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Number 20

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Western

Carolina

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the Diocese of Charlotte

Western project seeks economic justice

By jimmy

ROSTAR

Associate Editor

HAYESVILLE

Papal

visit

to St. Louis-

— Shelby Woody

knows a lot about Clay County. She was born here, and taught school here for 35 years. She knows the place abounds with gorgeous scenery and

Mexico City

community pride. And she knows about the poverty, too.

"We

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United States ...Page

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served 2,575 people last year, is growing every day," said Woody, who serves as treasurer of the food pantry in her home county. "There are no jobs, people can't find housing, they can't find food. Woody is one of nearly 50 concerned people from Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Swain counties who attended a Jan. 15 conference that examined social and financial needs of citizens in one of the economically poorest regions in the state. The gathering is the latest step in a project led by the Diocese of Charlotte to bring local religious, business,

and the need

education, health care and charitable

Living the Faith

and realize opportunities for economic develop-

Priest's chaplaincy post

ment

entities together to study

The

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"Conscious of their own

with greater authority in the forums where laws and policies concerning the family are formulated."

— Pope John Paul

Sills, a

Methodist

teachings

Action Institute in Greensboro, shared findings of a report he researched and presented for the project. "I had been*asked to come here and look at these communities not to find fault, not to discover what's wrong, not even to discover the weaknesses and the shortages and the lack that exist but to discover the opportunities that are here for moving forward, for helping people improve their lot in life, for building stronger communities," Dr. Sills told participants.

and wage standards." For more than a year, Frazer has traveled throughout the diocese working with

—

The fall

project

was commissioned

of 1998 as diocesan

officials

sought ways to implement the goals of "Of One Heart and One Mind," the economic justice pastoral letter written by North Carolina's two Catholic bishops. The pastoral was issued by Bishop William G. Curlin of Charlotte and Bishop

Gossman of Raleigh. "What (the bishops) said

F. Joseph

in effect

you work, you should not be poor," explained Joanne K. Frazer, director of the diocesan Office of Justice and is if

H, 1993

Mark

Peace. "Lifting up the ethical and moral dimensions of economic life in our state, they provided a moral framework based on Scripture and drawn from a long tradition of Catholic

minister and executive director of the ecumenical research ministry Faith in

the

rights, families will be able to make their voices heard

Rev.

Photo by Joann Keane

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Members of the liturgical Kabaka Dancers share their gift of dance during the 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Our Lady of Consolation Parish in Charlotte, N.C.

...

human

especially as they apply

dignity, productive work,

the project offers

many

positive ap-

proaches to implementing the report's proposals. Emphasis on the self-effort

and entrepreneurial

spirit of those being helped is key, he added. Six detailed recommendations for ministry, replete with creative, viable

ways of achieving them, are included

The gathering the latest step

the report.

—

They

are:

Increase the supply of affordable

interested in

project led by the Diocese

child care, especially

making the goals the

of Charlotte to bring local

and on evenings weekends in each of

people

pastoral a reality. Jan.

5 conference

The religious, business,

was

the second such meet-

ing of the Western Counties Project. Frazer heads the project with Father

and charitable

—

entities

together to study and

economic development

providers;

—

Form

worker-owned cooperative to provide small home repair and maintenance services not adequat^y sup-

here.

chancellor of the Diocese of Charlotte, and

Expand the

number of registered in-home child care

realize opportunities for

Mauricio W. West, vicar general and

Father

the four counties;

education, health care

George

Kloster, pastor of St. William Catholic

plied in the region;

Church in Murphy and Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in

— Establish

a "cars-to-work" pro-

gram providing

quality used vehicles

to people in transition

Hayesville.

While conceding

that challenges

in the four counties are real

times complex. Dr.

Sills

and

from welfare to

employment;

stressed that

WESTERN COUNTIES PROJECT, page 15

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Ihc World

January 22, 1999

in Brief

Canadian bishops protest violence

buildings. MISNA, a Rome-based missionary news service, reported the incident started in the Gombe neighborhood with the complete pillaging of the Bethanie Center housing Rwandan refugees. Then soldiers moved on to the student dormitory at a nearby Catholic school and to the Sacred Heart Convent, before arriving at the gates of the Vatican Embassy in Kinshasa.

against Ciirislians in India (CNS) Troubled by

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OTTAWA

increasing violence against Christians

Canada's bishops urged the

in India,

government of India to launch a public inquiry and bring those responsible to trial. "We are seriously concerned by the increased number of violations of basic human rights committed against Christians, especially since the begin-

ning of 1998 and, as a result, must in your country," said Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. In a letter to Rajanikanta Verma, India's High Commissioner to Canada, Cardinal Turcotte pointed to violent attacks

condemn such abuses

Quake remembrance Residents light candles to offer prayers Jan. 16 for victims of the

Stories on boat exhibit prompt | ' flurry of statements in Rome VATICAN CITY (CNS) Israeli press reports about an agreement with

—

Kobe earthquake in western

Japan

the Vatican to display a 2,000-year-old boat prompted a series of reactions in

four years ago.

The 1995 quake killed

A Vatican spokesman expressed surprise at the reports, saying the Vatican had declined an Israeli proposal for a cooperative exhibit. This Rome.

more than

6,400 people and left tens of

committed against Christian communities in the state of Gujarat since Christmas Day. Number of Catholics applying to

thousands homeless.

prompted a statement later that day from the Israeli Embassy to the Holy See. "Neither the ambassador nor the Israeli Embassy to the Holy See made

RUC increased in 1998 BELFAST, Northern Ireland

join

(CNS)

who

—

The number

applied

of Catholics

a proposal of co-participation regard-

Northern

ing the wooden boat," the embassy statement said. "Clearly, the Holy See could not have declined a proposal that was never made." El Salvador poll reports little

join

1998 was

Ireland's police force in

double the number who applied in 1993. At the end of 1998, more than

CNS

PHOTO FROM Reuters

one-fifth of the 5,000 applicants to the

Royal Ulster Constabulary were Catholics. While Catholics make up 47 percent of Northern Ireland's population. Catholics make up only 7

RUC

percent of

The

police officers.

is currently under review by the Independent Commission for Policing in Northern Ireland. The commission, headed by Chris Patten, a Catholic who was the last British governor of Hong Kong, is due to

police force

make recommendations later this year on how the force should be made more acceptable to Northern Ireland's nationalists.

California

may

legally save

money

and discourage poor people from moving to the state by paying different levels of welfare to newcomers for a year. The case is being closely watched by social service agencies such as Catholic Charities USA that are called upon to help support people who have inadequate money on which to live, and by other states that want to avoid

drawing new residents who

arrive without jobs.

Austrian bishops report rise in Catholics not paying church tax VIENNA, Austria (CNS) The

—

November 1998, a rise of 15 percent over the previous year, according to data presented at a Jan. 4-5 bishops' conference meeting in Linz, Austria. It was not known how many Catholics discontinued payment of the church tax because of economic difficulties or how many as a sign of protest against recent conflicts, said the

Vienna Archdiocese's spokeswoman, Margareta Matich. (k>ngo's cardinal says army troops attacked Catholic institutions ROME (CNS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo's cardinal said

—

High court hears case over lower welfare benefits for newcomers WASHINGTON (CNS) For

number of people discontinuing their tax payments to Austria's Catholic Church increased in 1998. Mean-

the second time in three years, the

while, in a recent survey, only one in

Supreme

five

Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi

tax"

Kinshasa, in a Jan. 15 letter to the people of his archdiocese, said the Jan. 12 raids were led by members of the army's 50th brigade and resulted in varying degrees of damage to the

—

Court

considering may provide lower

whether states

welfare benefits to people who have recently moved from states with different benefit levels. The court heard oral

arguments

Jan. 13 over

whether

January

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interest in

upcoming election

SAN SALVADOR (CNS)

—

Two-thirds of Salvadorans are ambivalent about the election

March

presidential

and a greater number expect

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no interest" in the election campaign that began last November. Another 49 percent said they have "little or no interest" in turning out to vote, and 75 percent said they expected "man}' (other) people"

would

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is no confidence in politicians." El Salvador's second post-war presidential elec-

principally because "there

tions are scheduled for

March

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ter Rd., has

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January 26

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Charlotte parishes will host future sessions.

GREENSBORO

— The

Greensboro

Council of Catholic Women sponsors a potluck luncheon today at noon at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd. Current members are asked to bring a dish to share, and donations of $ 1 will help defray costs.

The group January

also welcomes potential members. The meeting includes a

—

Sign-ups begin 25 CHARLOTTE today for Lenten faith-sharing groups which will meet each week during Lent at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Parkway. For

call

information, call the parish office at

"couples night" featuring

(704) 543-7677.

sine at 7 p.m. today in the Laurentine Hall of St. Lawrence Basilica, 97

27 CHARLOTTE istry of the

— The Elder Min-

Diocese of Charlotte hosts

a listening session exploring views

speaking presentation on spirituality

and healing. For further information, Janet

Law

at (336)

29 ASHEVILLE sociation of

288-6022.

— The Catholic As-

Family Educators hosts

German

cui-

Haywood St. Nursing babies are welcome. R.S.V.P. by Jan. 25 to Sheryl

January 22, 1999

named

Diocesan ministry celebrates

her memory. recognizes an individual "in the Diocese of Charlotte who has made significant contributions in advancing the full recognition and inclusion of African Americans," said Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, director of the African American Affairs Ministry and Our Lady of Consolation Church's permanent deacon. Rev. Mr. Todd recalled how Rollins-Gaither reaffirmed him in his

Pursuing the dream

King's legacy By

The Catholic News & Herald 3

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JIMMY ROSTAR

Associate Editor

— "We gather

CHARLOTTE

remember a man of tremendous faith, someone who stirred up the hearts of Americans and challenged us to see Christ in everyone," said Bishop William G. Curlin as the Diocese of Charlotte honored Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of hope. The bishop's remarks came during a liturgy

culminating a celebration

Our Lady of Consolation Church Charlotte.

faith and, later, in his calling to mini.stry.

One cese,

delivered

are deeply aware that Afrispirituality

based on

the sacred Scriptures," Father

West

added. "In the dark days of slavery, we know that reading was forbidden, but

our ancestors knew that the Bible was not a closed book." Father West focused on the "real motivation" for celebrating King's birthday and ideals. "We remind ourselves that everything we have and everything we are is a divine gift," he said. "Racial

prejudice

Freedom, though, gift from God."

still

alive today. a cherished

King, a Baptist minister, devoted his public life to promoting nonviolent, civil disobedience in a time and place where social and racial discrimination ran rampantly. He was

much of

named Time magazine's Man of the Year

1964,

won

the Nobel Peace

Prize later that year, and spent much of the late 1950s and the 1960s giving stirring speeches calling for a revolution of values.

Oligny

at (828)

298-0336.

30 CHARLOTTE

— The Elder Min-

istry of the

Diocese of Charlotte hosts exploring views on the needs of affordable housing for Catholic seniors today from 1 1 a.m.noon at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For details, call Sandra Breakfield at (704) 370-3220. Other Charlotte parishes will host future sesa listening session

sions.

CHARLOTTE

—

High School placement test is today for all interested eighth graders from 8:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the school, 7702 Pineville-Matthews Rd. Testing fee is $15 (checks payable to Charlotte Catholic High School), and no pre-registration is required. Students should arrive by 8:15 with the fee, two #2 pencils, and a light snack for the break. Scores and test explanations will be mailed the week of April 19.

For more information,

543-91

really

18.

31 WINSTON-SALEM

call (704)

— Today

W. West

the

today."

and evangelizaEvents incorporate drama, music, dance, storytelling and visual arts tion,

Photo by Joann Keane

The Very Reverend Mauricio W. West, left, accepts a service award from the African American Affairs Ministry named for the late Glenda Rollins-Gaither. Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd bestowed the honor prior to Mass at the Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by an assassin's bullet in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. "In working for the full realization of freedom, no sacrifice is too great," said Father West. "Today, the example of Dr. King challenges every one of us. We must use Christ and his standards to fashion our lives." Father West explained that perpetuating hope requires prayer, communal worship and meditation on the Scriptures. "As a people of faith, we

have much to

offer

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gifts clearly

the deadline for registering for a small

group interaction program for Lent at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. "Follow Me: Disciples for the 21st Century" is a program designed to encourage personal and group prayer, build supportive relationships, enhance knowledge of the Scriptures and further the mission of Christ and the church. Call (336) 724707 1 for registration.

February

CLEMMONS

(336) 778-0600 for details.

HAMLET

—

St. James Church, 1018 W. Hamlet Ave., hosts its annual pit-cooked barbecue today from 1 a.m.-7 p.m. Dinners include pork or chicken, cole slaw, baked beans, bread, dessert, and tea or coffee. Eat in or take

6 SALISBURY

—

needed

our time," he added.

"We

must continue to share the love of God in tangible ways with all of our brothers and

sisters,

regardless of the

human dif-

would separate us." As King was remembered, another African American was eulogized prior to the Mass for her efforts toward raferences that

cial

harmony. The

late

Glenda Our

Rollins-Gaither, a parishioner of

Lady of Consolation Church and a founding member of the African American Affairs Ministry, was commended by having a service award Catholic School hosts its annual Valentine Ball and silent auction fund raiser today from 7-10 p.m. at the

Country Club of Salisbury. The event includes a buffet dinner, dancing and the auction. Proceeds benefit school facilities and materials. Cost is $30 per person, and reservations are required

by Jan. 3 1 For more information, call Phyllis Tonseth, (704) 637-7886. 9 CHARLOTTE Molly Kelly, an author, lecturer, and widowed mother .

—

of eight, discusses chastity in a speak-

—

Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd., hosts a charismatic Mass today at 7:15 p.m. The laying on of hands follows. Call 1

out. is

Based

The Charlotte

Catholic

Father Mauricio

opportunity to make the Scriptures come to life through communication and role playing. "Sometimes people look at the Bible as just parallel with history, but what occurred here was that you were able to see how this is a living word," said Leslie Johnson, one of Our Lady of Consolation Church's youth ministers. "You could see how applicable it

and

"The good news of die Gospel is one of liberation," said Father Mauricio W. West, diocesan .vicar

"We

of two African-American

Glenda RollinsGaither Service Award. Earlier in the program, a "Word Events" seminar gave participants an

faith.

can-American

to the

recipient of the

first

In song and word, the spirited

who

'God told

priests in active ministry in the dio-

birthday.

general and chancellor, the homily.

said,

bank," he said.

at in

The event was sponsored

recalled the grace of freedom

"When Glenda

something,' you could take

by the diocesan African American Affairs Ministry Jan. 16, the day after what would have been King's 70th

Mass

The award

Sacred Heart

ing presentation at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School, 3100 Park Rd., at 7:30 p.m. The presentation is open to the public. For details, call Diane Hoefling at (704) 541-3760. 13 CHARLOTTE Catholic evangelists Scott and Kimberly Hahn bring their message of faith to St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., today from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The Hahns are converts to the Catholic faith, make frequent appearances on the cable net-

—

work

EWTN,

and have produced

in Scripture

Word

more fully realize one's blessings. Sev-

were presented at the National Black Catholic Congress VIII in Baltimore, Md., last year. Emphasis on youth also highlighted the gathering, as a seminar on the empowerment program Rites of •Passage explored the importance of young African Americans' leadership eral such events

potential.

Lorene Craig,

parishioner of

Queen of the Apostles Church

Belmont, said was the diocesan event as a way of keeping King's dream alive in today's world. "It ties in with the idea that he didn't (see people) just by their color, but by the contents on the inside of them," she added with a smile.

many

audio and video tapes.

They

will discuss four topics relating to

the 999 papal theme of the "Father." Admission is free, and donations will be accepted. For more information, call (704) 364-5431. This event is sponsored by the Catholic Evangelization Commission of Charlotte. 1

26 CHARLOTTE

— Retrouvaille

program for married couples that brings hope, teaches communication on a feeling level, helps couples realize that their problems are not is

unique, helps couples identify their values and priorities, and teaches couples to start anew. The program begins today. For details, call Rev. Mr. Nick or Irene Fadero, (704) 5440621, or (800) 470-2230. Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to publication date.

The Catholic News & Herald

January 22, 1999

Edilorioh & Columns In

the interest of Christian unity

the interest of Christian unity,

On the

Inconducted an informal (and very brief recently might

The Pope

Light Side

add) public research project near escalators at J.C. Penney. I asked, "What do you know about the An-

Speaks

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity?" "Does it last seven days?" was the first response. Others included: "I'm Jewish. Are we invited?" "I gave at the office," "What do I win if I know?" This provided a hint that Christians of different denominations have a way to go before they leap onto the PUB (Prayer for Unity Bandwagon). For starters, we need to speak the same language. Let's be honest. We use the same word for different things all the time and need to know this. For example, how do Catholics, Baptists and nual

POPE JOHN PAUL

—

Pope says every Christian called to promote unity By CINDY

WOODEN

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five or six

Christian unity so that the faith truly will be a

you and singing nicely into

light to all peoples,

—

Pope John Paul

II said.

the eve of the annual Jan. 18-25

Prayer for Christian Unity, the pope said God's is for his church to be a "sign and instrument of unity for all humankind." The theme of the 1999 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is: "He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his people." Pope John Paul said the theme "is a strong call to hope: God, in fact, is communion and in Christ he has generated the church, an icon of the Trinity, a sign and instrument of unity for all humankind." Each year the theme is proposed by a local ecumenical committee and formally adopted by the World Council of Churches' Commission on Faith and Order and the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. "Every baptized person is called to contribute" je search for Christian unity "with

people (often converts or non-Catholic

spouses).

—

Presbyterians: holding a

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humming on

Baptists:

singing

hymns

on Sundays

in the

sires for his followers.

"As the third Christian millennium rapidly we are conscious of the need to commit ourselves ever more firmly and irrevocably to the noble goal of Christian unity, and we are aware of the beneficial effects that this unity will have on the new evangelization of roaches,

Europe and the world," the pope said. Pope to make longest trip to

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about "cardinal"? Catholics: a high church official. United Methodists: mascot of St. Louis base-

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be serious here. Michael's return to was not "The Second Coming" and his recent leaving, despite the angst we experience, is not worthy of all the fuss. This is a family lesson for us on how easy it is to be lulled by human tendencies to make gods of mere humans. What slapped us into reality was an inference by a reporter that Jordan's will to win was so strong that he even willed the growth of a few inches But,

Family

let's

basketball after retiring before

Reflections

ANDREW & TERRI

LYKE

in his adolescence.

Guest Columnists

stats

great athlete and entertainer has retired. His

and

immense

his

talent speak

volumes about

his

place in sports history. WVll miss him, for sure. But this doesn't add to or detract from the quality of life

Making gods of mere humans the end of an era. Michael Jordan has re .tired from basketball and a dark shadow has

humble home. Our despair is accentuated by the barrage of media coverage. This is more than a sports event. The likes of Tom Brokaw and other serious journalists are treating this with the same importance as matters of state. So, it must be that important. Right? And our gloom over MJ's leaving is exacerbated with each superlative attributed to "his Airness" on and off" the court. Or are we being manipulated by soap-selling media, ever hungry for sensational news? Did we when we take the bite hook, line and sinker dispensed with our "No on Wednesday" rule to view the coverage? Were we but a few of the herded masses who got bamboozled into the hyperbole? As ardent fans of basketball, the Bulls, and Michael Jordan, the pains of loss are real and legitimate. It has been a privilege to witness such great cast itself over our

—

talent.

we were

by Michael's obvious dediwas a model-worthy gentleman of the game, a breath of fresh air in a league of self-absorbed prima donnas. Yes, we will miss Michael and the caliber of play that he brought to the game. We'll tell our grandchildren "We were Yes,

inspired

cation to his talent. Yes, Michael

there!"

share. It is

't's

homeland, including dioceses he has not visited as pope, during a 13-day June visit. The June 517 pilgrimage, taking in 16 dioceses and 21 towns and cities, will include the beatification of 108 World War II martyrs. Outlining the itinerary, the co-chairman of a joint church-state planning committee. Auxiliary Bishop Jan Chrapek of Torun, said Pope John Paul wished to celebrate Mass in all dioceses he had not previously visited.

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Nazarenes: a form of gambling; should be shunned. Catholics: a social gathering that simultaneously funds parish programs. Anglicans: a dramatic exclamation, reserved for extraordinary moments when emphatic verbal attention might be appropriate. Rarely used during sermons. "Fellowship" is interesting: Evangelicals: a sharing of Scripture, prayer and worship in a community setting. Quakers: a good fegling. Catholics: a terrific study grant. Just for fun, during Christian Unity Week (Jan. 18-25 this year) conduct your own parish poll. Ask, "What do you think about 'Ut Unum Sint"'? (Hint: It's a papal encyclical calling for Christian unity.)

unceasing

Catholics in the reflections, he said, since Christians, Jews and Muslims share belief in the one God. Also in the context of the week of prayer. Pope John Paul met .Ian. 18 with Lutheran Archbishop Jukka Paarma of Turku and Finland. The pope told the archbishop that his visit was a sign that Catholic-Lutheran relations "will continue to become ever stronger as we strive to move forward in our joint quest for the restoration of that unity which Jesus Christ de-

June

in front

shower and belting out songs was serious about this

and fi^aternal charity," the pope said. Also during his Jan. 17 Angelus address, the pope praised Italian Catholics and Jews who dedicate the day before the week of prayer to deepening their own relations and dialogue. In preparing for the year 2000, he said, the Catholic Church has dedicated 1999 to prayer and reflection on the person of God the Father. Jews and Muslims should be invited to join

hymnal

at periodic times dur-

as if Scripture

"p^rayer

Poland

ing church services.

Week of

plan

level?

something choirs do for those attending Mass, sometimes joined in song by Catholics: Sing

News Service Every ChrisVATICAN CITY (CNS) tian has an oMigation to pray and work for Catholic

pew

Presbyterians define "sing" at the

DAN MORRIS CNS Columnist

our

the end of an era in sports, the end of an era Chicago. But our full and grace- filled

home

lives will

absorb the

loss.

The

void will be

filled

with

But this isn't life-changing or worthy of all the page space and air time that was dedicated to it. It certainly wasn't worth the major dis-

something

else.

traction for us.

thank Michael Jordan for many hours of salute him for excitement watching him perform. doing it so well, with such style and grace. But we don't genuflect before him. And we don't pay the kind of homage to him that the media so readily gave. So, when the next sensation hits the news, no matter

how much

hype,

Andrew

if it's

Wednesday,

NO TV!

& Terri Lyke are coordinators of marriage

ministry in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

January 22, 1999

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One

Candle

FATHER THOMAS

McSWEENEY Guest Columnist

A woman's place?

The Catholic News & Herald 5

t Columns

pher Closeup before her book "We Are Our Mother's Daughters" was published. "Through her personal and historical account I could feel the sting my mom must have felt. I also came to understand the fulfillment that my mom eventually acquired through that paying job. Like Cokie and the women she eloquently describes, my mom came to learn that people who question your choices are often trying to validate their own choices. Before and long after her sons were out on their own and her husband had died, my mom's work brought her the companionship of coworkers, the satisfaction of work well done and an added opportunity for happiness. Cokie's observations help

me realize that my mom, like a woman who made a positive

others,

work as a telephone operator at hometown newspaper a job she prized for some thirty years. The beginning, however, wasn't easy. Post-World War II America looked down on women in the workplace. The view was that they had only been "filling in" during the war until the men came home and with the return to "normalcy" wives

clubwomen and consumer and

could and should leave the workplace. In my mind's eye, I can still see my

she realized she had to retire from her job after a debilitating second stroke. Scores of friends, especially women co-workers, streamed through the nursing home to hug her and thank her for her

she found additional

—

our

mom literally

sneaking out of the back door of our home, scampering across the back alley to catch a bus three blocks away from the stop on our own street. She did this to avoid running into any of a number of women neighbors who were quite vocal and heartless in laying on guilt: "Don't you know a mother's place is at home with her family!!?" Sometimes they would make my mom cry. But they never made her change her mind. All of this came back to me in a rush last week while reading Cokie Roberts' refreshing look at issues that continue to affect women and their choices. I had the privilege of interviewing Cokie on Christo-

AMY WELBORN CNS

Overcoming passivity with

difference

both her family and her world: "Because our communities and our country need us just as the children do, the country requires the services of women soldiers and politicians and businesswomen and

civil rights activists

helping other women get off welfare and nurses and nuns. The country needs us to be sisters and aunts and friends and mothers and daughters and wives, first in the literal' sense, and then in the

and

women

figurative one I

—

sisters to society, caretakers."

remember how upset

faithfulness

and loyalty

—

my mom

became when

a faithfulness

and loyalty

Mom

she also shared with her family. always took her responsibilities seriously, but the decision which was right for her might have been wrong for someone else. And that's the point. Every human being is entitled to make choices without being second-guessed. Family obligations should be paramount to women and men. But how you fulfill them, how you spend your time and live your life is ultimately between you, your loved ones and God.

who cannot

about a class in school. it for him, quite frankly, since ninth-grade English, and that only for a few months before he got disillusioned with the teacher. But something's different with this course: creative writing. One of the most glorious but also excruciating aspects of adolescence is the mad, churning crush of "feelings" that ache to be expressed. It's glorious because it's evidence of a broadening perspective and awareness. The world, inner and outer, seems in years, excited

expand and evolve by the moment. But it can be excruciating because those feelings are new and often confusing, no matter what they're about: spirituality, sexuality, your family, your future or just yourself You often are convinced no one else on the planet could understand and that others might even be shocked by what runs through your head someto

times.

You just want

The is

simple and direct answer to your

mitted through any remnants of saliva on the

munion

Corner

first

CNS

Columnist

cup.

which do not result from

A or B virus.

column I talked with the hepasection of the Center for Disease Control and

In preparing this titis

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

Com-

The Hepatitis C virus was discovered only 1 years ago, by molecular cloning. It was found to be the apparent primary cause of those cases of hepatitis

Prevention in Atlanta, the main center for diseaserelated information and analysis in the United States. Their studies confirm that Hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus and is not spread by eating utensils or drinking glasses. Harmful exposure to the virus is normally through blood or blood components, use of injected drugs, possibly through infected sexual partners or by percutaneous (skin-piercing) professional accidents for example, when a physician, nurse or other health care person is exposed to an infected

—

individual's blood.

This column has dealt several times over the years with the question whether AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), or the virus which causes it (HIV human immunodeficiency virus),

—

might be transmitted by a common Communion cup. The Center for Disease Control's answer has been and still is that HIV-AIDS is transmitted in several ways: sexual intercourse, blood or bloodborne products, breast milk, occupational accidents

mentioned above and so on. Scientists agree, however, that what is called casual contact is not among the ways of communicating the virus.

it all

out.

in the

morning and wonder what

Several years ago, the U.S. surgeon general, following advice from the Center for Disease Control and other scientific sources, sent an informative brochure to every household in the country.

"You won't get the AIDS

virus," said the study,

"through everyday contact with the people around in school, in the workplace, at parties, child-care centers or stores. You won't get it by swimming in a pool, even if someone in the pool is infected with the AIDS virus.... You won't get AIDS from saliva, sweat, tears, urine or a kiss.... It can't be passed by using a glass or eating utensils that someone else has

you

...

used."

The bottom

line

that,

style

make. humans, on the other hand we have imagination to build any kind of house we want (given the means!), write any poem, compose any song. It's one of the things about us that shows we are created in the image of God. So the urge to express yourself and all your feelings, whether they be love or anger, satisfaction or confusion, is something you could say is almost spiritual, since it is something, in a way, you have in common with God. And since it has that potential, it's something you should never fail to explore and direct

drink the remaining wine after to give up this ministry?

that neither of these diseases can be trans-

to let

That's where creativity comes in. The ability to create is one of the most vital things separating humans from the rest of the animals. Sure, animals may build things, but they do so completely by instinct: Birds don't

—

Communion, but do not wish

question

creativity

for the first time

they'll

a time

ministers do

is,

of nest to build. Instinct dictates the kind of nest

Question

when Hepatitis C and AIDS are so prevale7it a health hazard, why does the church still give Communion under both species? Also, what do eucharistic

(Q.

16-year old son

Nothing much has done

wake up Health concerns and drinking from the communion cup

Columnist

countless

have vivid memories of how embarrassed and I guilty my mom was made to feel at having to get a job back in the 1950s. Of course, she already had the non-paying job at home being wife, mother and homemaker. But family exigencies left little choice, and

was

Coming of Age

following the best avail-

knowledge concerning these viruses, there has never been, and is not now, any reason the able scientific

church should discontinue or discourage Communion from the cup, because of them. To your final question, for any of several good reasons, it is not uncommon that people ministering Communion, including deacons and priests, cannot consume the consecrated wine left in the chalice. They may always ask another to consume it for them. It is good to check with the priest. Instructions covering this possibility should be, and usually are,

in the

most positive way you

can.

Like everyone else over the past 40 years, you've been raised in a culture that encourages passivity our primary pastime requires no more energy than it takes to prop your eyelids open and absorb whatever the television tells you. But all those desires to express and be heard and understood are telling you, even as you sit there, that you're more than a sponge. So get up and stop acting like one. Part of your restlessness and dissatisfaction with life might be because you're keeping it all locked inside without attempting to do anything about it.

—

arise and walk away from the televiaway from your video game. Write poems,

So sion,

short stories or songs. Design a Web page. Break new boundaries in the kitchen. Build something out of wood or rocks or metal. Turn a piece of junk car into a gleaming thing of beauty. Design clothes. Paint a mural on the

wall of your room.

mom

part of the normal preparation of eucharistic minis-

And if your asks you what in the world you're doing, shut up in there sloshing paints around madly or scratching out words in a notebook, it's to sajf that you're praying. Be-

ters.

cause, in a way,

you

are.

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NBA

People

January 22, 1999

the News

player pleased lockout over,

area

criticizes negative reporting

MILWAUKEE

(CNS)

—

Jim

Service, the procurator general of the Franciscans in Rome and the secretary to Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar confirmed the details reported by Archbishop Zago.

Father Vincent O'Conneli, 'sugar cane priest,' dies

NEW ORLEANS

leans.

CNS

in St. Paul.

The

bishop, a recov-

Vatican commission, British rabbis agree to begin dialogue

VATICAN CITY

PHOTO FROM Reuters

Jordan prayers Jordanian Christians, including members of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, recite a prayer of thanks for King Hussein's recovery from cancer at a church in Amman Jan. 16.

Home for the

ering alcoholic, was 63.

(CNS)

—

Hoeckman, secretary of the commission, said, "What they want and what we want coincide': a religious dialogue, a theological dialogue looking at the

Vatican commission and a group of Liberal and Reform Jewish rabbis from Great Britain have agreed to begin preparations for the start of a theological dialogue. The rabbis, including the

United Kingdom's first woman rabbi, briefly met Pope John Paul II at the end of his general audience Jan. 13. The seven rabbis, members of the

World Union of Progressive Judaism, also met with Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy and other officials of the Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews. Dominican Father Remi

to be interred in the St.

Bartholomew Cem-

etery following a funeral

Bishop Welsh, who also headed the Diocese of Spokane, Wash., from 1978 to 1990, died of cancer Jan. 13 at the

Aged

He was

Marist tomb at

the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.

Poor

—

(CNS)

Marist Father Vincent J. O'Conneli, a labor and social justice advocate known as the "sugar cane priest" for his work among Louisiana's sugar cane workers, died of respiratory arrest Jan. 9. He was 86 years old. He died at Chateau de Notre Dame, a Catholic nursing home in New Or-

to be celebrated Jan. 19 at

Little Sisters of the

was not part of

News

—

was

priests have

the discussion. It was not one of the parishes listed," Archbishop Zago said. In separate interviews with Catholic

Mcllvaine of the Seattle Supersonics said he was dehghted that negotiators from the National Basketball Association and the NBA players were able to salvage part of the 1998-99 pro basketball season. "Thank God, I'm glad it's over," said the former Marquette University player of the lockout imposed by NBA owners. In an interview with the Catholic Herald, Milwaukee archdiocesan newspaper, Mcllvaine said he felt reports of bitterness between owners and players were exaggerated, and said players' images were tarnished by a minority of their ranks. Auxiliary Bishop Welsh of St. Paul-Minneapolis dies at 63 A fuST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) neral Mass for Bishop Lawrence H. Welsh, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. PaulrMinneapolis since 1991,

— some diocesan

parishes." "Medjugorje

challenges facing society from the basis of our religious faiths."

Philippine cardinal urges prayer over death penalty issue MANILA, Philippines (CNS) Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila urged people to pray and study so that the controversy over the death penalty

—

will not continue to divide the Philippine church. "The death penalty issue has divided us," the cardinal wrote in his Jan. 13 pastoral letter, "Pray,

and restore News, an Asian

to allow national healing

unity, reported

UCA

church news agency based in Thailand. Franciscans to leave some parishes, but remain in Medjugoije

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

—

Franciscan priests will leave seven parishes in the Diocese of Mostar, BosniaHerzegovina, but no immediate change

was foreseen

the parish at Medjugorje, the site of alleged Marian apparitions. Archbishop Marcello Zago, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, said Jan. 13 the agreement "is connected to the fact for

that there are too

many

priests in the

Holy

Mass

Name of Mary Church

Jan. 14 in

New

Orleans, where he served 1978-82.

Newly named Lima archbishop played key role in hostage crisis LIMA, Peru (CNS) The newly appointed head of the Lima Archdio-

—

cese, Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, became world famous as a key figure during the 1996-1997 hostage crisis at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima. The Vatican announced that Pope John Paul II named Archbishop Cipriani, a member of the personal prelature Opus Dei, to head

the archdiocese following the retire-

ment of Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora. After guerrillas of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement took nearly 500 hostages at the ambassador's residence in December 1996, Archbishop Cipriani

made

sev-

eral visits.

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means.

What do

Another apparent effort to make commercial hay from the papal visit was being resolved in court. A federal judge in St. Louis opened a hearing Jan. 13 on whether an Internet purveyor of sexually ex-

the sounding of a Jewish shofar, the rustling of potato chip bags and the screaming welcome of

thousands of young people have

common? They

Shofar, chips and

are related to the Jan. of Pope John Paul II to Mexico and St. Louis, during which the pope will unveil his apostolic exhortation on the Synod of Bishops for America, a document addressed to Catholics in North and South America. During the Mexico portion of the trip Jan. 22-25, the pope plans to deliver an important message that touches on old and new themes about the church's social justice role, according to Vatican sources. Many expect the pope to make an appeal on behalf of all those struggling under economic, social and spiritual burdens. Then the pope will travel to the other side of the Americas' economic

22-27

all

visit

screams

material infringed a St. Louis archdiocesan trademark by setting up a "papalvisitl999.com" site on the World Wide Web to promote its sex plicit

part of next papal journey

all

sites.

U.S. District Judge Stephen

Limbaugh had

issued a temporary restraining order five days earlier removing the Web site until the case could be heard. In St. Louis, a highlight of the papal visit was expected to be his Jan. 26 meeting with youths in the 20,000-seat Kiel Center. U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs told Catholic News Service that Pope John Paul will bring a significant message to America's heartland and especially the young people of the region. "His most significant contribution is always with the young people, and I'm certain it will be the same in St. Louis," she said.

spending Jan. 26-27 in St. There, the pontiff may return to themes of previous U.S. visits, appealing to Americans' sense of economic fairness and their history of welcoming and helping those in divide,

"Louis.

Papal visits always have a "trein the United States, not only in religious circles but throughout the culture, she added. Boggs will be in St. Louis Jan. 26 when President Bill Clinton welcomes the pope for their fourth meet-

mendous impact"

need.

At the Trans World

Dome

in St.

Louis Jan. 27, Alan E. Freed of the Central Reform Congregation will open the prayer service prior to the papal Mass with a blast on a 3-footlong shofar. The shofar, a trumpet made of a ram's horn, is used by Jewish congregations to call people to prayer, to proclaim the jubilee year, to escort

processionals and to solemnize coronations. Because the shofar rethe story of the binding of Isaac, it also has become a Jewish symbol of repentance. Msgr. James T. Telthorst, pastor of St.

—

how our

ancestors were called to

worship and to

day our Jewish., brothers and sisters are

still

was

visit

20,000-seat

said.

commer-

it.

But the distribution across Mexico of potato chip bags bearing about

the Kiel

90 million stickers showing images of the pope and Our Lady of Guadalupe has been

Center.

tee planning the prayer

service came up with the idea. Blowing the shofar is "a wonderful way to remind

efforts to

cialize

26 meeting

with youths

called,"

some

expected to be his Jan.

PHOTO

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powerful outreach.

Hector

this

Like any papal trip, this 85th journey outside Italy by Pope John Paul II has attracted

In St. Louis,

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President Bill Clinton greets Pope John Paul II in Newark, N.J., in October 1995. Their next meeting in St. Louis Jan. 26 comes at an awkward moment in U.S.-Vatican relations.

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But Vatican insiders said the sex scandal and impeachment trial plaguing Clinton were

the

not likely topics of conversation between the two men. Vatican officials had often things on

fice

and the Sabritas company was a way for the church to "project its message to all the corners of the earth." "We are trying to

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failh Alive!

The virtues families reiy upon By father

JOHN W. CROSSIN, OSFS

Catholic

News Service

Sharing a joke on

ourselves, acknowledging

the "stupid things"

we all do and

learning to

laugh at ourselves: These are central to developing the virtues needed in families and in all our relationships.

Humor, family

a form of humility, helps us to keep

life in

we can come to moments when the "joke is on

perspective. In fact,

treasure these comical us."

These moments teach us not to expect perfection or from other family members. "The perfect is the enemy of the good" is a bit of wisdom we might ponder. At times our expectations of ourselves and of others might be a little unrealistic. We expect only the best. Our team must win every soccer game. Every one of our children's grades must be an A. Our house must always be in order! We must be caught

— from ourselves

up with our work. Yet,

are far from perfect. Luckily, the

perfect family already has

gone to

Jesus,

title

Mary and

we do well to keep family life in perspective. With humor comes the insight that we are not in complete control of our family's life. We work legiti-

Joseph! So

mately to achieve worthwhile goals such as financial support for family members. But many things happen to us that we do not expect. Ultimately,

God

Just as an infant learning to

walk, go." is

we have

For

"At

home, we need patience witli

little

children's

to learn to "let

adults, this letting

a daily thing.

also a

deeply spiritual reality. God calls us to let go of our expectations and our accustomed ways of doing things for our own good and the good of others.

—

However,

unending questions, with a teen-ager's quest for identity, with

intrusion of

the concerns of our neighbors and the

unexpected events," says Oblate

Father John W. Crossin. "Thus

God's help

realize our

need

time to if

we seem to flee silence. God we need some silence. Even if we find time and a quiet place, we can find

telephone.

times,

can be difficult to sit still for even minutes to listen to God. I can testify personally

silence, difficult. It

five

every day.

work or to the mall to wait in the lines! At home, we need patience with

stores.

children's

silent

have a noisy and bustling family life. We are used to noise. Noise surrounds us. And we create noise as well. As soon as we come into a room we may turn on the radio, the television, the CD player or the computer. Or we need to talk on the

- our need to pray."

a little patience.

virtue of patience

Yet, to listen to

this calls for

more than

are likely to need

PHOTO BY Karen Callaway

pray. This can be hard to achieve

for

The

CNS

in control.

immediately applicable

We need patience while we wait in lines in We need patience in traffic as we drive to

unending questions, with

to this difficulty! little

a teen-ager's

quest for identity, with the concerns of our neighbors and the intrusion of unexpected also need patience with ourselves.

Changing our ways of doing things or our expectations

slow.

As we become is

Growth

older,

possible but difficult.

see

to fall into the

how change

Overcoming our own

same impatience,

incivil-

and uncharity again and again. Thus we realize our need for God's help our need to pray. I have been privileged to be with several families when they pray. Sometimes this prayer takes the form of an extended grace before the evening meal. One husband and wife I know pray with ity

—

their children in the living

to bed.

room

Each member takes

before they

a turn

Bible reading, reading about the saint or lighting a candle.

doing a

life

of a

Every member has

an opportunity to offer a petition for others friends, schoolmates or colleagues at work. Such an experience reminds both children and adults of the importance of our relationship with God. The Christian virtues are rooted in prayer. A senior couple I know pray a decade of the rosary every night for their family. They have done so for more than 50

— family members,

years.

CNS

PHOTO BY Bill Wittman

—

we persist, God does speak to us. God gives

us surprising insights into our daily situations. Silent

prayer, even

only for a few minutes, enhances the

practice of humor, humility and patience.

takes time.

doubts and insecurities can be slow.

seem

—

interrupt as well.

Yet

events.

There always seem to be outside interruptions - a knock on the door or the phone ringing. And our interior noise our to-do lists, our worries can

These virtues of families are the virtues of daily There are many opportunities each day to

living.

practice them.

They strengthen our

relationships.

They

take us out of ourselves to others. These small acts, of patience or kindness

our families happy places to

be.

make

Oblate Father Crossin is the executive director of the Washington Theological Consortium. His new book, "Walking in Virtue: Moral Decisions and Spiritual Growth in Daily Life, " was published in December by Paulist press.

January 22, 1999

The Catholic News & Herald 9

faifh Alive!

ANDREW AND Catholic

TERRI LYKE News Service

—

that can false values There are values from the community. Materialism and

The

virtue in service

and humility

insulate us

individualism are examples of such values.

But risking overuse of our ancestors' wisdom, we would stress the valuable role played the community in raisby the "village" ing children and contributing to the family's well-being. These days we all hear that it

there a virtue for families larger comnfiunity

—

Community

connecting with the

around them?

working

stories of others' lives, rather than their out-

takes a village to raise a child. But instead of asking how the village should impact the family, let's invert the question. Let's ask what families need to do to

with Habitat for Humanity, going on an Appalachian service trip or helping at a soup kitchen, grows out of an expectation of service we experience

ward circumstances. Ultimately, everyone's

connect with the community.

False values beguile us into a sense of well-being based on self-sufficiency and personal achievement. This insulates families from the community. The antidote in our family is found in stressing the virtues of ser-

hazard of economic prosperfalling into the trap of classism. Material prosperity becomes the gauge of worth. This, too, can insulate us from those who have less and those who have more. The village then gets limited to a zip code. It's easy to become "drunk with the wine of

vice and humility.

Service begins at home. Though clashes of personalities, sibling rivalries, marital and parenting issues often make it difficult, we believe it is essential that we serve each other

This service happens in household chores, helping with homework, running errands, rubbing aching backs, chauffeuring to as a family.

preparation of meals. Andrew routinely brings Terri coffee in the morning. Terri nurses all of us through sicknesses. Marty serves us dessert after dinner. Andrea helps Marty with his homework. The reward for all this good-doing is the good of doing it. activities,

service,

whether

Serving otiiers with

home.

ity

the world." The virtue of humility keeps us sober. Serving others with humility keeps us from falling into the trap of believing that we are better than those who have less, or not as good as those who have more. Our way of living with humility is to try to live simply. also pay attention to the

My^ candidate for No.

humility keeps us

from

falling into the

trap of believing that

we are better than those who have or not as

those

"It

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thought

good as

""ood tor

would."

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cient palaces in Venice; or maybe

you are just

"Our children

...

enter our families without

As the years flow theirs. This is

members

—

doubt that they have the ability to forgive and forget. . Second, memory is a virtue at home when family members remember, amid all the pressures, who they are who they are to each other. And families need to remember that they, more than others, are called to recognize and appreciate just what makes each member tick why each one is unique and invaluable, that is.

—

two of you nestled in the back of a

you

be themselves; family

—

imagine a certain marital lifestyle. think about all those wonderful moments you will have together. Perhaps you. imagine the

feel so free to

sometimes hurt each others' feelings. Hanging onto hurt feelings forever just won't work, however. Eventually, family members have to let go, to forgive and to forget. Where does a good memory fit into this picture? First, family members need to remember and not

You

past the an-

Thought

ran can «prvp serve as aa virti virtue for families. Other times, the virtue of a good memory is what F'nro-pf finer Forgetting

people

float

try to the African-American community for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

One problem with family life is that there are problems in family life. Sometimes we handle problems well; other times we disappoint each other. This gets complicated by the fact that at home

Did you ever say those words? Did you ever think them? If you are married and live in a family, I guarantee you did. We all create hopes and plans for our lives. If you are married, you want to be happy by sharing your life with your husband or wife. You

gondola

nators of marriage minis-

families need.

didn't turn out the I

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less,

who have more.

By DAVID M. THOMAS Catholic News Service

way

story is connected to the story of God, since we are all children of God. And that is where we derive our worth. Through the virtues of service and humility we connect with the "village." And Scripture assures us that "those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus" (l Timothy 3:13). r

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Faith in the Marl<etplace

spiritual thoughts.

Perhaps you are You have great hopes for your children. You hope they will be bright, athletic, popular and graduate from college with the promise of a great job. Or maybe you just hope they'll stay out a parent.

of trouble.

Whatever your hopes, they are within you for very good reason. God made us to be people filled with hopes and dreams. Without hopes and dreams we become stale, and our lives become boring. We are made to a

An upcoming edition want "more."

one of the precious signs that for God. But we also are made to hope for the best for ourselves and everyone else. In family life, "everyone else" is a spouse or children. Perhaps one of life's greatest difficulties is that our earthly hopes rarely reach fulfillment in the exact way we hope for.

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January 22, 1999

Readings Book Review

Tom Wolfe's latest is brilliant

Word to Li

writing that disappoints By

JOSEPH Catholic

Man

THOMAS

facing a dilemma of his own, his marginal life having deteriorated rapidly following his dismissal from a job at a Croker frozen-food plant when Croker, at-

News Service

Tom

Wolfe's sprawling novel set in a South once again undergoing change, is like a Fourth of July spectacular that in

Full,"

ciplined at others,

it is,

ulti-

mately, disappointing in its resolution despite the rich

The book

Man

by Tom

The young man, Conrad

meets Croker directly, is one of the few moral individuals in a crush of shallow people ranging fi-om politicians to attorneys, bankers, forsaken

Farrar Straus

chronicles the

have some critics, is to do Wolfe and his book less than justice. If it disappoints in some regards, one reason could be because its reach is so grand. At the heart of the story is a moral dilemma facing Charlie Croker ("Cap'm Charlie," to his black plantation hands and various functionaries and lackeys) as he plunges towards a bankruptcy that

is the fruit of his own egotism. The dilemma: whether or not

call off

—

by succumbing to the blan-

dishments of Atlanta's new black leadership, which is squeezing him to defend an obnoxious jewel-encrusted black athlete suspected of raping the sexually adventurous daughter of one of the city's white establishmentarians. By Charlie's side as the denouncement nears is a most unlikely figure: an

The promise of the Messiah is here in these verses fi-om Isaiah in

from Isaiah

reading offers the differently, as the

living in darkness has seen a great light.

those

who

inhabit a land overshad-

owed by death,

who

light has arisen." follow Jesus, with

living in us, are

now

that light to those

distorted imaginings, r Thomas, Christophers

per

editor, is

disease and illness."

inhabit a

land overshadowed by death." I

who is one of we would all like

have a friend

suspect

Mary would have been

as comfortable

those light-bearers to be like. Mary has the sort of holiness that shines from her face, not just her actions. Some years ago, she told me a story of working the cafeteria line at a ministry serving the homeless and poor out of the basement of a downtown Dallas Episcopal church. As she placed cornbread on the plates of those coming through the line, she noticed that the line stretched

walking along with is now.

Jesus in those times as she

Questions:

Have you known someone like Mary, from whom the light of Christ shone brightly? Can you somehow draw strength from the love that person showed, to give more love yourself? 'A people living in darkness has

out considerably farther than the amount of cornbread she had left to serve.

seen a great light.

who

those

inhabit a land over-

shadowed by

death,

light

has arisen

— Matthew 4:16

his characters,

that be-

and

perverse

retired editor in chief

and a former

in their synagogues, proclaimed the good news of the kingdom and cured the people of every

the bearers of

"who

Weekly Scripture

devil the best of us, leaving us vulner-

taught

him

the protective

Wolfe exposes the ambiguities able

thew, just after the "great light" verse is quoted, and just afler Jesus begins proclaiming repentance and the coming of the kingdom of heaven, comes the account of Jesus calling the first two disciples, Simon Peter and his brother Andrew. Here's the last verse of that reading: "Jesus toured all of Galilee. He

Gospel writer uses it to introduce the opening of Jesus' ministry. "A people

slowly, with great care

away outer masks worn by

"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone."

I have no doubt that Mary's account is true. She has never been one to exaggerate or make huge claims, and dishonesty is not something she would be familiar with. In today's Scripture from Mat-

The Matthew

and attention to all the details. And once you have entered a Wolfe scene, even if it be brutal and violent, you are ensnared. For instance, there is nothing in literature quite like Wolfe's evocation of life in prison, and evocation so potent you almost seem to experience it personally in all its dehumanizing and In stripping

same verse rendered

horrific details.

the hounds baying at his finan-

cial heels

festive tables

Isaiah 8:23-9:3

today's readings.

of a brassy, boisterous, Giroux, bullying Cracker who has scaled the financial heights as wives, body-beautiful women, $28.95 an Atlanta real estate devel and assorted snobs, hypocrites, oper. It is contrived, overcooked, revelers, good old boys and jailrecognizably Wolfeian in its preenhouse thugs. ing style and peopled with enough steWhat is most compelling is Wolfe's reotypes for a community hog roast. throbbing descriptive powers. Whether And yet, "A Man in Full" (Farrar the scene is the frozen-food warehouse Straus Giroux, $28.95) features one where Hensley works, a profane prison brilliant writing achievement after ancellblock, a black-tie party, a springother. Character development is never break binge, a primal horse-mating, an less than fulsome, biting social and culintimidating financial conference room, tural commentaries echo hidden realia car impoundment or Cap'm Charlie's ties, comic settings abound, and scene plantation (36 buildings, 40 dogs and after scene bursts with enough energy 59 horses on 29,000 acres given over to to light all of Atlanta and its environs. quail shooting and egomania), Wolfe To dismiss it as entertainment, as sets the stage the way grandmothers set fall

people just kept coming, she but so did the cornbread. It lasted until the last person had received a helping. It was a genuine case of multiplication of food, in her opinion.

27:1, 4, 13-14 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17 3) Matthe\y 4:12-23

Hensley, a fugitive and a victim of circumstances when he

Wolfe,

The

said,

Psalm

tions.

in Full"

promise of its 742-page march through Georgia.

tempting to save his empire, downsizes some of his opera-

sputters at climatic moments.

Incandescent at times, undis-

January 24. Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Cycle A. Readings:

young man

idealistic

Tlie

diocesan newspa-

a frequent reviewer of books.

Readings for the week of Jan. 24 - Jan. 30, 1999 Sunday, Isaiah 8:23-9:3, 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17, Matthew 4:12-23; Monday, Acts 22:3-16, Mark 16:15-18; Tuesday, 2 Timothy 1:1-8, Mark 3:3\-35; Wednesday, Hebrews 10:11-18, Mark 4:1-20; Thursday, Hebrews 10:19-25,

Mark 1

4:21-25;

1:1-2, 8-19,

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Friday, Hebrews 10:32-39, 4:35-41

Mark

4:26-34;

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Video

videocassette reviews

Catholic Conference Office for videocassette is available on

from

FHSformat.

Theatrical movies on

video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification

"FM" (1978)

—

A-III

adults.

PG — parental

is being used to further the ambitions of a home-grown fascist politician (Edward Arnold), he decides to commit suicide. Director Frank Capra plumbs the darker side of the American character in an interesting but ultimately heavy-handed story about the dangers of

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Lightweight, derivative comedy about a popular radio station which is taken over by its disc jockeys because they refuse to contaminate tlieir music with unsuitable commercials. Under John A. Alonzo's direction, the characters are uninteresting and the jokes feeble. Some highly suggestive dialogue. The U.S. Catholic Conference is

Crowd" (1957)

media manipulation.

Cautionary tale about an Arkansas

The

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U.S. Catholic Conference classification is adults and ado-

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Boggs says pope 's visit will have special meaning for U.S. youth By

Catholic

ROME Paul

The 78-year-old pope

JOHN THAVIS News Service Wlien Pope John

has increasingly shown signs of age and a neurological disease, with a slower

Louis in late January,

walk and

(CNS)

II visits St.

—

bring a significant message to America's heartland and especially the he'll

young people of the region,

said U.S.

Am-

bassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs.

The ambassador, who will be in St. Louis Jan. 26 when President Bill Clinton

distinct speech.

less

January 22, 1999

the News

Dialogue needs 'respect on

sides/ says Cardinal George By MICHAEL

CHICAGO

But

WAMBLE

News (CNS)

Catholic

when

of a Catholic intellectual as a someone who approaches religious faith from an

Service

— "Dialogue

only

logians, to great

Chicago Divinity School. Cardinal George gave the keynote talk opening the Jan. 9 symposium, which was co-sponsored by the na-

intellectuals

and

scientists,

and

United States, not only in religious circles but throughout the culture. "His most significant contribution is always with the young people, and I'm certain it will be the same in St. Louis," Boggs said in an interview in Rome Jan. 14. The pontiff is scheduled to meet with youths in the Kiel Center the evening of his arrival. Boggs has seen the pope interact with huge crowds of young people before; she said she still gets goose bumps recalling his rally with 75,000 youths in the New Orleans Superdome in 1987. In Alaska, where the pope stopped briefly in 1984, she watched as he drove a dogsled full of delighted children to his departure plane. That event left her with a lasting image, she said. "I think his greatest contribution to the world is that he is going to lead, with 'tough love,' the young people of this generation into the next millennium," she said. By "tough love," she explained, she means the pope's approach to young people is demanding, not "cherubic," but they seem to respect that.

was giving

thought about

Look

was:

him! He's read-

ing four pages of small print

without

any

Lindy Boggs Ambassador to the

glasses on," she

with

said

Vatican

laugh. She noted

think he does remarkably well.

admire him so tremendously for being able to exhibit as much vigor as he does," she said. Boggs, who represented Louisiana for many years in the House of I

...

said Cardinal Francis E.

all sides,"

Common Ground

academia.

They agreed that religious commitment and scholarship are fundamental elements of either definition, but their different approaches to the question might lead to differences in nuance.

Ini-

tiative and the Lumen Christi Institute of the University of Chicago. His address focused mainly on the role of the Catholic faith in the world, but he also spoke of dialogue within the church, a major concern of the Catholic Common Ground Initiative founded by his predecessor, the late Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin. Panelists responding to the

cardinal's talk

Young, an

Representatives, said the papal visit would highlight the church's history in the U.S. geographical center. Many of the early settlers and missionaries went up the Mississippi River from Louisiana, founding towns and building churches, t

associate professor of

patristic theology, said she felt differ-

ent tensions between faith and the academy while teaching at Catholic University and then at the University of Chicago as visiting professor last spring.

"There

anomie of the where any thought

a certain

secular university

or belief or position

were Father David

sition.

Tracy and Paul

that he had cel-

ebrated a three-hour-long Mass a few days earlier with no apparent difficulty. "I

there's great respect

George of Chicago during a symposium on "The Catholic Faith and the Secular Academy" at the University of

tional Catholic

very remarkable speech," she said.

"What

fruitful

academic background. Cardinal George said that he thought of a Catholic intellectual as a believer who enters the world of

Boggs, 82, said she has no apprehensions about the pope's health and his ability to communicate with people. "Just today, I was in an audience where he was speaking to a group of theo-

welcomes the pope, said papal visits always have a "tremendous impact" in the

all

Griffiths of the University of Chicago, Robin Darling Young of The Catholic University of

That

just another po-

something that would

be different here than at a Catholic university," she said.

Panelists noted that debate within

America in Washington, and Precious Blood Father Robert Schreiter of the Catholic Theological Union in Chi-

new

the church can shed

light

is-

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cago.

may

Attendees at the symposium included graduate students, professors

limit the church's effectiveness in

the world.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— High-

tech tools such as the Internet and a

private cellular telephone network will help the Vatican's year 2000 cel-

activities.

Volunteer coordinator Donato Mosella said 54,000 helpers would be needed for normal periods during the jubilee year, and 51,000 for special events. He noted that there would be some crossover between the volunteer forces, which were being recruited through bishops' conferences.

ebrations go smoothly, officials said. At least 10,000 journalists and as

many

100,000 volunteers are exRome during the jubilee year, according to Vatican statisas

pected to tics

visit

released Jan. 15.

But

"it is

not easy to foresee the

flow" of pilgrims for ordinary trips and special events spread across the

Authorities also discussed several still in the works: The Vatican was preparing to release an official hymn for the jubilee

programs

calendar, the Vatican official charged

—

with coordinating year 2000 activities. Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, told journalists.

Past estimates by Vatican and Rome city authorities climbed to 26 million visitors for the year 2000, compared with the 21 million who

came

Vatican to use high-tech tools to coordinate Jubilee events

and the Vatican's Central Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 have designed complex ways to handle the increased city

burden.

The committee's

president. Car-

Roger Etchegaray, said he had "pulled from the shadows" several technical and logistical experts to

dinal

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discussion of the commemorations will not seem to be "spirit without a body." They described programs as diverse as multilingual magazines and

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—

An unnamed "famous com-

poser" has been commissioned to make liturgical music dedicated to the year 2000. The major Italian publishing house Mondadori was to make available several translations of its collec-

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The

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book on

and which would give suggested itineraries and an idea of how long they might take. Pilgrims were to receive spea pilgrim's "typical day"

"typical week,"

—

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arrives in United States

By CINDY WOODEN Gathouc News Service

By JERRY FILTEAU

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The holdings

of the Vatican Secret Archives, including documents that might not be flattering to the church, should be preserved and studied, Pope John Paul II said. The texts contain "the memory of the church and, therefore, the continuity of its apostolic service through the centuries with its lights and shadows," the pope said Jan. 15 during a meeting with officials of the Vatican Secret

culture."

archives can help the church in its efforts to influence the develop"the values which the Gospel has given

ment and transmission of culture with

humanism; both

in reality are

Gospel teaches us the absolute primacy of God and salvaLord alone, it also is the only way to appreciate, respect and truly love the human creature made in the image of God and called to be t inserted into the mystery of the Son of God made man," the pope said, in fact, the

—

Award by

the Passionist Eastern Prov-

ince based in South River.

The award was 25

to be presented Jan.

New

at a fund-raising event at the

York Stock Exchange Luncheon

Club.

FBI

Prior to his appointment as director in 1993, Freeh

worked

as an

attorney and then as a federal district judge in New York. Freeh, a Catholic, also was an adjunct professor at Jesuit-

run

Fordham Law

School.

Passionist Father Paul Wierichs, di-

rector of development for his province, also serves as chaplain to the in

New

York.

FBI

told Catholic

office

News

work with

the

United States, Archbishop (now Cardinal) Pio Laghi, 1984-90, and Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, 1990-98, had the title of pro-nuncio because at the time of their appointment the Vatican reserved "nuncio" for ambassadors who held the rank of dean of the diplomatic corps in the country where they served.

P. Fay,

there are a lot of young FBI agents are good people and who look up

who to

associate gen-

Archbishop

Shortly Cacciavillan

Vatican embassies in Bolivia, Argentina and El Salvador before he was called to Rome in 1964, where he spent 10 years as an Eastern Europe specialist in the Vatican Secretariat of State. Pope Paul VI named him nuncio to Honduras and Nicaragua in 1974. Since then he has also served as the chief papal representative in Algeria,

Tunisia,

Libya,

Yugoslavia and

Belarus. Since 1993 he has been head of

Academy,

the Pontifical Ecclesiastical

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after Archbishop was appointed, the

Vatican decided to drop the title of pro-nuncio and start calling all its ambassadors nuncios, regardless of their rank in the local diplomatic corps. But those who had been appointed as pronuncios retained that title for the duration of their appointment. Archbishop Cacciavillan was named president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See last November and Archbishop Montalvo's appointment to Washington followed

the Vatican's diplomatic training

Mr. Freeh."

The

NCCB

years in Vatican diplomatic service.

FBI

infor-

The first two Vatican ambassadors

Colombia-born

had given him a number of opportunities to meet and talk with Freeh, including visits at his office in Washington. "I have been impressed with him and his family life and ideals," Father Wierichs said. "I see few leaders that young people can look up to, but I find

government were

unofficial.

to the

Montalvo, who celebrates his 69th birthday Jan. 27, is a veteran of more than 40

Government Award

Service Jan. 14 his

tacts with the

mal and

of Catholic Bishops; Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, 111., NCCB vice president; Msgr. Dennis M. Schnurr, NCCB general secretary; and Msgr.

He worked

SOUTH RIVER, N.J. (CNS) FBI Director Louis J. Freeh was named recipient of an Ethics in Government

only for Vatican dealings with the U.S. Catholic Church and their consible

eral secretary.

tion in Christ the

FBI's Freeh honored with Ethics in

Washington were called apostolic delegates. They were officially respon-

president of the National Conference

William

closely connected," he said. "If,

Archbishop Montalvo is the first papal representative in the United States to hold the title of nuncio. Until 1984, when formal U.S.Vatican diplomatic relations were established, papal representatives in

—

(CNS) Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the new Vatican ambassador to the United States, arrived in Washington to take up his post Jan. 16. Among those greeting him at Reagan National Airport were Vatican Embassy and U.S. State Department representatives; Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington; Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston,

—

us together with those arising from a true

school in Rome.

Service

WASHINGTON

Archives and the Vatican Library. The pope said triumphs and failures should be "known and made known, in fact, with sincere gratitude to the Lord, who does not cease without fear to guide his church." Pope John Paul said the belief that the church has nothing to hide was what prompted Pope Leo XIII to open the archives to scholars in 1880. In addition to holding the "memory of the church, he said, the archives and works collected in the library can contribute "to the evangelization of

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families

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ligious leaders bring an ecumenical

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members of involved

agencies and organizations possess a variety of skills, knowledge and influence needed to effect change. Still, discussions revealed that help and cooperation are needed from

more people of good

will.

gleaned over several months. Interviews were conducted, focus groups convened, written surveys taken, recommendations devised. Heath care and social service professionals were asked about needs, as were civic leaders. Dr. SUls said the study found that in

"Part of the value of this kind of project is it shakes us out of our locus," Dr. Sills said. "Where we are in life

spite of a lack of living-wage jobs, afford-

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January 22, 1999

Living the Faifh

Priest combines two callings in police chaplain post BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CNS) — When he was growing up, Bob Romano always knew

ment.

he would be

"It's estimated that 86 percent of the 52,000 uniformed and civilian personnel are Catholics," the priest

either a priest or a cop. But he never

become

believed he could

Today he

both.

Father Romano, pas-

said.

Msgr. McCullagh, who has responded to more than 300 emergency calls in his 18

Bernadette Church in Heights, and Inspector

tor of St.

Dyker

Romano,

chaplain

New York

the

for

employed by the police depart-

lies

City Police Depart-

ment,

wearing

NYPD

uniform for

"Cops

years as chaplain, described the priestchaplain as "a visible reminder of the invisible presence of God."

and

love priests,

an I've

always seen a

official duties.

For the Brooklyn

mesh "Cops

callings

and

priests,

well. I've

them. Asa priest or a

families of police offic-

it all."

Romano

cop you often find

cal times,"

where you can make things happen. find I

an excitement in

joining Msgr.

city,

McCuUagh,

and-wife police It

all."

offic-

"There is almost no answer questions about why people do what they do. You try to comfort those who remain behind and let them know they're not alone. But there is no way at that moment that you can make them feel better." As a chaplain Father Romano also is on call to counsel police personnel on personal, family or professional matters on a confidential basis

way

also of the

Brooklyn Diocese, and Msgr. Joseph Zammit of the Archdiocese of New York. Both are also inspectors. Historically, only two priests served as Catholic chaplains at one time, according to Father Romano, but he said Police Commissioner Howard Safir expanded the staff because of the large number of Catho-

CNS

PHOTO BY Ed Wilkinson, The Tablet

Father Robert Romano, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, serves as a chaplain for the New York City Police Department and as pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Brooklyn.

who were

victims of a murder-suicide. "Those are tough moments," he said. ers

— Father Bob Romano

he added.

Within a week of his swearing-in last fall. Father Romano rushed to Staten Island to console the families of husband-

yourself in a situation

the third Catholic police chaplain in the

John

someone they want and trust at critiers as

al-

he said. "As a priest or a cop you often find yourself in a situation where you can make things happen. I find an excitement

Father

"The chaplain is recognized by the

love

ways seen a camaraderie between them,"

camaraderie between

two

the

priest,

whenever needed. When Brooklyn Bishop Thomas V. Daily approved the new duties for Father Romano, he expressed confidence that the new chaplain would serve police personnel well in "this added pastoral responsibility," while carrying out his primary obligation to serve members of St. Bernadette Parish.

The bishop indicated the same to Father John Delendick, pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Red Hook, when Father Delendick became a New York

Fire Department chaplain in 1996.

Father

Romano

said he

and Fa-

ther Delendick share the same birthday, Sept. 4, although the latter is one year his senior at 49. "When we were students at Im-

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