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2003

Making safer schools

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FIGHTING FOR LIFE

MACS nurses change state legislature Ratified bill empowers teachers and staff in

emergency situations By KEVIN

E.

MURRAY

Acting Editor

CHARLOTTE — In

or-

der to help save a student's life in an anaphlaxis emer-

gency, Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools nurses

worked

.

change North-

to

is

a severe

allergic reaction to an insect

sting or bite, or from touching, inhaling, or ingesting

allergens including certain foods such as peanuts, shell-

staff,

epinephrine

See LEGISLATURE, page 9

want

to

cross the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco May 18 at the start of a three-month crosscountry walk that ended in Washington in August. Father Norman Weslin of Australia and Mary

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Currently, the state legislature mandated that "unlicensed assistive personnel" (UAP), such as teachers and

anaphlaxis cases resulting from insect stings, and only with patients not covered by orders from their private

eggs and milk. Un-

fish,

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seeing more cases of students experiencing their first allergic reactions while in school, and they were unaware that they had allergies."

Carolina legislature.

Anaphlaxis

Paula Knish, a part-time nurse with MACS. "Our concern was that we were

Charlotte pray for an end to abortion as they kneel in front

Court Aug.

of the Supreme

Washington

in

12, 2002.

A JOURNEY FOR LIFE

More than a dozen doctors consulted

Charlotte teen completes 3,100-mile trek to urge end to abortion

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over Mother Teresa miracle By KEVIN By CINDY

WOODEN

E.

MURRAY

Acting Editor

WASHINGTON

News Service (CNS) More

a three-month, 3,100-mile trek

than a dozen physicians in India

across the country to call to an

Catholic

ROME and

Rome were consulted

unborn and their mothers in themovement," she said. "I found my purpose in life and my calling from God." Worthington's journey first began as she drove to Mass dur-

After

group of pro-

end

for abortion, a

the mysterious cure of an Indian

life

walkers called Crossroads

woman

before the Vatican ac-

reached Washington from the

man

cepted the healing as the miracle

West Coast Aug. 9, 2002. One of them was Charlotte native Mary Worthington, a pa-

saw a bumper

about

needed for the beatification of

Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The promoter of Mother Teresa's canonization cause, Missionaries of Charity Fa-

ther Brian Kolodiejchuk, posted detailed information about the medical condition of Monika Besra and about her cure on the cause's Web site in

After studies by Indian and by Vatican-appointed physicians, the decree

miracle

recognizing the

was issued Dec.

John Paul

II

20;

Pope

will celebrate the

beatification Oct.

19 at the

rishioner of St

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the abortion holocaust," as

the

Roe

vs.

Wade

decision that

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sider themselves "survivors of

to participate in

American Life League, consists of volunteer, college-age stu-

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participate

the "Pro-Life" T-shirts and con-

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as well as

to the lies that are being

Those who

Worthington. moment, I knew

said

Crossroads, a division of

life.

resolutions

site,

death."

on

this ministry called Crossroads."

New Year

Web

promoted by the culture of

Ohio.

never realized such a true calling in serving the helpless

of abortion," according to the

Crossroads

'Taking steps to save lives." "The people in the RV showed up at Mass wearing T-

University of Steubenville in

Students' 1000-665^ 3N TIIH

age across the United States. focus is to "offer up prayers and sacrifices in union with

to "educate the youth and alert

them,"

was a

summer

sticker that read

studies at Franciscan

it

spend their

on a walking pilgrim-

The

year in Steubenville. She

human

For Worthington,

who

vacation

summer before her fresh-

shirts that said 'Pro-Life'

"I

early January.

0£6£ 80

Ann Church cur-

cross-country pilgrimage for

Vatican.

ing the

rently studying theology and life

dents

pro-life

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The World

January

in Brief

(CNS)

111.

include stress,

Build-

ing a school for just $22,000 sounds like a tall tale, but it's not. Just ask the people of St. Athanasius Parish in Evanston or the people of Nyenga, Uganda. The

Church delegation urges relocation for refugees stranded in camps

parish, outside Chicago, recently raised

WASHINGTON

Nsubuga

Memorial Senior Secondary School

by a pregnancy."

actually threatened

the funds to build Cardinal

2003

women who are suffering from who are simply having an overly emotional day, or who have limited budgets, not just women whose health or life is

Chicago parish raised funds to build school in Africa

EVANSTON,

10,

— Refu-

(CNS)

in

gees stranded for years in camps should

Nyenga. They responded to the pleas of Father Charles Muhigirwa, a friend of their associate pastor, Father James Heyd, from their seminary days, to finance a rural six-room school on the shores of Lake Victoria near the source of

be resettled to third countries if they cannot live safely in their home nations, said

the Nile River.

The

school

is

now

and

'Many of we visited had been in these deplorable camps for a decade and the refugees

longer," said Bishop

camps

VATICAN CITY Christians are called to

light to

(CNS) All become lights to

guide individuals and nations out of the "darkness and clouds" that threaten them, Pope John Paul II said before ordaining 12 new bishops, including four Vatican diplomats. Celebrating the feast of the Epiphany in St. Peter's Basilica Jan. 6, the pope ordained the new bishops from Italy, Slovakia, South Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Benin, Ireland and Spain. The three wise men who fol-

lowed the star to Bethlehem represent the first of those who throughout history would be "attracted by the light of Christ," Pope John Paul said. "From your youth, faith in Christ, light of the world, has guided your steps to the point of offering yourselves in priestly consecration," the pope told the bishops.

and myrrh, but your

gold, frankincense

very

new

"You did not give the Lord

lives,"

he

said.

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Bulgarians swim for cross on feast of Epiphany Young Bulgarians swim to catch a cross in the middle of Lake Sofia Jan.

Bishop Kinney, New York AuxilRobert A. Brucato and Mi-

iary Bishop

gration and Refugee Services Executive

the feast of the Epiphany. It is traditionally believed that the man who is the first to grab the cross, thrown in the water by an Eastern Orthodox priest, will be healthy throughout the New Year. 6,

Director

Mark Franken

visited

Kenya, Tanzania and Guinea

vember and

camps

in late

in

No-

early December.

Mentors in Oregon youth program strive to bring hope Gift of Christ's birth rejected by much of modern society, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS) The

of Christ's birth lasts through the ages, but much of modern society refuses to accept it, Pope John Paul II gift

said.

During

Vatican Jan.

Christmas

a

5, is

midday blessing

at the

a joy that

Texas Supreme Court rules state not obliged to fund abortions AUSTIN, Texas (CNS) The Texas Supreme Court ruled Dec. 31 state does not

that the

have to fund abortions for

women

something that should

ceive Medicaid. In the case of Low

stay with people throughout the year

ends up generating "confusion and dissatisfaction, hatred and violence."

the pope said the spirit of

God

revealed himself com-

with health complications

Christ represents divine light, and

vocates

drama

is

that Christ as the light of the

world is unknown by many people and is not welcomed by others, in fact, is refused. Unfortunately, widespread in our society is a culture saturated with selfishness and closed to the awareness and love of God," he said. The pope said this culture, by refusing to orient itself toward a sense of divine transcendence,

said

St.

Matthew

for

for

pregnant women with heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, epilepsy and other health complications. 'The term 'medically necessary abortion'

is

just another

way

of

Court has defined

'health'

...

so broadly

that the term 'medically necessary'

MURPHY

would

The 2nd group

meet in the parish hall and feature the Gospel according to John 11-21: "My Peace I Give You." Call Marylee (828)683-3559 will

founded in 1993. Each year, several dozen Portland first-graders in high risk situations are selected to participate.

The

meet four hours

several challenges," Vollert told

(704)825-6735. St.

William Church,

765 Andrews Rd., will hold a study of the Gospel of Mark with Deacon Carl following the 9 a.m. Mass today. This is a 4-week look at the Bible and its structure and the workings of Christ through the eyes of St.

The

Mark

NEWTON

16

— The

The

organization will provide fellowship

through tivities

spiritual, social

call

(828)464-9207.

18

CHARLOTTE

BELMONT

trade

breakfast

— An

international

seminar featuring

Belmont Abbey professor Dr. Jim Giermanski

will

be today, 7:30-9:30

in the Student Commons at Belmont Abbey College. "Securing the Supply Chain: C-TPAT & Trade Act of 2002" will focus on the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism and the Trade Act of 2002. The event is open to

a.m.,

the public.

To make

reservations call

and service ac-

within the Church. For details

in particular. Coffee

Ladies Guild

meet today at St. Joseph Church, Holy Family Hall, 720 West 13th St.

will

and doughnuts are available. Bring your Bible. Questions? (828)837-2000

16

The mentor

program, Friends of the Children, was

per in Portland. 'They are at risk of not doing well personally without some intervention. They're up against the wall through no fault of their own."

'The U.S. Supreme

(704)543-0489.

14 ASHEVILLE St Joan of Arc Church, 919 Haywood Rd., is starting bible study groups. One group will be working with the Book of Acts: "The Good News of the Holy Spirit." For details call Mary Ann (828)667-4227.

a difference in

Burke, staff counsel of Americans United for Life, in a statement.

Pkwy. at 7 p.m. to learn the power of the Holy Spirit. For registration or questions, call Lisa Gray

Matthew

Commons how to live in

Church, 8015 Ballantyne

make

school hopes to

the lives of the city's youths.

Catholic Sentinel, archdiocesan newspa-

15 LEXINGTON Our Lady's Guild will meet in Rosary Hall, Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 619 S. Main St., today at 7 p.m. Call (336)248-2463 with questions.

to the daily chapel at St.

pro-

saying 'abortion on demand,'" said Denise

14

Texas should pay

"medically necessary abortions"

with questions.

planner January 1 3 CHARLOTTE

who

—A

weekly with the youngsters until they finish high school. "The relationship with a caring adult is the important thing," said Jack Vollert, a former member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps and now one of 36 paid mentors on staff at Friends of the Children. He keeps up with eight boys, helping with homework, playing basketball, bowling and talking about life. "These are kids facing

by an 8-0 margin with one abstention, a

"it

(CNS)

former Portland Catho-

Income

Women vs. Raiford (previously Low Income Women vs. Bost), the court rejected, lawsuit filed by doctors and abortion ad-

"The

lic

in a

organization's mentors

and gave people

shines today for us," the pope said.

PORTLAND, Ore. gram based

who re-

a savior as well as a contemporary.

pletely through Christ

Charismatic Prayer Group, Alive in the Spirit, will be offering the Life in the Spirit seminar today and on Monday evenings through Feb. 24. Come

Acting Editor: Kevin E. Murray

on migration

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and

& H t R A L D

January

a manifestation of tragic loss to potential," said Bernadette P.

Cisse, policy adviser

Diocesan NEWS

is

human

Pope ordains 12 new bishops, says Christians bring world

John F. Kinney of St.

Cloud, Minn. "Refugees languishing in

offers

We

U.S. bishops' delegation

that visited Africa late in 2002.

opera-

both secondary and technical education in woodwork and tailoring. "It's amazing what can be done with so little money," Father Heyd told The Catholic New World, archdiocesan newspaper of Chicago. "Our parish began raising money for this much-needed project for the children of the Lugazi Diocese. believe we are part of a global church where every parish is called to be a missionary and must reach out to others, not just to the sharing parishes within our own diocese." tional

members of a

— The

Christian

Coffeehouse will be tonight from 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. for adults of all ages in the parish center at St. Matthew Church,

8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. Redeemed will provide the music of rock jazz, blues

and gospel sounds. Call Kathy

Bartlett at (704)614-9100 with questions.

St John Neumann 19 CHARLOTTE Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., will host a mission, "A Parish Retreat A Time of Grace," presented by Father Michael P. Sullivan, beginning today through Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. All are welcome and babysitting will be provided. Call (704)563-6520 for irifbrmation.

19

CHARLOTTE

— A Mass

for the


January

10,

2003

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

in

National Catholic Partnership on Disability hands out 2002

and Paul Zirimenya from the intolerance he says he suffered before and after his ordination in 1977. Father Coughlin had been searching for a U.S. seminary to re-

awards

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The National Catholic Partnership

has honored

St.

on

ceive deaf students since the

Disability

Joseph's Catholic

Archdiocese ended

Church

Mary

a problem.

Vatican says 25 church killed in mission

Jane Owen,

workers

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

Disabilities, the partnership,

25

1978 pastoral statement on people with disabilities, presented its Opening Doors Awards in late December. The awards are funded by Aetna and administered through the NaCatholic bishops'

which

counted

St Joseph's Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors program, directed by Gay

A

video and handbook on acces-

sible construction

earned the Archdiocese

of Louisville's Committee on Accessibility the $250 second prize.

Up to 35 U.S. bishops could age reasons in 2003

retire for

WASHINGTON (CNS) — As many

CNS

Iraq.

Shanks' painting of pope on display at Philadelphia Basilica Guests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia view artist Nelson Shanks' painting of Pope John Paul II Jan. 6 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. Shanks based his piece on photos, videotapes and seeing the pope at several public activities. It is among the artworks being presented in a traveling Vatican exhibit.

There are 16 more with

75.

day coming

a 75th birth-

in 2003.

more more than two years August 1966, when

Catholic midwives say profession has much to offer ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) As a la-

Pope Paul VI first asked bishops around the world to submit their resignations at the age of 75, there were fewer than 25

bor and delivery nurse, Cathy Rudolph

largest

number

in history. It's eight

year and

than

last

ago.

Even back

1

in

8

The

said she ral

saw

childbirth turn

from a natu-

occurrence to a technical process with

age-75

machines, medicines to speed up labor

which implemented a policy established by the world's bishops in 1965 at the Second Vatican Council, was incorporated into general church law for the Latin Church in 1983 and for the Eastern Catholic churches in 1991. In Eastern

and an increase in the number of Caesarean sections. Rudolph's desire to help

churches with a patriarch, the resignation

Rudolph, a parishioner of

active U.S. bishops over 75. rule,

is

may

deliver their babies without tech-

Boston Univerwhere she earned her master's degree

Margaret Winter Park said mid-

wives

offer a great deal

II

has increas-

ingly kept bishops active beyond their

75th birthday.

who

Of the

17 active

US.

bish-

turned 75 in 2002, he allowed

only five to retire that year.

As 2002 ended

and attention to the

St.

of labor support

spiritual

tional aspects of birth "which

and emois

exactly

what women know women need." She said the main aspect of midwife care is based on the idea that pregnancy and birth are normal life processes. Rudolph

19 active U.S. bishops were already over

said

unborn

today at 3 p.m. Church, 3016 Providence Rd. All are welcome. Msgr. Richard Bellow will be the celebrant. Call (704)3645481 for information.

comes Larry Dawalt of Hospice of Charlotte from 7-8:30 p.m. today. Session is

19

23

will be celebrated

at St. Gabriel

CHARLOTTE — Cursfflo

Ultreya

followed by School of Leaders will be

today at 1:30 p.m. at

St.

Thomas

Aquinas, 1400 Suther Rd. The Ultreya normally held at St. Matthew Church

be held at Our Lady of Consolation, 2301 Statesville Ave., Jan. 26 at 1:45 p.m. Questions? Call Dan Hines will

(704)544-6665; email: bmayer@Alltel.net or Web site: www.charlottecursillo.org.

20 CHARLOTTE

The Ladies AnOrder of Hibernians Div. 1 Mecklenburg County-St. Brigid, an cient

midwives monitor the physical, psy-

for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one or those in bereavement

ministry.

N.

WILKESBORO

St.

John's

Women's Club

will meet at 7 p.m. today and every 4th Thursday of the month at St. John Baptist de La Salle Church, Verna Beane Center, 275 CC Wright School Rd. Call (336)838-5562 with

questions.

N

SAN FRANCISCO

retariat

Meeting from 1-2:30 p.m. Ques-

liam

J.

felt like

Francis Xavier Church,

As

the

known

derful blessing of John Paul I Is 'Theology of the Body" with international speaker,

21 CHARLOTTE

Christopher

istry Center,

St.

Gabriel

3016 Providence

Min-

Rd., wel-

at St.

Mark

West

Share the won-

today through Jan. 29

Church, 14740 Stumptown

was

priest

is

trib-

The correct date

Sunday, Feb.

2,

2003.

hopes "to shield" seminarians

Matthew Hysell

Rd. Call (704)948-0231 for

February 2 SALISBURY

N

details.

CLEMMONS

Sacred Heart

ebrating a charismatic

Holy Family is

cel-

Mass tonight

at

The sacrament

of reconciliation will be given at 7 p.m. and the laying on of hands will take place after Mass. Need details? Call (336)778-0600 or Jim Passero (336)998-7503.

ciation

morning at 10 a.m. For details Gerald Maiden (704)982-5261.

6 GREENSBORO

Elm

St.,

will

have a men's weekend

for Charlotte Diocese Cursfflo today

Church, 128 N. Fulton St., will be celebrating a charismatic and healing Mass today at 4 p.m. Prayer and worship with prayer teams will be available at 3 p.m., and a poduck dinner will follow the Mass. For information call Bill Owens (704)639-9837.

7:30 p.m.

Charlotte

in

incorrectly listed in the

ute issue.

born-deaf man to

first

Gislain Cheret Bazikila,

3

retire-

Dec. 20 Bishop Curlin

be ordained a Catholic priest in North America, Father Coughlin defied many doubters and silenced a long list of critics.

The

Bishop

at St. Vincent

de Paul Church

for its deaf

Church, 416 N. 2nd St., will be having a meeting and a covered dish lunch in the Family Life Center this

27 HUNTERSVILLE

ment Mass

and appoint Father Coughlin pastor of San Francisco's St Benedict Parish at St congregation.

for

William G. Curlin's

fall

www.charlottecursfflo.org.

Providence Rd. Anyone interested in their Irish-Catholic roots, call Jeanmarie Schuler (704)554-0720.

The date

Levada's decision to welcome the

three seminarians to San Francisco this

7:30 p.m. at St.

meet tonight at Gabriel Church, 3016

in Baghdad, "martyrology," re-

about Archbishop Wil-

ter-parish group, will

Dan Hines

August

Correction

a miracle," said Father

The Forever 5 ALBEMARLE Young Club of Our Lady of the Annun-

tions? Call

killed in

The annual

enous priest of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific: Father Augustin Geve was killed in August during an attempt to mediate peace in Guadalcanal. Colombia, where church leaders have been targeted by guerrillas and drug lords, led the list of martyrs with one bishop, seven priests, one nun and one seminarian.

(CNS) In a development for the Catholic Church in San Francisco, a deaf priest is now pastor of a deaf congregation in San Francisco and three deaf seminarians are studying at St. Patrick's Seminary, Menlo

(704)544-6665; email: bmayer@Alltel.net or Web site:

Irish-Catholic social and charitable in-

which

historic

Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd.,

25 SALISBURY Cursfflo Ultreya at Sacred Heart Church, 128 Fulton St, will hold Mass today at 8 a.m., School of Leaders from 9-1 1:30 am., Men's Team meeting from 10:30 a.m.- noon, and Sec-

in Africa,

to San

Francisco church

Thomas Coughlin

in public health specializing in midwifery.

and

In Asia, a Chaldean Catholic-

seminarians add

priest,

new dimension

sity

refuse a bishop's resignation or delay

Pope John Paul

Deaf

Park. "It

Parish in

recent years

and social well-being of the mother and provide her with individualized education and prenatal care.

nical assistance led her to

Mary

accepting it Pope Paul rarely did so, but in

ops

women

The pope

submitted to the patriarch.

least

leased Jan. 2, includes the first indig-

etiological

died, 10.

nun was

photo from Reuters

as 35 active U.S. bishops could retire in

2003 because they are at or beyond the normal retirement age of 75. That's the

priests, religious

workers

on Disability. First $750 award, went

carries a

to

Pollock.

— At —

and lay missionaries including 10 in Colombia were killed in mission territories during 2002, said Fides, the Vatican's missionary news agency. Most of the killings took place in Latin America, where 13 church

established in 1982 to implement the U.S.

tional Organization

2002

territories in

merly the National Catholic Office for

prize,

We are not the problem, we are

the solution," he said.

the partnership's executive director. For-

Persons with

for deaf

seminarians in 2000. '.People labeled us as

and the Archdiocese of Louisville's Committee on Accessibility for "working with rather than for" the in Capitola, Calif,

disabled, according to

New York

program

its

St.

call

Pius X, 2210

through Feb. 9. Contact Dan Hines site: Web (704)544-6665, www.charlottecursillo.org or e-mail bmayer@alltel.net with questions. The Heal6 WINSTON-SALEM ing Companions is a grief support group for the bereaved. They will be meeting tonight and Feb. 20 in Confer-

ence Room B at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. For details call Joanne Parcel (336)924-9478. St. John the 7 WAYNESVILLE

Evangelist Church, 234 Church St., offers today and the first Friday of the month Eucharistic adoration. Call

(828)456-6707 for

details.

7 WINSTON-SALEM

St.

Leo the

Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave., will have adoration and benediction today and the first Friday of each month from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. All are invited to spend some time with the Blessed Sacrament. Call (336)7240561 for information.


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Around the Diocese

CATHOLIC AND ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVES / FIRST

IN

violence.

Workshop reveals Catholic teachings on war and peace GERALD POTKAY

Correspondent

GREENSBORO Office of Justice

— The diocesan

and Peace organized

parish-based educational program "Catholic and Islamic Perspectives on War, Peace and Solidarity: Growing in Knowledge, Seeking a

entitled,

Peace."

The program was

designed, in keeping with the tradition and wisdom of Catholic social teaching, to give participants a chance to respond to the "sign of the times." The first of the four-part workshop program came to Our Lady of Grace Jan. 6 with a presentation of Catholic social teachings on war and peace. The following three workshops at Our Lady of Grace Church are: Islamic perspectives on war and peace,

swers," said Maleska. But "we are willing to get back to you on anything that we do not know." Of the over 30 attendees at Our

Lady of Grace workshop, many expressed bitterness and lack of understanding as to why the events of 9- 1 had occurred. Questions included: "How does a religion (Islam), which teaches so many good things, back so

much

"Why must we go to "Why do they hate us? And

hatred?";

war?";

what can we do about

it?"

Father Francis O'Rourke, pastor of Our Lady of Grace, came to see, "How United States policy and we, as a church, develop (within the framework of) justice and peace positions," and, "How does the religious dimension really play in

all

of this?"

between the

According to Rosenhauer, it is the results that matter. It is important to

United States and the Islamic world, and aspects of the church's

know other faith traditions, she said, but we must first understand the

Workshop

foundational teachings of 6ur own church. "You are leaders of your parish," she says on the video. "You will bring what you learn here back to your parishes. You will help them grow in

Jan. 13; the relationship

Jan. 21;

call to solidarity, Jan. 27.

participants are strongly encouraged to attend

all

four parts; the

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People

WASHINGTON Steele,

practice their religion,

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(CNS)

who was

January

the Hews

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) Following his death at age 81, Bishop J. Richard Ham was remembered by those who knew him as a kind and gracious person who loved people and valued friendships. Bishop Ham, a Maryknoll missionary to Central America who also served as auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of St. PaulMinneapolis from 1980 until 1990, died Dec. 20 in Maryknoll, N.Y., after a long illness. A priest for 54 years, he spent 21 of those in Central America. He went to Guatemala in 1958 as an associate pastor in Cuilco and later became pastor of a parish of Mayan Indians in Ixtahaucan. In 1961 he was transferred for one year to El Salvador, where he founded a parish and established the Christian Family Movement in the Santa Ana Diocese. Returning to Guatemala in 1962, he served as a pastor of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. He was named an auxiliary bishop of Guatemala City in

are so blessed to be here," said

Steele after the

is

Bishop Ham, former missionary to Central America, dead at 81

to be inaugu-

rated as Maryland's first AfricanAmerican lieutenant governor Jan. 15, celebrated his win in November with a Mass of thanksgiving at St. Mary's Parish in Landover Hills, Md.

"We

2003

10,

war, and detainees are permitted to

Catholic faith central to Maryland's new lieutenant governor Michael

in

par-

"Everyone has been so supportive and good to our family. This is home." During the Mass, Father J. William

ish.

Hines, the pastor of St. Mary's, offered special prayers for Steele as he prepared to begin his four-year term as lieutenant governor of Maryland. At a reception afterward, parishioners

more than an hour to greet him and his family. Steele, a lined up for

Republican, is the first AfricanAmerican elected to a statewide office in Maryland history. He was to be sworn into office along with his running mate, Gov.-elect Robert Ehrlich Jr. Steele and his wife, Andrea, and their two sons, 14-year-old Michael and 1 1 -year-old Drew, are active pa-

CNS

PHOTO BY DlANNE TOWALSKI, St. CLOUD VISITOR

Somalian refugee recalls homeland struggle talks about his Somalian homeland and

Mohamoud Mohamed

his

experience as a refugee in Kenya during an interview at his office in St. Cloud, Minn., in early December. He is founder and executive director of the St. Cloud Area Somali Salvation Organization, which helps resettle Somalians in St. Cloud.

rishioners of St. Mary's, with Steele

serving as a eucharistic minister and

November 1967 and ordained bishop Jan.

a

1968.

6,

,

Maryland college and seminary gets new president EMMITSBURG, Md. (CNS) The board of trustees of Mount St.

lector.

After 50-year lapse, woman returns to Catholic faith

GREENVILLE, Del. (CNS) Boots Herrmann had lived in some of Wilmington's nicest neighborhoods, owned an antique store, spent winters in Florida, and raised three children. And yet, she had the feeling that something was missing from her life. That something, it turns out, was her Catholic

faith.

And

age 77, had been raised at

Herrmann went, and she has not

Raymond

looked back.

John the Evangelist Church in Slatersville, returned home in late December. This was the second time

Somali refugee

Cloud

in St.

finds 'you can't go home again' For ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CNS) novelist Thomas Wolfe, "You Can't Go Home Again" was a book title and a literary expression of one man's search for identity. For Mohamoud

who

A. Tetreault, pastor of St.

Mary's College and Seminary-has appointed Thomas H. Powell, president of Glenville State College in "West Virginia, as its 24th president, succeeding the retiring George Houston. "I am both pleased and honored to be given this opportunity," Powell said.

that the priest, a chaplain and lieuten-

ant colonel in the 43rd Military Police Brigade of the Rhode Island

Army

National Guard, had been 1991, he

called to active duty. In

"The Mount

is

about many things, about people about

Mohamed,

a Somali refugee

lost

served as a chaplain to the troops in

but chiefly

Catholic, returned to the church after

his wife to

trauma and separated from

talented students, staff and faculty.

more than 50 years following the

his family while fleeing the

death of her son Philip in 1999. Herrmann, whose given name is Myrtle but who has been called Boots since her teens, was born and baptized a Catholic in Baltimore and at-

homeland, the phrase is a stark reality. More than 1 1 years after the start

Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. While stationed in Cuba, Father Tetreault was senior

tended Catholic school there. When she was young her parents divorced and she moved with her mother to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She got her nickname when a doctor recommended that she keep her legs cov-

the St. Cloud Area Somali Salvation

Herrmann, who

ered in cold weather to alleviate pain

from arthritis. The day after her son died of cancer, his friend, John Slagowski, showed up at their front door, telling Herrmann, "You have to go to Mass Sunday because Phil is going to be mentioned" at St. Elizabeth's Parish in Wilmington.

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in his

Mohamed

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Cloud

as

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the founder and executive director of

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Mohamed

recalled his

journey from Somalia to the United States after St. Cloud Bishop John F. Kinney's recent return from a factfinding visit to refugee camps in East Africa, where Mohamed first sought shelter.

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Around the Diocese

Community leader, political strategist dies at age 52 Don Baker

Politicians, family bid farewell to By KEVIN

MURRAY

trying to rationalize right from wrong, you could turn to Don his moral compass never wavered; it always

quality education, decent hous-

the hundreds of people gathered for the

pointed to the truth."

tunities."

"homegoing" funeral Mass of Don Baker Thomas Aquinas Church Jan. 6.

Baker served as chairman of MinorN.C. Democratic Party. In 1985, Baker was an instrumental part of the Committee for Concerned Black Catholics in approaching Archbishop John F. Donoghue, former bishop of Charlotte, about the educating the diocese to the needs and contributions of black Catholics. That effort evolved into the African American Affairs Ministry of the Diocese of Charlotte. Baker was heavily involved in public service. He served on the board of directors of the Afro-American Cultural Center and was a former chair of the

E.

Acting Editor

CHARLOTTE — Politicians joined

New

Me-

York's

morial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Jan.

three weeks after being diagnosed

1,

with an aggressive form of abdominal cancer.

He was

a

member of Our Lady of

Consolation Church and had been considered a leader in grass-roots politics.

"He wasn't

a politician, but he un-

derstood the political protocol and the

importance of it," said U.S. Rep. Mel Watt. "He's the guy behind the scenes who refused to take any credit." Baker worked for 10 years as the district director for Watt's 12th Congressional district.

He

Carolina

whom Don

1950

taged kids

...

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Baker, today those

same

the

studied

High School. He social work at

Beta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., the first Courtesy Photo

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Don Baker and

sity.

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American Studies Department and for the first African

name Don

Lasting friendships soon developed with

Gantt and Watt, and Baker became actively involved in Gantt's mayoral and U.S. Senate campaigns as well as Watt's

American dean. Baker married Diane Zetha Clayton Oct. 2, 1975. The same year, he volun-

hope

kids have

his wife Diane.

also a leader in

State's African

he cared deeply about these kids and their need to have a

said Bowles. "Because

to

to

Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark., where he was a charter member and the first president of the Xi

a

because of the strength of this good man,"

Noted Catholic Ethicist

Carlisle, Ark.,

black student to attend

Carlisle

delivered miracles."

may never know

in

Allen Baker and Marnetta Nichols Baker. He was the

"While thousands of poor, disadvan-

North Carolina's families because we had Don Baker pushing us forward, challenging us to lead, showing us the way," said Bowles during the service. "When, as a politician, you were

we

those kids because Don Baker gave us the strength to do it," added Bowles. Baker was born Aug. 24,

"For years, folks like me have been up in front of large groups this and talk about the important

each of

it,

are able to look to the needs of

immi-

"Social security recipients,

and equal oppor-

here today can testify that

grant families, homeless, new home owners, minority and small-business contractors who Don always went out of his way to work with," said Watt. "The poor and dispossessed these are to

able to stand

teered for Gantt's

...

first

six congressional races.

Charlotte city

council campaign, which Gantt won.

See BAKER, page 16

Present in the Diocese of Charlotte

on January 17 and Fr. J.

He was

Project.

real

"Though Don would

the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Political Caucus.

Chris Kouri.

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Community

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also served as a

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Mother of three takes new approach to children's prayer book By STEVE EUVINO Catholic

News Service

HAMMOND,

Ind.

Vicki

the first person who'll tell you she's a musician, not a writer.

Pastore

Still,

is

Pastore has just had her

first

book published. The words are not artwork is all paper and

hers, but the

Pastore. "Basically,

it's

an illustrated ver-

sion of the Our Father and Hail Mary," Pastore said from her home, with her husband Rob and their three children never too far away. "But it's illustrated line

Most

by

line."

children's prayer books, she

on one page and illustrations on other pages. Pastore took each line from both prayers and developed an image to match the line. Pastore, 39, made each image from cut paper. Using bright colors, she designed the images for children ages 2-7. When she started on the project more than a year ago, she had said,

would have

a prayer

her daughter, Julia, then 2-and-a-half, in mind. "I used vibrant colors in pictures to grab the attention of young chiland I used simple pictures," dren Pastore said. "If it's too elaborate, children won't know what to look at. If it's simple, it grabs their attention." Each page has one figure or image to accompany a line of the prayer. Most of the images are of people of diverse backgrounds. The book is divided in two: half has the Our Father; flip the book over and the other side is the Hail Mary. Pastore started the project by writing the prayers, then doing the sketches. She did 10 different versions before settling on the final sketches some of which were revised after Paulist Press accepted her work. The book is dedicated to the three Pastore children: Julia, 4, Emily, 2-

,

January

the News

In

CNS photo by

a spiritual contribution.

I'm sending out 10,000 Hail Marys and Our Fathers into the whole world," she said. "Every time I pick up the book, I'm praying the Hail Mary and Our Father. It's a gift of prayer." Rob Pastore said the book brings the prayers to the level of toddlers. However, the book is also valuable for adults more accustomed to perhaps reciting the lines mechanically without considering the meaning. "Everyone is so used to rattling off the Our Father," Rob Pastore said, "but in this book everything is broken down. Every line is important." "I feel like

Karen Callaway, North west Indiana Catholic

Editor's Note:

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home

their

in

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Ind.

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chairman of the U.S. bishops' communications committee. Archbishop John P. Foley, the U.S.-born president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said the Catholic press "reminded Catholics that the bad news of clerical abuse was in no way the full story of the Catholic Church in the United States."

Both messages were released

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Pastore went through 1 0 years of miscarriages be-

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innocent victims psychologically scarred and thousands of innocent priests as the victims of undeserved

suspicion, have affected the morale

It

was during her pregnancy with underwent four months

moment" with posinews about World Youth Day in Toronto, the naming of new saints, church social and educational ser-

Catholic press

tive

needed when

that she

of bed rest in the spring of 2001. By that time she had completed the pages for the Our Father, but during those bedridden months, with help from friends, Pastore worked on the Hail

Mary

That pregnancy, Pastore

believes,

provided inspiration for completing the book. "It just seems that every time I'm pregnant, something happens," she said. "It's a special time a time when things happen. It's a special feeling to have another life inside you it makes you do extraordinary

things."

The

Pastore children are still too young to read, but their parents can use the book to say the prayers with them as they study the images. Pastore, a member of St. Joseph Parish in Hammond, sees the book as

and the dedication of an "imnew cathedral" in Los Ange-

vices,

pressive

church scarred by

les,

the archbishop said.

Bishop Galante said 2002 was

say bishops

crisis,

"especially challenging" for Catholic

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some very bad and tragic news." At the same time, Catholic jour-

tions.

Dennis Heaney, executive publisher of The Tidings and Vida Nueva newspapers in Los Angeles and CPA

In separate messages for Catholic Press Month, observed in February, they praised the Catholic press for also reporting the good news about

the church.,

"While pointing out the sins and crimes of a few, you have also supported and pointed out the generous service of many," said Coadjutor Bishop Joseph A. Galante of Dallas,

.

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persons

who

proclaim the

sin," said

Bishop Galante.

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LEGISLATURE, Below are symptoms of both mild and severe allergic reactions (anaphlaxis), from

the

Mecklenburg Area

Catholic Schools "Allergy/Ana-

phylaxis Treatment Protocol."

may

Mild Allergic Reactions: Patient exhibit a

few hives and itching or

swelling at the site of the bite or sting.

Severe Allergic Reactions: Patient

may

some

exhibit

following

or

all

of the

symptoms:

— sense foreboding, or apprehension. — swelling or of

fear,

flushing, hives,

especially

in

itching,

chest, mouth, or throat;

drooling.

— coughing, sneezing, wheezing. — change voice, runny nose. — change skin rapid pulse. — nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea. — dizziness, collapse, difficulty talking,

in

.

color, chills,

in

fainting,

convulsions.

Even with proper treatment, a second, delayed reaction

may

occur. Patients are encouraged to

obtain immediate follow-up care

an emergency room or as rected by their doctor.

in

The Catholic News & Herald 9

Diocese

di-

page? physicians, said Knish.

"But what happens when a child has his or her first life-threatening allergic situation in school? The school nurses felt, 'This law is good, but we want to expand and improve it,'" said Rachel Piche, a regional school nurse coordinator with the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. "Ambulance drivers were seeing people die from anaphylaxis that could have been saved with epinephrine." "Since we don't have nurses in all the schools all the time, we had to find a way to empower the teachers and staff to

immediately respond to

aller-

gic emergencies," said Knish. "Other-

we have to wait for (Emergency Medical Services)

EMS

wise, rive.

to ar-

In that time, the situation can

turn deadly."

"Even if the nurses were in the schools every day, they needed to train others to recognize and treat anaphylaxis," said Piche.

Knish volunteered to write the treatment protocol for responding to both mild and severe allergic reactions. "We needed something fool proof and panic proof so it can be taught to others," said Knish. She consulted with Piche and Dr. Tom Humphries, a local allergist. Dr. Larry Glass, a local physician, agreed to write the standing orders for ana-

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all

"This will allow other trained personnel to utilize their judgment in dealing with anaphylaxis situations," said Jackie Degnan, a nurse at All Saints School in Charlotte. "It will

going to revise their credentialing program to train people to intervene

definitely benefit the students."

in

"The only obstacle was that the legislation needed to be changed,"

EMS

said Knish. "So

EMS

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10,

Readings

Book Review

Three books on prayer SISTER MONA CASTELAZO, CSJ Catholic News Service

Word to Life

Father Kennedy's form consists of sev-

Reviewed by

mood, a story

and the

Sunday Scripture Readings:

asking for a grace, setting the

eral steps:

Jan. 12,

(the experience of a real

Twenty-five years ago, the publication

person), a scriptural reading, a meditation

of "Finding Grace at the Center" sparked a

by Father Kennedy based on the Scriptures, an anointing, reflections and a clos-

Jan. 12, Tlie Baptism of the Lord. Cycle B. Readings:

ing prayer.

1) Isaiah 42:1-4,

nationwide interest in the practice of centering prayer. This landmark

book has

"Watch and

been reissued in a 25th anniversary edition. It

contains essays by Trappist

Abbot

Kisly,

M. Basil Pennington, Trappist Father Thomas Keating and Jesuit Father Thomas

E. Clarke presenting a prayer

traditionally

honored and taught

Kisly suggests that her fact that

the world.

pray."

Centering, or contemplative, prayer

was part of the church's it

began to be discouraged and neglected in more active forms of prayer sup-

trust of mysticism,

selections are short;

life.

and mystical writers of

the past were then ignored. Later, an un-

healthy emphasis on private devotions and apparitions led people to confuse contem-

By JEFF HENSLEY

News Service

Frank Alarcon was a mail

Day

But Christmas

carrier.

of 1972 he was a

of the authors agree on certain

witness to the multiplication of food at

we know up before God

a simple Christmas dinner served at

dump in Juarez, Mexico, the sprawling and poor city across the border from El Paso, Texas. Jesuit Father Rick Thomas, whose work among the poor of the two cities has since become somewhat legto

go and do

Jesus calls

nomic downturn, and experienced a way of life and health (not to mention the deep conversion to

vastly improved

food and drink

to those who cannot repay us. Father Rick said later that it was a simple thing, but something that, in obedience, he had never done. The group of charismatics from the area that he led found that the people they sought to "throw a little

and Pray

Thomas

Keating, ocao

ings. Yes, the Spirit of

or levitations

experiences not meant for

ordinary people.

The

'

-

TJ$sI1IP

heavens, but there's so the story of

authors see contemplation as a

reading and meditation. Stopping

creates the

on

meeting place "where the

Christian at prayer meets the whole of reality, divine tilings,

evil

and human, persons and

time and space, nature and history,

and good," Father Clarke

writes.

Each

author provides clear methods and images for the practice

the responsibility

ment

title

"to

Jesus

much more came

made

to

into our

us rich.

So

much more.

from the Juarez dump. were at war. Through a series of peacemaking discussions, Father Rick and his little band were able to establish a one-day truce around a makeshift set of tables

Questions:

Have you ever sought to be obedicommands to love

ent to one of God's

without thought of a return and been surprised by the results? Lately?

pray always."

And

Paul Tillich counsels that 'To

New

to be grasped

"Jesus Prayer," but

it is

own

totally in the same way with all the consequences this entails." John of the Cross suggests: "An instant of pure love is more precious in the sight of God and more profitable to the church than all good

works."

we do

Being

show anything (but) by it."

...

not need to

must only be open

book a rich resource on prayer.

Kisly offers in this for years of reflection

actually a series of

guided imagery meditations written by Father Kennedy himself Father Kennedy uses this prayer practice in his East Los Angeles parish and with young people in

who has taught English and literature for many years in the Arclidiocese of Los Angeles, most recently at Mount St. Mary's

detention in California's juvenile

College.

hall.

Sister Castelazo

is

Weekly Scripture

a

life

of Jesuit Father Michael well-known, traditional

life is

not be imitated; one can only live one's

enter the

like the

that "Christ's

prototype of individuation and hence can-

Kennedy's book, "The Jesus Meditations,"

may sound

we have to listen to the moment by mo-

CG. Jung writes

and understanding of cen-

tering prayer.

The

descended

Spirit within to direct us

regularly and centering one's attention

God

how

earthly poverty and

clable materials

Huxley and Rudolph Bultmann point out

natural step in prayer practice, following spiritual

God

on Jesus and a voice came from the

Essentially, they

plation with strange visions, the stigmata

of their number).

'

!

m

many

a bit like this Sunday's read-

It's

very hostile groups who competed for the chance to salvage and sell recy-

~

.„

Christ of

two

party for" were squared off into

,.

the former owners during an eco-

and love

Watch

little

the dump's recycling concession from

God

that simple thing that

for: offering

love

tlie

(and of them) in this

observed the miracle of the multiplying ham. There's more to the tale than the increase of a slab of pork and a little Christmas party for the poor. In time, the two groups ceased their warring against each other, took ownership of

the public

endary, responded to a call from

God

group of faithful Christians. And that's where Frank comes in as a witness to a miracle. As he later told the story, he noticed that as the women serving ham from a pickup tailgate sliced and sliced, the ham grew no smaller. It so caught his attention that he just settled down and

29:1a, 2, 3ac-4, 3b, 9b- 10

Catholic

all

readable.

and accept ourselves, give and realize that helplessness is our best prayer. Andre Lout writes, "Our true heart is asleep" and "has to be woken up gradually through the course of a whole lifetime." Another contributor writes that we seldom "attain to anything good unless (we) first have gone somewhat astray." Aldous

Controversies of that time produced a dis-

of

to the

— and

drawn together by

hostilities,

6-7

Acts 10:34-38 Gospel) Mark 1:7-11

prayer.

predispositions for prayer: that

favor of

plot of land with each other without

2)

"awaken, remember, re-

Most of the

Many

when

posedly better suited for the apostolic

we must

most

are

tradition until the

16th century, Father Keating writes,

on

title refers

main open, be mindful, attend

over

Psalm

by Lorraine

centuries of Christian reflection

mediod all

Pray," edited

an anthology, a compendium of

is

tailgate of a pickup truck.

They sang some traditional carols together and managed to be on the same

2002

Scripture for the week of January 12 - January 18 Sunday (Baptism of the Lord), Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7, Acts 10:34-38, Mark 1:7-11; Monday (St. Hilary), Hebrews 1:1-6, Mark 1:14-20; Tuesday, Hebrews 2:5-12, Mark 1:21-28; Wednesday, Hebrews 2:14-18, Mark 1:29-39; Thursday, Hebrews 3:7-14, Mark 1:40-45; Friday (St. Anthony), Hebrews 4:1-5, 11, Mark 2:1-12; Saturday, Hebrews 4:12-16, Mark 2:13-17 Scripture for the week of January 19 - January 25 Sunday (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time), 1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19, 1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20, John 1:35-42; Monday (Sts. Fabian and Sebastian), Hebrews 5:1-10, Mark 2:18-22; Tuesday (St. Agnes), Hebrews 6:10-20, Mark 2:23-28; Wednesday (St. Vincent), Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17, Mark 3:1-6; Thursday, Hebrews 7:25 8:6, Mark 3:7-12; Friday (St. Francis de Sales), Hebrews 8:6-13, Mark 3:13-19; Saturday (The Conversion of St. Paul), Acts 22:3-16, Mark 16:15-18

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Entertainment

Presenting the best movies of

2002 By GERRI Catholic

PARE

strongly cautioned.

News Service

NEW YORK — The past year saw an abundance of Hollywobd films that were "safe" franchise films, prequels or

Some

material

may

be inappropriate for children under

"The Emperor's Club"

13.

a

is

thoughtful tale set at a mid-1970s boys'

academy where an

idealistic classics

teacher (Kevin Kline) compromises his

their

wanted to cash in on name recognition, which almost al-

ways

translates to a lack of originality (a

character of a troubled student (Emile

sequels. Studios

was the second part of 'The Lord of the Rings" trilogy). thrilling exception

Of the

top 10 box-office grossers for

the year, not a one

was

in the R-rated

category, indicating

how

films that are

more box

family oriented do the best at the

office in

the long run. Hollywood,

please take note.

Happily, there were a healthy

num-

ber of fine films released during 2002. Here, in alphabetical order, are the best

movies of the past year as chosen by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting. "About Schmidt" is a poignant tale of a newly retired and newly widowed 66-year-old (Jack Nicholson) who tries to reconnect with his daughter (Hope Davis) while hoping to abort her upcoming wedding. Nicholson shines in director Alexander Payne's bittersweet comedy about a man coming to terms with his unexceptional life and finding peace in tolerance, forgiveness and generosity of spirit. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-I 1 adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R re"

stricted.

"Antwone Fisher"

is

the inspira-

tional true-life story of a troubled naval

(Derek Luke)

who

with the help of a Navy psychiatrist (Denzel Washington) learns to cope with the emotional devastation wreaked by childhood rejection and physical abuse. recruit

Washington's directorial debut is a moving account of strength and surtestament to the nobility of spirit inherent in every person. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are vival, as well as a

International

standards while trying to mold the Hirsch). Director Michael Hoffman's

ethics-centered

drama

sensitively ex-

plores the crucial importance of personal and professional integrity and

The

lifelong consequences.

its

U.S. Confer-

ence of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

"Evelyn"

is

a heartfelt

and

fact-

based tale about the 1950s' legal fight

CNS

an impoverished Irish father (Pierce Brosnan) wages after his wife runs off and his three young children are placed in different Catholic orphanages against his will. Director Bruce Beresford captures the

human

Live-action 'Pinocchio' pales to animated classic Roberto Benigni stars as the mischievous boy in his film adaptation of the classic Italian tale "Pinocchio." The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G general audiences.

story be-

hind the legal battle as well as the faith the characters have in God that justice will prevail against staggering odds. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance sug-

"My

plans to marry a non-Greek

second installment of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy about the struggle between the forces of good and evil, set in the mythical realm of Middle-earth. Director Peter Jackson seamlessly blends breathtaking locations with cutting-edge effects to tell the timeless tale of humble hobbit and unlikely hero Frodo (Elijah Wood) and his companions as they continue their perilous quest to destroy the One Ring, an amulet of unspeakable, seductive power. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are

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"Road to Perdition" is a gripping drama set in Depression-era Chicago in hit

man (Tom Hanks) working

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Newman) embarks on

adults. The Motion Picture Association of restricted. America rating is R "The Rookie" is an uplifting charmer based on the true story of 35year-old Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid), a small-town Texas baseball coach and

high school chemistry teacher

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gets a

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the audience to think about forgotten

dreams while pleasing and inspiring without discernible violence, sex or crude

The U.S. Conference of Catholic

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general

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Cimarron" is animated tale set on the 1880s' American frontier, where a cruel cavalry colonel (voice of James Cromwell) tries to tame a wild mustang (voice of Matt Damon) that escapes the fort with a captured Lakota "Spirit: Stallion of the

a rousing

Indian (voice of Daniel Studi). Beauti-

animated by directors Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook, the themes of fully

respect for

life,

nature and the precious-

ness of freedom emerge through painterly visuals and stirring music with a

of spoken dialogue. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classifigeneral patronage. The cation is A-I Motion Picture Association of America

minimum

rating

is

— G—

general audiences.

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death of the rest of his family. Examining

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Editorials

January

& Columns

Hate crimes Built in 1886, St. Boniface

The Pope

Church

in Jellico,

Tenn.

the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky.

II

be

pope says

at audience By CINDY

WOODEN

Catholic Newsservice

VATICAN CITY

Faith in Christ should

be lived with joy, Pope John Paul II told 100 members of an Italian circus after two acrobats performed feats of strength and balance just a few yards from where he was seated.

The performance at the pope's Jan. 8 general audience was just one sign of the continuing holiday atmosphere at the Vatican. 'In a special plated with

way

Mary

we contemJesus, God incar-

at Christmas,

the face of

pope told Polish pilgrims. Psalm 100, the topic of the pope's main audience talk, "is, in a way, an invitation to remain in that contemplation," he said. The psalm calls Christians, certain of God's love and confident of his protection, to praise the Lord, the pope said in his main audience talk. nate," the

Calling

Lord, he

all

the earth to sing joyfully to the

psalm reminds believers that "when we pray, we must be in harmony with all those who, in different languages and forms, exalt the one Lord." The psalm also calls for a recognition that the Lord is God, that he made each person and that all belongs to him, the pope said. The psalm's proclamation of God's goodness, kindness and fidelity is a profession of faith that the Lord "will never abandon us. He will always

Faith

said, the

ting

fire.

GLENMARY FATHER JOHN S. RAUSCH Guest Columnist

difference as threatening.

They may

think that they in violence

have society's permission to engage against others.

Dr. Jack McDevitt, a criminologist at Northeastern University, believes, "Hate crimes are message crimes ... the offender is sending a message to members of a certain group that they are unwelcome in a particular neighborhood, community, school, or workplace."

While violence against persons or property clearly constitutes a crime, frequently hate

town by way of free

comes

to

speech. Recently in Lexington,

Ky., after the baptism of quadruplets parented by a gay couple, a Baptist minister drove from Topeka, Kan. with two vanloads of parishioners to demonstrate against the church and the homosexual couple.

Their presence with signs reading "God hates fags" apparently aimed at provoking a response for media reporters.

The

other daunting statistic is that 70 percent of hate crimes involve an attack against a person based

on

race, ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, or sexual orientation. For example, in the year follow-

ing the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Human Rights Watch documented a 17-fold increase in hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims in America, while the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition claims 24 transgender people were murdered in 2002. A University of California researcher concluded that in the mid 1990s, fewer than five percent of the offenders belonged to organized hate groups. Most hate crime offenders display a personal prejudice, perhaps rooted in a background that disdains people who are "different" or perceives that

In front of the church, Christ the

King Cathedral,

35 people trained in non-violence stood silently in prayer. As parishioners arrived for Mass, some joined the group and swelled the ranks to 100, but each sensed the power of prayer and the witness- of love as the appropriate response to hate. Later in Lexington, 41 religious and civic groups jointly sponsored a Hate Free Lexington rally to reaffirm

commitment to tolerance. Laws can punish offenders for

the city's

hate crimes, but only creating a society of acceptance that rejects hate as unacceptable will blacks, Arabs, Hispanics, Jews,

women,

the disabled and homosexuals

Catholic churches

— and

rural

ultimately be safe.

this and acts with justice when he defends his marginalized peers and other endangered individu-

from

Letters to

said.

At priests

als.

Pope John Paul a photograph with 44 newly ordained

the end of the audience,

posed for

the Editor

from the Legionaries of Christ and with

Potter embodies the magic in

the order's founder, Father Martial Maciel.

The 44 were

official in

the

Vatican Secretariat of State.

Eleven of the

new

priests are from the United from Canada. Others come France, Germany, South KoItaly and Mexico.

States and three are Brazil, Chile,

rea, Spain, Ireland,

The

ordained Christmas Eve by

Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, a top

from

As

road trains to minister to the immigrants in coal camps like Lynch, Pineville, Corbin and Hazard. The wood frame structure boasted stain glass windows, hand-carved pews and a stairway and balcony evidencing the skill of dedicated craftsmen. One night in October 1993, someone or some group stuffed songbooks and candles under the altar, opened the front and back doors to create a wind tunnel, then torched the pile and left. By morning, the Catholic church in Appalachia saw part of its heritage burned to the ground. Authorities never arrested anyone for the crime. Suspicions spanned the spectrum from mean vandals to thieves after the gold chalice to members of the Ku Klux Klan. Whoever the criminals were, they showed a vicious disdain for the church. The crime occurred right before the intense wave of black church burnings throughout the South. In the minds of many, the torching of St. Boniface Church qualified as a hate crime. The American Psychological Association defines hate crimes as "violent acts against people, property, or organizations because of the group to which they belong or identify with." FBI statistics show about .30 percent of hate crimes are committed against property by robbing, vandalizing, stealing, or set-

be there to sustain us with his merciful love," the

pope

Economy of

the mother church, its rectory sometimes housed eight Benedictine monks from Cullman, Ala., who

POPE JOHN PAUL

lived with joy,

2003

established a beachhead for Catholic mission activity in

Speaks

Faith in Christ should

10,

Jan. 3 issue of The Catholic

all

of us

News & Herald

ran a letter to the editor from an impassioned reader who took offense at the paper's "promotion" of several books that explored links to Christianity in the Harry Potter books. The reader obviously is disturbed by the magical content of the stories, which she deems contradictory to Christianity. I am, like the letter writer, a devout Catholic, but I am also a reader of the Harry Potter books. Rather than be frightened or disgusted by these books, I am inspired by their positive message. The message is simple and very in line with Christianity: good triumphs over evil. Harry begins his journey as an outcast oppressed and unloved, but when good people believe in him, he shines and succeeds. Loving adult mentors show him that his magic his gift has always been with him; it is up to him to nurture it and use it wisely for goodness. We all have magic a potential for goodness within us. Like any powerful gift, it can be used to do good or do evil. As we are all tempted each day in our own lives, Harry also faces temptations to go down paths of darkness, but through the compassionate support of friends who love him, he ultimately chooses paths of light. In turn, he learns

The books are exquisitely crafted tales and a joy to read. It is no wonder that they have ignited a love of reading in millions of young people worldwide. Rather than "open a door to the occult and witchcraft" as the letter writer suggests, I believe that these stories will encourage readers to think creatively and compassionately, and to realize that

there

is

a little

Harry Potter

in all of us.

Beth Downing Charlotte

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& Co umn$

We

do know from the Gospels that the coming of the precipitated first, King Herod's infamous order for the killing of babies born around that time in Bethlehem, and then the flight of the Holy Family to the

One

Magi

Candle

Guest

Column

safety of Egypt.

Meanwhile, "having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, (the wise men) left for their own country by another road" (Matthew 2:12). We know nothing of their journey home or what happened to them afterward. But surely, having traveled so far on their quest and finding the child-king they sought, not

MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

FATHER JOHN AURILIA, OFM Cap

most humble surroundings, they must have been changed men. Having adored the Mesin a palace, but in the

siah face to face, could their lives not

formed?

Taking another road journeys long and travel sometimes -hundreds or even thoushort. sands of miles to be with loved ones for the holidays. And the Christmas story itself tells about Mary and

Christmas

about

all

is

Joseph traveling to Bethlehem in obedience to civil authority and in fulfillment of the Scriptures' prophecy. After the birth of Jesus, after the visit of the shepherds, we hear of another journey: wise men follow the star in search of a king. People have contemplated these men and their pilgrimage for 2,000 years. Who were they and just what was this star they followed? Through tradition, we are told that there were three of them. And we have Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar given them names

— — and made them

ethnically diverse, the better to

We call them kings, prob-

ably because of the richness of their offerings of gold,

frankincense and myrrh. These very gifts and their

homage

to the infant

Messiah foreshadowed our

own

gift-giving customs.

What

of the star

itself?

Because the precise date of

unknown, various theories of cosmic events have been offered, from stars and comets to

Jesus' birth

is

planetary alignments to angels acting as God's messen-

Even without an answer,

gers.

And change is something we all hope for as

travel;

We

represent the Gentile world.

Guest Columnist

have been trans-

the subject intrigues us.

year opens before the fact

is,

we

us: a fresh start,

a

new

the

new

beginning. But

always start out from where

we

left off.

That's not a bad thing. If we truly want to change our

we need to know where we've been and where we are. Then we can make up our minds that we don't have to follow a path that brings us danger; we can choose a different way, a better way. Nor do we have to get bogged down by the fear that we'll never really stop doing the things we know are harmful or succeed in becoming the people we want to be. "Although God calls us all toward a more perfect life, we cannot personally achieve the state of perfection," writes Dr. Gerald May in Addictions and Grace. 'We can and should do our very best to move in that direction, struggling with every resource we have, but we must also accept the reality of our incompleteness (which) is the empty side of our longing for God and for love. It is what draws us toward God and one another." Our life's journey from birth to eternity isn't mealives,

...

even measured by the take, but by the faith, hope and love we share with each other. And our success? That comes from getting up just one more time than we stumble. sured in miles or hours.

It isn't

beat of our heart or the breath

Epiphany: The feast of the Jewish boy Let us never forget that Jesus was born Jewa Jew, died as a Jew. He was indeed a loyal son of Israel. In a broad sense, he is the child of the universe, besides being the son of God. The Jewish religion, in which Jesus was reared, was monotheistic that is to say, they believed in only one God who was creator and sustainer of the universe. The Scribes and the Pharisees looked on God as belonging primarily, if not exclusively, to the Jews. They were convinced God lived in the temple of Jerusalem and they were determined to keep him there. Jesus had no part of this confinement. The God whom Jesus proclaimed could never be imprisoned anywhere or shut out from anything. He was the God of Israel. Jesus never doubted it, but he was also the God who loved the world to which he gave his only son. ish, lived as

To

we

Q.

My

implanted in a constricted area near tlwfallopian

tube,

a

Corner

life-

My daughter, a registered nurse, was aware ofthe nature which they agreed, a drug apparently used in some cancer cases to impede the

tlu suggested treatment to

injection

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

cases. It is

but find

effects,

it

difficult to

accepted I believe, that surgical removal of the

part of the tube in a tubal pregnancy permissible, even tJwugh the unintended effect is

is

morally

to kill tlie

embryo.

I'm also aware that no

The

much

like

direct act to kill

t/ie

a direct

act,

but I'm no expert.

my enlightenment and as a guide with my daughter? (New Jersey)

information for conversations

embryo

is

drug seems to me Can you offer any

"treatment" with the "cancer"

in future

You

sacrament of penance and get back to the Eucharist, has not already done

if

she

so.

have been involved in a few such cases through the am very concerned about a few points in your description of what took place. I hope your daughter obtained a second opinion from another competent gynecologist before proceeding with the course of action she I

followed.

Q.

What is tlie difference betweenforgiveness and absolu-

lution usually denotes a

different.

As you

indicate, the direct intention in injecting

the so-called cancer drug

was

the death of the fetus. In

fact,

seems there was no other intended result. I don't know the depth of understanding and other factors that might have influenced your daughter's decision. At this point it is done, and it's probably impossible to it

sort everything out.

important tiling

is

Without knowing further details, the what was done to the

that she bring

The way it

the

words are used

often in the sacrament

one

free

of

seems they are two different things. (Iowa)

A. Forgiveness and absolution are

from

more formal

commonly used action of setting

guilt or obligation.

Someone may be

said, for

"What

is

if this

tiny

group

have no other plans." not the time to evaluate if others

Jesus replied,

fulfilled Jesus' plans;

"I

the question

is:

"Am

I

tended.

tion?

fail?"

Epiphany have

interchangeably, but there are different nuances. Abso-

is

believe that

It

angels, astonished.

should

penance

situation

who

your chance to manifest your love as

is a story about Jesus' arrival in goes as follows: When Jesus arrived in heaven, a vast crowd of angels greeted him. After the formalities, they asked him whom he had left behind on earth to finish the work he had begun. Jesus replied, "Just a small group of men and women who love me." "That's all?" asked the

heaven.

growing tube is itself life threatening, and the direct intention is to remove the pathological tissue. The resultant death of the developing baby would be indirect, not inyour daughter's

is

There

are correct that, generally speaking, solid

description,

to an end, not an

well.

moral opinion supports the excision of the affected part of the fallopian tube in a tubal pregnancy. The pathologically

From your

violate the sacred day.

the Jewish boy manifests himself in his

Epiphany

Forgiveness or absolution? A.

any way

means

As

years and

allowed.

in

love and in his death, so do you,

apply in difficult

affected

The

every day.

Columnist

growth offast-growing cells. A few daysfollowing the injection the embryo was dead and the tissue was removed. I understand something of the moral principle ofprimary

and secondary

sacred.

is

determined by what

He saw the laws end in themselves. Jesus' philosophy was: 'The law must benefit the lives of people and make easier the worshipping of one God." Therefore, Jesus manifested (epiphany) himself as the God who never died and always loved, and the man who died loving. That's what Epiphany really is for all of us who die and love

threatening situation should the pregnancy progress.

of

is

ing the ancient laws of his nation. as

daughter recently terminated her pregnancy. S/ie

something

Jesus had a different approach, while respect-

Question

and her husband want children, but the doctor said her estrogen level was dangerously low for the pregnancy to continue. The level continued to fall, and the embryo had

religions,

"that something" is. To the Scribes and Pharisees of the first century, the law was sacred, especially the law pertaining the Sabbath Observance. Nothing should be done on the Sabbath, which

would

A terminated pregnancy

all

quality of every religion

example, to be absolved

from a financial debt. Remission of sin in the sacrament of penance by a religious authority (priest) is another example.

To forgive commonly denotes a less formal, perhaps personal, transaction. It involves giving up resentment or at least a willingness to forego revenge against one who has offended another.

fulfilling Jesus'

where?"

plans to love everyone and every-


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and

peaceful."

remember

protest against abortion), they'll

the calm kids kneeling and praying while

most abortions in 1973. "One out of every three pregnancies

legalized

since 1973 has

ended

in abortion. It's

such

we

let

w as

Worthington. 'They friend, roommate, hus-

killed," said

could have been

my

band, the next president or pope.

and so many There should have been

were so many babies opportunities

lost.

more people on

There

my

killed

team."

on

spit

She

believes that die

lifers will

will be

only so long that people will tolerate

— women

die pain of abortion families are hurt.

abused and used

tiiey are

Texas and Colorado.

Francisco, Calif, in

May

and walked about 70 miles a day. "We were blessed to have a priest on Father Hilary Flynn of Ausour walk tralia," said Worthington. 'We were able to have daily Mass, sometimes on the side of die road, in random parking lots and in die living rooms of families with whom we

all

A

calling."

were happy one walker Macon, Ga, one of

the experiences

copperhead snake

while the group was in

The group

bit

also encountered

"two

types of people, the pro-lifers and the

pro

its

stops.

Worthington. She recalled being tormented by the screams, shouts choicers," said

and curses of many supporters of legal abortion. 'We were planting seeds," she

to "get in-

Start a pro-life

at your church. Pray in front of a Support students who want to dedicate their lives to the pro-life movement."

Worthington ioners of St.

volvement

grateful to the parish-

is

Ann who

supported her in-

in Crossroads.

She has become

involved in Franciscan University's abortion clinic outreach. She speaks to school youth groups about the importance of be-

ing

pro-life.

This month, she

Another blessing, she said, was visiting World Youdi Day in Toronto last July. "This was my third time seeing the Holy Father and it was very encouraging to see him around the youth," said Worthington. "He believes in youth and calls us to witness Christ in our world.

life.

clinic.

stayed."

Not

by abortion and

Worthington urges others group

ones.

are hurt,

Women don't realize how

New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia,

an awesome

new wave of pro-

bring abortion to an end. 'There

volved with die fight for

What

for Life rally in

March

will attend the

Washington

She

Jan. 22.

plans to fast that day.

Td

encourage

many

people from the

Charlotte area to attend the It's

up

March for Life.

only a six-hour drive," she

and show

for that

"Being active

all

"Stand

said.

of America."

movement

in die pro-life

is

a truly integrated calling," she added. 'It

is

a calling to pray hard, to fight this

spiritual battie for life. It is a fight for

love, for

life,

for

our culture."

Catlwlic

News

Service contributed to

(center) of the Make- A- Wish Foundation accepts a $1,000 check from student Kelsey Donaghue, president of the Our Lady of Grace School student council in Greensboro. Students collected the check amount in pennies in two months, and are hopeful to make another presentation to the Foundation Jan. 29 during Catholic Schools Week. Pictured with the student council members, two of whom are altar servers, are: (from left) Roberta Hutchcraft, principal; Chris Ostfom and Arthur Romel, student council advisors; and Father Frank O'Rourke;' pastor of Our Lady of Grace Church.

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article.

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missionary first foreigner to win award from Korean province

"It

Irish

—

An South Korea (CNS) honored by a South Korean island province for his work with local farmers, said that the farmers taught him about sacrifice, family

Eventually, the priest succeeded in convincing the farmers to accept his proposal of improved techniques in

values and generosity.

try allowed

Columban Father Patrick J. McGlinchey, 75, who was awarded the $4,200 Cheju Culture Prize in late December, said the people of Cheju did not readily accept him when he arrived there in 1954, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. "On my arrival, farmers, mostly non-Catholics, did not listen to me because I was a foreigner and I was only 25 years old at that time," Father

ers sacrificed their lives to

SEOUL,

Irish missionary, recently

McGlinchey

The Catholic News & Herald 15

Around the Diocese

build mission stations,

not Catholics," he

their

me

though most were

New

grant

South

offers hope to faithful BAC plans conference for religious colleges and universities

December press release, the local government praised Father McGlinchey

first

non-Ko-

poor patients in the rural day care centers, kin-

work

for caring for

over the past

much

area, establishing

decades has "borne

dergartens and a center for the elderly.

with 120,000 people belonging to 26

In

farmer-operated credit unions. In addition,

1975, the priest received the

Ramon Magsaysay Award,

each livestock farmer has an average of

Asia's

1,000 to 2,000 cattle or pigs.

said.

in

In a

said.

Father McGlinchey, the

fruit,"

50

miles south of Seoul, the nation's capital.

rean to win the Cheju award, said his five

in

Korea in 1953, starting his work as pason the island's Hallim Church a year later. He set up Isidore Cattle Farm in 1961, which became one of Cheju's largest, with about 3,000 cows and sheep. From 1954 to 1990, he helped build churches and medical clinics on the island. Cheju, South Korea's largest island but smallest province, is located 280

children's education.

also willing to help

huge improvement

tor

Father McGlinchey said his minishim to witness how the farm-

'They were

a

Father McGlinchey arrived

raising cattle.

improve

is

years," he said.

Nobel Peace

Prize.

regarded as

BELMONT—

Belmont Abbey

College has received a $10,000 grant from the Lilly Fellows Program in Humanities and the Arts to host a regional conference entitled, "Life of the Mind, Life of Faith: Identity, Curriculum, and

Student Life

The

in the Bible Belt."

April 2004 meeting (specific

date will be announced) will feature

keynote speaker Father John Klassen, O.S.B., abbot of Saint John's Monastery in Collegeville, Minn. Father Klassen is the author of Catholic, Benedictine Values in an Educational Environment. "I am excited that we are the only

our increasingly interconnected world, In

Catholic institution in the region

Can we ignore even one child? Within the next eight years, Africa

will

be

ceive such a grant

home

to over

the worlds developed nations, these children will grow

up

without a home, without hope and without a productive

As Catholics, the Gospel

calls

us to respond.

grant.

"We're hoping the conference will give all faith-based institutions a chance to share some commonalties on issues, face these challenges and also offer solutions," he said. "Ultimately, they will be able to return to their campuses, continue the dialogue and improve support for their institution's mission."

Catholic Relief Services believes that a crisis of this

The

dimension warrants a high United Rising,

States.

level of

commitment from

Through the advocacy campaign

Hope and

Healing,

we

your members of Congress

ask you to join

to

the

Lilly

Fellows Program in Huis based in Christ

manities and the Arts

College, the interdisciplinary honors college of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Ind. Its goal is to renew and enhance the connections between Christianity and the academic vocation at

Africa

CRS

to. re-

Lilly Fel-

lows Program," said Dr. Dean de la Motte, academic dean at Belmont Abbey College who helped secure the

30 million AIDS orphans. Without greater intervention from

future.

from the

in urging

be generous in their response

church-related colleges and universi-

to the call of Africa.

ties.

The Put your of Africa.

faith into action

on behalf of the children

gram

Contact your Catholic Relief Services Diocesan

Director, or Catholic Relief Services, to find out

program

sustains

a

postdoctoral teaching fellowship pro-

renew

for

young

scholars

who want

community of learning means of preparing themselves for Christian

how you

can make a difference.

to

their sense of vocation within the

as a

posi-

tions of educational leadership at church-related institutions. The program also maintains a collaborative national network of church-related col-

Please call Charlotte Diocesan Director

leges and universities, which includes

Joseph Purello

at

704-370-3225.

such institutions as Belmont Abbey College, University of Notre Dame, Pepperdine University, Davidson College, Fordham University and Loyola

Marymount

University.

hrough the program, the network of institutions sponsors a variety of activities and publications, which explore the Christian character of the academic vocation.

The

CATHOLIC

RELIEF SERVICES

800-235-2772 www.catholicrelief.org

6a

Lilly Fellows

Program

is

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16 The Catholic News & Herald

January

10,

Living the faith

BAKER, have trouble remembering a time there," said Watt. Baker was an avid runner who participated in many marathons, including one in Africa in 2001. Watt recalled how Baker always encouraged others to strive for their best "Don Baker was devoted to making everyone around him feel better, look better, perform better and be better. His

others as educator, chaplain

"I

when Don was not

was helping others succeed," said Watt "Our challenge will be to keep that tradition alive by continuing to be a service to people and by lifting each other up. Don would want us to honor his greatest joy

memory

in that

way.

"Sometimes, without realizing it, we're in the company of someone who is great," said Father Jude Duffy,

OFM

Our Lady

Cap., pastor of

who the

of Consolation,

celebrated the Mass. "As life

of

Don

Baker,

we

we can

look at

say that

NELLENBACH

By JOANITA M.

ASHEVILLE

— When

a

the youngest of seven children in

"[Prayer time] was a she said. "If you couldn't be there, you didn't

now returned to his one true home, the home in heaven," said Father Jude. "Hopefully, we will all meet him again one

a

very reli-

school.

when

Baker

is

survived by his wife of 27

years; his three

grown

children,

Sister

entered religious

Carmen

Dustyn and Daniel; three grandchildren; three sisters and two brothers. In lieu of flowers, friends and family are asked to memorial Baker by donating on his behalf to Our Lady of Consolation Building Fund, 1224 Dearbourne Ave., Charlotte

said.

laughed a

novitiate days

older, she did

who were

laundry

babysat for free, cleaned houses; she picked flowers in the ill,

family garden and took

them

to strang-

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who

liked to

dance, have fun, wear nice clothes and

go

would join

to parties,

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"When

said.

Mercy Sister Carmen Cruz

As she grew

was

were down to earth and enjoyed life. They seemed very happy. They

life called her through helping others: "Whenever a neighbor needed help, I was there to help. It was

for people

life.'"

"I

life,"

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religious

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the Sisters of Mercy because they

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of a

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I

to me. cannot do

cannot just leave home and be a nun. They don't seem to have much

also helped

day and thank him for what he did to us the way."

'I

to

worked

Carmen

said,

this.

gious vocation."

out at the family's home in town. "This (work and prayer) training really helped me

has

I

have to give an excuse, but you were expected to be there. Prayer was a wonderful influ-

children

Carmen

coming back

ritual,"

Carmen's mother was a

we mourn here today, we also we celebrate someone who

She kept the calling to herself, telling only her pastor, Capuchin Franciscan Father Fulgence Petrie, who told suggested she pray about it. recalled, "It kept

my

Guam, when she was novitiate at the

18. She made her motherhouse in Belmont,

vows in 1961. Carmen taught at schools in New York and Guam. In North Carolina, she taught at Sacred Heart Grade and took

final

Sister

Catholic family.

ence and played important part in

dad:

you," she said.

Sister

homemaker; her father owned a farm where the

"As

others,

my

you want to give something to do it at night when no one can see

devout

of character, of courage and in large doses of humility."

Carmen

Cruz became of Sister of Mercy, she never suspected she would someday be a hospital and police chaplain. Carmen Cruz grew up in Agana,

Guam,

learned this lesson from

"I

When

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greatness comes in gentleness, in strength

celebrate

Mercy reaches out to

Sister of

from page 7

2003

School in Belmont; Sacred Heart School in Salisbury; Asheville Catholic School;

Gabriel School in Charlotte; St. Michael School in Gastonia; and St. Mary in Wilmington. While teaching, St.

she also served as assistant principal at several schools.

She earned a bachelor's in early childhood development from Sacred Heart College in 1974 and a master's in theology and applied spirituality from the University of San Francisco in 1998. After Sister Carmen had taught for 28 years, Mercy Sister Annette McBennett asked her to volunteer in Mission St. Joseph Hospital's pastoral care department. This inspired her to

become

a hospital chaplain, the full-

time job she's had for 18 years. A certified hospital chaplain, she's served in various offices in Region 4 of the National Association of Catholic

Chaplains. Sister

for a year

Carmen was at the hospital when a recruiter approached

her about being a sheriff department chaplain, volunteer work she does in her spare time. She recalled,

"I

said to

Tom

Why

Morrissey (sheriff at the time), are you asking me?' He said, heard a lot about you, a lot of good things you're doing for people (as hospital chaplain).'" After six years as sheriff department chaplain, she moved to the Asheville Po-

We

lice

Department chaplaincy. She often

rides with the police officers.

"I'm usually called for homicides and suicides, to come with the officers and be with the families," she said. She also ministers to the officers.

She remembers when Mercy Sister Jeanne Margaret McNally had told her, "Don't stay within the walls of St. Joseph Hospital. Reach out to the community." Sister Carmen has certainly

done

that.

me I

Carmen entered

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1952 in

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