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Pro-Lifers By

1993

22,

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

— Although

millions

years, Father

John Bradley encouraged at the

Fourth Annual

at St.

Gabriel Church

concelebrated by Bishop John F.

students

wore

arm bands

the

this

week

memory

of children killed by abortion.

Photo by

CAROL HAZARD

gn' As Voices For

Human

—

the homily.

ing."

n honor of that commitment, they and of their classmates wore black arm i this week as a sign of mourning for '

million babies killed in their mothers'

b since abortion became legal

20 years

oday.

^Because the (unborn) children can't

nd express their side, hat

feel it's

impor-

for them," says freshman

Lambert. Most of the 572

CCHS

only because they

nts are pro-life, if

with Catholic teachings

the sub-

"But many are not educated

;he says.

its

second year of operation, Voices

has doubled in membership.

ife

when

The

(natural birth)

mom

she became pregnant.

machine of public relations that

not only a heinous

Despite these powerful adversaries, they

an abominable crime against God." The Second Vatican Council did not

can be conquered, Father Bradley assured

before

between

killing

his listeners.

"There

a baby inside or is still

murder,

Jesus

friends."

no need

dispirited,

we have the marvelous promise of Christ that He will be with us."

because

In the past 30 to 40 years, a whole range

me while I was in foster care was adopted, but they couldn't

support me."

Says freshman Tarda Faccone, shouldn't

kill

"We

children. Obviously, they are

meant to be here, or they wouldn 't be here." "These students have seen through all of the sanitized language of the media, and have decided to embrace the truth," says

Maggi Nadol, Respect Life coordinator for the diocese.

Society has unwittingly accepted "the idea of a master race, but

"It's

afraid to call

Nadol.

a hopeful sign

people) see the

problem.

truth.

that they

This

crosses

isn't

(young

a genera-

generations

tional

wear lapel pins in the shape and size of

and has become so pervasive that all are in danger from the youngest to the oldest" (through abortion and euthanasia).

outside the womb, he said. "It

women

not wrong."

it is

nts

meet once every two weeks and yr impromptu gatherings. They put up Irs and bulletin notices in the school.

When

parents visited

that," says

|gh to be strong supporters." n

adopted and

college

death.

tural

their babies.

drones on 24 hours a day telling

could have had an abortion. She was in

in the abortion

An abortion is a violent rejection of the

that satanic

distinguish

Another major obstacle battle is the

said.

thinking of these mothers, I keep thinking of

Voices for Life is important to me is because

High School students speaks for from the moment of conception

machine

of God's loving kindness, said Father

a chilling thought that millions of

Qie pro-life group of 75 Charlotte )lic

the satanic propaganda

Freedom of Choice Act before Congress, he said. The legislation, if enacted, would make abortion even more available than it is now, eliminating stateimposed restrictions. "Never mind that 75 percent of the people reject abortion on demand," Father Bradley said. "The great power keeps press-

purpose of Voices for Life.

in life

academia, the print and electronic media

...

sin,

too.

tragedy

"We must not lose hope but go forward

Freshman Nicole Rademacher says she could have been a choice. "The main reason

and grown-ups,

"Men and women have always sinned.

said.

with abortion, Father Bradley said during

that says nothing is

Bradley. "Abortion

other children

but

and the entertainment world with their enor-

machine"

'Choice,'" the headline says.

s the

sin,

mous power telling people these are not sins This is the evil. What a strong source it is."

gift

Children trying to

much

wrong

tions

CAROL HAZARD

ZHARLOTTE

not so

"It's

Associate Editor

satanic influences of "the great public rela-

abortion

The problem

acceptance of sin as normal behavior, he

That is not the major tragedy here at all. The

mothers have killed

Life

and euthanasia. "Such an enormous change," he said. ality

and about 18 priests from the diocese. Prayer and faith will prevail over the

in great confidence,"

|gh School Students Offer 'Hopeful

Donoghue

homosexu-

side of marriage, contraception,

than 1,000 people attended the

Sunday, Jan. 17 Mass

The

These

end abortion Mass for the Unborn.

Biands.

tolerated, said Father Bradley.

include not only abortion but also sex out-

efforts to

helps Voices for Life students at Charlotte Catholic High School cut out black

now

parishioners not to be disheartened in their

r Dennis Kuhn

of behaviors generally accepted to be wrong

of mothers have killed their babies in the last

all

10 weeks after conception.

|>y's feet

I also participate in pro-life

activities in

parishes.

There are

Coming

many ways of participation

rhe

hope their parish by their presence."

group was recognized

for the el

"We

are influenced

ies

school and parochial vicar at

Church.

Jin i

Unborn

last

at St.

witnesses for

movement.

8-week-old baby developing

Week.

(pons this past ||n at the start

and

week over the intercom

of each school day.

Supplement with a

j^e

of an

of the U.S.

handed out a 12-page newsfull front page

wearing black arm bands,

for Life offered pro-life prayers

Tiey also

On this 20th anniversary

Supreme Court's Roe vs Wade abortion decision, a large delegation from the Diocese of Charlotte, led by Bishop John F. Donoghue, is in Washington for today's annual March for Life.

One of our associate editors is in Washington with the delegation. Her story and pictures will appear in next week's issue of The Catholic News & Herald. Next week's issue also will feature stories and pictures for Catholic Schools

|p addition to

a special

Sunday

hn Neumann Church as

>i;s

Church. Afterward, eight spoke at

Jipo-life

Week's Issue

|" says Father Dennis Kuhn, campus ter at the

prayer and pres-

witness, including

womb. "She's

Child Not

Kim

Gallagher,

for the

who

expecting a baby this week, checks out a pro-life tee

Unborn. With her

Kaye McGarry, Respect

shirt after the

Mass

Life Coordinator for St. Gabriel Parish.

Photo by

CAROL HAZARD

5 Fhe Catholic

News

Herald

January

Pope Asks World To Remember Iraq's Suffering VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— As

Mass For The Unborn

Population

the

Vatican spokesman said. Additional

United States led reprisal raids against Iraq in mid-January, Pope John Paul II asked the world not to forget Iraq's

Vatican-Iraqi contacts had taken place

suffering population. In a talk to diplomats Jan. 16, the

pope said it must be remembered that "war has long-term consequences" and "forces innocent civilians to endure heavy sufferings." "Such is the case of the peoples of Iraq, who, by the simple fact of living in that country, are still continuing to pay a heavy price in the form of cruel privations," he said.

The pope's remarks apparently reGulf War, in which Iraq was heavily bombed and its occupying army forced out of Kuwait, and to the economic embargo that has ferred to the 1991 Persian

continued against Iraq.

Three days before the pope

speech,

U.S., French and British warplanes be-

gan bombing

Iraqi bases in reprisal for

Iraqi violations

of U.N. cease-fire reso-

and

lutions. Cruise missile attacks

ther

bombing of

Iraqi targets

fur-

subsequent days, he said. But Navarro-Valls denied a report that Iraq had asked the Vatican to mediate the conflict. He said no such appeal in

had been made to the pope or other Vatican officials. Vatican Radio, in a commentary Jan. 18, said the latest escalation in Iraq

demonstrated that the 1 99 1 war had not solved the region's difficulties. "The repetition in recent days of Iraqi provocations on one side and the harsh allied military response on the other is one of the gravest sources of worry on the world horizon," said the

commentary by

directly

on the escalated confrontation in Iraq, but said Middle East peace efforts could be compromised by fresh violence and armed intervention. At the Vatican, spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said Jan. 1 8 that the Holy See was continuing to follow developments in Iraq with concern. He said information on the situation was fragmentary, making an appraisal difficult. A top Vatican diplomat, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, held talks Jan. 15 with Iraq's ambassador to the Vatican,

Wissam Chawkat Al-Zahawi,

program

di-

Lombardi. Only two years have passed since the "tragic and bloody" Gulf war, which "cannot be said to have resolved the problems of the area," the radio said. Today, it seems that "the same logic is leading dangerously close to the same results."

"The ies,

The pope did not comment

the radio's

rector, Jesuit Father Federico

followed

Jan. 17-18.

threat of missiles against cit-

the appeals to hatred of one popula-

tion against another, the trust in the infallibility

of military technology and

weapons, seem again to be the instruments of first resort," it said. "But it is evident that force never definitively resolves any dispute between peoples," it said. The radio added that the pope and the church would continue to repeat this message "even if their appeals go unheeded." The commentary expressed hope intelligent

that those involved

would return to "rea-

son, respect for life and a sense of humanity and compassion for the victims."

the

Working Under Sex Abuse Cloud Called 'Heroes' Guiltless Priests

WORCESTER, Bishop Timothy

—

Mass. (CNS) Harrington of

phone number and

that of other dioc-

esan officials so victims of clerical sexual

Worcester said priests who work "in an atmosphere that has been poisoned by suspicion" because of the sexual misconduct of a few are "the heroes of our

of the priesthood has been tainted by the accusations concerning a few individu-

times."

als,"

"In

honesty,

all

by any mis-

are anguished

Our

hearts

go out

to their vic-

are only talking about a

few, even though one

too many."

Bishop Harrington called

his letter

the "third step" in his effort against clerical

was Oct.

The first when he announced that no

sexual misconduct. 1

"But

disagree." instituted

Christ himself and although a few of us

bring discredit to

taint or discredit the

all,

nothing can

God-given

rocked by allegations of sexual abuse of minors by local priests. Among those recently accused were Father David A. Holley, a retired Worcester priest now in

New

Provost,

Worcester Diocese; the second was Dec. 24 when he publicized his own

Jan.

Denver who faces civil charges Mexico, and Father Ronald D.

whose criminal

trial is to

Donoghue

begin

28 on charges that he solicited a child to pose nude for photographs.

Photo by

2 Nuns Murdered

Vatican assistant secretary of Maryknoll said.

state,

Maryknoll Father Thomas J. who began Maryknoll work in Cambodia in 1989, went to Vietnam last summer to explore the possibilities Dunleavy,

Forestville, Conn.,

who

has previously

served in Korea. Maryknoll said Father Beninati was currently completing a

one-semester teaching assignment in Vietnam.

One Maryknoller, Paul Duchesne, worked

the late Father in

Saigon,

now

Liberia

Sisters

111.

Kolmel

nuns killed in Liberia's civil war in October were buried Jan. 1 7 beside three companions who died in the same man-

cousins.

ner.

rebel leader Charles Taylor wej

Mary

Kolmer and Barbara Ann Muttra, both members of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, were buried at their order s cemetery in Ruma. Their bodies were recovered two months Sisters

Joel

after their murders.

A vehicle

carrying

two was ambushed Oct. 20 as they were going to see a sick child near the Liberian capital of Monrovia. Three other Illinois nuns from the same order also murdered in Liberia had been buried Dec. 13. Bishop James P. Keleher of Belleville, at the funeral Mass, called the five nuns "saintly," and said he had a message from them. He said the nuns wanted their community, family and friends to know "we are at peace, never more so, and so should you be." the

"Our mortal remains are laid to rest day and so your concerns about our mortal end should be laid to rest as well," said Bishop Keleher.

U.S. State Department officia said they believe rebels loyal to Li l

sponsible for the five killings.

Recovery of the bodies was dt j by fighting in the west African Sister Mildred Gross, the i

said Sister

Mary

Joel

the simple things of

who

was a loved

Barbara Ann, who had been a 50 years, he said, frequently repeated her conviction that "I'm where God wants me to be" whether that was Vietnam, Ruma or Liberia. The three other Illinois nuns for

—

Sisters

Agnes Mueller, Shirley Kolmer

—

and Kathleen McGuire were killed by gunmen outside their convent near

18 that the order had

decisions about the community's

in Liberia.

Meanwhile,

in a

speech

to I

than 100 diplomats at the Vatical 16,

Pope John Paul

said thai

heard-of violence" by armed banij not spared the Church or

its

pers j

He urged all parties to return to the of a peace accord worked out Ivory Coast.

Violence Unites Ulster Christians DUBLIN,

Ireland

(CNS|

Ireland's Anglican primate said tians in

Northern Ireland have be

realize they evil

must stand together

t( j

and violence.

"One of the most positive effiU;

life.

Sister

nun

News

provincial, told Catholic Jan.

this

Vietnam

the violence in Northern Irelanl

been the growing cooperation anc of purpose," said Archbishop Eames. "Faced with so much suffering has been a great increase in the wa various churches have together

Chi Minh City, for Catholic Relief Services from 1958 to 1964, and anthe late Father Vincent Capodanno, served as a chaplain during the war. But Maryknoll has not previother,

to witness to the Christian

which unites all Christians," he s\ remarks for the Jan. 18-25 We^ Prayer for Christian Unity. Archbishop Eames said theij been joint witness by the leaders Catholic, C four main churches

—

for service there.

Based in Hanoi, he has been developing programs to assist poor, blind and elderly Catholics, Maryknoll said. He is being joined by Maryknoll Father Francis H. Beninati, a native of

the

CAROL W

Buried Beside Companions RUMA, (CNS) — Two U.S. Monrovia. The two

Maryknoll Order Officially Established MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS) — The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers became officially established in Vietnam in December, according to a Jan. 1 announcement by the society. Work was initiated in Vietnam at the request of Msgr. Claudio M. Celli,

Church following

greets parishioners at St. Gabriel

Annual Mass for the Unborn.

teacher and "mother figure"

The Worcester Diocese has been

living in

Bishop John

institu-

tion of the priesthood," he added.

sex abuser would be allowed to minister in the

said.

"The priesthood was

tims," he added. "All of us must recog-

nize that

call for help.

"Some may feel that the very image

may

to the people of his diocese.

deeds.

misconduct could

we are talking about

a few priests," he said in a Jan. 14 letter

"We

2'.

of Ireland (Anglican), Presbyterhj

—

Methodist and this had done m j convince the outside world that it 1 oversimplification to talk of th< gious conflict. However, he add would be wrong to give the impr I

ously operated a formal mission pro-

gram in Vietnam. Church relations with Vietnam have been improving gradually years.

in recent

that all differences

among

the chi ]

had been resolved. "We differ on issues which al the very heart of what each of ij ]

lieves

important to our understate

of the nature of the church."

heji

nuary 22, 1993

The Catholic News

pother Angelica's Latest Project

Over

"akes

Mountaintop —

BIRMINGHAM, ernal

Ala. (CNS) Word Television Network's new

lortwave radio station :twork had to

so big the

buy a mountain

to put

Believed to be the largest shortave broadcast "curtain" anywhere,

sembles giant fishing nets strung across

The

e sky.

curtain

actually eight

beam EWTN's

tennae which

short

EWTN

owned shortwave

block nations. Mother An-

the driving force behind the

ministry 's extensive broadcast and publishing operations.

"As a Catholic, there are certain dogmas and practices in our faith that I would

like to explain to

everybody,"

she said in an interview in the control room. "I believe in in this

room

WEWN

my heart that

whole world

the

The new

officials, the

w radio station, WEWN, is the largest ivately

going to

be changed.'

ive signal across five continents.

According

nist Eastern

gelica

radio sta-

station is

funded by a $20

million gift from Dutch philantropists

and Trudy Derksen, who made their

Piet

EWTN launched the

fortunes in sportswear manufacturing

0 million project Dec. 28 when it gan broadcasting in Dutch, English,

and vacation theme parks. The couple is expected to keep bankrolling the project.

world.

in the

anish, Brazilian Portuguese

In its first

power alone

WEWN

few weeks, in24 hours a day

;ased broadcast time to d the

According

and Ca-

dian French.

number of languages offered

out 20.

According to Mother Mary Angelica chairwoman of and EWN, the station is "primarily an

EWTN

zzo,

Mother Angelica, the

for the four specially de-

signed 500-kilowatt Continental Electronic transmitters

15 miles from

EWTN

160-acre

site sits

Jiti-Semitism ROME l

(CNS)

—

Contradiction

Dutch Cardinal Johannes

which claim to be religiously motivated must be "distinguished from racism in general and economic, social or politiReligious leaders have the power to dislodge any anti-Semitism which claims to be supported by an "interpretation of the faith or religious practice,"

he said. "This form of anti-Semitism must be overcome with a awareness and an attitude of brotherhood," he said. The Jewish people are Christians' elder broth-

and

basis for anti-Jewish bias is false.

ers

Paul

Rome's SIDIC Center, oper-

Iby the Congregation of Notre Dame

sisters in the faith, as

anti-Semitic senti-

Competing Firms Threaten Nuns' Sale of Communion Wafers WASHINGTON

(CNS)

many

centuries of hostility this will require

much

Even

ion wafers as their only

commun-

means of finan-

But now they are suddenly losing customers to commercial mar-

kets that advertise "thicker breads."

"What bothers me most about this is

correspond to the will of God," he said. "The world will undergo a transformation," the 83-year-old cardinal said. "This is my firm religious conviction."

that all breads are equal at the table of

the Lord," Benedictine Sister Cathleen Marie Timberlake of Clyde told Catholic

News

Service.

Sister Cathleen, the

ment to the Church and the community in which we live!' Bishop John

Donoghue

head of her

doesn't intend to get out of the kitchen.

She sisters

joining forces with other

who also feel that losing the altar

bread market could threaten their livelihood. Last June, 41 contemplative sisters attended an Altar Bread Seminar in

Clyde to share stories and write letters to their bishops describing their predica-

ment.

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte. Simply have the following statement included in your Will: "/ leave to the

Roman

Catholic Diocese of (or percent of Charlotte the sum of $ the residue of my estate) for its religious, educational

and charitable works. For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Director of Development,

Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

a week.

They use a process called "tube-vey ing" which moves 100 pounds of flour

congregation's altar bread department,

His Will In Yours.

communion wafers

lion thin

Take the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde, Mo. For 80

time, a firm will and efforts in prayer to

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

method to enable mass production. Today the sisters bake nearly 2 mil-

competition.

cial support.

"After

—

contemplative nuns are not immune from

the cardinal said.

investigating anti-Semitism

Remember

examine communion wafers on a conveyor (CNS photo from Benedictine Sisters

of Perpetual Adoration)

years they have been selling

and persecution,

The cardinal s talk was part of events rounding the Italian Catholic trch's Jan. 17 observance of a speday promoting understanding of respect for the Jewish community.

Sisters of Perpetual Adoration

belt at the congregation's headquarters in Clyde, Mo.

ments and creating real respect for Jews and Judaism require frankness and trust,

Sion to promote Christian-Jewish erstanding.

Pope John

has said.

Weeding out

|half-century of cooperation and dia-

with the Jews during a Jan. 13

Two Benedictine

cal anti-Semitism."

Cardinal Willebrands spoke about

When

Christian

and other types of discrimination, the

ting at

Page 13

cardinal said, forms of anti-Semitism

Although great strides have been de since the Second Vatican Council rprooting anti-Semitism, continued ient effort is needed, said the cardiwho is past president of the PontifiCouncil for Promoting Christian i.ty and the Vatican's commission for itions with the Jews. The cardinal said that Jews and istians are brothers and sisters in h, and any attempt to assert a Chris-

So-called Chris-

llebrands.

EWTN

a contradiction in

anti-Semitism

ns, said

See

Says

The

atop one of the area's

and former commu-

lutch Cardinal

headquarters in

the Birmingham suburb of Irondale.

ingelization tool," especially in deioping countries

expected to cost

more than $1 million a year. The transmitters are located about

Some

of the sisters are also

in the

process of forming a group called the

Association of Religious Producers of Altar Breads.

Each day

the Benedictine sisters at convent on a hillside in northern Missouri bake bread from 6:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The 17 sisters and nine lay people involved in the bread making use the same ingredients the Benedictines have used since they began the enterprise in 1910. They have only changed the

their

45 miles per hour, then hopper, where it is dumped into a turbo-charged mixer filled through a tube

in a scale

stores

with

8 gallons of water.

Mixing time

for the batter

33 seconds per mix.

about

An automated bak-

ing oven has replaced some of the outdated equipment and a quality control

system has been put into place. The nuns, who supply hosts to parishes throughout the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico, are starting to think more about marketing and advertising. In following a typical advertising strategy, they are relying on endorsements, in this case, from the bishops. Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston wrote a letter of support to the sisters, saying, "I well understand your concern. You must feel quite powerless in the face of the aggressive marketing of commercial companies with their high tech equipment." Cardinal Law said he asked his vicar to urge pastors in the Boston Archdiocese to purchase altar breads from contemplative communities. He also told the sisters that their apostolate of prayer continually nourishes the church. Sister Cathleen

convinced that

word of mouth is a strong weapon in this battle against corporations.

"We just need people to know about this,"

she said.

uholic

News

Herald

January 22,

Pro-Life Corner

1 l|

Wis

"No one knows which womb

holds the chief." African proverb on abortion

Editorial The Respect President Clinton By the time this appears in print, President Clinton will have been inaugurated. Hopefully, his inaugural address will have given some indication that he is sympathetic to the concerns of Catholics. During the campaign, Clinton voiced support for the Church's position on such issues as health care, help for the poor and the homeless, welfare reform and

VATICAN CITY (CNS) St. Peter's early

campaign

two major concerns

—

abortion and school

He said on many occasions that he will

sign the so-

Freedom of Choice Act if Congress passes the measure which would bar almost any state restrictions on abortions. And while he favors a voucher system which would allow parents to send their children to the schools of their choice, he would restrict the plan to public schools, eliminating aid for parents who want to

feh^I m if*.

called

send their children to Catholic or other religious schools. His choice for secretary of education already has

f|8r

these

two

| M^XT' JHpl ^Q,¥

may be enough

there

Choice and

—

a har-

binger of the dissent that

has been aimed

at pontiffs

throughout history.

The pope's remarks were

hope appears

which broke with Judaic custom and was "revoluti ary" for the people of his time. Inspired by a persoi vision and by divine grace, Peter was able to overcoj the discriminatory law that forbade contact with n believers, he said. In doing so, he was able to foil God's design and open up the Gospel message to Gentiles, the pope said. Not everyone was ready for such bold new proaches, and there were criticisms from within Christian community, he said. "This was a prelude to the reservation and oppi tion that would arrive in the future for those with task of exercising supreme authority in the church,' said.

The pope

part of a series of talks about

Peter and the papacy.

has stressed that both papal

cited a

well-known episode

which

Paul challenged Peter on his policies regarding Juc

The pope said the incident demonstrated thatF

ministry and authority were clearly present in the early

law.

days of the Church.

recognized Peter's authority with his decision.

— even though he

arg

to rest

faces on Capitol Hill,

votes to defeat

Freedom of

to pass a school choice bill

which would

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

not discriminate against religious schools.

And, of course, there is always the possibility that the Supreme Court might find Freedom of Choice an unconstitutional restraint on the powers of the states. There is also the possibility admittedly somewhat dim of a change of heart on the part of Clinton.

—

He may

The pope cited Peter's decision to baptize a pagan,

issues, the best

many new

early Christians

indicated support for that stand.

said

The pope, speaking at a general audience at the Vatican Jan. 13, said Peter also experienced criticism and challenge from some

choice.

with Congress. With

demon-

strated a divinely inspired

indicated that he does not agree with Catholics on at least

— Pope John Paul

decisions on Church policies

papal authority.

his statements during the

(704) 331-1720

The Pope Speaks

various justice issues.

However,

Diocese of Charlotte

Life Office

find that the realities of the presidency out-

weigh what was said during the heat of an election campaign. We can also hope that some of his education at a Catholic elementary school in Little Rock and at Jesuit-run Georgetown University rubbed off on him.

—

Here is the Vatican Pope John Paul IPs remarks in English during weekly general audience Jan. 13.

authority of Peter as guaranteeing the validity of

text of

own

his

Peter's authority into question even

ministry

(cf.

Gal 1:18;

2:2). Paul did not

when he

arg

with Peter in Antioch (cf Gal 2:11-14). The issue oi .

Dear brothers and

sisters,

Church's relationship

to the old

law was

finally

Continuing our catechesis on the ministry of Peter in the early Church, we now consider his decision to baptize the pagan Cornelius (cf. Acts 10). Cornelius had been told by an angel to seek Peter, while Peter himself had been prepared by a vision from God to proclaim the Gospel to him. When the Holy Spirit descended upon all present, Peter baptized Cornelius and his whole household. This decision was a critical

cided by an assembly of the apostles and elder

by which the Church came to realize that in Jesus Christ the Gentiles were called to be sharers with the Jews in God's plan of salvation (cf.

present at today's audience, especially the pilgri

step in the process

Jerusalem (cf. Acts 15). There, too, as we read in Acts of the Apostles, Peter used his authority to Sf the question of the admission of the Gentiles into Church, a question of the greatest importance for expansion of the Church and for the unity of the wl Christian community. I

am pleased to greet the English-speaking visi

groups from Australia, Great Britain, the Philipp South Korea and the United States. Upon all of especially the young people and university studer cordially invoke the grace and peace of Christ

Eph yts

The Cathquc

3:5-6).

Peter thus appears as the

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tiles,

even though

charge in

St.

first

apostle of the

Gen-

Paul would receive a particular

this regard.

savior.

Paul himself recognized the

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Pope John Paul II has Poland to fight what he called a "new wave of immorality" threatening the country's post-communist society. The pope said the Church must be willing to speak out forcefully against a misuse of freedom in Poland, even at the risk of losing

Donoghue

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"Freedom is not moral relativism, but shoi founded on clear moral criteria. Poles today mui strong inside, to resist the arriving nity

and

The

mean

wave of immorality

from various places under the guise of mc liberation,"

said.

idea that Poland should join Europe mi

sacrificing the law of conscience in the nan

"tolerance" or "pluralism," he said. "That would r submitting to a new form of totalitarian slaver

even more dangerous form," he said. The pope expressed dismay at what he "systematic attacks" against Christian values

predominantly Catholic country. He did not giv< amples, but in recent months the Polish Churcl clashed with some political parties over aboi media and broadcasting content, religious educ and other issues. Meanwhile, polls claim Church p larity has dropped steadily since the fall of con nism. The pope said Poland s economic woes have r new pastoral problems for the Church, espec among the growing numbers of unemployed. "The unemployed represent a social categor '

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peace for the United States. Our humanitarian mission in Somalia already is producing American casualties and the likelihood is that there will be

One Candle

BOB GATELY

expressed the hope that someday

I would see a year in would be complete peace in the world. I was pretty sure at the time that this would not be that already was fighting in several areas I year. After all, there "1 and the prospect of even more. Now, it seems that it's not even going to be a year of

A couple of weeks ago. ;h there

Notebook

more before we

extricate ourselves

from

that

situation.

And now,

we're beginning to see action again in the I fear, is going to continue as long as Saddam Hussein remains in power in Persian Gulf. That's something that, Iraq.

admit that I was not an enthusiastic supporter of the Persian Gulf War years ago. I thought at the time that it was the wrong war for the wrong reason. and still feel that it should have been However, once we got into it, I felt ued to its logical conclusion: the elimination of Saddam Hussein. With a little Iraq could have been carved up by the Kurds in the north and the Shiite rebels e south. I think that would have resulted in Saddam's overthrow by his angry freely

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rals.

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR who chose President Clinton did so in the

Post election polls indicated that those

hope that the new president would improve the economy, provide better health care for everyone and reform the welfare system. All that remains to be seen. Clinton received 43 percent of all the votes cast, Bush gathered 38 percent and Perot, 20 percent. Catholic voters, who made up 27 percent of the electorate, gave Clinton 44 percent with 36 percent voting for Bush and 21 percent for Perot. That means 65 percent of the Catholic voters rejected George Bush. Why did such large numbers of Catholics and other pro-life Christians turn away from Bush, the only pro-life candidate? Peggy Noonan, a former speech writer for Presidents Reagan and Bush, writing in the New York Times, gave this view: "(George Bush) ... vowed to keep the size of government down. He let it grow. He said he would not raise taxes. He raised them. He said he'd resist the heavy weight of government. He allowed more regulations." Paul Krugman, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Age of Diminished Expectations, stated, "It was not until economists started to analyze the figures that it became clear that during the 1980s the largest share of the economic growth attributed to Republican policies went to the top percent of the nation." According to data compiled by the Congressional Budget Office, the top percent of American families had their annual income swell from $3 5,000 to nearly $600,000, a nearly 100 percent increase in a dozen years. Many voters gradually came to perceive the Republican Party as the party of the "haves" over and against the "have nots." As the rich got sharply richer, the poor got sadly poorer. This was reflected in the black vote. Black people gave Clinton 82 percent of their votes with only 1 1 percent to Bush and 7 percent to Perot. Cardinal Pio Laghi, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education and former papal nuncio to the United States, said, "The election showed the nation's real concern for the economically disadvantaged, but it may not have paid enough attention to the moral issue of abortion." With unemployment soaring, a plurality of Catholic voters opted for Clinton, despite the fact that they did not agree with him on the abortion issue. In an earlier poll, 5 percent of pro-life Catholic women indicated that the Church should be teaching people that abortion is wrong rather than trying to impose this belief on the whole nation through the politics of legislative reform. For them, this election was not a mandate to strike down the weakest among us, the innocent unborn children, it was a rather strong negative reaction to George Bush's economic policies. In the end, most voters lost faith in trickle down economics, and they voted decisively to end it. (For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "To Save A Life," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 St., New York, 1

Vow, however, there appears to be no likely successor to Saddam. \nd we could be in for a very messy war. Then, there is what used to be Yugoslavia. The situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina gets worse each day. I think it is obvious some sort of military intervention is going to be necessary. I just hope it is not Jnited States that tackles the job.

n an appearance on Larry King's Inited States

NOT assume

last

week, former President Carter said

a role in the actual intervention.

maintains that

Tarter

show

should play a leading role in pushing for United Nations action but

a European problem and the Europeans should handle

igree completely.

know how many readers noticed it, but there was a major goof on Page week's paper. Jim Mclnerney's picture appeared on Sister Jeanne-Margaret [ally s canon law column and her picture was on his Lifeline column. Our printer j the original mistake, but I read the page proofs and should have caught the mixdon't

ast

vly

apologies to both of them.

e Publishing Of Marriage Banns By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN J. I am in our chancery office and write concerning your column indicating

N.Y. 10017.)

Father John Catoir

director of The Christophers.

the universal Church law concerning publishing of marriage banns is no ler in effect, and that if conferences of bishops wish to reinstitute such laws I may do so. It is not my impression that the obligation of announcing the sis has been abrogated, since that would require a specific action of the

Dps' conference, which

have not seen. (New Jersey) A. The 1983 Code of Canon

Crosswinds Law (Canon

6) says

code and all laws contrary to the prescriptions of the new code are no longer in effect. Therefore, no special action of a national conference of bishops seems needed to nullify a previous law such as the requirement for banns. Since such a regulation is not provided in the new code it simply does not exist, unless the conference of that all provisions of the previous

bishops decides to reinstitute

it.

The American bishops

have, in general, decided to carry out the canonical

"necessary inquiries" (Canon 1067) before marriage in other

ways than publishing banns. As a pastor, this makes enormous sense

young people planning marriage today have lived

in half a

me. So

dozen or more

Crosswinds

towns of their parents or their present residence to marry simply wouldn't prove very much, testimonies from their parents or other older family members, as we now banns

in the

ver possible reasons they should not ining i

far

a relative, who is Catholic, married a Lutheran woman, was performed by a Lutheran minister in an outdoor ceremony. ffs marriage recognized by the church? Could he have been given permisby his pastor to be married this way? (New York) (J.

Last

summer

fjwedding

|k.

A Catholic could be validly married this way if a dispensation were given by

of the diocese. Called a dispensation from the form of marriage, it allows Iholic to be married before an official or minister other than a priest, i'ishop

is obtained through the priest or other minister who is couple for marriage, in conjunction with the usual marriage preparaWprograms required in your diocese. There is no way to determine from the

jiuch

there

See Dietzen, Page 6

concern regarding centuries

have been

race (even

years.

if just

percent) or had red

As a result, when screening appliwe learned that we had to explore

will

ing an infant with African heritage as

from Asia, South America, Europe and North America. are in accepting an infant

Africa, in the '90s, tinent

a link.

adoption work for a Back in the '60s, a hard-to-place infant was one who had a medical impairment, was of the black

sally

the only con-

whose offspring are not univerwelcome in the adoptive home,

even when these infants are available with almost no waiting period and they are already right here in our

own

locale.

was fortunate at the Asheville workshop mentioned above, when a I

cants,

woman

early on (so as not to put an adoptive

my statement. She had been adopted 3 1 years ago. Over the years, as her parents would share with her the story of the day they were called by the adoption agency, the mother especially would emphasize how the worker hesitated on the phone. The worker was happy to announce the avail-

couple on the spot or surprise them) their openness to potential problems. We had to determine the remote possibility that

they might be interested in a

black infant, their ability to handle a

medical complication, their interest in an infant who was not a perfect nationality match as well as their openness to a white infant with red hair. This might sound exaggerated, but

a dispensation

firing the

their experiences. In

order to protect client confidentiality, the staff members are not identified. "She has red hair" might seem a funny way to connect Catholic Social services and Martin Luther King, but

hair.

one day reinstitute marriage banns. Until according to all canonical advice I receive, publication of banns as a irement before marriage has no legal status in the United States.

back up

number of years or

take for us to be as comfortable accept-

practical.

Perhaps our conference of bishops will

tion to

members about

Thus, requiring

a series of columns

the

number of ii

written by Catholic Social services staff

it's

not. In '89,

attended a Children's

Focus Day in Asheville and participated in a "Black Issues" workshop. My contribution

was

some

with red hair spoke up and lent

credibility to

ability

of a very healthy white infant.

But then the worker asked the mother to calm down and "hear out" one problem. The infant had red hair! She and I, and hopefully the audience that day, could easily connect on

to raise the consciousness

of the depth of discriminatory thinking

See Crosswinds, Page 1

Catholic

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Herald

January 22,

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? General Absolution By SISTER JEANNE-MARGARET

Among the many reforms of Vatican

was

MCNALLY

the reform of the rite and formulae

Some controversy arose concerning the third form of the rite, the "order and communal absolution." This form may have seemed radical but history belies this. From the earliest days of the Church, penitents confessed their sins to the bishop

for penance.

for a group of penitents with only a general confession of sins

and this only once in a lifetime! This was the ordinary form of confession which is still the only ordinary way today except for frequent confession to a priest. From the 4th

when a penitent through no fault of his own, such as danger of death or inability to use the ordinary form, could receive a general absolution. The Pope granted century on,

general absolution to the Crusaders. In

World War

faculties for general absolution

were

absolution was given.

extended in Europe to bishops whose jurisdiction had civilians and soldiers connected with the

person in serious sin cannot use general confession and absolution must seek individual confession with reasonable time (30 days). Canon 960 stresses that individual confession is the c ordinary way for reconciliation except when this is impossible. General confess

later

1939, military chaplains from all nations received this faculty to grant general absolution to the military. In

mobilized military. This was further extended to prisoners of war and persons in labor camps and always in grave and urgent necessity

when

were not available for individual confession and the person would be

communion for a long time (30 days). Some of the pastoral concerns of today are that there has been a loss of the sense of sin in the modern world. Furthermore, modern man/woman is unable to formulate deprived of grace and

and

articulate feelings of sinfulness in terms of the traditional categories of sin.

general repugnance to confess to another man out of fear,

shame or humiliation may

also be a problem.

The

Church

Rite of the Catholic

How

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

granted to French bishops for soldiers mobilized for war.

This was

priests

provided for three Rites for penance: (1) The Rite for Individual Penitents. (2)_r Rite for Several Penitents with individual confession and absolution. (3) The ! for Penitents with general confession and general absolution. Todays' discipline is that the ordinary way of penance is individual confess and absolution. However, occasional circumstances may render it lawful necessary to give general absolution to a number of penitents without individ confession. Such cases are danger of death, a grave need when sufficient confess are not available to hear individual confessions within a reasonable period of t so the penitent through no fault of his/her own would go without sacramental gi or communion for a long time (30 days) not unusual in mission territories. The decision about the conditions mentioned above is reserved to the dioce bishop. In unforeseen circumstances, if the local priest needs to use the third rite should have the bishop's permission beforehand and, if that is not possible, n inform the bishop as soon as possible of the circumstances in which gen

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substitute for individual confession but

with general absolution can be given in danger of death or serious necessity, diocesan bishop is always the judge of the circumstances (c. 961). A study of the Church's growing insight and understanding of the sacra together with her awareness over the centuries of the changing needs of people resulted in the development of rites to

meet the changing needs of the times. 1 development must continue with deeper insight into the theological understand of the nature of the sacrament of penance. Mercy Sister Jeanne-Margaret McNally is a licentiate in canon law and a j of The Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte.

To Church

By JIM KELLEY In

Diocese who are exploring ways to common concern, especially among those over 50. Will they be

working with Catholics

give, I've noticed a

in the Charlotte

Church as they would like when they have retired from full-time employment? Thanks to the many "pockets" from which a person can share, the answer for many is clearly "yes!" In fact, you may find you can make a special gift to further the work of the Church from what remains after you have met your own and your loved ones' financial

able to continue to give to their

needs. Life insurance, often in the form of annuities,

HH^^HJ popular vehicle building retirement income and finansecurity for loved ones who may survive the policyJUfP^Hl ^fl B holder. for

cial

In addition to

naming family members or others

I whom you care as beneficiaries,

for

benefits, contact

Making

your

life

insurance representative or company.

the charitable designation can be as simple as completing a change

beneficiary form.

And naming

a charity to share in the proceeds of a polic

later, if you wish to do so. want to consider how any gifts you've planned would a your overall plans. Seek the advice of your professional advisor before you % Giving can continue So don't assume the stewardship that has always played a key role in youi needs to stop when you have retired from full-time employment. We've seen only a small sample of the many easy-to-arrange giving options caring Catholic: use to extend their giving power. For more information, please cal the Diocesan Development Office at 7041709 or 377-6871, or write to 1524 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, N.C. 28 We'll be pleased to send more information at no obligation. Jim Kelley is director of the Diocesan Office of Develoment.

beneficiary

a decision that can be changed

Of course,

you'll

possible to designate

your parish, the diocese, or a favorite Catholic agency as first

or second beneficiary to receive part of

You might

all

of the proceeds.

destined for a beneficiary

who does

Giving the policy itself Another way to arrange a

gift

not survive you.

life

insurance

For example, you may have a policy purchased and paid up years ago, which has been all but forgotten. Consider this "obsolete" policy to be used to further Christian principles.

a charity

Dividends as gifts Dividends paid

named owner as

available from your

well as beneficiary, tax savings

FRANCIS DE SALES

ST.

may also be

gift.

you on a life insurance policy may be assigned to your parish, way to give, and the dividends

a Catholic school or agency. This can be a systematic are tax -deductible as gifts.

Memorial opportunities

A gift from life insurance, as any gift, may be made in memory of someone who has been an important part of your life. Let us know of your desires to perpetuate a loved one's memory and together we can select an appropriate commemoration for your memorial. To name your parish, the diocese, or a Catholic school to share

Dietzen

to ask the

in life

groom

if this sort

of dispensation has been granted.

You would need

or perhaps his family.

(A free brochure outlining Catholic prayers, beliefs and practice is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St. Bloomington, III. 61 701 Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.) Copyright ÂŠ 1993 by Catholic News Service ,

Q\r. FRANCIS DE SALES WAS BORN OF NOBLE FRANCE, IN 1566.

\P\ PARENTS, NEAR ANNECY,

HIS FATHER HAP A CAREER IN LAW MAPPEP OUT FOR HIM, BUT FRANCIS BECAME A PRIEST. HE WAS ELECTEP PROVOST OF THE DIOCESE OF GENEVA, THEN A CENTER OF THE CALVINISTS. FRANCIS SET OUT TO CONVERT THEM. HE PREACHEP ANP DISTRIBUTED PAMPHLETS WHICH HE WROTE TO EXPLAIN CATHOLIC DOCTRINE. Hf HAD REMARKABLE SUCCESS, FOR MANY WERE CONVERTED. AT 35, HE WAS APPOINTED BISHOP OF GENEVA. HE RECEIVED HERETICS AND SINNERS WITH GREAT GENTLENESS AND UNDERSTANDING. FRANCIS SAID, IT TOOK HIM 20 YEARS TO CONQUER HIS TEMPER, BUT NO ONE EVER SUSPECTED HE HAP SUCH A

PROBLEM. HIS MEEKNESS ANP SUNNY DISPOSITION EARNED HIM THE TITLE OF "GENTLEMAN SAINT." BESIDES HIS TWO BOOKS, ^INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE" ANP *A TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF GOP," HE CARRIED ON A VAST CORRESPONDENCE ANP WROTE MANY PAMPHLETS. FOR THIS, HE HAS BEEN NAMED PATRON OF THE CATHOLIC PRESS. IN UNION WITH ST JANE FRANCES OP CHANTAL, HE FOUNDED *THE ORDER OF THE VISITATION,* WHICH SOON SPREAD ACROSS EUROPE. HE DIED AT AVIGNON, FRANCE, IN 1622. THE FEAST OF ST FRANCIS DE SALES, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, IS JAN. 24.

insurance

(F rom Page 5)

ceremony, of course,

saints

to give the policy itself to a

Catholic organization.

When

*Ue

also specify a charitable final beneficiary to receive any funds

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Her

ing their ordeal and justifying theii tions. Violent airplane crash

with

fatali-

and restrained shots of cannibalism. The U.S. Catholic Conference classities

fication cents.

NEW YORK(CNS) — The follow-

"Body

Trashy thriller in which a conniving sadomasochist (Madonna), accused of murdering her wealthy lover, then seduces her married defense attorney (Willem Dafoe) and manipulates other lovers (Frank Langella and Jurgen Prochnow) in an attempt to win acquittal. Director Uli Edel's tawdry melodrama glamorizes sexual perversity

tization of the life-and-death struggle of

survivors (including Ethan

Hawke,

Vincent Spano and Josh Hamilton) of a plane crash high in the Andes where, stranded for 10 freezing weeks in 1972,

some

says

I from

with Patrick Duffy in the

stars

ABC comedy series "Step by

when she went to Catholic school she prayed for a sign to enter the convent. (CNS

ABC)

re-

stricted.

cently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic

"Alive" (Touchstone) Long, sometimes gruesome drama-

who

— adults and adolesrating R—

MPAA

ing are capsule reviews of movies re-

Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. The reviews include ratings by the U.S. Catholic Conference and the Motion Picture Association of America.

Is Suzanne Somer,

A-H

The

resort to eating the flesh of their

dead companions in order to survive. Director Frank Marshall highlights the strength of the human spirit and the survivors' religious faith in both endur

Evidence"

while ignoring

human

(MGM)

values. Sexually

explicit scenes, several

drug abuse

ref-

erences, climactic gory violence and

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is morally offensive. The O rating is R restricted.

frequent rough language.

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MPAA

—

"Ethan Frome" (Miramax) Turn-of-the-century love triangle

Says She Once Prayed |A Sign To Enter Convent

revolves around an impoverished

jitress •(I

OLLYWOOD (CNS) — Suzanne s,

fclby

who

stars

on the

Step," said that

EST on ABC. "My mother sent

p.m.

ABC comedy

when she went

itholic school in California she

1) pray for a sign from join the convent,

God that she

f Tie nuns were thinking of me bea nun. They kept trying to conI te, and I would go into the back

schools).

She

felt that

us (to Catholic

were an opportunity for a better education," Somers said. It was also an escape for Somers because "things were so bad at home," that

she added.

ind pray

— not

Somers several years ago wrote a book chronicling growing up with an

it," Somers [But it never happened." Mep by Step" airs Fridays, 8:30-9

companion volume, Wednesday' s Chil-

Ibcause they wanted

Among

alcoholic father. Last year, she wrote a

dren: Adult Children of Abuse, a series

the personalities featured

were actresses Angie Dickinson and Cindy Williams, singer B.J. Thomas and Gary Crosby, son of actor-singer Bing.

schools such as

for a conversion

of interviews with celebrities.

"It

was a hard book

to write.

Some

of the stories were very painful to listen to,"

Somers

said.

Somers' first claim to fame was playing Chrissy, the bubbleheaded blonde on "Three's Company." Despite being the show's obvious sex object, Somers, according to audience research,

was

the favorite actress

ages 18-49. soul,"

Why?

Somers

among women

Chrissy "had a good

said.

New

England farmer (Liam Neeson), his gloomy invalid wife (Joan Allen) and the tragedy that unfolds

when her

vi-

young cousin (Patricia Arquette) comes to care for her. Based on Edith Wharton's 1911 novel and directed by John Madden, the movie's skillful perbrant

formances, exquisite cinematography and evocative music beautifully cap-

moral dilemma of the farmer

tures the

and

his wife's cousin. Implied extra-

marital relationship.

The U.S. Catholic

Conference classification adults

A-II

and adolescents. The

—

MPAA

—

rating is PG- 13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

"Intervista" (Castle Hill) In this 1987 Italian production, director Federico Fellini takes viewers on

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an imaginative tour of movie-making at the famed Cinecitta Studios in the suburbs of Rome. Fellini's leisurely paced valentine to the joys and confusion of the filmmaking process radiates a fondness for

all

around him but

best ener-

gized in scenes of a nostalgic reunion

WE SALUTE OUR PATRON SAINT, ST.

FRANCIS De SALES

with his "La Dolce Vita" (1961) stars, Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. Subtitles.

FEAST DAY, JANUARY 24

some vulgar

flash of

shadowy

nudity,

references and minimal

rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IH adults. Not rated by the MPAA.

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BUYERS AND SELLERS OF ODD LOT AND SUBSTANDARD YARNS:

"Money Man" Textured Nylon Textured Polyester

Cotton Poly/Cotton

(Milestone)

Documentary follows claimed

artist J.S.G.

Boggs

self-pro-

as he pains-

takingly creates counterfeit currency

Acrylic

which he then

tries to get

people to

accept at face value, not as legal tender, but as a works of art. Writer-director Philip Haas looks at this dubious art form mainly through the perspective of Boggs, striking more of a whimsical note than a balanced look at whether he is in fact an artist or a con artist. Some morally ambiguous situations. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. Not rated by the

Mark, Joe

Michael and

Danny Murray

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Four aids to recognizing God's presence

All

FOOD FOR THOUGHT When

events reach a happy or disastra in your life, it is fairly natural to loc around for God, who then is either thanked asked to help pick up the pieces. But was Gc present throughout the process? How? To identify God's presence in your life, it vk help to consider what God is like:

outcome

—God

a creator. When a surprisingly newar

creative approach to resolving an old, familiar

problem emerges

for you, is

toi

God

work?

—God

is a liberator. When you and others in ya! are freed from an oppressive force or pow» that held you down, was God present? life

—God

is a truth teller. If, for the first time, you able to hear the truth about your own goodne? and self-worth or that of someone else, is Gc involved? God is a comforter who also challenges. Thai challenge is heavy does not confirm God

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absence.

—God

is a listener who also speaks. Ask: during prayer not only express petitions, b become a receiver the receiver of insigl I

clarification,

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— was G<

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the giver? CNS

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Faith Alivi

By Dolores Catholic

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Leckey Service

Winter was in the air at Holy Cross Abbey in Virginia when I began a weekend retreat there. Bare trees stood like sketches against the sky. The colors of winter the hillsides: burnt orange, a kind of gray rose, wisps of purple, bits of red berries here and there. A crisp slice of moon hinted at ice and snow. Silence was in the air. Sometimes, it seems to me, a person needs to step back from the flow of ordinary life to see the treasures embedded in the rhythm of the days and nights. A retreat can provide such a respite enabling one to see with fresh vision what always is present in life. Retreats at Holy Cross, a Trappist abbey with a guest house, are simple and largely unstructured. During the course of several days one may attend the monks' chanting of the Divine Office and be present at Eucharist. Meals are taken in common with the other retreatants, but silently. The guestmaster may read or play music. Brother Steven chose to read from Loren Eiseley's The Immense Journey, my husband's favorite book. Brother Steven considers Eiseley an example of a non-explicitly religious person who searched unceasingly for the face filled

—

of God.

Eiseley poked around in winter fields no longer lush with greenery, and studied buried roots and dying vegetation for clues to life's ultimate

meaning. As our weekend at Holy Cross unfolded I began to notice what I so often miss, and why. Hurry is one reason.

The abbey's pace is totally unhurried.

Everything in the monks' public life is done slowly and deliberately. The prayers are said aloud in halfnote time, with the effect that each word has an appropriate gravity. Each word holds steady, echoes; each is "the word."

The

morning I thought about needed to slow down and recognize, finally, that one of my defenses against God, against coming first

how much

"near to the Face" (to use Brother Steven's phrase), is to be very busy, piling up deeds to accomplish, erecting a huge barricade. 1 saw that in the hurry I miss the subtleties

and details of life.

Crowded space

another block for

in seeing the details of

life

—

and finding God in them. The retreat, on the other hand, was an experience of spaciousness. The retreatants' rooms are ample; windows look out onto the spacious Virginia countryside. The chapel too has an air of openness, yet everything, everyone seems well placed. The people are not overly separated from the monks, but separated enough. Visually speaking, we were part of the prayer, which in itself is blissfully uncrowded and unhurried. The effect of this space is to feel as if one is at the window looking out and looking in at the same time. Everything serves as a sign of God. The silence of the monastery and of the retreat itself reveals the extent to which noise (even pleasant noise) obliterates the still, small voice of God. A sign in the guest house reads: "Less is more." And I know that to be true in

many ways. There texture

a quality to the silence, a rich through years,

made

months, days, hours of prayer.

Prayer hangs in the silence. And so one comes on retreat without any need to worry about how much one prays because simply being there is to be "in" the prayer that permeates everything. For an introvert like myself whose

illuminate what it is that helps son recognize God's daily present* Along with uncluttered spac ness, one profits from slowing d enjoying the silence and singing.

work

(Ms. Leckey is director of the bishops' secretariat for Family, I

calls for extroverted behavior, the silence is pure gift. In the silence every sound can be heard distinctly. Sometimes the sound is jarring. Sometimes it is like music. But out of the silence every sound comes forth alive. This was particularly noticeable when the psalms were sung. One surprising effect of the silence is the rest it provides. I was not aware I was so tired, but in the silence I slept

easily

and deeply.

Brother Steven believes we rarely

know how

tired

knows, though, and

really are. God silence is a way of

divine soothing.

The presence of God in the Scriptures seems to have more shape, more intimacy because the word is spoken or sung in the monastery. The monastic melodies, ancient yet new, so simple, rivet the attention. The current abbot is the cantor, and each morning he seemed to gather a great rush of energy to lead the final psalm. The result was a feeling of being sent forth into a new day. Since the retreat, rather than reading a psalm each morning, I've been saying it aloud, now and then trying a bit of a chant as well. Am I imagining that the words have more substance when released through song or speech? It was Advent when I made my retreat. In the retreat's final hours I looked at the abbey's Advent wreath

and saw in

its

candles

new

light to

Women and Youth) FAITH IN ACTION Father Richard W. Kropf, in Fai and Risk (Paulist Pre

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Blvd., Mahwi 07430. 1990. Paperba $10.95), shares a letter from

997 Macarthur N.J.

correspondent

telling

prolonged period of exhausft depression and doubts about fa One day the man experiences engulfing, loving presence" — peak faith experience. Fatl Kropf, suggesting that to pun

such experiences in and themselves can become obstacle to faith's growth, that to

become this aware of Go

presence

to experience f

overwhelming

conviction

creaturely 'union' with the divin Reflection:

Do I tend to concen

the future

anticipate

great, singular experience

God's presence to me? It /s| to overlook the pres ordinary time as a context God's action. This week I will

easy

How is God active now?

my life r\

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Was God there when

things

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really quite simple," said the ing voice at the other end of the "all you have to do is tell of a time trongly believe God acted in your t will be an easy article to write ... ;'s

umm

... well ... OK," I said hesieyeing the growing stack of

One Saturday morning she and I had an exchange of words. While still

feelings out over that, another clash later in the day.

had The second incident triggered deep feelings in me about disrespect and in-

on my desk. But after hanging uneasy feeling asserted itself, e problem I have is that I prefer 3 God acting in our lives all the not just in special moments. It is •al to think of God when some-

tumbled from my mouth. Fuming, I left the house to do some errands. All

wonderful has happened. But Is just as involved when things go xi, though at that point our feeling a; >e more that God is absent, derstandable as it may be, we prone to identify God's action

the while, I replayed that awful scene in my mind. I was angry at my daughter but more angry at myself for acting so stupidly

rs i

by how we feel than by what God u Uy does. 1

delps

to see

key moments of

presence as analogous to sacraThey stand out in a special but they don't deny that God's If is equally at work in more hidmysterious ways. 1 2 temptation is to overemphasize igh moments at the expense of

id ;

happenings. a few years ago

when I was

cigarettes

the result of

God

acting in

— Anonymous, Indianapolis,

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with the daily

gift of

Ind.

"In 1 988 lost a business and almost lost my family. was able to hold on only because of my faith.... was not capable of getting through it by myself." Honor 1

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Bell,

Pensacola,

Fla.

"Recently my husband was recruited for a job in a different city.... My husband turned it down once and they came back again. We decided to put it in the Lord's hands. That Sunday the sermon was directly about change and opening new doors. It seemed as if the Lord was speaking directly to our situation." Cindi Fankhauser, Carmel, Ind.

—

"It

was five years ago that our 22-year-old daughter Tricia died; a tragic death

by suicide....

and emptiness

... reached out to the Lord ... and it another strong stage of grieving ... coupled with the hidden anger, had crippled my ability to forgive ... until was given the wisdom to sort it out." Doris Gardner, Mercerville, N.J.

Filled with grief

was then that began to live.... I

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When I returned, I took her aside to Taking the lead, I said what was on my mind, doing the best I could to keep a rein on my feelings. But tears began to well up in my eyes. I told her how much I loved her and how we needed to get along better. She didn't say much, but it was enough. We were at last communicating. That afternoon we moved, some mysterious way, to a deeper level of relating. It for me and,

was a I

significant think, for her.

communication left something

I Iras relatively non-communica•,f not a bit aloof.

McKaone

charge of the land's food distribution.

Was God

and make something good of it? I

will

God's hand

when my

stupidity

not

overcome, when things get worse rather than better. Although I cannot explain why, I believe God's pres-

ence during those times will be just as real.

The challenge is

to recognize

it.

Catholic

News

and

Service

Reading the Bible can be discouragWe find it so hard to recognize

ing.

God's presence, yet biblical people seem to experience God everywhere. Remember, though, that biblical history, like all history, is presented with the advantages of hindsight. Something evident to the writer may or may not have been quite that evident to the characters he wrote about.

The

ex-

biblical writer, reflecting

past events in the light of faith, was able to discern that God's hand was at work in someone's life.

The Bible's characters were ordinary human beings, and awareness of one. There

is,

naturally to anyfor example, the story of

ecutive director of the National Con-

Moses seeing the burning bush. But it took a religious experience of some sort

ference of Diocesan Directors of

to alert

Religious Educa-

His first reaction was simply, "I must go over to look at this remarkable sight and see why the bush is not

tion,

D.C.)

Washington,

Moses

to this

phenomenon's

significance.

burned" (Exodus 3:3). He has to be told to take off his sandals, "for the place where you stand is holy ground." Without faith's insight, that ground was no holier than any other.

—

— —

sight tells Direct experience the just so much; it takes insight insight of faith to make us aware of the divine dimension in what we experience. It was the prophets' function to make people aware of God in personal

—

and national

One

of the

the Bible

life.

most dramatic

later, when famine strikes his brothers are forced to seek relief in Egypt, they appeal to the brother they treated so cruelly. They don't recognize him, but he recognizes

Years

Castelot

God does not come (Parent

God's

wavelength By Father John

always cherish that moment and can only assume God played a role in it's outcome. The harder task for me is to see

lesired. i nged for her to share more about » was happening in her life, but

How to tune in to

moment

Ing to be the father of a teen-ager,

by Carolyn A.

amazing grace."

(of)

write: Faith Alivel 3211

acting then? Did God somehow help me to take my stupidity

journey of recovery

toward her.

some communication problems eldest daughter. She was King as a young teen-ager. I was v.g

d it

alcoholic, addict, bulemic

talk.

Hi.

I ;call

when you felt God was acting

and incest survivor who used to a day. This year celebrated six years clean and sober and three years smoke free. Today and every 24 hours of this

solence. This was, I later realized, not only a parent-child clash; it was a clash of cultures: how I was raised, along with what I expected of children, and the way today's child sees things. I lost it. Ugly, unfortunate words

jly,

am a recovering

smoke three to four packs

Sometimes her attitude put me on edge, and my feelings would get the better of me.

sorting

Describe a time period in your life. "I

went wrong? By

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stories of

that of Joseph and his

brothers. They callously sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt. Their action looked like an unmitigated disaster. But as the story unfolds, Joseph rises to prominence and is put in

them, and eventually the family

happily reunited. Nonetheless, the brothers worry that Joseph is plotting revenge. He has to put them at ease by interpreting the whole affair as God's providence.

"Though you meant harm

me, God

the survival of many people" (Genesis 50:20). This awareness of God's presence came only after long and probably anguished reflection on the event's meaning. The awareness of God's presence does not come naturally. If a biblical character was sensitive to God's presence, he or she had developed the awareness of faith through prayerful

meant

for

...

reflection.

People today are no different. Legitimate concerns of daily living can crowd out thoughts of God. We may become acutely aware of God's presence only after we begin to feel as though God is absent. Awareness of God's presence is it-

can be developed by tuning in to God's ever-active wavelength reguself

gift of

by quiet

God.

reflection,

—

larly.

(Father Castelot

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

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News

Catholic

Herald

People

Cunningham To

Paige Comstock

Head Americans United For CHICAGO (CNS)

Goal Of Marchers...

The News Sean Devereux, 28, was

ain said.

killed

in the

southern Somali town of Kismayu

Paige Comstock Cunningham, an attorney who

Jan. 2

after a dispute with

specializes in abortion and the law, has

tect aid supplies.

been appointed president of Americans United for Life. Cunningham, who has held various posts with the organization over the past 12 years, succeeds Guy Condon, who left Americans United

with UNICEF, the U.N. Children's Fund. Salesian Father Brian Jerstice, who worked with Devereux in Liberia, gave the homily at the Jan. 8 funeral in the worker's home town of Farnborough, England.

—

after eight years to

become

Life

the

president of

— apparently

gunmen who had been

hired to pro-

He had been working

which

the Christian Action Council,

operates 450 pregnancy care centers

Bishop Gelineau Has Surgery

nationwide. Americans United for Life

To Replace Knee

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—

Swollen and sore but cheerful, Bishop Louis E. Gelineau of Providence began

educational organization based in Chicago.

physical therapy Jan. 5 after getting a

Plans To House Reformed Prostitutes

their lives, onto the 34-acre property of

complete artificial replacement of his knee the day before. The 64-yearold bishop is scheduled for similar surgery to replace his left knee Feb. 1 "The bi shop should ve had his knees replaced at least five or 1 0 years ago," said Dr. A. Robert Buonanno, chief surgeon at Sports Medicine Rhode Island Inc. "He s grinding raw bone against raw bone."

Dominican nuns in Grand Rapids. But that was before 500 of the surround-

Cardinal O'Connor Questions City

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Decision

Slowed By Neighbors Protests

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RAPIDS, Mich. (CNS)

— Some people

Michigan don't want

Sister Dolores Kalina's

home

neighborhood. The Good Shepherd Sister planned to move Rose Haven, a

change

it.

Now

Archbishop Roach Hails Start II Nuclear Pact Between U.S., Russia WASHINGTON (CNS) The

U.S.

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ambassador to the Vatican said Jan. 7 would not comment on recent calls

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were established formally by Presid Reagan in 1984.

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campaign

persuade Clinton to break the ties, wh

political expression."

Maryknoll.

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said.

A funeral Mass for Gemma was celebrated Jan.

Slain Relief

See since 1989, said the decision longed solely to the new president, would be inappropriate for me to co ment on what he'll do," he said durin

"so that the process of reduc-

liferation may lead to genuine nuclear disarmament." Such deep cuts in nuclear

Japan and elsewhere.

Holy See, but he s not new. Thon Melady, U.S. ambassador to the Hi such opposition

sor group as promising "to transform it from a religious celebration of a Catholic saint into a more open forum for

of that time devoted to mission work in Sister Mary

elect Bill Clinton to abolish diploma

relations with the

report quoting members of the new spon-

Home. She was 98. One of seven founding members of the Maryknoll Sisters, Sister Mary Gemma spent 81 years in religious life with the order, with

rather

sors, the

of the Maryknoll Sisters, at the

Day Parade Committee

St.

than a committee of the traditional spon-

Maryknoll Sisters Dies MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (CNS) Sister Mary Gemma Shea, the last founddied Jan. 8

has

sharply questioned a city decision to

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u.s. and IJlian Catholic seminary faculties fjieir seminarians are a far more U:e group today than in the past, liing to a that

new

and and family experi-

race, ethnicity, culture, education spiritual, religious

— Generally strong

in their spirit of

service, sensitivity to others, spiritual-

study,

good or bad? Both, the study

and pastoral concern, but weak aca-

ity

demically.

that today's

jring

Church and experi-

When

riches for the

candidates for priest-

with them as they prepare for

changes

seminarians tend to be:

— More from dysfuncfamily backgrounds. — Lacking shared "Catholic — once-presumed body of

also noted

new problems

in a

and maintaining educational stanwhen many seminarians no longer

culture"

once presumed as a on background for all new theol-

the

he preparation

common

experience and knowledge of

Church and the

— More — Less academic.

Some faculty members said today's seminarian tends to be less oriented toward social justice than their counterparts of a few years ago, a phenomenon

also recorded in recent studies of Catho-

45-page study,

titled

or Theological Studies:

"Readi-

analyzed results of a survey con1

last

lic

Ijtment with a grant

from the

Lilly

One hundred sixty-nine 1/ members from 39 theological llvment.

aries in the United States and a responded to the survey,

ore than two-thirds of the responhad been engaged in seminary Ait least eight years,

iorked

Tiong

and one-third

J. Wister, head of the NCEA Seminary Department, and Father Eugene Hemrick, secretary of research for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The researchers and the experts they called on to interpret and comment on the survey described its results as both challenging and encour-

Robert

major findings of the

• were that the faculty members mew theology students today as: More diverse than in the past, not

f \ age, but

in their

background

—

lic seminary faculties in recent years by no means unique to Catholics.

attitudes."

Among responses to an open-ended

"The survey shows

(the intellectual

academic

"The responses

to an

NCEA 'Study

of Seminary Policies and Experience of American Protestant Churches' demonstrated that in the opinion of the de-

nominational officers of the Protestant churches the current seminarians were prepared academically and less

question about the "greatest weaknesses"

less well

of today's seminarians entering theol-

versed in the traditions of their particu-

ogy:

lar

— Answers from 65 of

the respon-

such as lack of academic or religious background or lack of intellectual curi-

denomination than

their predeces-

sors of 10 years ago," he said.

Nor

the increasing diversity of

incoming students simply a new Catholic phenomenon, he said. "Protestant

osity.

seminaries report similar diversity in

from 45 focused on psychological issues such as problem-

the ethnicity, age and religious back-

— Answers

atic

family backgrounds, sexual imma-

turity, low self-esteem or unresolved emotional or psychological problems. Answers from 45 focused on personality problems such as rigidity,

—

ground of board,

Across the

their students.

much

of what the Catholic semi-

naries are experiencing

quite similar

to the experience of Protestant seminar-

selfishness or individualistic or funda-

and churches." Respondents said the older seminarians often bring wide life experi-

mentalist attitudes.

ences, maturity, greater clarity of pur-

ies

In response to a similar question

pose, realism, a sense of pastoral issues

about "greatest strengths," the largest number of answers, 64, focused on the

and a variety of other contributions that enrich the classroom and seminary life. At the same time they found such wide differences in age, ethnic or cultural background, educational background and academic skills that a sig-

spirit

—

of service

as zeal,

aging.

in seminaries 16 years or

the

college students in general.

The study's co-authors were Father

year by the National Catho-

iicational Association's Seminary

caused by a lack of religious educaknowledge of the faith and lack of adequate academic background; on the other hand it is exacerbated by lack of intellectual curiosity, no great love of learning and anti-intellectual is

knowledge and

proficiency in general" noted by Catho-

dents focused on intellectual weaknesses

Study ulty Perceptions on the Readiness ninarians," was released in mid-

Father Wister said the "decline in religious

faith.

conservative.

udents.

or eagerness to learn.

"The problem," she added, "has two distinct dimensions: on the one hand it

tional

ishing adequate formation pro-

ft-

asked to describe major comparison with seminar-

ians of the past, the faculty said today's

try-

frequently

and love for the Church, and openness

Thomas.

tion, basic

variety of cultures

of social science study of religion at the St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St.

ences.

I found new

Today's Catholic Seminarians More Diverse

3:udy: [

The Catholic News

1993

variously described

commitment, dedication or will-

ingness to serve others or as apostolic or

capacity of seminarians) to be clearly

pastoral motivation.

most distressing area, that which is most troubling for faculty," commented

qualities cited

Franciscan Sister Katarina Schuth of St.

ity to others,

In descending order, other positive

the

most often were

strong spiritual

sensitiv-

life,

loyalty

nificant

number of

teachers reported

lowering their grading standards and

work requirements

at least

somewhat.

Paul, Minn., author of a major 1989

study of U.S. seminaries and professor

Pope

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'Qpmimicnieffionoj Proceso De Evangelizacion 'Renacer' Muchas diocesis de los estados unidos han adoptado este magmfico medio de formacion de grupos pequenos, que siguen las gui'as ofrecidas, comparten y dialogan para llegar a tomar accion dentro de la comunidad y la sociedad donde viven. Por ejemplo, la diocesis de San Agustfn, Florida, siguio el proceso de "Renew" (renacer) tanto para americanos como para hispanos. Lo mismo sucede en algunas parroquias, aunque no sea toda la diocesis, como sucedio en Holy Cross, Atlanta, GA hace unos anos y fue muy beneficioso para ambas comunidades de anglos y de latinos.

Aquf en nuestra

Jose Torrez con su hijo Kelvin

comienzo de

Senora de Guadalupe recientemente en

ofrenciendo este proceso para hispanos en algunas comunidadeB cales, iniciado por la Hermana fim Inkrott, OSF, en el CentroCristo

Yadkinville.

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comunidad hispana de Hendersonville.

Plan Pastoral Diocesano Comunidades Evangelizadoras "De

ser lugar a ser hogar"

nuestra comunidad. 4.c

Definicion - Entendemos por Pequenas Comunidades Eclesiales o Comunidades Evangelizadoras aquellos grupos donde sus miembros se conocen mantienen relaciones bien, interpersonales afectivas, se apoyan en sus necesidades de toda clase, comparten sus experiencias de fe y de oracion y

fomentan un continuo proceso de conversion y de crecimiento espiritual, ofreciendo tambien oportunidad para

Creemos que en ambiente de hermandad tan favor-

desrrollar sus talentos. este

able se evangeliza

mutuamente y

orienta hacia la evangelizacion de los

demas fuera de la misa comuinidad, con el fin

de transformar

luchar por obtener un

sociedad y de mejor,

mundo

donde reinen la justicia, la paz y el amor. Resolution #4 - Los distintos grupos organizados de cada comunidad local deben motivar a los hispanos del lugar a unirse a alguno de ellos, dando a conocer la

identidad del grupo, su finalidad, sus

actividades y el gozo que produce la hermandad y el servicio oportolico.

Pasos a Seguir

4. a

de incorporar a esos hermanos a - Necesitamos dar impulso a la creation de pequenas comunidades evangelizadoras, que ofrezcan un clima de hermandad donde los hispanos encuentren una calurosa acogida. Los grupos ya exitentes pueden transformarse en verdaderas comunidades eclesiales evangelizadoras. Son elementos imprescindibles de estas comunidades pequenas: que brinden amistad personal, convivan penas y alegrifas, que se conozcan y amen de verdad sus miembros, que oren juntos y compartan su fe, que se sientan ser iglesia y esten en comunion con la jerarquia, que sean laicos responsables de traer a Cristo y su evangelio a cualquier persona y lugar, que instruya en el Doctrina Social de la Iglesia y anime a tomar accion en este campo. 4.d - Nos comprometemos a luchar contra la desunion en nuestras comunidades, la tratar

Queremos

fomentar la amistad mas profunda, brindar un ambiente de hospitalidad, de acogida mas mtima y personal. 4.b - Es una realidad que cuando nuestro pueblo se reune, hay muchos que quedan anonimos, conocen a pocos o a ninguno y nadie los saluda. Por lo tanto, debemos

frialdad e indiferencia, la rivalidad entre

egofsmo y aislamiento que alejan a muchos de la comunidad y hasta Nos de la Iglesia Catolica. grupos,

comprometemos la

paz y

a luchar poir obtener

la justicia

en donde nos

encontremos. (Selection de nuestro Plan Pastoral vigente en

diocesis de Charlotte por 3

anos. Si alguien desea tener una copia

puede llamar al Centra Catolico Hispano, 704-335-1281.)

Plan Pastoral En Rockville Centre, N. (CNS)

El nuevo plan,

"Un Pueblo Unido en

denominado Cristo," fue

de reuniones con 30 comunidades desde 1990, escogio prioridades: evangelizacion, formacion, vida familiar, juventud, vida social y cuidado pastoral. A las parroquias con poblacion hispana significativa se les ha pedido elaborar su propio Plan Pastoral adaptando el plan diocesano a su

junio de

vida de la comunidad hispana.

catolica.

Mendoza,

Fernando Hernandez y Blanca Salgado durante

la fiesta

Guadalupe en Hendersonville.

Joven <^Que Vas

A Hacer Con Tu

Se ofrece a todos los jovenes hispanos la oportunidad de reflexionar propio conocimiento y conocer a Cristo para dejarse guiar

seriamente en

en el por Dios en

la vida y no cometer errores lamentables en esa estapa de la juventud.

Se trata de un retire espiritual para jovenes de 15 a 25 anos de edad, organizado por los Jovenes Catolicos Unidos de Charlotte. Tendra lugar en la casa de retires The Oratory en Rock Hill, Carola del Sur, a media hora de Charlotte. Comenzara el viernes 29 de enero reuniendose en el Centre Catolico Hispano, Independence Blvd. y The Plaza, Charltote, a las 7 p.m. para terminar el domingo 31 de enero al

Vida?

mediodfa.

Un equipo de sacerdotes, relijj y laicos dirigira el retire. El costfl de $40 con un deposito de $ 1 5 que devuelve. Alii daran ropa de Cij toallas, solo

hay que

traer lo

personal.

Quienes esten interesados pi llamar a Jose Fernandez (704))

9550, Carmen Guerrero (704) 556 Gladys Torres (704) 563-742? telefono del Centre Catolico Hi I ]

es (704) 335-1281.

El Plan Pastoral desarrollado a traves

bendecido por el Obispo Auxiliar John C. Dunne de Rockville Centre durante una liturgia especial efectuada el 13 de diciembre, 1992, en la parroquia de San Jose en Babylon. "El plan pastoral es una evidencia clara de que la comunidad hispana de nuestra diocesis ha encontrado su verdadera identidad y sus valores culturales y esta siendo ahora reconocido como tal" afirmo el Padre Pablo M. Rodriguez, nombrado recientemente Vicario de los hispanos. Esta celebration significa un gran acontecimiento en la

El grupo de jovenes compuesto de Juan Mendoza, Yezenia Alfaro, Scott Salgado.

situation local.

Los hispanos en la extensa diocesis suburbana de Long Island, Nueva York, lleganamasde 180,000. Secalculaque la cifra de hispanos indocumentados va de 60,000 a 100,000. Un ochenta por ciento de esta poblacion latina es

De Los Enamorados Baile

La nueva fecha para este baile es el sabado 27 de febrero, tendra lugar en el auditorium del Centre Catolico Hispano, Independence Blvd. y The Plaza, Charlotte. El costo sera de $10 por persona, habra cuidado de ninos. Comenzara a las 7 p.m. hasta medianoche. Pueden encargar sus boletos a Consuelo Amessa, telefono (704) 535-438 1 El organizador .

de este baile es Gilberto Rivera.

nuevo

grupo

musicos

Un esta

preparandose para amenizar la fiesta. Mas detalles en el proximo numero.

Juanita Vera represento a la Viii

Guadalupe en Hendersonville. Jun esta su hermana Fabiola.

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Abbey Students Receive Knight s Of Columbus Scholarships BELMONT — Four Belmont Abbey

Mary member of

Recipients for this year are

College students have received $500 schol-

Burazer of Mount Holly and a

from the North Carolina Knights of Columbus.

Tina Day of Gastonia, Anne Kennedy of

arships

The Knights of Columbus Scholarawarded each year to deserving junior and senior special education majors. ships are

Queen of

the Apostles Church, Belmont,

Stone Mountain, Ga., and Heather Reeves of Arnold, Md.

Shelby Parish To Offer Natural Family Planning Series SHELBY

Natural Family Planning

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Columbus recently awarded scholarships to four special ion majors at Belmont Abbey College. Taking part in the presentation were (front, ights representative Richard Grebner and Anne Stephens, Belmont Abbey director

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Dr. John Marshall, college vice president for institutional

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Diocesan News Briefs Ecumenical Prayer Service

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NEWTON

Fish Fry

Joseph Church extends an open invitation to all for an Ecumenical Unity Octave Prayer Service at the church,

Sunday, Jan. 24

720 West 13th

St.,

6 p.m.

will attend.

part of the

celebration, St. Joseph will dedicate

new Johannus

its

organ. Music ministries

perform at the service. The Catawba Valley Community Chorus, under the direction of Barry Lindley, will participate.

from the area churches

St.

fry at the Council Hall,

hosting a fish

220 E. Kingston

Ave., on Friday, Feb. 5 from 5 p.m. to 8

p.m.

Six of the parish 's neighboring faith

communities

Columbus Council 770

The menu

Joseph's will host a reception in

Holy Family Hall following the prayer service.

For more information, call Father Richard Hokanson or Barbara Nunziata in the parish office at (704) 464-9207, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon.

RCIA Catechumens, Sponsors and Teachers Living MAGGIE VALLEY Waters Catholic Reflection Center is

—

sponsoring a retreat Feb. 19-21 that will center in the first part on the Jesus of history and the Christ of revelation.

The

second part will be concerned with developing a deep, intimate relationship with Jesus. Throughout the retreat, there will be guided mediations. While the retreat is intended primarily for catechumens, their sponsors and teachers, anyone interested in the spiritual journey is invited. The director is Msgr. Chester Michael, retreat director of the Diocese of Richmond, Va. The suggested donation is $75 per person and $140 per couple. For more information, write to Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 28751 or call (704) 926-3833.

CHARLOTTE

— The

Ann's

Women's and Men's Clubs are hosting Day "Sweetheart Din-

a St. Valentine's

ner Dance" Saturday, Feb. 13. Music for

ages from big band to '80s pop will

all

be provided by The Belvederes.

Cost

$25 per couple, or $12.50

Initiative

The U.S. Jesuit Conference is launching a national program to end childhood hunger in America. Catho-

Friday evening activities include

and a jam session. Saturday evening festivities include an 8 p.m. Mass, dinner and a dance.

asked to write their senators and representatives on behalf of the 6 million children who go hungry each month.

For more information, write to the 1424 16th St. #300, Washington D.C.

For more information or to register, call Father Damion Lynch at (704) 2648338 or (704) 262-0970.

BINGO CHARLOTTE

Hospice Volunteer Training

Jesuit Conference,

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HENDERSONVILLE

Gabriel's Home School Association is sponsoring the return of Family Night BINGO on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. Dinner of St.

pizza and hot dogs starts

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— Hos-

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1993 Volunteer Training Program, beginning Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Hospice Office, 802 Old Spartanburg ing

6:30 p.m. Bring the family for a fun-filled evening. at

its

Highway. For more information, call the volunteer coordinator at the Hospice office,

For more information, call Maureen Benfield at (704) 563-9406.

Annual Barbecue

CONCORD — St. James Church is

Justice

having its annual pit-cooked pork and chicken barbecue at the church on Fri-

College

day, Feb. 5 from

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and Peace Workshop BELMONT Belmont Abbey

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For delivery of 10 or more plates, call (704) 582-0207 after 8:30 a.m. on Feb.

ministry and masters degrees. Participants will be given practical resources

for integrating justice

We Have To Believe?' BOONE — St. Elizabeth of Country

fully into

the

"What Do We Have to Believe?" The series will be presented in the Catholic Campus Ministry building, 90 Faculty St., on Wednesay evenings Jan.

St.,

Newman

28207.

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27 and Feb. 3 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, call the church office at (704) 264-6347.

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The

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welcoming Jesuit Father Andrew Novotney as the guest Hills

parish and school programs.

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hosting a Justice and Peace

Workshop Saturday, Jan. 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The presenter is Dr. Thomas Bright, who holds doctor of

a.m. to 7 p.m. Meals

our time.

To register, write the Living

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and warm clothing. Sleeping accommodations will be provided at the Catholic Campus Ministry building, 901 Faculty

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and ski rentals ($10) and should bring sleeping bags, toiletries

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Students will be responsible for

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breakfast and lunch on Saturday.

Warmaking

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covers dinner on Friday evening and

flounder, french fries,

hush puppies, slaw and drinks. Cost $6 for adults and $3 for children. For more information, call Pete (704) 523-5285.

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The Catholic News

1993

World and National Briefs »h Court Rejects Effort

by the Tijuana Diocese

eration Rescue

tance to injured victims, families

To Stop Under Klan Law AborWASHINGTON (CNS)

blockades do not violate a -year-old civil rights law and thereclinic

i >

—

who

have lost loved ones or who have been left homeless," said Los Angeles Cardinal

top them, the

Supreme Court ruled

Six justices agreed that

women

the blockades. Justice

David Souter

Head Of Brazil Bishops' Conference Opposes Death Penalty Debate SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNS) The

apartment to an unmarried couple have launched a letter-writing campaign urg-

Antonin Scalia said, abortion cannot possibly

appeal a court decision in the landlords'

Justice

position to

onsidered

...

opposition to (or pater-

sm towards) women. Whatever one of abortion,

iks

there are ;ons for

cannot be denied

common and

opposing

it,

respectable

other than ha-

of or condescension toward men)."

incil

Of Churches Group Meets

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A 1

top-

delegation of the National Council

Churches met with Vernon Jordan,

The case goes back to 1990 when Louise Desilets, her husband, Paul, and favor.

Ronald refused to lease an apartment they own in the town of Montague to Cynthia Tarail and Mark Lattanzi because the two were not married. In a ruling issued Dec. 23 in Greenfield, Franklin County Superior Court Judge George C. Keady Jr. uphis brother

—

president of the Brazilian bishops' con-

condemned

the opening of on restoring the death penalty. Archbishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida of Mariana called for education and changing social be-

ference has

debate

in Brazil

havior to prevent capital crimes. The death penalty was declared unconstitutional in

1988 under the current law

ways the council and the new linistration can relate on issues of imon concern. The Catholic Church )t a member of the NCC, and there no Catholic representative on the gation. But Catholic representatives uss

been meeting with transition offion a variety of issues. While the lcil's group was meeting with JorJan. 5, a group of U.S. Catholic ;

ference representatives

was

just

n the hall meeting with transition l

officials in

charge of health issues, and related

scuss health care reform tions.

Archdiocese Establishes EmerFund For Mexican Flooding

LOS ANGELES (CNS)

—

lient for the

Diocese of Tijuana to

Ihase what it needs in Mexico,

where

s are lower than in Los Angeles. ney donated will be used directly

new

said at the start of the

year.

lems.

They

persist in

said inhuman conditions overcrowded prisons, where

most detainees are

still

awaiting

Peru's Bishops Warn Of Worsening Situation Resulting From Economy

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) In the wake of government economic reforms, more than half of Peru's population now

persons to call for a return of capital

return of contagious diseases, such as

plicants' claim of discrimination.

punishment for convicted

pulmonary tuberculosis, Vatican Radio

Vatican Library Exhibit

Vatican To Help Albania Build Hospital

killers.

and has a hard time enough to eat, the country's bishops said. The bishops warned that lives in poverty

finding

the worsening situation has favored the

reported.

Highlights Unique Collection

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

VATICAN CITY

The

Vatican Library exhibit currently on display in Washington's Library of Congress is full of the unexpected. The exhibit, "Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture" features about 200 of the library's manuscripts, prints and maps. It will be on display from Jan. 8 through April 30 and only in Washington. "If you don't see it now, you'll never see it again," said Dominican Father Leonard Boyle, prefect of the Vatican Library. During a press conference, he described the exhibit as "the best view of the library he had ever seen."

The statement

said the Presi-

dent Alberto Fujimori's economic poli-

(CNS)

—A

— sometimes — had succeeded

called "shock therapy"

cies

top

reducing inflation

desperate health care system, pledged

same time had caused a deep recession, with higher unemployment

Vatican help in constructing a major

and a decreasing standard of

Church

new

official, after touring

Albania's

but at the

VATICAN CITY (CNS) —

hours leading up

In the

to the Jan. 13 allied air

raids against Iraq, the Vatican contin-

ued

to cite

its

calls for negotiation.

fore the raid

Be-

was launched, Vatican

spokesman Joaquin Navarro- Vails said the Vatican was closely following the

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hospital there. Cardinal Fiorenzo

Angelini, president of the Pontifical

Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health

Care Workers, said the Vatican would do all it can to help find sponsors for the project. "I promised the president of the republic that we would truly do everything to provide concrete aid," Cardinal

Angelini told Vatican Radio Jan. 1 2. He said the Vatican's help would be indirect rather than direct financing of the

proposed structure.

Vatican, Israel Close To Diplomatic Relations, Negotiator Says ASSISI, Italy (CNS)— The Vatican and Israel are close to an agreement which would allow for the establishment this spring of formal diplomatic relations, said an Israeli member of the commission drafting the agreement. Rabbi David Rosen, director of interfaith relations for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in Jerusalem,

agreement

said the Vatican-Israeli

Vatican Called For Negotiation In Hours Leading Up To Air Raid

Wayne and Patti Dameron, Owners

European Jews Welcome 'Imminent' Solution To Convent Dispute WARSAW, Poland (CNS)

—

Prominent European Jewish leaders have welcomed the "imminent" solution of a dispute over a Carmelite convent at a former Nazi concentration camp. Jean Kohn, chairman of the European Jewish Congress, said he was pleased that the Carmelite convent was expected to be moved shortly from the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, in southern Poland. Since 1984, nuns have lived in the convent, an abandoned warehouse outside the fence of the camp. "We Jews have waited many years for this solution," Kohn said. "We hope this year will see the problem finally solved."

three-fourths complete.

Assisi representing the

9-10 prayer meeting He spoke with journalists Jan. 9 about his work on the commission, which was established in July by the Vatican and Israel.

John Paul for peace

II's Jan.

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Crusader Corner By FRANK MERCOGLIANO While big time college

athletics are in large part about money, small college about a learning process. Learning about life, about overcoming obstacles, about balancing time with classes and even more so, college athletics teach student-athletes to deal with situations as they are athletics are

handed

them.

Belmont Abbey's student-athletes on the men's basketball team earned an A+ in all of the above categories by upsetting Mt. Olive 83-76 in front of an Jan. 16,

energetic home crowd. Going into the game, all signs pointed negatively for the Crusaders and coach Tim Jaeger. Mt. Olive was 10-2 and riding an eight-game winning streak. The Crusaders were coming off an 86-81 shellacking by Queens College. Belmont Abbey was without freshman standout Jake Robinson, who is nursing a sprained shoulder. Also injured were point-guard Brett Walters, who has a bruised wrist and bruised back; shooting guard Stan Maynard with a sprained back-up, Jared Hoover, who has an injured foot. .

Maynard 's

ankle and

So what does the Abbey do? With two freshmen and a junior transfer s Belmont Abbey streaked out to a 20-8 lead, which quickly got the crowd of the game. Brett Walters, hurt hand and all, keyed the run with a pair of three-pointei hobbling Hoover, making his first career start, contributed several key rebound some good minutes off the bench by Bryant Snyder, Mike Sumner and T Garrison helped the Abbey to a 46-39 halftime lead. In the second half, Skip Lowe took over. He ended up hitting 8 of 9 froi field for a career high 22 points. And whenever Mt. Olive got it close, key free th down the stretch by Maynard (5 of 6) and Lowe (2 of 2) helped ice the game Coach Jaeger was pleased to see his team climb back to the .500 mark with a solid performance.

"When we not only play hard for 40 minutes, but intelligently as well, wM be a very good basketball team," said Jaeger. "I hope we can keep up the home 1 advantage. The fans tonight were outstanding, and I think our players fed off of enthusiasm." The Crusaders, who traveled to Wofford on Monday, have two games at this week: Jan. 1 8 against Coker College, and Jan. 23, against High Point Uni ve one of the best teams in the Carolinas Conference. iei

Belmont Abbey's Lady Crusader's lost their first conference game of the High Point 6 1 -55, and head coach Elaine Kebbe was worried about her team in last place, even though the conference season was just one game old. Now heading into Saturday's rematch with High Point, the Lady Crusade

;

back

in the familiar spot

—

first

place

The Lady Crusaders earned

— with

a 3-1 conference record.

way back

into first, defeating Mt. College convincingly 91-78. Mt. Olive was in first place at the time. The squad was led once again by India Adams, who had 32 points ai rebounds. The 32 points leave her just 13 shy of 2000 for her career, a mark \ their

she was expected to get against Queens College in Charlotte.

The Lady Crusaders must first take care of business on Jan. 23, which mej conference battle with Coker College. Coker is 0-5 in the conference and 5-9 With High Point facing Mt. Olive, Saturday's game

guaranteed to be a

bai

the top spot in the conference.

The regular season championship automatically

qualifies for the Dis

Playoffs.

Frank Mercogliano

Cross winds (From

sports information director for Belmont

my comment. We both looked forward to the day when having African heritage could be as much of a non-issue as being a redhead. (This

Reilly and his son, Josh, relax after taking part in the

Charlotte Observer earlier this month. Josh

won

the 14

Open 10K

run sponsored by The

best be placed with African pa

This,

subscribed to as an

not to minimize the school

CHARLOTTE — of victory for

Tim

was

the thrill

Reilly and his son,

Josh.

Reilly finished 38th in the masters' division of the open

OK road race spon-

sored by The Charlotte Observer. But his pride

showed most when Josh

and under division.

ceived the

first

place trophy in the 14

and under division

emony

at the

awards cer-

Charlotte Civic Center.

The father-son running team is from They attend St. Joan of Arc

Bethel, N.C.

in Asheville.

The weather on

that Jan.

from a spectator's perspective. From a runner's point of view, it could have been worse.

"We blazed it," Reilly grinned. "And wasn't that bad. At least it wasn't hot." "It

used to

Once they

for conditioning. into the

was nothing compared

Lenten

Week

"4*

Prayer and Reflection

the

HOLY LAND Friday,

March 5 - Sunday, March 14

get

Leaving Charlotte, NC, Baltimore, MD, and Tampa,

down

Pigeon River Valley, however,

Under the

spiritual

leadership of

the terrain levels out.

When the going gets tough during a race, Josh says he tries to relax

and

short and fast. His best race time for the

10K

dad ran in the Marine Corps Marathon this past October in Washington. Both had good time at 3:08 and 3:43, respectively. In addition and spring soccer. Josh started running at the tender

ball, basevall

age of 2 1/2, recalls Reilly. His first race was a mile fun run at Latta Park in the Dilworth community in Charlotte. "He

me to

set

him down and

let

it.

ran the whole way."

Father and son will continue run-

ning together.

It's

more than

just exer-

cise, says Reilly. "It

helps your spiritual

Steve Uzzell

Luke Church

life,"

he says.

a parishioner at

Mint

Hill.

With the assistance of American clergy assigned to the Holy

KLM Royal [R double occupancy, full Israeli breakfasi dinner each day, guide ana bus, U.S. departure tax, Israeli airport tej tips to guide and bus drivers, Sea of Galilee boat ride, Mt. Tabor Total cost: $1,482 (includes roundtrip fare on

Airlines, first class hotels

Additional

Tampa

airfare cost

$60.)

him

run," says Reilly. "I couldn't believe

N.C

his

to running, Josh enjoys playing basket-

wanted

Francis Cancro of Washington D.C Fr. Joseph Mulligan of Mint Hill, N.C.

Fr.

Msgr. Richard Allen of Charlotte,

:36:51.

He and

to the

marathon," says Josh. "I felt pretty good." How does a slight 14-year-old lad from Haywood County run away with the prize for his age group in the open 10K road race? The answer is simple: Lots of hard work. Josh has trained for and entered dozens of races since the age of 9. He runs an average of 25 miles a week, except when he's training for a marathon. Then, he ups it to 50 to 75 miles a week. Sometimes, he runs with his dog

it."

Reilly says the mountains are great

continue to move, keeping his strides

9 morning was nasty with the temperature near 40 degrees and a blowing rain. But that was

"Keanu," but the Collie/German Shepherd tries to pull away and mark his own course. Most of the time, Josh and his dad train together. "Any route we take from home is uphill," says Josh. "But we've gotten

re-

of thought that the African child might

Son Team Experience Of Victory, Agony Of Feet

By STEVE UZZELL

ideal)

do for Koreans, South Amerij Asians, Europeans. But in the mea

Father and Thrill

Page 5)

the point of

Tim

Abbey

St.

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