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February 16, 2001

Volume 10

Number

23

Serving Catholics

Inside

Staff Writer

HICKORY

—

Katie Sullivan says that

she has grown in her faith since becoming involved in a group chosen to help

in

the Diocese of Charlotte

Cheers for peers

lead diocesan youth in the practice and

continues

quake

Western North Carolina

in

ALESHA M. PRICE

By

Diocese

& H E R A L D

of their faith as they grow and mature into adults of the church. She became realization

relief

involved in the group of dedicated teens because as a

Page 7

in

member of St Margaret Church

Maggie Valley, an

area with few Catholics,

she wanted to meet other Sullivan

young

Catholics.

and other youth across the diocese

members of the Diocesan Youth Council (DYC).

The council conducted one of their monthly meetings at the St Francis House at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory on Feb. 10 and had a visit from Bishop Curlin who lent words of encouragement and support and celebrated Mass with the group. are

Priest's efforts for

tigers praised ...Page

8

'This year,

Local

News

we have nine of the

ates represented with

1

10 vicari-

7 teens on the council,"

explained Paul Kotlowski, diocesan director

DYC

of youth ministry and the advisor.

"They are the voice of the youth for the

Youth find downhill

diocesan office of youth ministiy and are a

approach to faith

means by which we can remain ...Page

5

of diocesan youth."

member

Council

Diocese sets plans for

choices

elections are held

much of the

every year with

France pilgrimage

coming from the

15

senior recruits.

input about the

teens

conduct the interviews of the

...Page

in direct

contact with the needs, concerns and opinions

who

help to

new junior and

Many of the council members

are elected to two-year terms during which

Permanent

time they are encouraged to attend the Faith-

Servant Leadership Conference, a weeklong program focusing on leadership roles, communication and diversity issues.

"We try to be objective and balanced in the selection of DYC members. We have developed a point system which takes in

ful

diaconate links service

and church

various factors like age, gender, ethnicity,

and other 'The DYC are advi-

references, vicariate, parish

...Page

16

factors," said

office, and and respected.

sory to die diocesan youth

their

decisions are honored

The

environment

tvcry Week

Kotlowski.

is

one of shared leadership and

collaboration."

With

Photos by Alesha M. Price

the help of Jen Rupp,

DYC

coordinator and the diocesan program coor-

Entertainment

dinator for youth and

...Pages

Editorials

10-11

& Columns ...Pages

young

adult ministry;

Carl and Leslie Brown, adult mentors, and

Andrea Logan,

consultant, the youth gather

for 10 meetings a year at different host par-

12-13

ishes

and

at the

St Francis House. The meet-

strength;

He has led me

into freedom.

He saved me

because He loves me.

Psalms 18: 19-20

Winston-Salem and Katie Sullivan, St. Margaret in Maggie Valley discuss ideas for the upcoming diocesan youth conference at their monthly meeting on Feb. 10 in Hickory. Below left, Sullivan reads from Scripture, and below right, McCoy, Carl Brown, DYC adult mentor from Good Shepherd Church in King and Morrison, pray during Mass celebrated by Bishop Curlin.

ing agenda usually includes prayer services,

community building exercises, speakers and discussions of upcoming events.

The Lord has been my

Above, from left to right, DYC members Andrew McCoy, Sacred Heart in Salisbury; Erin Morrison, St. Dorothy in Lincolnton; Lucy Dillard, Our Lady of Mercy in

The

idea

is

that these youth can share

what they learn and discuss the findings with their churches. Through dialogue with youth from other parts of the diocese, they will be able to gain knowledge that may help their own parishes with youth ministry.

The

teens add their

own

and

various events.

talents in assisting with the

think that learning and growing

of youth helps Sullivan, 17,

me

to

grow

who has been

spiritually," said

a part of

DYC for

middle school Spring Fling, the I^enten retreat, vicariate retreats

events.

and other youth

The Diocesan Youth Conference is a

weekend of

faith sharing, activities

and

fel-

two years. "I have grown as a person being in

lowship for the younger members of the

the role of leadership, and the youth of our

diocese.

parish have gotten so

and

much more

involved

is

the planning and preparation of the largest

diocesan youtii gathering

Youth Conference. They

—

The

DYC

teens help to

weekend a rewarding and

make

spiritually

the

stimu-

lating experience for all

active within the diocese."

The main project of the DYC members

insight about dioc-

esan-sponsored youth events and volunteer their time

"I

together with such a large and diverse group

"Helping to plan the conference, coming

up with

ideas

and planning something

this

the Diocesan

also help with die

See PEERS, page 9

2

The Catholic News & Herald

The World

February 16, 2001

Brief

in

Building a church: Views on architecture aired at meeting WORCESTER, Mass (CNS)

on the U.N.

Among

—

What

should a Catholic church look divided. Behind the disagreement is the bigger question: How does what you believe about God, people and worship affect your choice of church design? Catholics with differing views gathered Jan 26-28 at Holy Cross College in Worcester. They included bishops, theologians, architects and liturgists. The gathering was the second of a two-part meeting sponsored by the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, said organizer Paul Covino. Co vino is a like?

Views are sharply

initiative called

he

"Dialogue

sity is

"Diverboth the basis for the dialogue

among

nations and also the reality that

Civilizations,"

makes dialogue

said,

Annan

necessary."

the idea of a global civilization "that

we

promote

said

one

is

are called on to defend and as

we embark on

a

new

cen-

tury."

Church expert says Israeli voters were upset with Barak tactics

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon's lopsided victory

was not

a vote against

peace, but an expression of dissatisfaction with the tactics of

Prime Minister

Common Ground

committee member and associate chaplain and director of

Ehud

Barak, a church expert on Israel

said.

"The

liturgy at the Jesuit-run college.

against the peace policy carried forward

Major funders of Catholics for a Free Choice not Catholic WASHINGTON (CNS) No

by the government of Barak and that of Rabin before him. They have voted more against Barak's poor management and communication," Franciscan Father David Jaeger told the Vatican mission-

—

foundations that have Catholic philan-

thropy as a focus appear in public records among the major funders of Catholics for a Free Choice, according to a Catholic foundation specialist.

CFFC

describes itself as an independent non-

"working

profit Catholic organization

the Catholic social justice tradition."

most noted

in

CNS

Altar servers ring bells during the consecration at a Mass marking the lOOth year of the Catholic Church in Rwanda. Catholics gathered for the celebration Feb. 8 at a sports stadium in Kigali, capital of the central African nation.

Butler, president

J.

of Foundations and Donors Interested in

CFFC's on secular foundations in the January-February issue of Philanthropy, bimonthly magazine of the PhiCatholic Activities, wrote about reliance

lanthropy Roundtable. He said a review of recent CFFC grants recorded in the Foundation Center's grant index "shows an organization without a single major

supporter whose program focus

is

Catholic philanthropy."

open letter to members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which is scheduled to vote on abolishing the commission Feb. 20, Morality in Media president Bob Peters said an East Coast organization had good reason to be involved in a Los Angeles County matter. "We are a national organization with members in every state, and LA. County is a primary source of the illegal and destructive hard-core pornography pouring into communities, homes and children's minds nationwide," Peters wrote.

Sierra Leonean church

launches support program for war orphans

Morality in Media asks County not to abolish

L.A.

porn commission

NEW YORK (CNS) — Morality in New

York-based group

founded by a Jesuit priest, is urging clergy in the Los Angeles area to mobilize against a move to abolish the Los Angeles County Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. In a Feb. 5

FREETOWN,

— The

Sierra

Leone (CNS)

Catholic Church in Sierra Leone

has launched a program to help children

orphaned during the country's

civil

war.

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in

Head of U.N. says nations must address what links them together SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (CNS)

there does exist one global civilization

The program, Operation Christmas Child, donated a consign-

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Curlin

Jimmy Rostar

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

February 18

Mass St. Patrick,

Alesha M. Price

— 11 a.m.

Charlotte

— 10 a.m.

Advertising Representative: Cindi Feerick

February 19

Secretary: Jane Glodowski

Diocesan finance council

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St.,

Charlotte,

NC 28203 NC 28237

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call

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— The

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24 CHARLOTTE ognition Process

—A

"Jesus,

Catechist Rec-

Workshop

training and certification

for catechist

is

being held

today at St. John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd. Registration takes followed by Mass place from 8:30-9 at 9:15 a.m. Five Phase 1 modules are being offered during two sessions from 10:15 a.m.-12:45 p.m. and from 1:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m. with a new Phase II mod-

am

ule offered in the afternoon.

Any

adult

involved in parish ministry or seeking personal enrichment

Franciscan

Mystery Players are presenting

Mass

C

based on shared values of tolerance and freedom." In what was his

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—

the world's "infinite diversity of cultures,

at least 6,000.

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Nations should not wait until they "are in the thick of conflict" to address what links them together as part of a global civilization, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Feb. 5. In a talk at Seton Hall University in South Orange, he said history continually proves that even in

the

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orphanages

Since the outbreak of the

.

Staff Writer:

Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land office in Jerusalem and was instrumental in negotiating the Vatican-Israeli agree-

ment of school items

The

Editor:

ary news agency, Fides, Feb. 7. Father Jaeger is a member of the Holy See's

for efforts to

those areas. Francis

a

Marco Longari

It is

promote wide access to abortion, contraception and voluntary sterilization and to support dissent from official church teachings in

Media,

photo by

Rwandan church marks centennial year

have not voted

Israelis

is

invited to come.

For more information or to register, contact Marylin Kravatz, Southern Re-

the Healer," a dramatic, multi-media, mystery-play presentation of the Pas-

gional Coordinator for Faith Formation,

death and healing events in Jesus' life at St Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd., at 7:30 p.m. The players are

WINSTON-SALEM The Secular Franciscans are having an inquirers' meeting at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel,

sion,

at (704) 370-3247.

—

February 16,

2001

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The World in Brief

»

Bishop William G. Curlin joyfully announces the incardination

into the Diocese of Charlotte of

Father James Hawker and Father Mark Lamprich.

Father Hawker continues as Vicar for Catholic Education and Father Lamprich as pastor of Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro.

Reformed

Vatican, Lutheran,

churches discuss indulgences ROME (CNS) The abuse of

—

indulgences contributed to the Reformation,

and questions about the Catholic

John Paul II thanked the radio's directors and employees for their service to the universal church. "The pope counts greatly on your help in carry out his Petrine ministry and he asks you to daily

practice continued to raise ecumenical

make yourselves

concerns during the Holy Year 2000.

Representatives of the Pontifical Council

that sets

Promoting Christian Unity, the Lutheran World Federation and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches met in Rome Feb. 9-10 to discuss the questions. "The purpose was to clarify historical, theological and pastoral issues for

come

related to indulgences in order to

participants.

He

Rapidly growing Dallas Diocese clears lawsuit debt

DALLAS

(CNS)

— On

(CNS)

—

The

CNS

bankruptcy

of

Dallas

the

its

over

a

today a rapidly growing, bustling diocese with all

debts paid

Catholics has

off.

is

The number

of

more than tripled since the when the diocesan bounds

end of 1986, aries were last redrawn. In 1997 the diocese publicly said it was considering bankruptcy after a jury ordered it to pay a record $119 million to the victims of a

Carolina Catholic

fnrrt

priest convicted of sexual abuse of minors.

Under court mediation

that judgment was reduced to a settlement of $30 million, of which the diocese paid about one-third and its insurance carriers paid the remainder. This January the Texas Catholic, Dallas diocesan newspaper, reported the diocese's debts were paid off

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Sexual behavior increases on TV, study shows WASHINGTON (CNS) A new

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25 HENDERSONVILLE

— The

St.

the bereaved,

March

is

meeting tonight and

15 in Conference

Room A

at 7:30

St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. Call the church office at

p.m. at

(336) 724-0561 for details.

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ARDEN — St.

on television has increased from levels of two years ago. The study, "Sex on TV," found that 68 percent more

—

—

than two-thirds of programs surveyed during the 1999-2000 TV season contained sexual content, up from 56 percent during the 1997-98 season. "This study confirms that sexual messages are an increasingly frequent part of the television landscape," the study said. Commissioned by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Founda-

study was released Feb. 6. The foundation also had issued a similar tion, the

two years ago, and plans to do a two years from now. The study looked at a week's worth of programming on 10 different channels: the Los Angeles affiliates of ABC, CBS, report

third report

Fox,

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CHARLOTTE — The widowed sup-

Cowan

and every first Friday from 9:30 a.m.8:45 p.m. For more information, call the

reer crises.

to-

night and

the

church at (828) 684-6098.

office area

March 1

MAGGIE VALLEY

— The

55th

Men's Weekend Ultreya

is taking place Living Waters Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane, today through

at

HICKORY

— The Annual World Day

of Prayer ecumenical worship service

is

wisdom of

from March 29-April

of

all

Dan Hines

childcare will be provided. Refreshments-

Aliceann

Coon

at (704)

WINSTON-SALEM Companions,

a grief

540-8696.

— The

a ministry of St.

is

"Informed Prayer and Prayeris

drawn from the

Esther.

Men

and

bibli-

women

denominations are invited, and

are also being served. Contact Carole

Healing

Marmorato

support group for

ther details.

at (828)

256-8956 for

fur-

Matthew

Commons

Pkwy., devoted to helping people in ca-

The meeting takes place March 19 from 7-9 p.m. in

of the parish center's conference room. For more information, call Rev. Mr. Jim Hamrlik at (704) 542-

4820 Kinnamon

cal

1. For details, call {704) 544-6665 or

is

Church, 8015 Ballantyne

theme

Action" and

at

Transition

6459.

ful

X

—

being held tonight at 7 p.m. in the chapel of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The

4. The 57th Women's Weekend Ultreya will take place at St. Pius Church, 2210 N. Elm St., in Greensboro

March

legal director of the Latin-rite Patriarch-

ate of Jerusalem, said

it

was "alarming"

that Sharon garnered

60 percent of the vote to defeat Labor Prime Minister Ehud Barak Feb. 6. "I wasn't shocked that Sharon was elected, but by the percentage with which he was elected," said Father al-Siryani. He added that while Barak and Sharon were military men, perhaps Sharon's extensive experience in the political arena would allow him to approach the peace negotiations in a more pragmatic way.

Heart Church

in Salisbury.

For more

(336) 998-7503.

on the following days: Friday mornings immediately following the 9 a.m. Mass until noon, Wednesday evenings from 7:30-8:15 p.m. and today

884-4246.

peace process. Father "Majdi al-Siryani,

and March 19 in the family room at St Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For further details, call the church office at (704) 364-5431.

Christians in Career CHARLOTTE

Crescent Hill Dr., hosts Eucharistic adoration

—

JERUSALEM (CNS) A Catholic Church official expressed surprise at the overwhelming victory of Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon and said he hoped he would be committed to the

information, call the church office at

from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West, in the office wing. Visitors and inquirers are welcome, and for more information, call Pat

Barnabas Church, 109

Catholic official expresses surprise, hope after Israeli election

port group for those grieving the loss of a spouse meets from 6-7 p.m. tonight

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order meets today

at (828)

PHOTO FROM REUTES

Palestinian woman confronts Israeli bulldozer Sobhiya Al-Amur, 50, confronts an Israeli bulldozer as it destroys two Palestinian houses Feb. 12 near a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, while Israel's Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon was looking to forge a unity government.

Diocese, which four years ago faced the

$119-million court judgment,

70th anniversary of Vatican Radio, Pope

meet-

Radio faced two great up with new communications technologies and to adequately render the "richness" of the church's message in radio content.

its

70th anniversary

VATICAN CITY

13,

said Vatican

prospect

Pope thanks Vatican Radio on

he said Feb.

challenges: to keep

to

statement from meeting

diffusers of the truth

free,"

ing with about 450 radio staff members.

a better understanding of each other's traditions," said a

one

CLEMMONS charismatic

— Holy Family Church,

Mass

Rd.,

is

celebrating a

tonight at 7:30 p.m.

with Father Frank O'Rourke, pastor.

The sacrament of reconciliation is being given at 7 p.m., and the laying on of hands is taking place after Mass. The next mass takes place on April 7 with Father John Putnam, pastor of Sacred

(336) 778-0600 or Jim Passero at

CHARLOTTE

—

Churches

in

the

Charlotte area are having their regu-

support group meetings for survivors, family and friends on the following days: St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., today at 10 a.m. in the parish center room 104 and at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., larly scheduled cancer

March 12 at 7 p.m. in the conference room of the ministry center and For more

information,

call: St.

Matthew

-

(704) 542-2283

Marilyn Borrelli at and St. Gabriel - Eileen Cordell at (704) 352-5047, Ext. 217. For further information, call

Bob

Poffenbarger,

Sr.,

coordinator, at (704) 553-7000.

Please submit notices ofeventsfor the Diocesan Platmer at least 10 days prior to tlie publication date.

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Goering has some knowledge of what works since he plays lead guitar for Co-

unteer disc jockey at

who

While in high school, he was selected and attended a 5-week program at Berklee School of Music in Boston. Upon graduation he was offered a full four-year scholarship to Berklee but

loved.

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His extraordinary

Josh decided to try playing the music he

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lumbia band called "Sinator" and

how

shared his passion.

small Catholic middle school in Nevada,

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Mallison asked him

kid in the world that

school that he found others his age

KIDS

mature youth

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Josh recalling

showed

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early signs of talent.

especially impressed with Goering,

describing

was the only

Goering, also members at Corpus Christi

the purchase of significant airtime. director of SAFE

how

the leading cause of death Photo courtesy of The Miscellany

towards the commercials', production and

Ree Mallison,

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Although he

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place and both their songs

goals.

likes his song,

Winning

entered the contest, seeing the project as a

Inc.,

message

His band

In June of last year, Goering and an-

one of his

write music that has meaning and a posi-

Goering wrote music urged him to compete. Even though there was no monetary reward, Goering worthy

is

pacted his work. For example he

Columbia

School.

of

he did not see himself writing church

said

entered the competition last year as a senior at Lexington

which

music, he conveyed

music composition/theory,

in

state

in the direction

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a freshman at the Uni-

versity of South Carolina in

him

composing more commercial spots and

school students in the state.

Goering,

by the

Josh, the recognition

contest could lead

middle and high

all

as a

they love.

FOX, MTV, and USA as part of an initiative to get youth to buckle up. The contest sponsored by SAFE KIDS and the S.C. Department of Public Safety such as

(SCDPS), was open to

way

26 students at Music Supply in Lexington.

Because he is young, he is especially popular with his younger students because he knows how to play and teach the music

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His piece which he describes as "rock'n with a punky edge" is currendy being

aired

and the rare instrument

sion,

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formed.

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wrote and per-

original musical score he

Goering plays

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Associate Editor

MAGGIE VALLEY —

of Arc and

For people

St.

Joan

Eugene.

St.

seeking a place for spiritual renewal in

Before listening to a ski instructor

the westernmost region of the Charlotte

give a lesson on the slopes, the youth

Waters Catholic Reflec-

heard from Scripture during a Liturgy of

Diocese, Living

Center may come to mind. For folks looking for excitement on the slopes, a jaunt down Cataloochee Ski Area may just be the (lift) ticket.

The youth of Asheville's three Catholic churches had renewal and thrills in mind Feb. 3-4 when they trav-

the

tion

eled to

Maggie Valley

The gathering was

Terry Hyland, director

at

the retreat center and priest in residence at St. Valley,

Margaret Church in Maggie was on hand to celebrate Mass, question-and-answer session

facilitate a

about the faith and lead Benediction and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

for a ski retreat.

Courtesy photo

Father Hyland and Augustinian

a celebration of faith,

community and nature for the teens.

"With this event, we wanted

Word at the reflection center. Augus-

tinian Father

who

Father Chris Nowak,

serves at St.

John Church in Waynesville, celebrated the sacrament of penance with the youth.

to

provide a religious experience for our

The

youth where they could pray as well as have fun," said Elizabeth Girton, youth minister at the Basilica of St. Lawrence.

"The kids really enjoyed that; they really saw a connection between their faith life and their fun life."

meant a old

who

"I liked

opportunity for reconciliation

Trevor

lot to

Israel, a

15-year-

attends St. Joan of Arc Church.

the confession

the priest

was

—

the feeling that

willing to listen to

(speaking to God)," he

said. "I liked

me the

Father Terry Hyland leads a question-and-answer session about the faith during the ski retreat in Maggie Valley. question-and-answer, too. It gave us a lot of good information to use when people ask us about our

faith."

Living up to its namesake, the Living Waters Center gave the youth an opportunity for personal reflection near the creek that runs through the property.

Back

in the center, the retreatants

discussed Scripture and "I

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other special

as well.

"We did a me a lot

about the books of the Bible and what they mean," he said.

Novice to experienced skiers have

teen-agers

make

special retreatants.

"They were so

enthusiastic," said

Father Hyland, noting the center is available for a variety of retreats for various groups. "It's a discovery for them that their faith can be life-giving that it's not just and adventurous

—

for older people."

offers night skiing,

"To have the three parishes come combined group was very effective," he added. "They planned together, worked together and were

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Second quake rumbles

health needs of the population, and

to the needs of the people

coordinating with the Catholic Church in El Salvador to strengthen

follows upon the Diocese of Charlotte's

civil society.

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to the day after El Salvador experienced a 7.9 magnitude earthquake, on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at approximately 8:30 a.m., the entire country experienced another earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 to 6.9.

The epicenter has been reported to be in the town of San Pedro Nonualco, Department of La Paz, about 45 miles southeast of San Salvador. Most of the major damage has been reported in the town of San Vicente and its outlying communities, located in the Department of San Vicente and in Cojutepeque, Department of Cuscatlan. In San Vicente, all phone lines, electricity and water are

down.

These

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were less affected by the earthquake. Therefore, this second quake has spread the destruction throughout the country and means areas that

first

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In the urban area of the municiSan Vicente, unofficial preliminary figures report that 5Š per-

pality of

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February 16,

Readings Book Review

Book by Bernardin

brings bounty

Word to Life

of personal reflections LOU PANARALE

Reviewed by

Langford. Using the Stations of the Cross

Catholic News Service August 1996 Cardinal Joseph

In

as a framework, the

lier

was recurring

removed

book reveals Cardi-

dom and The

a year ear-

and was had he corre-

compassion. editors say

only a few months to live, sponded, visited and prayed with ailing people and their families from around the

death and resurrection to their

country.

nearly four years.

I

all

own

making

in the

much

for

The

to put yourself to-

enemy but

as a friend.

J.

DURNEY TO %

Pt-IACH

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And

experience peace."

was asked by

some of

texts for future publication.

came up again and again November of that year.

Jose ph Cardinal

friends to

major

his

The

B

subject

ernard

i

before he died in

months before he

tions themselves, his

Father Spilly on

died,

"Our prayer and hope

you

year,

best-seller

that as

you

will accept Cardinal Bernardin's

invitation to enter

comes the newly released fok

more deeply

into the

mystery of Jesus' passion and resurrec-~ tion and find yourself further along the road on your journey to peace."

low-up, "Journey to Peace," a collection of

Cardinal Bernardin's previously unpubited

is

read this book in portions throughout the

list.

lished reflections, again compiled

illumi-

followers."

faith,

and facing death. Those meet'The Gift of Peace," which

made The New York Times

words often

The editors invite readers of 'The Journey to Peace" to stop and meditate at each Station on "all that it tells you about Jesus and about yourself as one of his

ings resulted in

Now

the expert tried valiantly to provide one.

drill is

not unique. Coffee in hand, I spend time praying with the Scriptures and my journal before I get ready for work. Once groomed, I pour that second cup of coffee and eat my instant oatmeal while I catch news, traffic and weather reports. Occasionally I have time to watch an interview with an authority on some noteworthy societal or health issue before I enter the 1-30 Grand Prix once again.

On one such morning not long

Initially, it sounded as if they were discussing trapping an unsuspecting animal. Then the most amazing thing happened. The expert leaned forward and spoke simply from her heart. "The best advice I can

ago, the lead-in for a segment

really does use an expert's advice!"

give," she said, "is to think

how

to be treated?"

I

smiled, clicked the remote

thought,

on the

problems of adult children of aging parents caught my attention. Not only do these people have the burden of

about

you would feel if the circumstances were reversed. How would you wish

"Now

there's

an expert

and

who

QUESTION: Beverly indicates she wears two hats

they

as she faces our busy world, one as a

also have children and sometimes

consumer ofuseful information and one as a Christian who must screen that information carefully to see how it lines up

.care for their infirm parents,

with Iter Christian view of the world. you wear two such hats?

During the conversation between news anchor and expert, I learned

Do

nated aspects of Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection in new and timely ways.

Cardinal Bernardin shared his personal suffering

morning

port.

have to do that for me," he told Precious Blood Father Alphonse Spilly, who had been the cardinal's special assistant for 12 years. Father Spilly described the cardinal's request as "a very emotional thing for me."

reflections with

my own

grandchildren who depend on them for both financial and emotional sup-

"Al, you'll

In the final

manner, how one discusses the own parent of moving into an assisted living facility, nursing home or hospice. At this point in the conversation, the anchor seemed to be looking for a formula; topic with one's

to lose weight, fight cancer, raise

confess

news anchor asked most politically cor-

rect

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you have to begin letting go. And if you can do those three things, then you

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our children and invest wisely before we race out the door.

to begin seeing death not so

cardinal

Finally, the

the expert, in the

how

thirdly,

The

"dying."

preach and write precisely about the Sta-

the hands of the Lord. Secondly,

as an

Corinthians 15:45-49

Father Spilly and Langford point out

New Life," by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin; edited by Father Alphonse P. Spilly and Jeremy Langford.

Doubleday (New York, 2001). 151 pp. $26.95.

you have

1

Gospel: Luke 6:27-38

that while Cardinal Bernardin did not

Finding

you have

3)

about life-and-death issues without mentioning the words "old age" and

103:1-4, 8, 10, 12-13

lives,

"The Journey to Peace: Reflections on Faith, Embracing Suffering and

"First,

22-

26:2, 7-9, 12-13,

can be at peace," the

cardinal remarked.

tally in

2)

to join the journey that leads

The book was

to peace.

But the intriguing part of the interview was watching two people talk

Readings:

me why

people have asked

how

inviting

B

Samuel

Psalm

Peace" was designed to help readers un-

in his liver

1

is one of the challenges presented to us by an aging population.

that this

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derstand the relevance of Jesus' suffering,

I'm at peace, or

1)

"The Journey to

inoperable. After learning he likely

"Many

Cycle

nal Bernardin's extraordinary faith, wis-

Bernardin of Chicago was told the pancreatic cancer doctors

February 18, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

and ed-

by Father Spilly and Jeremy

Panarale

News

is

book review editor at Catholic

Service.

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Feb. 18 Sunday,

Samuel

-

24,

2001

Corinthians 15:45-49, Luke 6:27-38; Monday, Sirach 1:1-10, Mark 9:14-29; Tuesday, Sirach 2:1-11, Mark 9:30-37; Wednesday (St. Peter Damian), Sirach 4:11-19, Mark 9:3840; Thursday (The Chair of St. Peter), 1 Peter 5:1-4. Matthew 16:13-19; Friday (St. Polycarp), Sirach 6:5-17, Mark 10:1-12; Saturday, Sirach 17:115, Mark 10:13-16 1

26:2, 7-9,

12-13, 22-23,

1

Readings for the week of Feb. 25 - Mar. 3, 2001 Sunday, Sirach 27:4-7, 1 Corinthians 15:54-58, Luke 6:39-45; Monday, Sirach 17:19-27, Mark 10:17-27; Tuesday, Sirach 35:1-12, Mark 10:28-31; Ash Wednesday (Fast & Abstinence), Joel 2:12-18, 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18; Thursday, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Luke 9:22-25; Friday, Isaiah 58:1-9, Matthew 9:14-15; Saturday (St. Katherine Drexel), Isaiah 58:9-14,

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By

MARK

PATTISON

News Service

Catholic

WASHINGTON years, actor

(CNS)

—

He also has taken an interest in Kovac, a who lost his family in the secession war with Yugoslavia, and who more recently beat to death a mugger who

In five

gone from playing a sheep herder to playing

had attacked him and

a shepherd.

Abby

Cromwell received an Oscar nomination for his role as Farmer Hoggett in the 1995 movie "Babe," the story of a pig who wanted to be a sheepdog.

This winter, Cromwell has been a guest star on the NBC drama "ER," portraying Bishop Stewart, a revered but fictitious

Kovac's sullen demeanor has thus far posed a

—

souls

in this case the

Kovac (Goran his

own

The

shepherds

brooding Dr. Luka

—

Visnjic)

mortality.

who

L

Bernardin with the cancer that life

in 1996,

but said he

did not base the Bishop Stewart character

on

sought the actor s input in shaping the

would be

Cromwell

said

he thought

interesting if a

man

of such religious stature

—

—

it

"not in his church, but

seemed near.

"None of us knows what happens at that instant (of death)," Cromwell said. "When you die, will your faith and will your selfhimself

as death

control sustain you, or will

He likened

it

you

fall

to pieces?"

to author C.S. Lewis' expe-

recounted in the movie "Shadowlands," in which Lewis had wellas

established notions of religious faith, belief

and

Cromwell

'That's the

practice,

and

riage challenged

how

his

subsequent mar-

and transformed those long-

said,

viewers can see

way we move

Cromwell,

who is

In the midst of Bishop Stewart's

and

life

forward

as.

a

not a Catholic, said he

Jesuit Fathers at Blessed

John LeVecke and Jim in Los

Sacrament Church

Angeles, where taping of

some

He

serenity,

own

he ministers to

other patients in the emergency room.

scenes oc-

had help from Deacon Jack Coplen and layman Peter Thompson at St Francis de Sales Church in Sherman Oaks, Calif, near his home.

In one scene, the script had Bishop role.

Stewart saying, 'In nomine

also

Patris, et Filii et

"It all

sounded very

nice,"

Cromwell

noted, except "they don't say that anymore,"

with sacraments today celebrated

The

dialogue

as the realized

he had forgotten to make the sign of the cross.

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the actor related this to

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culture,"

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in

show, "forces

tiioughtful"

on the show and then ask themselves, "How would I handle that if it happened to me?"

from

had a crisis of faith

a more intimate

is

what's happening in a fictional character's

'ER" executive producer

priest,

TV

said

film.

has a lot of subtleties."

John Wells, himself the son of an Episcopal

said

who come

with us."

got help with the religious nuances of his role

Cardinal Bernardin.

Cromwell

to pray

people to confront things," yet not in a "doctri-

Instead,

Cromwell noted he was aware of the

ultimately claimed his

than

engaging and very

'It

TV

powerful instrument of healing for those in attendance

'You come home from a long day at work and you're very vulnerable," he added.

'ER" which he called "a very provocative,

naire,

highly public struggle of Chicago Cardinal

Joseph

Cromwell

medium

while dealing with

In a Feb. 6 conference call with

tried to take girlfriend

Lockhart's (Maura Tierney) purse.

—

"This play deals with the whole area of human suffering and spiritual. Through the meditation on healing events in Jesus' life, this mystery play promises to be a very physical, psychological,

hard nut for the bishop to crack

guest appearances

end with the Feb. 22 episode. writers,

The Franciscan Mystery Players of St. Mary s, Clayton, New York

Croatian native

James Cromwell's career has

Catholic bishop in Chicago

presented by

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told:

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Editorials

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The Pope

February 16,

& Columns

Mary of history, mother of faith had to smile once when a Catholic teen-ager

mother of Jesus as "Mary Superstar."

Actually I thought that was a good description of this amazing woman who has been given more titles than, I wager, most of us could recount.

Not surprising to me was my immediate curiosity when I picked up a new book called 'Tour OneStep Guide to Mary" (Charis, Servant Publications), that opened with this question: "Is there any other woman in the history of Western civilization who has had as great an impact as Mary, the mother of

2001

The Bottom

referred to the

Speaks

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

Line

ANTOINETTE B0SC0 CNS Columnist

Jesus?"

way to peace, pope says in Lenten message

By JOHN NORTON

Forgiveness

is

only

Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Pope John

Paul

II

asked Christians to radically embrace the Gospel command to love one's enemy, saying forgiveness

was the only way

between peoples and

to peace

nations.

"In our times, forgiveness appears

more as a necessary dimension

more and

for an authentic social

renewal and for the strengthening of peace in the world," he said in his annual message for Lent.

The

1,600-word message, centering on the scrip-

tural phrase,

"Love

not resentful," was presented at

is

a Vatican press conference Feb.

9.

The pope said Lent, a traditional time of reconcil-

Then, based on detailed research, we get this answer: "The Virgin Mary has been more of an inspiration to more people than any other woman who has ever lived. And she remains so as we enter the 21st century, despite its being conventionally regarded as secularistic by contrast with previous so called ages of faith."

With this introduction, author Mitch Finley puts a magnifying glass on Mary's story, from her introduction to us in the Bible to the present day. He ends as he began, with a question: "How might devotion to Mary fits into Catholic spirituality for a new millennium?"

In all honesty, I've read so much about Mary that I didn't think I would find much that would be new to me. Nor did I think it would affect my own personal devotion to this woman who has been my inspiring guide as I journeyed through a difficult life as a Catholic mother raising children alone and out-

ing with God, should prompt believers to re-examine

living sons.

whether their lives conform to Christ's command to 'love your enemies (and) do good to those who hate

example, that the

you."

"They

are

words

that, if taken seriously,

a radical conversion," he

demand wrongs

committed, "the Christian must make peace even when feeling as the victim of one who has unjustly offended and struck," he said.

He said only interior conversion and "humble

command

He

Christian worship services during the second century. Nor did I know that the earliest portrayal of in

A.D. 150

—

a fresco painted in the

« Rome.

Most of us have no doubt wondered about

catacomb of

Priscilla in

Mary's early

life,

of Jesus" could enable

believers to resist "the psychological self-pity

was wrong on both counts. I didn't know, for first Marian hymn dates back to

Mary was

said.

In addition to asking forgiveness for

obedience to the

I

her parents, the turmoil

in

and revenge." particularly emphasized the importance of

—

the

Economy of

mechanisms of

family when it was discovered that this unmarried Jewish maiden was pregnant. Finley relates the stories about Mary's childhood told in the apocryphal "Protoevangelium Jacobi" ("Gospel of James"). This may be an apocryphal document, but it is plausible fiction, filling a void in the Gospels when it comes to information about Mary.

No doubt these legends about Mary proliferated in the centuries that followed, when, Finley says, "the Christian imagination, it seems, could not get enough of Mary."

Finley presents a smorgasbord of facts to show Mary's increasing importance, starting with the early decades of the Christian era. Hundreds of legends about Mary developed during the Middle Ages, all depicting Jier as kind, a helper of the poor, the oppressed and sinners.

This merciful mother never holds back on love for us earthly ones. No wonder she remains supreme in our hearts.

Above all, Mary is our model for faith faith that "abandons the self in complete trust that, whatever happens, God's loving kindness will be there. It is this faith that Mary teaches us yesterday, today and forever."

violation of law, but a threat to

punishment

for

its

own

sake,

community.

It rejects

emphasizing rather

its

con-

structive and, redemptiv e purpose.

Faith

By affirming the principles of human dignity and community the pastoral bucks the fashionable political

the sacrament of reconciliation, saying the experience

dismisses "three strikes and you're

of receiving God's forgiveness "encourages us to

live

trends in corrections.

enemy but

as a

drug offenders as too simplisgrowth of the U.S. prison population, now at two million. It rejects trying a juvenile as an adult, and it deplores the expanded use of

in love, considering the other

not as

brother."

tic

In addition to

its

GLEN MARY FATHER JOHN S. RAUSCH

spiritual fruits, forgiveness

brings peace between peoples and opens individuals to the material needs of others, he said.

Guest Columnist

where conflict has left enduring animosity among peoples, accepting and offering forgiveness interrupts "the spiral of hatred and revenge, and breaks the chains of evil which bind the Especially in places

Crime and justice When the CathoUc chaplain brings Communion to an

hearts of rivals," he said.

"For nations

in search

of reconciliation and for

among indino other way than

those hoping for peaceful coexistence viduals

and peoples, there

is

forgiveness received and offered," he said.

He

said spiritual reconciliation also predisposes

and respond to the material needs of others, because "a heart reconciled with God and with neighbor is a generous heart" When done with a reconciled heart, the traditional Lenten practice of almsgiving "assumes a deeper meaning, because it is not just giving something from the surplus to relieve one's conscience, but to truly take upon one's self the misery present in the world," he said.

At the press conference, Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Vatican aid agency "Cor individuals to see

Unum,"

AIDS

new papal charity project to assist Uganda over the next two years.

unveiled a

orphans

in

Funded by a gift to the pope of about $500,000 from the northern Italian city of Milan, local Ugandan Catholic organizations hope to care for some 2,000 children who have lost one or both parents to AIDS in and around the capital Kampala

It

out" and "zero-tolerance" for

inmate at a supermax prison

in

southwest Virginia, he

on a chair, exits the room, then waits for the prisoner to enter and receive Holy Communion by himself The rules deny any physical contact. Religious services appear an imposition on prison order. Located in a rural area at the extreme end of the state, the prison routinely uses isolation of inmates for up to 23 hours a day in a cell measuring 6 by 12 feet. Although sweeping vistas with crenulated mountain ranges surround the facility, leaves the Eucharist

inmates never glimpse the beauty

—

another calculated

punishment by sensory privation.

Across the state line in Kentucky, an inmate serving one year for a parole violation contracted tuberculosis in a crowded jail cell. The regional jail represents a source of revenue for the county by housing state prisoners with more temporary county offenders. The prison has no exercise yard, few amenities and a library consisting of a roll-around book cart.

In

November

2000, the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a

pastoral letter about a Catholic perspective

on crime and

criminal justice, "Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and Restoration."

The pastoral

addresses the state of criminal justice

and a major cause

for the rapid

isolation units. It calls for the sensible regulation of handguns and the abolition of the death penalty for the violence it inflicts on society. Ultimately, the bishops seek a criminal justice system that tempers justice with mercy.

Looking at the major causes of crime, the bishops recognize the link with poverty for spawning gangs, violence and substance addiction. In their words: "Fighting poverty, educating children, and supporting families are

essential anti-crime strategies." Drug-related crimes ac-

count for at least one third of all convictions, but treatment

programs in prisons have been diminishing. Yet, a finding by the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs indicates that every dollar spent on treating substance abuse problems saves seven dollars through reductions in crime and hospitalization. Simply put, society will need fewer prisons with more crime prevention, addiction treatment programs and poverty reduction.

Prophetically, the bishops encourage the spiritual

healing of both victim and perpetrator of crime through restorative justice.

victims and the

The process calls the offender to face the

community

for his crime.

When a criminal

meets the person he robbed, the offender begins to realize the consequences of his actions, accept responsibility, make reparation and finally rebuild his life. The victim most times experiences a greater sense of peace and closure to the personal violation. Restorative justice heals by putting a

human face on the process.

The bishops want the $35

billion

spent annually on

the U.S. today and offers directions for reform based on

corrections to be reconsidered. Rather than building pris-

Church teaching. "How can we protect and rebuild communities, confront crime without vengeance, and defend life

ons to warehouse more people, the bishops ask to address

in

without taking

life?" it asks. It

sees crime not simply as a

the root causes of crime and build a healthier society.

"

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2001

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One

Coming of Age

* Was it staying up all night with those children through measles, mumps, fevers, chicken pox, and all the other assorted ailments which plague young-

Candle

sters?

Was

*

it

the thousands of

wash loads

in

an age

before disposable diapers?

MSGR. JAMES

* Was it waiting for us to come home from dates, when our curfew was midnight but excuses always

P.

LISANTE

brought us * Was

Guest Columnist

Happy

(Early)

Mother's Day!

A

few years ago, my mother underwent heart surgery. It was a tough operation. After they rolled her into the operating room, a sensible old doctor came out and told us to go home. He'd call us when she came out of surgery. My father insisted on staying at the hospital. But my sisters and I decided to listen to the doctor.

When you're waiting for someone you love to come through major surgery, time seems endless.

With nothing to do but worry, my sisters and I And

started paging through old photo albums.

there,

dating back to the 1940s and 1950s, were pictures of our parents. They looked great. mother was

My We don't

beautiful and in terrific shape.

usually think of our parents as good-looking because they are, after all, our moms and dads. But in page after page of the albums, we saw people of youth and zest and beauty.

Hours later, the phone rang. Mom was out of surgery, and we could go to Intensive Care to visit with her for a few moments. When I saw her, she looked awful, really beaten up. And the sound of the respirator drawing her breath in and out ran right through me. As I stood by her bedside, my mind was drawn back to those earlier photographs. And I wondered: what had happened to that young and

The Holy

Trinity:

and now have a

is

we

dated who sometimes as bad as our parents had

Mom

more? * Was it the struggle to juggle the vocation of being a mother with the vocation of being a spouse? * Was it the pain of letting go when we grew up, the challenge of loving us enough to let us be free?

Our parents give us so much, and it costs them.

Our appreciation of our moms should not be limited to one day, Mother's Day. Our mothers are givers and, from time to time, we need to let them know that in a world sometimes devoid of heroes they continue to give heroic witness.

Question

question

about the Holy Trinity. Which person in the Trinity

AMY WELBORN

a.m.?

1

the people

it

turned out to be every bit predicted? * Was it the glassy eyes we averted or the alcohol on our breath (no matter how many mints we used to cover our drinking)? * Was it our silly acts of rebellion when we rejected all authority (including our parents) as outdated and stupid and out of touch? * Was it the vacation they didn't take because there were too many bills to cover? * Was it all of those awful parent-teacher meetings, when teachers chided her children for unrealized "potential," but only really believed that promise was there? ^ * Was it the times when her brothers and parents died, but there was so little time to grieve because we were children who needed to be raised? * Was it going without so that we would have

Who is Creator?

Q. I've read your columnfor years

in after

the

Corner

Creator?

Paul writes about Jesus, "In him were created all things in heaven and on earth" (Col 1:16). Yet in the creed we say, T believe in God, the Father almighty, creator ofheaven and earth.

Then in the hymn to the Holy Spirit we sing, "Come Holy Ghost, creator blest. " Are they all "creators"? How do we explain St.

A.

We must realize first of

all

that

we do

Trinity.

The

reason, of course,

is

that

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â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

are dealing

here with the greatest, and central, mystery of the Christian faith.

Practically everything

we know

of the Trinity has

come from the church's theological and spiritual reflection on two sources: how Jesus talked about the interrelationbetween himself and the Father and the Holy Spirit; and how Christians, individually and collectively, experience the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in their lives.

Jesus, for example, speaks of sending the Spirit In numerous passages we read how the very early Christians are quite conscious that their actions are undertaken under the guidance and direction of the Holy Spirit. (See Acts

among many

other examples.)

Columnist

all

three persons. Since there

At

the

same

time, as

God

reveals himself in the

another of the three persons. External actions of

one or

God

are

seen as appropriate (thus the term appropriation) to a particular person in

inner

life

view of that person's "place"

in the

mistakes.

Let me explain. You probably already understand that there are lots of ways of being "smart." There's book smart and street smart.

There are also people who are very diligent workers, spend hours hitting the books and get no grades less than an A, but who, when you get down to it, aren't that intelligent at all.

enough to figure out what they have to do to succeed, but beyond that they're really just good memorizers rather than good thinkers, right?

No, when I talk about the smart kids, I'm not necessarily talking about the honor roll.

I'm talking about the kids, no matter what grades they pull or how engaged they are in school, who are just intelligent: No matter what their specific strengths, they have a quick understanding, they're able to see the connections between details, and they can analyze.

You're probably pretty smart yourself. I'm tempted to declare that if you're reading this, you're a proven genius, but I won't. We'll just acknowledge that you know you're not stupid, and you probably think you're smarter than some of the people around you, particularly the Sure, they're smart

Word

seen as the

is

generated from eternity,

not as a creature, but as sharing the God-nature with the

and

To him

filial

the

attributed qualities such as orderliness

is

love of the Father. In him, as the

kingdom of God

human existence.

While only

the

in creation.

and entered

This brings us closer to the answer to your question, insofar as we can have one. While they relate in some mysterious ways with each other as "persons," the Father, the begotten Son and the Spirit who proceeds from both share equally the one divine nature.

Each is distinct, but each is truly God. From this perspective, every action of God that

death and resurrection,

involves creation, including creation

actions of the

is

ences to

Word made

revealed as present in our

Son took on our human nature

eternal glory

through the paschal mystery of his

all

three persons were, and are, in-

volved and active in the entire saving It is

life

and work of Jesus.

impossible here to give extensive biblical referall

these truths. But a

passages in the Old and

little

New

serious looking

Testaments

up of

will yield a

multitude of examples of these ways of speaking about the

one

God and

the internal

Holy

I

said,

can't tell

Or how many got

Trinity.

cqmmunal

life

and external

involved in truly

idi-

harassment or theft. Or how many smart kids were just plain mean.

How can anyone with even the least bit of intelligence be brought down by such selfotic acts of vandalism,

destructive activities?

how

works: If you are a generally and are constantly told as much, you're at risk of forgetting one important reality: You are still human, you can still be blinded by emotion and need, and you can Here's

it

intelligent person

make huge

mistakes.

You know how

of the Trinity.

The Son

flesh,

coequally the

only one

Scriptures, specific divine actions are attributed to

connections between the Trinity's

itself, is

is

done outside of their co-existent relationship, all do.

Thus, it is proper and necessary to say that the Father, Son and Spirit are involved in the work of creation and in all that sustains and affects that creation.

Father.

and actions "ad intra" as they are sometimes called, God's inner life, and God's actions "ad extra," what God does outside himself,

Watch out. You're nowhere near as smart you think you are.

Take it from a former so-called smart kid who, as a teacher, hung out around plenty of smart kids: If there's one thing I've learned, it's that smart'kids have the most uncanny habit of making the dumbest choices and biggest

girls.

Very gradually, in somewhat different ways in the East and West, the church began to explore the life

smart?

to all the smart kids:,

watch out. Here's why. you how many smart kids I've known who've ended up their late teens dependent on alcohol. Or how many were involved in pregnancies before marriage, both boys and

Godsubstance, none of the three act independently. Whatever is action of

ships

10:44, 11:12, 13:2

is really

message

a

is

as

I

not have

we

Who This

As

and as limited creatures, could not possibly a thorough "explanation" of the nature or the works of the

Holy

Columnist

adults.

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

this?

CNS

make good grades. You and balance school extracurriculars. You have a pretty good understanding of the world. Surely any personal decision you make will be bathed in the same glow of success as your report card, right?

know

how

to

to

Not exactly.

So sure, thank God for whatever gifts you have, but beware all the same. After all, scour the Gospels for days, and one thing you won't find is Jesus declaring, "Blessed are the honor students

..."

He seems

to indicate that there's

something beyond intelligence that brings peace.

So put that brain to good use. Try to figure out what that "something" might be.

.

14 The Catholic News & Herald

February 16,

Around the Diocese

through uptown to 5th St After the parade, there will be a separate Irish festival

In Brief...

Union Atrium on Tryon St For more information or to join in the at the First

Summer religion camp The Oratory ROCK HILL, S.C.

—

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will hold

Tim Lawson

parade, call

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at (704)

St. Peter Church 150th anniversary

CHARLOTTE — The sesquicenten-

under 12, entering grades 2-6 can apply for consideration.

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Tryon

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ues through Jan. 29, 2002.

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girls

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cation. Application deadline

is

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2001

The Catholic News & Herald 15

Around the Diocese

Pilgrimage plans

/

set for Marian

Shrines of France

By JOANN

s.

keane

In Lourdes, ample time

Editor

CHARLOTTE

collective

—

group will join pilgrims from around the world to pray the rosary during the

October pilgrimage to France and

candlelight procession.

Departing from the Southwest village

shrines.

an

is

1

1-day

pilgrimage with an

itin-

the remaining three

erary including Lisieux,

days, pilgrims will have

Rouen, Chartres, Nevers and Lourdes. Participants will also spend time on the beach at

an opportunity to

some of lights,

several days in Paris be-

Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, vice chancellor and vicar for African

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St Catherine

A stop in Ars will see the

this church.

incorrupt body of St. John Vianny, patron of

guided

A

Built as a medieval

will

became a residence to the royal family. Under

Museum

the French Republic,

D-Day

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to Lisieux,

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home of the Convent of

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Pilgrims from the Diocese of Charlotte will spend two days in Lourdes during the October pUgrirnage to shrines of France. pilgrims

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At the age of

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came

The trip includes a museum tour of the Louvre Gallery.

side

Normandy

will visit the

Buy Spring plants and morei

Medal on Rue du where Our Lady

appeared to Catherine Laboure in 1830. From

stop in Rouen, travelers

Designer rooms that bring art indoors

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will visit the Shrine of the Miracu-

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accessories

make

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Beginning with a

Shop

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pany pilgrims on this fascinating trip, going

trip to

and Bonsai

True

group

parish priests.

Countless Orchids, Ikebana,

the

American Affairs, along with Msgr. William Pharr, pastor of St. in Charlotte, will

visit

the true high-

City of Lights. In Notre Dame, pilgrims will have an opportunity to see precious relics from the Crown of Thorns and Paris,

fore returning stateside.

all in

board a high

speed train to Paris. For

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16 The Catholic News & Herald

Pope encourages

welcome nonChristians

By CINDY

WOODEN

VATICAN CITY Christians both in

(CNS)

—

Staff Writer

what were

traditionally

own

neighborhoods, Pope John Paul

II

from morning

ally

The growing presence of non-Christian immigrants in predominantly Christian

evening.

countries calls the church to be welcoming, to

provide concrete assistance and to open av-

to sunsets;

enues of dialogue, the pope said in his mes-

riages, spiritual

The Vatican released the pope's message Feb. 13. World Migration Day is observed on

many

In

pope

countries, the

the

said,

new-

church's attitude toward non-Christian

comers already resembles church workers' activity in mission lands: "They take care of die

sick,

the poor, the

he

Christians,

physical

is

into the

Up,

ways

of a

of the permanent

to the

and material needs of the poor, but

way Good

line between the and consecrated life.

that ultimately aims at sharing the

are ordained ministers of

the

church;

they

can

sacramental duties of the

members of different races and cultures, the pope said At the same time, it may increase a "sense of temporariness" and relativism, lead-

patient; presided at

ing to a decreased practice of the faith and a

had meetings, discussed marriage preparation' with two couples and left for Hickory to assist with the formation of men who will become deacons for the

"Some people

doing charity

fear that

in

view of evangelization could expose them to the accusation of proselytism," die pope

said.

However, he said, Catholics must remember, "the mission of the church today is

human being

exactly that of giving every

regardless of culture or race, the concrete possibility

of meeting Christ"

Pope John Paul

said another essential

element of the church's mission the dignity and the

human

is

to defend

rights of

all

people, including their rights to preserve their

heritage and to practice their religion.

People also have a right to leave their

own

country and enter another nation, although the right must be regulated to protect the

common good of the people in the receiv-

ing country, he

The

said.

increased mobility of the world's

people offers possibilities for dialogue

among

relaxing of moral values.

However,

in the church's pastoral care

Catholic migrants, the primary concern

not that their

faith

of is

may be in danger, he said.

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There are permanent 65 deacons in the Diocese of Charlotte with eight'that will be ordained this summer.

Of the 13,000 deacons in the United States, over 85 percent are married and have families, including Rev. Mr. Wenning, who has been married to his wife Dot his high school sweetheart for 44 years. Together, they have five children and 12 grandchildren, all of whom live in Charlotte, and Rev. Mr. Wenning must craftily divide his time

—

between family and his ministry. He also serves as the diocesan diaconate administrator, along with Rev. Mr. Louis Pais, and as the business manager of St. Gabriel Church.

"You have to be absolutely willing to be very supportive, and you really don't know how it will be until they actually get into the job of the permanent diaconate," said Dot

Wenning.

"It has a huge impact; for example, you never sit together in church again. It [a solid marriage] doesn't come easily; you just have to

work together." Mrs. Wenning

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come withEven though a

position does not sacrifices.

is the only ordained man allowed to be married, if a deacon's wife passes away, he is not allowed to remarry. Also, if a man is single, he is not allowed to marry after ordination.

In this diocese, the men must go though approximately six-and-a-half years of diaconate formation, including academic work, spiritual formation, and lay ministry.

"It [the diaconate^ became a second career for me. I had no idea I would be St. Gabriel's business manager or the diocesan diaconate

deacon

Specializing

into his

ing an airport chaplain.

"I thought I would be a retired deacon who simply hung out in the airport," joked Rev. Mr.

Wenning, who has served

as the

chaplain at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport for

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periodically

diocese.

nf ant /child

some way

first

working, he was approached about becoming a permanent deacon and dove nose first into his ministry, which led him to becom-

most of the

church except consecration of the Eucharist anointing of the sick and hearing confessions. One may find these servants of the church performing baptisms, marriages, assisting on the altar at Mass, serving as RClA and marriage preparation teachers, serving on parish councils and in various other parish and diocesan duties.

Pope Paul VI led the Second Vatican Council to re-establish the permanent diaconate within the hierarchy of the Latin Church. Originally, the diaconate was the stage before men became priests, which is what the transitional diaconate is today. However, the permanent diaconate became a vocation all its own.

Rev. Mr. Wenning's schedule is an example of the myriad of ministries that a deacon performs. Over two days in one week, he assisted at morning and weekend Masses at St. Gabriel Church, his home parish; visited a hospital

of salvation in Christ

He

learned about planes while serving in the Navy, which led him to a career as an air traffic controller and later, an airport tower deputy chief. While career.

walks the

perform

fascinated

aeronautics in

diaconate, a ministry that

laity

al-

Rev. Mr. Wenning. Throughout his life, he has found ways to incorporate

his

life

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'This diocese and those around the country have come a long way with permanent deacons. have gained respect."

Rev. Mr. Ben Wenning has a grocery list of appointments and meetings scheduled every day usu-

said.

sage for

adminstator," said Rev. Mr. Wenning, who has served as a deacon for 1 3 years.

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Catholics

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airport chaplaincy

lished while •

1

3 years.

was estab-

he was in diaconate still working as the

formation and

deputy chief of the airport tower.

He was asked to be the associate chaplain, and later, chaplain.

Airport chaplains were originally military chaplains

who came

back from World War II with no parish homes to which they could return. So, bishops created these

positions for them. Rev. Mr. Wenning's position is an ecumenical one in that he ministers to airport employees and passengers of various denominations and faiths.

He

supervises his 12 volunteers

and maintains the chapel open 7 days

office

a week,

and 24

hours a day.

"You are a kind of public ser'You help people

vant," he said.

deal with emergencies, deaths, lost

luggage, illnesses, baby showers,

anything you can think of."

The airport chaplaincy and the permanent diaconate keep Rev. Mr. Wenning in touch with the public, something that he has always loved. 'This makes me feel good because it allows me to work with people in a more intense way.

As a deacon, you have the opportunity to work with people on an emotional and spiritual

You

level.

see facets of people's lives that

you

normally don't see. Doors open for me and for them."

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Alesha

M.

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