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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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in
take mission trip to
close of Jubilee
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Western North Carolina
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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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Pope closes Holy Door to end Great Jubilee
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and personal encounter with Christ
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
John Paul
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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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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.
January 29
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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
1
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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-
Spirit"
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le Apostle re
members, those interested in joining le Catholic women's group and those vho want to simply share fellowship nth others are welcome to attend. For 11
lore information, call Janet 336) 288-6022.
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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
22 CHARLOTTE
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
100 BelmontMt. Holly Rd., Belmont College,
gone
Lord. While
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.
Jan.
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— There
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a support
for caregivers of family
remembered during the Mass.
group meeting
27 CHARLOTTE
session about volunteering for the 1st
from friends suffering and Alzheimer's/ dementia on the fourth
National Gathering for African-American
Monday
Catholic
— An information
women, being held
in Charlotte
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,
The workshop;
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
psychologist and
tory school.
Group, Catholic Social Services - Western Regional Office and Marriage Ministry of St. Eugene Church are presenting "Money and Marriage" today from 12 Culvern St.
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
Bonnie Scully, certified financial planner; is designed for couples involved with marriage preparation programs or any couple who wants to improve or work on their personal finances. Proceeds from the sale of Scully's book about managing money will benefit CSS. For more infor-
lurrone, Ph.D., licensed clinical child
—
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-
568-1573 or (704) 370-3354.
U pcoming
BELMONT
— The Abbey
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
15-23.
The next production
a.m. in
of the month from 10-11:15 room E of the ministry center at
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. St.
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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
d'lvorie and Egypt.
became
Development, Operation Rice Bowl and other programs."
.
traveled to
4,
thought that now would be a good time to begin working again. "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
Another New Face the Crowd
until her children, Kelli, 6,
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
social justice
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
Staff Writer
Mount
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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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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
works."
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.
Ly Van Nguyen
the area, Father
and Father Nguyen, both
Peter
Giai
Huu
jailed for their reli-
gious activities.
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.
The Ngo local
sisters also
spoke to
Buddhist monk, part of
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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Medal VATICAN CITY (CNS)
necessary element of the reorganization, the
efforts to
Gold Medal
mote
defend
human
— More
honor of
in
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Saint John, New Brunswick. "She was very, very excited," the bishop said in a telephone interview
MacDonald of
was nominated Folk Album" category for the album "My Roots Are Showing." Bishop MacDonald, a longtime friend of the entertainer, had stopped by MacMaster's home in Troy, on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island, while en route to
Jan. 5.
proclaiming a culture of
House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, R111., told the pope the ceremony was an expression of "our gratitude to you on
CNS
efforts to
help refugees, displaced people Calling VATICAN CITY (CNS) refugees "among the poorest members of the human family," Pope John Paul II
—
ets the office distributed for papal events.
The
figures
showed up
do not include people who Square without
in St. Peter's
appealed for fresh efforts to protect dis-
a ticket, nor people
placed people and promote their dignity.
pope's
Jan.
1
until
Sunday
recitation of the
prefecture, headed
refugees would continue to be a priority
M.
Church and
aid orga-
its
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
(CNS)
Harvey, said
by U.S. Bishop James
its
figures for the year
—
Vatican signed an agreement with Italy
enabling the microstate to adopt the
Rome
— More
European currency, as its currency and to mint its own euro Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran,
mint a
behalf, as
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—
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day the Grammy nominawere announced.
honored
has done in
Bishops' conference to take
official
Masses and audiences in 2000, the Vatican said. The figures released Dec. number of free
tions
the past for Vatican lira coins.
working
coins.
nearby Port Hood for a healing Mass
said.
on the Vatican's
euro, the joint
than 8.5 million people attended papal
hold reflect only the
Italy will
The
Vatican signs accord to adopt euro as official currency The VATICAN CITY (CNS)
numbers have increased and "their situation has become more tragic." Vatican says 8.5 million people
VATICAN CITY
28,
Jan. 3, the
Under the accord, limited number of euros
bishop Tauran
in the
Vatican.
their
in
Angelus
Mass
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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become darkened in many places by a culture of death, you stand in contradic-
new
Canada (CNS)
fiddling
Grammy award while playing a duet at her home with another accomplished maritime fiddler, Bishop J. Fabef
dignity and pro-
mercy, the bipartisan delegation gave the pope a standing ovation as well as the heavy gold medal and a framed copy of the bill. Sen. Sam D. Brownback, RKan., told the pope, "In a world that has
for
Grammy
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Day after end of jubilee, pope baptizes 18 babies JOHN THAVIS
By
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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CCHD unveils campaign to raise awareness of U.S. poverty NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN
By
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WASHINGTON
(CNS)
Catholic
Campaign
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dress poverty and injustice. Fifty-two percent of Americans
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"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.
— Make —
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Around the Diocese
Renowned musician
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march
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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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White House and march to Capitol Hill and the Supreme Court.
Associate Editor
—
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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January 12, 2001
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
C
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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Cindy Lou By
BARBARA
Catholic
Who
in
"Grinch"
typical
is
second-grader
WATKINS
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ST. LOUIS (CNS) ways, Taylor Momsen
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By CATHOLIC
many
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(CNS)
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7-year-old.
following are home videocassette reviews
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
between the takes we can't think of one mo-
chitchatted.
I
ment
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many
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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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"There was a teacher for me and on the set, but mostly it was my private teacher," she said. "I was in first grade then. 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."
a couple of other kids
here was really great. I
— "We
objective sure she is
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I
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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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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
P.
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
is
"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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The
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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."
Dominican
Sister
A mission of the Diocese Engaged Encounter
in the diocese
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Vasa figure
how
to do everything." Longtime secretary and
Mohr
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-
'That the Holy diocese with
is
a sign that
God
truly
Oregon." Workers here may be in awe, but they are not afraid to tell Bishop Vasa when he needs to finish up his projects. 'The staff reminds me often of my need to keep moving forward," Bishop
does
Vasa will
live in eastern
said.
"Actually
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it's
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already!'"
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The
bishop
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amazing the kind of stuff he can do," said Father Jim Logan, chancellor of the diocese. "He has a broad range of talents, everything from being able to preach well, exuding a lot of enthusiasm for the faith, to all of his hands-on "It is
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January 12, 2001
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