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Number

Volume 10

24

Serving Catholics

Inside

in

Western North Carolina

the Diocese of Charlotte

in

College students share faith, friendship; find fellowship at weekend retreat

Artists try to

capture the face of Jesus ...Page

7

Catholic Church seeks Hispanics' loyalty .Page

8

Local News Operation Rice Bowl opens with Lent ...Page

4 Photo by Joann S. Keane

Whom Shall Send?

Franciscan I

College students impose a blessing on Bishop William G. Curlin during the annual campus ministry retreat at Camp Thunderbird on Lake Wylie. During a Saturday afternoon dialogue, the bishop challenged the students to see Jesus Christ alive in one another and in all those they meet. "I hope that as you leave this retreat, Jesus goes with you, that you realize that in whomever you meet, you see the face of God in that individual." When that happens, "your life will be different from that day on."

By

reaches out to Hickory Vicariate

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9

Every Week

Editorials

LAKE WYLIE,

To

& Columns

Maura

me

wit,

to be a better person."

12-13

you forgive others

your heavenly Father you.

6:

14

the invitation to explore their

faith.

And

flexible formation that respects their

searching faith and affirms their spirituality is critical.

Proulx emphatically shared her

The

students

may

the language to express their

not have faith,

Moreover, McDermott calls retreats an opportunity for empowerment. 'The church should discover, recognize, develop and share the gifts of young adults for the

Proulx told of

faith challenges

her freshman year at Wake Forest,

during

when

she

alone and incomplete. In retrospect, she it

was a community

in faith that

got

"Difficulties

made me want to grow further in

my Catholic faith, to learn more and to be the

is

no

question, tiiey

do have

mission of Christ in the family,

faith."

commu-

workplace, church and the world."

nity,

An

organized retreat weekend

is

the

perfect vehicle for inspiring faith expression.

With

lakeside serenity as a backdrop,

example oflove to which Christ calls all of us."

Prophetic words from a college student This year, student and campus ministry

ample opportunity exists for students to contemplate not only their faith, but also

leaders selected "Living Catholic" as the

away-from-home,

theme, providing the framework for layer

Diocesan groups frequently use Camp Thunderbird for overnight retreats. The property provides an environ-

upon layer of stories of faith and the opportunity for teaching moments.

the natural beauty of their

YMCA

Camp

ment conducive for students of all ages.

'The [Yetreaf] experience served as as a member of a reminder of what the Catholic community worldwide

—

weekend homeThunderbird.

—

we're called and asked to do," says Wake Forest junior Brad Sherry, who served

one of the "team coordinators" for the weekend. A returning retreatant from last year, Sherry traded his participating stature to one of helping others find their way on the weekend journey. as

As

but

"Living Catholic," one of many presentations

her through that tumultuous freshman year.

their transgressions,

have an authentic spiritual life," says Colleen McDermott, diocesan director of campus and young adult ministry. 'They seek a deeper relationship with God, often in non-traditional settings, and respond to

there

knows

Matthew

—

devotion during a group discussion on

felt

will forgive

S.C.

"While college students sometimes feel disconnected from organized religion, they

during the annual diocesan college retreat

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KEANE

Proulx doesn't mince words when it comes to her faith. "I love being Catholic." Standing before a hundred of her peers, Proulx tells of her identity defined by her Catholicism. "There are aspects of the Catholic faith that have helped me develop into the person I am today, and

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10-11

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Editor

challenge

...Pages

JOANN

for a specific recollection of the

weekend, Sherry

felt it

unfair to single out

moment. "But," he says, "the presence of the Holy Spirit was so powerful amongst everyone that was there, it's impossible for anyone to suggest otherwise."

During a Saturday afternoon dialogue, any

specific

Bishop William G. Curlin challenged the students to see Jesus Christ alive in one

another and

in all those they meet. "I hope you leave this retreat Jesus goes with you, that you realize that in whomever you meet you see the face of God in that tiiat

as

individual." will

When

that happens, "your

life

be different from that day on."

Contact Editor Joann Keane by cah

ing

(704)

370-3336,

jskeane@charlottediocese.org

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The World

February 23,

Worldwide student

Hughes

organization to focus on bioethics issues NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)

2001

Brief

in

news conference

said at a

the Notre

Dame Seminary

at

chapel. "I

—

thought that after Baton Rouge there was only heaven!"

Undergraduates from the University of Notre Dame, Boston University and the University of Toronto have founded a worldwide student organization focusing on the full spectrum of bioethics issues. The International Student Bioet-

Cohabitation a challenging issue for church leaders ERIE, Pa. (CNS) When en-

—

gaged couples send applications to the family ministries' office in the Erie Diocese to attend marriage preparation programs, Mary Maxwell has noticed a disturbing trend. A growing

was scheduled to hold its meeting March 3 on the Notre Dame campus in conjunction with the third annual National Undergraduate hics Initiative

first

number of engaged men and woman share the same address. Maxwell, di-

The

rector of the diocesan Office of Family

to encour-

Ministries of Catholic Charities, said

age and enhance education, awareness, dialogue and involvement in topics such

there has been a 45-percent rise in couples cohabiting, without being married, since 1970. Marriage, she added, does not have the central place it once had in our society. "It's such a pervasive phenomenon. It's an anti-mar-

March new organization is

Bioethics Conference

goal of the

Human Genome

as the

Project, stem-cell

research, cloning, beginninglife

issues,

AIDS and

1-4.

and end-of-

health care.

Pope marks 1,700th anniversary of Armenian

riage kind of a climate out there," she

Christianity VATICAN CITY (CNS) Persecution and bloodshed have marked the history of Armenia, but they never erased the Christian faith which the Armenian people embraced 1,700 years ago, Pope John Paul II said. Presiding Feb. 18 at the celebration of an Armenian divine liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica, the pope prayed that the anniversary of Armenian Christianity would be an occasion to strengthen the faith and to work toward unity with Armenia's Oriental Orthodox church.

Pope John Paul also issued an apostolic letter marking the anniversary of the "birth of the new identity of the people, which became a constitutive and inseparable part of being Armenian."

Visitor, Erie's diocesan newspaper.

JNS photo from Reuters

— Church and

(CNS)

social

Pakistan say that child labor

church-led

problem that can be eradicated only if tackled at its roots. The government has promulgated laws to curb child labor, but the economic conditions of the people

—

forcing so

many

children to

work

as

factory workers, cleaners and in other

occupations

— render

the laws ineffec-

S

&

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Number

•

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—

7 p.m.

—

—

being held tonight at 7 p.m. in the chapel

Diocesan

of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The theme is "Informed Prayer and Prayerful

planner March 1

HENDERSONVILLE

is drawn from the biblical wisdom of Esther. Men and women of all

Action" and

— Immaculata

1 Buncombe St., is hosting an open house for the 2001-2002 school year today from 9 a.m-1 p.m. Parent volunteers are available for tours and questions, and parents may register children in prekindergarten through 8th grade. For more information, call William Meehan,

School, 7 1

principal, at (828) 693-3277.

Dames of

Malta

MAGGIE VALLEY — The 55th Weekend Ultreya

is

Men's

taking place at Liv-

ing Waters Reflection Center, 103 living

St. Patrick,

Charlotte

Waters Lane, today through March

4.

The 57th Women's Weekend 10:30 a.m.

Sacred Heart School Mass Salisbury

will take place at St. Pius

Elm

28237.

St.

3

— 9:30

a.m.

Matthew, Charlotte

X

Ultreya Church, 2210

Greensboro from March 29-April 1 For details, call Dan Hines at (704) 544-6665 or Aliceann Coon at (704) 540-8696.

2 HICKORY The Annual World Day of Prayer ecumenical worship service is N.

St.,

in

.

Social justice session

NC

Rev.

in

1983

March

Charlotte,

month of March

Rev. Justin J.Pechulis

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died during the

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Please pray for the following

Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Archbishop Hughes, 68, will assist Archbishop Francis B. Schulte in the governance of the archdiocese, the second-oldest diocese in

2 7:30 a.m.

Mass with Knights and

by the

Charlotte and $18 per year for

AW,

Washington Feb. 16 by Archbishop

March

E-mail: catholicnews§charlottediocese.org

of surprises!" Archbishop

Pope

7:30 p.m.

Hispanic retreat St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte

NC 28203 NC 28237

full

Rev. Francis

Phone: (704) 370-3333 FAX: (704) 370-3382

other

—

The appointment was announced

February 25

St.,

Roman

(CNS)

Charlotte Catholic High School Benefit Retreat, Charlotte

Jane Glodowski

is

Hughes of Baton Rouge, La., as coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans.

February 24

Graphic Designer: Tim Faragher

1123 South Church

"Life

C.

Curlin

Alesha M.Price

18th leader of the archdiocese Schulte steps down.

when Archbishop

named Bishop Alfred

Advertising Representative: Cindi Feerick

Secretary:

as the

12-14, pledged greater cooperation on migration issues and asked government leaders to solve economic problems that cause massive migrations. Closer cooperation is needed to find pastoral responses to the causes and effects of migration,

priests

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

Associate Editor: Jimmy Rostar Staff Writer:

Orleans

—

the United States, and will succeed.him

Episcopal calendar

Catholic W HERALD N E

air strikes

Bishop Hughes of Baton Rouge named coadjutor of

WASHINGTON

a serious

is

Ayub Anjum, a worker Human Development

of the Center in Toba Tek Singh, told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, that even collecting information about child labor is difficult. Parents are often uncooperative, he said, for fear that they might lose their source of income. tive.

New

Pakistan workers in

Bishops of Americas discuss greater ties on migration issues WASHINGTON (CNS) Bishops from the Americas, meeting Feb.

against Baghdad A child holds up a toy pistol during a demonstration Feb. 17 against the Feb. 16 air strike at targets near Baghdad. The British- and U.S.-led bombing raid was targeted at facilities near the city.

demonstration against

Iraqi

Church, social workers in Pakistan seek to end child labor

TOBA TEK SINGH,

Lake Shore

said in an interview with the

—

—

invited, and childcare be provided. Refreshments are also being served. Contact Carole Marmorato

denominations are will

at (828)

256-8956 for further

WINSTON-SALEM Great Church

Toy

— The

details.

St.

Leo The

Children's Clothing and

Sale has been rescheduled for this

weekend through March

3.

All are invited

to sell gently used children's books,

games, puzzles, furniture, baby equipment and spring and summer clothing.

Call Teresa Whalen at (336) 924-91 18 to schedule a shift and for more information.

5 CHARLOTTE

— The widowed

sup-

port group for those grieving the loss of a

spouse meets from 6-7 p.m. tonight and in the 'family room at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For further details, call the church office at

March 19

(704) 364-5431.

CHARLOTTE Transition

is

—

Christians in Career

a ministry of St

Matthew

February 23,

2001

The World

from Latin America, Canada and the United States. More than 20 bishops representing the Latin American bishops' council, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States met in Clearwater, Fla., to talk about migration in the Americas.

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

in

said the bishops

Government

leaders need "to

February

economic globalization by taking fully into account the

ize

2001

23,

humanDear Brothers and

Sisters in Christ,

more

challenges of migration," they said in a closing statement.

The coming March third

Memorial of Saint Katharine Drexel on an occasion of great joy for us in the Diocese of Charlotte and for the entire Church. Canonized on October 1, 2000, by Pope John Paul II, our newest American saint has had a profound impact on the life of our Diocese.

Coming Home Network supports former Protestants who join church

COLUMBUS,

Ohio (CNS)

— An

international organization that supports Protestant clergy and lay people who become Catholics has moved its headquarters to the Columbus Diocese. Now based in Zanesville, the Coming Home Network International was founded in Steubenville in 1993 by former Presbyterian pastor Marcus Grodi.

Grodi is now a parishioner at St. Thomas in Zanesville. It provides fellowship, encouragement and support for Protestant pastors and laity who are on the journey to join the Catholic Church or have already joined it. Grodi, who had served in Presbyterian churches in Newark and Hanover, Ohio, started the network after he and his wife, Marilyn, became Catholics in 1992. The couple has three sons, ages 13, 9 and 5.

N.Y. deacons discuss their calling with Irish priests, lay people YORK (CNS) The permanent diaconate in the United States has been a great success and will become more important in years to come, a group of deacons in New York told priests and lay people in Ireland via a

—

NEW

trans-Atlantic teleconference Feb.

9.

The

working on establishing the permanent diaconate in their country, and the teleconference allowed Irish bishops are

the Irish audience to learn about the U.S. church's experience with the diaconate since

it

was

instituted in this country

The

almost 30 years ago.

U.S. deacons

Church, 8015 Ballantyne

Commons

Pkwy., devoted to helping people in ca-

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

CNS PHOTO COURTESY SlSTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT St. Katharine Memorial Mother Katharine Drexel, founder

Her

reported that

May

has enriched parish

it

life,

who spoke at Fordham University in the Bronx through a hookup to a religious conference of 150 people in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Court to consider what afterschool groups are 'too religious'

whether

a public school can exclude a club from using classrooms

after

hours because

its

activities

Good News

CHARLOTTE

— Churches

call:

St.

For more information, Matthew - Marilyn Borrelli at

10 a.m. in

room

die center at (828) 926-3833.

— The Knights

Cordell at (704) 352-5047, Ext. 217. For

of Columbus Father Michael

GREENSBORO tion

Program

— The Adult Educa-

at

Our Lady of Grace

W. Market

Church, 2205

St.,

continues

Council

Maggie

of

Wanda

(828) 926-3833.

Smith, a recent convert to the

'What Do I concerning how to answer

faith, is

presenting

faith.

Join the group for a potluck

at 5:45 p.m. in the cafeteria.

For further

the parish religious education

274-0415.

MAGGIE VALLEY

— Twilight

eve^-

nings of reflection; involving dinner, a Lenten conference and faith sharing; are taking place this evening and on March

and

Valley

and council groups. information, call

bus, both individual

For

Catholic

Murphy

Waynesville are having a K of C weekend retreat presented by the Augustinian Friars this weekend through March 11.

The event is open to all Knights of Colum-

tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the activity center.

office at (336)

at

ended bus ser-

where the club

9 MAGGIE VALLEY

details, call

Wednesday

vice to a church

(704) 542-2283 and St. Gabriel - Eileen

group meetings for survivors, family and friends on the following days: St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., this morning and evfirst

lism Fellowship. After the Milford, .N.Y., school district

Good News

Club's activities were "the equivalent of religious worship ... rather than the expression

religious views or values on a secular subject matter."

Eventually, the 2nd U.S. Circuit

of

time for parents and children, lunch and

Charlotte area are having cancer support

ery

Evange-

Eucharist.

Catholic in the

youth group sponsored by the national

Waters Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane. The retreat concludes with a Eucharistic celebration at St. Margaret Church, 1422 Soco Rd. For details, call

questions from Protestants about the

7

nity

missionary organization Child

21 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Living

778-0600

at

Bishop of Charlotte

Gabriel

St.

Say," a session

Passero

Most Reverend William G. Curlin

104 of the parish center and

information, call the church office at (336)

Jim

' .

Church, 3016 Providence Rd., on March

vs.

further information, call Bob Poffenbarger, Sr., coordinator, at (704) 553-7000.

or (336) 998-7503.

am

met, the organization asked to meet on school property. The district rejected the request on the grounds that, unlike other outside organizations using the school, the

Club

4820 Kinnamon

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 Heart Church in Salisbury. For more

I

Milford Central School, the court on Feb. 28 will hear oral arguments about the disagreement.

The Good News Club is a commu-

are "too religious." In

parish mission.

celebrating a

commitment

—

WASHINGTON

(CNS) In a case being heard late in February, the Supreme Court will consider

area of the parish center's conference room. For more information, call Rev. Mr. Jim Hamrlik at (704) 542-6459.

CLEMMONS Holy Family Church, is

Saint Katharine's love for the Eucharist and her tireless

to justice continue to inspire our lives.

Prayerfully in the Lord,

12 at 7 p.m. in the ministry center library

tonight at 7:30 p.m.

fervent hope that the celebration of Saint Katharine's Memorial will be joyfully celebrated by the people of our Diocese.

bishops' Secretariat for the Diaconate,

tonight only because of the upcoming

Rd.,

she met there, most especially those

on March 3

Wilson, executive director of the U.S.

to-

Mass

my

It is

whom

Begging God's blessing upon you,

the

charismatic

material welfare of the people who were African American.

mal vows. "There has been a widespread and enthusiastic acceptance of deacons in the parishes," said Deacon Gerard

night and

—

travel diaries for 1904 reveal that she personally visited these churches, and reflect her deep, personal concern for the spiritual and

enlivened lay Catholics in their baptis-

reer crises.

office

Saint Katharine's great generosity provided essential funding for the construction of the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Belmont Abbey; Saint Peter in Charlotte; and Saint Michael in Gastonia.

of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, dedicated her life to helping poor African-Americans and Native Americans. Her canonization last Oct. 1 by Pope John Paul II made her the second American-born saint.

expanded outreach ministries and

celebration of the

is

further'

10 HOT SPRINGS of Prayer, 289

— The

Jesuit

NW Hwy. 25/70,

House

is

host-

Aside: ing Day Set "A Preparing for First Eucharist" today from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This day; led by Diane Sepsy and Mercy Sister Peggy Verstege, director; is for parents and dieir children who are preparing for First Communion and serves as an opportunity for parents and children to deepen their understanding and experience of the

of Appeals

Court

upheld

the

district's decision.

The

session includes quiet

To register by and for more information, call 622-7366 or e-mail (828) vpaul@madison.main.nc, us.

17 GASTONIA The Knights of Columbus Council 6700 of Gastonia is sponsoring a St. Patrick's Day Dance tonight at the St. Michael Church parish center, 708 St. Michael Lane, at 6:30 p.m.

Dinner includes corned beef and cabbage with Irish tea and coffee, and dancing lasts from 7:30-1 1:30 p.m. including a performance from eight Irish dancers.

The deadline for purchasing tickets is March 5. Contact Joe Delaney at (704) 865-0008 or Frank Pilieci at (704) 864-9409 for tickets and other a closing liturgy at 4 p.m.

March

1

—

information.

Please submit notices of events for

t/ie

Dioc-

esan Planner at least 10 days prior to

t/ie

publication date.

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The Catholic News & Herald

By

Operation Rice Bowl supports

Staff Writer

— The

—

give

fast, learn,

—

reflects the sea-

son of Lent and is expressed in the activity calendar that accompanies the rice

disadvantaged worldwide,

and

'The main thrust of Operation Rice Bowl is to educate people and to help them identify with those who are poor, their experiences

and

ORB

also take part with the envelopes pro-

neighbors throughout the world," said

vided and available for contributions through the parish."

Seventy-five percent of the money collected from Operation Rice Bowl goes to the national CRS office for micro-enterprise efforts in Third World countries.

Joe Purello, diocesan director of the Justice and Peace Office. "ORB is a fund-

arm of CRS, and the funds go toward developing programs to empower those who are poor to bring about positive changes in the community and raising

Rice Bowl coordinator. "Individuals

Women

be available for every

family through the parish and school co-

The

ordinators. ties

and

calendar includes activi-

day of the

reflections for every

season of Lent, including recipes, biblical passages and focuses for prayer for family participation in coordination with this year's

their

calender, rice bowl and other

theme

"Who

is

your neighbor?"

own

is

much work with immi-

eas around the diocese.

"The primary

focus of the mini-grants-is to help bridge

may

and one key aspect is to help immigrants and people from other cul-

cultures,

become part of a parish family."

Thirteen parishes received the mini-grants awarded in the summer for their efforts with people from other countures to

available for the

Lahu community

Twenty-five percent of the collected within the diocese to fund mini-grants for $500 and over.

Catholic parishes, schools and other organizations may apply for the grants, which can be used for any program or service with an immigrant or migrant focus, said Jarina. Many parishes spon-

money remains

Deadline: Friday,

March

2,

2001

Name Parish/Ministry

March 23, 7-9 p.m

800 or

check

their

webpage

at

www.catholicrelief.org.

M. price

Contact Staff Writer Alesha

calling

370-3354

(704)

or

by

e-mail

amprice@c1iarlottediocese.org.

DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m.- 4p.m.

1123 South Church Street

Tel:

St.

($20 per person)

370-3231 or

LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR PRESENT & FUTURE LAY MINISTERS Friday,

Amount Enclosed S

Ext.

CRS parish coordinator and CCHD coordinator for St. Aloysius Church.

'There is no way that you cannot see the obvious needs, and the fact that some of

.ZiP-

State

ORB materials and other infor-

Bishop William G. Curlin announces

Address City

efforts

Catholic Relief Services at 1-800-222-0025,

in the

greater community," said Joyce Corbett,

Please ase one form per person.

Please Print

from

email judkepeace@charbttediocese.org or call

can to help people become part of the

LEADERSHIP TRAINING REGISTRATION FORM

a posi-

of the Korean community

mation, call Terri Jarina at (704)

Hickory area to improve their English language skills.

'We see the need to do anything we

small businesses.

is

mind."

at St.

Forfree

year 2000. St. Aloysius a grant to begin providing materials and to have parishioners tries for the

to start

in

2001

Barnabas Church have of some of their fellow parishioners. The church received a grant, included in the 1999 group of mini-grant awardees, to begin English as a second language classes with adults, and some of the American parishioners are still learning basic Korean to be able to better communicate.

"We wanted to make sure they knew that they were a part of our community because they enrich the parish," said Cheryl Peyton, director of religious education at St. Barnabas. "We not only try to teach the Koreans about our culture but it also gives us the opportunity to learn about their culture."

CRS was established in 1943 by U.S. Catholic bishops to aid the poor and disadvantaged worldwide. ORB, started' in 1976, operates in more than 80 countries, and nearly 14,000 schools, parishes and other organizations participate in the fund-raising program.

Church received

primarily receive the money,

anywhere from $30 to $500,

families."

will

and there

grants and migrants in various local ar-

their daily lives,"

with our

information

sor a sister parish in another country,

said Terri Jarina, diocesan Operation

vites us to enter into solidarity

The

their daily lives..."

-Tem'Jarina

bowl for money collection.

"As we prepare for Easter,

in-

to educate

people and to help them identify with those who are poor, their experiences

Arden

benefited

throughout diocese is

keep

Members in

"The main thrust of Operation Rice Bowl

stays in the diocese

tive thing to

season of

Lent brings to mind images of sacrifice, prayer and a pledge to keep Jesus' life at the forefront. Dioceses around the country are participating in a yearly Lenten program geared toward helping men, women and children who lack some of life's simple necessities and aiding them in becoming more self-reliant.

Operation Rice Bowl (ORB), one of the programs of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), is an educational program that sends collected money from the familiar cardboard rice bowls for projects benefiting the most needy people in the world.

The Operation Rice Bowl slogan pray,

money

the

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February 23,

Around the Diocese

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NC 28078

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28210

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Around the Diocese

Grace Award bestowed to 'Father Mo' By

JIMMY ROSTAR

Associate Editor

—

BELMONT Each February, Belmont Abbey College presents an award to someone who, through their actions and example, contributes to and inspires the community. This year's honoree, Father Mauricio

W.

"Mo" West, said his life's work is a journey led by God and shared with others.

"All that

community

am

I

able to

do for the

because of God's grace and the support of people like you who are present tonight," said Father West, the Diocese of Charlotte's vicar general and chancellor. "And I am so happy to share this award with you."

The Grace Award is presented by the Belmont Abbey College Associates and the college's board of advisors. It is named for Charles L. Grace, president of Cummins Atlantic, Inc., a longtime supporter of Belmont Abbey College who is a current member and past chair of the college's board of is

trustees.

An

annual fund-raiser, the award dinner provides scholarship funding for Belmont Abbey College, the only Catholic college in the Carolinas.

W. West was ordained monk in 1979. He

Mauricio

as a Benedictine

held a variety of administrative and educational roles during his time in

the monastic community, including as vice president of Belmont Abbey College, vice president for student

affairs and an instructor of theology, business and computer science. He served as associate pastor and

business manager at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte.

Father West was incardinated into the Charlotte Diocese in the win-

months

ter of 1994, eight

after

Bishop

William G. Curlin was installed as Charlotte's third bishop. Bishop Curlin appointed Father West as chancellor in December 1994, and Father West's additional appoint-

ment

came shortly

as vicar general

thereafter.

Photo by Joann S. Keane

During more than 20 years

in the

priesthood, Father

Pictured from

his

College;

West has shared ministry and talents with the church, civic, human services and business communities in western North Carolina.

As vicar general of the diocese, Father West is the bishop's "alter ego," a role that entails mutual support with the bishop in the daily overseeing of an ever-growing community of faith. He is the bishop's chief deputy an administrator and a priest who has much of the authority and privileges the bishop himself has.

The chancellor's primary responsibility is to keep the official records of the diocese. By nature of the role, he or she automatically becomes secretary of the diocese's central administration and is an authorized notary.

During the award ceremony Feb.

—

.

CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMPS Roman

Bynum Carter, chairman of Belmont Abbey College Associates; Father Mauricio W. "Mo" West; Bishop William G. Curlin; Harding Stowe, chairman of the Belmont Abbey College Board of Advisors; and Charles Grace, president of Cummins Atlantic, Inc., and the Grace Award's namesake. The Grace Award is presented by the Belmont Abbey College Associates and the Board of Advisors. It is presented to an outstanding individual whose contributions and commitments have significantly improved the quality of life throughout the region and whose life serves as an example Abbey;

to others.

15,

Christ."

Bishop Curlin praised Father

West

Bishop Curlin thanked Father

as a gifted leader, a caring confi-

dant and, above servant of God.

"When

I

all else,

first

came

West

for the service he brings to the diocese and his ability to bring God to countless others.

"He has so much to offer," the bishop said. "What he offers you is a his patience, his priestly heart

a dedicated

here,

I

was

his

bishop," said Bishop Curlin. "Later on, technically and canonically, I became his boss. But after seven years, I

Mo

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my

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Bishop asks Bush for U.S. support of East Timorese The WASHINGTON (CNS)

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—

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bishop of Dili, East Timor, called on President Bush to support the international peacekeeping mission in East Timor and to help the population rebuild from 1999 violence by Indonesian troops. Congratulating Bush on his inauguration, Bishop

of guests, so the scale of the celebrations is unprecedented. The main

events were held in

port the presence of the international

At a Liturgy of the Feb. 21, the pope held the

lies in

consistory proper, formally inducting the new members into the College of

On

Feb. 22, the pope rePeter's Square to concelebrate a morning Mass with the new cardinals. On Feb. 23, he was to greet the new cardinals and their famiCardinals.

turned to

St.

a final audience.

New HUD

secretary honored as Legatus 'ambassador'

peacekeeping force under U.N. leadership, saying it would be "badly needed in East Timor for the foresee-

NAPLES, fore they

by militias and Indonesian forces.

Priest says Pius XII knew Rome institutions sheltered Jews

name Mel Martinez

The

is

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The

Gaspari.

late priest claims right of

thered two sons by Phyllis Hamilton, his housekeeper, whom he met in 1967 when she was 17 and he was 34. News

of their relationship was made public only after Father Cleary's death, be-

Ireland's

best-known

for the parish's six priests.

son of a deceased priest

— The

in Ireland

has

refused to leave his father's former parish house,

In the early 1990s,

priests,

had

fa-

Pope presides over biggest consistory in history (CNS)

— Pope

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II

presided over the biggest

cause Hamilton feared she would be evicted from the parochial house where

Father

parish house

business executives Monaghan established more than 10 years ago.

More than 500 members and Legatus chaplains from 36 of the organization's 40 chapters met Feb. 8-10 in Naples.

lic

claiming right of residence. it was learned that Michael Cleary, one of

in

Washington, D.C.

office of the reader, or lector, is primarily to read the

they had lived. She remained in the house, with parish clergy living elsewhere. But before her death this year, Hamilton's younger son, Ross, moved into the house, and now the 24-yearold claims right of residence. Father Cleary's former parish is not unusual in having six different home addresses

Ireland (CNS)

Domino's Pizza chain, said, "Our honoree is the model of an ambassador for Christ and his church; he has lived the Gospel in his daily life, and has used his success in business and his position in the community to glorify the power and goodness of God." On Feb. 10, Monaghan presented Martinez with the Ambassador of the Year award on behalf of Legatus, a network of Catho-

word of God, except the Gospel, during the liturgy. The lector may also recite the psalm between readings and the intentions during the prayers of the faithful. The ministry of reader is one of the preparatory ministries a seminarian enters on his journey to receiving holy orders.

Rome

have been "unknown or purposefully ignored" in discussions about the pope's actions during the war. Within one of the most "barbaric periods of history, there were lights of humanity, courageous actions by a wide variety of people, including Pius XII in an exceptional way," he said. Father Gumpel spoke Feb. 16 during the presentation of an Italian language book, "The Jews Saved by Pius XII" by Antonio

DUBLIN,

Thomas Monaghan, a Michigan businessman and founder of the

Seminarian installed to ministry of reader James Ebright, a seminarian of the Diocese of Charlotte, was installed to the ministry of reader by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington Feb. 5. The son of Mabel Ebright of Mocksville, Ebright

for beatification, said the stories of

residence

U.S. sec-

dor."

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Son of

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in

the

retary of housing and urban develop-

convents, parishes and institutions in Rome that hid and saved more than 4,400 Jews from the Nazis would not have taken such a risk without the approval of Pope Pius XII, said Jesuit

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What did Jesus look like? No

By MIKE

LATONA

a forbidden area

News Service N.Y. (CNS) Over the centuries, artists have created thousands upon thousands of Catholic

—

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images depicting Jesus Christ

human form.

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his

in

professor from Nazareth College in Rochester, few of these images if any offer a completely authentic representation of Christ.

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"Nobody knows what he looked Roger Adams

like,"

"We don't

said.

any indication that Jesus was tall

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painted

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she discovered

told the Catholic Courier, Rochester's

diocesan newspaper, in a telephone interview from her residence in Illinois.

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of Immaculate Conception Parish

as Christ's true image,

Am

"What we have

who

in the States

is

has become very European,

very Anglocized,'" he

to Christianity's rise,

Artistic depictions of a black Jesus

United States during the 1960s including a mural at Immaculate Conception, a predominantly African-American

of Jesus," Samra told the Courier.

parish in Rochester.

ancient Syrian

excavated

depicted

because

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in

city of

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U.S. Catholics would be

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or a miracle worker, not as a crucified or resurrected Christ.

portrayed Jesus as a "ruler of the world, stern and strong," Adams said. But

Western art focused on the crucified Jesus, depicting him as "pathetic, suffering,

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It displays a black Jesus with short, curly hair. Immaculate Conception parishioners "just like it," Father Upson said. "I have never heard of a problem."

little

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asserts

Americans would

first

years of Christianity.

The survived,

earliest

Adams

portrayal

of Jesus

strongly to

its

should

appeal

intended audience.

"In your own environment, it's important to be able to look up to people who look like you, who you can identify with," he said. "It's important to be able to relate to the image of God."

no known

representations of Christ from the

innocence," she said.

artists have presented Christ without physical imperfections. 'What if we did have a real portrait of Jesus and it turned out he was homely or had moles, or a weak chin, or a hooked nose?"

Adams wondered.

Whatever the time period or culture, Father Upson suggested any artistic

have a hard time accepting the possibility that Jesus' likeness is linked with a culture often torn by war.

"In our society, can you imagine if Jesus looked like one of those Arab terrorists?" he remarked. "But that's probably closer to what he looked like."

Since Jewish culture disapproved of religious imagery, there are

spirit."

said current

Most

of a Middle Eastern Jew who likely resembled modern-day Palestinians with dark hair and olive skin.

Adams

body and

in

images of him may also be derived from the supposed image of the crucified and entombed Christ on the Shroud of Turin, which turned up in the 16th century and is held by some to be the actual burial cloth of Jesus.

Maria Jauodi, formerly an assistant professor of religion at Nazareth College, suggested that the 20th-century cheerful images of Jesus may be a response to a world torn by war, hunger and poverty.

"People are trying to keep that childlike dimension. Today there's so

when the

Jesus' actual

broken

Adams

the 1920s and '30s.

grotesque image" really represents "the

a

is

him with

no beard

-Roger Adams

She has sold about 3,000 prints of her painting, but said there has been a it

Adams

In the West, early paintings of Jesus

—

the Resurrec-

sion.

strong outcry against

was an emperor,"

centuries, he

said.

began to show up throughout the

when

the Edict of Milan officially recognized Christianity. "In the fourth and fifth

a

"The artists are reaching out and searching for something besides depressive and stern representations

—

—

said.

lished in the early fourth century

Rochester.

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Adams

Christian art became openly estab-

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newsletter.

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people have about what Jesus would have - or would not have looked like.

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considered the real thing?

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United States, Latinas are afforded the opportunity to develop a more substan-

member of the Puerto Rican parliament who earned the title "mystical patriot"

role in the church, their experience as

for his defense of the Catholic soul; Jesuit

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By KEVIN LUPERCHIO Catholic News Service WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) Without the loyalty of Hispanics, the

the ever-expanding Latino

Catholic Church's role as the country's largest faith denomination will erode,

Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens

told a

Worces-

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pointed to Encuentro 2000, a gathering

of 5,000 people held last July in Los Angeles, which she said presented a new Catholic Church model and "a vivid experience of unity in diversity."

Previous Encuentros, in 1972, 1977 and 1985, focused on Hispanic Catholic identity and priorities in ministry and evangelization, but for Encuentro 2000

annual Bishop Bernard A. Flanagan Lecture on Religion and Public aAffairs Feb. 8. Sponsored by the school's Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, the talk drew about 35 people.

Diaz-Stevens quoted estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau showing that by the year 2020 more Latinos will be added each year to the U.S. population than African-Americans, Asian-Americans or Native Americans combined.

Without "the presence and input of

the Hispanic Catholic invited

its

survival,

may

Catholics to

community

come together

solidarity

to

among" the

woman, or

Latina, in

the United States as "an extension of her role in her country of origin."

In their homelands, Latinas do not

that the church's attempts to attract

may

be hindered by decreasing As it stands today, she said, a way must be found to open the church to Latinos without "abun-

hold

Is

positions in the church's

"matriarchal core" of religion in their communities.

When, through immigration to the

dant clergy or religious personnel."

Investing

official

hierarchy, she said, but they serve as the

clergy.

However, Latinos

principles of papal social encyclicals."

Those three men helped ensure

survival of Catholicism in this country,"

have a big impact," Father Rodriguez said. "We're not just an appendix or a side part, we are key players in the

he explained.

Stevens-Arroyo's lecture "gave a real sense of the Hispanic roots in our country," said Worcester Auxiliary Bishop George E. Rueger.

In the future, the bishop added, people will look back on important Latino figures and recognize their

growth of the church."

Father Rodriguez agreed with Diaz-Stevens' point about Latinas' lead-

He

ership role in the church.

Latinas take on bigger

has seen

community and

diocesan roles in the Worcester Diocese,

contribution to the church.

he

Following the lecture, Diaz-Stevens and Stevens-Arroyo took some questions. One man asked what percentage

said.

In

Webster,

Rodriguez noted,

Father the Latino community Mass.,

survived for several years without

own

A

priest.

priest

came

its

to celebrate

weekly Mass, he explained, but organizing the Catholic community fell on the

who

children,

he

added.

Stevens-Arroyo, professor of Puerto Rican and Latino studies at Brooklyn (N.Y.) College, delivered the second half of the lecture. He said the emerging importance of Latino Catholics calls for a re-examination of their historical role and their contribution to church history.

He, sketched a brief history of the U.S. church from a Latino perspective, discussing several influential Latino Catholics he said have been largely overlooked by historians.

These included: Jos de Diego, a

of the U.S. Catholic population consisted of Latinos.

Saying it was difficult to estimate, Diaz-Stevens said she figured that Latinos comprised 35 to 40 percent of the general U.S. population, though that percentage would vary depending on the region of the country.

The man then asked what response Catholic colleges could offer to the growing numbers of U.S. Latinos.

-Stevens-Arroyo said he hoped to see a higher percentage of Latino students at Holy Cross, a Jesuit-run

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Diaz-Stevens pointed out, however,

Diaz-Stevens overdramatized Latino Catholics' make-or-break status in the

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Catholic Hispanic

be threat-

them well, Diaz-Stevens said.

Father Jose A. Rodriguez, associate pastor at St. Peter's Church, said he felt

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many

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all

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February 23,

Around the Diocese

Sister spreads joy in

Hispanic community SIGMON

By ELLEN NEERINCX

sion in Chiapas, Mexico. Sister

Correspondent

—

LENOIR

Sister

Andrea

spent seven years there in the late

and the early 1980s

Andrea Inkrott

1

970s

until an illness

decided to enter a convent in the 1960s,

forced her to return to the United States.

had to choose the order that

at St. Peter and Toledo, Ohio, and then relocated to San Antonio, Texas, to get

but she

still

She spent some time

she would join.

She

Paul Churches

drawn

felt

to the Sisters of St.

her master's degree through the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) and Incarnate Word College.

She met Father John Pagel when he came to the for a time to study Spanish. At lunch one day, Sister Andrea told him that she hoped to continue working with the Hispanic people once she completed her degree. Father Pagel suggested that she come to North Carolina, and he put her in touch with Father Joe Waters, administrator at Holy Trin-

Francis of Assisi in Tiffin, Ohio, because

found in the knew, and then later, the

of "the joy and simplicity sisters that

I

I

story of St. Francis," she said.

MACC

She made her decision, though, she visited another religious community that she was considering. This community was newer and had marble floors, while the first had wooden floors.

'They were old and like home," she said.

when

The

decision she

made

eventually

took her far away from home, and started her on the path to her current position as coordinator of Hispanic

in

Church in Taylorsville, who was working with Hispanics in this area.

Sister Andrea came to work for the Diocese of Charlotte in August of 1990 ity

Min-

Hickory Vicariate.

The Sisters of St. Francis have been working with the Hispanic people since the 1940s, said Sister Andrea. While she was with them in Ohio, the sisters went out weekly to visit the farm workers in the camps in northwest and central istry for the

as the director of the Hispanic Center in

Yadkinville and then

moved

to her cur-

rent position in February of 1999.

Sister

them

Hickory Vicariate to help

to be effective in their rapidly

growing Hispanic ministries. St. Aloysius Church in Hickory, for example, has 300 to 400 people attending the Spanish Mass held there each Sunday, and the numbers are increasing.

She works to foster collaboration and communication between the Hispanic community and other communities in each parish and within the vicariate. She does this by working with the

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February 23,

Read ing$

2001

i

Book Review have turned science into a sacred cow and

WHY

are suffering the consequences idolatry

"The Light

In part two, a

outside

is

science in our lives cannot be underesti-

mated.

breakthroughs in medical and our understanding of the physical world and yet,

research, technological advances

universe have had unintended and profound consequences that threaten our

from the worldly one that was described

together."

While he most effective

the Huston

identifying

Smith

how

edge project equita-

ways of knowing." He bly with other

does suggest that "religionists"

—

and

In the book's

modulates

WHY RELIGION MATTERS: THE

comhe

FAITH

OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT

IN

modern

AGE OF DISBELIEF,

by Huston Smith.

HarperCollins Publishers (San Francisco,

the achievements

and deficiencies of

2001). 290 pp. $25.00.

each.

people

who have

been graced

Word

among

us,

we

that dwells

are challenged to

make

The meaning was

know

**•

coded.

Her upcoming move was a source of Our story was

My

husband had just two efficiency reports were less than superlative and because the military was drastivery been

different.

notified that because his last

into

on

for a long time, not just for

but

maybe even

30 years

for eternity.

In a culture glutted with words that

and e-mailed, and need to use that sieve of which the are spoken, sung, printed

we have become

careless with ours

prophet Sirach speaks to

sift

out the

we say and what we

husks in both what listen to.

When Sarah spoke those few words to me, in

was so quick

I

to see the splinter

her eye and to impute malice to her.

I

could have reacted differently

I

and perhaps been left with very different memories. But God's word is ever active and fruitful. It has redeemed that incident and brought me slowly to a point where I can now risk looking at the

beam

my own

in

eye.

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Feb. 25 Sunday, Sirach

might be caught up in the

Sirach 17:19-27,

variety of "isms" and

Wednesday

disciplines explored,

6,

but Smith, ever the

Isaiah 58:1-9,

patient

Luke 5:27-32

works

While noting

to

teacher,

advancing

democratic and personal freedoms, ecologi-

awareness and scientific and technological breakthroughs, Smith argues that humankind has afflicted itself

cal

with tunnel vision, a blindness that

is

"Why

Religion Matters" ultimately

offers the reader

what Smith's lifework has

attempted to reveal

—

the existence of the

transcendent and the importance of "forgotten truth" in

modern

16-18;

Mark

(Fast

27:4-7,

10:17-27;

1

- Mar. 3, 2001 Corinthians 15:54-58, Luke 6:39-45;

Tuesday, Sirach

35:1-12,

Mark

Monday,

10:28-31;

Ash

& Abstinence), Joel 2:12-18, 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2, Matthew 6:1-

Thursday, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Luke 9:22-25; Friday (Abstinence), Matthew 9:14-15; Saturday (St. Katherine Drexel), Isaiah 58:9-14,

make them

understandable and applicable.

era's successes in

in the 21st

As

and saved by the

our words the best they can be. The words we use have repercussions and go

justifiable pride to her.

reader

riods, highlighting

it

peaceful neighbor-

in ourselves.

hood? Words. Words spoken in a pleasant enough tone by a neighbor on a military base where we were stationed.

Her name was Sarah. Her husband had just been listed as up for promotion to full colonel and soon the entire family would be moving from our neighborhood into "bird colonel" quarters.

Seeing Sarah, I had stopped to offer congratulations. She thanked me, and then after a slight pause and a penetrating look she said, "I hear that you too might be moving soon." The comment was innocuous enough, but not really.

The average

AN

and postmodern pe-

ing

News Service

if I

my own

been significant in my spiritual fife, I have faced the hardness of my own heart and struggled with issues of forgiveness.

On this last Sunday in Ordinary Time as we prepare to enter Lent, I have thought of it again in die light of the Scripture readings, which raise questions about the words we speak, how we speak them and about finding fault with our neighbor while failing to recognize it

scientism."

history's

modern

it

correct oversteps of the other, and the creation of an organization or organizations to watch and report when and "where science to

is

determinism.

the

own

disciplines, unless

naturalism, secular-

traditional,

need to

stick to their

postmodernism,

traces

and

scientists

among other targets modernism,

first part,

science will

"share the knowl-

—

pelling

in

cessful in indicating

large in a critique

well-reasoned,

the

less suc-

is

as

violently in

the right direction,

Smith challenges Western society at

ism, relativism

in

pointing society in

Disbelief,"

at

is

and

problem

scholar

aim

is

but

of religious studies and author of the bestselling book, "The World's Religions."

In his most recent work, "Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an

that takes

BOZENA CLOUTIER

had been kicked in the stomach. I walked the remaining few yards back to our house and there, behind closed door-s, I wept. That was 30 years ago, and the memory is so vivid that I can still remember the clothes and shoes I was wearing.

What was it that assaulted me so It felt

downsizing after the Vietnam War, he was being forced out of the Army.

Over the years this incident has cally

chiefly as

Luke 6:39-45

Catholic

we live in the uni-verse, so in some way we must try to bring the two

vast;

in the field

Age of

By

faith-oriented projection of religion's future

is

known

92:2-3, 13-16

Corinthians 15:54-58

1

3) Gospel:

which accepts both religious and secular perspectives is necessary, he says. "The gulf that separates this

Smith, internationally

truly interested in an

Readings:

lar vision"

humanity.

That

Psalm 2)

about existence, then "binocu-

for the truth

contributions of

C

Sirach 27:4-7

1)

accurate description of reality and a search

Catholic News Service

assertion of

Cycle

province."

its

If humankind

MARK LOMBARD

The importance and

February 25, Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

dialogue between the sacred, faith-oriented world and the profane, mundane world, noting that "science can prove nothing about God, because God lies ing

MATTERS Reviewed by

at the

Tunnel's End," Smith appeals for intensify-

RELIGION

And

Word to Life

invariable exacts."

society.

lead-

its

Readings for the week of Mar. 4 - 10, 2001 Sunday of Lent, Deuteronomy 26:4-10, Roman 10:8-13, Luke 4:1-13; Monday, Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18, Matthew 25:31-46; Tuesday, Isaiah^55:10-1 1, Matthew 6:7-15; Wednesday (Sts. Perpetua & Felicity), Jonah 3:1-10, Luke 11:2932; Thursday (St. John of God), Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 or 4:17, Matthew 7:7-12; Friday (St. Frances of Rome), Ezekiel 18:21-28, Matthew 5:20-26; Saturday, Deuteronomy 26:16-19, Matthew 5:43-48 First

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The tale unfolds at a

deliberately slow pace, allowing the viewer

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and soak small is

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New

England

atmosphere of the town in which it

mill

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The Story of a Family's Love Sometimes, if you open a door to a modest home, you encounter a tale of incredible nobility.

The Pope

In the years when we lived close by, I Irene Oickle as a friend. had so much in

We

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The Bottom Line

knew com-

mon, especially that we were both Catholic mothers with the same number of children, seven.

Pope warns peace prospects diminishing in

Middle East

VATICAN CITY II

(CNS)

— Pope John Paul

lamented the increase of Palestinian-Israeli vio-

grow-

lence and said the prospects for peace were

ing dim.

Speaking at a Sunday blessing Feb.

he

18,

appealed for both sides to resume negotiations and reach a just settlement in the region.

The

came four days after a bus into a crowd of Israelis near Tel Aviv, killing eight of them. Earlier in the week, Israeli helicopter gunships attackeda and pope's remarks

rammed

Palestinian

killed a

his

high-ranking Palestinian security

official.

"Unfortunately, violence continues to rage in the Middle East," the pope told several thousand

window above

people from his apartment

St.

"We

learn with sorrow every day that

is

"Now

I

Lay

love.

distant,"

he

Me Down

to Sleep,

A

Husband's

—

This family which by now included 18 grandchildren never faltered in their devotion.

more

being sacrificed to the logic of hatred and revenge, while the prospects for peace lives are

grow more

story,

Journal of Unconquered Fear, Cancer and Death" (LSP, Box 69, Everett, Mass. 02149).

It takes a skilled writer to make you care about what goes on day by day as a loved one is dying.

But whether he's talking about bed messes or drug reactions, moments when joyful times from the past are shared in intimate conversations, outbursts of anger from Irene or his own fatigue, the bottom line

—

Peter's Square.

human

In March 1994, Irene died in a way she never wanted. It was a lingering, painful exodus, lasting seven years. But in those years she was so well cared for by her extraordinary family, with their faithful presence continually lightening the sadness, that her long illness became an unbroken demonstration of family love.

He husband Al's caretaking role began in 1987 when Irene suffered a strokelike attack that left her paralyzed on the right side of her body. Feisty and independent, she held off revealing other physical problems until 1993, when she had no choice. The diagnosis then was colon cancer, already advanced beyond the possibility of cure.

Al then took on the demanding physical care tasks required as Irene's condition worsened, never complaining.

Now Al Oickle has written about this incredible phase of a family's life in what I can only call a love

told

how

like "a long,

uninterrupted soprano note that the saddest

neither wavers nor breaks for breath

of distress

—

calls."

Then

there was Christmas, with the tree too needing branches cut. Was it a lesson? Al wondered: "Like the tree's free-growing limbs, our dreams often need to be cut to fit into one's life." I big,

mourning

in those words. deeply touched me were the words of the Oickle children now grown, most with children of their own. Their devotion was so well expressed

by Marilyn: "It is my mother's living that I remember and the love that held us together."

Sadly, the colon cancer problems resurfaced, striking two of the children. Kerry recovered, Scott died of this cancer in 1998 at age 40. Once again, Al's words about Irene applied: "the harsh, hollow feeling of an irreplaceable loss, and I realize we can never be fully prepared for such events."

This book, for me, is an ode to Christian marriage. Irene's illness ended physical love, "yet," he writes, "our mutual understanding and caring, our interdependence, have given real meaning to the sharing of two lives in love." felt his

What

—

Irene cried frequently, the

Guest

world saying, 'Fear not you can even walk on water."

In the year 2001, it's time to destroy the temple of

many

their children, are poignant.

moved when he

sound

And this 48-year union gave him a special knowledge, "that life must be lived with joy and enthusiasm."

Al's reflections, as well as

from

ANTOINETTE BOSCO CNS Columnist

I

recollections

was

especially

said.

"Let us pray that the spiral of violence which has been particularly atrocious in recent days will

way

...

and mutual respect, so that the way of dialogue can be taken up again with determination and can finally reach peace in justice," he said.

Meanwhile, the Vatican nuncio to Israel, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, has urged pilgrims not to abandon Jerusalem and the Holy Land. In a give

to the search for trust

—

FATHER JOHN

statement Feb. 16 to the Vatican missionary news agency, Fides, he said pilgrims can be "an

built in Sparta before Christ. Yet today, we still speak of phobias, which invade our lives on a daily basis hydrophobia, claustrophobia, gamophobia, thanatophobia, and the list goes on.

Phobos

Column

AURILIA,

army of

OFM

Cap.

Guest Columnist

...

peace" in the region.

come

"Pilgrims

to pray, they

spect and charity for here.

all

"It is

re-

the other communities

They can be a courageous

seed of peace," he

come with

sign of hope and a

Do we

said.

time to break

down

the barrier built by

alarming media reports according to which the

Holy Land

is

drowned

in terror. Precautions

must

be taken, but this will not affect pilgrims," he said.

He said the eventual solution to the Israeli.

Palestinian dispute will rest justice

and listening by both

on mutual

respect,

sides.

Franciscan spirituality can meet modern hunger, pope says

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Pope John

Paul

life

II

were in search of authentic spirituality.

"Our time shows ever more evident signs of a profound thirst for values, paths and goals of the spirit," he said Feb. 17 to participants in the general chapter of Conventual Franciscans. said this

renewed

spiritual desire

fruitful response" from the have traditionally emphasized a simple and direct approach to the Gospel.

'You will thus respond to the requests that come to you in different ways from die men and women of our time and you will be able to effectively draw souls to the paths of spiritual growth and rediscovered interior vitality," he said.

should find "a valid and Franciscans,

who

is

that

power to cripple or paralyze us and keep us from being what we want to be or God wants us to be.

When we read prayerfully and carefully Psalm 23, we also understand that there is no room for fears in the lives of true believers. What makes us, then, so fearful?

Some

and intense" to modern men and women, who he said

The pope

live

fact

are fearful because, deep

down, they

feel

they

Some fears are generated by the turmoil of change as we move through life. We become less secure when everything nailed down starts coming loose, when community or church change for the better, when we realize we are growing older.

The deepest fear, however, is the fear of the unknown what is going to happen to our marriage, our are not worthy.

told Franciscans to offer their "simple

prayer

out of our fears or our faith? we all have fears that have great power in greater or lesser degrees over us. Some fears are unfounded; some are unhealthy. Fears have the

The

—

job,

our health.

There are remedies for curing the sickness called wish to mention two of them, which are powerful and effective. The first one is we must realize that fear and faith cannot both rule under the same roof Therefore, we must choose either fear or faith. Building a deep relationship with God makes fears disappear. As it worked for St. Paul, St. Peter, St. Francis, St. Teresa, Mother Teresa and Padre Pio, so it works for us.

The second one is to make a commitment to a great purpose bigger than our fears. Jesus came into this fear. I

I remember the story a friend of mine shared with about the "toilet phobia" of a lovely and gentle lady, who could not possibly say or write the word toilet. I presume she was going to the toilet hopefully! However, she was planning a vacation in Florida, so she wrote to a campground owner and asked for a reserva-

me

C.

tion.

She wanted to make sure that

able,

but she could not write

ation, she

it.

toilets

After

were

much

avail-

consider-

came up with "Bathroom Commode," which

she abbreviated B.C. Finally, she wrote:

"Does the campground have

The campground owner

its

very hard to figure out the meaning of B.C., but in vain. He thought B.C. meant Baptist Church, and he answered: B.C.?"

tried

"Dear Madam, I regret very much the delay in answering your letter, but I now take the pleasure of informing you that a B.C. is located nine miles north of the campground, and is capable of seating 250 people at one time. I admit it is quite a distance away, if you are in the habit of going regularly, but no doubt you will be pleased to

know

number of people

that a great

take'

and make a day of it. They usually arrive early and stay late. The last time my wife and I weqt was 6 years ago, and it was so crowded that we had to stand up the whole time we were there. I would like to say that it pains me very much not to be able to go more regularly, but it surely is no lack of desire on my part; as we grow older, it seems to be more of an effort, particularly in winter time. If you decide to come down to our campground, perhaps I could go with you the first time you go, sit with you and introduce you to their lunches along

all

the other folks.

nity."

I

•

Remember,

j

this is a friendly

commu-

:

wish .to say to the readers of The Catholic

News &

Herald: Give your fear to Christ, and he will change into faith.

it

2001

February 23,

Light

TV

Allen said that they, not

One

we

people

The Catholic News & Herald 13

& Columns

Editorials

personalities,

were the

should be bringing to our children and

Lenten

grandchildren's attention.

Candle

MSGR. JAMES

F

LISANTE Guest Columnist

The ultimate search

When

commemorative magaon the notable passing of people last year,

the end-of-the-year

zines focused

most gave

They

highlighted his role as the original

host of "The Tonight Show," television firsts.

him the

comic/TV host/ author

special attention to

Steve Allen.

By way

among many

impressive

of praise, commentary called

Johnny Carsons, the David Lettermans, the Jay Lenos and the Conan O'Briens. In fact, he was much, much more than that. forefather of the

Shortly before Steve Allen died,

I

did an interview

with him about faith, about values and about the life to come. His words now seem so ironic, spoken as he was so close to the end of his own earthly journey.

The most

striking

image

gether was his humility.

I

have of our time to-

When

words like 'legend," were used, he'd dismiss mind, important people were those

"icon" or "important figure"

them

quickly. In his

who

actually saved lives, people of heroism in action.

told

me

who

He

about an event he attended to reward people

unselfishly put themselves in harm's way.

The

dinner at which these folks were celebrated was built around Steve Allen as the celebrity host. Allen mentioned that he

felt

hopelessly insignificant next to the

concrete ways these

unknown individuals had made a difference for the good: They were firefighters, police officers and regular folks who bothered to get involved.

Beyond humility, I was also impressed with the important theological speculation Allen sorted through for many years. Raised in a Catholic home, he had felt estranged from the Church after a divorce from his first wife and a marriage to actress Jayne Meadows. This self-imposed exile also caused him to think long and hard about the existence of God and the afterlife. His conclusions, voiced so soon before his death, were telling.

He called himself a Christian agnostic. He'd often question the existence of God, but felt that if God exists, he most likely took the form of Jesus Christ. His belief in the reality of an afterlife was intimately tied to the injustices of this world. Steve Allen came to speculate that little in this life was

But heaven would correct all that. He said: "I can't find any justice in the world. That's why there has to be an afterlife. There's got to be justice in an afterlife, because there sure isn't any just or

fair.

—

I

wasn't

after

than a truck-racing

all,

with 6-foot-tall balloon gines and, up

on

They're painted

tires,

some would view

his criticism of the current state of entertainment as "biting the hand that feeds you." Nonetheless, he offered a stinging rebuke of those who feed the public a diet of base and disrespectful programming. This intellectual funnyman offered a final warning. Said Allen: "We have talent and brains. should be able to bring about laughter and entertainment without sinking into a lack of reverence for decency and sexuality. We're better than that as a people, and the TV industry should reflect the best of our human condition and not the worst." Steve Allen, greatly gifted, humble

TV

We

person, searcher of faith, man who made a difference for the good: I hope he has found all he longed for.

Rest in peace.

Coming of Age

all

my

reminder of the truth that we are related, dependent and responsible. are related to God, because of Whom, we live and move and have our very being. We are dependent upon the One who nurtures and nourishes, strengthens and supports us. We are responsible as persons called to wonder, worship and witness. When we are signed with the seal of the ashes, the words of the priest should reverberate to the depths of our being as he proclaims, "Turn away from sin and be faithful to

We

On

this

Ash Wednesday, we hear once again

We are challenged to reflect upon our identity as God's children and to commit transformation.

ourselves to becoming in spirit

CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CNS Columnist

like

Airborn Ranger, Wrenchhead and Grave Digger, and the sound of their motors is a cross between a jet plane taking off and a gigantic chain saw, a rumbling snarling

truth.

who we

are in

We are urged to open our minds and hearts,

indeed our very souls, to the Person and message

of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer.

During the

forty days of Lent, the

Lord

will

continue to speak to us in Scripture and Sacra-

roar.

They look and sound like motorized dinosaurs.

They do not really race so much as take turns flying over huge bumps and lines of parked cars and old vans.

I went expecting not to like it. I figured the stadium would be full of angry loudmouths and drunks, two of my least favorite types of human company. Imagine my surprise when I climbed to my seat and found the stadium was full of kids and their parents!

My guess is that two-thirds of the audience and there were at least 30,000 people there were elemen-

—

—

tary school children out for an evening with their parents.

I

Each of us hoped that he'd "got us good" so that returned to the streets, everyone would know we were Catholic. Although we really weren't sure what all that meant, there was little doubt that we had a sense of wonder in our hearts when that sacred symbol of our faith touched both our bodies and our souls.

As adults the symbol of the ashes reminds us of our fragility and mortality. They stress, at least implicitly, that no one of us is totally independent and self-sufficient. Then too, they are a sensible

when we

the ineffable call to repentance, conversion and

top, a tiny little pick-up truck body.

with names

standing before him, like angels with dirty faces, with excitement the dab of ashes.

the Gospel."

500-horsepower racing en-

in outlandish colors,

As kids, one of the memorable moments of the year was when we visited our parish church, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, on Ash

we welcomed

I'm

fan. Still,

Ash Wednesday: The call to conversion and commitment

Steve Allen, a man who made his public legacy primarily through television, acknowledged that

more of a jazz-concert type friend thought it would be fun, and I agreed, mostly to be a good sport.

Monster Trucks are actually giant dune buggies that interested

HAWKER Guest Columnist

justice here."

Love those monster trucks! at the local stadium.

FATHER JAMES

Wednesday. There would be Father Manning, a friend to all, waiting for us to wend our way up that seemingly endless aisle to the altar. Then,

A recent Saturday night I went with my friend to the Monster Truck Derby

Reflection

did not hear a single drunk fan yelling obscenities

There were no fights in the stands. Thirtythousand people shouted their approval at the highest jumps and cheered for their favorite drivers.

It was an evening of thrills and chills, with a present at a referee.

nobody got

and I imagine hardly anybody does. The occasional Monster Trucks tipped over and rolled, but the drivers came out and waved to the crowd every time.

There was an occasional boo when a driver backed off a stunt that might have smashed his $150,000 truck into very expensive bits of shiny metal. But all in all, the entire audience was amazingly well behaved. More than anything else, it reminded me of going to the circus with my own parents when I was little.

What I liked most about my evening at the Monster Truck Derby were those thousands of families spending sense of danger, but

hurt,

the evening together,

were there

away from

—

the television.

They

purpose to have fun together.

When the family is going on an outing, teen-agers often try to avoid going along. Whether it's Monster Trucks, a sports event, a picnic in the mountains or an afternoon of swimming at the lake, teens sometimes act as for a single

though family

activities are

beneath them.

home and

Much more

ments.

He

will reach out to us in

compassion and

mercy while inviting us to place our hands in His. As the rhythm of life swirls around and within us, the signs and symbols of salvation's call will beckon us to be evermore aware and appreciative of Jesus' wondrous invitation to be His friends, disciples

and witnesses.

play video games or

In recalling the multi-faceted experiences of youth, I shall never forget those Ash Wednes-

Later on, the same teens say that their parents do not

day visits to my parish church. Only gradually, however, have I come to understand more completely the depth of meaning of the ashes within our tradition and lives. I'm grateful for the gift of

some

fun,

watch

think, to stay

my

television.

understand them, that they do not

warmth

listen, that

there

is

no

in their relationship.

does work too much. Maybe your your friends or your taste in music.

But a relationship any relationship is a two-way

Maybe your dad

mom

street.

does not

Your

like

part

—

may

—

be as simple as agreeing to partici-

pate in family activities and outings. Just going along

and being pleasant can do a lot toward opening up communication with your folks.

Like me, you could end up having fun. I didn't want to go, after all, since I'm such a sophisticated type. I would have missed a great time. Monster Trucks are pretty

greater insight into the. privileged

demands of

being a Catholic.

Let's pray that during this Lenten season we shall cultivate our identity with greater intensity

and fulfill our mission with exemplary integrity.

In doing so, you and I will manifest that we have appropriated, assimilated and acted upon those truly timely words: 'Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel."

cool.

Father James Hawker

Tour comments are welcome. Please pher Carstens, c/o Catholic

News

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ings of each

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DENVER — The Ladies Guild

Holy

Spirit

February 23,

Around the Diocese

Church has taken on

at

a

unique project: They have volunteered to make blankets for the Charlotte Chapter of Project Linus.

Soon to be called Blanket Patch, Project Linus has more than 400 chapters in the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, England and the Philippines. Originally targeting pediatric cancer patients, Project Linus has broadened its focus aiming toward seriously ill or traumatized children children in need of a big hug.

To date, the project has delivered over 250,000 security blankets to

month

to

Organizations

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The

caring put into the blanket's production matters as much as the blanket itself. The blankets can be knitted, crocheted, embroidered, quilted or tied with yarn.

The Ladies Guild has received donations of brightly colored acrylic yarn, fabric and monetary donations from parishioners to support the

work on blankets

without any quotas or deadlines. Some of the ladies, referred to as blanketeers, work at home and then bring the finished blankets to the church.

All of the blankets are washable,

efforts of the blanketeers.

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the Charlotte

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The blankets comfort the children who are alone at night in hospitals.

People all over the country who love to

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Margaret Carpenter heard about the project and contacted the Charlotte Chapter to gain more information and find out how she could help. She presented the idea to her parish's Ladies Guild, and the rest is history.

Since last May the group has made more than 140 blankets, which are provided to the Charlotte Chapter.

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Around the Diocese

FATHER MO,

SISTERS,

from page 5

from page 9

kindness, his generosity.

Even when

Even though the parishes

"The language barrier

is

a

problem,

he has to make a hard decision ... there's always that serenity. He always has that same, marvelous

of prejudices that are present on

spirit."

sides."

Abbot

Placid

monk

Benedictine

Solari,

the

elected abbot in

November 1999 who entered monastic life with Father West over two decades ago, said the gathering was a fitting tribute to a man whose foundation for service to the greater church in western North Carolina was built in the tradition of St. Benedict.

"Benedictine

way of life,"

life

is

beautiful

a

Abbot Placid. "It sets very high ideals. But at the same time,

it

said

realizes that each person has

to reach those in his or her

own way,

it sets up a system to bring us all together to the kingdom of God in a way that each can follow and move along and help one another along."

—

never met a more

skillful

Abbot Placid added, recalling Father West's roles at Belmont Abbey as well as his present diocesan duties.

During closing comments, Grace announced the establishment of The Mauricio W. West Scholarship, will benefit future students in

need.

Just as he was praised for his outreach to others, Father West urged all present to seek ways of bringing God's love to the world.

"In accepting this award, I am deeply mindful of our Lord's command to 'love one another as I have loved you,' 'to live in my love,'" he said. "There is so much more all of us can do to make our world a better

Let us accept the challenge of sharing God's love and kindness in every situation and circumstance." place.

breaking

I

down all

Church.

think there's a lot of good will people wanting to learn about also

"I

cultures other than their

own," she

said.

is

a big

Andrea

a

is

said that she also

young at the

the

In

two

truly has given

Christ-like joy."

to

Hispanic Ministry

man who

one of the life-giving ministries partially is

wants to improve his English, and they help each other.

life in

them.

are offered to

funded by

tlie

When

Tap young

held in the

The-

adult gatherings

and being held again

fall

this

spring.

Secular Franciscan Order Meeting

CHARLOTTE — in

finding out

For those interested

more about

St.

Francis of

and the Secular Franciscan Order (SFO), the St. Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity invites everyone to attend the regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. on March 4 at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Statesville Ave. For more Assisi

information, call Skyler

Harvey

at (704)

them and encouragement

p.m. dinner.

16 or older

who

Day

A

corned beef being served along with soft drinks and other beverages. Classic Irish tunes and retro dance music are being provided by Scott Cowan. Door prizes will be awarded, and tickets are limited. For tickets and other information, call Jim O'Hare, pub-

at St. Francis of Lenoir for Hispanic

learning about religious

its 8th AnParty on March

N.C., will host

traditional

and cabbage dinner

on Saturday, March 17 in

#1

St. Patrick's

10 with a 7 p.m. social hour and 7:30

that she plans to

emphasize faith formation courses this year and is planning some retreats. She and several of the other women religious in the area are planning a vocation day

Church

— The Ancient Order of

Hibernians, the Cross and Shamrock Division nual

Andrea says

Day Party

St. Patrick's

ASHEVILLE

opportunities

giving people."

women

9-11.

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given, they are very generous and

Assisi

March

The idea for the retreat was deriv ed from

the Hispanic people are very

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16 The Catholic News & Herald

Booklet reviews 30 years of Methodist-Catholic dialogues

By JERRY FILTEAU News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) A new booklet on 30 years of Methodist-Catholic

Promoting Christian Unity. It has covered a wide range of issues, from doctrinal, moral and pastoral

dialogues says that those dialogues "have

questions to sacraments, structures ofchurch

Catholic

—

amazing areas of agreement" "Were Roman Catholics and Methodto learn about one another in light of

sponsored by the World Methodist Council

and the

Pontifical Council for

yielded

ministry and authority and paths to unity.

ists

earlier,

this material

over the next quarter of a

century, the whole ecumenical climate in

the United States revolutionized,"

The

it

would undoubtedly be says.

"Methodist-Cadiolic Dialogues: Thirty Years of Mission and Witness."

It was published joindy in February by die U.S. Catholic Conference and the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns of the United Methodist Church.

The

34*-page booklet

booklet

is

is

tided

The U.S. but

well,

dialogue,

it is

which began a year

perhaps most notable for

emphasis on important ethical and

its

rela-

co-sponsored by the United Methodists' General Commission tional issues. It

is

on Church Unity and Interreligious Concerns and the Catholic bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.

The

—

last

and Methodists in local communities throughout the country to learn more about one another and improve their collaboration in prayer, witness and service.

The dialogue,

international Catholic-Methodist

which

first

met

in 1967,

is

that Our Lady am. Mass, and

Todd's affiliation with the Catholic Church is one of faith and commitment, chance and happenstance. His life has been one of an ecumenical nature with experiences with

that

various religions, but in the end, a deeply

going that Sunday, I never stopped going.

I felt 'at home' in the black parish with a

embedded dedication to Catholicism led him back to the church, and eventually, to

"It

call

ization hit

I

his

was

and

life.

in a

vacuum or void,

spaceless, until the real-

me that I was in Charlotte. After

Mr. Todd.

black priest," explained Rev.

That

myself a convert to Catholi-

.

like

totally timeless

the permanent diaconate.

"I

was

now

priest,

Father Wilbur Thomas,

St. Lawrence Basilica in became Rev. Mr. Todd's "unoffi-

pastor of

diocese's second class

by

their baptism, their confession of

and their common calling to mission, what binds them together is far greater than what divides them," it says.

It

says that the theological dialogues

described and summarized in the booklet are intended to serve the "unity

we experi-

Conversion to Christ's it

to

says,

is

classes.

received the

"I

and

call

ture that

says.

had, and

and prayer

"this

know and

conversion entails getting

appreciate one another and

one another's churches, recognizing the challenges to unity and attempting to resolve them."

co-

something So,

Around

ing up the ladder with the EEOC in,

my

waukee Photo by Joann S. Keane

Rev. Mr. Curtiss daughter Ashlee.

He

his

would be accepted

was assigned

ment Commission of Winston-Salem. He moved on to the Social Security Administration, and then, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

die parish that

first

After leaving the Lutheran Church,

Todd began

researching other

turned

for in Catholicism.

'Through

my own

time to

Todd cannot

Rev. Mr.

—

him

to the

permanent

Our Lady of Consolation

diaconate at

Church

life

Church again

stay.

the events leading

but he believes that were guided by God. He says that

in Charlotte,

his steps

events in his

life

simply followed a larger

After a few years, he began to he wanted to do more. So, he inquired about a position with the diocese but had no luck. It was at this time that the

first place.

another one of life's coincidences occurred.

The EEOC offered an early retirement to any government worker who

program

and spiritually speaking, I was convinced that God was calling me."

Rev. Mr. Todd feels that the events in after another,

his

life

that he

happened for a divine reason and was meant to. be a permanent

plan with an order and design not of his

deacon. "The diaconate

own.

service that can be traced back to Scripture,

In the 1980s, he

was

Oratory

Rock

to Acts of the Aposties. It has always been a

part of the hierarchal structure of the

in

church."

Hill

Interstate 77. ize that

a ministry of

Mass

Rock Hill. While driving one Sunday morning, he noticed the Morehead Street exit off of at the

to

is

living in South

Carolina and had begun attending

Photo by Joann S. Keane

ordained in 1988 and

Our Lady of Consolation led him to the diaconate in

to

easily explain

feelings of something lacking in his

this

in fact,

Donoghue, now archbishop of Atlanta, named Rev. Mr. Todd vice chancellor o the diocese. "One thing happened right

back to Jesus." Life events prompted him to

to the Catholic

into the diaconate, he

offer.

led

could trace straight

leave the Catholic Church; however, the

him back

the

had a certain number of years experience and was of a certain age. Concurrentiy, a position in the diocese opened. Rev. Mr. Todd retired after 25 years of government service, and in 1993, Bishop John F

found that the CathoUc Church I

How-

ever, with another

feel that

churches and found what he was looking

I

was a prodream come

goal in mind and convinced that he

a job in urban renewal for the Redevelop-

received his

fessional

true for him.

Todd and

exposure to government employment with

study,

as a district

director. It

down He was,

was the only one

Todd was

Rev. Mr.

offered a job in Mil-

and he began teaching English

social studies.

time, after

the managerial track.

Greensboro as a so-

Rev. Mr.

that

mov-

was

ciology/ social wel-

and

men who wanted

same

University in

fare major,

talks

deacons.

Lutheran Church."

Family circumvented his desire to attend law school alter graduating from North Carolina

A&T

many

to serve the diocese as

joined the

I

spiritual direc-

After

that

felt

I

missing from life.

of

first

and ScripI had ever

to ap-

central to the ecumenical quest,

tor.

because of the instruction he

religion

for unity

Asheville,

faith

level."

it

influenced

attended both churches. Attendance at a boarding school led him to join the Lutheran

formal instruction in

preciate the gifts of our traditions,"

was

by

ence in spirituality and mission on the local

reproducible resource materials, "Yearn-

ing to Be One" seeks to enable Catholics

Mass changed

1 1

ligion

"Methodists and Catholics recognize

'The dialogues are an occasion

six-session study guide with easily

of Consolation had an

received through re-

the local level.

September.

A

Rev. Mr. Curtiss

and cannot explain what

He remembered

and discussions, Father Thomas suggested the permanent diaconate to Rev. Mr. Todd. After inquiring more about it, Rev. Mr. Todd applied to be included in the

tures

—

—

to Charlotte

happened.

palian father and

years" at various levels, including

logues of the past three decades.

tering U.S. Catholic-Methodist ecumenism at the grass-roots level.

That publication 'Teaming to Be One Spiritual Dialogue Between Catholics was released and United Methodists"

way

Staff Writer

many

the Christian faith as attested in the Scrip-

other recent joint publication aimed at fos-

ALESHA M. PRICE

cial"

that

to an-

By

his Catholic mother and Episco-

U.S. Catholic-Methodist theological dia-

complement

directed by God's word

cism." Baptized CathoUc, he

an introductory re-

serves as a

path

life

booklet says that American Catholics and United Methodists "have been in common mission together for

source to the results of international and

It also

Deacon's

CHARLOTTE

has addressed doctrinal issues as

2001

February 23,

Living the faith

He

said that

he did not

he had driven past

real-

his exit all the

.

Contact Staff Writer Alesha

M.

(704) 370-3354 or amprice@charlottediocese.org.

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