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HERALD

&

MARY MARSHALL Correspondent

in:

CHARLOTTE— Fifty-nine

Retirement unheard of for

long

this tireless professional

all

make

7

...Page

beads

lovingly strung on a cord 64 inches

connected to a plastic crucifix

a simple rosary that brings great

comfort to U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Persian Gulf and surrounding areas.

There's nothing extravagant about these rosaries. To meet military requirements they are black or brown and are strung on sturdy cord of the same color with plain black crucifixes. They are an inch longer than a regular rosary since military men and women often wear them around

Belmont Abbey scholarship encourages students, nourishes faith ...Pages

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their hecks, close to their hearts. The restrictions are practical— plastic beads and cording make no sound; wearing them around the neck prevents them from falling out pockets and leaving a trail. „ , ~t---Caring hands patiently stringing the beads belong to the Rosary Makers of St. Vincent de Paul Church, Our Lady's Rosary Makers of St. ,.

Local

News

Matthew and Our Lady's Rosary Makers of St. Patrick Cathedral. The

Father Joseph McCarthy, retired priest, dies Dec.

groups belong to Our Lady's Rosary

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6

Makers of Charlotte.

"Some people don't have ..

tionship with God,"

Matthew

said.

a rela-

Mina Heiy of

St.

may

into

husband, father, and

ordained minister ...Page

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Following the Sept. 1 1 terrorist attacks many people turned to the rosary as a source of comfort and strength. "The rosary is a powerful tool backed by the power of Our Lady's intercession," said Marina Rief of the St. Matthew group.

Shortly after the attack, New

York Auxiliary Bishop Francisco

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make you a light to the nations that my salvation may "I will

reach to the ends of the earth."

-

Isaiah

49:6

By

ALESHA M. PRICE

Garmendia, vicar of the South Bronx, made by the Rosary Makers of St. Vincent de Paul at locations where families gathered to placed rosaries

await news of their loved ones. "We look to Jesus and Our Blessed Mother to bring peace to so many brokenhearted families and to the whole country as we enter into the reality of war," Bishop Garmendia said. "The rosary is the spiritual tool that the Blessed Mother has given to us."

In addition, some of the St. Vincent rosaries were sent to a Marine base, where men and women were packed and awaiting orders to

go overseas.

The 29 members of Our Lady's Rosary Makers of St. Matthew were already meeting bimonthly to recite See ROSARIES, page 7

brace of African-American history and culture while preserving the tra-

Staff Writer

experi-

ence."

molds deacon

Day of reflection to address issues of faith and culture

"These rosaries are the

closest connection they

Difficult life

Photo by Mary Marshall

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CHARLOTTE In response to the National Black Catholic Congress' (NBCC) nationwide call to dioceses, the African American Affairs Ministry (AAAM) of the Diocese of Charlotte will conduct a day of reflection in preparation for NBCC's Congress IX to be held this year in Chicago Aug. 29 through Sept. 1.

The diocesan day of reflection, scheduled for Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Consolation

(OLC) Church

in Charlotte, will

con-

of presentations and discussions board members and is a continuation of last year's Rev. Dr. sist

from

AAAM

Martin Luther King Jr. celebration.

This gathering will combine the celebrations of the Annual Diocesan Memorial Celebration for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month for the first time in the diocese.

The NBCC, which has its headquarters in Baltimore, is an organization promoting the evangelization and ministerial and spiritual development of African-American Catholics around the country. Since the first Congress, held in 1889 in Washington, D.C., the organization has been fueled in the remembrance and em-

dition of Catholicism.

Promotion of this idea of solidarand oneness has sparked the development of the NBCC Declaration of Principles and Pastoral Plan of Action. Congress IX will focus on the two documents. The Declaration of Principles concentrates on eight priity

ority areas: spirituality, parish

life,

youth and young adults, Catholic education, social justice, racism, Africa

and HIV/AIDS, said Rev. Mr.

Curtiss Todd, diocesan vice chancel-

and vicar for the African American Affairs Ministry. The Pastoral Plan will work in conjunction with the declaration through implementation and action steps. lor

"The new direction of the Congress and the two documents is designed to provide guidance for black Catholics as well as people of the wider church in the United States, so as to contribute to the evangelization efforts and the leadership direction in the apostolate serving people of Afri-

can descent," said Rev. Mr. Todd.

"The NBCC has asked dioceses to schedule a diocesan-wide day of reflection to present the two working

See REFLECTION, page

4

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The World

January

Brief

in

2002

11,

Baltimore Catholic hospital's K9 unit tough on criminals BALTIMORE (CNS) Ty the

—

German shepherd may appear mellow

he playfully rolls over and

as

brown eyes adoringly let him fool

turns his large

on

owner, but don't

his

you. Underneath the soft black' and

tan exterior is a specially trained bomb-sniffing dog ready to launch a fierce attack at a moment's notice.

One of five such German shepherds

downtown

by

used

Mercy Medical hospital and

Baltimore's

Ty patrols

Center,

grounds

the

an effort to detect and deter crime. "Usually something bad happens, and then you its

Dan

react," said

in

Collins, senior

man-

ager for media relations at Mercy.

"We tried to be proactive and think about what we could do to enhance the safety of patients and staff."

New Notre Dame football coach

school's first black head

is

coach

SOUTH BEND, With

—

(CNS)

Ind.

of Tyrone Willingham as its new head coach in football, the University of Notre hiring

the

Dame

has acquired the

American head coach

first

The

hiring of Willingham, who had been head coach at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., for the past seven seasons, was announced history.

CNS photo by Michael Dinneen,

African-

in the school's

1. Willingham, 48, replaces George O'Leary, whose tenure at

Catholic Anchor

Alaskan subsistence hunter scans for moose Native Alaskan subsistence hunter Gregory Gilbert of Arctic Village scans for moose along the shore of the Chandalar River in Alaska. Bishops in the state are preparing to address the controversial issue of fishing and hunting rights in a forthcoming pastoral letter.

Jan.

Dame

Notre

lasted just five days in

December when he resigned under was discovered he had

fire after it

on

lied

his resume. "Is this significant?"

Willingham asked aloud about hiring at a Jan.

his

press conference.

1

But I am first and foremost a football coach at the University of Notre Dame. The "Yes.

I

say

it is

young men

significant.

will expect

me

to be that,

to be the kind of leader that they ex-

pect their fathers to be and that's the role that I will try to go for."

Trung Church

Dieu,

Joseph Vietnamese

St.

Grand

in

was more was family. But on Prairie

than a church. It Christmas Eve, the church that had given them so much happiness became the site of unbelievable tragedy.

The three had attended Mass, celebrated at the rectory with Father Peter Phong Nguyen, and were returning to get together with friends at the church when a car struck them as they walked across the road. Nguyen, 31, and Dieu, 35, were killed instantly.

Nguyen's widow, Pham,

28,

Christmas Eve accident near Catholic church kills two parishioners GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (CNS) To newlyweds Quan Pham and Ricky Nguyen and their friend,

learned of her husband's death while she was being treated at the hospital

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January 29

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Communicants little

risk of

in Texas run exposure to

meningitis Texas (CNS)

FORT WORTH,

— Health

officials said

who drank wine from

parishioners the chalice

—

holi-

Order of Hibernians Division 1 Mecklenburg County-St. Brigid, an Irish-Catholic social and charitable inter-parish group, will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016

—

monthly memorial Mass

at St. Patrick

Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, taking office at (704) 334-2283 with the name(s) of loved ones for remembrance during Mass.

23 GREENSBORO

—

All

ested in joining or hearing

women

inter-

more about

Greensboro Council of Catholic

the

Women

Providence Rd. Anyone interested in their

are invited to a potiuck luncheon at

Irish-Catholic roots, call Jeanmarie Schuler

today at St Paul the Aposde Church, 2715

at (704)

554-0720 for further information. and Marianna de Lachica will be teaching a

Horse Pen Creek Rd. Council members

18

will provide the food, while all

NORTH WILKESBORO — Al

—

Mass

who

All families

place tonight at 7:30 p.m. Call the church

Because of the

ning (NFP) starting tonight at St John Baptist de La Salle Church, 275 C.C.

11 a.m.

—

have suffered a loss are invited to attend the

planner January 14 CHARLOTTE

during a Dec. 30 morning Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Arlington are considered to be at an "extremely remote risk of contracting bacterial meningitis," even though a woman who drank from the chalice died two days later of one form of the disease. Linda Pfleger, a 49-year-old elementary school teacher from Arlington who developed meningococcemia during the weekend of Dec. 29, died 12 hours after being brought to the hospital of multiple complications and infections from the disease. Her memorial service took place Jan. 3 at St. Vincent de Paul. Tarrant County Public Health Department officials released a statement Jan. 2 saying that anyone who drank from

23 CHARLOTTE

Diocesan

four-class course

9:40 a.m. Mass Charlotte Catholic High School, Charlotte

January 30

unanimous

Charlotte

Asheville Catholic School, Asheville

of Charlotte

Barker, executive secretary of the organization that handles the parade, told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview Jan. 3 that the officers and directors often were divided on the selection of grand marshal, but chose the archbishop New York by a

day, the Ladies Ancient

10 a.m.

Celebrant at March for Life Washington, D.C.

Keane

Alesha M. Price

Day Parade in New York.

Because this St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday, the parade will be held the preceding day, March 16. James P. Patrick's

leg.

Cardinal Egan named grand marshal of St. Patrick's parade YORK (CNS) Cardinal

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part

Number

Reverend William G.

for a

Edward M. Egan has been named grand marshal of this year's St.

Wright School

on natural family plan-

Rd., at 7 p.m.

The de

Lachicas are representatives for the Couple to Couple League, an international organization specializing in the

Method of NFP. For other

details, call

667-9044.

Sympto-Thermal registration and

the de Lechicas at (336)

will attend as guests. call

Janet

Law

new

For further

noon

tadies

details,

at (336) 288-6022.

23 GUILFORD COUNTY

— The An-

Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking for more Irish Catholic men to join them for meetings, educational seminars and social

cient

events. Contact Michael Slane at (336)

665-9264

for time

24 BELMONT

and

location.

— Belmont Abbey,

100

January

11,

2002

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Brief

in

Sociologist addresses

challenges of multicultural parishes (CNS)

— Be-

a truly multicultural

church

MUNDELEIN, coming

111.

requires "much effort and ingenuity," Jesuit sociologist Father John A.

Coleman

said in a

Mundelein speech.

He said the ideal parish situation for new immigrant groups is not a multicultural parish, but their own ethnic parish. Where necessity dictates multicultural parishes, the val-

ues achieved in an ethnic parish should be regarded as a model for each cultural subunit in the parish, he said. He added that multiethnic parishes "work best if there are only two or at most three ethnic groups involved." Father Coleman is a professor of social values at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. His address was given at the annual ministry seminar Nov. 29 at Mundelein Seminary in the Chicago Archdiocese.

Italian bishops

CNS photo by Edward Zelachoski,

Catholic Accent

Olympic tourch passes through Pennsylvania Diocese Patricia Godla of Epiphany of Our Lord Parish in Monessen, Pa., carries the Olympic torch through Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 20. She and support runner Tim Noll were cheered by Geibel Catholic High School students

approve low-

gluten host for celiac disease sufferers

—

ROME move

(CNS) In a policy that reflects differing medical

opinion in Europe and the United States, Italy's bishops approved a low-gluten Eucharist host for sufferers of celiac disease. The bishops' national liturgy office, backed by the scientific committee of the Italian Celiac Association, said the amount of gluten in hosts specially

Pope ordains 10 bishops, asks them to be 'courageous missionaries' (CNS)

VATICAN CITY

—

Celebrating the feast of the Epiphany, Pope John Paul II ordained 10 new bishops and asked them to be "coura-

geous missionaries" in their service to the church on four continents. The pope said he expected the bishops to lead the church's new chapter of evangelization in the third millennium and urged them to "put out into the deep" as they take the Gospel around the globe. "Do not fear the shadows of the world, because you are sent by 'the light of the world,'" he said in a sermon. The nearly threehour ordination Mass was held in St. Peter's Basilica Jan.

The newly

6.

or-

dained included six Europeans, three Africans and an Asian, all of whom were recently appointed to their posts. Five hold Vatican positions and five are resident bishops Poll reports Israeli, Palestinian

attitudes on terrorism, violence JERUSALEM (CNS) While

—

92 percent of Palestinians continue to support armed attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers, a recent survey

December, the liturgy office asked priests who have parishio-

said 7 1 percent of Palestinian respondents favored a return to peace talks.

Sixty percent of the Israeli population would support the return to negotiations under conditions described by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in a Nov. 19 speech in which he called for the implementation of a cease-fire, an end to incitement against Israel, U.S. support for a Palestinian state, the end of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, and a freeze of settlements. The survey found that 57 percent of Israelis support the dismantling of most of the Jewish settle-

ners with celiac disease to obtain the special hosts and take precau-

ments in the Palestinian territories as part of a peace agreement. The public

tions to prevent their contamination through contact with regular

hosts. The statement said the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith explicitly approved the German low-gluten hosts in an August letter to the

opinion survey, conducted by the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah, West Bank, was a continuation of an ongo-

insanity.

Italian Celiac Association.

ing research project.

(704) 362-5047, Ext. 271, for registration

at Sardis Presbyterian

a.m.-2:30 p.m, call Suzanne Bach at (704)

treat entitled "Journey into Lent" at the St.

and other information.

27 ARDEN The St Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order will meet today from 3-5 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church, 109 Crescent Hill Dr. Next month's meeting will be held at the usual Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville location. Visitors and inquirers are welcome. For more information, call Helen Gillogly, SFO, at (828) 883-9645.

28 CHARLOTTE A support group meeting for caregivers of family and friends suffering from Alzheimer's/ dementia will be held today and every fourth Monday from 1 0-1 1:30 am. in room E of the ministry center at St Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. With advanced noti-

Gabriel Church Ministry Center, 3016 Providence Rd., from 9 am.-3 p.m. Partici-

paired can be provided.

as they participated in the cross-country relay.

to arrive in Salt Lake City for the

the chalice during the 9:15 a.m.

Mass Dec. 30 and had symptoms of

low-grade fever, headache and stiff neck within the week should consult their physician to possibly obtain a

two-day series of antibiotics that can reduce the risk of infection.

Official opposes death penalty for Texas mother who drowned

children AUSTIN, Texas (CNS) The director of the Texas Catholic Confer-

—

ence has criticized the decision of a to seek the death penalty for a woman who drowned her five children last year while suffering from postpartum depression.

In a Jan. 3 statement, Holy Cross

Texas prosecutor

Belmont-Mt Holly Rd; Mepkin Trappist Abbey in Moncks Corner, S.C.; Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, Ga.; and Gethsemani Abbey in Trappist, Ky, will be offering "Live-in Experience" vocational retreats today-Jan. 27, Feb. 7-10

March

and

13-17. Participants can learn about

monastic

life

firsthand while praying,

working and enjoying vocational talks given by the monks. Space is limited, so

make reserMepkin Abbey dates are on an individual basis. For more

those interested are advised to vations early. available

dates and information, call Natalie Smith toll-free at (866)

548-3463.

26 CHARLOTTE

—

Mercy Sisters Jeanne Marie Kienast and Therese Galligan will be presenting an all-day re-

pants will have the opportunity to experi-

ence prayer, meditation, relaxation, imagery and journaling throughout the day.

Drinks

will

be provided, but lunch must be

self-supplied. Call

Susan Krasniewski

The

torch

Winter Games by Feb.

at

is

scheduled

8.

Brother Richard Daly, executive director of the conference, said "this tragic case has caused enough pain and suffering for all the individuals and the families affected. We do not need another victim but, rather, healing." Jury selection began Jan. 7 in the case of Andrea Yates, charged with capital murder in the drowning deaths of her five children. Yates- was diagnosed with postpartum depression following the birth of her fourth child, attempted suicide twice and has been hospitalized for treatment several times. She admitted drowning her children. Her attorneys said she would plead not guilty by reason of

—

—

memory-imFor more information about the support group or the Shining Stars Adult Day Respite Program for

fication,

activities for the

made by a German firm met church law requirements but would not provoke health problems

in celiac patients. In a state-

ment posted on the

bishops'

Web

site in

Church from 10

376-4135.

February 1

HAMLET — St James

Church, 1018

W. Hamlet Ave. (off of Hwy. 74 West), will be having 1 1

its

annual pit barbecue from

a.m.-7 p.m. today. Attendants

may

choose to eat in or take out pork or chicken cooked on site with Cole slaw, baked beans and rolls. Orders of 10 or more can be delivered. For further information, call the church office at (910) 582-0207.

2 BOONE In an effort to prepare catechists for the responsibility of forming faith communities, the Boone Vicariate Faith Formation will sponsor a daylong training session at St.

—

the memory-impaired, which meets every

Elizabeth Church, 259 Pilgrims Way. There will be two CRP II as well as two CRP I workshops. All catechists and other interested learn-

Monday and Wednesday

ers are invited to attend to learn

at St. Gabriel

from 9:30 am.-2 p.m. and every Thursday

more

about faith development. For further

27 registraand other information, call Peg Ruble, Central Regional Faith Formation Coordinator, at (704) 391-0445. details about the Jan.

tion deadline

2

CHARLOTTE

—

St.

Ann

Church, 3635 Park Rd., will have its annual attic and bake sale today from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information, call the church office at (704) 523-4641.

Ongoing

CHARLOTTE — New Creation Monastery, 11517 Spreading Oak Lane, is opening a new House of Prayer in south Charlotte off of the Carmel Rd. Extension

below Hwy. invites

51. Father John Hoover everyone for morning or evening

prayer.

For reservations and other

mation,

call

infor-

(704) 541-5026.

Please submit notices ofeventsfor t/ie Diocesan

Planner at tion date.

least

10 days prior

to the publica-

4 The Catholic

News & Herald

Eighth annual 'Stand Against Violence' campaign readied

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE The reWASHINGTON (CNS) sponse to terrorism is a new theme in this

—

Against Violence" campaign, which is sponsored by the U.S. bishops.

The campaign is in its eighth year.

The campaign begins Jan. 15, the birthday of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and ends Jan. 22, the anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision legalizing abortion year's "Stand

One element

in the

campaign

is

a

25-page resource packet distributed by the National Catholic Anti-Violence

that it all goes away,'' says the introduction to the resource packet.

"If there is to be a less violent world, each one of us will have to do our part to get there. Peace be with you' must become more than just a v

traditional prayer,"

Also included

—A

Working Group

parish, college

"The

2001, terrorist attacks heightened our challenge as a Catholic community to confront violence in our communities, in our nation and in our world," says one section of the packet, "Seeking Justice, Not Vengeance."

"Each January our nation honors the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His commitment to overcome violence, racism and injustice inspires us to do the same," it added. "The week between Jan. 15, his birthday, and Jan. 22, the anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, spur us to both renounce violence and lift up the sanctity of life."

"In uncertain times such as these, when we are confronted with threats to our security from those we cannot see or find, we must resist the temptation to simply turn away and hope Sept., 11,

said.

packet

—

letter

Suggestions for diocesan leaders,

on dealing with violence and

settings

working

—A

section listing Catholic just-war

and respect-for-life sections from the "Catechism of the Catholic Church."

"Stand Against Violence" information sheets on "Crime and the Catholic Community," "Death Penalty: The Innocence Protection Act," 'Development Aid Reform" and "Protecting Children: The Safe Havens Support Act." criteria

—

— 'The ABCs

summary of

of Nonviolence," a brief

the U.S. bishops' statement calendar listing dates and

observances where people can

tafye

a stand

— Quotes from church

on die terror attacks and the war on

1 1

leaders

three plans will include short-, mid- and

long-range goals that can be achieved

— An

in

All Catholics are invited to attend and

help shape the direction of the diocese in

complying with the NBCC Declaration of Principles and its Pastoral Plan, said Rev. Mr. Todd. The three diocesan plans will be

NBCC office to be consid-

presented at Congress IX, he

said.

Dr. Hilbert Stanley, executive director

NBCC,

directed a

According to statistics from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, there are over two million 'self-identified African-American adult

workshop on

evangelizing people of African descent at the annual Ring Celebration at OLC in January 2001. His message sparked his audience to strive for participation and leadership in the church and the commu-

Catholics in the U.S. Rev. Mr.

Todd

said there are approximately 2,000 registered black Catholics in the diocese.

nity.

For more information about the Day of Reflection, the NBCC or the diocesan African American Affairs Ministry, call Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd at

'The National Black Catholic Congress exists to provide education both to ethnic groups in the church," Dr. Stanley said in

an interview. "So often the history,

(704) 370-3339.

Contact Staff Writer Alesha

included."

Stanley emphasized the difference be-

tween forming new culture-based

terrorism.

ral

The program Stanley led was developed by the NBCC around a 1997 address to the U.S. Catholic bishops

by Bishop Edward Braxton, bishop of the Diocese of Lake Charles, La. In that message, Bishop Braxton urged his brother bishops to find cultureappropriate ways of evangelizing their congregations. Likening the neighborhood barbershop as a beacon in black communities where people can come for comfort, conversation and community, Bishop Braxton said the church is an even stronger refuge.

"Based on the eight principles, these

culture and values of black people are not

against violence.

Sept.

of die universal church.

attendees.

of the

recent study, he said, found diat

any new rites; they simply want to be welcomed as a contributing and vital part

documents for reflection and the development of three action plans by

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Bilingual caseworker grant

NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON (CNS) — To those

By CATHOLIC

who

say they don't have time for inspi-

received from Z. Smith Reynolds

The Christophers have an answer.

They have recently published the 36th volume of "Three Minutes a Day," a book of stories for each day of the year that go along with a prayer and a Scriprational reading,

By DIANNE M. A. RIGGS Correspondent

man who

grant to create a full-time bilingual case-

worker position for the area's growing Hispanic community. The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, which awarded the grant, made the announcement in a letter in December.

"It was an answer to prayer," said

scoured a

parking lot looking for a woman's lost en-

gagement ring and someone who cheered a

who have pushed for legor triumphed over cancer. They

frightened child to individuals started volunteer programs, islation

include famous nize and

names readers

Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed

will recog--

unknown names of people simply

Trinity Sister Marie Frechette,

living out their faith.

The book helpful hints ally,

tor.

to live

make more time

she

spiritu-

CSS direc-

now, the caseworker position

to

said.

United

for family, get in-

volved and have simpler

The first edition

more

Up

has existed part time but was not secure,

also interspersed with

is

on how

The Western

Regional Office of Catholic Social Services (CSS) has received a $19,500

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—

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position exists to help Spanish-

speaking immigrants deal with North American culture in Western North Carolina. "A lot of time the gap is so tremendous between (our) cultures," said Brian Graves, CSS bilingual caseworker.

Christophers, as a way to share with busy people the good news found all around them and provide a starting point for the daily practice of reflection and

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Amid new rumors of

Father Joseph McCarthy, retired dies Dec. 20, POINT — Father Joseph

priest, HIGH

84, a priest of the

Dio-

December 20, Maryfield Nursing Home,

High

Point, N.C. Father McCarthy was born June 17, 1917, in Elmira, N.Y., son of the late James Francis McCarthy and Agnes Curran McCarthy. Following World War II, he received a baccalaureate degree from the University of Scranton and a master's degree in education from Fordham University.

In the early 1960s he decided to become a

Reidsville.

Father McCarthy returned to Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro in November of 1982 and served as parochical vicar until July

He began

their

lived

Seminary

Maryfield in High cared for by the at

in

Home

died in a

in

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Seminary

in

of Chris-

was

cel-

ebrated at 11:00 a.m.

Dec. 26, 2001, at St. Patrick Cathedral by

St.

Bonaventure, N.Y., in Bishop William G. 1969. The late Bishop Curlin. Interment folFather Joseph Leo Vincent S. Waters of lowed in Belmont AbMcCarthy the Diocese of Raleigh bey Cemetery, and ordained him at Our visitation was held at Lady of Grace Church in Greensboro St. Patrick Cathedral. on May 15, 1969.

He is survived by two sisters in Father McCarthy's first assignlaw, Carrie L. McCarthy and ment was with the Missionary FaKatharine W. McCarthy; and nieces, thers Apostolate at St. Anne in nephews, and other relatives.

Edenton. In June of 1970, he became In lieu of flowers, memorials may an assistant at St. Ann in Charlotte be made to the Diocese of Charlotte and was serving when the Diocese of Seminary Program, 1123 South Charlotte was established in January Church Street, Charlotte, N.C. 28203. of 1972. In April of that year, Bishop Harry and Bryant Company Emeritus Michael J. Begley named served the family. him administrator of St. Francis of

First-grader

—

6-year-old Darius

mother

after she lost consciousness during a windy snowstorm Nov. 26.

The evening proved eventful for the single mother and her only child when, first, the power in their home went out, then she lost consciousness during a diabetic reaction. Because of her diabetes, Darius knows to try to give her something with sugar, like a can of Coke or juice, when she is

North Korean prisoner of war camp, is being promoted as a candidate for sainthood by one of his seminary classmates. Because of Father Kapaun's countless acts of courage and compassion while a POW, others are alive today to tell the priest's inspiring story. Msgr.

J.

Molloy,

archdiocesan priest,

is

McDonald, rescu-

ing his mother, Jennifer, was as simple as opening a can of Coke. St. Paul Police Chief William Finney, however, saw it differently. That's why he gave the St. Mark School first-grader a special Chief s Award Dec. 20 for finding help for his

—

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who

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by St. Paul police chief ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) For

POW

ters at Maryfield.

2002

the chaplain's intercession.

port of the pope's allegedly failing health was ignored by most media until the pope himself spoke Dec. 31.

"I ask God for the strength to continue for as long as he wants in faithful service to the church of Rome and the whole world," he prayed at a thanksgiving service marking the end of 2001.

Korean priest's

Poor Servants of the Mother of God, the Sis-

Erlanger, Ky., before completing his studies at Christ the King

Seminary

in

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Amid continuing questions about Pope John Paul IPs health, the 81-year-old pontiff publicly prayed for the strength to continue his busy ministry. The pope obviously struggled through his long speech Christmas Day, but moved with greater ease and spoke more clearly on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. A small Italian newspaper's Dec. 30 re-

sainthood cause advocated ST. LOUIS (CNS) Father Emil Kapaun, an Army chaplain who

Point,

Haverhill, Mass. He also attended St. Pius

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York.

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cese of Charlotte, died

2001, at

—

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"It's very comforting for me to

ROSARIES, from page 1

make the rosaries while communicating with my husband," she said.

"I believe he is especially safe during these moments."

the rosary, praying for -special intentions and their neighbors throughout

the world, and to

make

rosaries for

Each member makes 70-80 rosaries at home between their meetings. The group produces 6,000 ro-

missionaries and the military.

"It's

in

a great feeling to

some small way

I

am

know

that

helping our

servicemen," Carol Wilcocks said.

"It is a good feeling to know they have the protection of the ro-

for rosaries are published

sary and feel the strength of Mary near their heart," St. Matthew's

in Kentucky. Our Makers respond

"Lady's Rosary to these lists.

Donna Adams

They purchase

their

a year.

saries

said.

As reserve units were called up, making rosaries took on a more personal meaning. In November, 'the

Chaplains' requests

monthly

a military newsletter published

in

supplies

through catalogs for missionary use only. Each rosary costs 11 cents for supplies and takes 15 minutes to make. The group functions through member donations and support from other parish or-

husband of one of the group's members was deployed. She e-mailed her husband to ask if his chaplain would like some of their rosaries. Following

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Doctor scoffs retirement, on-call for those in need

By DIANNE M.A. RIGGS Correspondent

HENDERSONVILLE McGrady, M.D., known

no physician

the

in

town

She

at that time.

agreed to serve children, and space was

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

made

Kathleen

community center

available in the

affectionately

for the first years of her pediatric work.

Kay" has never let the word "retirement" define her. In fact, "retirement is not

Children came not only from North Caro-

R.

as 'Dr.

in

lina, but also from nearby communities in Tennessee and Georgia. Most of the people

McGrady's vocabulary. The 75-year-

had never met a and she was given many

old physician continues in her activist role

at Cashiers at the time

concerning children and their needs

Catholic, she said,

Western North

Carolina.

Her current

in

opportunities to dispel fears about Catholi-

in-

terests include Friends of Santa Claus,

Mountain Community School

cism.

Through

(a charter

the years at Cashiers, the

school in Hendersonville area), and the

McGradys, with

Henderson County Children's and Family

attended several area churches, including

Resource Center.

Our Lady of the Mountains in and were charter members of

McGrady

calls

Friends of Santa

growing

three

children,

Highlands, St.

Jude

in

ganizations.

Claus, an organization that assists termi-

Father Jon Brzek at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Is-

nally

im-

land, S.C., appreciates the dedica-

Santa Claus four times a year, operates

ing and square dancing with her husband.

pact their labor of love would have.

tion of Our Lady's Rosary Makers of St. Patrick Cathedral who send him rosaries for the Marine recruits. "Many come here for all sorts of reasons," Father Brzek

summer camps, and

They moved

a very favorable response, she mailed

them

off.

Little did the

group

realize the

"The chaplains placed them on a table in the base-chapel tent," her husband "Within a few days, all of the rosaries were gone. Some took them understanding the real meaning and how to pray them, while others took to wear like a cross. One evening during Advent before the Saturday Catholic Mass, the chaplain held a class on how replied.

The following three Saturday evenings, we met as a group

"Each grows physically, menand emotionally. Oftentimes something happens that they never expect. God touches their hearts, and they grow spiritually, too. This ministry helps us put a rosary into the hands of every recruit who asks

praying the rosary together."

for one."

said.

tally

to say the rosary.

ill

children,

while things she

When

one of the most worthengaged in. It sponsors

McGrady

is

helps parents cope.

Mac

"Kids confront you with your mortality,"

she

'They have taught

said.

me

so

much

McGrady always wanted to be a docShe came from a long line of surgeons and doctors of philosophy on her father's side, but it was her mother's confidence and prayers to Mary that gave her the courage to enroll in medical school at a time

when

men and

four

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Her

But with such unprecedented growth comes an

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that assists the sick,

Interested in the hospice

said.

rides

movement

from the time of her mother's death

thrilled.

couple practiced medicine in Florida for 20 years. They "retired" to a Christmas tree farm in Cashiers, N.C., in

she

visi-

and Dying, a group dying and their fami-

tor for Ministry to Sick

Mac

McGrady

1973, pice

and train volunteers in Franklin and She spearheaded the hospice facility

'The Elizabeth House," honor of her mother, who was a

in Hendersonville,

be-

named

in

nurse.

Cashiers residents urged her

to return to medical practice, as there

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The Catholic News & Herald

Scholarship nourishes

students

Correspondent At Belmont Abbey

BELMONT College,

young

—

scholars are being

groomed

as future leaders while paying tribute to an icon of the

Gaston County

The Hintemeyer

school's past

requirements that including maintaining a 2.75 grade point average, living

program awards tuition and room and board to a core group of campus leaders. In previous years, the program has awarded

tual

life,

lic

is

Belmont Abbey's

spiri-

"three-pronged" Hintemeyer pro-

gram consists of a coffeehouse lecture

series,

featuring various executives, which "gives

goal of the

the students an opportunity to have dia-

to increase awareness of Catho-

logue with these people (CEOs, lawyers,

10 scholarships per year.

program

The

in

on campus;

including attendance at daily mass.

The

ers

intellectual

and

spiritual traditions

among the student population. A committee

monks

of faculty, staff and

have actually been out

in the

world being leaders," Harrison says.

this

at

Benedictine institution in Belmont selects

who

etc.,)

Hintemeyer scholars also

participate in

the recipients; past scholarships have been

an "outdoor leadership" component that includes a five-day Outward Bound adven-

renewable for three years.

ture in western

'It's

a unique

program because

it's

a

Mike Harrison, who directs the Belmont Abbey Leadership Program and oversees the Catholic leadership program," says

Hintemeyer

scholars.

"We

hope that they

North Carolina

that in-

cludes Whitewater rafting, sea kayaking,

indoor mountain climbing, horseback riding and golf

The

third part of the

of volunteer

program

consists

work

with the other student," says Harrison.

with the scholarship recipients.

ing students on school tours to setting up

The program honors Father

Felix

Hintemeyer, prior of Belmont Abbey, to 1924.

who

Leo Haid, from 1887 In 1886, two years after Rome

served the

first

abbot,

first Benedictine abbey in the American South, The German emigre arrived at the Abbey. Throughout his tenure Hintemeyer served as chief lieutenant to Haid, who traveled extensively and gave Hintemeyer responsibility for much of the

erected the

"That's where the Hintemeyers interact

On-campus

community volunteer

ied

and extensive. They have worked on

nized "abortion mill" rosaries and visited

counties," notes Harrison.

Abbey, the first alumni reunion (1913), the dedication of die Basilica (1894) and Grotto (1891), a Lourdes pilgrimage (1908) and

year,

by Hintemeyer.

monastic community

is

ing the abbot and the

overseen

for his devotion to

the college, this priest and

member of the

credited with help-

Abbey grow and

develop. Hintemeyer, once a timid figure in

grew

become the hidden him for "his charity towards all" and urged all to try to emulate his leadership skills. In 1924, on his way to visit the Holy Father in Rome, Hintemeyer died. Fifty-one years later, Belmont Abbey created the Hintemeyer leadership program to honor its namesake his early years,

volunteer aspect) has been very

improving the relationship between Belmont Abbey and the surrounding useful in

Students'

to

community work even

takes

foster the leadership potential of a select

Mon-Fri

9:

Sat. 9:

30am-5:30pm 30am-3:00pm

1995, as a re-

In

of Pope John Paul

call

youth to stand up for

life,

II for

Franciscan

chancellor, Father Michael Scanlon;

Congressman Christopher Smith (R-

University student Steve Sanborn orga-

N.J.);

nized a walk known as Crossroads.

Students have been giving up their summers to support the ministry each

rector Joseph Scheidler.

year since, staying in churches or host

Part of the walking also is a sacrifice in reparation for the sin of abortion," says

homes along the way.

Last May, Belmont Abbey College students Kate Matthews and Christopher Iwancio started the walk in San Francisco. Iwancio ended the walk in St. Louis, but Matthews and numerous young people from across the country

Washington, D.C., on Aug. 1 1 Another team of walkers began their journey in Los Angeles and also ended it in D.C Her reason for going? "To have

finished their trek in .

that kind of structured prayer

The Hintemeyer

life

a really powerful thing, and

"It's it's

a really powerful witness in

itself.

Matthews.

Matthews, 20, and her team members walked Monday through Friday, logging at least 60 miles a day.

"You don't walk the entire distance yourself,"

Walker

explains.

Team mem-

bers took turns walking (typically "one

guy and one

each walked 15 miles and riding in a van. "The ever got in one 24-hour period girl"

at a stretch),

most we was 90 (miles)."

On

for

scholar

and Pro-Life Action League Di-

eral

Saturdays, the teams spent sevhours praying and counseling out-

and Raleigh native says she gained

side abortion clinics, then stayed with

much more than

families or outside churches in the van.

that. "It did definitely

prove to be one of the best things that

They

I've ever done."

speaking at Masses about their mission.

From

the moment she first read an about Crossroads in a Catholic newspaper from Georgia, Matthews was convinced that the mission was for article

on Sundays,

visited parishes

They

also asked for parishioners'

prayers, and donations for food and gas.

Matthews' team consisted of up to

all I could think about during Christmas break."

Part of the American Life League, a

wore a white T-shirt bearing the words "Pro-Life Cross Country Walk: America Is Pro-Life."

The 12-week pilgrimage taught Matthews many lessons, including one about the perception, fueled by the media, that abortion enjoys overwhelming

nationwide, grassroots pro-life organi-

support in this country.

her.

just felt such a peace about

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says the junior who's majoring in theol-

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Belmont Abbey College

World Mission opens eyes

ssage coast to coast "We

put that (America

Is

Somewhere around Lincoln, Neb., Matthews and her team stopped to

Pro-Life)

on the back of our T-shirts because that is by far the overwhelming response

we

that

the

pray the rosary outside an abortion clinic. A couple left the clinic, walked to their car, then walked over to Matthews' group. The woman said she'd taken a morning-after pill that didn't work.

"They told us that they wanted to put the baby up for adoption," says Matthews. She later learned that the couple decided to keep the baby and got

received (from people during

she explains.

trip),"

The walkers encountered few problems on their

trip.

"Every now and then, someone would say something derogatory or obscene," Matthews recalls. Some-

where

(Matthews

in the desert

remember

can't

which state), their van broke down. Even then, she says, God provided for them when "someone stopped and gave us all this Gatorade."

The hardest part was staying focused on their mission, in spite of the physical demands it placed Upon them.

"But you stay focused because you remember what you're doing (supporting in

married.

"If you save

thing worth

filled

ments.

many

Some

unforgettable

It

ible

images: corn and a train.

as

they passed miles and miles of the Mid-

west

conductor tossed

staple, a train

bottles of water to the thirsty travelers.

we

people,

-

indel-

One day

(the mission) did definitely prove one of the best things that I've

embarking

realizes that

across the country, but all of us, as Catholics, as Christians, as decent

"I

flat,

are called to be pro-life to

support the human dignity (of everyone) from conception," she says. "This is something, an issue that, has really been swept under the carpet for too long."

Rediscover the Healing Power of Prayer!

associated with

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She

sion she calls a "once-in-a-lifetime thing."

and fellow Abbey student Patrick Sutton de-

work

cided to

an orphanage

and

'Patrick

do some

in

I

knew

in

we wanted

that

sort of volunteer trip abroad.

lecturer,

to

We

it

founded the organization in 1992.

The aim was

to find places for

new

geogra-

emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and the Third World. Teaching and Projects emerged in its present form during 1996 and 1997 as more to teach in the

people asked to

go

to

more countries.

It

now

sends over a thousand people abroad every

year on various projects. Participants are sent

Wisely and Sutton worked alongside students from to a dozen countries across the globe.

Ireland, Scotland

and other

countries.

Romania in July.

During their stay, Wisely, a

and spina

native of

and Sutton lived with a A minor cultural difference surfaced during their first dinner in Romania Wisely, Sutton and their male host were already seated at the table while his wife was busy in the kitchen.

'The husband, he just sort of looked at me. I was just not sure what he wanted me to realized that

he wanted

me

up and serve the food," Wisely recalls. laughed and told her, in English, 'In my

woman

bifida;

fetal

many

of

whom

syndrome

alcohol

Sutton worked with toddlers.

disabled kids, Wisely, a sociology major, gratified that, "after

serve the man." Sutton

Each weekday, Wisely and Sutton

30 days

there,

we

...

was had

made progress with many of the children."

She often read to the children shortly after they arrived each day, then helped

feed them.

'That was one of the most trying feeding the children disabilities) didn't

with food," she activity)

want

recalls.

was up

who

things,

(because of their

to have anything to

"After that,

it

Mary and

features Our Lady of

to me." She usually took the

them lunch and prepare them for naps.

"During naptime, we were almost always in the city," Wisely says. They also traveled on the weekends. Though they carried a phrase book with them, they often

feed

didn't

need

it

how many

"You'd be surprised

know

English.

...

It

always

just sort of worked out"

Wisely

also enjoyed the friendships

forged with her overseas counterparts. really

significance after last year's terror at-

tacks

on America.

"We

still

keep in contact with those

people," she says. "After calling us

and e-mailing

Sept

1 1,

they were

us."

Wisely highly recommends such a mission to others. "I would do it again. I think that it's something that everyone should try." If they could have, she

facility lo-

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us.

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would be a good experience" that they should embark on before graduating and entering the workforce, says Wisely.

The two signed up with Teaching and Projects Abroad Peter Slowe, a geography

just thought

"it

was not the Gothic image that you would imagine. It was very cheerful, colorful and clean," says Wisely.

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Romania

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If

A Prayer

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By

phy graduates

on such a journey is not for everyone.

"Not all of us (are called to) walk

of the best occurred in

two

is

Matthews

Nebraska.

In Nebraska, she recalls

makes every-

ever done."

mo-

really enjoyed Nebraska. It was and the people were the friendliest," says Matthews.

life, it

so called to do.

feel

to be

with

one

the entire summer," says

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Matthews' three-month odyssey was

it,

Matthews.

she says.

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Children's

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Reviewed by

CAROLE NORRIS GREENE News Service picked up "Moonlight

Catholic

The

child

by Tony Magliano, flipped the pages, stopped toward the middle to read one, then resumed flipping to the back cover, which she studMiracle," written

MOONLIGHT MIRACLE,

(Mahwah,

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2001). 32 pp., $9.95.

Then she started over again, this time reading the mostly single-sentence ied.

pages more carefully.

This deceptively simple book by Catholic News Service columnist Tony Magliano held the attention of this child reader.

At

last

named

the child,

Cierra,

know you could do that."

She pointed to the flower-embroidered page which had first caught her eye. It read: "You see, if you cup your hands on a moonlit night, where the moon's light enters your window, you can really and said, "I didn't

"Moonlight Miracle" with tering of children from

all

Cycle

its

hands are outstretched to receive the moon's light through his bedroom window.

Cierra also liked how the book began: "At day's end, when the sun has done its job and darkness has nearly covered the land, a great and gentle its

place."

She found it comforting, she explained, adding with a mischievous smile, "especially when I'm mad with my mom and dad."

The

book's second illustration, of cottages nestled in moonlit woods with purple hills in the background, prompted the child to ask if artist

Susan Andrews Brindle used stencils to do her blues and browns, her golden yellows, splashes of pink, soft grays, milky whites and sea greens. "pretty" colors, Cierra said,

made

The Baptism of the Lord

Acts 10:34-38

3)

Gospel:

want you to meet so-and-so," or, "You need to meet Mrs. (whoeverit-was)." They would say that be-

simple thing kept them connected!

cause these people had something to

The children of the world can do the same with moonbeams, believes Magliano. He writes, "If in all the world

offer for

Matthew 3:13-17

By JEAN DENTON

—

—

each boy and girl would capture a moonbeam, they would become linked together by holding onto the very same light."

Magliano

way

to the sea;

...

lights the

the great horned owl in

its

way

for

search for

and smiles kindly on us with its soft night light." Just as in the Genesis story of creation, Magliano moves from the moon's quiet influence on the elements, insects and animals, and finally on mankind.

food;

In this post-Sept.

1 1

climate,

benefit.

Greene

is

News

to many people for my They would tell me ahead of

me

my

said, effectively, to all

is

the

that

Emmanuel (God with

us)

—

efit.

"This

pleased,"

is

my Son, of whom I am well

God

this guy!")

said.

At

('You've gotta meet

the Transfiguration, in

Luke's Gospel, he adds: "Listen to him."

knowledge, a particular talent, attitude or personality worthy of emulation or a goodness I should witness.

Then one day, after I was grown, my mom said, "I want Mrs. (whoever) to meet you." The reversal of the phrase and its meaning was slightly jarring, not to mention flattering: My mom had a friend whom she thought would benefit from meeting me.

Now that our own children are grown and have benefited from the influence and attention of a wide variety of

QUESTIONS: As

a follower of Christ,

how do you

carry out your responsibility to

embody

the anointed one with people you meet

your daily life? What can you do to open yourself to the Holy Spirit for your personal Christian mission? in

—

—

better

SCRIPTURE TO IIXUSTRATE: "I

have formed you and

set

you

as a

covenant of the people, a light for the nations" (Isaiah 42:6)

whom we've introduced understand how that comes about. Now I find myself wanting certain people to meet one or another of my children because of what the latter has to offer the encounter. And I have to say, sometimes I'm half inclined to introduce fine adults to

them,

I

Weekly Scripture Scripture for the week of Jan. 13 - Jan. 19 Sunday (Baptism of the Lord), Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7, Acts 10:34-38, Matthew 3:13-17; Monday, 1 Samuel 1:1-8, Mark 1:14-20; Tuesday, Samuel 1:9-20, Mark 1:21-28; Wednesday, Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20, Mark 1:29-39; Thursday 1

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2:13-17

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department.

don't

edification:

—

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weekend's Gospel, that

had come of age. He had met us, grown in knowledge, was just now being anointed with the Spirit, and God wanted us to meet him for our ben-

time, "I

Mark Catholic

I

I

in this

it's

not a bad idea for children in the United States, China, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Africa children all over the world to focus on what they have in common. It could begin with moonbeams, and end up with their realization of the preciousness of their shared humanity.

—

When

daughter (or

pleased."

But

ment

News Service was a child my parents

Catholic

introduced

my

world when Jesus emerged from the waters of his baptism by John. That grand introduction was the announce-

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

2)

is

am well

I

Of course, what God

grounds reminds me of a scene from the presentation of Alex Haley's "Roots." In it, an aging slave woman, whose babies had been sold "down river" many years ago, looks up at the stars, smiles, then says how good God is to give them regardless of where they were the same stars to look at every night! Being able to do this one

their

right

13,

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Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7

Psalm

splat-

them

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1)

where you are." On the page next to it was a colorful illustration of a sleepyeyed little boy who is tucked snugly in

moonbeam

light rises in the night to take

13,

wall!

Magliano's son Joey was 5 when first got the idea to write "Moonlight Miracle." He wanted Joey to understand not only the beauty of the moon, but how it is "nature's friend" which "helps push the oceans' tides; guides loggerhead turtles as they lay their eggs; assists salmon as they make

truly hold a piece of

Word to Life

TV

by Tony

Magliano; illustrated by Susan Andrews Brindle. Paulist Press

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NEW YORK (CNS) — ABC made television history

by broadcasting

its

was proof that American television was maturing and trying to make good its 12-hour adaptation of "Roots."

It

promise of meaningful entertainment.

"Roots" will be rerun Sunday-Friday, Jan. 20-25, 9-11 p.m. each night on cable's Hallmark Channel.

"Roots" is Alex Haley's account of seven generations of his family tracing

is

the

human

spirit

in

Slavery,"

its

NEW YORK (CNS) — Following- are

TV

same time of the

run

struggles to be free despite the chains of

stations at the

slavery.

of "Roots," succeeded rather better at

The

segment of "Roots" describes the African society in which Kunta is raised and ends with his capture by slavers and his transportation to America. Born into a Muslim tribe whose economy is partly agricultural and partly hunting, and supported by the strong ties of family and the peaceful nature of his people, young Kunta passes a happy boyhood and is eventually initi-

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first

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tion site

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illegal

contents of "Roots." If nothing

to

else,

human

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beings.

lustrating the hypocrisy that rational-

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adults

traordinary television,

a family saga that mirrors the history of

manity demanded by this traffic in human beings. When Kunta is taken, our worst fears are realized as we see the treatment of the slaves packed prone in

upon the American experience. "Roots," because of its star personalities and more conventional presentation, reached a

chains in the ship's hold.

cally

black Americans. But

it

also

shows

the ugly roots of racism in our society

which we must recognize

in

order to

exorcise.

The importance

of "Roots"

is

that

very as an institution by showing it through the eyes of those who suffered the loss of their humanity by being reduced to the legal status of property. The experience for viewers is certainly unpleasant and at times horrifying. It may be a painful way of acknowledging the guilt of our national past, but it is at the same time, uplifting in showing how in"

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man

begins to question the violent

age-old land feud between neighboring families.

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*

who

Walter Salles_iixes upon die senselessness of vengeance as justice,

borders on

"The Fight Against

set in the Brazilian

tradition that requires

specifi-

its

drama

death of his older brother, the victim of an

You are invited to attend

Charlotte,

parental guidance suggested.

badlands about a young

only touched

American content.

the entertainment

pseudo-Hollywood.

The BBC

it

of the progress of our society as well as of

at times

the needs of the script, and

the depiction of African

—

ity. If

cameo parts from the flow of

—

"Behind the Sun" (Miramax)

"Roots"

is

flawed. Star personalities in

perform well but detract

"civilizing primitive sav-

Although the BBC_ series was ex-

mainly known for his documentary productions, and it is not surprising that this dramatic re-creation of "Roots" is

A-II

is

and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America raring is PG

it

tianity."

much

romantic backdrop

and crass language. The U.S. Conference of

ages or bringing the blessings of Chris-

such a ship operates,

Producer David

it

enables us to experience the evil of sla-

how

means of

as a

to the

his

with beautiful visuals. Fleeting violence

the viewer learns the depths of inhu-

to the captain

new

of a captain

by setting

Iran

in

ing of the precious nature of human The script succeeds best in il-

As an experienced mate

all

tor Majid Majidi probes the difficulties of

Afghan workers

lyrical film against a

trade.

is

way

compassion when he discovers the

end, viewers have a deeper understand-

command

ship which

cushy job to an

loses his

worker's secret. Despite slow pacing, direc-

the

in the

American slave being outfitted and placed

who

Afghan worker (Zahra Bahrami),

but his bitterness unexpectedly gives

it

freedom.

another, that of an

a teen-age boy

ticity.

from Kunta to the present. The result is more than popularized history or ephemeral best-seller. Whatever its merits as a literary work, Haley has written

is

"Baran" (Miramax) Moving drama about

(Hossein Abedini) working on a construc-

slaved their fellow

paralleling this narra-

Office

out sacrificing a credible level of authen-

ated into the responsibilities that belong

Ominously

reviewed by

recently

of Catholic Bishops'

for Film and Broadcasting.

historical material with-

back its origins to Kunta Kinte, a youth abducted by slave traders from the west coast of Africa in the 1750s. Haley's narrative is based upon a prodigious amount of research providing the links

tive

the U.S. Conference

succeeds in arousing a righteous sense of outrage at an age in which people en-

to maturity.

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Is it possible to love these enemies?

Obeying the Lord can influence you to do things you would never think of doing on your own.

There is one passage in Scripture that flies in the face of right reason. Jesus said: 'Love your enemies, and do good to those who hate you" (Mt 6:27).

Why would the Lord say such a thing? It doesn't

The Pope

Speaks

make

have just lived through

when murderous

2001,

terrorists turned

hate-filled zealots screaming, It's

enough

God By

for

God tice

II

all

Americans."

make your blood boil. How does one emotions? Even if we wanted to forgive

is it

News Service (CNS)

—

Pope John

said Christians should learn to praise

continually and wholeheartedly, a prache said was rooted in the prayer of "our

elder brothers" in the faith, the Jews.

"Praise becomes a profession of faith in

God

the Creator and redeemer, a festive celebration of divine love that unfolds, creating and saving, giving life and liberation," he said.

Speaking to pilgrims at his weekly general audience Jan. 9, the pope highlighted Psalm 150, the last in the Book of Psalms. His talk continued a series of reflections on the Liturgy of the Hours, a psalm-based daily prayer.

The pope said the psalm's repeated invitations to praise, "almost constant music and song, seem never to stop, just as will also occur in the

Columnist

me

am meek

and humble of heart.... With man it is God, all things are possible."

Once you admit that you are too angry to forgive,

I

what merit have you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good only to those who do good to you, what merit have you? (Mt 6: 32,33) Once you accept the challenge and understand that forgiveness is not a feeling, you can begin to make progress. Forgiveness

possible?

impossible, but with

JOHN NORTON

VATICAN CITY Paul

"Death to

TV images of

Jesus once answered such questions: "Learn of

wholeheartedly Catholic

how

them,

continually,

the

to

process these

praise

CNS

weapons of destruction. What more justification would one need for hating the culprits who planned and executed such a demonic airplanes into

cial

Our minds have been stunned by

believers to

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

11,

commer-

act?

Pope tells

For Today

nightmarish pe-

a

riod of turmoil due to the atrocities of Sept.

II

Spirituality

sense.

We POPE JOHN PAUL

2002

11,

you are making progress. You can then turn to the Lord for help. He knows that your anger is truly justified. When he asks you to forgive, it is not the same

also ask ourselves

why

Jesus wants us to forgive

them.

Because he wants to give us a place in his kingdom.

Hate disqualifies a person from entering heaven. To become a child of the Light, one must live in harmony with God.

God

unchanging love. He causes the sun to rise, and the rain to fall on the good and bad alike. He wants us to love as he does. "If you love those who love you, is

not in the feelings,

in the

it is

will has ,only

We

take time, but they will recede. with the once-hated Japanese.

To

does matter! The evildoers must be stopped.

Stopping them, in no uncertain terms, does not mean hating them.

They deserve our monumental outrage. Yet we It

is

one function: to say yes or no.

Either you forgive the enemy, bad feelings included, or you do not.

Once you say, 'Yes, Lord, I will obey you, I do forgive," the bad feelings will start to evaporate. It will

as saying, "It doesn't matter."

must

The

will.

like

truly forgive,

you have

to

now

do

it

play baseball

before

you feel 'Love

Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity once wrote:

it.

God, and the greater the love, the When God's love penetrates inmost depths, you become transformed

unites the soul with

more

it is

your

soul's

centered in him.

into Christ."

"Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do." These words of Jesus are there for all of us to ponder. He uttered them before his enemies even asked for

mercy.

Each and every one of us, with the help of God, can on the cross and forgive our enemies. The of joy is the reward of harmony with the mind of

imitate Christ gift

Christ.

celebrated Alleluia' in Handel's 'Messiah.'"

"Praise of

God becomes

knows no

the soul that

a sort of breath of

pause," he said.

Drawing on musical imagery, like "clanging cymbals" and "strings and pipe," the sixverse psalm 10 times calls believers to praise God. It ends with the word, "Alleluia," which in its

Hebrew

Economy

economy food plan and multiplied by three. Adjusting for the number and age of family members and accounting for the average increase in consumer prices, this method still

of Faith

establishes the federal poverty line today.

While the Orshansky method helped define poverty economic tenns for the 1960s, forty years later diis approach limps. The early budgets omitted the cost of child care assuming one parent stayed home. And, since the 1950s essential family costs like housing, health care and transportation have risen faster than the cost of food. in

root means, "Praise the Lord."

All of living creation shares in the constant

praise of God, the pope said, but "a position of

primacy

in

this choir

is

reserved to

GLENMARY FATHER JOHN S. RAUSCH

human

creatures."

family budget, today

for

the Orshansky

all living things praise the Lord. breath of life which also expresses selfconsciousness, awareness and freedom be-

all

creation,

Our

—

called the

life

psalm the

that pulses

"Not poor" versus self-sufficient

the usual prayer of our 'elder brothers,'" the Jews.

costs represented one-third of a

comprises only an eighth. Using

method the poverty

If together April

April walked into the church center holding a discon-

nect notice from the electric company. Unless she paid the "real 'amen' in

it

line

would be

calcu-

lated at eight times, not three times, the cost of food.

—

comes the song and prayer of all in the universe," he said.

The pope

Whereas formerly food

Guest Columnist

"Through the human being, spokesman

$89 due, she would

new year in the dark. She and barely make ends meet in good times.

start the

her husband, James,

This month when their hot water heater quit and they had a minor accident with the car, it meant financial crisis.

April works full time at a convenience store in a small Appalachian community. After

five years

making mini-

mum wage, she got a raise this past year to $6.65

an hour,

$216 take home per week. James works seasonally

at

logging, but winter and rainy days cap his income. Their

combined earnings qualify them for $227 a month of food stamps. April and James with their two children, ages seven and eight, represent a family living in poverty.

More precisely, they are the working poor.

According to the official definition of the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty threshold for a family of four in 1999 was $17,184. In 1963 Mollie Orshansky, a researcher

line figure

yet

still

and James earned above the poverty

of $17, 184, they would be

classified "not poor,"

lack the resources to live self-sufficiently.

One study

by Diana Peace and Jennifer Brooks defines self-sufficiency as "maintaining a decent standard of living and not having to choose between basic necessities." For April and James this would eliminate the trade-off of fixing the family car essential for going to work and paying the electric bill.

From

a faith perspective self-sufficiency

ing everyone's

human

means

affirm-

dignity by allowing each person to

and make a contribution. Different from the concept of "rugged individualism," self-sufficiency represents an interdependence between families, churches and local organizations that knits together the fabric of community.

participate in society

The

Catholic

Campaign

for

Human Development

continues to remind us that 32 million Americans

still fall

with the Social Security Administration, developed the

below the poverty line. Of these 12 million are children.

Another 7.2 million represent the working poor. Public policy that encourages living wage laws and universal

methodology to define poverty. She

health insurance

identified as

individual or family that lacked sufficient

income to

poor an afford a

She then fused two pieces of from the 1950s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture determined that a moderate-income family spends one-third of its earnings on food. Second, the agency nutritionally adequate diet.

information. First,

developed a series of food plans that provided the mini-

mum

calories necessary to survive.

Orshansky chose the

CCHD's

would target the neediest among

us.

support for self-help efforts will forge an alliance

between the marginalized and church members. Authentic development goes beyond supplying just enough calories to survive. It allows families like April and James to drive

on the road to

self-sufficiency.

January

11,

2002

Light

service workers, they really

One

way

selves in harm's

service to others.

Candle

direction.

want

I

They put them-

givers.

their

life.

I

want

Family

change

to

Now,

to get involved in a service career."

know

you'd have to

were

because they chose a vocation of

want

I

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Christian to realize that this

was a

major departure in his life plan. Accruing money and things had always been what he termed a "successful" life.

Oh, he'd give to charities. But his giving would be after

and from the safety of a different world. The new want to keep a distance.

I asked him just what he was thinking about doing.

He didn't know exactly, but spoke of the obvious choices, firefighter or police officer, as well as mentioning nursing or teaching as possibilities. He just wanted, he said, "to be able

Reflections

profits

MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

Thinking over the future

to say

Sometimes I know why people come to talk with me.

Other times it's a surprise. I've known Christian since he was a kid in elementary school. He went on to be an honors student in high school, attended a top-notch university and

CPA

secured his

in short order.

He's financially well

many

with

toll

little

of knowing young people like himself,

children,

who were no

more.

Christian recounted- his experiences:

and the

families

raise

help alleviate the suffering of too many. out,

attending over

money for the lost firefighters who now survived them doing his part to

twenty funerals, helping to

He was quick to point

Tm doing no more than millions of others.

wants to do something good, something helpful.

Everyone

We just don't

want the people who are lost to be forgotten." Everything Christian said was welcome, but not unusual. His response to this tragedy was exacdy what you'd expect of people with working consciences. Then he went further.

'Those firefighters, the cops, the emergency medical

I

made

time and energy to volunteer work.

other,

am

I

My

convinced he will stay involved.

of the families of police

World Trade

how lent

the

money

is

me know

inspiring,

"It's

their lives to the service professions.

much we need them.

Now, we

Just maybe, we've been

see

how

awakened

to the importance of living our lives, at least in part,

beyond our own

desires.

When

Christian looks to his

something done, hands on, for others. Can you imagine the world we could make if each one of us did the same? future,

it

will include

Question if it

is

Corner

and

Some news about fraudumade me want to be sure that I am

distributed?

organizations has

helping someone with the money I send. (Mississippi) A.

Your concern

is

legitimate; not every establishment

is

authentic.

It's

good

to

located.

The chancery office is located in the city where your bishop resides. Your parish office will be able to give you tbe phone number and address.

Second, write to the organization itself at the address they give you. Tell them of your concerns, and ask them to send you their Catholic credentials and

how

CNS

My

will be

Anonymous groups like what we call the Serenity Prayer. But none of us know where it came from. Someone said it was written by St. Francis, but no one knew for sure. (Ohio) Q.

Alcoholics

A. The Serenity Prayer is one of those invocations that could probably be traced to many sources

through the centuries. As we have it today, however, it seems to have been authored by the renowned Protestant theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, who died in 1971.

and

Bill

two

his

best friends

went

to the

store to purchase eight-track tapes that were

on

sale.

After

rummaging through

the limited

had found only a few they wanted to buy. However, the check-out line extended all the way to the rear of the store. Bill's buddies immediately decided to take their tapes without paying for them. Bill, known to be an upstanding person among his selection of tapes, they

peers, refused to follow suit. His friends chided

him

for being a "chump" as they slipped their tapes into their pants and walked out the door.

As he waited

long check-out line his weaken. He began to rationalize that his purchase wasn't worth waiting in the long line for. But it wouldn't be worth his valuable time to leave without what he came for. Eating at him also were his friends' berating him as a chump. He imagined them gloating over their "free" tapes. Either he would go without or he would pay the premium of waiting in the very long line plus the price of the tape.

In that moment of weakness, Bill gave in to the pressure. Like his friends, he slipped the tape into his pants and headed toward the door. As he exited the door, a security guard stopped him, reached into his pants and rein the

moral resolve began

The

In 1934, about the time Alcoholics

was founded, he wrote is

the familiar Serenity Prayer.

however,

is

Anonymous

a prayer, the first part of which

to

The whole

prayer,

such a source of wisdom and hope

it

is

worth repeating: "God, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference, living one day at a time, accepting hardship as the pathway to peace.

"Let me take, as he [Jesus] did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting he will make all things right

"May

if

I

store security, after questioning Bill

surrender to his

will.

be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with him forever in the next."

I

the most difficult thing for Bill to do. He felt such shame that he didn't want to face his

mother.

Upon her arrival, she saw how broken her son was. She saw his embarrassment and took pity on him. Without words spoken she embraced him and said, "Let's go home." Never a word was spoken about the incident. His mother had released him and freed him to live up to the moral ideals she knew her son had in his heart.

Knowing he was forgiven filled him with such gratitude that he vowed never again to do anything that would bring shame to himself and

the concerns you mention, any legiti-

mate charitable or missionary organization happy to answer your questions.

his story.

and determining that he was not the typical offender but one who had made an uncharacteristically bad choice, agreed to release him to his parents. Making the call to his mother was

Columnist

contributions are distributed.

Aware of

with us a story of redempfrom his teen years. In 1970 at the age of 18, he was arrested for shoplifting at a discount store. The circumstances that led to his arrest and the responses of the arresting officers and his mother are particularly crucial to tion

trieved the stolen tape.

know where

your financial assistance" is going.

Obviously, it is impossible for me to give you background on every deserving or undeserving association that you hear from. But two avenues, at least, are open for you.

First, the chancery office of your diocese will be able to inform you if a particular group is an official Catholic organization and in general what their purpose or mission is. Even better is to contact the chancery of the diocese in which the group is actually

The extent of God's forgiveness

A reader shared

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

that advertises itself as Catholic (or other religious or charitable group)

Guest Columnists

officers killed at the

and not a little bit surprising," he noted, "to see the American flag pin on lapels of people who might not have expressed such a public witness to our love of country before." And he's right. We woke up on September 12th to the reality that we have much to be grateful for, living in this free land.

And when a people are blessed for many years, it sometimes becomes easy to take the blessings for granted.

People seem less inclined to do that now.

We've always been grateful that some people give Center.

Q. I have been sending donations to an organization in Mississippi for a long time, thinking it is a Roman let

or the

People seem genuinely changed by the happenings of September 1 1th. Governor George Pataki of New York mentioned some of those changes at a dinner held recently

Determining a Charitable Organization's Legitimacy

Catholic group. Could you please

One way

conversation with Christian was not unique.

in support

TERRI

LYKE

might or might not mean a

complete career change. Instead, he could commit some of his

ANDREW &

a direct difference for the good."

Christian's final decision

set,

engaged to be married to a lovely woman named Kim. So what, I wondered, was our talk to be about?

Christian came in looking subdued and serious. "Fatiier Jim, you know that I always wanted to go into the world of finance. I've been blessed, I got my first job right out of grad school and I really want for nothing moneywise." As he spoke, I could sense his life plan was falling short.

"September 11th really wiped me out," he said, recounting the

Christian didn't

his family.

Today,

Bill

is

a

husband and

father

who remembers

available by sending a self-addressed envelope to Father

the compassion of a forgiving mother as a sign of God's compassion and a remnant of Jesus' redeeming action

John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.

on the

cross.

(A free brochure on ecumenism, including questions on intercommunion and other ways of sharing worship, is

(Questions

may

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same

Questions for Reflection * When have you experienced forgiveness

from someone? *

How

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Do you

it shape your life? recognize traces of God's compassion in that forgiving?

did

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way

11,

2002

Youths find hope, friendship and

Youth Conference ended

tional Catholic

much

Na-

January

the News

began.

it

After three days of taking part in what organizers said was the largest Catholic

stronger faith at national conference

youth conference in U.S. history, teen-agers were still clapping Dec. 9 for Jesus, shouting "Amen" and getting to know one another by celebrating their Catholic identity in Indianapolis.

The

26th biennial conference spon-

sored by the National Federation of Catho-

Youth Ministry drew almost 24,000

lic

teen-agers and adult chaperons Dec. 6-9,

2001, to Indianapolis to hear about voca-

and how,

tions

as the

young

church, they

can be an example of hope.

The

by the Arch-

conference, hosted

RCA Dome

diocese of Indianapolis at the

and Indiana Convention Center, also brought 48 bishops from across the nation to celebrate the Catholic faith with the

youths and 1,500 volunteers, staff and exhibitors. The theme of the conference was

"Hope

at the Crossroads.

Courtesy Photos

'This year, there were twice as

many

bishops as before," said Paul Kotlowski, director of youth ministry for the Diocese of

one of the gatherings,

Charlotte. "At every

the bishops have a youth congress, and this year,

it

invite

was on

youth

We

vocations.

who were

wanted

Pictured above left, clockwise from left, Timothy Henry from St. Pius X Church in Greensboro, Michael Smith St. Barnabas Church in Arden and Jessie Mesa from the Diocese of Raleigh strike a fun pose at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 9, 2001. Pictured above right, Emily Dillard from Our Lady of Mercy Church in Winston-Salem hugs Tony Powers from the Diocese of Raleigh.

from

to

actually consider-

self It

Paul McNulty,

17,

from

Church

in Huntersville, N.C.,

Smith,

18,

from

Mark

St.

and Mchael

Barnabas Church

St.

in

Arden, N.C., both participated in the congress with around 300 other teens from

around the country. McNulty is considering a vocation in the priesthood, while Smith is interested in

working

in

youth ministry.

McNulty said that the bishops spoke about discernment and vocations and spent time answering questions.

"1 thought it was great to be able to learn more about my calling and meeting other people with the same type of calling to the clergy or to the sisterhood," said

McNulty, who has been aware of his calling since childhood but has recently begun praying about in which direction he wants his

life

to go.

accept God's

"I

am

will,

praying to be able to

whatever

it

may

be."

'This (conference) has been a true, true

Marlene Stammerman, asdirector of youth ministry for the

blessing," said

sociate

archdiocese.

"To

see this

many young

people surface and share their talents,

I

stand in awe."

McNulty

many

was a rewarding

added, "It

was

cool to see so

people from different places with

some of the same goals and

ideals as

my-

drew about 22,000 teen-agers and

adults

when held in St. Louis.

The increase in participants this year was attributed to more scholarship money for teen-agers to help pay their way to the conference and an increase in the number of youth ministers across the nation.

'Paid youth ministers across the country are increasing rapidly," said Paul Raspa, director of development and marketing for the conference. 'The

more youth

ministers the

more youth

that are getting

invited."

At the conference, teen-agers heard Miss America 2001, Angela Perez

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and I try to do what is best My faith makes me who I am and gives me the confidence and freedom that I have in public. It gives me this cocky flair that God is going to watch after me, that I have nothing to fear. With him, we can do

about her Catholic

anything together."

busy with workshops, keynote speeches and Christian concerts, the event also helped teen-agers get in touch with the

MTV "Real World" celebMatt Smith share how living their

faith

had to be

their top priority despite

commitments.

Smith spoke to a group of diocesan teens at St Mark Church in Huntersville, N.C., in February 2001. He is a cradle Catholic from Hiawassee, Ga., near the southern North Carolina border, who has ties to the Diocese of Charlotte through his confirmation by Bishop William G. Curlin at Immaculate Heart of Mary in their high-profile

Hayesville in 1995.

He

told the Carolina

group that he wanted people to

realize that

just a normal person

is

The largest groups of youths came from the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the Diocese of Rochester, NY., and the Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph, Mo. Those who attended said the conference reinforced their faith and helped show them they are not alone

when

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to be a big factor throughout the

coming away with

a better un-

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derstanding of

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see

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in

(the faith) the

faith.

these Catholic teen-agers to-

"They are interested in same as me and I can look to

that for support."

While the young people were kept

sacraments of the church.

Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis urged teen-agers to take ad-

vantage of the sacrament of reconciliation and to "spend some time as you open your hearts and

minds before Jesus

in

the

Blessed Sacrament."

The

archbishop also told the youths

that they

were the next leaders of the

church.

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asked them to look around at the

massive crowd and think about

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Two years ago, the national conference

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"

January

11,

2002

of the Immaculate Conception, held spe-

cial liturgies for

feast.

each region to celebrate the

her father in the

lost

attacks but

done with

skits

Mother was

and songs.

Germany and

Mother at St John the Evangelist downtown Indianapolis. Teen-

Church

in

agers also had opportunities to

make rosaries

who gave the homily at the closing Mass Dec. 9. 'When you go home tell the people about God and the living Christ."

in

where they faced the

Maureen

Hurrle,

Kotlowski

who

nity for our

chairs the In-

teen-ager spoke about

how

she

is

young people

to share faith

horted her peers to use the conference as

country. Being able to take youth where

"an example of peace to the world."

they can see 24,000 Catholics excited about their faith

and challenges, youths were asked to remember one thing when they returned home.

"You are a life

Lord

the

tions

is

and

Philippines

Catholics split over

an opportu-

with their peers throughout the entire

Regardless of the struggles, tempta-

While the conference did not dwell on the events of Sept 1 1, speakers and participants said the conference theme, 'Hope at the Crossroads," was needed more than ever before

'This

said,

dianapolis archdiocesan youth council, ex-

for soldiers overseas.

One

Italy

Matthew H. Clark of Roches-

said Bishop ter,

of war each day.

reality

A living rosary also was held to celebrate the Blessed

World Trade Center

decided to come.

Others came from military bases

Before the Mass, a brief catechetical

explanation about the Blessed

still

The Catholic News & Herald 15

the News

In feast

.

who

in love

incomparable. This

is

are

McDonald's

Staff Writer Alesha

of the church today and tomorrow,"

M.

Price con-

NEWS SERVICE

By CATHOLIC

with

BALAYAN,

Philippines

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

(CNS)

Philippine Catholics are split over the con-

McDonald's restaurant on

struction of a

beautiful gift of God for the

on

church grounds

the type

of event that leaves a lasting impression."

built

the grounds of a historic church.

Immaculate Conception Cathedral

tributed to this story

in

Balayan, 45 miles southwest of Manila,

has leased 480 square yards of its property to

Sponsor a Child Mission.

at a Catholic

Your opportunity

UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

The priest said that the $1,400 monthly income from the lease would help support an archdiocesan center for elderly

poor child is much Christian Foundation for

to help a very

And

too important to miss.

Children and Aging (CFCA), an international Catholic sponsorship program, can show you the affordable way.

For $20 a month, just 66 cents a day, you can help

As a

to school.

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change a

literally

is

December would be

in

two-story restaurant to continue.

The Department

of Environment and

Natural Resources prohibited work on the

which had begun

in

November

after a rival food chain questioned the lack

The

municipal government later

ruled that clearance

He

that over

sent directly to your

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catechesis.

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Mandanas

knowing CFCA

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life!

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Father Mandanas said a government

tion.

needs.)

programs are run by Catholic missionaries deeply committed to the poor.

sick priests

of an environmental clearance for construc-

medical care, and the chance to go

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and

structure,

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about your child's family and country,

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is

is

required only after

completed,

Father

said.

called the 10-year contract with

McDonald's "a stroke of blessing" and said half of the rent would go to Lipa Archdiocese's center for retired and sick clergy, whose families cannot afford longterm medical and professional care.

The other half will be used to buy materials and pay salaries for a proposed Sunday school program for public school students, Father

Mandanas

Municipal councilor said that

said.

Anna Arroyo,

46,

though she understood the

church's reasons, elderly parishioners "will

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brightiy colored red-and-yellow

McDonald's building clashes with the

site in

Maria lives in a village in Guatemala in a two-room house with a tin roof and dirt floors. Her father

this."

The

Spanish colonial architecture of the church,

Little

day

not like

cited critics of the deal,

However, she added, many

Archbishop James P. Keleher, Kansas City, Kansas - sponsors Jose Munos of Honduras.

project

now

"because

Any

Teenager

Girl

in

most need

Enclosed

is

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annually $240

my first contribution of $

She predicted that teen-agers would at the McDonald's, making it "really noisy," even during Mass.

Cleotilde Dugay, a candle vendor who sells near the church gate, said her 19year-old son studying in a nearby public high school hopes to work part-time at the McDonald's.

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church leaders

hang out

(Make check payable to CFCA.) I'd

16, said

plans. _

quarterly $60

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monthly S20

some 200 feet from the would not block the view of

built

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the church. (please print}

Q Boy

it's

Father Mandanas said the restaurant

Name

help one child:

parishio-

ners said nothing can be done about the

cathedral and

I'll

said

the back of the property.

child,

would be

Yes,

who

the restaurant should have been built at

I

Kansas

In a letter to the editor of a local daily

Box 805105

City,

newspaper, McDonald's Philippines Executive Vice President Kenneth Yang

MO 64180-5105

or call toll-free 1-800-875-6564

wrote that

www.cfcausa .org financial report available

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his

company

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working with

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government of Balayan to ensure that there is no encroachment on historic grounds."

16 The Catholic News & Herald

January

Living the faith

Difficult life By

ALESHA

molds deacon

M. PRICE

Staff Writer

NORTH WILKESBORO

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rev.

Mr. Harold Markle has seen angels in his lifetime. They were not the heavenly bodies often depicted in the media but were earthbound people who helped to shape his life.

Teachers, neighbors, friends and relatives had a positive influence in his otherwise rough childhood.

"I had three teachers who were really surrogate mothers to me. All three of them were Catholic, and I knew that I would be Catholic even though Catholicism wasn't something that was all

family

and Markle was This move was a desperately needed light in his life.

The teen, who had no scholastic focus and had been seriously thinking of quitting school to work full-time, began to blossom into a man spiritually and emotionally.

He paid for room and board per his uncle's request, and the ideal that there are going to help

"At

II,

in

life

this point,

I

was

instilled in his

and be-

that kid

left

said.

was very

that abused kid behind.

anti-Catholic."

It

Abandoned by

(my

life)

was a very

positive thing because

his

me

it

become

parents after their di-

helped

vorce at age four, he

who

an abusive grandfather and uncle

His aunt strongly encouraged him to finish high school and to attend any church regularly. He

lived with

aloof grandmother. His grandmother would send him to church and Sunday school with a

and

dime. his

nickel for the offertory.

I went through several and hated going to Sunday school," explained Rev. Mr. Markle.

To escape the abuse, he demanded that he live with his father and stepmother.

The experience was mired with alcoholism, but his step-grandmother, a devout Catho-

12,

different faiths

was

He was

Sixteen-year-old Markle later began

"We have to forgive. We can't be down as victims, and we have to

weekends.

weighed

move on. I forgave my we became friends."

from the local 1

He and

1951.

The

life

faith life

He and

looking at the possibility of being drafted

engaged within

own

con-

it

to their

young

With

layoffs,

Even

944.

company in the late 1980s. and heavy commuting with RJ Reynolds in Winston-Salem and a home health agency in Chapel Hill, NC, consumed his next few years. His outlets were his family,

Work

war, Rev. Mr. Markle

eastern turn

a large family co-op of dairy farmers in Louisville,

Ky.

Army and

work

began working part-time

nonpoor and homeless. Prison, hospice, gay and lesbian and AIDS ministry have been his focus since retirement, and he and his wife, who celebrated 50 years of marriage in April 2001, have surrounded their lives with their nine grandchildren and ministerial work.

made an

life

when he accepted a position with

NC,

and flew back and forth

between the two

locations. Reluctance to

move did not prevent the Markle family from packing up and relocating to the small,

mountain town

Knox,

Ky.,

he

"After a while,

in 1970.

USO function with other attended

Mass and went

meeting and were

six weeks. "It

was love

at

was 65 percent Catholic to North Carolina that seated

a church in

"God has been

said.

and we

60,

have had

my

a

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Fri.,

will be the first day of Open Registration for pre-K through 8th grade for the 2002-2003 school year.

my

and participate

the vision

1/25, 7

life

Ralph Martin,

am -

ofPope John Paul II

"

Praise

questions and answers

and Worship with Hearts ofFire,

then "Obstacles to Growth"

national leader in the charismatic renewal

11:30

am to 12:30 pm - Lunch break

movement ofthe

12:30

pm - Praise and Worship with Hearts ofFire, then

Catholic Church

a degree

"New Evangelization from the University of Notre

"

Dame and

a master's in

Theology from Sacred

Heart School of Theology in Detroit, Ralph Martin has worked for years in the Cursillo in

the development of the charismatic renewal

movement.

Steubenviile,

was the

is

currently a visiting professor at Franciscan University in

Ave Maria College, and Sacred Heart School of Theology. In addition he has

Everyone interested is invited to visit.

Registration is not required.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church 128 Fulton

St., Salisbury,

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John Putnam, Pastor / Fr. Joseph Dinh, Associate Pastor For info, call 704-633-0591 or evenings, 704-639-9837

Fr.

For information, please call Veronica Berreen, Principal at (828) 252-7896

He

founding editor of New Covenant Magazine, founding director of the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Office, and

(

as

has been with

in...

authored several books.

Dr.

life

pm - Praise and Worship with Hearts ofFire,

Sat., 1/26, 10

Movement and

This

8 years of an interesting

Being a Catholic in the new millennium

With

Volunteers will give tours, answer questions, assist with registration

he and I

life,"

to me,

"Launch into the Deep"

ASHEVILLE CATHOLIC SCHOOL Wednesday, January 30 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the school, Beaverdam Road, just behind Ingles

good

God's help."

then "Call to Holiness,

OPEN HOUSE

1

so

permanent deacon. Everything that

has happened in

All are invited to come

of

an

permanent

(the

it

diaconate) becomes a part of your

motherin-law," joked Rev. Mr. Markle. "At that time, North Carolina was two percent brought 10 people, including

for a

profit organization serving the

He was later sent to a plant in North

Wilkesboro,

faith.

Markle's

I

my

whole world dropped out, but I realized that the world doesn't come to an end unless you allow it" Rev. Mr. Markle decided to take early retirement when he was 62 and

plant closings and a gen-

Meet the World

to

1983. His

support system after he was laid off from 15

of the company structure lurking

ashevtlle

you

in

years with his

family.

fondly thinks of those

Where Faith and Knowledge

invite

into the first class

brother deacons and their wives became his

their seven children in Louisville, Ky.

in the distance,

to breakfast for their first

Faculty, Staff and Parents

role.

Markle was accepted

continued at a steady

embroiled in the throes of

new

at a

They

wife said she

way

but would She taught faith

the

of deacons and was ordained

his wife busied themselves

eral decline

stationed at Fort

met Virginia

all

explained.

dream of working in education. He became a bookkeeper, attended accounting classes at night and earned an associate's degree in accounting. Sealtest Foods hired him as an accountant, and he worked his way up to senior accountant.

Although his professional plans * had pace.

me

more excited and

My

but didn't want a place in the spotlight," he

superceded

his

changed, his

of

formation and helped in various ministries

Virginia married in

of family

start

read, the

became.

I

not be in a large

"Imagine moving from Louisville that

Catholics.

School

interested

would support

though the country was

drafted into the

and uncle in Western Pennsylvania. His uncle was

Catholic

'The more I

grandfather, and

Planning to teach English and history, he graduated in 1950 with a degree in education.

first class

the permanent diaconate.

thought that

of service.

While

living with his paternal aunt

the lectern reading a brochure to the con-

gregation about the diocese's

the

the church and his ministry. "At that time,

became a sergeant before the age of 19. "It (being in the Army) gave me a confidence I never had before," he said of his 18 months

his protective guardian.

home on

and settled into the coastal state. One Sunday, Markle was standing at

typical

caretakers to hinder a reconciliation, so he

returned to his grandparents'

couple became involved in their

parish home, St John Baptist de la

Salle,

not allow his past relationship with his

into place."

Their church was the center of their world as they delved into their faith and introduced

to his

times because of his success in school and dedication to his

new

my sweetheart." He did

versity to "be near

fell

The

with parish and schoolwork and raising

version in

Markle

thing

Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania and transferred to Western Kentucky Uni-

become Catholic Instruction

Rev. Mr. Harold

Catholic, but the kids adjusted well. Every-

said.

After being discharged, he attended

expressed his desire to

priest led to his

Markle would strike a weekly deal using a nickel to buy ice cream and using the other

lic,

to

am."

aunt, a Catholic convert

Unbeknownst to grandmother,

"By age

I

he

first sight,"

in the household.

no free rides young mind.

2002

husband, father, ordained minister

into

came a whole new personality," he remembered. "I feel somewhat detached from that kid and feel sorry for him. I. left the baggage of

mentioned," he

"My

War

during World

11,

Babysitting by reservation

)