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Faith and happiness abound at St. Pius Tenth School in Greensboro; this is evidenced in the faces of kindergarten students (from left) Kelsey Fennie, Michael LeCompte, and Isabel Chasse. The three youngsters will take part in Catholic Schools Week festivities, January 25-31 Catholic schools in the diocese join with schools nationwide in marking the event, a joint program of the National Catholic Educational Association and the United States Catholic Conference. The purpose of Catholic Schools Week is to build support and recognition for the over 8,200 Catholic schools nationwide. During this week, many dioceses (including Charlotte) encourage parents to enroll their children in Catholic schools. It is also an opportunity for interested citizens to volunteer their time and talents to local Catholic schools. .
Pope Names 22 Cardinals, Two Are Secret, Two From U.S. By CINDY WOODEN VATICAN CITY (CNS) — John Paul
Chinese prelate
Pope
n named 22 new cardinals Jan.
18, including
Archbishops Francis E.
George of Chicago, Aloysius M. Ambrozic of Toronto and J. Francis Stafford, the U.S. president of the
Pon-
Council for the Laity. The pope's announcement during his midday Angelus address included two
tifical
Cardinals in 1991.
Pope John Paul said the 20 prelates whose names he announced would be formally
made members of
the College
of Cardinals during a Feb. 21 consistory at the
Vatican.
Kozlowiecki and two other bishops who were the last surviving bishops to have been imprisoned in Dachau, the Nazi concentration camp. Not counting those named secretly, the new cardinals come from 13 countries. Eight of the 20 hold Vatican posi-
Passionist Father Ciro Benedettini,
a Vatican spokesman, said that in waiving the limit of 120 for this round of
nominations, the pope did not formally
change the
rule.
The new
cardinals
pope included
announced by the
six Italians in addition to
com-
Cardinal-designate Cheli, which will bring the total number of Italian cardi-
ing from various parts of the world, elo-
nals to 41. After the Feb. 21 consistory,
tions.
"The group of new
cardinals,
22 of them would be eUgible
church," Pope John Paul said after read-
conclave.
person or his ministry.
Archbishop Giuseppe Uhac, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, had been informed three days earlier that he was to be among the new cardinals, but had died. "The Lord called him to himself this morning," the pope said. Archbishop Uhac was 73 years old. Among the 20 cardinals-designate named Jan. 18 was an 86-year-old Polish missionary, retired Archbishop Adam Kozlowiecki of Lusaka, Zambia. Pope John Paul has made it a practice every time he names new cardinals to include at least one theologian or bishop who is more than 80 years old. The nomination is seen as a sign of the
named
pope's personal appreciation for the work
ber will not return to the 120 limit until
of the
4 birthday of Cardinal-designate Giovanni Cheli, president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers.
said
on the
the limit
cardinals
80.
cardinals "in
keeping their identities secret. Nineteen of the 20 cardinals-designate are under the age of 80; after their formal installation in the College of Car-
tore,"
would be
a conclave to elect a
eligible to vote in
new
pope. Cardi-
nals nar^ied secretly are not eligible to
enter a conclave.
Popes have named cardinals "in pec-
meaning "in the heart," when, for political or other reasons, a public announcement could make it dif-
tore," literally
The
homeland and
nomination and formally inducted him in the College of his
quently reflects the universality of the
— He he was waiving number of under age — He named two pec-
ficult for the
left his
living in exile in the United States,
pope announced
In addition, he said that Croatian
surprises:
dinals, they
was the
last cardinal
"in pectore"
was Chinese Cardinal Ignatius Kung PinMei of Shanghai. Pope John Paul secretly named him a cardinal in 1979. Once the
cleric.
When the pope visited Poland in June 1997, he paid tribute to Archbishop
The cardinals-designate, he have generously expended
to vote in a
The nominations of Archbishops
ing out the names. their
said,
energy
George and Stafford
number of U.S.
will bring to 12 the
cardinals; all but retired
either in serving the universal church
See Cardinals, page 8
through a Vatican job or by carrying out their pastoral ministry in a diocese.
pope said, there were so many clergymen who deserved to be cardinals that he was setting aside Pope Paul VI's 1975 ruling that there should be no more than 120 "cardinal-electors" the cardinals under age 80 eligible to vote In fact, the
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Barring deaths, there will be 123 cardinal-electors
the Oct.
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January 23, 1998
Life Prevails
More Than 500 March On Raleigh To Mark 25 Years Since Roe vs. Wade Decision JOHN STRANGE NC Catholic Staff
By
RALEIGH
from around North Carolina gathered the capital city Jan. 17, to
remember
by abortion, and, of one of the day's lives taken
speakers, to
marked the 25th anniversary of Roe Wade, the Supreme Court decision which prohibited states from outlawing Life, vs.
— More than 500 people in the
abortion.
in
Several marchers carried signs which made special note of the landmark decision. "Not a Solu-
the
words
remember
tion Then, Still a Trag-
who
edy Today," read the most common. On the back of the sign was listed some results of 25
"the rest of us,
could be at any time denied our right to life." Protection for the unborn, said Olivia
years of abortion: increased teen pregnancy, child abuse, poverty for
Gans, director of the
American Victims of Abortion,
is
women
a "founda-
and
in society.
The
thanasia and assisted
which
opens the door to "involuntary euthanasia,
when someone
Volunteers erected a Life Tree at the "March for Life" Rally. The monument consists of more 4,000 baby booties to
else
said to be not worthy
of living."
represent the number of abortions each day in the U.S.
"So march for your-
Gans
selves,"
moment
ought to be," said Gans. "Every one of our lives
in turn
is
other
in time has ever so clearly reshaped what America is and what it
ab-
sence of the basic protection of life invites eu-
suicide, she said,
and children.
"No
tion stone" in the law
said.
"March for your right to life." The 1998 Rally and March for Life, sponsored by North Carolina Right to
Gans
have been affected by Roe vs. Wade. You are here because of what Roe vs. Wade has done to you, and because of what it still can do to you."
said there might be mothers or
fathers at the rally
who
lost children to
abortion. Others lost grandchildren, or
Photos by John Strange
More than 500 people took part in the annual "March for Life" Rally in Raleigh. The 1998 rally and march, sponsored by North Carolina Right to Life, marked the 25th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade—the Supreme Court decision which prohibited states from outlawing abortion.
nephews or nieces. "With over 35 million dead, it's almost
someone. That's our new answer in America. The answer to personal and social problems is someone
leukemia. Doctors recommended chemotherapy, which the baby could not have survived, and an abortion. "They wanted to destroy her baby for a greater chance of living," Helderman said. "But she chose life." Her mother was desperately sick she weighed 80 pounds when she was six months pregnant "and she did it all for me. She was willing to do any-
else's death."
thing for her child' s life."
sisters or brothers, or
impossible not to be personally related
someone not here. "Stand back honestly and look at what we are and what we have become to
as a result of that decision. If things are difficult, kill
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lot.
Some 40 minutes
after take-off,
somewhere over Minnesota, Arlene Helderman was bom. She was named and pilot. She was 14 inches long, and two-
after the nurse
"And to this day, my
ours to destroy."
and-a-half pounds.
Another story came from Arlene Helderman, 19, a student of St. Norbert College in DePere, Wise, and winner of the National Right to Life Committee's
mother doesn't have a trace of cancer in her body," Helderman said. "In the end, life prevails, even when you feel there is no hope."
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January 23, 1998
Diocese Honors MIKE KROKOS
By
Editor
—
CHARLOTTE Although it has been nearly three decades, Jeff Hunt remembers April day
that left
was a a profound impression on 3,
1968, vividly.
It
was five when Dr. Martin Luther King was killed, and it was the first time I ever saw my father cry," he said. "To young people today, I say, look around and see what is happening. Something "I
is
happening that
may change your
life
forever."
Hunt was among the more than 100 who took part in the Diocese of Charlotte's 13th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Jan. 17 at Our Lady of Consolation Church, and one of many who shared how his life is impacted by King's legacy. The celebration included a different format this year. Three speakers shared the effects of King's life and philosophy on their generation, and participants were encouraged to share how King's work participants
Min-
young people know the King unless we tell them the story over and over and over again?" asked speaker Elder Smith Turner EI of AME Zion Church. The event, sponsored by the diocesan African- American Affairs Ministry, also featured U.S. Rep. Mel Watt, Dwill
history of Dr.
call
from God."
"He was a
sol-
dier for Jesus, and
need
all
to
be
soldiers for Jesus,"
she added. "Take the seed of faith
God
has given you and nourish it."
actions of King were "not only about the
The celebration concluded with a Mass celebrated by the Very Rev. Mauricio West,
liberation of black people, but of all
chancellor and vicar
N.C.,
who said the lessons, teachings and
general of the dio-
people."
He added King's commitment
to
freedom for everyone was echoed by a phrase used in a speech in Detroit in June 1963. "Dr. King said,
man
a
'If
discovered something he will die
hasn't for,
he
isn't fit to live.'"
Phyllis Lynch, a long-time advocate of minorities and the disabled, called
Jr.
King "an ordinary
man who received a
we
and vice-chancellor.
istry
Martin Luther King
Dr.
atmosphere, said Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, vicar for African- American Affairs
"How
him.
Of
Life
affected them as well. The informal program included music and time for reflection and allowed for more of a retreat
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cese. Father Cecil
Father Mauricio West was tine principal celebrant at a Mass held during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 17 at
Our Lady of Consolation Church. Also shown are Rev. Curtiss Todd and Father Cecil Tice.
Our Lady of Consolation, and
Mr.
Tice, pastor of
associate pas-
Damion Lynch. During his homily, Father Lynch reflected on King's message of tolerance and uncon-
and equally loved by God," he
tor Father
"God
ditional love for all people.
ated the world that each of us
is
ere-
said,
we
"In the Bible, St. Paul says
"We must
are a
Lynch added.
diverse people," Father
who we are, where and where we are going."
celebrate
we have been,
equal,
Rejoicing in Faith
Education Vicar Discusses Catholic Schools Weeic By
JIMMY ROSTAR
Hawker, diocesan vicar for education, discussed several issues regarding
Stajf Writer
CHARLOTTE — As
in other areas
throughout the country, Jan. 25-31
is
a
time of celebra-
Catholic schools in the Charlotte Diocese.
What follows are excerpts from that
conversation.
ing experience,
tion for Catholic
schools. For seven days, the
What is the purpose Schools Week?
of Catholic
Essentially, Catholic Schools
children, teach-
parents and
is
a chance to say thank you.
personnel
who
is
to express gratitude to all those
compose
the
ers,
who
Week
Catholic
their faith
within the Catholic school.
who
I
think of the
offer such wonderful
leadership, and of the teachers
and
their gifts.
I
who
share
think of ev-
ery person connected with the schools,
educational and faith communities dur-
They each
News &
including the janitorial staff and others. fulfill a
very important role.
Week.
In a recent interview with lic
How is the Catholic school a place
The Catho-
Herald, Father James
The "celebration" at It
principals
to celebrate faith?
vision, val-
munity of the school.
are so generous in their service
population of western North Carolina's 17
whereby the
ues and virtues that are exemplified by Jesus are reflected and lived in the com-
purpose people
Its
schools have a special opportunity to rejoice with their ing Catholic Schools
One of the purposes of celebrating grow in intimacy with the person of the Lord. We must look at what experiences exist for people to achieve that. One, of course, is the teaching/learnfaith is to
school Masses and
is
most often seen
at
prayer services.
must be remembered, however, that there is an essential connection between living and celebrating. The living of this faith relationship must be a continuing reality.
formation of young people? Every diocese has the responsibility of recognizing and promoting family life.
As we
are well aware, the education of
children in the faith
Remember
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implemented and youth.
in relationship to children
church has a particular role in nurturing.
See Education
"A valid Will stands as
ment to the Church and the community in which we live." Bishop WUliamG. Curlin
statement included in your Will:
f
or
Roman
Charlotte
,
sum of$
percent of the residue of my estate) for
and charitable works!'
Ray Williams For more information on
1621 Dih^orth Road East
Catholic Diocese of
parish, city) the
religious, educational Parochial Vicar: Reverend Walter
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well as an ongoing commit-
or to your parish. Simply have the following
Charlotte (or
how
lo
make
of the ar-
we begin with the family. The
ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte
"/ leave to the
One
about during this period of growth is its connection with the family. Various diocesan programs and services, such as Catholic school, faith formation and youth ministry programs, are extremely important ways within which the educational mission of the church is
continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as
In Yours. .
primarily the re-
eas that the diocese must be concerned
Again,
As the Charlotte Diocese grows, so does the Catholic schools population in western North Carolina. What is the diocese doing to keep up with the growth in terms of the education and
is
sponsibility of the family.
a Will that works, contact
Jim Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1123 South Church St., Charlotte, NC 28203, (704) 370-3301
its
Vicar,
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January 23, 1998
The Pope Speaks
CPro^Sife Corner
Pope John Paul
Pope Says Incarnation Began Man's Relationship With God (CNS) Here is
—
VATICAN CITY
Pope John Paul II's remarks weekly general audience Jan. 14.
text of
not the will of your heavenly Father that one of
the Vatican
in English at his
ones be
little
sisters,
Continuing our catechesis in preparation for the we reflect today on what Jesus means when he speaks of his "hour." This hour is the moment fixed by the Father for the fulfillment of the work of salvation. Certain moments in the life of
" lost.
great jubilee of the year 2000,
Jesus are especially significant. At the wedding feast of Cana, he says that his hour has not yet come but, at
Mary's
phcopal Galencfar Cuirliiii
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—
January 24 11 a.m. Reconciliation Service for First Holy
Communicants
Cathedral Charlotte
St. Patrick
January 25—11 a.m.
Mass St. Patrick
Cathedral
Charlotte
2 p.m.
Mass—Vietnamese New Year St.
insistence,
he shows
his messianic
the first time. Later, he speaks of the hour
wiM
take part in tKe following events
the English-
invoke the abundant bless-
ings of Almighty God.
Dear brothers and
Matthew 18:14
Bisliop WiUiam. G.
all
speaking pilgrims, espefrom Denmark, Japan and the United States, cially those
I
''It is
these
11
Upon
Ann Church Charlotte
power when
for
the
Father will be worshipped in a new way. His whole work is directed to the hour of redemption, the hour willed and determined by the Father, when he offers the sacrifice which will bring salvation to humanity. When Jesus falls into the hands of his enemies, what seems to be the hour of greatest darkness is really the hour of the fulfillment of his mission. Through the sacrifice of the cross, Jesus returns to the Father. In this hour of glorification a new relationship is established
VATICAN
CITY
(CNS)
—
Paul
and other Vatican
tourism officials met with Pope John officials in what they termed a productive planning session for the year 2000 celebrations in the Holy Land. During their 20-minute papal audience, the Israeli delegation renewed the government' s invitation for the pope to visit their country.
II
Israeli
The pope responded
it was on his "horizon," The hoped-for papal visit is
that
but did not mention a date.
particularly important to Israelis,
be a crucial ingredient
who
believe
it
will
Holy Year. Important
to the success of the
Roman Catacombs Are
Evangelical Tools, Says Pope (CNS) Pope John Paul II Rome's catacombs as important evangelical
—
VATICAN CITY praised
between God and humanity. The human race is redeemed and called to unite itself to the Son in his triumph at the right hand of the Father. I warmly greet the group of diocesan pilgrimage coordinators from the United States meeting in Rome.
tools as well as historical treasures.
May your preparations for the great jubilee of the year
eloquent face of Christian
2000 have as their principal aim the spiritual renewal of the pilgrims you assist. I welcome the members of the B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League, and I ex-
constitute a perennial school of faith, of
press the hope that your visit will help to strengthen the cooperation of recent years.
January 27—12:10 p.m. Speaker/Bishops' Pastoral Letter Franciscan Center Greensboro
Pope, Israeli Officials Discuss Plans For 2000 In Holy Land
Speaking to the
leaders of the Pontifical Conamission for Sacred Ar-
chaeology, the pope said the ancient underground cemeteries will be an integral part of pilgrim visits during the year 2000. "The catacombs, while presenting the life
of the
first centuries,
hope and of Pope John Paul said. "Following their corrione soaks up a suggestive and moving atmo-
charity,"
dors,
sphere."
Coming Of Age Amy
Welborn
7:30 p.m.
A Plea to Teens New at
Respect Life Mass Our Lady of Grace Church Greensboro
It
has happened again, the second time this month.
A student, two days past the attainment of the "Holy
January 28—9:30 a.m. Catholic Schools
"Why?"
Driving
—
—
the driver's license gets into an accident. way to an athletic practice, a car full of he drove too fast and flipped. Four times. He was bumped and bruised, but mercifully without serious injuries.
Grail"
Week Mass
On
Charlotte Catholic High School
his
friends,
January
31—5
p.m.
Monument Thomas Aquinas Church
Dedication of Pro-Life St.
Of course,
Charlotte
the accident, like that of his classmate
Zach a month ago, was 5:30 p.m. Confirmation St.
Thomas Aquinas Church
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Like Leslie, another classmate, who waited a couple of weeks after getting the license to wreck her $30,000 car. Like Jimmy, who is going to turn 17 next month and has had three accidents over the past year. I've taught sophomores for eight years now, so I've lived through countless young people's journey toward independent driving, but it seems as if the post-license accidents are getting
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impression can be backed up I can say. What I do know
26 students, six of the 14 who enough to drive had accidents they caused within
month of the big day. That's a lot. Too many. It
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the
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totally his fault.
especially weighs
member
on me, since
my own
son, a
and I've
the terribly exciting task of sitting in the
passenger seat while he drives around and around the empty parking lot of a local college. "But when can I drive on the street. Mom?" "When you're ready," I grimly reply. He and his friends are attending an athletic event one evening next week, and we're transporting the
whole crew to the arena. "Can I drive there?" He's surprised and a little angry at my answer. "Of course not."
seat
if
I'm there
in the front
— the temptation
show
off and be cool
is
to
just
too great.
There are many responbe sure.
sible teen drivers, to
But few
if
you're a
new
driver, please, please
remember a
points:
That big thing you're driving is a weapon. It's big, and it's heavy and can get beyond your control. • You are not immortal. Bad things even tercan indeed happen to you. You can even rible things cause them. • Driving is not the time to show off, if there even is such a time. As I said, there's a lot of power in that vehicle, and things can go wrong very quickly. • Wear your seat belt. All the time. And parents, take a clue. Hold your children up to •
—
—
some the
of the class but younger than most of his
begun
even
standards. In
my
experience, the less responsi-
biUty teens have for their vehicle and driving expenses,
friends, has just earned his learner's permit,
just
I explain that he is not ready to drive in heavy traffic with a carload of friends,
more
careless they are.
A child who is given a new car, has the insurance all paid for and is never held to any consequences for poor driving from accidents to speeding tickets isn't going to be as careful as the teen who must bear part or all of the financial burden of owning a car and who is told simple things like, "You cause an accident,
—
—
for three months at least. Period." it It' s tough, because we want our kids to drive makes our lives immeasurably easier. But it's not any-
you don't drive
—
thing to take lightly.
Amy
Welborn
is
a
CNS columnist.
The Catholic News
January 23, 1998
One Candle
Light
Father Thomas
Through God's Eyes
you who must say the blessing." And the hermit, nervous at
Today, I want to tell you two stories. Or, maybe, it's just one. Here is a fable. There once lived in a village a
man whose body was so twisted
and whose face was so disfigured that the townspeople laughed at him. The children teased him. The dogs barked at him. The
he
left
man became
the
little
so embittered that
town where he had been
bom and went deep into the forest, where he lived alone. There he found a measure of solace in the beauty of sunrise and sunset, in the soft sighing of the breeze in the trees, in the frolic of the forest creatures, in the sweet songs of the birds in the air. Still the bitterness only softened. It did not go away. One day, a visitor came into the hermit's hut. As they sat down together to a modest meal, the hermit asked the
But the visitor "No, you are the master here. It is
visitor to offer a prayer. said,
first,
spoke of his gratitude for the beauty of the forest and the wonder of nature and the nourishment they were about to share.
Whereupon the
visitor said:
"You
have forgotten one thing. You have forgotten to thank God for yourself." The hermit looked away, saying nothing. The visitor continued: "You have retreated into the forest because you have despaired of your ugliness. You have forgotten that in the eyes of God, you are far more beautiful than all the trees and all the flowers and all the birds of the forest." The hermit could not forget those words, and in time he
moved
back to his old home. But the people no longer laughed when he walked by. The children no longer teased him.
And
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his heart sang
with joy, for he realized that though he was living in the same town, with the
same neighbors, even the same dogs, all was different. All was different because
J.
McSweeney
he was different. He had learned to thank God for
seems hopeless. But that is when you most need to see
himself.
yourself the
This story comes from a
"Peanuts"
comic
way he does
—
uniquely beautiful, uniquely
"The Lord does not
lovable.
strip.
Charlie Brown's sister, Sally, can't seem to keep from getting lost in her new school surroundings. She discovers that she has been in the wrong class for two weeks. When she finds the right room, she sits at the wrong desk. She thinks she is in the school band for
on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart" (1 Samuel 16.7). See yourself differently and your life can and will be different. Everything becomes new when you learn to thank God for yourself as you are in his
three days, before she discovers that the
perfect vision.
school doesn't have a band. She can't get
you
her locker open
God
— and her lunch
is in-
side. Finally, she says in disgust, "I think I'll
sign up for staying
When you to sign
up
for
home!" you would
feel like
some
other
life,
stop.
Stop and look It
might
at yourself with
God's you
feel like the last thing
when
are capable of doing
all
—
ate
—
And when
that happens,
will learn to see others
and to thank
same compassion-
for others in the
way.
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Question Corner Father John Dietzen
A Marriage That's Not Truly A Marriage Q. I need advice on what makes a valid marriage. It concerns my 26-year-
who was married two years now separated three years. Once he was open, friendly and
sacrament, to consider a divorce so he
in a dysfunctional reaction
Canon lawyers some-
can get on with his life. Isn't throwing away one's life on a one-sided love affair a sin? I cannot be-
to
what has occurred between him and his wife. As the Catholic Church
times compare the inability
God blesses a young man with
old brother,
lieve that
and
health and a loving heart to waste
it
such a self-destructive person or
rela-
is
happy. Since the separation, however, he has taken on a completely new, with-
tionship.
drawn
ful thing in
He
personality.
almost like a hermit. At the end of their two years, when he continued urging her to get help for her marijuana addiction, his wife told
him
is
to leave.
Three months later she had a live-in Her second live-in friend gave her a baby daughter, and now she is on No. 3. boyfriend.
I
am very worried about him. In spite
I
loyalty to the marriage
a horribly hurt-
is
our society. Yet, do you think
my
brother?
A. It is not my place to make such a judgment. For Catholics, that belongs to the tribunals (courts) established by the
church for I
physical inability to have sexual intercourse, which renders a marriage, and mar-
understands it, marriage is an agreement or a covenant in
which a man and
woman
riage consent, invalid.
create with each other a life-
believe divorce
a marriage exists in the case of
this
purpose.
can, however,
make some impor-
tant observations about the situation
you
describe.
of what has happened, he refuses, out of
some misguided
on
for consent to impotence, the
One way
Similarly, there can be
time relationship, a communion, of all life and love. (See Canon 1055 and the Catechism of the Catholic Church, No. 1601.) Thus, the object of marriage consent, or vows, is a particular kind of relationship, not simply one of any sort which happens to fit that particular woman and
man. According
does seem to be throwing his
life
away
An
capped
that
bunal practice, the inability to
marriage makes the consent
null,
he or she
commitment to life
called psychic, or
is
psychological, impotence. individual so emotionally handi-
and love
is
is incapable of that a lifelong communion of simply incapable of mar-
riage.
As one
tribunal official puts
it,
impotence or severe emopromising something he or she cannot deliver. In the one case it is sexual relations whether
and triform that
to Catholic belief
type of relationship that identifies a real or another, your brother
what
it's
tional dysfunction, the person is
nonex-
See Dietzen, page 6
istent.
Family Reflections Andrew & The word
means
different
is
things to different people. This
was very
for a pick-me-up. It's also a
"ritual"
his responding to a
way
need be
to
had negative connotations derived from
of service to Terri in the morning. And our enjoying our morning beverage together amid the rush to get out of the
high-profile instances like the death ritu-
door
evident in a recent conversation with a college student. For her the idea of ritual
als
of Heaven's Gate and Jonestown,
Satanist cult rituals, and primitive ritu-
of mutilation. Contrasting with the very healthy and rich patterns of family hfe and faith expression that we've come als
recognize as rituals, this young woman's perspective emphasized how and evil employ simi-
to
the forces of good
— and sometimes guish — methods. This conversation had
lar
difficult to distin-
us thinking about the
feed our
many ways
rituals
life.
There are routines in our home that have been recognized as rituals because of the purposes often dual purposes they .serve. For instance, Andrew's ritual of making coffee in the morning
—
t
more than
L
—
is
a subtle
way
of connecting.
It's
more than
a routine because of the added value it gives to our lives. A similar cup of coffee on the road or at the office just doesn't taste as good as does in our coffee ritual.
Another ritual we share is our "good night" blessing. Even when there is negative tension present in our relationship we try to keep our nightly ritual. After turning out the light we give each other a kiss and make a sign of the cross on the other's forehead. This ritual is a nightly acknowledgment of our identities as a married couple, as friends, as lovers, as children of God and followers of Christ. When we are lacking the smoothness our relationship is capable
Terri Lykes
of having, this ritual minder to us of who
and whose
we
are.
is
of washing and putting on freshly cleaned pajamas are abounding. And the bonding that occurs afterwards in the bedtime stories and prayers gave us sacred time with the
a re-
we
A
are
simi-
nighttime ritual is done with our kids. Mealtime prayers are one of the less subtle rituals in our family life. However, one obscure characteristic of our meals is the seating arrangement. At our oval table we sit at the opposite ends while the kids sit opposite each other in the middle, and the child of the opposite sex is to the right. These positions in themselves have no meaning other than what has been given them by our ritual. Yet they have meaning to us. To sit in any other arrangement feels odd and disjointed. This aspect of ritual gives us a sense of coherence and fluidity a predictable-ness that says "This is home!" Bath time rituals when our kids were toddlers: The symbolism of water, the act lar
—
kids.
The
ritual
of our sacred see
liturgy at church:
families
who
sit
in the
same
We
vicinity or
even the same pew each Sunday. And the predictable-ness of the Mass, knowing
when
to stand, kneel or
sit.
This too
is
the aspect of ritual that gives us a sense
of coherence and fluidity and says to us "This is home!"
"Family Reflections " is a biweekly journal on family theology as experienced and reported by Andrew & Terri Lyke. Yourfeedback is most appreciated. Send responses to lyke2lyke@aol.com.
:
6 The Catholic
News
& Herald
January 23, 1998
Celebrating The Good News About Catholic Education In Our Diocese
Join By DR.
In
MICHAEL SKUBE
The 24th annual national Catholic Schools Week is Jan. 25-31 and our 14 elementary, one middle school and two high schools look forward to celebrating the good news of
and an appreciation of morals and values; 2) the superior academic achievement of Catholic school students; 3) the secure and disciplined learning environment provided. As faith permeates all that we do and believe in a Catholic school, so does it
Catholic Schools.
reasons for observing Catholic Schools
Throughout
Week:
the
ligious awareness
diocese,
•
activities
ish • Monday, Community
service
•
dents •
obvious to any visitor to our Catholic elementary, middle or high schools, our schools are places where faith a living, vital religious faith and is very much a part of trust in God education. Without this faith, there could be no Catholic school education, no Catholic school, and no Catholic Schools Week or cause for celebrating it. Moreover, Catholic schools can and do restore the confidence the faith of the public that education is important and that schools are invaluable members of a community. Catholic schools make a difference in the lives of children, the wellbeing of everyone, and the future of a
•
studies
growth
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Day
Friday, Jan. 30: Faith in
Our Teach-
Day
would
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traditional Ctirisiian
last
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and
Nine women religious, three
•
one deacon, and 72 lay men and 388 lay women teach in our schools assisted by approximately 200 support staff
Members of
Judging from what you have told it is well worth his doing so. This could be his opportunity to put some closure on what is causing his selfdestructiveness and to move on with
me,
his life.
the Diocesan School
Board
are: Paul Fedorkowicz, president; Janet Smith, vice-president; Marcia
tors' representative;
Linda Fatale, teach-
ers' representative; Janice Ritter, prin-
Martha Gallagher, Robert Hickey, Glen Lillquist, Joseph Marinello, Mariaime Misko, David Morgan, John Mulhem, Brigette Ruggiero, Everett Walker, and Michael Skube. • The average annual cost to educate a student in North Carolina public cipals' representative;
schools
A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask
What our
self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL, 61701. Questions for this column should
be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.
have
students learn lasts a life-
time. Tradition, morality, faith,
hope and
love reinforce those values already established at home. Catholic schools affect students today,
tomorrow, and most
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and 1,159 high school students. The student body consists of 3,427 girls and 3,440 boys.
If. your brother can grasp the basics of what I'm saying, it may encourage him to talk to a priest or tri-
\
before- and after-sehool
Our
since last year. There are 5,706 elemen-
it
commitment to a lifetime commun-
ion of love.
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ment, today's prograti but old school, A
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to the enrollment since 1989.
rollment has increased by 321 students
in our Catholic schools, parents
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increased as follows:
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with you a few facts about the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Charlotte: • There are 14 elementary, one middle school (grades 6-8) and two high I
enroll their children in Catholic schools
main reasons:
Jan. 28: Faith in
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nation.
Numerous
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priests,
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ranging from
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and
also resonate within all the activities
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Dietzen, from page 5
annual lecture
honors John Henry Newman of the Oratory and is open to all without fee or registration.
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Comuniquemonos Ministerio Hispano Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald
23 de Enero de 1998
Proyectosde
de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Fiesta
KATHY SCHMUGGE NEWTON - Durante la temporada Por
de Adviento, los hispanos,
asi
otros catolicos alrededor del
como
mundo,
celebran en diciembre la fiesta de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, que les
ayuda a prepararse para las Navidades. La escena de un indio pobre, humilde y Ueno de fe conversando con la Madre de Dies, que aparece como una joven Uena de amor por los hijos e hijas de Dios, trae una simplicidad santa necesaria en una epoca Uena de distracciones. El viemes 12 de diciembre, los hispanos en el area de Hickory /Newton empezaron su celebracion en honor de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe con un rosario, seguido de una presentacion de la aparicion Mariana del ano 1531. A
continuacion algunas persona dieron testimonios de fe y contaron como Nuestra Senora fue instrumento de su conversion personal mientras otras dieron testimonio de como la Virgen intercedio y oyo sus oraciones. El Padre Jose Waters, pastor de la iglesia de la Santfsima Trinidad en Taylorsville y coordinador del apostolado hispano en el Vicariato de Hickory, estuvo presente durante el servicio de la noche del viemes. "Esta celebracion es originaria de Mexico cuando Nuestra Senora se aparecio como una mujer de piel morena. Su imagen
causo
grandes
Adviento
de
Campanapara Desarrollo
de
preparacion y alegria,
el
Humano
Padre Gordon ilustro como Nuestra Seiiora da un ejemplo perfecto de amor y obediencia, ayudando a los fieles a
seleccionados —
WASHINGTON (CNS) Dos programas de la Campana para Desarrollo Humano, auspiciada por los
prepararse para la venida
de Cristo.
Despues de
Misa, los asistentes rezaron en la
obispos estadounidenses, seran incluidos
silencio frente a la imagen de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. Paraconcluir la celebracion hubo una fiesta con musica, comida
entre los proyectos especiales del Papa.
El Consejo Pontificio "Cor Unum", que tiene la responsabilidad para la catequesis sobre la caridad y la atencion
y bailes tradicionales.
de la Iglesia a los necesitados, selecciono
como Nuestra como madre, trajo a Jesus a este mundo
los dos proyectos estadounidenses para
Asi
Seiiora,
de Navidad, ella continua trayendolo al corazon de infinidad de personas, como lo demostro en la conversion de nueve millones de indios en Mexico y hoy
su inclusion en
en
la
muchedumbre
entusiasta presente en
La
Foto
K.
Schmugge
NEWTON — Una nina que asistio a la celebracion de la de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe reza frente estandarte de la Virgen.
fiesta
de historia y encuentra su camino dentro del corazon del humilde.
El
mismo desarrollara cooperativas
de trabajo entre personas de bajos
ingresos
hayan
que
tradicionalmente de
dependido asistencia
la
economica publica o que esten desempleados o sub-empleados. La
CHD
proporcionara los «fondos de
arranque» y la capacitacion. El segundo programa es una iniciativa para involucrar a los jovenes
en
el
ministerio social a una edad
temprana.
La
CHD
se
propone ofrecer un
Galardon Anual de Dirigencia Juvenil, establecer capitulos de
CHD
en los
recintos universitarios y coordinar la
colocacion de intemos-estudiantes en su oficina nacional y sus oficinas
diocesanas,
depositaron flores en
mensaje
por la Campana para Desarrollo Humano la Salud y Caridades CatoUcas de los Estados Unidos.
significado de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, la que trasciende los libros
celebracion solamente algunos ninos
palabras de
un programa conjunto para fomentar que fue desarrollado
la autosuficiencia,
(CHD en ingles), la Asociacion Catolica
ropa de algiin personaje del nacimiento o con alguna otra ropa festiva. En esta
las
es
al
de
imagen de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. Es costumbre para los ninos hispanos vestirse con
muchedumbre que
fue
1999,
Uno
estandarte con la
aliento y alabanza. Integrando el
Ano de la Caridad,
solo puede vislumbrar el
esta celebracion.
banderas representando varios paises hispanos, como Puerto Rico, Mexico y El Salvador, y tambien un hermoso
escuchaba atentamente
el
como parte de los preparativos para el Ano Jubilar 2,000. Uno de los proyectos seleccionados
reemplazando las creencias e imagenes paganas con el anuncio de la venida de su Hijo, Jesucristo, el verdadero Dios", dijo el Padre Waters. Las festividades del domingo atrajo a muchas mas personas. Mas de 400 personas llenaron la iglesia de San Jose en Newton. Antes de empezar la Misa en espaiiol hubo una procesion con
ustedes", le dijo a la
"Mas de 100"
iniciativa
creada para
conversiones
el altar, pero es costumbre que haya una procesion de muchos ninos en la cual cada uno pone una flor a los pies de la imagen de Maria. "^Quien es pueblo escogido por Dios en esta epoca? ^A quien le mando su Madre Dios?" pregunto el celebrante, Padre Gordon Pillon, pastor de la iglesia de San Jose, durante su homih'a. "Son
"Mas de 100 Proyectos
del Santo Padre".
el di'a
Informacidn y foto suministrada por Lynne
Stoll
BISCOE - El Padre Mark Lawlor, administrador de la iglesia Nuestra Senora Americas en Biscoe, sostiene una tarjeta rodeado por feligreses de las iglesias de Nuestra Sefiora de las Americas y de San John Neumann de Charlotte, al terminarse un programa de outreach que duro cuatro semanas Este programa fue patrocinado por la Comision de Vida Familiar de San John Neumann. Se recogieron 60 cajas con comida, pavos y certificados para alimentos para la mision de Biscoe. La tarjeta fue preparada por la clase de Sue Rebich de San John Neumann. Este proyecto cooperative es el primero de varios que se planean entre las dos iglesias.
de
las
como
en
las
organizaciones financiadas por la
CHD
asi
ahededor del pais, que combaten a la pobreza, fomentan la organizacion comunitaria y trabajan en
el
desarrollo
economico.
Una
declaracion del Padre Robert
de la CHD, que ambos proyectos habn'an de empezar en enero de 1998 y funcionar Vitillo, director ejecutivo
dijo
hasta diciembre de 1999.
2 Suplemento de The Catholic
News and Herald
23 de enero de 1998
Mensaje del Padre Rev. Vicente H. Finnerty,
CM.
Queridos hermanos y hermanas: Esta epoca de fin de ano es un momento que aprovechamos para agradecerle a Dios todo lo recibido y para reconciliamos con El y con los demas. Es tambien un momento para ver, reflexionar y meditar sobre el significado y el sentido de nuestras vidas. Los evangelios de di'as pasados nos han presentado a Maria y a los pastores reflexionando y meditando el significado del nacimiento de Jesus en sus vidas. A mi me parece que el significado principal del nacimiento de Jesus para los pastores, para Maria y para nosotros se puede resumir en una sola palabra: eleccidn.
Los pastores cuentan a los demas todo lo que el angel les habia anunciado, y los que escuchan se quedan maravillados. Maravillados de que Jesus eligio hacerse hombre con todos. Y la maravilla es que eligio ser hermano, de modo especial, de los bumildes, de los pobres, de los que esperaban el consuelo de Israel.
La grandeza de Dios no se manifiesta de forma grande, sino de forma pequena, humilde, pobre. Si, hermanos y hermanas, eso fue la Navidad para Jesus: elegimos a ti y a mi como hermanos. No quiso elegir otra cosa. La Navidad tambien significo eleccidn para Maria. Eligi6 a Jesus, pero antes de poder besarle, tuvo que sufrir la soledad del rechazo, la frialdad de la indiferencia y la angustia de la pobreza. A pesar de todo, debido a que eligi6 a Jesus, facilmente unio su voz a la de los angeles que cantaban paz y gozo. Guardaba y meditaba en su corazon lo que su eleccion de Jesus implicaria: el misterio de la cruz y de la resurreccion. Hermanos y hermanas, en este Ano Nuevo, vayamos a pedirle a Dios la gracia que necesitamos para que nosotros podamos elegir ser hermanos de los pobres, hermanos de comunidad, hermanos de Cristo y aceptar con toda generosidad la consecuencia de esta eleccion, sabiendo que si meditamos todas estas cosas en nuestros corazones, tambien disfrutaremos de la paz y del gozo de la venida de Jesus a nuestro mundo.
CHARLOTTE - El pasado 15 de noviembre el Senor Obispo, Monsenor Guillermo Curlin impuso el sacramento de la Conflrmacion a un grupo de jovenes en el Centre Catolico Hispano. En la foto el Senor Obispo con el grupo de confirmantes
Noveno Mandamiento "No desearas la mujer de tu projimo" Las desastrosas consecuencias del
pecado
La Bondad La bondad las
esta considerada entre
necesidades que estructuran
al ser
humano
y dan sentido a su existencia. Las personas que ejercitan la bondad
han desarrollado previamente esas cualidades y valores superior,
humanos de rango
que dan consistencia a
las
personalidades y hacen patente un alto grado de madurez mental, psi'quica y afectiva.
Me
amabilidad,
la
refiero al respeto, la paciencia, la tolerancia,
equivalia a vivir en la pobreza del espiritu, atado a la tierra,
oprimido por
inseguridad y los temores y sin una causa noble que justificara su existencia. Por eso, desde aquel dfa, saborea a cada instante, con gozo que vivir para los la
demas no
solo es motivo suficiente y
razon de peso para justificar la tierra,
sino que
ademas
la
vida en
es la
mas
esplendida y gratificante experiencia humana a que se puede aspirar. Ser
comprension y la concordia. Todas ellas ponen la base de la bondad, dan sentido y coherencia a la conducta y nos alejan del egoi'smo y de la
bueno es
superficialidad.
personas verdaderamente felices que practicaron la maldad, la intransigencia y el desamor. Felicidad y bondad son pajaros del mismo plumaje, que siempre
la
Buscar
el
lado bueno de las cosas,
estar atentos a descubrir en las personas
con quienes vivimos cualidades dignas de consideracion y aprecio, no escatimar alabanzas y expresiones de calurosa aprobacion con cualquier persona que lo merezca; estar siempre abiertos a la esperanza, vivir en constante actitud de servicio para los necesitados y ejercitar la
generosidad de forma callada y
sencilla, constituyen las cualidades
mas
relevantes de los que entendemos por la
persona bondadosa, queejerce la bondad y que su vida es bondad.
hombre bueno comprendio un que vivir solo para si mismo
El dfa,
vivir para el amor.
No puede haber No
felicidad sin bondad.
manera directa, el Noveno y Decimo Mandamiento: ambos procuran nuestro bienytratande restablecer en
nosotros
radial
autentica es posible
vuelan juntos.
el
bien donde quiera
que estemos.
cambia de hora
El programa radial del Padre Vicente Finnerty que se trasmiti'a los
el
equilibrio
interior destrozado por el pecado. El
Noveno
Mandamiento serefiereatodo
acostumbra 1
1
a
m
a
WNOW
WCXN
AM
r
concupiscencia
de la came, o sea, a esas aspiraciones incorrectas de las satisfacciones corporales, en especial en lo referente al ambito de la sexualidad. Al cumplir con este mandamiento, purificamos nuestro corazon para que nuestra vida interior se desenvuelva no ya segun nuestras pasiones, sino en el Espi'ritu de Dios, que nos ha sido dado
Actitudesequivocadas. Aparte toda el
y
canalizan sus pensamientos y sus deseos. Tienen un justo sentido cristiano de la grandeza y de la nobleza de la persona humana y la aprecian en alma y cuerpo. Se sirven del cuerpo no como instrumento de pecado, sino como docil y precioso companero de su alma en
camino hacia la perfeccion y hacia felicidad etema
la
y gracia.
deXfrenesidt gozar la vida que derrumba
domingos
manana ha sido cambiado para las 1 2 del mediodfa los sabados por misma emisora en la frecuencia 1 170 de su receptor. "Un minuto con Dios" se sigue transmitiendo a las 3:15 P.M. los sabados por "Radio Li'der," 1030 AM. la
deseos y afectos a los pensamientos, deseos y afectos de su Redentor y Maestro. Por
aquello que se
Espero que al lector no le asalte la idea de pensar que ser bueno es algo poetico, inmaterial, inalcanzable. Querer ser bueno es ya serlo, importa la actitud y el proposito firme de Uevar acciones buenas con nuestros semejantes, y estar siempre dispuestos a hacer otras mejores, aunque estemos cargados de limitaciones y defectos. Lo que importa es la predisposicion
a las 9:30 de la
de todo y leer de todo, sin tener en cuenta la decencia y el pudor, la discrecion y la mortificacion cristiana; en fin, el descuido en pedir a Dios que no nos deje caer en las tentaciones y en evitar los peligros que nos pongan en el riesgo de caer en el pecado. Actitud cristiana. Los verdaderos cristianos procuran imitar a Jesus y buscan configurar sus pensamientos,
originario y h e r o s o
como ayuda
Programa
tan
m
encontrar en la historia de la humanidad
constante a hacer
propagaron
se
profundamente en la naturaleza humana, pervirtieron sus mismas que aspiraciones, originando en ella pensamientos, deseos y afectos que, por oponerse al orden establecido por Dios, deben desecharse por daninos y malos. Al restablecimiento del orden en las mismas aspiraciones se refieren, de una
norma moral, podemos
recordar:
poco aprecio por la virtud de la pureza el debil esfuerzo que se hace para
lograrla; el falso
concepto de
la libertad
personal que permite verlo todo, hablar
Comentario al Catecismo de la - Edicion Espanola -
Iglesia Catolica
con permiso de los Padres de la Sociedad de San Pablo.
Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald 3
23 de enero de 1998
Oficina para refugiados Por
Cira Ponce, Directora de
OTONIEL
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de
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— REFUGEE — creada en 1975 para
Oficina para Refugiados
OFFICE
Antes de comenzar procesion que
la
Misa toda
congregacion entro a
la
comenzo alrededor del
la iglesia
salir al
paso de las necesidades mas apremiantes de las personas desplazadas de sus lugares de origen por razones religiosas, etnicas, polfticas o economicas. Esias diasporas masivas, que en otras epocas afectaron areas geograficas y poblaciones mas reducidas, incluyen en nuestros dias a centenares de miles alrededor del globo: naciones del Medio y del Lejano Oriente, de Africa, de Centro y Sur America, de las Antillas, sin olvidar las que emergen de nuevo en el este de Europa a causa de sentimientos nacionalistas, largo tiempo soterrados, que ahora renacen en un alumbramiento de sangre y fuego. A esta Oficina de Refugiados, como a un oasis de paz, han acudido mas de 6,000 desplazados para encontrar
en
edificio.
solidaridad fraternal, ayuda economica
y moral para hacerlos autosuficientes en su nueva patria y una empatia sin
la
celebraclon de
la
Celebracion Mariana en Biscoe
glorias pasadas".
"Las semillas del catolicismo fueron sembradas, arraigaron y florecieron", dijo Monsenor Sheehan. Los colonizadores, agrego el, creian que los pueblos nativos merecian escuchar el Evangelio. "Nuevo Mexico, pues, fue establecida como una colonia, en primer lugar y mas importantemente, como una
"Creo que catolicismo en
los
mejores anos del
Nuevo Mexico
estan
delante de nosotros, no detras de nosotros", dijo Monsenor Sheehan en una carta pastoral, titulada «Semillas de Lucha, Cosecha de Fe", publicada el lro.de enero.
En 1598, Don Juan de Onate,
al
la
generosa ayuda de
que es un hogar, se el que llega
nuestros hermanos en necesidad. Si Ud. desea compartir su tiempo con nosotros, le recordamos que nuestra oficina es una organizacion sin fines de lucro, destinada a dar ayuda de diversa indole a los refugiados en el area de Charlotte. Las tareas mas usuales consisten en ayudar en el arreglo del apartamento o vivienda, acompanarlos a centros hospitalarios o educativos, en enseiiarles ingles basico y servirles de interprete cuando la situacion lo requiera. Conocimientos de computacion y de otro idioma, ademas del ingles, son deseables, pero no indispensables. Para entrevistas, favor llamar a la Sra. Sonia Hayden (704) 370-3283 de 9:00 a.m. a libre para colaborar
la Sra.
Citizens Center (Tyvola Rd.) y con la
anos en Venezuela antes de venir a los Estados Unidos, donde reside actualmente.
CHARLOTTE Durante
Hispano
mando
una
esta oficina
"bienvenido" a todo
del Senior
la Srta.
-
la
celebracion de las "mananitas", en el Centro Catolico
SANTA FE, Nuevo Mexico (CNS) Segiin dice Monsenor Michael J. Sheehan, Arzobispo de Santa Fe, el aniversario de 400 anos de catolicismo en Nuevo Mexico "no es solo acerca de mirar retrospectivamente y celebrar las
de
En
a prestar su colaboracion para ayudar a
no menos benevpla acogida de
expedicion
— que — Uego
el
pasado
diciembre, la niiia Carol Vazquez posa delante de la Imagen de la Virgen.
de Santa Fe examina 400 ahos de catolicismo a ocho frailes franciscanos
sobre los demas. le dice
El Sr. Otoniel Franco es natural de Bogota, Colombia, pero vivid casi 30
Pastoral de arzobispo
colonizadores espanoles
hay
4:00 p.m.
BISCOE - Al atardecer del pasado 12 de diciembre en la Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de las Americas, se celebro la fiesta de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe con una Misa que comenzo con una procesion alrededor de la iglesia. El Padre Mauricio West, Canciller de la Diocesis de Charlotte, fue el celebrante principal y el Padre Mark Lawlor, administrador de la iglesia, concelebro. Mas de 200 personas asistieron a esta celebracion que fue muy lucida y en la que se sirvio una comida a continuacion de la Misa.
—
competencia,
voluntario a mediados de septiembre de
Maryanne Dailey, Directora
Santa Eucaristi
que
colaboracion, y si se compite, es para el mejoramiento personal y no para estar
mengua para compartir sus sentimientos. Aqui tuve la fortuna de arribar como 1997 con
Los Padres West y Lawlor durante
Oficina para
Servicios S o c i a 1 e s
Desde
fundacion, una
mm^mj^^^M^^j^ ^H|^HHBfifl||
la
Refugiados, la Sra. Sonia Hayden, Coordinadora de Servicios Voluntarios y de todo el personal de esta oficina que siempre me han hecho sentir como en mi propio hogar y en mi propio terruno. Y esto es de extrema importancia: un ambiente de fratemidad, donde cada cual se olvida de si mismo, para pensar solo en los demas y en el bien comun.
FRANCO
de
incluia
a la
margen de
la
oriental del Rio Grande, cerca ciudad actual de Espanola, que
esta al noroeste de Santa Fe.
mision a los indigenas".
La
gestion misionera fue dirigida
por los franciscanos. Los pueblos nativos no necesitaban de presentacion a lo divino, porque ellos ya "adoraban
al
Gran Espfritu como mantenedor de toda vida" y esperaban la "plenitud en el Redentor de toda la humanidad", hizo notar
el
Arzobispo. '"Sus corazones
proporcionaron asi un suelo acogedor para las semillas del Evangelio". Pero "un encuentro de dos pueblos ampliamente diferentes resultara inevitablemente en que aflore lo mejor y lo peor de ambos", dijo el Arzobispo.
Continue en
la
pagina 4
4 Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald
23 de enero de 1998
Horarios de Misas en espanol NINOSCUBANOS — Ninos catolicos
cubanos participan en una reunion de oracion para jovenes en La Habana, en anticipacion de la visita del Papa Juan Pablo II
a Cuba. El Papa tiene fijada su visita a la nacion islena sojuzgada por
comunistas entre los di'as 21 y 25 de enero.
ASHEBORO St.
Joseph, 326 S. Park
St.
(910) 629-0221
1
pm
todos los domingos 7
pm
todos los domingos
ASHEVILLE Lawrence, 97 Haywood (704) 252-6042
St.
St.
BISCOE los
(910) 428-3051
domin OS 11-30 am
m
2
confes^nes°antes de^las misas^
BURNSVILLE 3er domingo del •
mes 6 om
CHARLOTTE Centra Catolico Hispano Shenandoah Ave.y The Plaza (704) 335-1281
pm pm y
todos los s^bados 7
domingos 10 am, 12
pm
7
confesiones antes de las misas
CLEMMONS Holy Family, 4820 Kinnamon Rd. (910) 766-8133
todos los domingos 4
pm
DOBSON Sagrado Corazon, (910) 632-8009 CNS
Rt.
601
Immaculate Conception, 1024 W. Main
Cardenal dice que visita papal esta realizandose para los cubanos BALTIMORE
(CNS)
—
El
Cardenal William H. Keeler, de Baltimore, dijo que la realidad de la
proxima
Papa Juan Pablo
El 3 de enero, el periodico bficial
Granma, publico un mensaje del Papa Juan Pablo II al del Partido Comunista,
St.
Michael, 708 St.Michael's Ln.
St.
Mary, 812 Duke
que
esta
surgiendo
Vlene de
la
pagina 3
La Radio del Vaticano informo que, en la Misa del Iro. de enero en La Habana, el Cardenal Ortega dijo: "La Iglesia de Cuba esta experimentando una revitalizacion, en la mayor cantidad de fieles que participan en la vida liturgica y sacramental, en el niimero cada vez mayor de vocaciones al sacerdocio y a la vida religiosa, y en el compromiso apostolico
del laicado".
El Cardenal Ortega hablo tambien la
deuda extranjera que recarga a
muchos paises pobres, y dijo que naciones y regiones enteras se arriesgan a ser exclufdas por una economi'a globalizada cada vez en mayor medida.
St.,
(910) 272-8650
7th.
Ave.W..
todos los domingos 7
om
todos los domingos
pm
1
todos los domingos 12:30
Cristo Key, 1505 East Kivett Dr.
pm
(910) 884-0244
St.
Asis,
Main y Ivy
2do.y 4to. domingo del mes
:30
pm
pm
todos los domingos, 12
Joseph, 108 St.Joseph St.
1
KERNERSVILLE Holy Cross, 616 S.Cherry
St.
todos los domingos 12:30
(910) 996-5109
pm
LINCOLNTON St.
pm
todos los domingos 12
Dorothy, 148 St.Dorothy's Lane
(704) 735-5575
Our Lady ofLourdes, Deese y
Franklin Streets
todos los domingos 1:30
pm
MORGANTON St.
Charles Borromeo, 714
todos los domingos 5
pm
St.
todos los domingos 6
pm
(704) 464-9207
todos los domingos 12:45
W. Union
St.
(704) 437-3108
MOUNT AIRY Holy Angels, 1208 North Main (910) 786-8147
NEWTON St.
Joseph, 720 West 13th.
St.,
pm
NORTH WILKESBORO John Church, 275 C.C. Wright School Rd. (910)838-5562
St.
ler., 3er., 5to.
6
domingo
del
mes
pm
REIDSVILLE Holy
Infant,
1042 Freeway Dr., (910) 342-1448
1
pm
todos los domingos 4
pm
todos los domingos
SALISBURY Sacred Heart, 128 N.Fulton (704) 633-0591
St.
SPARTA of Rome, Hendrix Rd. (910) 372-8846 St. Francis
Hubo sus valores religiosos. derramamiento de sangre por ambas
El resentimiento de los indigenas por las
partes, los esparioles y los indigenas.
tentativas de los espanoles de hacer de
Para estos fracasos procuramos perdon
de ellos mismos" resultaron en la Revuelta de Pueblo en 1680, que continuo sin reconciliacion hasta 1692, hizo notar el. "Esta claro hoy para nosotros que hubo muchos fracasos de parte de los espanoles, incluyendo los de los frailes franciscanos", dijo Monsenor Sheehan. "Hubo incidentes de crueldad y malos tratos, falta de respeto para la autonomia de los naturales, su cultura y
y reconciliacion".
los indigenas "copias
pm
MONROE
inminente.
de
mes 3:30
JEFFERSON
KANNAPOLIS
dramaticamente para la visita del Papa Juan Pablo II. "Hay una esperanza extraordinaria", dijo el Cardenal. El agrego que alguien le dijo que la realidad de la visita del Papa, entre el 21 y el 25 de enero, "solo empezo a realizarse para una gran cantidad de personas" cuando, en Navidad, el mensaje del Papa fue lei'do en la television controlada por el estado. El Cardenal Keeler dijo que el pensaba que su visita ayudo a poner al tanto a los cubanos del interes de los catolicos estadounidenses por el viaje papal. El dijo que los cubanos con quienes el hablo estaban muy interesados por oir cuan proximamente el pueblo de los Estados Unidos estaba siguiendo los acontecimientos de Cuba.
del
HIGH POINT
San Francisco de (910) 246-9151
impulse
domingo
HENDERSONVILLE Immaculate Conception, 208 (704)693-6901
enero. El Papa ofrecio su "saludo cortes"
presidente cubano y le deseo «un feliz ano nuevo, con las mejores esperanzas de paz y adelanto social en su pais", informo la Radio del Vaticano. El mensaje del Papa Juan Pablo decia que el estaba orando por Cuba y esperando con agrado su visita
3er.
GREENSBORO
feriado nacional cubano del Iro. de al
pm
(704) 867 6212
esta por fm convirtiendose en reahdad para los cubanos. En una conferencia de prensa el 2 de enero en Baltimore, el Cardenal dijo que el y los representantes de los Servicios Catolicos de Socorro tuvieron «una visita muy breve pero Uena de acontecimientos ... donde vimos el
Cuba
todos los domingos 3
GASTONIA
presidente Fidel Castro, senalando el
II
St.
(704) 245-4017
a
visita del
pm
todos los sabados 6
FOREST CITY
de Reuters
Empero,
St Phillip the Apostle, 525 (704) 872-2579
"tenemos que tratar de ver el cuadro grande y de apreciar que todos hemos procurado vivir juntos en paz durante muchos anos. Pero para nosotros, los cristianos, el mayor don que trajeron los
domingo
y
ler.
domingo
del
mes
del
mes 2 pm
Trinity,
2do. y 4to. domingos 6
665 W. Main Ave.
pm
(704) 632-8009
THOMASVILLE Our Lady of the Highways, 943
Ball Park Rd.
todos los domingos 12
pm
(910)475-2732
WINSTON-SALEM Our Lady of Mercy, 1919
S.
Main
St.
todos los domingos
1
todos los domingos
1
pm
(704) 722-7001
colonizadores y frailes espaiioles fue aun mejor que el ganado y el pan. Fue
YADKINVILLE
nuestra tradicion catolica, el mensaje
(910) 463-5533
del Evangelio y a Jesus en laEucaristia".
Camden Dr
TAYLORSVILLE Holy
dijo el Arzobispo,
3er.
ler.
STATESVILLE
Christ the King, u'.S. 601 y Hoots Rd. 2
pm
1:30
pm
The Catholic News
January 23, 1998
& Herald 7
Entertainment Thriller "Hard Rain" Is Showy, Rather Senseless NEW YORK (CNS) — After getan armored
saved from drowning by Karen. The robbers reappear, the chase con-
attacked by robbers in the wa-
tinues in and out of boats, until the sher-
ting stalled in a flash flood,
car
is
ter-logged thriller, "Hard Rain" (Para-
mount).
confused shoot-out, guard Tom (Christian Slater) manages
During
a
through knee-deep water, dragging behind him money bags conto escape
taining $3 million.
With the robbers, led by Jim (Morgan Freeman), in hot pursuit, Tom moors the money bags to a cemetery monument, then tries to hide in a nearby school.
After breaking into a store, the
is
shows up and adds a further wrinkle to the quest for the hidden money. Long before this, however, the novelty of criminals powerboating through the submerged streets of a deserted town iff finally
has become tiresomely repetitive. Directed by Mikael Salomon, the plot self-destructs
when
good guys
the
Tom
turn out to be the bad guys and
winds up fighting beside Jim, using automatic weapons that seldom need reloading.
The small-town characters
robbers emerge with a powerboat and
CNS
several water- skimobiles to continue
nasty stereotypes and Karen
the chase.
in to
are fairly
is thrown add some feminine interest to a story
Because of stylized violence,
confrontations.
of some tough dudes.
The contrived proceedings follow a twisty but improbable plot that is showy
visual
drama
makes
the overdone violence
looter.
but rather senseless in the end.
right silly.
While the sheriff checks out Tom's story about the robbers, the
some
water rises considerably and the guard
which
is
stained glass is
is
windows
in a
church
demolished in one of the
final
W
"Brassed Off" (1997)
calls their frenetic, uncertain lives as
British story set in a depressed
1992
Yorkshire mining town where the mine's band leader (Pete Postlethwaite) insists the group carry on with their music sessions in hopes of winning a national band contest. Writer-director Mark Herman's spirited drama goes overboard in its indictment of Tory social policies,
but
is
otherwise a wirming,
warmly human story of a working-class community coping with economic ruin. Brief sexual innuendo, fleeting locker-
room
nudity,
minor violence and
inter-
mittent rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-
—
The Motion Picture AsAmerica rating is R re-
adults.
sociation of
—
(Miramax, rental) "Career Girls" (1997) British drama of a woman (Lynda Steadman) renewing her friendship with a former college roonunate (Katrin Cartlidge) on a weekend visit which re-
undergraduates and
how much
each has
changed in the six years since then. Written and directed by Mike Leigh, the impressionistic narrative
is
loosely as-
tion Picture
ing
is
The MoAssociation of America rat-
adults, with reservations.
R
—
restricted.
(Fox Video, rental)
"The Game" (1997)
stricted.
Twisty drama about an arrogant San Francisco investment banker (Michael Douglas) whose birthday gift from his estranged brother (Sean Penn) bership in a bizarre
is
mem-
game club which puts
the banker' s life and fortune in constant
danger from unknown assailants. Directed by David Fincher, the wildly imaginative proceedings are absorbing,
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN
—
make
it
The Motion America
is
A-III
—
adults.
Picture Association of
rating is
R — restricted.
by Joseph Losey, it is viewing the Holocaust
Association of America rating
as a universal
restricted.
sex and so on in this minor work from
Mature themes and treatment. The U.S. a great director. Subtitles.
Catholic Conference classification
—
adults.
The Motion
is
Picture is
R—
(Fox Lorber, rental)
experience, as meaningful to gentiles as
"Pixote"(1982)
The nature of the theme, and some incidental nudity, make this a film for serious viewers. The U.S.
Harrowing and poignant Brazilian drama about a gang of boys living on the streets of Rio and the terrible things they do to survive. Directed by Hector Babenco, this powerful movie is definitely not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach because it involves sordid violence and
to Jews. Subfitles.
is AThe Motion Picture AssopaAmerica rating is PG
Catholic Conference classification
—
adults.
—
guidance suggested.
(New Yorker,
rental)
"Nothing to Lose" (1997) Coarse comedy in which a bumbling (Martin Lawrence) helps a despondent ad executive (Tim Robbins) rob his boss of a fortune, then the adman has second thoughts and insists they try to return the money before its absence is discovered. Writer-director Steve Oedekerk's manipulative buddy plot goes for cheap laughs while implying circumstances may justify grand theft. Ambivalent attitude toward crime, comic caij acker
graphic sexuality. Subtitles.
The U.S.
Catholic Conference classification
A-IV rated
—
tion of America.
(New Yorker, rental)
"When
the Cat's Away" (1997) Seriocomic tale of a lonely
Parisienne (Garance Clavel) lots
who gets
of help searching for her lost cat, from older women, but
particularly
others prove
mance than
more
interested in ro-
locating the missing fe-
sweetly hope-
line, until the picture's
encounter and constant rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classifiadults, with reservacation is A-IV tions. The Motion Picture Association of restricted. America rating is R (Touchstone, rental)
ful ending. Writer-director
—
—
"Orchestra Rehearsal" (1979) Italian tra
production about an orches-
whose members
are constantly being
by each other and the inane questions of a television crew until a union dispute leads to violence and ultidistracted
mately chaos. Director Federico Fellini's failed fable about the tension between authority and the individual becomes a disjointed series of gags and jabs at mu-
is
Not by the Motion Picture Associaadults, with reservations.
treatment of violence, a fleeting sexual
suspenseful and patently illogical. Styl-
—
outdone by
A-III
ized violence, occasional profanity and
frequent rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is Aadults. The Motion Picture AssoIII reciation of America rating is R stricted. (Polygram, rental) "Mr. Klein" (1977) French drama about a dealer in art objects (Alain Delon) who buys family
ence classification is
situ-
and a sexual
expletive, the U.S. Catholic Confer-
exceptional in
rental
—
ation, recurring profanity
16, 1942. Directed with great sensitivity
formances but the result is too disjointed to add up to more than a tentative under-
IV
out-
much menace including a sexual
sic, nationality, television, art, sports,
ciation of
progress the two
seem
only
any more interesting.
III
how much
it
heirlooms from Jews needing cash to escape the Nazi terror, then is himself mistaken for a Jew and handed over to the Germans, as were 13,000 others on what is known as Black Thursday, July
sembled from scenes of past and present,
standing of
intended to add
the watershed, but that doesn't
relying mainly on improvisational per-
have made in their lives since college. Sexual encounter with brief nudity, sexual situations, recurring rough language and occasional profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-
is
to the action but
Here, the bloodshed
renovating
The following are home videocassette reviewsfrom the U.S. Catholic Conference Officefor Film andBroadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHSformat. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience.
» »
ni
This apparently
For instance, Karen
—
—
bludgeoned by Karen (Minnie Driver) and locked up by the sheriff (Randy Quaid) as a
Tom, however,
photo from 20th Century Fox
Howie Long portrays a smoke jumper on rescue duty in the action thriller adults. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-lll restricted. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R "Firestorm."
Cedric
Klapisch's wistful picture of a single
woman whose
search for a pet turns
into a quest for the right
whom to
share her
man
with
life is treated ear-
humor
an odd series of unsuitable encounters before a real prospect finally turns up. Subtitles. Several restrained sex scenes, sexual references, coarse expressions and occasional rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classificanestly, yet with
tion
is
A-III
—
adults.
Picture Association of
ing
is
R
—
in
The Motion America rat(Columbia
restricted.
TriStar, rental)
1
8
The Catholic News
& Herald
January 23, 1998
IHM's Headmaster Leaves Behind Rich Education Legacy By ANDY
MORRISSEY
HIGH POINT
— Family members
and friends from the military gathered in a
room
High Point Regional Hospital loss of Frank
at
Tuesday night to grieve the McGrail.
The headmaster of High Point's
sole
and immediate family here, but
High Point
like half of
it
seems
an extended
is
schools and the values they proclaim," Zuschmidt said.
Airborne Division. McGrail served two
IHM. The school was
Vietnam during
his 34-
Mary
year career in the military, Johnson said.
McGrail
Tuesday, four days after suffering a heart
The former paratrooper never re-
But
as family
retired as a lieutenant colo-
same year he took
nel in 1987, the
headmaster's position
gained consciousness.
members gathered at were moved
his mother,
2,
IHM.
at
by the swell of support from friends and colleagues who described McGrail as a leader to both soldiers and school chil-
remarried. She
to
tary service
McGrail's son, Brian.
standing for the family. He's just got us
and burial
young men "You
who
of
spirit
many
par-
ents to enable their children to receive
an education in the Catholic schools
is
What is the key ingredient to education and formation in Catholic schools? It's
important to recognize Bishop
Curlin' s primary concern
—
that the chil-
know
to
Jesus
— and
that the ex-
periences within the schools are supportive of that objective. In that regard, those
Cardinals, Cardinal John
his-
who
who reflect
through opportunities to serve in the name of the Lord; through the celebration of the Eucharist at school Masses.
The Catholic school
is
also in exist-
ence to cultivate the talents, skills and abilities of the children, to cultivate their self-disciphne and their good study hab-
from page
Italy, 67.
clave.
the 73-year-old archbishop of Belo
No other countries have more than 10 cardinals. After the consistory, Brazil
— —
the country with the
lics
will
have
most Catho-
six cardinal-electors.
Canada will have two of whom would be
five cardinals, eligible to vote
in a conclave.
pro-prefect of the Congregation for Di-
vine Worship and the Sacraments. 71 -year-old prelate is from Chile.
The
— Alberto Bovone, pro-prefect of
the Congregation for Sainthood Causes. Italian is
— Dario
75 years
old.
Castrillon Hoyos, a 68-
year-old Colombian
who is pro-prefect
of the Congregation for Clergy.
— Lorenzo Antonetti,
ian
75, an Ital-
who is pro-president of the Admin-
istration
See.
— Antonio Maria Rouco Varela of Madrid, — Jean Balland of Lyons, France, — Dionigi Tettamanzi, the 63year-old archbishop of Genoa, — Polycarp Pengo of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, — Christoph Schonbom of Vierma, 61.
63.
Italy.
Other cardinals-designate include:
— Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez,
The
— Serafim Femandes de Araujo,
Horizonte, Brazil.
of the Patrimony of the Holy
— Salvatore de Giorgi of Palermo,
53.
who was named
just four
days before
his 53rd birthday.
— Norberto Rivera 55Mexico — Paul Shan Kuo-Hsi, the 74year-old bishop of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. — Francesco Colasuonno, 73Carrera, the
year-old archbishop of
City.
the
year-old nuncio to Italy and former
nuncio to Russia. Dino Monduzzi, the 75-year-old prefect of the Papal Household.
—
to
He
suffered the heart attack on Friday, soon after leading a
form
pep
rally in a
that students
won
mascot uni-
in a contest or-
ganized by a Greensboro radio station.
Family members said doctors told them that a blockage near his aorta probably was responsible for the heart attack. Garrett was among the first teachers hired by McGrail when he came to the school in August 1987, Garrett said. She decided to take the job because she was struck by his enthusiasm and passion for hard to imagine that anybody
"It's
could
his shoes," she said.
fill
human
beings and people
faith. It is vital
that educators look at the
messages contained
in what they are those messages relate person of Jesus, the values he represents, the Gospel that he shares.
teaching and
how
to the
This story from Jan. 21
is
reprinted
with permission from The High Point Enterprise.
the value of faith in their lives.
Much of what is occurring in the schools concerns new dimensions of what has been happening already: the development of curriculum, the cultivation of the spirit of a real faith
commu-
These are ongoing, continuing reand they are so important to the faithful and responsible implementation
nity.
alities,
of the educational mission of the church:
What are some highlights of Catholic education in this diocese? So much of what happens in the Catholic schools is ongoing, and in some ways it can be taken for granted. It's the day-to-day living, sharing and celebrating faith that
is
so important, and
it's
the
good people in the Catholic schools who, in a quiet sort of
way, really witness
Thank you Jude for
St.
prayers
/
answered.
/
—
/
J.B.S.
/
J
to
1
Carberry of St. Louis, 93, would be eligible to vote in a conJ.
maturing
are identified
with the Catholic school and their faith in the classroom;
dren and the youth in Catholic schools
come
— English, —
tory and science, for example must be taught from a value perspective. There are several important ways the students come to know Jesus: through the
witness of the adults
quite apparent in the diocese.
but a team of counselors from the
But its primary purpose is to assist them in coming to know Jesus as grow-
classes of various types
services.
school after McGrail's heart attack.
their lives."
help the school's 254 students cope with
ligious education classes and other
Wanda Garrett. Monday was the first day back
teaching the students.
many, many students come back and will say he
will find
McGrail leaves a powerful
pastor, said
with the family through
should also be noted that the
in
Charlotte Diocese were to be on-hand to
ing,
It
community
Classes were to proceed Jan. 21 at
IHM,
its.
of sacrifice exhibited by so
in the
Father Joe Zuschmidt, the school's
experiences that are found in formal re-
grams and
will
changed
Education Vicar, from page 3 various pro-
said her father loved
Fayetteville," she said.
educating, supporting, and collaborating its
community.
teaching because of his love for children.
Fort Bragg, said
at
to the school
McGrail's oldest daughter. Dr. Mary
to
McGrail's younger brother.
been out-
students and restored a sense of
optimism
New
for Frank," said Col. Carl Johnson,
just
new
from de-
High
Point from the family homestead in
outpouring of love from the community
"The community has
in
suffering
and McGrail brought
"Even before he worked at IHM, he was a mentor to young men in the Army,
later
Hampshire for the funeral. Arrangements have not been finalized. The family plans to hold a funeral service in High Point, and then a mili-
"I'm not from here and I've seen the
credited McGrail with saving
Ahce McGrail-Reid,
Helen Johnson,
was traveling
He
clining enrollment,
the
McGrail's father died when he was
and
the hospital, they said they
dren.
teacher
total dedication to Catholic
The men served together for a period when they were both stationed at Fort Bragg as members of the U.S. Army 82nd tours of duty in
Catholic School, died at age 59 on
Frank McGrail's death, said music
cism and education.
"He had
Catholic school, Immaculate Heart of
attack.
legacy because of his faith in Catholi-
family."
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January 23, 1998
New Year
Students Continue Acts Of Good Will Into The By SUSAN
deGUZMAN
— An
WINSTON-SALEM
act of
caring in the fourth grade allows a stufrom a full jar dent to transfer an
M&M
an empty one. How fast can the M&M's be transferred, and how many times? Second- graders write their good deeds on a piece of paper and drop them anonymously into a glass vase. They can see the pile grow higher and higher. to
Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 3). Schraeder has asked each grade to design a method for tracking their caring acts. She chose Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 19) and Student Day (Jan. 30) during Catholic Schools Week
two dates
with presents and meals at Christmas thanks to
donations collected from students and their families. Eighth-graders
wrapped the presents
to tally the acts.
and enjoyed playing the
Hopeful for the school to go on-line before year's end, Schraeder plans to uti-
role of Santa Claus.
as the first
lize the total
acts per-
They also assisted at St. Leo the Great Church's
of information
outreach effort by load-
She
feels
ing an entire rental truck
Internet access
number of caring
Third-graders place their caring acts in
formed
a basket. Don't let that basket get thrown
that is shared about the school.
out; it's not trash!
that students
to
be the
first bit
who have
principal, has invited all students to be-
their caring acts in detail with other
with gifts for distribution to various area agencies ministering to
gin 1998 with an intention to perform
Internet users.
the poor.
"caring acts." This request ties in with
This exercise follows a holiday season that was filled with many outreach
dent body
Georgette Schraeder,
St.
Leo School
two major themes: One is Pope John Paul 11' s
decree that 1998 be dedicated to the
Holy
Schraeder foresees the exto encourage students to seek the inspiration of the Holy Spirit for ideas to express concern for others. The exercise is also in conjunction with what has been designated nationally as the "Season of Nonviolence." It runs from the 50th anniversary of the assasination of Mahatma Gandhi (Jan. 30) to the 30th anniversary of the assasination of Dr. Spirit.
ercise as a
way
at
home may be
by
efforts
St.
interested in sharing
Leo
students.
Food was
collected and delivered to Crisis Control
Thanksgiving under the organization of eighth-graders and parent outreach coordinator Betsy Trueax. The students also visited Heritage Woods Retirement Home where they brought letters and favors made by fellow students. Similar letters and favors were also sent to pafor
rishioners
who
are shut-ins.
Three needy families were provided
The entire stumade creative ornaments for the church's giving
the Hispanic nity.
A
Shop
commu-
Secret Santa created
was
thanks to donations from school families, and the assistance of
sale en-
abled parents to shop and purchase toys,
Principal: Seeking a Principal for our Catholic school of 350 students, Pre-K
—
8, to begin July 1, 1998. Qualifications: Practicing Catholic in good standing; 3 years of teaching experience at appropriate grade levels; hold or be eligible to hold a North Carolina Principal's
Adminstrative experience and advanced certificate will be viewed as a Deadline in February 24, 1998. Submit letter of interest, current resume, and Sacrament School Search Committee, 328 West Davis Box 619, Burhngton, NC 27216. For additional information, visit Diocese of Raleigh home page at www.raIdioc.org. Certificate.
strength.
salary requirements to: Blessed
Street, P.O.
at negligible prices, for their children.
Donated clothing was also offered. Seventh-graders were responsible for organizing and setting up the shop. Sister Joan enjoyed watching the students "test out"
sure that they
many Language Arts Teacher, Middle School (Grades tact
Eighth-grade students Elizabeth Araman (center) and Beth Tara wrap presents for needy families with other classmates.
ents and Sister Joan.
The one-day
Sacred Heart Catholic
tree.
St. Leo School also assisted Sister Joan Pearson, director of Hispanic Ministry, with a unique undertaking for
students, teachers, par-
Employment Opportunities
School— Salisbury, NC. Opening
Mrs. Kathleen Miller
at
first
6-8): of February 1998. Con-
(704) 633-2841 for information.
many of the toys to make worked properly. "So
panic community by purchasing grocery scrip
Susan deGuzman
monstrable successful experience in parish/diocesan work. Well-rounded in catechist formation skills. Collaborative. Sensitive to cultural minorities. Good written/oral conamunication skills. Please send resume and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Cris V. Villapando, 1 123 S. Church St., Charlotte, NC 28203, Attn: Search Committee. Inquiries: (704) 370-3244. Deadline: February 27, 1998 or when filled.
Full-time, temporary position needed immediately.
Duties include translation/inter-
coordinating needed refugee services, and transporting clients to appointments. Must be fluent in Vietnamese and English. High school education or equivalent. Valid NC driver license. Submit resume with references to: Refugee Resettle-
pretation;
Street, Charlotte,
NC
28203.
Director of Music: 1500 family parish seeks part-time professional with liturgical music experience. Pogrows to full-time. Requires organ, keyboard and vocal skills, working with youth and adult choirs. Send or fax resume to: St. John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., Charlotte, NC 28227. Fax: (704)536-3147 tential
a parishioner at
lem.
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activity center felt as if
was
we were
filled,"
she said. "I
rivaling Wal-Mart."
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Charlotte, Bilingual Case Aide:
is
St.Leo the Great Church in Winston-Sa-
the toy shop to both the school and His-
Charlotte Diocese has two openings: Northern Vicariates and Southern Vicariates. Diocese seeks persons with Master's degree in Rel. Ed/allied field, five years of de-
ment Office, 1123 South Church
from the school, then providing
scrip certificates to various Hispanic families.
families and others that the entire church
Sister Joan returned the
Diocesan Regional Coordinators:
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Diocesan News Briefs Conference Center. For information, call Michael and Stacey Holcolm, (704) 8448181, or for reservations call Tom and Emilie Sandin, (910) 274-4424.
information, call (704) 664-3992.
Valentine's Ball
—
SALISBURY
Sacred Heart its Annual
Catholic School presents
RCIA Retreat
MAGGIE VALLEY — A retreat for RCIA groups is at the Living Waters Reflection Center from Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. until after lunch Sunday. The retreat will be directed by Father Martin lott, OP, who will explore the topic "Getparish
ting In
Be
Touch With What
Means To some major
It
Catholic" and discuss
church teachings and traditions, as well as the richness of its spirituality. For more information, call (704) 926-3833.
Mid-Winter Barbecue
MONROE —
Knights of Columbus Council 10615 hosts and sponsors a midwinter barbecue Jan. 31 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Meals include local-recipe barbecued beef, chicken or pork, baked beans, slaw
Terry Utterback, chairman of the disABILITY ministry at St. Gabriel Church In Charlotte, accepts the 1 997 Association for Retarded Citizens of North Carolina's Distinguished Community Service Award on behalf of the parish ministry in this recent photo taken in Wilmington, N.C. Presenting the award is Karen Andrews, former president of the state ARC. The honor recognizes organizations like disABILITY that perform services for people with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. The disABILITY ministry was organized at St. Gabriel Parish in April 1995 to increase church accessibility and provide support to persons with physical limitations, and has since grown to include outreach to
or potato salad, and bread.
Christian Musical
—
by
Marty Haugan
is
presented
at St.
Barnabas Church by the parish's adult, junior and children's choirs Jan. 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. Admission to the benefit concert,
whose
pro-
calling (704) 543-9118.
Home Fellowship Group CHARLOTTE — The Home
lowship Group for women with children meets Thursdays from 10:15 a.m.- 12: 15 p.m. for prayer. Scripture and sharing. Call Lynn Kolodziej, (704) 541-6765, for
more information.
Bible Study BREVARD A Bible study group meets Mondays at 9:30 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church's gathering area. For details, call Elaine Walker, (704) 884-7549.
Divorced and Remarried Catholics group of Greensboro meets regularly for social and spiritual gatherings. Upcoming events include a book discussion group meeting, brunch at a local restaurant and a Valentine's Day party. For details, call co-leaders Mike Bohen, (910) 373-7358; Nancy Cox, (910) 659-0478, Wednes-
system,
—
Retrovaille
CHARLOTTE
— Retrovaille
is
a
Separated, Divorced, Remarried Catholics GREENSBORO The Separated,
—
hope, teaches communication on a feel-
day-Saturday; Isabella Syracuse, (910) 294-9595; or Patrick Tracey, (910) 545-
ing level, helps couples realize that their
6939.
program for married couples
that brings
problems are not unique, helps couples identify their values and priorities, and teaches couples to forget the past and start anew. The program begins March 27. For further information, call Nick and Irene Fadero in Charlotte, (704) 5440621, or (800) 470-2230.
CCHS Grand
Prix
CHARLOTTE — The CCHS FounGrand Prix Party and Auction is 24 in the school gymnasium and feaand a live and silent auction. Tickets are $60 per person. Chances for the 1998 Grand Spree, a trip for two to London and Rome, are also on sale for $5 each or 6 for $25. Proceeds from the fund-raiser benefit CCHS; tickets can be purchased
at
7:15 p.m. each day.
cus
is
The mission's
fo-
on the manner of God's presence
in our lives, the experience of this pres-
ence and the transformation that takes when people connect to that presence. Father Frederick A. Pompei, a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., who has traveled extensively throughout the United States in a ministry of evangelization and renewal, is the mission leader. All are invited to attend. For more
Club of Salisbury. The event includes and a silent and live aucThe cost is $25 per person, and advanced reservations are required. Call Phyllis Tonseth, (704) 637-7886, by Jan. 3 1 Proceeds benefit school facilities and
try
dinner, dancing tion.
.
materials.
Spaghetti Dinner The Knights of St. James Council 7152 hosts a spaghetti dinner at St. Philip Church on Feb. 15 from 4-6:30 p.m. For more
STATESVILLE
—
Columbus
information, call
Andrew DeRiso,
(704)
873-0166.
Evangelization Conference CHARLOTTE The Catholic
—
Evangelization Commission of Charlotte
sponsors "Millermium! Spirit Speaks to the Church," with talks about the
upcom-
ing Jubilee Year by Catholic evangelists
Ralph Martin, Ann Shields and Peter Herbeck, Feb. 6-7 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Registration for the Feb. 6 program is at 7 p.m.; the program is from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Registration for the Feb. 7 program is at 8 a.m.; the program is from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Bring a bag lunch. Cost is $10 for adults, with children ages 17 and under admitted free. Offerings for Renewal Ministries, a Catholic outreach dedicated to promoting evangelization and personal renewal, will be taken at the end of each talk. For further information, call Paul Deer, (704) 9480628.
i
places
is
,
Parish Mission MOORESVILLE St. Therese Church sponsors a parish mission called "The Presence of God" Feb. 15-Feb. 18
—
Fel-
new church sound $3 in advance and $5 at the door. For advance tickets, call the parish office, (704) 634-6093.
ceeds will help fund a
is
$5 per plate, or $6 for "all-you-can-eat" on the premises. A $1 discount applies and police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel. Take-outs are encouraged, and meals can be delivered for groups of 20 or more. Proceeds benefit the church building fund. For call-in orders, phone (704) 283-7210.
The contemporary
Christian musical "Tales of Wonder" by
cost
to clergy
those with mental handicaps.
ARDEN
The
Valentine's Ball Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. at Coun-
The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news briefs. Good photographs are also welcome. Submit news releases and photos at least 10 days before the publication date.
Around The Diocese Ultreya
BOONE — Group reunion Ultreya takes place at St. Elizabeth Church every Saturday following the 5:15 p.m. Mass. For more information, call the parish office, (704) 284-8338. CHARLOTTE The south Charlotte area Ultreya meets every fourth Sunday of the month at St. Matthew Church in the Fellowship Hall from 1-3 p.m. Gatherings include potluck lunch, meetings and Leaders' School. Call Teresa first
—
Teen Lenten Retreat
GREENSBORO
— The Office of
Youth Ministry of the Charlotte Diocese of presents a Lenten retreat
at St.
Pius
X
Church from Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. until March 1 following an 11:30 a.m. Mass and lunch. The cost is $50, with a $25 deposit due by Feb. 20 and the balance due upon arrival. The fee covers all food
more information. Hibernians Announce Officers The Ancient Order of Hibernians in America recently announced the new officers of the Mecklenburg County Division. They are: Richard Barrett of GasSanctis, (704) 541-6850, for
tonia, president;
Tom
Williams of Matthews, vice-president;
Bill
McDade
of
Charlotte, recording secretary; Joseph Gillis of Indian Trail, financial secretary; Dick Kelly of Charlotte, treasurer; John Mclnemey of Charlotte, chairman stand-
and materials for the retreat, including a For details and registra-
ing committee; Pat Riley of Charlotte, marshal; and Dennis
Jan.
retreat T-shirt.
tures a dinner buffet, music,
tion forms, call the Office of Youth
The Mecklenburg County Division meets monthly and draws members from all the parishes in the greater Mecklenburg area. The division is planning a St. Patrick Day parade for March 14 on Tryon Street through downtown Charlotte. New members are welcome. For more information, call Richard Barrett, (704) 864-5166, or Tom Williams, (704) 849-6370, or send e-mail to
dation
istry,
Min-
(704) 370-3243.
Marriage Encounter
—
Upcoming Marriage HICKORY Encounter weekends are scheduled for Feb. 20-22 and April 3-5 at the Catholic
Ryan of
Charlotte,
sentinel.
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January 23, 1998
World And National News Vatican Confirms Tliat
Pope
children's choir of the Immaculate
Will
Meet With Yeltsin In February VATICAN CITY (CNS) Vatican
—
confirmed that Pope John Paul would meet Russian President Boris
officials
n
Con-
Group Urges Better Pain Control, Penalties For Not Treating It
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
— The
or-
ganization leading the push in Oregon
Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro- Vails said Jan. 12 Yeltsin would have a papal audience during his Feb. 9-
and Washington
visit, as
1 1
in
the
Kremlin had announced
Moscow. Man Sets Fire To Himself St. Peter's
In
Square
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
— A man
doused himself with gasoline and
set
himself alight in St. Peter's Square Jan. 13. The usual crowd of tourists had not yet arrived at the
monumental forecourt
when
to St. Peter's Basilica at 7:30 a.m.
the
man,
identified as Alfredo
39, started the blaze.
were reported.
No
Ormando,
other injuries
Italian police responsible
for the square smothered the flames and
states to legalize as-
sisted suicide is pressing state medical boards to encourage better treatment of pain and penalize doctors who don't cooperate. Compassion in Dying, the Oregon-based organization that unsuccessfully sued to overturn
Washington's ban
on physician-assisted
suicide, sent let-
ters to state
medical boards Jan. 12
ing for penalties against doctors
found
to
call-
who are
have inadequately controlled
pain in terminally
ill
patients.
The
rec-
ommendation
for penalties was one of seven suggested steps for medical boards to take to encourage doctors to provide stronger doses of medication for patients in the painful stages of terminal illness.
Mourn Death Of Victims Of Bus Accident
Indian Bishops
used a fire extinguisher stored in the surrounding colonnade to put out the fire. Ormando was said to have suffered third degree bums over 90 percent of his body.
Catholic Bishops' Conference of India
He was treated in a specialist unit at Saint
offered
Eugenic hospital in Rome. Five Hutu Nuns Killed, Two Injured At Rwandan Mission Five nuns were ROME (CNS)
—
Rwandan mission near the border with Congo in early January in an attack apparently linked to ethnic tensions in the region. The five members of the Daughters of the Resurrection order
killed at a
killed Jan. 8
were
all
Hutus
bom
in the
A Rome-
area, according to press reports.
based
member of the
News
Service there were 12 nuns at that
Two
order told Catholic
NEW
DELHI,
India
(CNS)
— The
condolences after the death of as many as 66 people, mostly schoolchildren, in a bus accident in West Bengal. The accident occurred at 3:15 a.m. Jan. 14 when the bus, carrying 86 people, fell into the Padma River at Jalangi in eastem India, near Bangladesh. The children were returning home from a picnic. Villagers and fishermen saved 20 people and recovered 54 bodies from the river. Twelve people were still missing, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. "We pray for its
the souls of those innocent children,
who
other missionaries were
died tragically for no fault of theirs," said
reported injured in the incident, which
Father George Pereira, the bishops' deputy secretary-general.
mission.
was first publicized Jan. 11. Vatican Radio reported their condition the next day as serious. Unjust, Immoral Land Policies Affect Millions, Says Vatican
Briefs
ception Cathedral in Denver.
Yeltsin during the president's February trip to Italy.
& Herald
1
Vatican To Allow Scholars Access To Doctrinal Archives
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
A couple passes through exhibit
was produced by the
will travel to
U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities and several dioceses in the United States.
January in connection with the U.S. observance of the World Day of Consecrated Life on Feb. 1 was conducted last year among 288 men religious, 652 women religious and 51 members of secular institutes, all of whom were in the initial stages of religious formation ,
or
commitment
to secular institutes.
Farmworkers End Hunger Strike NAPLES, Fla. (CNS) Three
—
re-
maining farmworkers on a hunger strike for better wages ended their 30-day fast Jan. 18 after former president Jimmy Carter offered to intervene with tomato growers on the workers' behalf. Six farmworkers stopped eating Dec. 20 to draw attention to a campaign by the Coalition
of Immokalee Workers for higher for
tomato pickers. In the two-
week period before
bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activi-
unveiled the
ties,
new
exhibit Jan. 16 at
the National Shrine of the Basilica of the
Washington.
Immaculate Conception
in
Under
"The People of
Life:
the general
title,
A Story of Faith, Hope and Love,"
the exhibit features four panels with pic-
and text on remembering the child, remembering the woman, speaking tmth to power and remembering God. But its main message is summarized in the tures
Florida
wages
— The
a retrospective on the pro-life movement at the Basilica Immaculate Conception in Washington Jan. 1 9. The
of the National Shrine of the
Carter's offer, three
phrase that Alvare described as the pro-
movement's "rallying cry
life
—
for the
"Here until no more more women cry." Community Organizing Groups Find Strength In Teaming Up The PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) Davids of Oregon have teamed up to face a few Goliaths. Community organizing
25th anniversary" children die, no
—
groups,
many with church affiliation,
are
of the six dropped out of the hunger strike
entering partnerships to boost their clout
because of severe dehydration and other
in the face of
millions of mral poor around the world
Vatican will allow scholars to shed new light on some of the most controversial periods of church history, including the
living alongside huge, uncultivated farms
Inquisition, the Reformation and the
Unite In Global
immoral
Intemationalis has agreed to cooperate
new Vatican document. Land reform that
Enlightenment. With the approval of Pope John Paul II, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith announced it
benefits the poor and contributes to the
will give scholars greater access to
Food Program
to
tion of food aid.
The intemational Catho-
VATICAN CITY
(CNS)
are a sign of an unjust and
— The
policy of land ownership, according to a
economic growth of developing countries "is
a Utopia, but
pia," said Cardinal
it
is
a feasible Uto-
Roger Etchegaray,
president of the Pontifical Council for
and Peace. The cardinal presented his council's new document, "Toward a Better Distribution of Land: The Challenge of Agrarian Reform," during a Jan. 13 press conference at the Vatican. Bethlehem University Kicks Off Silver Jubilee Justice
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS)
— Bethlehem University kicked off
a
its
once super-secret archives. The holdings are separate from the collection of the Vatican Secret Archives and the Vatican Library include files dating back to the Roman Inquisition. In addition, the congregation will open the archives of what was once known as the Congregation of the Index, which was founded in 1571 to examine the doctrinal and-or moral content of books. The congregation was responsible for the publication of the Index of Forbidden Books.
— which
—
Oc-
Survey Finds Greater Ethnic Mix Choosing Consecrated Life WASHINGTON (CNS) His-
grown
panic, African-American and Asian-
100 students and one with almost 2,000 students and 190 faculty members.
American Catholics are joining religious orders and secular institutes at a faster
year of celebrations in January to its
25th anniversary. Since
ment with
its
the help of the Vatican in
tober 1973, the university has
from an
institution with
15 faculty
The
mark
establish-
members
to
university kicked off
lee celebrations
its
silver jubi-
with a concert by the
—
United States, according to a survey of those choosing the consecrated life. The survey, released in rate than ever in the
complications.
Caritas,
World Food Program To
Food
Distribution
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
—
globally with the United Nations
lic
improve the
Caritas
World
distribu-
aid organization signed a cooperative
agreement with the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization a few days before approving the WFP document Jan. 13. "What is attractive to both UNESCO and
WFP is our global reach," explained
the
Karel Zalenka, the head of Caritas' operations department tal in
who was instmmen-
the realization of the latter agree-
ment.
On Movement Unveiled
Traveling Exhibit
Pro-life In
D.C.
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Requests
by dioceses to display a new traveling exhibit on the 25th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade have been coming in so fast that it might have to stay on the road into 1999, according to the U.S. bishops' prolife
tor
spokeswoman. Helen Alvare, direcof planning and information for the
megacorporations. "We find grass-roots groups are combining and finding quite a bit of power by getting together," said Joan Legg, a Catholic who is director of the Southem Or-
egon Economic Development Coalition. "As we find that businesses and banks are getting bigger and bigger, it is one of the greatest challenges
we
find as orga-
nizers."
Vatican Delegation Meets
In
Moscow With Russian Orthodox VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A highlevel Vatican delegation
met in Moscow
its counterpart in the Russian Orthodox Church to discuss joint initiatives to overcome differences between the two churches. Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, spent Jan. 14 and 15 with Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the Moscow Patriarchate's official in charge of relations with other churches. "We had a very good meeting," Cardinal Cassidy
with
told Catholic
turn to as
News
Rome.
"I
Service after his re-
would characterize
normal and productive."
it
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& Herald
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G£risi i/ie D€in^ G/iurc£ members
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also turned their attention
new church and
to building a
rectory on
—
fflGH POINT Christ the King Church was founded in 1940 as a mission for African-American Catholics in
come
High
Point,
and has since be-
a multi-ethnic parish celebrat-
The new colonial-style church was dedicated by Bishop McGuinness on Dec. 14, 1941. During the 1940s and into the '50s, the Christ the
ued
to
grow.
King community contin-
A school building and con-
ing both the diversity and unity of
vent were built in 1949, and in 1950 the
Catholic faith and tradition.
Franciscan Handmaids arrived to staff the school. The African- American communities, both Catholic and non-Catho-
Bishop Eugene F. McGuinness of Raleigh invited the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement of Graymoor, N.Y., to staff the new mission in High Point in 1940. Father Bemardine Watson served as the first pastor, originally
Mass
home. Through the generosity and perseverance of Father Watson and several benefactors, a clothing shop was acquired for use by the mission. While Masses continued there during celebrating
much
in a funeral
of 1941, the mission
commu-
Christ the King Church 1505 East Kivett Dr. High Point, N.C. 27260 (910)884-0244 Vicariate:
Greensboro
Pastor: Father Philip Kollithanath
of High Point, Thomasville and Greensboro were served by the new Christ the King School, which opened to lic,
50 students in September 1950. The friars continued their pastorate in High Point for the next several decades, cultivating a faith community that
became more
culturally diverse over
of households:
action in the local
community,
and
to celebrate
their ethnicity.
A bilingual reli-
make up much of the parish community today. Lowering enrollment, financial difficulties, and the recalling of the sisters
English-
work, including assisting at the day care. center, still located on parish grounds, is now a privately operated day
Upon
300
High Point King Church became
the friars' leaving
in 1991, Christ the
and
Spanish-speaking parishioners, and the
African-Ameri-
can
Ministry
plans outreach programs benefiting the local
care that continues to serve the area.
Number
accommodate the needs of a growing Three-hundred households currently make up the parish registry.
parish.
their faith into
vides sharing and learning op-
operation in August 1981.
the
to expan-
sion and renovation projects that will
Parishioners gather to engage in
portunities for
New York forced Christ the King School to close in 1981. The diocesan office of education converted the school for use as a day care center, which began
The community of Christ King Church looks ahead
language, to put
Asian, European and Indian bloodlines
to
Visitation Ministry.
Bible study, to learn English as a second
four individuals representing the African,
that
commission provides for the spiritual needs of homebound parishioners through its
the evangelization
sions of the parish.
gious education
cation program and other ministerial
of parishioners: 620
King community have been many commissions and ministries focusing on the spiritual, educational, multi-cultural, and evangelical dimenthe Christ the
program pro-
The
Number
Assisting in the advancing growth of
A stained-glass window behind the
with an image of Jesus surrounded by
its
— — —
the parish until
church's choir loft depicts that diversity,
time.
That same year, Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement arrived at Christ the King Parish to conduct the religious edu-
Mass Schedule: Saturday 5 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. Spanish Mass: 4 p.m. Sunday
December of that Madison and John December 1994, when Father Philip Kollithanath, present pastor, was appointed to Christ the King Church. a diocesan parish in
year. Fathers Martin
Hoover served
Kivett Drive.
region.
The
Women'
s
Altar
Guild, Guild, Club,
55+ and
Young & Spirited Group are active in parish
and community services,
and
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Calls each of us in a variety of ways. If
or someone you
you
know feels drawn to priesthood,
please write or call to find out
more about
A classic tour
serving in the Diocese of Charlotte.
For
of Italy
more information:
Rev. Eric St.
of the splendors
- including Rome,
Houseknecht
P.O.
Box 1359
Maggie Valley, NC 28751 704-926-0106 E-mail: elh@dnet.net
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& Venice
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Director of
Communications
Diocese of Charlotte 1123 South Church St. Charlotte,
NC 28203
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