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February 19, 1999

Volume

8

Number 24

Serving Catholics

Inside

Western North Carolina

in

in

the Diocese of Charlotte

Speaker calls chastity example of true freedom By

Pope urges

jimmy ROSTAR

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — Molly Kelly be-

return to

lieves in teen-agers,

sacrament of

HERALD

&

wisdom with more than 100,000 of them each year.

Her message isn't simply one of praise. Rather, it''S a humor-laden plea calling teens, their parents and all of society to talk about and live chaste enthusiastic

penance 10

...Page

and she shares her

lives.

"My

Parishes

talk

is

one big hug," Kelly

said Feb. 9 to a general-public audi-

ence at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle

witness to

School.

surrounding

communities

"I

want

condom

to talk

common

sense over

want to power. I want

sense," she said. "I

talk willpower over pill

to talk self-control over birth control,

and saved sex over ...Page

7

safe sex."

In addition to her general-public

Kelly spoke to students in grades 6-12 at Holy Trinity and Charlotte Catholic High schools Feb. 9 and 10.

Most in attendance at the public presentation were talk,

Local New$

and spiritual consequences of pre-

teens and parents.

A

homemaker, lecturer and author, Kelly is the mother of eight children. Her speeches on chastity are part of a pro-life mission she's been on since the 1975 death of her husband, James, a physician

who

also spoke in defense

Talk to Teens About Chastity."

concerned with how the idea of freedom is interpreted by today's society. Rather than doing whatever anyone wishes, "real freedom Kelly

means

is

down

Abuse

self-discipline," she said.

of freedom, she

said, leads to a

in responsibility,

cipline involves a

break-

while self-disto one-

commitment

self and others.

Calling abortion "the most urgent

11

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5

transmitted disease are but two consequences that can result in a sexual relationship lacking love, and commitment, she said.

During her public presentation,

Israeli

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3

Every Week

Kelly also focused on the emotional

Molly Kelly chats with a teen-aged member of her Feb. 9 audience at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School. Kelly visited Charlotte

promote chastity as can more people

to

a

way fully

appreciate God's gifts.

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4-5

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8-9

didn't get preg-

They

a birth control pill

do

can't protect a broken

Kelly added that sex, a gift from is holy and healthy in the realm of married life. But its misuse can make sex a burden rather than a blessing.

God,

She said "safe sex" is an industry promoted by society, especially the media, to the point of desensitizing its audience. Safe sex is much more marketable than chastity, she added, even though it removes the need for selfcontrol "and reduces our sexuality right down to the animal level."

"Chastity is the only solution that's 100 percent effective," Kelly said. "It costs nothing. It has no harmful side effects, and nobody has ever gotten sick from it."

She said chastity, abstinence and celibacy are all positive lifestyles. She promotes all three, and she serves on the federal government's Grant Re-

is

trust

actions against Palestinians

Editorials

of the ob-

mired in a "treatment" philosophy that focuses on handling problems rather than uprooting them, Kelly added. Unwanted pregnancy and sexually Society

Lenten Reflection

Leaders criticize

many

bombarding the culture of

life.

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What does

heart."

stacles

for troubled marriages

that?

She addresses mostly teen-aged audiences in the United States and Canada, and has spoken in Australia, England, Wales and Italy. She has appeared on national news programs and the Eternal Word Television Network, and is the author of the book "Let's

"Maybe they

Maybe they didn't get a disease.

"What about the emotional consequences? What does a condom do for nant.

for that?

can triumph over

A lifeline

she said.

of life.

issue of our day," Kelly said chastity

Retrouvaille:

marital sex. "(People have) been hurt,"

Entertainment

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Communiquemonos Special supplement to Catholic News & Herald

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Photo by Jimmy Rostar

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Church recognizes 1987 healing at Lourdes shrine LOURDES, France (CNS) Church authorities declared that

February 19, 1999

in Brief

munications director for the Diocese of Juticalpa, Honduras, and director of Radio Catolica de Olancho. "It's a call to review how we're living and to fix what's not right," he said. "There is so much injustice in Honduras, and God wants that to change."

Polish priest sues newspaper over

— a

"sudden and complete" healing of a paralyzed man occurred at the Marian shrine at Lourdes 12 years ago. Bishop Claude Dagens of Angouleme announced the Catholic Church's official recognition of the healing in a state-

'vicious'

ment at the shrine Feb. 10. "In the name of the church, I hereby recognize

God

of

was

man and an effecGod who is savior, and

we should make clear it won't be tolerated. The pope asked me what he had

which was accomplished through the

Our Lady of Lourdes,"

Dagens.

Pope to visit Slovenia in September to beatify bishop

CNS

said Bishop

VATICAN CITY John Paul

— Pope

(CNS)

to visit Slovenia in Sep-

II is

tember

to beatify a 19th-century bishop, the Vatican said. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said Feb. 15 the pope would be in Maribor,

on Sept. 19

Slovenia,

to preside at the

Bishop Anton Martin Slomsek. A poet and writer in addition to the first bishop of Maribor, Bishop Slomsek was credited with helping keep the Slovenian language and culture alive under Austrian rule. beatification of

Miggiani performs in St. Paul's Catacombs in Rabat, Malta, on St. Paul's Shipwreck Day Feb. 10. The day marks St. Paul's visit to the island in 60 A.D. and is one of the holiest in the local church calendar. St. Paul is credited with converting the islanders to Christianity. dren; and

what Mexicans

southeast, the bishops said,

many

"so-

Emil Salayta, education director

Roman Andrzejewski

the patriarchate

officials,

and an inad-

Pope praises Catholic-Orthodox pilgrimage from Chicago (CNS)

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February 19, 1999

Volume

between farmers, government

,

D

unsolicited

— Fa-

agriculture committee. Auxiliary Bishop

government

equate justice system.

episcopal, calendar

N

The

ther Majdi al-Siryani, general manager of the patriarchate's legal and en-

bishop helped broker an agreement between the Polish government and pro-

sins"

—

of Jerusalem'^ Latin-rite patriarchate met U.S church officials to ask financial support for Holy Land cials

millennial events.

must be avoided: extreme poverty, which increasingly affects residents of the region; high unemployment and low salaries, which result in more malnutrition among chilcial

Holy Land (CNS) Offi-

in

WASHINGTON

campaign of rural strikes and blockades over worsening conditions in agriculture. The head of the Polish bishops'

once more," the pope told the group during its Feb. 1 5 Vatican visit. "The regular exchanges between our two churches and the work of the theological dialogue have been important in this process; and joint initiatives such as your pilgrimage help in another way to strengthen the bonds of 'koinonia' ('fellowship')."

Tabasco, Campeche and Quintana Roo. Their Feb. 9 statement followed a meeting in Campeche. In Mexico's

church support

testing farmers, ending a three-week

discover ourselves as 'Sister Churches'

of corruption in inadequate application of justice, said bishops from the states of Yucatan,

said Msgr. Peszkowski.

Latin-rite patriarchate asks U.S.

call "public

—

symptoms" government and an

issues are "palpable

to his people 'to deserve such a

insecurity" the combination of crime, corruption among police and

the country's southeastern region.

These

done gift,"'

Cellist Giselle Spiteri

Four MEXICO CITY (CNS) Mexican bishops warned that drug addiction and crime are on the increase in

—

PHOTO FROM Reuters

Catacombs of Malta

Catholic-Orthodox pilgrimage from Chicago to Istanbul, Turkey, and to Rome will help improve relations between the two churches worldwide.

Pope John Paul II said. "We have come to see how the Lord is enabling us to

Bishops in southeastern Mexico decry increase in corruption

really vicious," said the priest,

Msgr. Zdzislaw Peszkowski. "Nothing like this has happened here before, and

for this

intercession of

— An

seeking

is

damages from a leading Polish newspaper for a 1997 article describing Pope John Paul II as a "simpleton vicar."

"What they said about the Holy Father

healing of which Mr. Jean-Pierre Bely was the beneficiary at Lourdes on Friday, Oct. 9, 1987. This healing, which was sudden and complete, is a personal tive sign of

Poland (CNS)

80-year-old Catholic priest

publicly the genuine character of the

gift

statements about pope

WARSAW,

February 27

— 5 pm

Dedication St. Vincent de Paul, Charlotte

a

of Wloclawek,

team of negotiators

at the re-

quest of Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek and Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw, and

urged farmers and police to show restraint as a prelude to negotiations. After

all-night talks Feb.

8,

farmers' organiza-

agreement with the government on a package to raise state prices for crops and livestock. tions signed an

Mitch left behind opportunity in Honduras, priest says CLINTON, N.C. (CNS) The damage Hurricane Mitch did to Honduras and other Central American countries was devastating. But a dioc-

—

esan communications director working in Honduras said the storm also left behind a priceless opportunity.

"People have said that Mitch was like a judgment day from God, not a punishment, but a judgment," said Franciscan Conventual Father Carlos Arce, com-

February

20 WINSTON-SALEM — "Therese: a Soul," a live

drama

based on the life of St. 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.

2 1 STATESVILLE

— "Therese: The

live drama based on 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.

Story of a Soul," a the

life

CHARLOTTE

—

Changes, an 22 Alzheimer's support group, meets today at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., from 1:30-3:30 p.m. For details, call Suzanne Bach at (704) 3764135.

23

—

for

said Feb. 8 that

they also discussed twinning parishes and support for Catholic schools run by the patriarchate. Father Salayta said the priests had "very positive" meetings with Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. bishops' conference, and Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore.

Canadian ecumenical coalition urges debt cancellation

OTTAWA (CNS) — Canadian reli-

gious leaders urged the government to include debt cancellation and increased

development assistance in the

for

poor nations

upcoming federal budget. "We are

calling for outright cancellation of the

outstanding bilateral debts owed to Canada by the 50 poorest, most indebted countries," said the Feb. 3 letter to Prime Minister Jean Chretien, signed by the leaders on behalf of the Canadian Ecumenical Jubilee

Initiative.

program

I called "Satan,

People of the Lie" begins today at Joseph Church, 720 W. 13th St. For details, call (828) 464-

Evil,

planner The Story of

dowments departments, and Father

cation series

Diocesan

officials

NEWTON — A Lenten adult edu-.

7 p.m. at St.

9207.

—

A support 24 CHARLOTTE 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 begins its annual Lenten mini-retreat today at St. Mary Church, 8 1 2 Duke St. Mass is at 10 a.m., followed by coffee and refreshments. Others gatherings are March 3, 10 and 17, concluding March 24 with Mass and a covered dish luncheon. All are welcome. For details, call Lillian Leonard at (336) 299-0736.

25 ASHEVILLE

—

The Caring

Hearts AIDS Ministry of St.. Joan of Arc Church, 919 Haywood Rd., hosts a healing Mass celebrated by Father

manuscripts and photographs.

1

Religious leaders criticize Israeli

actions against Palestinians boundaries or beWASHINGTON (CNS) — Bishop housing within city

Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston has joined with other U.S. religious leaders in criticizing the Israeli practice

cause of the need to work or study

Israel invests

$450 million in

2000 preparations, says official

abroad.

"Now

By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

with the stringent require-

News

of confiscating residency permits of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem.

Bishop Fiorenza, president of the

ments

these families or individuals face losing

$450 million on various projects in preparations for the year 2000, Minister of Tourism Moshe

National Conference of Catholic Bishops, joined Archbishop Spyridon of the

their access to the city of their birth

Katzav

America and Archbishop Khajag of the Armenian Church in America in a protest letter to the Israeli ambassador to the United States, Zalman Shoval.

"We call upon the government of

through the revocation of their residency rights," the letter said.

A spokesman for Patriarch Sabbah said in mid-February that "the situation has not changed" since the patriarchs' initial protest and the U.S. leaders' follow-up letter, sent in January and made

hopes to provide Christians of all nationalities, including those from the Arab world, an opportunity to visit the Holy Land during the millennial celebrations, Katzav said at a press conference Feb. 15.

"Our efforts are not for any political or economic consideration," Katzav said. "Our main efforts are to be ready for the year 2000 because it is our obligation to supply all the facilities and services necessary to the

Israel to safeguard their (Palestinians')

public in Februai-y.

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of

rights, to rescind these deleterious policies, to

restore identity cards that have

been confiscated, and to refrain from further confiscation," the U.S. leaders

wrote.

Their letter was a follow-up to one last year from three Christian leaders in Jerusalem to Israeli Interior Minister Eli Suissa which cited a dramatic increase in the confiscation of East Jerusalem identity cards during the past

two

years.

to establish a 'center of

within those same boundaries,

The

many

of

U.S. religious leaders' letter

echoed the Jerusalem patriarchs' "great alarm and concern" about the Israeli policy, saying it is "detrimental to the continued presence and witness of the Christian churches in Jerusalem and an infringement upon the rights of all Palestinians, Christian and Muslim."

"The churches

holy city of Jerusalem are not composed only of stones, but more importantly are communities

of

faithful,

in the

worshiping believers,"

"Any further numbers or weaken-

"Although some of these confiscations have been justified legally, we feel

said the letter to Shoval.

that this issue constitutes a serious

ing of their vitality is a matter of great concern to the churches everywhere."

practical dislocation of the Palestinian

population within Jerusalem," said Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Diodoros I and Armenian Patriarch Torkom Manoogian in their letter.

According to a September 1998 report by B'tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, confiscations of residency permits of Palestinians living in East Jerusalem averaged 36 per year in the years 1987-95, with a high of 96 in 1995. From 1995 to 1996, however, the number of confiscations jumped more than 700 percent to 689, and has remained close to that level since.

The Jerusalem patriarchs said

"hard-working and peace-seeking Christians are being forced out of their

because of the lack of affordable

city"

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.

26 CHARLOTTE program

For

—

details, call

Retrouvaille

is

a

for married couples that

brings hope, teaches communication on a feeling level, helps couples realize that

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

(704) 544-0621, or (800) 470-2230.

CHARLOTTE rial

Quilt

is

a.m. -4 p.m.

— The AIDS Memo-

on display today from 10 and 6-9 p.m., and Feb. 27

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 Interfaith

Network. For

details, call

diminution of their

Catholic

life'

A copy of the letter was sent to U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

Nearly two dozen other U.S. religious leaders endorsed the letter from Archbishops Sp3a-idon and Khajag and Bishop Fiorenza. Among them were Maryknoll Father Dennis W. Cleary, U.S. regional superior of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, general secretary of the National Council of Churches.

Other denominations represented in the endorsement included Lutheran, Serbian Orthodox, Reformed, Episcopal, Syrian Orthodox, Disciples of Christ, Moravian, Presbyterian, Baptist, Friends, Church of the Brethren, United Church of Christ and Mar Thoma Church, t

JERUSALEM

(CNS)

—

said.

Israel

Christian world."

Katzav said regional cooperation with Jordan and Egypt is "very good" and he hopes that pilgrims will be able to visit all three countries with only one airline ticket. In addition, he said, cooperation with the Palestinians is "much better" than in the past. He said he had visited with his Palestinian counterpart in Bethlehem the previous week to exchange views.

Shabtai Shai, general director of the Ministry of Tourism, said Israel views the year 2000 as an opportunity to reposition its image as a tourist destination, despite years of security concerns.

"We want to build an image for the country not just as a place for pilgrimages but also as a popular tourist destination," he said. "We want (jubilee pilgrims) to leave the country satisfied and bring back with them their friends

and

relatives."

In addition to improving infrastructure, restoring holy sites and increasing accommodations, the ministry is also training tourism professionals about the special needs and expectations of the year

grims and

He added

that the recent confrontations between Christians and

Muslims in that city have delayed various projects, including development of more parking areas and open-air plazas, t

tian

at St.

each, which includes dinner, valet

develop Christian character today from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the activity center of Our Lady of Grace Church, 2205 W. Market St. For details on this and

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 Miscan be purchased by sending a check payable to sissippi River. All tickets

CCHS

Foundation to 7702 Pineville-

Matthews Rd., Charlotte, N.C. 28226.

For details, call (704) 543-91 18.

28 ASHEVILLE

— The Catholic As-

sociation of Family Educators, a

home-

school 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.

CHARLOTTE — The Ultreya Chris-

pil-

infrastructure," said Shai.

and bus or van parking can be arranged by Feb. 23.

27 CHARLOTTE Charlotte Catholic High School hosts "Swing with Us!", its annual gala and auction benefiting the school, today from 7 p.m.-midnight at the Swing 1000 Club on Central Avenue. Tickets are $75

—

2000

preparing the local population for the influx of pilgrims..

Citizens need to know what 2000 tourism "means to the economy of the state and ... understand that the pilgrims not only bring more traffic but also benefit the country," said Shai.

The government is also giving face lifts to other sites of interest such as Massada, Caesarea, Beit Shean and the Old City of Akko in the hopes that groups will visit these sites in order to enlarge the pilgrimage route, he said.

One of the main focuses of the government has been Nazareth, but visitors to that city still are faced with traffic jams. Local residents maintain that nothing has changed in their city, although the renovation of the outdoor market and several churches has been completed.

"Nazareth has a very long backlog in its development of public is

Shane Windmeyer, (704) 547-2521.

Special transportation needs

Service

Israel has invested

community meets today at 1 p.m.

Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne

Commons

Parkway, to share experiand plans for apostolic ac-

ences, prayer tion.

For

details, call (704)

542-1241.

6

BELMONT — First Saturday de-

votions are at Belmont Abbey Basilica today, starting with Mass at 9:30 a.m., continuing with the rosary at 9:30, and concluding with the sac-

rament of reconciliation

March 2 GREENSBORO Waldek Ziolkowski

— Marian Father discusses

how

to

other adult religious education sessions, call (336) 274-0415.

5 BOONE A Lenten healing service is today at 7 p.m. in St. Elizabeth Church, 259 Pilgrims Way. Stations of the Cross follow. For details, call (828) 264-8338.

HIGH POINT A Latin Mass is celebrated today at Christ the 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 details, call (336) 884-0244.

—

—

at 10:30.

For

Terri or Phil DeLuca, (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 precedes the meeting.

For details, call (828) 898-5328. details, call

—

CHARLOTTE — The Holy Angels

Emerald

Ball,

Belmont, is today in Founder's Hall. Various sponbenefiting

in

Holy Anprograms and services for children and adults with mental retardation and multiple disabilities.

For details, call (704) 542-6846. sorship levels are available.

gels provides

Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to publication date.

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February 19, 1999

{diforiah & Columns Will Catholics listen to the

pope

The Bottom

on the death penalty?

The Pope

Again the pope has come to America, mesmer-

Line

izing thousands of youth and adults through

Speaks

and insights about human needs. His words that struck me most forcefully were about the most serious conflict we face today "between a culture that affirms, cherishes and celebrates life, and a culture that seeks to declare entire groups his charismatic presence

—

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

Ataudience, pope says he appealed tD Americas to respect life

By CINDY WOODEN News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II said his messages in Mexico City and St. Louis were an appeal to all American Catholic

—

human life at every stage of development.

"No to abortion and euthanasia; enough with the unnecessary recourse to the death penalty; no to racism and to the abuse of children, women and the indigenous," the pope said Feb. 10, summing up his message.

As is his custom, the pope used his first weekly general audience after his late-January trip to reflect on the visit and to thank the government and church officials who hosted him.

Pope John Paul said his message to the Americas also included an appeal to stop the weapons and drugs trades and the destruction of the environment.

"This visit of mine was, in a certain sense, a peoples to respect its

great appeal to America that

it

pel of life and of the family, that

accept the Gosit repudiate and

of human beings the unborn, the terminally ill, the handicapped and others considered 'unuseful' to be outside the boundaries of legal protection."

Among those "others" are prisoners on death row. The pope urged Catholics to oppose the death penalty, calling this "cruel and unnecessary ... even in the case of someone who has done great evil."

Pope John Paul II believes so deeply in this need to work for a universal culture of life that he took an

unexpected Carnahan,

step.

—

He

asked Missouri Gov. Mel

commute

the death sentence of Darrell J. Mease, convicted of killing three people in 1988. Amazingly, the governor responded by commuting the sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He explained he did this not because he had changed his mind about the death penalty, but out of respect for the pope.

And

a Baptist, to

our amazing pope came to America, gave great inspiration to great crowds of people and achieved something dear to his heart: He saved a life. so,

News

stories after this speculated

how American

Catholics would react to his strong condemnation of the death penalty. A New York Times story said that lay Catholics support the death penalty by a 2 to

1

margin, reflecting "an implicit rift" between many Catholics and the pope.

I, personally, was overjoyed that the pope was firmly outspoken against the death penalty, a position I have held for a long time. I have had a hard time with the inconsistency I've seen in some Catholics who join the crusade against abortion, but cheer the killing of prisoners.

combat every form of violence against the human person," the pope said.

Pope John Paul said he found American Catholics "very attentive and committed to the defense of life and of the family, inseparable values which constitute a great challenge for the

important role in the church and in the world only if it defends and promotes the immense spiritual and social patrimony of its families," he said.

The pope said he was touched and encouraged especially by the young people he met in Mexico and the United States.

Their enthusiasm and their interruptions of applause when "I presented the most exacting aspects of the Christian proposal showed that they want to be the protagonists of a new season of courageous witness, effective solidarity and generous commitment to serving the Gospel," the pope said.

Pope,

Irish

in N. Ireland

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

Mary McAleese met Pope John

Irish President

Paul

II

on Feb.

12 to discuss problems obtaining peace in

Northern Ireland. "There was an exchange of opinions on the current situation in Ireland," said a statement released afterward by Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Vails. "Particular importance was given to the problem of peace in Northern Ireland. Mrs. McAleese reported on the goals already reached and on the prospects for the future," the statement said. The pope "expressed to the president his satisfaction with this path of reconciliation."

Columnist

My readers know that I do not come to my antideath penalty position as an academic. life was seared by murder when an 18-year-old coldbloodedly shot my son John and his wife Nancy five years ago in Montana. The young man faced the death penalty, and I had to ask myself "Does anyone who could steal the lives of two good people deserve to live?" Facing that question was the most intense moment of truth I ever had to struggle with.

In Montana, two sons and I had to taste the death in that bedroom, with the bullet hole in the blood-stained wall. fell to our knees, praying to the Lord to exorcise the evil from that room.

My

We

Strangely, in that

moment,

I

didn't

want any more

death.

I

saw

we are wrong to put the emwhen it should be on "unnatural the horror this word conveys. Unnatu-

clearly that

phasis on "penalty"

death" and all ral death at the hands of evil is horrendous, hateful to the life-giving Lord. faith taught me that. But it also taught me that equally horrendous is murder

My

when

it is

sanitized by calling

it official

and lawful.

God is the one in charge of life and death. We have no business trying to take over.

God bless our pope for his courage in coming to America and urging us to end the death penalty. We should follow our holy leader's example.

people about baseball. I say "little people" because most of the players who are going to sign up

little

Light Side

are, in fact, little people.

There's a caveat, however. It is only fair to point against out that an unusual number of teams had which the teams I coached in the past played connections in forgery rings and managed to obtain documents claiming very large "little people" were 10 years old and could play against "my" 10 year olds.

It appeared to me that most of these other teams' players had been shaving for years, probably worked part-time as piano movers and could crush soda cans (I assume it was soda) into ball bearings in one fist.

You can sense already, I'm sure, the many potential issues VCRs could address. Take parents. Please.

Actually, that's not fair. It is an overused axiom that parents who are normally nice, polite, hardworking (even paper-pushing) folks all of a sudden turn into ranting idiots when they see their children in a game. Not fair. By far they rant the loudest when in the game. their son or daughter is During games, parents are only mildly dangerous, and at many facilities there is a cyclone fence between the playing field and the stands. What irritates coaches, of course, is unsolicited advice like,

—

DAN MORRIS CNS Columnist

its

president discuss peace

problems

CNS

tons and tons (33 or 34 tons at least) of people out there right now who are going to volunteer to coach

On the

present and future of humanity."

It is within the family, he said, that freedom learns to grow on the foundation of moral values and the laws of God. "America can carry out

ANTOINNETTE BOSCO

Novel ministries to meet continent's crying needs have been accused by some persons of prefer-

I ring

to

"make up"

ideas for

new

ministries

rather than actually "do" something, which

is

abso-

someone working solid, working mission

lutely a horrible thing to say to

come up with a statement for a parish-based, but nationally funded, paper-shuffling ministry (PSM).

I invested the better part of an afternoon working with the acronymical possibilities. However, I (ministry of parejected almost everything: per executives), OOPS (outreach of paper shufflers), POOPP (parish outreach to of paper pushers), etc.

I decided PSM is straight to the point. Besides, it might fool some large pharmaceutical companies into sending along monster grants.

The point is, however, that PSM was an outgrowth of a conversation about another crying need across North especially at this America and even parts of Minnesota time of year when you see "Little League Sign-Up" signs popping up in snow banks and on reader boards: VCR (volunteer coach retreats). This is such a great idea it's hard to decide if it should be taken up by a parish's social justice committee, evangelization team, retreat promotion coordinators or hospitality committee.

Regardless, and I know this for a fact, there are diligently to

MOPE

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NOT

"Hey, you so-called baseball coach, why don't you have them throw it around the horn?"

I would just smile, knowing that nautical terms would only confuse the boys. Besides, I always felt that kicking the ball from base to base reduced chances of head injuries and built skills they could use later in soccer season.

So,

I

am sincere in proposing that volunteer coach

retreats could be a great place for people to "get their

heads on straight," as they say in football, and reflect on the work they are doing for young people.

It would be good, however, to make sure these are scheduled after trading deadline and that the retreat master was familiar with Little League rules for substitutions and stealing bases.

February 19, 1999

Editorials

Light

One

Candle

FATHER THOMAS J.

McSWEENEY Guest Columnist

Everyday death, everyday

life

One

of the best things about writing a weekly newspaper column is the response I get. In return for expressing some of my thoughts, many readers do me the honor of sharing theirs with me.

Over a year ago I wrote a piece about a friend's mother who was in a coma and, according to the considered opinion of her doctors, on her deathbed.

After much painful discussion, the family decided to have the machines providing "extraordinary means" disconnected. To the amazement of her family my friend's mom woke up. She lived and enjoyed her family for several weeks more.

Among the readers moved to write was a doctor who works in critical care. I later quoted Dr. Wes Ely who said that while he "considers patient care a vocation, my inability to predict a patient's course is always humbling for me. The wonder of God in such 'miracles' is an important daily consideration."

Dr. Ely and I have kept in touch. Recently he sent me a fascinating and moving letter recounting a couple of days in the Intensive Care Unit "dealing with a huge variety of patients with a multitude of illnesses. For example, a 17-year-old girl pregnant with an 11 -week fetus resulting from a date rape came in with severe meningitis.... She arrived to us in the ICU brain dead. "We kept her on life support for ...

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until we had evidence that no blood was flowing to her brain, and then I had a discussion with the family about withdrawal of life support. ... The reaction was so violent and angry that even I was amazed by the mother's reaction and I have these sorts of conversations about death on a daily basis. She screamed at God not to take her little girl. I got her in touch with a priest since they were Catholic. By the next day she had acquired a peace or at least enough control to go through the necessary discussions and bedside good-byes."

Then he told me about a woman with advanced Lupus whose "heart just stopped and wouldn't come back despite 30 minutes of resuscitative efforts. Her husband was seriously hurting, and her daughter screamed out, 'Oh no. Mommy. I need my Mom. I just know she is not really dead. I'm 16-years-old and all world! What am I going to do?'" alone in this The third death he described was that of a 40-

with a progressive lung disease who had received a lung transplant a year before. After months at home, serious complications developed. At the end he had pneumonia, a blood clot and transplant rejection. "His wife requested we withdraw support."

The next day Dr. Ely sent a note to the transplant team about the man's death. It said that his wife "spoke with resolve through her tears and showed remarkI have written a letter to the able clarity of thought. family that describes our sorrow and yet strengthens the nature of her decisions. Perhaps this may relieve any of the unnecessary yet inevitable guilt that she will feel. It was a tough day in the unit."

Yet in the same period. Dr. Ely and his colleagues were able to save a pregnant woman with severe asthma and her unborn child, a college student who had overdosed on alcohol; and give two patients transplants.

I believe many of us think that when death comes we will slip away quietly at a ripe old age, sound of

year-old

man

...

...

mind and body

to the end.

Death and

life

are rarely

Thank you, Dr. Ely. Thanks to all of you who bring wisdom and compassion to the dying and those who love them. that peaceful.

Question

on

Comer

For years we have been told cremation is permitted Now, some of our clergy claim that

anytime, for anyone. is

with

sasters

allowed only in emergencies (epidemics, di-

many casualties,

etc.)

or

when

individuals are

too poorfor a traditionalfuneral.

This has upset some older people

who have

already

arranged, with their children 's consent, to be cremated. Is there a

change or

is

the information

we

received

Reflections

FATHER WILBUR

THOMAS Vicar for Priests

From slavery to freedom

...

cremation?

cremation

Lenten

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

wrong?

This

on the

particularly in Europe,

Matthew 23:1-12

used cremation as an argument against the resurrection and immortality.

It is ridiculous, they claimed, to believe God can gather all that smoke and ashes together to make us rise.

Almost no one holds that position today. Reasons for desiring cremation have more to do with health, economics and other private or public concerns.

Thus, the relaxation of the rule. In fact, Catholic funeral liturgy explicitly provides for burial rituals in the context of cremation. (See Introduction to the Rite of Funerals and Canon 1 176.)

More

recently (1997), regulations were relaxed

even further, allowing funeral Masses with the ashes present.

I

don't

know how your

parish staff might have

come up with those conditions, but nothing in church law limits cremation to emergencies, financial straits or other such circumstances.

Two important cautions do need to be considered, however. First, while it allows cremation, our church makes clear a strong preference for the traditional custom (in our culture at least) of burying the

Jesus spoke

ders, but they will not

lift

a finger to

move them.

works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation 'Rabbi." As for you, do not be called 'Rabbi.' You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called 'Master'; you have but one master, the Messiah. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted." (NAB: Revised New TestaAll their

bound

to routine,

bound

many of us

bound

are

still

to destructive

to sickness. ...bound,

is

that

often choose to relinquish our personal re-

He meant that at a time of death, friends and have many lessons to learn about life and

make decisions and thereby take often choose inauthority over our lives. stead to let others usurp our personal authority and therefore we become powerless to change, to be free, even to decide. 'This deception is very

on earth and priorities normal course of daily

evident in our society in that often we are very apathetic and actually irresponsible in our at-

more

for the living than the

relatives

death, the shortness of time

that

Then

.

tomb.

Augustine noted 1,600 years ago that Chris-

tian funeral rites are

dead.

states:

crowds and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens (hard to carry) and lay them on people's shoul-

ment, 1986) One of the major reasons

Columnist

in a

St.

who

pray, fast and do

a time for us to meditate

to the

we body

is

account:

relationships,

practice.

As you probably know, cremation was once forbidden because it was promoted years ago by groups,

works

on and hopefully understand in a fuller way the suffering, death, and resurrection of Christ Jesus. These are the actions by which God showed great love for the world and those who believe in Jesus as Savior and Lord. Through God's Son we are truly being freed from that power in this world that often deceives and binds us. We are held bound and ineffective in loving one another and thus in letting God be God in our lives. Consider the following Gospel charitable

slaves,

A. Catholic Church law permitting cremation has not changed basically since 1964, when the Congregation of the Holy Office lifted the long-time ban

forty day period before the Easter

Triduum wherein we

become confused

in the

living.

His point was that we need the reminders that confront us in the presence of the body of a friend, in the Eucharist we offer and in placing the body in the grave. All our funeral liturgy, from wake to burial, spell out those reminders in the context of Jesus' own death and resurrection.

The second concern is somewhat related. At the time of death we need to consider how what we plan will aff'ect loved ones left behind. The very least we should do, when family is involved, is discuss the decision thoroughly with them, and make sure they are spiritually and emotionally comfortable with the arrangement.

Anthropologists tell us you can learn much about a culture by the way people treat their dead, and how they ritualize their loss and grief cannot allow ourselves to lose contact with the great spiritual realities that confront us as Christians in times of death and burial.

We

sponsibility to

We

tempts at building human relationships. We fall to that deception that we cannot effect change in our society or in our personal relationships that will benefit our personal growth and development, Those persons to whom we give our personal authority, whether secular or religious, often become deceived into the belief that everything depends on them and their decisions and consequent actions. They become bound to the deception that they are "in control." They begin to "take charge" out of the best of intentions only to end up being less free and very limited

human is

beings themselves.

Jesus teaches us, first and foremost that God the sole authority in our lives and we are

solely

dependent on

God

for

any power that

allows us the freedom to act responsibly.

See

LENTEN REFLECTION,

page

He

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in

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School of Americas foe heartened by growing opposition

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

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Mass Media"

at the annual gathering of the Salesian Guild Jan. 23 at Xavier

The

massive turnout at November's protest in Georgia may have been a turning point in the movement to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas, according to the priest who started the effort. With increasing public awareness about the campaign, the organizers are now figuring out how to manage the logistics of rallies that draw thousands of people from across the country. They're also looking toward investigating other U.S.

University in Cincinnati, Father Dulles warned that the electronic revolution "is producing a new mentality that we cannot afford to neglect." "My own impression is that the enormous power and impact of productions tend to engender a rather passive consumer who is content to be a spectator rather than an actor a follower rather than a leader," he said.

Peace prize winner urges U.S.Iraq dialogue, not bombs MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS) Mairead Corrigan Maguire, co-winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to end violence in Northern Ireland, urged President Clinton in a Feb. 10 talk to use with Iraq the dialogue and negotiations that he has supported in Northern Ireland. She also called on the church to set aside the traditional just-war theory, and to recognize that "Jesus was totally nonviolent."

Maguire spoke to about 100 people under sponsorship of the Maryknoll Center for Mission Research and Study.

Students wait hours to join volunteer housing project

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training programs for foreign militaries.

Maryknoll Father Roy Bourgeois

described for students at Georgetown University Feb. 10 how his one-man protest of a decade ago grew into a nationwide grass-roots campaign involving clergy, elderly nuns, college students, veterans and families.

Pope, Anglican leader discuss 2000 cooperation

CNS

India violence,

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope

John Paul II met Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, to discuss

PHOTO FROM Reuters

Indian Christians Catholic nuns in Calcutta rally Feb. 1 1 to protest violence against Christians. Hindu militants are suspected in recent murders and rapes of Christian missionaries and nuns in India. Some 25,000 Christians joined the protest in Calcutta.

church cooperation for

WASHINGTON

the year 2000 and shared concern over

recent anti-Christian violence in India.

Archbishop Carey, head of the Church

of England, met privately with the pope for about a half hour Feb. 13. In a statement, the archbishop said the two had "expressed deep concern over the incidents of persecution of Christians

and others

Indian sub-continent." They also talked about pastoral problems in Sudan, another country where Christians have frequently complained of discrimination, and pledged that their churches would work together in the African country. in the

Vatican doctrine head cites 'need for moral absolutes' MENLO PARK, Calif (CNS) Meeting with reporters Feb. 12 after

a multinational

Catholic doctrinal consultation, Vatican doctrine chief Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger warned against moral relativism, saying there is a "need for moral absolutes."

Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, one of the meeting's U.S. participants, said the fact that some people don't follow church teaching does not mean the teaching is wrong.

Rather, he said, it challenges church leaders to "find new ways" to get the teaching across. The Feb. 9-12 conwas held at the sultation Vallombrosa Center, a San Francisco

(CNS)

— More

than 100 students at The Catholic University of America lined up for hours into a cold, rainy night to apply for 53 positions to build and rehabilitate houses in the South at spring break. Registration for the Habitat for Humanity assignments to New Orleans, and Clearwater and Miami, Fla., opened at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6. "I

archdiocesan retreat and conference center in Menlo Park.

Theologian says church must not ignore electronic revolution CINCINNATI (CNS) By his own admission, Jesuit Father Avery

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Arzobispo colombiano recuerda a 'heroes silenciosos' del teiremoto BOGOTA, Colombia (CNS) — autoridades.

Monsenor Pedro Rubiano Saenz, Arzobispo de Bogota, elogio a los "heroes silenciosos desconocidos" que

Por

desempenaron un papel indispensable en los esfuerzos de rescate del

terremoto y oraron por las victimas del desastre que destruyo a las ciudades de la region occidental del pais.

"Todavia estamos por la sacudidos tragedia por y algunos relatos de horros que hemos estado escuchando",

Monsenor

dijo

Rubiano durante la Misa del domingo 31

En su edicion para

de enero,

lo

menos 940 personas

resultaron muertas y tantas como 4,000 lesionadas en el terremoto, dijeron los funcionarios colombianos el 3 1 de enero.

En su edicion para el 31 de enero, el diario "El Tiempo" dedico una pagina a los "Apostoles de Armeel

personas

nia",

31

corrientes que han estado desempeiiando papeles heroicos en medio de la tragedia.

Tiempo" "El

el diario "El

Tiempo" dedico una pagina a los "Apostoles

informo que Jorge

de Armenia", personas

propietario de una de

Ivan

Garcia,

mayores tiendas de Armenia, en vez de

de enero.

las

"Pero tenemos que ver tambien los numerosos ejemplos

corrientes

que han

aprovecharse de

estado desempehando

la

escasez de alimentos,

como lo hicieron de generosidad y el papeles heroicos en espi'ritu heroico que muchos otros, regalo se ha mostrado dumercancias por valor medio de la tragedia. rante esta semana de millares de dolares tragica", agrego el. a los mas necesitados.

El Alberto Llanos, terremoto ocurrio el 25 de enero, devastando a de 53 anos de edad, se hallaba cerca 20 pueblos y aldeas de cinco del cementerio de Armenia cuando provincias. Armenia, la capital de la vio la llegada de los primeros provincia de Quindio, sufrio los cadaveres. peores danos, dijeron las "Advert! inmediatamente que se

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mas de un par de

necesitaria de

brazos

para

ayudar

sepulturas", dijo

SAN SALVADOR (CNS)

Las dependencias eclesiasticas y gubernamentales dijeron que los sobrevivientes del Huracan Mitch estan huyendo de la America Central, asolada por la tormenta, en busca de trabajo en los Estados Unidos.

lesionadas cuando Mitch barrio a traves de la America Central a fines de octubre y principios de noviembre.

Honduras y Nicaragua sufrieron

el

grueso de los danos, dejando a sus infraestructuras y economias fragiles en ruinas.

La directora de los servicios de

Desde el 15 de noviembre ultimo en adelante, la corriente de migrantes ha aumentado en gran medida, dijo Mario Morales, coordinador adjunto de un refugio auspiciado por la Iglesia para los inmigrantes ilegales en la frontera entre Guatemala y Mexico.

El dijo en una entrevista

inmigracion de Honduras, Reina Ochoa, dijo a mediados de enero que alrededor de 300 hondurefios al dia estaban saliendo hacia los Estados

mas de

ciento sobre las peticiones de enero de

telefonica que, en diciembre,

900 personas habian pasado por la Casa del Migrante, un proyecto apoyado por los Misioneros Escalabrinos en

de Tecun

el

pueblo fronterizo

Uman, Guatemala. El

promedio mensual normal era de entre 300 y 400 migrantes.

La mayorfa en diciembre fueron centroamericanos, que hui'an de la secuela de Mitch e iban de camino hacia los Estados Unidos, agrego Morales.

Aproximadamente 9,000 perso13,000 fueron

nas murieron y

Unidos.

El consulado estadounidense en Tegucigalpa, la capital de Honduras, dijo que las solicitudes de visas habi'an

aumentado en un 40 por

1998.

El

gobierno de los

Estados

Unidos proporciono ayuda de emergencia por valor de $300 millones

para

reconstruccion,

las

y

el

gestiones de Congreso de los

Estados Unidos estaba considerando dar ayuda adicional.

"La razon de nuestro compromise solido con la reconstruccion subraya la necesidad de hacer posible que las personas permanezcan en sus pafses", dijo Doris Meissner, comisionada del

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de

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el.

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Fernando Taborga y Ernesto Lopez llevan una estatua de San Antonio que ellos rescataron el 2 de febrero de una escuela catolica danada por el terremoto de Armenia, Colombia.

las

tumbas, oro

los

por los muertos y doy gracias a Dios por aquellos de nosotros que estamos vivos. Esa es toda la compensacion que puedo pedir", dijo Llanos, t

Estados Unidos quedense

de los Estados Unidos.

Ella advirtio que los centroamericanos que se recuperan de los danos ocasionados por el huracan "no debenan arriesgarse a viajar al

vayan,

norte".

limitaciones en leyes nuevas".

Naturalizacion

Ella dijo en San Salvador:

"No

aqul,

se

les

necesita aqui para la reconstruccion

ayuden a su nacion".

Morales dijo que la corriente de inmigrantes ilegales no sera detenida "con nuevos obstaculos'o ...

se

Sacerdote dice que Mitch dejo atras

una oportunidad en Honduras

—

El dafio que el Huracan CLINTON, Carolina del Norte (CNS) Mitch hizo en Honduras y otros pafses centroamericanos fue devastador.

Pero un director diocesano de comunicaciones que trabaja en Honduras dijo que la tormenta dejo atras tambien una oportunidad inapreciable.

"La gente ha dicho que Mitch fue como un Dia del Juicio de Dios, no un castigo, sino una sentencia," dijo el Padre Carlos Arce, franciscano conventual, director de comunicaciones en la Diocesis de Juticalpa, Honduras, y director de Radio Catolica en Olancho.

"Es un llamado a revisar de que modo estamos viviendo y a reparar lo que no este correcto", dijo el. "Hay mucha injusticia en Honduras, y Dios quiere que eso cambie".

Esa es la oportunidad que el Padre Arce, oriundo de Nicaragua, dijo que el gobierno de Honduras esta pasando por alto.

Las gestiones del gobierno se han centrado sobre la infraestructura del pais carreteras, puentes, edificios, servicios publicos dijo el Padre Arce. "Ellos creen que habra una nueva Honduras, y eso esta bien. Pero otro desafio es aun mas importante: La edificacion del nuevo ciudadano, el nuevo hondureno, con nuevos valores y nuevas actitudes". t

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Amigos y amigas en

las

Cristo:

que

para

tiempo de Cuaresma con la celebracion del Miercoles de Ceniza.

Ese dia el sacerdote pone en nuestra frente la senal de la Cruz hecha en ceniza y nos dice una de dos cosas:

convivir verdadero ambiente de fraternidad, de justicia, de paz?

Hoy quiero ofrecerles un camino.

El camino de

CM.

quiero reflexionar

Convertirse no es compasion, no es compartir lo que sobra. Es compartir con amor la

la

primera frase con ustedes: "Arrepientete y cree en el' Evangelio". La Cuaresma inicia

Arrepentir es convertir, es cambiar de mentalidad, de estilo de ser y de actuar.

Es dejar las redes en la barca y caminar el

camino de

nuestra realidad de pecadores y nuestra necesidad de cambiar de mentalidad, de dejar las redes en la barca, o sea, dejar las cosas que no nos dejan caminar libremente detras de Jesus, de vivir mas plenamente el Evangelio.

Reconocemos que necesitamos ser mejores personas, mejores cristianos.

reconocemos

resignacion.

para con el pobre. Es

encuentro con

el

hermano, que

el perdon y la reconciliacion.

Convertirse es compartir el camino y la ilusion del pueblo. Es compartir

reparte

Jesus.

Con el Miercoles de Ceniza, empezamos a reflexionar sobre

Tambien

la cercania

pueblo, que comparte su dolor, que el

la

necesidad de tener cambios en nuestra comunidad, en nuestro mundo. Vemos como Cristo sigue sufriendo, mas recientemente, en Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua. (jCuales son las redes que necesitamos dejar en la barca para poder ser mejores personas, mejores seguidores de Cristo? ^jCuales son

entre hermanos la amistad que vivimos con Dios. Convertirse es compartir el Dios oculto en nuestra

Humana y descubrirlo en la debilidad humana del otro. Es sonar con un mundo distinto: un mundo de justicia, de amor y de paz. Es acoger, debilidad

abrazar, curar

vida de Cristo fue un y sencillo para el bien de los hombres y mujeres de su tiempo. El Senor paso su vida buscando el bien material y espiritual de todos sus hermanos. Su presencia sefiala la Uegada del Reino de Dios, Reino de bondad y salvacion, Reino de liberacion de los males espirituales y corporales que nos afligen.

A este servicio humilde, muchas veces anonimo, nos llama a todos. De hecho todos nos encontrarnos a cada rato con personas que sufren en su cuerpo o en su alma. A esas personas

el

dolor del pobre. Es

con el otro, es alegrarse con un Dios que quiso ser pobre.

Hermanos y hermanas, en este tiempo de Cuaresma, busquemos dejar las redes que no permiten que nos arrepintamos y creamos en el Evangelio. Pidamos a Dios que la paz y la reconciliacion humana que queremos en nuestra comunidad sea realmente fruto de nuestra conversion llorar

a Dios, a su Reino, a su justicia.

Frente

dolor y las adversidades no hay que desesperarse.

Ya que Dios todo tiene en cuenta y sabra recompensar -a su debido tiempo la fe que hayamos puesto en El y el amor que le hayamos demostrado prestando nuestros servicios a hermanos y hermanas en dificultad.

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que no podemos llegar a todos. Pero conocemos tambien la grandeza y la posibilidad que todos tenemos de ser cristianos autenticos y verdaderos

(CNS) Los peregrinos que planean hacer un pueden hacer una visita virtual primero y hasta efectuar arreglos para su estada, con un nuevo lugar del Vaticano en la Internet, dedicado al ano 2000.

El "lugar", que entrara en funciones el 22 de febrero con el indicativo viaje a

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perseverancia. Estamos conscientes de nuestras limitaciones. Sabemos que no podemos socorrer a todos y

del Jubileo

KERNERSVILLE

FOREST CITY

al servicio

nuestros semejantes y del Evangelio con lealtad y con de

Vaticano empezara 1ugar' en

todos los domingos,

ASHEBORO

Tenemos que ponernos

la

pueblo

compartir el corazon.

El corazon que comparte la espera del

busca

Toda

servicio inmediato

nos envia Jesus para que les ofrezcamos una mano amiga que los ayude a salir de la prueba o a aceptarla con fe y con cristiana

esperanza, la pobreza,

invitandonos a hacer dos cosas: arrepentirnos creer. y

libremente por

pueda en un

COMPARTIR. Convertirse es compartir.

Arrepientete y cree en el Evangelic o Acuerdate que eres polvo y al polvo has de volver

Hoy

nuestra

comunidad

Rev. Vincente H.

Al servicio del ReIno

redes que hay que dejar en la barca

El di'a 17 de febrero iniciamos el

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Suplemento de The Catholic News & Herald 3

19 de febrero de 1999

Noticias

Papa dice que apeio a las Americas para que respeten ClUDAD DEL VATICANO

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

(CNS) El Papa Juan Pablo II dijo que sus mensajes en Ciudad Mexico y Saint Louis fueron un llamado para que los pueblos de las Americas respeten

la

vida

humana en

todas sus

al

aborto y a

la eutanasia;

basta

ya del recurso innecesario a la pena de muerte; no al racismo y no al abuso de los ninos, las mujeres y los indigenas", dijo el Papa el 10 de febrero.

El Papa uso su primera audiencia general semanal despues de su viaje a fines de enero para reflexionar sobre la visita.

FOTO

CNS

OE ARCHIVO

Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez, que fue presidente del sindicato de los Trabajadores Agricolas Unidos de los Estados Unidos y murio en 1993 a la edad de 66 anos, fue instalado en el Salon de la Fama del Trabajo.

Confirmaciones

CHARLOTTE lotte, el

-

El pasado 6 de febrero

Monsenor William G.

el

obispo de

la

Diocesis de Char-

Curlin, celebro el Sacramento de la Confirmacion en

Centro Catolico de Charlotte.

En esta celebracion se confirmaron: Edmundo Amancha, Paola Amancha, Taguy Cruz, Jose J. Flores, Rosa E. Mascorro, Nicolas Mutis, Jennifer Rodriguez, Jessica Rodriguez, Gladys Rosario y Andrea Tapia. Ellos recibier'on su preparacion de las maestras Noami Rosado y Consuelo Cansler.

Los Reverendos Padres Anthony Marcaccio y Vicente Finnerty y el diacono Rev. Sr. Rafael Torres ayudaron al Sr. Obispo en esta ceremonia.

Despues de las confirmaciones bubo una pequena recepcion donde el obispo compartio con los asistentes. t

Cardenal Ratzinger

califica la

donacion de organos de 'gesto de amor* ROMA

(CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

El Cardenal Joseph Ratzinger, funcionario doctrinal principal del Vaticano, dice

que el es un donante de organos que Ueva su tarjeta consigo y que lo estima como un "gesto de amor" hacia las personas que necesitan transplantes de organos.

El cardenal aleman, director de la Congregacion para la Doctrina de la Fe, hizo sus observaciones en una entrevista con el periodico de Roma "La Repubblica" el 4 de febrero, a medida que Italia debatfa un proyecto de legislacion sobre los donativos de organos.

"El donar los. organos de uno es un gesto moralmente licito de amor, siempre que sea un acto libre ore y espontaneo espontaneo", diJo dijo el

cardenal.

El agrego que se habi'a unido a

una asociacion de donantes de organos hace varios arios, y que lleva siempre una tarjeta en la que declara su disposicion de donar sus organos a cualquier persona que los necesite.

La ensenanza de la Iglesia declara que el donativo libre de los organos despues de la muerte es legitimo puede ser y recomendable. t

vida

El Papa Juan Pablo dijo que

"muy

atentos y comprometidos a la la vida y de la familia, valores inseparables que constituyen

defensa de

un gran reto para el presente y el la humanidad".

El Papa continue diciendo que se sintio emocionado alentado y

El Papa Juan Pablo agrego que su mensaje a las Americas inclui'a tambien un llamado para detener el

comercio de armas y narcoticos y

la

destruccion del ambiente.

especialmente por los jovenes con quienes

Mexico y los Estados Unidos. entusiasmo sus y interrupciones para aplaudir cuando se reunio en

Su

"presente los aspectos mas estrictos de la propuesta cristiana, mostraron ser que ellos quieren los

protagonistas una nueva de temporada de testimonio valeroso, solidaridad eficaz y compromise generoso de servicio al Evangelio", dijo el Papa,

t

Parroquia de Fiji celebrara la primera IVIisa del milenio WAIRIKI, (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; La Santa, cuando multitudes las

Cruz de Wairiki celebrara la primera Misa del milenio.

La parroquia de la isla de

millares de personas asisten a las ceremonias fuera de la Iglesia, porque

Taveuni, en la

el

archipielago de

iglesia catolica

Fiji,

mas cercana

es

a la

internacional de la fecha, de su Misa de medianoche el 31 de diciembre sera la primera Misa del ano 2000.

El Padre John Crispin, marista, de 56 anos de edad, oriundo de Nueva Zelandia, administra esa parroquia con el Padre Lui Raco, oriundo de Fiji. El Padre Crispin es el hombre que tiene mas probabilidades de celebrar la Misa.

El Padre Crispin dijo que la Misa reflejaria la escala de los acontecimientos ven que se normalmente solo durante la Semana

li'nea

modo que

no hay espacio

suficiente dentro.

Misa

La

sera celebrada principalmente para los residentes locales antes que para los turistas. Casi

todos los 14,000 habitantes de Taveuni son catolicos, y cerca de 6,000 de

pertenecen a

ellos

Santa

Cruz.

la

Parroquia de

La mayoria de

<;ii

habitantes de Fiji son metodistas.

La

situacion de

secreto,

para

la

y

Taveuni no

las habitaciones

Vispera del

es

un

de hoteles

Ano Nuevo

se estan

vendiendo rapidamente y por una gran cantidad de dinero.

Cuando los turistas se aproximan Taveuni, ven una enorme cruz blanca a un tercio de la altura de la ladera de una colina. a

Trabajador/a de Casoy Visitador/a Social Se necesita inmediatamente una persona con experiencia para trabajar directamente con la comunidad hispana/latina. Esta persona ayudara a identificar e inscribir ninos hispanos /latinos en un nuevo programa para el cuidado de la salud; debe ser graduada universitaria y bilingue; debe sentirse comoda tratando con personas de diferentes niveles culturales y sociales y ademas debe ser habil usando varios

programas de computadora.

Favor enviar hoja de vida a: Geri King, Directora de Servicios Sociales Catolicos, 1123 S. Church St., Charlotte, NC 28203 o al fax (704) 370-3377.

^mM

...

y China".

"Va 'Veremos",

donde agrego

con

una

espalda estaba encorvada y sus pies se movian lentamente, pero un Papa

sonrisa.

Juan Pablo

hacia la seccion economica de su

11

lleno de espiritu dijo a

los reporteros

que

el

se

propom'a

mantener su ritmo riguroso de viajes mientras "subsistan el deseo la voluntad".

Si el

papa cumple su proposito, mayores paises, Rusia

visitarfa "los

la

los

Papa, volando hacia Mexico, dice que continuara viajes mundiales

A BORDO DEL VUELO DEL HATIA MFVirn PAPA HACIA MEXICO /TM^^ (CNS) Su

y

de

Fiji

Iglesia de la Santa

,

El

el

hallo a los catolicos de las Americas

futuro de

etapas.

"No

la

Despues de caminar lentamente los reunirse con un sombrero azul de gran tamano de un reportero mexicano.

Los periodistas le preguntaron al Papa sobre la situacion en Chiapas,

avion

para

periodistas, el recibio

una

disputa ha estado fuego lento durante varios anos entre el gobierno y los

hirviendo

a

guerrilleros que apoyan a los derechos de los indigenas. El Papa dijo que esa situacion era complicada, porque involucra a los derechos humanos, las diferencias economicas y las reclamaciones territoriales.

"No habra solucion a menos que se

reconozca

que

los

pueblos

indigenas fueron los primeros poseedores de las tierras", dijo el.

El dijo que la respuesta definitiva en Chiapas descansa en las gestiones persistentes por el dialogo. El advirtio contra lo que califico de "teologia indigena", de la cual dijo que ha sustituido a la teologi'a de la liberacion en algunas partes del

mundo, y que toma su

inspiracion del marxismo.

t

4

Suplemento de The Catholic News & Herald

19 de febrero de 1999

Nolicfa$

Papa dice que Cuaresma es epoca de compartir dones de Dios CIUDAD DEL VATICANO

—

(CNS) El Papa Juan Pablo II dijo que para responder al amor de Dios Padre y a sus abundantes dones, los cristianos deben'an de hacer que la Cuaresma fuera una temporada de compartir esos dones con otras personas.

"Si

vivimos

nuestros ojos

cuaresma con

la

fijos

en

el

Padre, se

convierte en una temporada singular

de caridad, que se manifiesta en nuestras obras de misericordia espirituales y corporales", dijo el Papa en su mensaje anual para la Cuaresma.

El tema del mensaje del Papa para la Cuaresma de 1999, que empezara el 17 de febrero para los catolicos del Rito Latino, es: "El Senor Preparara un Banquete para Todos los Pueblos".

Al publicar el mensaje el 19 de enero en el Vaticano, el Consejo Pontificio "Cor Unum" anuncio que habia recaudado $2,800,000 de cerca

de 200 diocesis de la America del Norte, Europa y Oceania para dotar de fondos a "100 Proyectos del Santo Padre" durante 1999. Los proyectos fluctuan desde programas de alfabetizacion hasta viviendas para los ancianos.

Ademas,

las dependencias para beneficencia y desarrollo se han unido al programa con proyectos que ascienden a

catolicas

$17,600,000.

Las dependencias participantes incluyen a la Campana Catolica para

Humano, que

Desarrollo

es

el

programa

de los obispos estadounidenses para combatir a la pobreza; los Servicios Catolicos de Socorro, que es su dependencia internacional para socorro y desarrollo, y la Organizacion Catolica Canadiense para Desarrollo y Paz, que es la dependencia de los obispos canadienses para

desarrollo, dijo

el

Monsenor Dewane.

t

Desastre descuidado: Trabajadores

agncolas se enfrentan a crisis WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— Cerca

Agricolas dice que han sido afectados.

de 28,000 trabajadores agricolas del Valle de San Joaquin, en California, se enfrentan a la perdida de sus hogares, automoviles y subsistencia, en la estela de la congelacion de la cosecha de citricos en diciembre ultimo, segun dice el Ministerio Nacional para los

Ni tampoco ha contado California que no comenzaron la temporada debido a la congelacion, ni a aquellos que no habi'an recibido una solicitud para ayuda por

Trabajadores Agn'colas.

La crisis ha sido pasada por alto otros desastres despues que relacionados con el estado del tiempo se apoderaron del escenario, dijo Virginia Nesmith, del grupo de ministerio, una asociacion nacional entre creencias que trabaja para movilizar al apoyo a los trabajadores agn'colas por parte de la comunidad

agn'colas ya han recibido ayuda para

religiosa.

Los miembros del personal de

la

organizacion, con sede en Chicago,

han ido

al valle,

que esta entre Fresno

en el norte y Bakersfield en el sur, para poner en practica los planes de socorro para el desastre.

El Rev. Ron Patterson, miembro del personal del ministerio en el centre de la Florida, volo a California a principios de febrero.

El Rev. Patterson, ministro bautista, tiene experiencia en las

a los trabajadores

desempleo.

Unos

pocos

trabajadores

el pago de las hipotecas o el alquiler, pero se veran amenazados por el

desahucio o

la

reposesion de sus casas

automoviles a menos que se empleos encuentre dinero o

y

rapidamente, dijo

Nesmith

el.

que los cultivadores "se hallan tan desvastados que no pueden ayudar" a sus trabajadores, que se hallan en dificultades igualmente abrumadoras.

Los programas gubernamentales de ayuda que existen actualmente van dirigidos a los cultivadores mas que a t los trabajadores, dijo Nesmith. dijo

UnPocodetuTiempo — Un Mundode Diferencia.

Santuario de

dijo el Rev. Patterson.

Es la hora

de

y talento a

abrir tu corazon. Presta tu

los necesitados

tiempo

de tu comunidad.

Canq)ana

R^CatoHcadela Comunicadon

CNS

POR cortesIa del Museo Metropolitano de Arte

la Florecita

en San Antonio

designado como basilica menor SAN ANTONIO San Antonio, presidio

gestiones de socorro para los desastres interiores, por haber prestado servicios con el Servicio Eclesiastico Mundial.

"He hallado que el desastre se encuentra muy extendido" y que es mas extenso que lo que los funcionarios de California han dicho", El agrego que el estado, al calcular total un de 4,500 trabajadores agricolas afectados, no cuenta a los trabajadores indocumentados, que forman casi la mitad de los 28,000 que el Ministerio Nacional para los Trabajadores

FoTo

Exhibiciom en Asis Este panel, que representa a San Lorenzo, pintado por Gherardo Stamina a principios del decenio de 1400, es una de las obras maestras de la Basilica de San Francisco de Asis, Italia, que se exhibiran en el Museo Metropolitano de Arte de Nueva York en marzo proximo.

(CNS)

— Monsenor

Patrick Flores, Arzobispo de de febrero que senalaron la

las celebraciones del 6

proclamacion oficial del Santuario Nacional de la Florecita como una basilica menor.

La historica iglesia de San Antonio se convierte asi' en la segunda basilica de Texas.

Desde su fundacion en 1926, la iglesia ha sido administrada por los frailes Carmelitas Descalzos. Fue ingresada al Registro Nacional de Lugares Historicas en 1998, senalando que se le considera digna de conservacion debido a su importancia historica y arquitectonica.

Las basilicas, cuyo nombre procede de la palabra griega "basilike", que significa "real", son designadas como "mayores" o "menores". Hay cuatro en Roma y dos en Asis, Italia. solamente seis basilicas mayores El ti'tulo de basilica menor se otorga a ciertas iglesias "de tamano y belleza notables", que tienen "prestigio en la vida de la Arquidiocesis" y conservan "reliquias especiales de un(a) santo(a) canonizado(a)", en este caso Santa Teresa de Lisieux, conocida como la Florecita.

—

February 19, 1999

The Catholic News & Herald 7

Jubilee 2000: Evangelize

Parishes can witness to the communities around them

By KATE BLAIN year Missionhurst Father Bart Flat served as pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Parish in McAllen, Texas, he celebrated the fijnerals of seven parishioners who were victims of gang violence. This year, there were no such funerals. The reason? Evange-

mandate of

lization.

Flat

"Gang fights and gang activity have gone down drastically," Father Flat boasted. "Kids can no longer terrorize, because people know each

riving at his parish

The

first

Christ," he stated. "If

understanding what Christ asks of

families

For some

parishes, however, start-

ing evangelization efforts can be a

Father remembers ar-

struggle.

the cure for both

associate pastor the

Each week, the 5,000-family parish near the Mexican border sends a dozen parishioners

full-time job of de-

Joseph's

evangelization spiritual

one of a growing

is

parishes

and

is

who

societal

ills.

neighborhoods to sit down together, talk about the Gospel and decide how to act on its message to solve neighborhood problems.

"People say, 'We've lived across the street from each other for years, but I never knew your name,'" said Father Flat. "Every week, you have 450 or 500 people reflecting on the Gospel. I feel very good about this."

"Parishes' witnessing to their communities is as old as the church itself," according- to Paulist Father Frank DiSiano, president of the Paulist Fathers and author of several books on evangelization.

"It's the nature of the church to carry out the universal, missionary into

its

He cited the dioceses of Cleve-

forts.

the nature of the

land, Ohio;

dwindling prayer

believe that

St.

number of

Father DiSiano believes that it a difference when an entire diocese commits to evangelization ef-

makes

church to carry out the

seven years ago to find just a few

groups in parishioners' homes. But after he assigned his

other."

"It's

Jackson, Miss.;

and

Gaylord, St. Louis,

"Even before you enter the church, is there." Father Nutt

the invitation said.

The U. S. bishops' Subcommittee on the Millennium and other bishops' committees urge parishes to make work for justice a priority going into

Mo.,

might be an arch-

mandate If

diocese to emulate:

of Christ.

Its ethnically diverse parish of St. Alphonsus Liguori

they're not

hood

Christian communities in the

the year 2000.

located in the midst of a public housing complex in

evangelizing, they're

Hispanic

not understanding what

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is

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Its

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barrio,"

key to such success lies in "powerful preaching and witness of the Gospel." He asks congregants to bring Bibles to Mass, encourages them to reflect on the readings and asks anyone seeking to join the parish community or become Catholic to come for-

their doors. It's a unique

ward

on the feast of Corpus Christi and carry a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe through the streets on her feast day.

"We have taken

religion out to the

he stated. "People come out of way of evangelization. These people sooner or

where newcomers are invited to Mass and welcomed at a reception af-

said that the

day,"

terward.

"We

have a

lot

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This story comes from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat

for the Third Millennium and the Jubilee Year 2000. It is part of an ongoing series presented by The Catholic News Herald

for a blessing.

grams

social teaching.

Although every parish is different, Father DiSiano offered a suggestion for parishes who want to begin evangelization efforts: Try a "Friend Sun-

sound.

rishioners hold Sta-

that effort, the

mit themselves to such activities as reaching out to people who differ from them and learning more about Catho-

the poorest area of

gan to reach out.

Today, he said, 35 groups of pa-

Toward

bishops are promoting a Jubilee Pledge for Charity, Justice and Peace.

The bishops want parishes to urge members to sign the pledge and com-

is

area, residents be-

in

Miami,

Fla.;

Mich., as examples.

universal, missionary

veloping neighbor-

mainly

and athletic program.

Evangelization teams even plan soon to welcome back residents whose public housing has undergone renovations with "goodie bags" of taped sermons. Bibles and other information.

Most importantly, a banner on a nearby street corner announces, "Come and worship with us."

ferral service

seen

I've

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later find their

they're not evangelizing, they're not

&

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Readi ng$ Jubilee office publishes

book

February

21, First

A

Readings:

Lent. Cycle

of readings on reconciliation WASHINGTON (CNS) The

2)

Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 Psalms 51:3-6a, 12-14, 17 Romans 5:12-19

3)

Matthew

1)

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Subcommittee on the

U.S. bishops'

Third Millennium is offering its second book of readings in preparation for the celebration of the jubilee year 2000.

The 52-page resource,

titled

"Book

of Readings on Reconciliation," in1 1 essays on reconciliation, for-

cludes

giveness and the sacrament of penance. the authors of the essays are Mercy Sister Marie Chin and

Among

Norbertine Father Andrew Ciferni, both keynote speakers at the National

Lay Forum

in

Denver

in 1998.

In an introduction to the booklet, Belleville,

man,

D. Gregory of subcommittee chair-

Wilton

Bishop

111.,

said that during the jubilee year

2000, "we are invited to sweep aside the many reasons we have for putting off reconciliation with God, our families, communities, friends and colleagues.

we

"As

day we

look around our world to-

Sunday of

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My

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Occasionally he will make a comment in defense of a person whose name is being smeared, but he never condemns the gossipers, never even says so much as, "Let's ," or not talk this way about

"You know

this

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gossip."

Some-

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ing Jeff away in those instances, I felt awful. One, because I had disappointed my friend and made him uncomfortable; but two, I could see

Word to Life

what I was doing was unkind and harmful to the person who was

that

"Just as through

one man's

disobedience

became

all

sinners, so through

the object of

aware of

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all

shall

— Romans 5:19 one of my closest friends.

For years he's been someone with whom I talked about nearly everything, including deep personal concerns. But when I would begin to make critical or judgmental comments about another person, his gaze would drop and he'd stand up, is

indicating that the discussion was

coming to a close.

Once I realized what was driv-

Weekly Scripfure

com-

munal

acts of healing and reconciliahe added.

The book also includes sample print public service announcements which are part of an ongoing jubilee project funded and produced by the bishops' Catholic Communication Campaign. tion,"

Readings for the week of Feb. 21 - 27, 1999 Sunday, Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Romans 5:12-19, Matthew 4:1-1 1; Monday, Peter 5:1-4, Matthew 16:13-19; Tuesday, Isaiah 55:10-11, Matthew 6:7-15; Wednesday, Jonah 3:1-10, Luke 1:29-32; Thursday, Esther C:12, 14-16, 2325 or 4:17, Matthew 7:7-12; Friday, Ezekiel 18:21-28, Matthew 5:20-26; Saturday, Deuteronomy 26:16-19, Matthew 5:43-48

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Kelly urged parents to talk with their kids about chastity, and told the young people in the audience that they can encourage their parents by being open to discussion.

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urged Catholics to return to the sacrament of penance during Lent.

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our best attitude must be one of humility before tries to help us see that

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Lenten Reflection, from page 5

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Quality

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From that beginning 22 years ago, Retrouvaille is now offered in more than 165 locations in most United States regions, Canada, South America, Mexico, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the Philippines, South Africa and Thailand. It's estimated that some 50,000 couples have participated in the program ter,

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Irish By

nancy HARTNAGEL News

Service

(CNS)

— When

stamp commemorating

Ireland's

WASHINGTON a

great famine and migration

is

issued Feb.

who

26, an Irish-American priest

pro-

moted the stamp for two years said he'll amount of satisfaction."

Carmelite Father David Dillon, who planned to be at the stamp's un-

feel "a certain

veiling in Chicago, said the event also will

make him mindful of "the

signifi-

cance of our relationships with suffering people around the world."

The priest, pastor at St. Matthew's in Glendale Heights, 111., spoke with Catholic News Service by phone Feb. 1 1 "I have strong feelings about the famine," he said, "because I think it's one of the most formative experiences in the Irish heritage,

knew

little

and one that

Irish,

I

about."

In significance, he said, right

commemorated

famine, migration

Catholic

it

"ranks

up with the conversion of the the English conquest and the

formation of the republic."

The priest said he thought the famine was something Irish-Americans, including himself, "had ignored or perhaps denied because it was such a

Lower

around the world today."

membered as the Great Hunger, "An Gorta Mor" in Gaelic. The immediate

tuously at this

cause of the famine was a blight that ruined successive potato harvests. By the time it was over, 1 million Irish had died and another 2 million had been forced to leave their homeland.

The new stamp is the latest in a number of 150th anniversary famine commemorations held in recent years.

A joint issue with the Republic of Ireland, the stamp pictures a sailing ship, like those that carried Irish emigrants to America, coming into port.

The 33-cent U.S. stamp says: "IRISH IMMIGRATION 33 USA." The 45-

pence Irish version reads: "IRISH EMIGRATION 45 EIRE." The boats packed with human

— came

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traumatic and terrible experience."

He recalled that an Irish-born Chicagoan on the local famine commemoration committee had told him "that he lived very close to an area on the coast of Ireland where bones would be exposed from a mass grave, and nobody talked about it."

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He cited victims of abortion and victims of famine in Sudan, North Korea and Iraq. "We have a spiritual bond because we, too, are survivors of the famine," he said.

The "how the CNS

will

them with "people

Dillon.

But the idea "was turned down

many, many times" by the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee, he added.

Despite congressional support generated through letters circulated

by Rep. William O. Lipinski, D-Ill., and Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., he noted, the committee still said no.

The priest said Durbin and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., then met with the postmaster general, who promised to take the issue back to the

suffering

t

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