
Fiu-ridden
pope speaks briefly
from window in By
iieu of audience
LYNNE WEIL
News Service CITY (CNS)
Catholic
VATICAN Paul
II, ill
window
with the
flu,
—
Pope John
spoke briefly from his
instead of holding his weekly general
audience Feb.
3.
The pope explained to several hundred pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square that he had "an illness of the season" and was therefore obligated to suspend his activities in recent days. "Today, however, I cannot miss directing my words to you who have come for the customary Wednesday appointment," he said. Pope John Paul had canceled the previous two days' appointments, including a homily and Mass for the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. His spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Vails, issued a statement Feb. 1 saying the pope had "an influenza syndrome." On Feb. 3, wearing a heavy cloak and standing in the relative protection of the curtained window of his study. Pope John Paul spent six minutes exposed to a winter morning particularly brisk by local standards, in order to deliver his message. Referring to the previous day's feast, he said God "shines in the life of every person and fills everyone with his joy and his peace." Pope John Paul offered a special greeting to "those who are sufifering most from the cold, above all the homeless, those who have suffered earthquakes, the sick, the aged and small chila blessing at a Feb. 2
—
his
Son that we were made
made from
earth,
hangs onto
life
we can
for eternal
and so be able to believe
our destiny,
eternal
life!
One day
I
walked near a swamp where people
On top of discarded plastic bags, I sprouts in decaying leaves. I was awed at how truly nature persists to nurture life. I was struck by the realization that we breathe because God put his breath in us, as he put breath in all of nature. Yet, enter sin, and the emphasis is on darkness, mortality and ashes. And so we need Ash Wednesday
had thrown found
litter.
little
and Lent to jolt us to "repent" and focus again on our great origins and our destiny of eternal life, designed by the Father, guaranteed by the Son and continually energized by the Spirit. Lent is only the prelude. God made us for the prize Easter.
—
Being nature
scientifically
dying
Of
Guest
little.
tions
Column
St. Valentine himself we know The Roman Martyrology for this
two
relativel)
mensame name, both martyrs in Whether there were two is a date
saints of the
the third century.
matter of debate, but there is no doubt that a Roman named Valentine was martyred, probably on Feb. 14, in the persecution of the emperor Claudius the Goth around the year 270. A church was soon erected at the site along the Porta Del Populo was known as the Gate of St. Valentine. Although this t saint is not longer listed in the Church's liturgical calendar, he still ranks among those heroic men and v women of all ages who were willing to suffer death rather than disown their Lord. How, then, did the custom of sending Valentine's Day greetings arise? In medieval times, it was commonly held that birds chose their mates on this date, halfway through the month of February. Geoffrey Chaucer, in his poem "The Parliament of Fowls," writes that it is "on Seynt Valentyne's day/When every fowl cometh ther to choose his mate." Less than a century later, a matchmaking mother in En4; gland wrote to her daughter's suitor, reminding him that St. Valentine's Day was drawing near and urging him to come visit for a few days to speak to her husband. She ended with the words, "I shall pray that we may bring the matter to a conclusion." The daughter, perhaps not altogether confident, in the persuasive powers of her parents alone, wrote4 to the man herself assuring him that if he could be content with her small dowry "and my poor person, I would be the merriest maiden on ground, a good,
priest
REV.
"May
JAMES WISEMAN, O.S.B. Guest Columnist
there be the necessary assistance for each of them," he added. a
I studied a lot of science. I learned that nothing nature dies. Everything lives again in one form or another. Resurrection is the great theme of nature. How great a God it is who made his creation for
in
too.
dren."
The pope then invoked
life.
how
identify with
as well as theologically that to be reborn after is
Columnist
we are chronisee how we must
Christian writers have said
Roman proverb
,
that calls for improved weather for the rest of
He
by switching from ItalEnglish and Spanish to greet different pilgrim groups, as he customarily does in a more expanded form during his general the season.
finished
ian to French,
audiences.
To the English-speaking pilgrims he said, "I greet the pilgrims from the United States, as well as all the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors from other countries. Upon you and your families I invoke the abundant blessings of almighty God." Pope sends Cardinal Silvestrini to Jordan for king's f unerai VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II, who had met King Hussein of Jordan four
—
times, sent Cardinal Achille Silvestrini to the
king's funeral in
Amman
Martyrdom, love marl( St. Valentine's Day 14, is noted on almost every calendar in our country and is a day that brings great profit to the manufacturers of It is quite likely, greeting cards and chocolates. however, that few persons who receive cards asking them to be the sender's Valentine know the origin of this custom. What connection could this have with the saint who is honored on this day?
Valentine's Day, Feb.
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grieved Hirn to his heart." So our first image is that of God's people being "hard-hearted," if you will. And God's response? Grief After that follows the epochal story of the great flood that destroyed the unfaithful people of the earth except for the righteous and all living creatures Noah and his family and the animals that he saved "two and two, male and female." Finally the waters subsided and Noah built an altar and made a burnt offering: "The Lord said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground because of humankind.... As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold
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J.
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and
heat,
summer and
FATHER PETER JUGIS Judicial Vicar
winter, day and night, shall
notecase." (Gn 8:21, 22)
God's love and a thousand hearts
am
constantly amazed by the Bible. If you are one of the millions of people who turn the Scriptures, day in and day out for inspiration, I
lope and comfort, you know exactly what I mean. Fust when you are ready to congratulate yourself on laving pretty fair knowledge of the stories and Deople and language, something surprises you. You ire caught by the reality of God's holiness, his loving
your good. most recent discovery came because of St. V^alentine's Day, more specifically, because of my alan to write this column. I ran through a bunch of closeness, his intimate desire for
My
but nothing clicked. That's when I thought that a suitable Scripture quote might be a ^ood place to start. So I took down one of the biblical ;oncordances on my bookshelf and looked up "heart." Do you know that "heart" or "hearts" shows up |ust about one thousand times in the Bible? It wasn't something I had ever thought about, but now I was fascinated by the number of references. The first time the word appears is in Genesis '6:5-6) in the story of Noah: "The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry Dossibilities,
He had made humankind on
that
the earth, and
Does it seem hard to reconcile this God of judgment and wrath from the first book of the Bible with of love? God has not changed. God's heart is capable of just anger and of even greater mercy. That is the real essence of Noah's story. humans are flawed and fallible and still God never stops loving us. But what about our human hearts? If God's constant, compassionate heart has not changed, have ours? Have our hearts become more like His? Today, just as with Noah, there are good people, people who seek God's will and return His love. Yet most of us seem to get so caught up in the importance of our own life and times that we only turn our hearts the
We
to
Let Christ shine through this season Last weekend. Bishop Curlin called on
God
'God
in fits
and
starts.
We mean to do better. To To
pray with more heartfelt devotion.
love our
we love ourselves, more wholeheartOverwhelmed by our problems and our fears, it
neighbors, as edly.
too easy to forget Jesus' comforting promise: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid." (Jn is
14:27) So, St. Valentine's Day is an opportunity to remember Him whose generous heart will never cease to beat or to
welcome His beloved children home.
all
in
our
of us to let the Light of Christ shine
lives.
The video message from our bishop marked the beginning of the Diocesan Support Appeal for 1999. The call to let the Light of Christ shine in our lives is a call that also applies to Lent, the season of repentance and conversion. By turning again to the Lord through prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we can let the Light of Christ shine with greater brilliance in our lives. On Ash Wednesday, the Lord calls us to return to him: "Return to Me with your whole heart," he tells us through the prophet Joel. Our life was first turned over to the Lord on the day of our baptism, when we left behind the old order of sin and death and started a new life of grace in Christ. At our baptism we first received the Light of Christ, symbolized by the baptismal candle. We began to walk as children of the Light, living the life of faith. No doubt, the Light of Christ is shining even now in our lives, and yet the Lord still return to him. Even as children of we know that we all have some returning to the Lord to do. return to the Lord over and over again through a lifetime process of conversion. calls us to
it
the Light,
We
Are statues
covered during Lent? liturgy committee is now preparing
still
Question
Q. Our parish some detailsfor Holy W^eek, with our pastor. For many years we have
When Pope
Comer
not covered the statues in
church during the last two weeks of Lent. I remember when that was done regularly, but liturgy documents we
have read
and studied suggest
which seem
this
should not be done, for
of what Holy Week is supposed to mean and how it is observed. One of our newer members, however, says she was in a church last year when all the statues were covered, not only during Holy Week but all during Lent. reasojis
Has correct in
to us very sound, in light
there been a change in the rules?
continuing what
we have
Or
are
FATHER JOHN DIETZEN
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Columnist
we
been doing?
explains, however, in this case the bishops
A.
I,
places in
have seen statues covered in some recent years, but there is no foundation too,
today for this practice in the church's liturgical instructions or policies. Before the revised edition of the Sacramentary [Roman Missal) in 1970, statues in churches were typically
covered with purple cloths during what was
two weeks of Lent. This revised missal notes, just before the text of the fifth Sunday of Lent, "The practice of covering crosses and images in the church may be observed, if
must vote
Otherwise it ceases. "The National Conference of Catholic Bishops has never voted to continue the practice of covering crosses and images, and so the practice, in accord with the rubric of the Sacramentary, has not been to continue the practice.
permissible for the past 25 years. Individual parishes are not free to reinstate the practice on their own."
then called Passiontide, the last
The crosses are to be covered until the end of the celebration of the Lord's passion on Good Friday. The images are to remain covered until the beginning of the Easter Vigil." the episcopal conference decides.
The most significant part of that rubric is that may be continued if the episcopal confer-
the practice
That same condition was repeated in 1988 in a "Circular Letter Concerning the Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts," from the Congregation for Divine Worship (No. 26). The usual procedure in liturgical law requires bishops to vote to abolish a practice or make it optional. The bishops voted some years ago, for example, to make the anointing with the oil of catechumens optional at the baptism of infants.
Interfaith sharing in
Q. In your book you
weddings
"Catholic Life in a
may
New
Century,
married before a minister orjustice of the peace if a dispensationfor such a marriage is
state that Catholics
be
obtainedfrom the bishop.
Would the ating person
church allow such a marriage if the officia woman? Would the church allow a
is
female minister to participate in a marriage ceremony performed by a priest in a Catholic church?
ence so decides.
As
the U.S. bishops'
Committee on the Liturgy
John Paul II came to Mexico Louis last month he brought with him a new Apostolic Exhortation addressed to all the people of the Americas. In that exhortation, the Holy Father reminded us that conversion takes place when we have had a true encounter with Jesus Christ. When we encounter Christ, we cannot come away from that encounter unchanged. The Lord changes us. We turn away from sin and return to him, and also become more loving toward our neighbor. During Lent, the spiritual practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving are designed to help us encounter the Lord, day after day, so that we can indeed return to him. Christ is our light to guide us in this season of repentance and conversion. On the second Sunday of Lent, we will encounter Christ whose face was dazzling as the sun and whose clothes were as radiant as the light in the glory of the Transfiguration. On the fourth Sunday of Lent, we will encounter Christ who tells us that he is the Light of the world, and St. Paul will exhort us to live as children of the Light. At the Easter Vigil, the priest will pray that the Light of Christ, rising in glory, will dispel the darkness of our minds and hearts. During this season of grace, let us return to the Light with all our heart and let the Light of Christ shine with greater brilliance in our and
St.
lives.
A. If a dispensation from the form has been granted, the marriage may be performed before any legally qualified person, male or female. Catholic guidelines for interfaith sharing in weddings provide for certain ways non-Catholic clergy
might participate when
a priest
is
the officiating
minister. Possibilities vary depending, for example,
on whether the ceremony celebration of the Eucharist.
is
or
is
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Faith Alive!
Why is love the central virtue? JOHN W. CROSSIN, OSFS
By father
happy that
Without
Without love there
Christianity!
showed us how
Jesus
tion
to love.
Love
Jesus' teaching. Jesus linked love of
is
central to
God and
love of
our neighbor.
my
children there
grabbed
— only
a
years ago to
first visit
our local Catholic infant home,
St.
Ann's.
The
little
We
were
— came up and
few years old
the visitors around the legs!
all
and immobilized for a moment. The children were looking for a human touch. They had been deprived of love at home and were "Love looking for signs of love from the staff and even from visitors. A hulove
and that of many others
changes
children showed
life's
perception of the world changes as well. Relatives, friends,
baby
sitters,
After childbirth, a couple's
often expresses
perception of faith and the church
community often changes as well. Love makes us want to share the most important things in life with
touch," says
Crossin. "Babies
no matter what our age, we all need a hug once in a while though a daily hug or two is pref-
need
Recently, within a 10-day period,
to be held. Children
when we lated
—
away on
lov-
in
need to be hugged....
visit,
CNS
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— Each baptism was — recorded poswith videos and — Each baptism brought a festive,
loving event
we all need a hug once
all
express tangibly the loving friendship that makes and keeps us human.
for
pictures.
terity
— Love grows.
a
different set of relatives and
No matter what our age,
telephone
note or e-mail message
whose
had celebrated
— Each baptism assembled
a business trip or in a
A
I
previous years.
evident
the hospital or far
nursing home. call,
wedding Masses
are incapacitated or isoin
performed three baptisms
I
for children of couples
We never cease needing love. little
love's spiri-
dimension comes to the fore when the sacrament of baptism is celebrated.
erable.
is
how
I've noticed
—
appreciate a
circle of con-
tual or supernatural
Children need to be hugged. In
ing attention. This
neighborhoods and schools be-
Oblate Father John W.
Love often expresses itself in touch. Babies need to be held.
Most of us
an ex-
is
our children.
ously.
fact,
This
focus.
spontane-
it
in love.
cern.
itself in
hard to suppress. These
that having children
Loving parents naturally focus on their new child and lessen their focus on themselves. Their
being's natural desire for is
growth
influences a couple's
My own observa-
life.
is
come much more important. Love widens our
startled
man
our
hausting experience, especially right after birth! Yet it
always remember
I'll
Love makes us a family. Love can grow throughout
no Christian is no
love, there are
virtues.
this loving spirit is so evident in
family's next generation.
Catholic Newsservice
to-
we can become more loving. The grace of the Spirit can redirect our lives. The Spirit helps us to "let go" of what
a while."
God
share love with each other as
is
all
we need
We give
it.
stages of the
life
— Each baptism was formative moment. The Holy — bringing transformed each of hope and — And each The now
love.
we can we have to
not only need love from others, but
Love
is
the most precious thing
Spirit
child interiorly
the Christian virtues
faith,
child
give.
— Love
My
parents,
give love to
now grandparents
my
nieces and
for
many
years,
nephews regularly
Love
through things such as gifts, overnight visits, birthday meals and attendance at school events. Recently, two of
my young
nieces reciprocated
by taking their grandparents out to lunch! I understand it was a wonderful meal. In such everyday acts, love
is
sustained and developed.
I
am
ers.
Our Our
a virtue. Like all virtues,
it
integrates and
is
the central virtue.
love forms our lives.
Our love touches othOur love lasts eter-
love reflects God's love.
T
nally.
Oblate Father Crossin
Spirit
of love, the Holy Spirit, has begun the inner transfor-
through a lifetime. The Holy Spirit not only transformed these children, but the family and friends who gathered together too. These baptisms were occasions when friends and family affirmed their faith and their own
mation that
is
transforms our thinking, our knowing and our feeling.
love.
a Christian.
is
and to grasp and prioritize what
such as time for family outings and
events.
a trans-
cycle,
unnecessary, such as excessive concern
essential,
shared love with them.
In
is
for material goods,
gether several generations to in
PHOTO BY Cleo Photography
As we go through adulthood,
will continue
is
the executive director
of the
new book is and Spiritual Growth
JVashington Theological Consortium. His
"Walking in
Daily
in Virtue:
Moral
Decisions
Life, " Paulist Press.
a nutshell
In
dedication to Christian love.
We
especially
are
made
in
God's image; thus we are made
to love.
And
the grace of the
us to love
Spirit enables
Holy most
We
need love from others.
give love. The hardest time to love
fully.
when we What is
— Love
a feeling. Joy,
is
hu-
tism.
very
move her moment of bap-
Water went everywhere.
The
family was concerned, then amused. She cried her disap-
is
our most precious
gift.
"Love" has In
some
entertainment
two people they
call
it
superficial meanings. it
seems
that whenever
feel the slightest attraction
love.
proval!
— Love
is
a
commitment.
We
We are made in
God's image; we are
give our children and ourselves to
God. The Holy
Spirit touches the
deepest part of the soul.
CNS
PHOTO BY Lisa Kessler
it
I
my
tiny cousin decided to at the
But even then
feeling
the baptismal celebrations
mentioned. In one instance,
head
feel unlovable.
is
love?
mor and warm family filled
We also can
made to
love.
Love
is
the central virtue.
The Catholic News & Herald 9
February 12, 1999
By sister
faith Alive!
THERESA SANDERS, RSCJ News
Catholic
"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you." These words from John's Gospel can seem puzzling.
Why
would anyone have
love? Doesn't love
come
When
Service
to be
commanded
to
it
is
hardest to iove
naturally?
learn to love even before we learn to But this doesn't mean love comes naturally. Learning to love and persevering in love are often
Most of us
loved us," writes John.
John continues, "If God so loved us, we also ought to love one another" (I John 4:10-1 1). God loves us even when we can't love ourselves. And God invites us to draw on that love to love the others in our lives, most especially when that seems
talk.
hard work.
When
is it
hardest to love? Sometimes loving
hard simply because
own
lives
on the
Weeks
we become
We
and worries.
street.
We
is
so wrapped up in our
hurry past lonely people
impossible to do.
are too busy to donate blood.
we remember
or months go by before
we
the hands of the ones
care about and
to take
tell
Sister Sanders, a member of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, teaches theology at Manhattanville College
them
that they matter in our lives.
And sometimes
loving
is
what we've prepared. But the hardest time of all to love
we
"Sometimes
we visit may be angry and unThe children we cook for may refuse to eat
sick person
grateful.
N. T.
in Purchase,
hard precisely because we do take time to show people that we care, and they do not or cannot respond as we think they ought to.
The
when we feel most isolated and worthless God invites us to offer love to others. The astonishing thing is that when we try to help and heal others, we help and heal ourselves. God doesn't love us because we are worthy of love or because we are good, kind or even prayerful. "In this is love, not that we loved God but that he It is
that
is
loving
hard simply
is
because we become so wrapped
when we feel
are unlovable. People think that they are unlov-
many
able for
different reasons:
— Sometimes
up
one close to them or have
failed
to live
up
lives
and
worries,"
to
another's expectations.
CNS
— Sometimes people have been given negative
PHOTO BY Bill Wittman
messages about themselves all their lives and find it hard to believe anyone could really care about them. When we feel unlovable, we feel that no one wants to be near us and that we have nothing to offer
This is when Jesus' command to love becomes not a burden but a gUmmer of hope. After all, God would not command something we were incapable of
anyway. Love becomes nearly impossible.
doing.
By FATHER
ROBERT
Catholic
"Don't you think
News it
is
L.
KINAST
It
my
friend
my mother always signs her cards and with the word 'love,' but has never actually told me, 'I love you'"? It was not an idle question. My friend was preparing to travel several hundred miles to be with her mother, who faced serious surgery. It was also not the time for an abstract discussion about love. But even though I did not know her mother, I could imagine why it might have been difficult for her to speak the words "I love you." First of all, "love" has many meanings, some of them superficial. My friend herself can become quite dramatic when describing how much she asked, "that letters
"loves" chocolate.
Others lavish all the affection associated with love on pets, automobiles, homes or other material possessions. In popular entertainment it seems that any time two people feel the slightest attraction to each other, they call it love. Given the range of meanings associated with the word "love," some people prefer not to use it at all or to reserve it for a setting where its meaning is clearer such as a birthday or anniversary card. Second, when it is serious and sincere, the word "love" almost always implies intimacy, closeness. People who are uncomfortable with these feelings or who were raised to keep their feelings to themselves can have a hard time expressing a sentiment as personal as love. My friend's mother was raised in a family that did not show much outward affection to one another. A hesitancy to express love can be compounded when people associate love only with romantic or sexual feelings. Then love becomes a dangerous word, implying a type of experience the person does not intend.
member of the Religious of
a
the Sacred Heart.
may seem
Food
someone's marriage love only means sex, for example, that person may, as a parent, find it easiest to refrain from speaking of love altogether. Third, love implies a degree of self-revelation. To love another is to entrust oneself to that person, to allow one's shortcomings, foibles and sheer humanity to be known up close. Suppose that my friend's mother did not experience a loving, affirming relationship with her parents or husband. Then she may not have wanted to risk repeating the same disappointment with her children. Rather than share herself with them, she could have withdrawn into fulfilling her obligations - trusting that they would "see" her love this way. There is a fourth reason it is hard for some people to put love into words. Love implies a commitment. It is more than a casual acquaintance or superficial attraction. When one person loves anif in
bond is established. This bond may not be the
other, a
is
full-scale
nient or not.
people are not willing to make such a therefore hold back from even verbalizing their love. The beauty of love is that it can overcome obstacles like these, and it is never too late to begin. When my fi"iend was with her mother, she took the initiative to tell her that she truly loved her. This enabled her mother to say the same thing in reply. It was the first time they had spoken so candidly, but its effect will last the rest of their lives.
Some
commitment and
Father Kinast
is
of the Center for TheoRocks Beach, Fla.
director
isn't
life
something
special in Christian
—
Love
the virtue of charity
When
followers.
life.
—
Pope John Paul
church's people to
make 1999
a
basic for Jesus'
is
II first
asked the
year to reflect on
charity, he said that "in its twofold reality as love of
God and moral
neighbor, (charity)
life
Here's
how
is
life
summing up of the
— with
it.
As one of the
faith
and hope
—
the "foundation of Christian moral activ-
ity," it says.
moral
the
the catechism puts
three theological virtues charity
is
of the believer."
The
theological virtues "animate" the
and "give
it its
special character," the cat-
echism adds (No. 1813).
So love
is
basic.
Christianity and
still
You
can't take the love out of
have Christianity, you might
say.
As
a virtue, charity calls us "to love as (Christ)
does," says the catechism (No. 1825).
commitment of marriage, but a loving relationship means a person is available to another whether it is conve-
logical Reflection, Indian
Thought
for
love the frosting on the cake of I don'tforthink the people of God. Love an extra
strange that parents would not
verbalize their love to children for this reason. But
Service
unusual,"
explains Sister Theresa Sanders,
Nearly, but not entirely.
Why it's difficult to put iove into words
—
our own
in
because they have hurt some-
it's
high and demanding
vocation.
David Gibson Editor, Faith Alive!
It
sounds
like a
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10
February 12, 1999
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Movie Review
"She's All That" familiar story to the point of stale By GERRI Catholic
pare
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despite try-hard performances by Prinze and Cook to make this into a Pygmalion-meets-Cinderella scenario. stale,
Service
—
YORK (CNS) Dumped by glamorous girlfriend, a high school senior bets he can transform the class geek into the prom queen in the lame teen comedy, "She's All That" (Miramax). Smart, handsome athlete Zach (Freddie Prinze Jr.) can't believe his
Los Angeles high school where virtually everyone takes their parents' wealth as
much
for granted as their cell phones.
Prom
steady Taylor (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) cut him loose for an egotistiand just cal jerk (Matthew Lillard) weeks before the senior prom when Zach and Taylor were sure to be elected prom king and queen. Goaded on by his buddy Dean (Paul Walker), Zach sets out on a bet to woo and win over hostile Laney (Rachael Leigh Cook) so that she will end up with the coveted crown alongside him on prom night. Laney, still angry over the death
night features the students
suddenly breaking into a professionallooking, highly choreographed line dance, a most unlikely happening.
—
There are
also
some earnest
heart-
to-heart talks between Laney, Zach
and their respective dads, but an atmosphere of teen promiscuity is also apparent that makes the movie inappropriate for
its
target audience.
Zach's depicted as becoming sensi-
and
tive
serious, but then this
when
is
undone
suggested he march up for his diploma at graduation or any other apparel. minus his robe
for a cheap laugh
it's
comedy, "Simply
Irresistible."
A-III
is
PG-13
quicker than fresh or funny. Due to an implied affair, some sexual references, brief alcohol abuse and a few instances of profanity and of rough language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
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By GERRI
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—
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Sunday, Feb.
14,
7-9 p.m.
From
are for
EST
(ABC) "Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella." Rebroadcast of a musical version of the beloved fairy tale, starring Whitney Houston, Brandy and
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May 5-14
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pifgrimc^e Join Father Anthony Marcaccio on a the shrines
star in the romantic
The U.S. Catholic Conference classification
inappropriate for children under 13.
and dull come to mind much
tive
situations are familiar to the point of
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— adults, and the Motion Picture Association of America rating — parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be
is
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each other, then she finds out about the bet. Zach's got some major explaining to do or his buddy Dean will lure Laney away, especially now that she's coiffed, made up and dressed to
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kill
to be found in
the rarefied atmosphere of the snooty
dishy
and Laney do become
humor is
Slight satiric
his
.
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Flight attendant from DOLORES MADLENER
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—
clouds.
The
TWA
24-year
flight atten-
dant was the first name drawn in the lottery to staff the papal return
board and the doors secured, she said the crew formed a line to greet the pope. Montgomery knelt and kissed
and will never forget her awe. the pontiff said he would be happy to have his photographer take his picture with each member of the crew. Montgomery will never forget how "he held my hand as I sat beside him and looked right into my eyes." his ring
Then
"Typical mother,"
company
hundred
that he enjoys flavored
flight per-
put their into a hat. Eight were chosen. In an interview sonnel
teas, like apple, raspberry
names
and black
currant, with
of anyone else on the
World,
four cups during the
Montgomery
eight-and-a-half-hour
said
she felt the crew that evolved was "spiritually centered and very
flight.
He sipped a
wine before turning in for
That aspect, she said, was probably
the night.
pleasing to the pope,
on America to de-
called
nounce prejudice during the flight, several
his visit.
On
crewmen conversed
with him in different languages. Celebrities are nothing new to
Montgomery,
a
so wonderful" as her flight with the pope. After the papal entourage was on
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TWA
gomery
said.
When
they were finally airborne,
the pope, visibly tired, settled back for a light dinner.
Montgomery
tended the pope personally.
smooth
was
a
phenomenally
flight all the way."
He awoke about three hours arrival,
Montgomery
breakfast omelet,
said "and
meat and
before
had a
cheeses."
She delighted in seeing him with headphones on listening to music. Then he said he would bless any objects the crew wanted blessed. "I had a huge plastic bag of rosaries and things from St. Dorothy parishioners. He blessed everything!"
Once they arrived in Rome, and was off the plane, the TWA crew was applauded by the papal enthe pope
tourage and was invited on a private tour of the Vatican. Crew members saw the pope's private gardens and even a private vegetable garden where the nuns are trying to grow vegetables from seeds from Poland for the pope's table.
Back home with husband Bruce and the family, Montgomery said she was still coping with jet lag. "I didn't sleep five minutes on Shepherd One because I didn't want to
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Abortion foes vow to continue after ruling on posters, Web site By ED LANGLOIS News Service DePORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) spite a $107 million judgment against them for their "Wanted" Catholic
Another poster used a photograph of an abortion doctor from the Midwest and urged activists to picket his neigh-
—
borhood and encourage him
posters featuring abor-
and
tionists
Web
a related
Robert Destro, a
members of a
site,
professor of law at The
national coalition of
vowed
to continue their
Portland case could
"punch a big hole
The judgment was handed down Feb. 2 by
First
Court
in
Portland in a
the
Amendment." The
First
a jury in U.S. District
in
protection of free
brought against the American
speech, Destro said,
Coalition of Life Activ-
prevents federal laws
1995 by Planned Parenthood in Oregon,
from "shutting off
suit
civil
ists in
four doctors
who
form abortions and two
women's
writings constitute a genuine threat.
the verdict.
some of the defendants have refused to condemn the killing of abor-
The
Web site called the Files,"
suit,
which
tion providers, a stand that attorneys
made
for the plaintiffs
Assuring Absolute
the center of
First
The charges
speech, Destro said, prevents federal laws from "shutting off people's speech" no matter how disagreeable.
of violence bothered
Monica Migliorino Miller, a theologian who teaches at Marquette University in Milwaukee. She was one
of
long
her
when
political
science
professor at Portland
stand
in
fect this case
to violence
it
in
was
call
could have
on protected speech. But we're also concerned if the First
clear
the forms of
Amendment
is being used as a shield by people carrying out violence or making
communication the defendants chose to use.
threats of violence."
Melody Rose,
speech of the at
a
Portland State University, argued
was
tor of the Pro-Life Action League,
that the call to violence
which organizes abortion protests and
the forms of communication the defen-
trains sidewalk counselors, said defendants were asked to pay the $107 million in damages because "abortionists
dants chose to use. "A 'Wanted' poster, in the context of American history, implies violence," Rose said. "Those of us who watched
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Melody Rose, a
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"Here you have an organization being sued for supposed threats of violence
Amendment." The Amendment's protection of free
big hole in the First
their case.
against using violence.
—
Robert Destro, a professor of law at Catholic University of America, said the Portland case could "punch a
Also,
Other suits brought against prolifers have centered on actions such as
blockades of clinics disagreeable. plaintiffs claimed the as violating those laws. The case is expected coalition was conducting a "campaign of terto go to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and perhaps the ror and intimidation." The suit was filed less than a year U.S. Supreme Court. American Coalition of Life Activafter the coalition published and distributed a series of posters. ists, an umbrella group for hundreds of One, under the heading "Guilty of abortion foes from across the country, Crimes Against Humanity," listed says it requires its members to abide names and addresses of 12 doctors by a vow of nonviolence. None of the from across the country who perform defendants in the Portland case is diabortions. Reminiscent in design of rectly connected to any violence wanted posters from the Old West, it against doctors or clinics. called the physicians "The Deadly "I have never intended to threaten Dozen" and offered $5,000 for inforanyone with any poster I have put mation that would lead to revocation out," coalition president David Crane of their medical licenses. said in January from the witness stand.
attorneys
plaintiffs'
of the 14 original defendants but was later dropped by the plaintiffs, she thinks, because
—
matter how
but the
site,
claimed the defendants violated federal racketeering and clinic access laws, focused on the words used by abor-
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clinics.
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apparently convinced the jury that the
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people's speech" no
per-
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Also mentioned in the suit was an affili-
The
Amendment's
said in a statement.
no
court noted that there
eteering trial in a suit brought against him for trying to prevent women from using abortion clinics. He is appealing
"Nuremberg
America, said the
and say they lack the funds to pay the damages.
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foot of the federal courts," Scheidler
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Around Ihe Diocese
Lenten Guidelines 1. The time of Lent is to be observed by Catholics as a special season of prayer, penance and works of char-
Bishops, stating that prayer
is
incom-
plete without penance, ujges Friday
abstinences as something all American Catholics should oflFer up for the sake
ity-
of world peace.
Ash Wednesday and Good Friin particular, are the most impor-
2.
day,
Parents and teachers should see who are not bound by the laws of fasting and abstinence: because of age are brought up in an atmosphere that is conducive to a sense of penance. 7.
tant penitential days of the liturgical year.
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to
are days of both fast and
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the laws of fast and abstinence
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should be clearly
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Sacramentary and the Lectionary must be faithfully observed regarding all the special
Youtii ministry director ciiairs national commission Paul Kotlowski, director of the Diocese of Charlotte's Office of Youth Ministry, has been named chairperson of the Accreditation and Certification Commission of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, Inc., based in Washington. As a member of the Accreditation and Certification Commission Task Group, Kotlowski is part of a team that represents the federation at various gatherings where national groups collectively discuss competency-based standards. The task group's work is ongoing, as the standards for accreditation and certification are to be revised every five years and implementation is continual.
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Around fhe Diocese
PSA: Faith Formation
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JIMMY ROSTAR
can manifest itself in a variety of ways for middle- and high-school students in academics, in social settings, and in sporting and other extracurricular activities. She noted that retreats and liturgy are two powerful ways of keeping the faith alive for students. "All the retreats should be a reflection of what they're learning, not just in their home parishes but in their religion
Associate Editor
CHARLOTTE — A
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gather information
light
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dures," said
Mary
Beth Feeser, coordinator of the Southern Region, cilitated the
who
fa-
meeting.
At the Feb. 4 meeting in the diocesan pastoral center, representatives of various types of educational ministry spoke about the spiritual, educational and social development of young people as they continue their faith journey.
Confirmation was
a
prevalent
topic of discussion. Recently adapted
diocesan guidelines direct that students be confirmed in their eighthgrade year. Extensive preparation is needed in both the "remote" and the "immediate" sense, said Feeser.
Mercy
Sister
Maureen Meehan,
diocesan director of religious formation for Catholic Schools, addressed the academic background students acquire in their schools prior to the time for sacramental preparation. Sister Maureen referred to grades kindergarten through five as a period of "catechism of reality." Not only are students introduced to the sacraments of reconciliation and the Eucharist during this phase, she said. "They study morality, the sacraments, church, and the liturgy. Each year, their study is developed on another level as the children grow" physically, mentally and spiritually. Sister Maureen explained that "remote preparation" religious education in the parish, the home, the
—
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"How we
a challenge that faces all of us,"
he added, "and more importantly, for the sake of our young church." There are four faith formation regions in the diocese. The Southern Region is composed of the Albemarle, Charlotte and Salisbury vicariates. The Western Region includes the Asheville and Smoky Mountain vicariates. The Northern Region comprises the Greensboro and Winston-Salem vicariates. The Central Region is made up of the Boone, Gastonia and Hickory vicariates, t
to assess students' challenges, hurts and progress, she said. As director of the diocesan Office of Youth Ministry, Paul Kotlowski encounters the needs of young people of and beyond the confirmation age. He said the diocese's change in the age of confirmation presents an important op-
With 20 years of youth ministry
nities in their parishes.
and school Masses are
ways
into their
Bishop William G. Curlin. Kotlowski stressed that confirmation shouldn't be seen as a graduation from education in the faith, but rather as a new beginning of Christian life. He said such an approach will help open doors to youth, inviting them to explore a variety of ministry opportu-
parishes for the sake of our ministries,"
challenged in a new way, especially with the millennium coming," Dawson added. Those charged with educational ministry must creatively find
in-
a vision expressed in
Daily prayer
"We as youth
in Catholic,
move
many
said.
(directors of religious education) are
receive the sacrament
of confirmation and
includes
—
the guidelines recently promulgated by
"The success
part of students' school experience.
public or private schools, or at home.
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Catholic leaders praise King Hussein as 'champion of peace' By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY Catholic News Service Mideast JERUSALEM (CNS) Catholic leaders were among those praising Jordan's King Hussein and attending his funeral in the capital,
—
Amman. "King Hussein was a very good
and Bishop Selim Sayegh, the representative of the Latin Patriarchate in
Amman,
also attended the funeral.
Hussein,
Amman
who had
cancer, returned
from Minnesota Feb. 4. He never regained consciousness and to
the
Mayo
in critical condition
Clinic in
died Feb.
7.
Muslim but at the same time he was very open to the Christians," said Msgr. Dominique Rezeau, charge d'affaires for the Holy See in Amman.
West Bank, Isand Palestinians also mourned for the king, who went from being an enemy to a partner and a leading force
"Not only was he always good to the church, he also had a good understanding of what Catholicism is. He was a very religious man, a real believer and a champion of peace." Catholics in Jordan said special prayers for their dead monarch at services Feb. 7, said Msgr. Rezeau, who
peace process. Father Ibrahim Hijazin, a native of Jordan and parish priest of the West Bank city of Ramallah, said many of his Palestinian parishioners expressed their condolences to him at the death
attended the king's Feb. 8 funeral. Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah
In Israel and the
raelis
in the
of his king.
"King Hussein was a great man of peace for the Middle East. He kept the balance," said Father Hijazin. "With his loss there will be a big and deep
Middle East." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Hussein "a courageous leader, a loyal friend, a maker of change
in the
CNS
PHOTO FROM Reuters
A
Jordanian boy holds a portrait of the late King Hussein as the coffin is carried through the streets of Amman on the way to the funeral service Feb. 8. Tens of thousands of Jordanians filled the streets to honor their king.
Israeli
peace with
Israel."
"The government and people of Israel
bow
their heads in grief over the
passing of King Hussein," said Netanyahu. "King Hussein was one of the few leaders who was recognized even in his lifetime as a historic figure.
He will
be remembered as the creator of modern Jordan, as a major architect of peace in the Middle East. He will always be remembered as one of the giants of the second half of the 20th century."
King Abdullah of Jordan speaks to members of the Jordanian Parliament as he is sworn in as the
new king
Feb. 7 following the death
Hussein
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the hearts of
many
two years ago when he paid
Israelis
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of the Palestinians during the
first
ians support.
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was
a "big loss" to
the Palestinians.
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