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Vietnam

ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer

GREENSBORO

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night while staying with extended family in Saigon. They nervously opened the door to 10 policemen who harassed the women about their trip to their homeland of Vietnam and wanted them to provide details of their activities for the past week.

They also wanted the women to accompany them to their office late that

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night, but the sisters refused. Afraid of what might happen with the U.S. Embassy closed for Thanksgiving, they agreed to release their visas to the officials and to come to the office in the morning.

The next morning, for three hours, the women repeated their itinerary to the already-informed police.

The Ngo sisters; representing their

organization, the

Father Anselm Biggs, OSB,

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ligious

Committee

Freedom

in

for

Re-

Vietnam

(CRFV); had traveled to Vietnam along with an official U.S. delegation, led by President Clinton in

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Diocese welcomes new Justice

the Diocese of Charlotte

Minhthu Ngo Lynagh and her older sister Hien Thi Ngo heard the knocks during the

CCHD unveils media

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take mission trip to

close of Jubilee

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the U.S. representatives worked mostly on the political and economic relationship between the two countries, the Ngo sisters focused on religious issues in the country.

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mid-November. It was the first trip by an American president to the country in more than 20 years after the Vietnam War ended and the country fell to Communism. While

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Photo by Doris Abbananto

Finishing touches Holy Redeemer Church in Andrews recently joined two local crafters in producing three stained glass windows. Here, Alberta Blazina and Bob Boelk put the finishing touches to the baptismal window. The project was completed under the guidance of Father George Mathis, a retired Glenmary priest, who was invited by Glenmary Father Bob Bond, pastor.

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JOHN THAVIS News Service (CNS)

VATICAN CITY

— Pope

II pulled shut the Holy Door and formally ended the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, giving

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thanks for a year of extraordinary grace and unveiling his vision of the church's path in the third millenI

am

the light of the world.

me

will

darkness, but

will

Whoever follows walk

in

the light of

not

nium.

The pope tual gifts will

life.

-John 8: 12

have

said the jubilee's spiri-

have a lasting impact

they revitalize daily faith in action and spur the church's missionary outreach.

He issued a lengthy new document outlining how the main themes charity, penitence of the Holy Year

only

if

—

— could be developed

in

the coming

years and decades.

"Today

this extraordinary year

officially closes,

but the spiritual gifts

poured out during the year remain," the pope said Jan. 6 after swinging shut the ceremonial bronze door of St.

joined the pope for a closing Mass in St. Peter's Square. The day began with light rain, but by the end of the two-hour liturgy the sun was breaking through and lit up the face of a visibly pleased pontiff.

The pope came

who

Peter's Basilica.

"While today we close the Holy Door, a symbol of Christ, the heart of Jesus remains more open than ever.

He continues to say to a humanity in need of hope and meaning: 'Come to me, all who labor and are heavily laden, and I will give you rest,'" he

to

Rome

said the millions

who

during the jubilee and

participated in local

Holy Year

celebrations around the world eloquently demonstrated the universality of the Gospel. They offered "a vivid image of the journey of the world's peoples toward Christ," he said in a sermon.

said.

An

estimated

100,000 faithful

See JUBILEE, page 7

8

2

January 12, 2001

The Catholic News & Herald

The World in Brief on the part of the community to provide the necessary support

Thousands welcome new Washington archbishop at

Mass

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

when

—

reasons

WASHINGTON

bishop Theodore E. McCarrick was warmly welcomed by thou-

many

bishop as he processed down the shrine's center aisle at both the beginning and the end of the Mass. And the 70-year-old archbishop responded in kind, as he took his time personally greeting about 30 people representing dif-

—

age 75 a bishop "is requested to present his resignation" to the pope. The pope may refuse it or delay accepting it, and Pope John Paul II often keeps bishops active beyond their 75th birthday.

Parish breathes sigh of

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no new stadium as a neighbor PHILADELPHIA (CNS)

Attack at St. Lucia

at

controversy The fine line (CNS) between churches and museums in Italy is beginning to erode. Some of the country's most famous

relief:

Lucia's Cathedral of

—

Bystanders look over a pool of blood outside St. the Immaculate Conception, where attackers killed a nun and set worshippers and a priest on fire Dec. 31. Police were holding two men an early in connection with the attack that was carried out during nation. island Caribbean the in Mass morning

Philadelphia's billion dollar question has been answered and resi-

dents of Chinatown

asked demonstra-

erlands has rekindled the debate

churches, including Venice's Basilica of San Marco, already charge entrance fees for the hordes of art-hungry tourists. Florence city officials announced in early January that the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella also would begin

tors to leave the grounds and po-

over "mercy killing" in Canada, with the president of the Catholic Health Association of Canada decrying assisted suicide. "The in-

charging visitors. In Rome, some entrepreneurs also want to begin the practice. But the Rome Diocese filed an appeal with the regional court just before Christmas, ask-

based in Thailand. Under the law, a person can be arrested and prosecuted for carrying out any activ-

ing that a state decision to turn over the management of three churches to private companies be blocked.

They

Activists continue protest at

church

officials

keep them out. The activists began their protest fast Dec. 28, demanding that President Kim Dae-jung abolish the National Security Law, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency

lice to

ity

"praising" or "benefiting" the

"enemy," meaning North Korea. also are calling for an anticorruption law and for immediate enactment of a law establishing an

national

independent

human

rights commission.

South Korean cathedral

Legalization of euthanasia in

SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) Human rights activists continued their protest at Myongdong

Netherlands renews debate

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Cathedral

I

in

Seoul even after

The

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Most Reverend William G. S. Keane

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Richard Haughian, the health association's president. "It is an admission that continued living no longer has meaning, that living through suffering has no meaning, and that our resources of human

have love and compassion become ineffective." In an essay sent to Canadian Catholic News following the publication of an article in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper Jan. 2 supporting the Dutch law, Haughian called assisted suicide an act of despair and

an admission of failure

28237.

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10:30 a.m.

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The annual

being held at Providence Church, 3016 Gabriel St. Rd., this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. For further information, call (704) 364-

CHARLOTTE

—

community opposition, Mayor John Street moved a proposed site for a new baseball park the South Philadelphia sports complex. "We are really delighted the stadium won't be in our neighborhood," said Capuchin Father Thomas Betz, who administers Holy Redeemer, the Chinese chapel and school that serves as a to

hub for the community. "It would have been impossible to have ordinary church and school activity when there was a game," he said.

is

WINSTON-SALEM

in

the

1 8. For more informaSuzanne Stevens at (336) 723-

tonight or on Jan. tion, call

16 GREENSBORO Program

lowed by a school of leaders on the following dates: St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., from 7-8

Church, 2205

p.m. tonight for adults only with shared

ing "Confession:

Mass Holy Trinity Middle School, Charlotte January 31

-

9:45 a.m.

Mass Charlotte Catholic High School, Charlotte

Thomas Aquinas Church,

1400 Suther Rd., from 1-2:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 with childcare and a family potluck and St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., from 1:30-3:00 p.m. on Jan. 28 with childcare and a family potluck. For more information, call Dan Hines at (704) 544-6665 or Aliceann

Coon

at (704)

540-8696.

Secular

be a Secular Franciscan, all are welcome to attend informational meetings from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, corner of Cherry and 3rd Sts.,

8481.

Churches

— The

Franciscan Fraternity of St. Claire will begin formation classes in Feb. 2001. If interested in exploring what it means to

Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School, Winston-Salem

snacks; St.

—

versal

Mass

a.m.

and the

other for professional baseball and they won't be in the back yard of the area's social hub at Holy Redeemer. Bowing to almost uni-

cation

30-10

—

—

Charlotte area are hosting ultreyas fol-

January

particu-

for professional football

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planner

January 14 CHARLOTTE Mass for the unborn

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larly at Holy Redeemer Chapel are pleased with the answer.

Within a few years, Philadelphia one will have two new stadiums

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OTTAWA (CNS) — The legal-

Episcopal, & H E R A

at or

2001 because they are

at

ferent faiths, ethnic backgrounds

ROME

As

beyond the usual retirement age of 75. Most prominent among them J. Anthony Cardinal are Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, who turned 77 last June, and Cardinal William W. Baum, the Vatican's major penitentiary, who turns 75 next November. Church law says

Immaculate Conception in Washington Jan. 4. Those in attendance, including thousands of parishioners from the Washington Archdiocese and local and national dignitaries, applauded the new arch-

for tourists raise

—

(CNS)

as 17 U.S. bishops could re-

tire in

sands of people who filled the Basilica of the National Shrine of the

Italian church entrance fees

most needed."

U.S. bishops could retire this year for age

During his first Mass as the archbishop of Washington, Arch-

and archdiocesan organizations the beginning of Mass.

it is

Up to 17

at

—

The Adult EduOur Lady of Grace

W. Market St., continues 7:30-9 p.m. in the activity from tonight center. Father Eric

Kowalski

The Right

is

present-

Rite for the

Soul," a session about the sacraments of

reconciliation

For further

and anointing

of the

details, call (336)

17 GREENSBORO

sick.

274-0415.

— The Greens-

boro Council of Catholic Women is meeting at 9:30 a.m. in Rooms F and G at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd., to discuss and plan a service project at the Servant Center, a

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Around the Diocese

Study: Immigrants account for majority of U.S. population growth

By PATRICIA

ZAPOR

nation's poverty rate up at a time

News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) Half of the U.S. population growth in the 1990s was attributable to people who immigrated during that decade and their U.S-born Catholic

—

,

new report Immigration

children, according to a

by the Center for Studies.

The

report, released Jan. 4, said

immigration

currently the major factor in U.S. population growth.

Between 1990 and 2000, 11.2 million immigrants arrived, making a total of 28.4 million immigrants now in the country, or about 10.4 percent of the U.S. population. The report, based on the Census Bureau's monthly current population surveys, snowed that children born in the United States to immigrants who arrived in the 1990s accounted for another 6.4 million people.

They are a part of the largest total number of immigrants living is

country in history, although immigrants accounted for a higher percentage of the population earlier in the century. From 1900 through the 1930s, immigrants accounted for between 11.6 percent and 14.7 percent of the population.

From 1940 through the 1980s, immigrants were between 4.7 percent and 8.8 percent of the population.

Steven Camarota, research director for the center, said the impact of immigration on the nation's schools, social services and poverty rates is often underestimated. The in this

increase in the number of children in schools, sometimes attributed to an "echo" of the Baby Boom, should more appropriately be connected to

immigration, he said.

Urban Institute labor and so-

when

it

creased more significantly.

Anselm began his teaching career in 1934, when the Abbey was still a junior

income countries,

college and prepara-

their status is still defined as poverty," Lerman explained. He said including immigrants in statistics of nationwide poverty rates without taking into account the impoverished situations from which they came is unreliable. He said the link

tantamount to comparing economic statistics from Germany in 1988 and 1998 without noting is

that,

in

that his calculations of poverty and use of welfare services by immi-

grants had not been broken down to assess the impact of 1996 law changes. The changes in 1996 set a higher income standard for immigrants' sponsors and cut off legal immigrants from several types of welfare assistance.

The study showed that 12.5 percent of immigrants who arrived in the 1990s received some sort of tax-funded poverty assistance such as food stamps or Medicaid for their households. Immigrants who arrived in earlier decades were more likely to use those programs, for an aggregate figure of 19.7 percent of all immigrant households.

By comparison, 13.3 percent of households of native-born Americans received some kind of assis-

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CHARLOTTE

—

St.

Law

at

Matthew

8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., is hostlg a session about the impact and psylological implications of divorce on lildren tonight from 7-9 p.m. in Room 102 in the parish center. Jeanne lurch,

the intervening years, a

now-unified Germany absorbed the entire low-income population of what used to be East Germany.

Camarota also acknowledged

for homeless and disabled men. on Jan. 24, the group is having a )tluck luncheon and informational sesion with entertainment by the High 5 oint Senior Chorus at noon at St. Paul lso,

raise their in-

come dramatically and yet

tance.

acility

seminar

is

tonight through

being ottered starting

March

5 from -7-9 p.m.

Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy. Each session includes prayer, presentations, small group sharing and refreshments. Advanced registration is requested but not required. Contact Janet Garbison at (704) 341-1194 for at St.

more

details.

24 ASHEVILLE

— The

Business

by

potluck, and for further details, call Lisa

mation,

rishioner,

is

St.

Gabriel Church pa-

leading the discussion. All

call

CSS

at (828) 255-0146.

Kelley at (704) 543-7677, Ext. 44.

CHARLOTTE — All families who have

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suffered a loss are invited to attend the

—A

"Life in the

move

college's

to

senior college status in the early 1950s.

Abbot

Placid

Solari, O.S.B., said

his colleague

of

and

Anselm's name some years ago. Memorials

brother monk: "After a long productive

and

welcome at Belmont Abbey

are

life,

Father Anselm has to join our

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gone

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we

NC

will

miss his gentle smile

and kind laughter

among us, we rejoice him and know is

in

interesting to

birthday.

in a better place."

The arrangements

Father Anselm was born James Gordon Biggs on Jan. 11, 1914, in Pocahontas, Va. His scholarly bent was apparent early

is

note that Thursday would have been Father Anselm's 87th

for

that he

28012.

It

for Father

Anselm's funeral are as follows: His body was received in the Abbey

—

Wednesday evening, Jan. 10 Sung Vespers followed.

The Mass of Christian Burial was

Basilica

he finished high school only three years. He enrolled at

at 6:45 p.m.

Belmont Abbey College in 1931, then entered the monastery in 1933. He was

celebrated at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, with interment following in 1 1 the Abbey Cemetery.

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from friends suffering and Alzheimer's/ dementia on the fourth

National Gathering for African-American

Monday

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— An information

women, being held

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teer or for further information, call (704)

led

"Encyclopedia Americana," the "New Catholic Encyclopedia" and others.

At the College he served as academic dean, director of admissions, dean of students and chairman of the history department.

A scholarship fund for history students was established in Father

He was

7-8:30 p.m. at Asheville Catholic School,

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the Church from German. He also has contributed to "Encyclopedia Britannica,"

instrumental in the

from July 27-29,

are invited to attend this gathering and

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tory school.

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doctorate in 1949 from the Catholic University of America.

Specializing in medieval history, Father Anselm has translated works on

teaching after a record 64 years. Father

(336) 273-2554

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lurrone, Ph.D., licensed clinical child

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BELMONT Retired Belmont Abbey College history professor Father Anselm Biggs, O.S.B., a Benedictine monk of Belmont Abbey, died Jan. 9 at home in the monastery. He was 86.

In 1999, Father Anselm retired from

Camarota's study showed that immigrants have income below the poverty level, compared to 1 1 percent of nativeborn Americans.

"We take people from very low17 percent of all

policy director Robert Lerman disagreed with Camarota's conclusion that immigration has kept the

cial

otherwise would have de-

Belmont Abbey monk, Father Anselm Biggs, OSB., dies at age 86

is taking place today during the annual Martin Luther King Celebration at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Statesville Ave. To volun-

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Players/

Belmont Community Theatre's production of the Kander and Ebb musical revue "The World Goes 'Round," originally scheduled to take place from Jan. been postponed until March will be Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," 1

1-20, has

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Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Activities for the memory-impaired are also being provided with advanced notification. For more information about the support group or the Adult Day Respite Program for the memory-impaired, which meets every -Monday and Wednesday call Suzanne Bach at (704) 376-4135.

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January

Around the Diocese

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2,

2001

New justice and peace director brings international flavor to position By

The New

ALESHA M. PRICE

CHARLOTTE— Joe professional

Pureilo has countries in his including Jordan,

many

journeyed to

life;

Mexico and Sierra Leone; and his worldly visits have brought him to North Carolina to the Diocese of

"The pieces of puzzle seem to fit together now," said Purello, the new director of the Office of Justice and Peace. "Right from the beginning, I

He

said that the trip

was an "eye-opening experience because he saw even more widespread poverty than he witnessed in Mexico, and the living conditions

were very simple."

After earning his master's degrees in philosophy and ethics from Fordham University and in agricultural economics and marketing from Rutgers University, he began working as a social justice teacher at Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C, and also worked with the volunteer program. He co-founded the Appalachian Outreach Program, which sent groups of students to experience living and economic conditions in the small communities nestled in and around the Appalachian Mountains. "My opportunity was not only to teach but to engage

issues.

mom

sity,

and through

work, he has Jordan; Cote

this

Amman,

His next position, director of services and service learning in the Office of Campus Ministry and Community Service at

community

older.

She

Franks has been working in the position for about four months, and she and her husband Gary have been living in Char-

in

lotte for nearly three years.

Linda Franks has also joined the Office of Justice and Peace as the

Contact Staff Writer Alesha M. Price by calling (704) 370-3354 or e-mail amprice@charlottediocese.org.

assistant. The St. Luke Church parishioner saw the advertisement in her church bulletin and thought that it would be a good position for her to take. office

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"What attracted me to the position was that it is part time and that I will be working with the Catholic Campaign for Human

The Church

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and Kyle,

teaches us that we should be concerned about the welfare of others, and I strongly hold to the notion that faith and justice are inseparable.

I would like to use my experience as an educator to help promote Catholic social teaching and to share those teachings with others."

in his travel journal.

Leone, Africa.

is

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Charlotte to begin the next chapter

have been interested in community economic development."

Purello began his travels after he received his bachelor's degree in development economics and African studies from Georgetown University. He was a food aid relief worker for disadvantaged families with Los Ninos, a program in Tijuana, Mexico. "It was my first exposure to another nation's culture, and it was enriching. I was overwhelmed by the generosity and warmth of people who had so little."

He also went on his first trip abroad to perform research in Sierra

Franks, who previously worked as an information systems manager with Andersen Consulting, decided to become a stay-at-home

Jersey native said that looking forward to focusing his efforts in community development.

"This position seemed to tie into my work in international development, and it will give me the opportunity to more deeply investigate and analyze

he

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After being questioned about

with trade agreements with the United States.

Some of the Congress members asked CRFV representatives to accompany the delegation on the trip, but fearing for their safety, several of the members decided not to go, leaving Lynagh and her sister as the sole representatives. tries

their involvement in the country, which, the officials believed, con-

tradicted what their visas stated, the women were asked to leave

that same day, cutting their planned two-week trip short.

"If there is religious freedom in Vietnam, why would they worry about us talking to a few people?" wondered Lynagh.

The reason behind their treat-

ment

the heart of

at

is

women went

—

why

Vietnam

to

in

The

regime

—

began as it ended with questioning from the police about why they were in the country. "They £the police^] just wanted to let us know that they knew we were there [in Vietnam]," explained Lynagh. "A list of travelers coming to the country is sent to the government, and our names, of course, stuck out."

the the

place the conflict between religious freedom and the Socialist first

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Around the Diocese

Vietnam.

Lynagh, a parishioner at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro, volunteers for the CRFV, of which her sister is the chairperson.

The Washington D.C. -based, non-profit organization conducts research and sends reports about happenings in Vietnam to a government-appointed U.S. commission which also monitors religious in

trip

The women attended

several of

the gatherings and heard the president talk about advances in Vietnam and rebuilding a relationship with the country after the effects of the war.

practices in countries as part of the International Religious Freedom Act. This act was established as a part of an effort to monitor religious freedom practices in coun-

in

They also visited Hue, a city central Vietnam, where there

is

a

strong Catholic presence, Lynagh. "Even though they

said

are persecuted, their faith grown stronger; that is how

has

God

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They spoke

to

two priests

in

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From left to right, Hien Thi Ngo, Minhthu Ngo Lynagh, Father Peter Giai Nuu Nguyen and Sister Anna Nu Dao are pictured in Luong Xuan, Father Nguyen's parish, in Hue, a city in central Vietnam.

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and Father Nguyen, both

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Father Ly had spoken out against the government for preventing religious practices, while Father Giai had been one of the leaders of an underground seminary.

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spoke to

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a

a re-

ligion that is also governmentregulated, said Lynagh.

The country, mostly Buddhist, is six percent Catholic and one to

two percent other religions. The Ngo sisters were raised Catholic by their convert parents.

"It was difficult to get priests and other religious leaders to talk because they are afraid of the government," she said. "We want to work for religious freedom for all religions in Vietnam, not just Catholicism. People should have a choice of religions wherever they live."

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House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R111., told the pope the ceremony was an expression of "our gratitude to you on

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help refugees, displaced people Calling VATICAN CITY (CNS) refugees "among the poorest members of the human family," Pope John Paul II

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do not include people who Square without

in St. Peter's

appealed for fresh efforts to protect dis-

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placed people and promote their dignity.

pope's

Jan.

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prefecture, headed

refugees would continue to be a priority

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The letter, marking the 50th anniversary in mid-December, was signed Nov. 22 and released at the Vatican Jan. 3. The pope noted that he once referred to the plight of refugees in the world as "a shameful wound of our times," and that since then

UNHCR's

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by U.S. Bishop James

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2000 refer only to events at which Pope John Paul II was present and not to the number of Holy Year visitors to the

nizations.

attended papal events

for the

square, the Vatican press office said.

sioner for Refugees, the pope said care for for the Catholic

who came

following a morning papal

Commis-

served as U.N. High

photo from Reuters

Children try to keep themselves warm over burning refuse in a New Delhi slum Jan. 9. Cold weather that swept northern India in early January killed at least 68 people.

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Canada (CNS)

fiddling

Grammy award while playing a duet at her home with another accomplished maritime fiddler, Bishop J. Fabef

dignity and pro-

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Day after end of jubilee, pope baptizes 18 babies JOHN THAVIS

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the pope read a short sermon in a

News Service CITY (CNS)

Catholic

VATICAN

pausing once to find his place in the text. He sounded short of breath several times during the liturgy, which was closed to the press but broadcast on Vatican Radio.

As the babies' cries echoed against the frescoed walls of the chapel, the pope encouraged the parents and godparents to carry out the serious responsibility of educating the children in the faith, so they can tired voice,

— Less

than 24 hours after closing Holy Year 2000, Pope John Paul II was back at his busy regular ministry, baptizing 18 babies during a lengthy liturgy at the Vatican, greeting pilgrims from his apartment window and paying an annual visit to Rome garbage collectors.

The pope celebrated the baptism Mass in the Sistine Chapel Jan. 7, the day after he formally ended the jubilee and its demanding series of liturgies, meetings and pilgrimages.

Contrary to rumors that the

take their rightful part in the church.

"Christian baptism ... makes all the faithful co-responsible in the great mission of the church, each in a way that

proper to their

is

own

specific

The pope poured water over the heads of each of the babies as their parents brought them to the altar.

Sixteen were Italian, one from Portugal and one from France.

Speaking at the noon blessing the sae day, the pope thanked several thousand jubilee volunteers, whose distinctive bright blue vests spread out through St. Peter's Square. More than 7O~,000 volunteers worked throughout the jubilee year, guiding and helping pilgrims in various languages.

"As you return home, keep in your hearts these jubilee moments you have shared and bring your 'vol-

would bring papal retirement, the pope has given every indication that he intends to carry on

vocation," he said. in the

recognizing in every person a brother or sister to love and serve," the pope

despite his frailty and the effects of a

jubilee, a year in

said.

close of the jubilee

The

church was a key goal of the which "the vitality of the church was demonstrated before the eyes of all," he said.

"What this extraordinary event passes on to each Christian is the task of confirming the faith in the ordinary context of daily life," he said.

He has already number of important

neurological disease.

scheduled

a

revitalization of the lay role

speeches, audiences and foreign trips for 2001.

During the Mass, which marked the feast of the Baptism of the Lord,

unteer' attitude into

your daily

lives,

Noting that the United Nations had declared 2001 the International Year of the Volunteer, the pope expressed greetings to all those around the world who, without pay, give of their time and energy in various

forms of solidarity with the poor and needy.

"Volunteer work, in all its forms, is above all a question of the heart, a heart that knows how to open itself to the needs of others," he said.

Later in the day, the pope paid an

evening

visit to a city sanitation office

located just outside the Vatican walls, to admire an annual Nativity scene created by garbage collectors and street sweepers.

Addressing the personnel as "ecology workers," the pope said he realized the jubilee year had created an immense amount of work for them.

The Vatican said more than 8.5 million pilgrims attended papal events during the Holy Year.

The pope said he appreciated how much effort it took to clean St. Peter's Square before and after these events and said that from his apartment window he'd often watched them sweeping the square in the early hours of the morning. He thanked

them

for their "attentive diligence."

Jubilee Year, from pagei In the final days of the

Holy Year,

the pilgrim flow reached epic proportions

around the Vatican, with some hours to get

visitors waiting three

into the

Holy Door before

it

closed.

On

the final evening, the basilica's officials kept the door open until 3

a.m. to accommodate late-comers seeking the special jubilee indulgence associated with the door.

The pope ended the jubilee where in front of the Holy he began it Door. Dressed in gold vestments, the

—

80-year-old

pontiff entered the end of a

atrium of St. Peter's at the

long procession.

Looking frail but determined, supported by the arm by two aides, he went up three steps to the threshold of the door and knelt in private prayer.

Then, standing just outside the near-empty basilica, he swung the

Pilgrims pack St. Peter's Square to witness Pope John Paul II closing the Holy Door Jan. 6. Millions of people passed through the portal during the Holy Year that began Christmas Eve 1999.

two panels of the doors shut, one by one, and turned the handle to close it. The door was later bricked up and was not expected to be reopened until 2025, when the next Holy Year is scheduled.

During the Mass, the pope repeated what has become a favorite theme in recent weeks: Christ is the real "holy door" and the key to future success of the jubilee.

"We need to set out anew from Christ, with the zeal of Pentecost,

with renewed enthusiasm, to set out from him above all in a daily commitment to holiness," he said.

He said the jubilee program over which he presided, including more than 70 major liturgies, offered some spiritual lessons and moments of special grace. He said it became clear that the church does not "shine with her own light,

CNS

photo from Reuters

but reflects Christ," lighting the path for all people.

To

who may

non-Christians

not have understood the intent of the jubilee, the pope said there was

"no vain triumphalism" in the church's joyful duty to proclaim Christ.

"How cumb at

could

we

possibly suc-

to this temptation, precisely

the end of such an intensely

penitential year?" he said.

On

the contrary, he said, a jubilee theme was the church's own examination of conscience, which led it to seek "God's forgiveness for the infidelities of the church's children over these

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In addition to revisiting jubilee highlights, the document offered a last word in the Holy Year debate over several sensitive and controversial issues, including the tension between mission and dialogue.

Dialogue with other religions must continue, the pope said, but it cannot be "understood as negotiation." Nor should Christians fear that their joyful proclamation of the gift of Christ will "be considered an offense to the identity of others," he said.

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Focusing on "Poverty USA" as

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"December brings outpourings of good will and concern for the poor, but in January the nation returns to its routines and the poor are still poor," said Father Robert J. Vitillo, CCHD executive director, at a Jan. 9 press conference at the National Press Club in Washington.

"By focusing on poverty in January, we hope to remind Americans early each year that poverty is still very much a part of American life," he added.

CCHD, the national anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic bishops, funds self-help projects initiated and led by poor people themselves. The funds come from an annual collection in U.S. Catholic par-

"This pervasive problem in society warrants and deserves a community response," he added.

The campaign materials offered a number of suggestions for how individuals could help to alleviate poverty. They included:

Also released at the press conference was a nationwide "Poverty Pulse" survey, which found that poverty ranks low in the nation's consciousness, with only 3 percent

naming

it

among

general issues of

concern to society.

But when asked specifically if poverty is a concern, 87 percent said they were very concerned or somewhat concerned. In a separate survey of Americans whose incomes fall below the poverty line, 94 percent said they were very or somewhat concerned.

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—

Marty Haugen, a renowned liturgical musician, will CHARLOTTE play a concert and lead a workshop at St. Luke Catholic Church, 13700 Lawyers Rd., in Charlotte on Jan. 26 and 27.

Haugen, whose works include "Canticle of the Sun, "Eye Has Not Seen" and "Mass of Creation," is a liturgical composer, workshop presenter, performing and recording artist and author.

He will play a concert on Friday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, Jan. 27, Haugen will lead a workshop for musicians and other interested persons of all denominations.

The day opens at 9:15 a.m. with a gathering and opening prayer.

At 10, Haugen will begin the first session, "The Future Ministry of the Church."

A number of lunch options are available, including a simple soup luncheon provided by the parish for a donation to its Outreach Ministry.

Haugen's 1 p.m. session, "Gospel of Luke," will be followed by a musical showcase at 2:30 p.m.

Haugen has contributed to hymnals or supplements for many faith traditions and groups, including Lutherans, United Methodists and Catholics. He has recorded more than 29 works and more than 4oo separate printed editions available through CIA Publications.

He has also composed three communion settings for Lutheran Congregations.

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CHARLOTTE Later this month, hundreds of parishioners from across the Diocese of Charlotte will lace up their shoes to walk and pray for life.

A delegation from western North Carolina will join tens of thousands in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22 for the annual March for Life, one of the nation's largest and most visible statements This year's theme

is

"Mother-

hood, Fatherhood and Childhood at Fertilization."

"When we

human

define

life in

terms of whether or not we are wanted, we have forgotten that each person is wanted and planned for by God, the author of Life," said Maggi Nadol, diocesan Respect Life coordinator. "The

March for Life gives voice to so many unable to speak for themselves: the

tial-birth born."

unborn and with parabortion, the almost

The pilgrimage begins at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the

Conception,

Immaculate

where on Jan. 21 and early Jan. 22, Masses and prayer services highlight an all-night vigil preceding the march.

The vigil begins at 8 p.m. on Jan. 21 with a Mass. Cardinal William H. Keeler, archbishop of Baltimore and chair of the U.S. bishops' Pro-Life Committee, will will

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march, Charlotte Catholic High School has chartered two buses, while Belmont Abbey College has also arranged for bus transport.

Busloads of parishioners from the mountains will depart for the march from Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville and the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville. And a bus will depart from the Hickory area as

well.

The March

for Life

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porated in 1974 as a grassroots, action-oriented, pro-life organization.

An annual march in the nation's capital draws tens of thousands of people from around the country to protest the Jan. 22, 1973, U.S. Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion in the United States.

At press time, space was still available on the Hickory and the Immaculate Conception-St. Eugene buses.

F.

of Boston will preside at a

Mass, concelebrated by bishops and priests from around the nation.

At 10 a.m. on the day of the march, Bishop William G. Curlin will preside at a Mass for Carolina pilgrims in the basilica's Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

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Readings

Book Review

Larry McMurtry's latest book

Word to Life

deserves an encore

By JOSEPH R.

THOMAS

Catholic News Service Almost alone among the authors

who have

set their characters adrift

on the roisterous western landscape of century, Larry 19th the late McMurtry gives us strong-willed women who are a match, and more, for the heroic figures the period calls

So it is again in "Boone's Lick" (Simon & Schuster, $24), where in the first few paragraphs we are told, "It's best to walk small around Mary Marforth.

garet."

Mary Margaret

is

Mary Marga-

ret Cecil (nee Crackenthrope), wife of

Dick

wagsome of

Cecil, a not-very-sociable

oner. She

is

the mother of

Cecil's children, including four

who

survived and four who died as babies and are buried on the hill behind their cabin in Boone's Lick, Mo., a Missouri River town.

The assessment of Mary Margaret's temperament is given by Dick's brother and partSeth Cecil ner, known as Uncle Seth in the story, which is being told much later in life

by Sherman "Shay" Cecil, the oldest child who is on the verge of manhood as the story begins shortly after the end of the Civil War. Seth, a former Union sharpshooter and friend of Wild Bill Hickock, once courted Mary Margaret and is something of a character himself as well as the family father figure. In the opening sentence Shay reveals that Uncle Seth is "firmly convinced that bad things mostly happen on cloudy days" because "too much cloudy weather makes people restless and mean, females particularly."

Which is why, in offering his opinion that it's best to walk small around Mary Margaret he adds that you "need to walk a little smaller on cloudy days."

This particular day is a cloudy day; Dick Cecil hasn't been home in 14 months and the family has been

—

subsisting on

mush when

Shay Grant

Seth,

and Shay's brother G.T. (for Thaddeus) return home to find that Mary Margaret has shot the sheriff s horse, thinking, she says, that it was an elk. They learn too that Mary

Margaret plans

to close the place

down, take everyone with her, catch up with Dick wherever he may be and

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him if he's not willing to act as husband and father, she's leaving.

So it is that she packs up the family, including her father and two other children, and sets off by wagon and riverboat, eventually finding Dick hundreds of miles away in Wyoming, tell

hauling supplies to Fort Phil Kearny.

On one level, "Boone's Lick" is the story of that journey, the events leading up to it and those along the way, including hook-ups with an itinerant priest hoofing barefoot to Siberia, and Charlie Seven Days, an Indian who

owes his name to the scriptural account of creation. It is vintage McMurtry, rich in stories within the main story and in sparse, revealing dialogue as historic figures (Wild Bill and the Indian chief Red Cloud, among others) are woven into the tale.

But on another

level,

it

is

the

Mary Margaret's search for an answer not only to the question that gives rise to the journey in truth, she knows what the answer will be but to a deeper family quesstory of

—

—

tion as well.

on the

from his perspective as the leading judge in the Missouri district, Shay muses: "You don't have to be long on the bench to realize that family cases are the hardest to settle.

It's deuced hard to know where a family story starts, and no cinch to figure out where one stops either. If family cases started with a wedding and ended with a funeral, judges wouldn't dread Later, reflecting

trip

...

them so much

— but

it's

January 14, Second Sunday Ordinary Time Cycle

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magic. Only they recognize that above and beyond and behind this amazing work is a truth about

in

Jesus which

Readings:

Psalm

God

96:1-3, 7-10

By

As

finity

DAN LUBY

signs go,

News Service it

didn't

seem

terribly

When

Jesus transformed water into wine at Cana, the Gospel writer notes it as the first of the signs which revealed his glory. successful.

does spectacular things

constantly:

1

Catholic

star-

Worlds spin in the inof space, enemies find reconciliation, loneliness is healed in friendship, bread and wine become the body and blood of God, death opens doors to life, but unless we view these things with the eyes of faith they will never yield their full message of God's love and presence.

Corinthians 12:4-11 3) Gospel: John 2:1-1 2)

is infinitely more wondrous and good.

tling and

Isaiah 62:1-5

1)

A

But the steward noted only the excellence of the wine and the bridegroom's unusual strategy in not serving it first. There is no comment from the undoubtedly puzzled host, no record of general amazement

lived

life

on the run,

a life

without pauses, without silent contemplation of its setting, without attentive stillness in prayer,

enemy of such

is

the

vision.

May God enrich our. faith and give us the gift of slowing down to recognize his glory beneath the surface of the everyday.

among the guests. Even the servants who drew the water which Jesus transformed, although they knew a

QUESTIONS: How can make

miracle had been worked, don't seem to have understood its deeper meaning.

Throughout John's Gospel, as Jesus works more and more "signs" to reveal himself, the story remains more or less the same: Even when they notice that something extraordinary has happened, people don't look beyond that to see what such wonders might mean about Jesus.

Here it is only his disciples those who watch him with the eyes of faith who see his mighty deed as more than a spectacular feat of

time in this to look beneath the surface of my life?

I

new year

What

for

more pauses

one place where I might God hidden in the ordinary? is

find the glory of

"His mother instructed those waiting on table, 'Do whatever he

—

tells

you'"

— John

2:5.

—

rarely that

way."

It's certainly not that way in "Boone's Lick," which is as entertaining a story as McMurtry ever told for he flavors it with sardonic observations and the kind of witty dialogue he generally does not put in the mouths of his characters.

Happily, there's more in the offing. Just as "Lonesome Dove" (a Pulitzer Prize-winner) and "The Last Picture Show" are series cornerstones, so too with "Boone's Lick." Although

complete and totally satisfactory on its own, it's designed as the opening piece in a projected trilogy.

The likes of Mary Margaret and Uncle Seth deserve an encore.

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Jan. 14 - 20, 2001 Sunday, Isaiah 62:1-5, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, John 2:1-12; Monday, Hebrews 5:1-10, Mark 2:18-22; Tuesday, Hebrews 6:10-20, Mark 2:23-28; Wednesday (St. Anthony), Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17, Mark 3:1-6; Thursday, Hebrews

7:25-8:6,

Saturday

(Sts.

Mark

Friday, Hebrews 8:6-13,

3:7-12;

Fabian and Sebastian), Hebrews

9:2-3, 11-14,

Readings for the week of Jan. 21 Sunday, Nehemiah

Monday

8:2-6, 8-10,

1

-

27,

Mark 3:13-19; Mark 3:20-21

2001

Corinthians 12:12-30, Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-

Vincent), Hebrews 9:15, 24-28, Mark 3:22-30; Tuesday, 3:31-35; Wednesday (St. Francis de Sales), Hebrews 10:11-18, Mark 4:1-10; Thursday (Conversion of St. Paul), Acts 22:3-16, Mark 16:15-18; Friday (Sts. Timothy and Titus), Titus 1:1-5, Mark 4:26-34; Saturday (St. Angela Merici), Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19, Mark 4:35-41 21;

Hebrews

(St.

10:1-10,

Mark

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A second-grader at Our Lady of Lourdes School in University City,

from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each video-

she likes school, sports, playing in the snow, singing and acting. She

cassette

really likes acting.

That's evident in her most recent playing Cindy Lou Who in the hit movie, "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas."

"I really enjoy acting," said Taylor, who lives with her mom and dad, Colette and Michael Momsen, and 4-year-old sister Sloane. "Acting out scenes and getting to be different people is so much fun."

ate age

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anybody wasn't nice to me. I'm so happy to work with so Learning her lines was not a problem, even when she was in first grade. "I don't have trouble with that. My mom or dad read the lines to me a couple of times and then I keep saying them over and over again until I've learned them."

Taylor said the whole experience "was so much fun I can't call it work." It was work, though, usually about eight hours a day, plus school work done on the set.

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When I came back to Lourdes for school, back in St. Louis, my teacher

And this year have a really nice teacher too. I think all the teachers are really

have a lot of stuffed animals, more than I can count."

Taylor got into the movie business at such a young age because her parents, noticing her outgoing personality and gifts, helped her become a child model, later working in several commercials. Taylor tried out for one movie part that she didn't

kind."

get, but the casting director

Taylor's positive attitude may be a result of her parents' primary

bered her and asked her to read for the role of Cindy Lou Who. Eventually she got the part.

"It's really incredible and has been a really positive experience so far," said Colette Momsen. "She loves the whole process. This has brought a lot of joy to the whole family."

Taylor's mother added, "We are making a conscious effort to not let this change Taylor or our family. If it did, it wouldn't be worth it."

There are a couple of other projects being considered for Taylor now, her mother said, but in the meantime, she is busy at home.

What about being an actor when she grows up? "I have a very long time to think about what I would do when I grow up. I probably would like to keep acting, but there are so many other things I like to do too."

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here was really great.

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animals since

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was so

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Resolved: In 2001 I'll ...

Most New Year's resolutions are about selfimprovement. If you've ever made one, I

The Pope

Speaks

Pope, at audience, says jubilee efforts

must continue WOODEN

News Service

—

VATICAN CITY

(CNS) Jubilee efforts to promote justice and reduce the foreign debt of popr countries must continue as a part of Catholics' normal practice of their faith, Pope John Paul II said.

"We must commit ourselves to freeing the oppressed and making justice reign," the pope said Jan. 10 at his weekly general audience. "If this commitment is lacking, our worship of God is not pleasing to him."

Catholics must work to ensure that "the jubilee just ended will continue to produce abundant fruits of justice, freedom and love," he said.

One of the clearest signs that the jubilee had ended four days earlier was an almost empty St. Peter's Square, where in

wouldn't doubt that at least one of the following was on your list: I'm really going to try to study more this year. Plus, I'm going to do what all my teachers tell me: study as we go along and not cram at the last minute.

This year I'm going to work on my health.

I'll eat better and exercise more. I'll try to get more than five hours of sleep a night too.

Oh yes, this is the year I'm going to stop watching so much television and spending so much time in front of the computer and the game system. I swear.

Yes, those are probably a few of your resolutions, and they're great. I hope you're different from 90 percent of the rest of the population and stick with them past the end of January.

But might there be something else?

Isn't there an element of life that's in need of growth and attention just as much as your body and your schoolwork? Like your relationship with God? OK, so you go to Mass most Sundays, you do pretty well in religion class and you even run through some prayers a lot of nights before dropping off to sleep.

Again. Is that all there is? Is that the most you can do with the spiritual part of your life?

As you begin a new year, it might be good to remember that no matter how you look, God is with you. When hard times hit, neither your appearance nor your grades will help you understand or cope. A strong relationship with God is the only thing that will do that.

So if you've spent a few seconds examining your spiritual life and find it a bit wanting, it might not be a bad idea to resolve to do something about it in the upcoming year. Start small

II

talk,

erhood.

"In the

never a good idea to overextend. That you up for failure. What about these

it's

—This year I'm going

to do more than just during Mass and half-listen. I'm actually going to pray.

This year I'm going to open up that Bible I got for confirmation and read it. Maybe I'll start with one of the Gospels and just read a few verses every night. It couldn't hurt, could it?

This year I'm going to grow up a little bit in my prayer life. I won't just ask God for stuff all the time. Sometimes I'll sit quietly and listen sit

—

—

to

God

—

one sculpture depicts a bread

line: five bronze figwith overcoat collars turned up, eyes and hat brims turned down, shoulders bent as they line up against a soup kitchen's brick wall waiting for the door

ures of

FATHER WILLIAM BYRON, SJ

CNS

J.

Each time I've visited this place, I've seen tour buses unloading platoons of school children. The youngsters invariably move toward that bread line and insert themselves between the bronze figures to pose for

re-

Part

The ment

VIII:

Hie Principle of Subsidiarity

their souvenir snapshots.

and points to the importance of private

The

The

irony

Anno" on the 40th anniversary of the publication of Pope Leo XIII's "Rerum Novarum") refers to subsidiarity as "that most weighty principle, which cannot be set aside or changed, [and which] remains fixed in social philosophy" (No. 79).

It is wrong, this principle would say, for a higher level of organization to perform any function that can be handled effectively and efficiently at a lower level of organization by those who are closer to the problem and closer to the ground. This is a solid democratic great social encyclical "Quadragesimo

by Pope Pius XI

thers of these children of affluence.

in 1931

striking.

These fun-loving

principle, a safeguard against both left-wing collectiv-

economic security and long life expectancy that they take for granted had not government, in the form of Social Security and other strong executive and legislative initiatives, stepped in to do something during the Great Depression to combat poverty and protect the elderly, people with disabilities and the survivors of breadwinners who lost their lives. m No individual or group, no lower levels of governmental or private organizations could have done what Social Security began to do in 1935.

But here we are in the new millennium. Both government and private-sector initiatives are still neces-

Needed

God." "The prophets, speaking in the name of God, reject worship isolated from life, liturgy separated from justice, prayer detached from daily commitment and faith

ism and right-wing totalitarianism. Oppressive governments are always in violation of the principle of subsidiarity; overactive governments frequently violate

The

this principle.

ing and from crushing those below.

stripped of works," he said.

"At the end of each person's life and at the end of the history of humanity, the judgment of God will focus precisely on love, on the practice of justice and on welcoming the poor," the pope said.

able goal.

This

is

sculptured figures represent the great grandfa-

children would not have the health, wealth, education,

voluntary associations. (issued

The

principle of subsidiarity serves to keep govern-

in its place

men

to open.

Columnist

not to say that no government

sary.

also are private voluntary association's.

principle of subsidiarity

levels of decision

making

is still

necessary

if

higher

are to be kept from overreach-

the desir-

Individuals often feel helpless in the face of daunt-

suggest that big government is Social Security Act of 1935 was a "big government" initiative that showed then and con-

ing societal problems: homelessness, hunger, addiction,

is

Nor does never justified. The

is

it

tinues to display respect for the principle of subsidiarity.

A

major new monument

in

Washington, D.C.,

frames the years of the Great Depression in sculpture and inscriptions related to the presidency of Franklin

Delano Roosevelt. The

FDR

Memorial occupies seven

open-air acres of land near the Tidal Basin.

The

de-

.

instead.

This year I'll try to start viewing other people in a different light. I'll move beyond seeing them only as they exist in relationship to me, and try, the best I can, to see them as my brothers and sisters, loved by God just as much as I am. Hard to believe, sometimes, but true.

No, nothing big. We're not suggesting martyrdom here. Just a few simple steps to take so that next January those small resolutions will have become a path to something all those other resolutions can't even touch and something that, if we're honest, we'll admit that we want more than anything else: a heart full of joy.

40,

and

historic circumstances, the return of lost lands could express itself, as I have proposed many times, in the total forgiveness or, at least, the reduction of the international debt of poor countries," the pope said.

Pope John Paul said Christians' commitment to promoting justice is not a matter of philanthropy but of "choices and actions which have a deeply religious spirit and are true sacrifices pleasing to

—

just sets ideas?

In the section dedicated to the second term, 1937-

the

modern

Columnist

each of FDR's four terms as president.

Social Thought

however, fo-

are calls to re-establish justice on the earth and move society toward greater expressions of solidarity, generosity and broth-

CNS

signer created four architectural "rooms" representing

Principles of Catholic

ing.

Pope John Paul's

AMY WELBORN

—

previous weeks 30,000 people and more had gathered for the audience.

The Jan. 10 audience was held in the Paul VI Audience Hall with just over 3,000 people in attendance, giving an almost familial atmosphere to the gather-

cused on jubilee values as described in Old Testament.

The biblical jubilee practices of turning land to its original owners giving slaves their freedom, he said,

2001

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By CINDY

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poverty, illiteracy, unemployment. But individuals also

pay taxes. With all due regard for subsidiarity, the governmental entity that collects those taxes can help the conscientious citizen "do something" about those problems by applying government resources, effectively and efficiently, to meet major social problems that otherwise would go unattended.

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He told the principal who he was and whom he wanted to see. The principal let him know that there was a problem: The young athlete had injured himself playing football and had developed arthritis in his

One

Candle

legs.

The scout knew it was tough enough for a healthy guy to make it professionally. So when he got back to

MSGR. JAMES

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prospect's name. Years later,

Guest columnist

The one that got away is

a time to look ahead.

But, people being people often look back as well, at

happy memories and, perhaps, some not so happy

as

well.

Regrets. If you have lived any length of time at you have had a few regrets. We all do. But there are some people who have a priceless ability for keepall,

ing things in perspective.

A friend

And,

me

about one of those folks. He was a man named Hugh Alexander, and he died not long ago.

Known as "Uncle Hughie" to generations of baseball players and executives, he was a scout, considered by many the best of all time. He had a real eye for talent, and as he traveled the country, he was responsible for signing dozens of players who made it athletes like Allie Reynolds, to the major leagues Frank Howard and Hall of Famer Don Sutton.

Hugh Alexander was one of the most knowledgeable baseball men around. And he shared his wisdom: over the years, he taught a number of young scouts their trade.

And then there was his "storytelling.

Alexander was known for his gift, and this is one of his told

—

favorite reminiscences.

While on one of his innumerable trips to smalltown America searching for players who might have what it takes to be major leaguers, a friend gave him a talented youngster. When Hugh Alexander got to Commerce, Okla., he headed for the high school.

name of a

that, after

all,

is

something

own

his

life

Hugh

Alexander. He, too, had once been a fine young player with a bright future, joining the Cleveland Indians in 1937 when he was only 20. But in the taught

when he was working on an oil rig, a very bad accident resulted in the amputation of his hand.

He could have let bitterness fill him with regret for a lifetime.

But he was offered a different chance in baseball, and he made the most of his life and the most of the many lives he touched.

What about those men and women who are never able to let go of an event from the past that colors their entire lives? A bad decision or lost opportunity can gnaw away at hope and everything that makes life worth living. Whether or not you are "guilty" of something done or undone, or some tragedy strikes without your consent, you still have a choice to make.

You still get to decide what your attitude will be toward yourself and the world.

You should never let your own life be the one that got away. off-season

—

Information the Bible was not meant to give Q. As a child attending catechism many years ago we were told of Adam and Eve as our first parents, of their children Cain and Abel and what happened to their de-

Question

time to time

we read

reports

Corner

of humans who, according to carbon dating and other tests, lived hundreds of thousands or millions ofyears

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

A.

to keep in

To

beings.

mind

a

few

see

facts

why this is true, we need about our Catholic under-

standing of the Bible.

First, idly,

we

believe that the Scriptures teach "sol-

faithfully

and without error that truth which

God wanted

put into the sacred writings for the sake of our salvation" (Vatican II, Constitution on Divine Revelation, No. for

1

1).

This means we do not read the Bible as if it were, example, a book of scientific history or anthropol-

ogyThe

is patient, love is kind often said that love is blind. It seems that people in love, especially new love, often have blinders on. It not only affects their vision but their judgment, as well. Perhaps it isn't love that makes us stupid but our humanness feebly grasping for love.

Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians, "Love is patient, love is kind, love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude." (l Corinthians 13:4-5) Nowhere does Paul tell us that love is blind or stupid. Yet, there are many people walking around blindly grasping for love. And often what they take hold of is obsession, controlling, is

addiction and abusiveness. For many these negative human weaknesses are factory- equipped in their love relationships.

Believing that love is blind paves the

way

for love-seekers to fall into the trap of toxic relationships. On the other hand, if we follow Paul's definition of love, we open our eyes to goodness in people without denying their darker sides.

Even at the height of infatuation and we see only through rose-colored glasses, love shines through family and friends whose counsel helps us to soberly seek

that he would be this way. Her family and friends even warned her. Yet, in her desperation for love, she blindly proceeded into an abusive marriage. fear If our love is packaged with fear of loneliness, fear of rejection, fear of emptiness we may fall into blindness and seek love in the wrong places. Yet, fear, selfishness, arrogance and rudeness are

—

We have no idea when or how God created the

human

Love

It

—

Columnist

first parents?

first

Guest Columnists

trolling behavior, reports that there were indications long before their wedding

artifacts

CNS

TERRI

LYKE

A recently married woman, distraught over her husband's verbal abuse and con-

of bones and

How do these huge time eras relate to the Bible stories of Adam and Eve? In what year B.C. did God create our

ANDREW &

love.

scendants.

From

Reflections

his car,

LISANTE

The beginning of the year

he just tossed away the piece of paper with the Hugh Alexander said he could "still see it blowing across the parking lot."

So baseball's best scout failed to sign one of baseball's best players, Mickey Mantle.

But while he never forgot what he did, or, rather, did not do, Alexander knew better than to dwell on an error in judgment. He just got back to work and got on with life. I suspect he learned something about relying on the opinions and assessments of others without verifying them. And he just might have been reminded that we should not be too quick to judge the ability of people to overcome problems.

Family

truths of faith

God

reveals to us in the

Genesis stories of creation are many:

God

created the

world, including humans, as a free act of his love and desire to diffuse his existence and life; as it came from his hands, creation

was so good God was very proud

of it; disharmony and suffering came, not from the Creator, but somehow from sinful human pride; a plan for restoring the harmony was already in God's

mind; and many others.

In other words, we need to approach the creation stories, as all Scripture, very carefully to separate what is "for the sake of our salvation" from the vehicles of language and culture the images, allegories, fables, parables and other literary devices God uses to convey those truths to us.

The most recent exhaustive and nuanced Catholic document on the "Interpretation of the Bible in the

—

—

Church"

is

the 1993 publication of the Pontifical

Commission, with that title.

While inspiring the authors of the

Biblical

Bible,

it

states,

use of all the possibilities of human lanthe ways language can be used to express the same time, he recognized the constraints

God made guage, ideas.

all

At

caused by the limitations of human language.

"Proper respect for inspired scripture," it continues, "requires undertaking all the labors necessary to gain a thorough grasp of its meaning" (Conclusion).

With that in mind, the (Catholic) New American Bible notes in its introduction to the first chapters of Genesis that the truths contained in these chapters

must be

clearly distinguished

from

their literary

garb.

Forgetting those cautions can lead to some awesomely eccentric beliefs. During the 17th century, for example, Archbishop James Ussher of Ireland, carefully adding up figures from the book of Genesis, determined that the world was created in 4004 B.C. (That's the creation of the world, not of the first

humans.)

Later, a Dr.

John Lightfoot of Cambridge Uni-

versity "proved" that the exact

was

"Oct. 23,

4004

moment

of creation

B.C., at 9 o'clock in the

morning."

That's the kind of weirdness that can happen when we try to squeeze the Bible for information it

was not meant

to give.

part of the human condition. The only perfect love comes from God. As much as a couple in love may feel as though they are the only people that matter, they will need others to love each other well. Their love must grow beyond their particularity to reach others. And they need to keep their love for each other open to the scrutiny of their family and friends. So, even with blinders on, they will see their

If'we

may

way

to love.

be so bold to add to Paul's

Love is courageous. Love is sometimes very difficult. Love is more than what we feel; it is sometimes acting opposite to what we feel. Love isn't blind to our human weaknesses; it endures them and outlasts them. definition:

No, love isn't blind at all. "It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends." (1 Corinthians 13:7-8)

14 The Catholic News & Herald

Pope encourages Legionaries By

JOHN NORTON

Catholic

News Service

VATICAN CITY

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

(CNS)

January 12, 2001

the New*

In

to

what he most appreciated about a brief greeting from Father Maciel was "the confirmation of faithfulness

keep promoting church doctrine theirs

which are positive and help-

he

ful,"

The

casting aside

pontiff asked the Legionaries

which charand movement.

and lay members to maintain their gelization, social communications, the

him and encouraged them to continue promoting church teaching

insertion into the mystery of church unity is attested by communion with the pope," he

and doctrine.

said.

tion of the disadvantaged,

Pope John Paul

II

thanked

to the successor of Peter,

mem-

bers of the Legionaries of Christ re-

"Your

ligious order for their faithfulness to

Meeting

in

St.

gionary

members of

seminarians and

the order's lay moveChristi, the pope

Regnum

ment,

the world urgently needed Christians who confidently proclaim the Gospel. said

The religious order, founded and headed by Mexican Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, celebrated

its

60th anniversary Jan.

At the audience, the pope

full

The pope approvingly noted

Peter's Square

Jan. 4 with an estimated 12,000 Le-

priests,

acterizes" the order

3.

said

the

order's Christ-centered spirituality, which he said led to "passionately

loving the church."

He asked them to continue "with renewed zeal" to promote "the magisterium and doctrine of the church."

The order had contributed to furthering a spirit of fraternal charity by its policy of "passing over in silence the errors of others and bringing up only those deeds of

spreading of the church's social teaching, the cultural

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"In a secularized world such as our own, built in large part on neglect of transcendent truths and values, the faith of many of our brothers and sisters is sorely tried," he said.

"Because of this, there is a need today more than ever for a confident

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Background makes Bishop Vasa a do-it-yourselfer at chancery hobby and

By ED LANGLOIS Catholic News Service BEND, Ore. (CNS) Bishop Robert F. Vasa has headed the Baker Diocese for almost a year now, but he still has the hands and temperament of a farm boy.

Having grown up in rural Nebraska, the 49-year-old bishop is showing that he would just as soon do the

—

chores himself as

call a

handyman or

diversion," the bishop said of

nighttime and weekend projects.

his

"I

grew up in an environment where we did most repair work around our home ourselves. cise,

I

have simply continued to exer-

prudently, those repair and construc-

which

tion skills

acquired growing up."

I

the man. He could have purchased computer cable with connectors for about $8 apiece. But he could

There

a

is

thrift in

put the connectors on plain cable himself

technician.

For example, he

is

up an

finishing

So he builds them. and natural to him.

for a cost of about $2.

just

seems

logical

after-hours project that entails stringing

It

computer cable through the diocesan chancery in Bend, setting up a network hub, placing network cards in computers and installing network software.

handymen, swear when he hammers a thumb or nicks a knuckle? "Skinned

His goal: Internet access for each computer. "I also want to look into inoffice messaging, fax access, and a pos-

network scanner," Bishop Vasa says

sible

Does

a. part of it but these have never been a source of expletives for me," Bishop Vasa said in an interview with the

Catholic Sentinel, newspaper of the Port-

land Archdiocese and the Baker Diocese.

gained a reputation for a gung-ho, do-ityourself attitude. There, after hours, he

single-handedly converted a large into a Lincoln Diocese

museum,

room

install-

ing items like cabinets, ceilings and wiring.

"It is

usually a shake of the head, a

"It's

vicar general in Lincoln, Neb., he

very enjoyable for me, a great

many home

knuckles are

casually.

As

a bishop, like

CNS photo by Dean Guernsey,

if there is blood and hence the need of a bandage and then

quick look to see

Readers of the Catholic Sentinel have

back to the project," he added.

This is just the hands-on work that balances the spiritual and administrative

lauded his weekly column. His staff tends

up most days. In his first year, Bishop Vasa has launched plans to emphasize evangelization and priestly

tion, as

tasks that take

vocations,

among

other things.

to marvel at his energy and versatility.

Mondays come with great anticipaworkers come to see what the

bishop has done next, whether

it

be re-

moving massive bookshelves or

drilling

cables.

projects."

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Longtime secretary and

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someone who

The new remind

described the bishop as

able to look at anything and see the potential for adding on to it, changing it, or improving it. She also explained that he always does things right away and added that his tinkering does indeed improve matters.

'There is no way to stump him," said Peggy Buselli, a chancery secretary. "No matter what needs to be done, he can

bishop,

local folks

and

his handiness,

of his predecessor as the

head of Catholics

in eastern

Bishop

Thomas

J.

Connolly,

who

fix-it

right.

'The only other high church prelate with the kind of ability that Bishop Vasa has is Bishop Connolly," said Father Thomas Faucher, vicar of canonical affairs.

Spirit would bless this two eminently practical do-

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is

a sign that

God

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Oregon."

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