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News & Herald Volume 6 Number 20

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Bernard

Law

of Boston reasserted

Catholics' need to be "unconditionally pro-

during his homily at the annual "Mass

Thanksgiving for the Gift of Life"

cel-

March for Life. "The pro-life movement is about the sanctity of every human being, at what-

ebrated on the eve of the

ever point on the continuum of earthly

existence.

must be unconditionally

Church in witness to which is her divine

the Catholic

fullness of faith is

and of human

solidarity, particu-

with the poor and those most vulnerable in our society?" he said. larly

Jesus who taught us this! It is who revealed his very presence in those who stand before us in need." Cardinal Law added, "Listen again to what he said. 'I myself am the bread "It is

Jesus

Law said during the 21 Mass, which kicked off

Brown and Our Lady of Consolation parishioner Sandy Murdock share ideas at the annual diocesan celebration honoring the birthday of Dr. Martin Photo by mike krokos Luther King Jr.

"The

MIKE KROKOS

Brown

through abortion,

can we but cry out

God-

damental,

that abortion

given, inalienable

"We

said,

cause we have learned from Jesus never to claim to be the master of

how

fictitious right to die,

but rather in the fun-

are pro-life be-

another's

robbing

this nation

life

be ready

but

on a mission. Since 1988,

Church Community," Father Brown Catholics to accept leader-

tional Shrine of the

the cost, so that

Immaculate Con-

others

ception.

live."

Orleans priest has traveled the country encouraging African-American Catholics to reclaim their culture by building memorials to their past.

on the rocks of the foundation of our

to stand

our history ... Church," said Father Brown during the diocese's 12th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Jan. 18 at Our Lady of Consolation Church. "As people of faith and culture, we need to see the things that show us what freedom and liberation mean." While many American cities have memorials to the Holocaust, there are no memorials to slavery, Father Brown said. "There was a group of African-Americans a few years ago who did not want a Smithsonian (Institute) exhibit on slavery," he said. "People need to remember where they come from. We don't know our strengths because we refuse to remember our past."

Nearly 60 people took part in the event sponsored by the African-American Affairs Ministry. For those in attendance, the day was an educational experience. Father Brown's sessions touched not only on Dr. King's legacy, it also focused on African-American culture in the Catholic Church. "I'm sure most of you have heard Dr. King's famous T Have a Dream' speech. That is not all Dr. King was about. He was a preacher and an organizer," Father

not a

insist, is

life."

Jesuit Father Jo-

—

New

"We need

million-plus lives

interest,

right to life," he

Vietnam."

The Eucharist given us for

added at the Mass, celebrated at the Basilica of the Na-

CHARLOTTE seph

war

workshop "To Stand on the Rock: Developing a Culturally Rooted

Editor

the

state's

compelling

Jesus

In Jesus

celebrate the birthday of life.

and

the destruction of 30

Vigil for Life.

•

Catholics Honor Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

i i After 24 years,

the National Prayer

life.'

life.

Jan.

that gift,

singular in her affirmation of the right

to life

pro-life," Cardinal

Jesuit Father Joseph

24, 1997

'Unconditionally Pro-Life'

By MARK PATTISON WASHINGTON (CNS) — Cardinal

life"

January

Need To

Cardinal Reiterates

•

Brown

organizing unions

...

said. "He was about and about protesting

In his

called for

all

ship roles in the Church.

"Church to live,"

we need

supposed

to teach us

how

said. "If there are lost people,

to lead

them

to the

Church.

It's

our right and responsibility as Christians."

Mary Ward, a parishioner at St. Benedict the Moor Church in WinstonSalem, listened intently to Father Brown's

message. "We need to communicate the importance of assuming the responsibility of keeping the Church alive and passing our faith on to children," she said.

James Bingley, a parishioner at St. James Church in Concord, said he learns more about his heritage every time he attends a workshop. "I've also

come

need to be more involved in the Church," he said. "We can't leave it all to our priests." During his session "Joshua Fit the Battle at Jericho: Anointing the Young for Service," Father Brown stressed the need to encourage black teens to consider vocations. "The answer I hear from them is nobody ever asked us," he said. The celebration concluded with a Mass celebrated by Bishop William G. Curlin. During his homily, the bishop praised African-Americans for keeping

realize lay people

their faith despite the

many

crosses they

have carried. "You have walked a painful journey, yet you keep Christ in your heart. Never forget the journey of tears and sorrow," he said. "Bring that heroic faith to the Church where we can walk with one heart, one mind, and one voice."

its

Committee

for Pro-Life Activities.

Commenting on recent Supreme Court oral arguments on physician-as"The

sisted suicide, the cardinal said,

in-

exorable logic which leads from abortion to euthanasia is at

work. Ideas lead to

it is

life at its

any

life that

state

decides

Cardinal integrity

life at its

it is

And

end.

will

said,

"To be here with we be uncon-

reject as simply one can be person-

to abortion but nonetheless

vides abortion on demand."

added,

"It

cannot be

had enough

those in attendance,

many of whom came

seats for

with sleeping bags to spend the night there.

At the beginning of Mass, Cardinal

Law

told the

assembly

that a television

commentator had asked him, "What do you say to young people about pro-life?" "I said, 'Look at the crowd out there and ask instead what do the young people say to us ...

who

are older about pro-life?'

are grateful to

you who are the is it.

are

grass-roots."

Cardinal

Law was principal celebrant

the Mass. Among the 200 concelebrants were two dozen of his fel-

low bishops.

inside Pope Speaks 5

sonally opposed to abortion but.' be,

which

essential that

supportive of a public policy which pro-

shrine,

est Catholic church,

not worth living."

Law

false the notion that

opposed

finally

a committee, an agency, a

ditionally pro-life.

ally

beginning. Then

might

often billed as the United States' larg-

pro-life movement.... This

their inevitable conclusions.

"First

without counting

Not even the national is

...

give our lives,

soul?"

His homily, punctuated more than a dozen times by applause, took note of the dangers to life at different stages. "After 24 years, and the destruction of 30 million-plus lives through abortion, how can we but cry out that abortion is robbing this nation of its soul?" asked Cardinal Law, chairman of the U.S. bishops'

per-

must

T am personally opposed to abortion

and am, therefore, unconditionally pro-

8-9

life.'"

The

cardinal spoke of

how

of faith leads people to respect "It is

not surprising, then,

the gift

life.

it,

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16 that

2 The Catholic

News

& Herald

January 24, 1997

Brinks Spree, Recognition For Boy And His Catholic School WASHINGTON (CNS) — For ample, she had decided honor con-

Herbert Tarvin, a sixth grader at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in Miami, goodness has turned out to be

much more

than its own reward. Since the 11 -year-old schoolboy returned 85 cents of an estimated $550,000

JIMMY ROSTAR

recently gathered

campus

ministers from the diocese to review

and discuss

their

mission and their goals. Pictured, standing left to right, are Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Father John Gilvey; Barbara Neff-Hutchison; Convetual Franciscan Father Michael McCaffrey; Ed Alton; Dr. Robert Ludwig of DePaul University, Chicago; Benedictine Father Fred George; Father Hawker; and Alberta Hairston. Seated are Gloria Schweizer (left) and Shawn Adams. Not pictured is Jesuit Father Robert Wiesenbaugh. Dr. Ludwig is assisting the group as a consultant in their review of campus ministry from the diocesan and local perspectives.

"Catholic Schools

Can

Believe

In" Is

— Schools You Theme

Annual Catholic Schools WASHINGTON, DC

—

— "Catholic

Schools You Can Believe for the 23rd annual Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26-Feb. 1, and for the seventh National Appreciation Day For Catholic Schools on Wednesday of that week, Jan. 29. The celebrations are part of a yearround marketing campaign to showcase the quality, value-added education provided in 8,300 Catholic elementary and secondary schools nationwide.

Schools

In"

the

theme

The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) and the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) cosponsor the campaign which provides Catholic educators with marketing tools ranging from billboards and posters to camera-ready ads and radio commercials. This is the third and final year featuring the "Schools You Can Believe In" theme. In addition to the four-color logo de-

picting a figure holding aloft a Bible, the

National Marketing

Campaign

features

rates," said

president.

Week

"These results underscore that

Catholic educations are providing an ex-

Church and

ceptional service to our

the country. Catholic Schools

Week cel-

commitment. Msgr. Thomas

ebrates their courage and

According McDade, USCC the marketing

secretary for education,

campaign has been

inte-

gral to enrollment increases in Catholic

schools over the past four years. "Through active marketing efforts in our schools and dioceses, more parents are

For the past two decades, Catholic parades, academic assemblies,

community

leaders to encourage

multicultural cast of characters

29, Catholic student representatives will

join Billy and Dolly in Catholic school this

journey to Capitol Hill to speak with mem-

stu-

their support for Catholic schools.

On Jan.

bers of Congress about the value of a

They will also

dents and later as successful adults.

Catholic school education.

Since 1974, Catholic Schools Week has served as a celebration of both U.S.

deliver background on the Catholic school

education and Catholic schools in particu-

network

USCC

every congressional office. is

the national public policy

organization of the U.S. bishops.

lar.

"In recent months the media has put

represents

NCEA

more than 200,000 educators

a spotlight on Catholic schools, highlight-

serving 7.6 million students in Catholic

ing our success in character development,

education

academic achievement and graduation

excited but

was staying focused.

'There have been a lot of good things happening for him," said Herbert's principal, Sister Michele Dolyk, a member of the Allegheny Franciscans. But more im-

prompted some rethinking. At a time when "people just think negatively about what happens in the in-

News

Ser-

vice in a telephone interview Jan. 15, the

boy's "actions speak loudly about

many

And

the children in the inner city."

all

Dolyk said St. Francis Xavier one of the poorest sections of Miami" has 156 students, mostly African-American and Hispanic, with some of Haitian and Filipino origins. "We try to get them to ask, 'What would Jesus do? What's the right thing to do?'" she said. In one of the 100 calls the school has

—

Sister

"in

—

at all levels.

sweatshirt," Sister

despite his youth, Herbert

was

invited by State Attorney Katherine

Fernandez-Rundle to become an intern next summer; she made an exception to the age requirement of 16. His class also was invited to attend an upcoming swearing-in ceremony.

him as a typi"He loves school, loves sports; he gets into some scrapes, but he's a conSister Dolyk described

cal boy.

scientious youngster," she said.

Though not a Catholic, Herbert "comes from a good Christian family," she said, adding that "his parents share and values with him." Herbert

their faith

has been a student there since

first

His older brother and younger

grade.

sister

not attend St. Francis Xavier.

children in our school. Herbert put a face

The

Oblate Father Jack Lau, pastor, told Florida Catholic, Miami's

archdiocesan newspaper, that "the hype

surrounding" Herbert's action "seems to point to a lack of morals in our nation." "It's

taken a child," he added, "to

bring us a sense of hope and honesty."

XVptVLXZ

received about Herbert, the principal said

woman

reported that, through his ex|tatirittgs fnr

life ftieefe

J^j^^^ Gabriel Possenti Sunday:

Jonah 3:1-5,10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20

Monday:

Church and community. National Appreciation Day was founded in 1990 as an opportunity to reach out to legislators and

Bill

hard-working

mother, Valerie Stovall, said Herbert was

"He wore his school Dolyk said proudly.

Week to

cus.

year, pictured first as

money "because my mom and my teacher taught me to be honest." His

recognize the schools and their role in the

other

illustration

Herbert, who had found the 85 cents under the Interstate 95 overpass where the truck overturned, said he returned the

The boy, who

hopes to become a prosecutor, wants to attend Morehouse College in Atlanta. He was presented with a framed certificate of recognition by Dade County commissioners in a City Hall ceremony.

and many other ac-

during Catholic Schools

Mon-

Herbert's parents set up an education trust fund for him.

commu-

from award winning artist Keane, creator of The Family Cir-

borhood.

educators and students have conducted

tivities

said school classes in

and are making

that choice for their children."

nity service projects

The nun

tana and Virginia have sent 85 cents from

ketball team.

learning about the values-based education in Catholic schools

regarding today's "indif-

calls from TV talk shows, Disney and a pro sports team; and rewards enough to begin a college trust fund. Herbert and a single mother of six

ner city," she told Catholic

NCEA

Leonard DeFiore,

that,

ference to things that are wrong, a child is leading them."

each student. "The Montel Williams Show" and "Leeza" have called, as have Disney World and the Miami Heat bas-

portantly, she suggested, his celebrity has

For 23rd

observed

cash and food stamps that spilled out of an overturned Brinks truck Jan. 8, he has received praise from local officials;

Photo by

to a she was about to break. Sister Dolyk

were the only people to return money during an amnesty period that ended Jan. 1 1 A Miami firefighter had turned in a bag containing $330,000 within minutes of the accident in the Overtown neigh-

CHARLOTTE — Father James Hawker, vicar for education of the Charlotte Diocese,

tract

Hebrews

9:15, 24-28

Mark 3:22-30 Tuesday: Gabriel 1838.

was born

At age 18 he entered the Order

He was given the Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. His life was not extraordiof Passionists.

name Brother nary.

Hebrews 10:1-10

Mark 3:31-35

in Assisi, Italy, in

However,

and

Mark

4:1-20

his fidelity to the

rule, a joyful spirit,

others

Wednesday: Hebrews 10:11-18

consideration for

his devotion very

Thursday:

much

Hebrews 10:19-25

Mark

4:21-25

impressed those around him. Just as Gabriel was finishing his studies for the priesthood, he fell ill

and died

Friday:

age 24. He was canonized in 1920. His feast is Feb. 27.

Saturday: O

1997 CNS Graphi

Hebrews 10:32-39

Mark

4:26-34

Hebrews 11:1-2,8-19

Mark

4:35-41

The Catholic News

January 24, 1997

Week Of Giving Never

Catholic Schools

Season

Ends For

—

If Christmas

giving campaigns, especially

of Our Lady of Mercy School can boast that they celebrate it all school year long.

OLM

Center.

a chance for the students to meet their beneficiaries firsthand.

With the Dixie Fair experience

still

pennies into baby bottles located in their

classrooms to benefit the mothers and children at

Room

at the Inn.

They

also

sponsored a "blue jeans for babies" day, giving $1 to wear blue jeans with the proceeds going to the March of Dimes. By November they collected enough dry and canned goods to fill 68 Thanksgiving baskets.

And

December they

raised an-

other $651 for Christmas gifts for two local groups. In

between campaigns,

stu-

dents often helped with other parish pro-

— everything from

grams

baby-sitting

during a parent workshop to helping load

up trucks with food for charity. "Outreach is a powerful thing here," McMonagle said. "It's an ongoing lesson of the corporal works of mercy."

part of their learning experience,

the students are urged to earn the

money

they give rather than ask their parents

and collect goods for donations on their own. "Sometimes a child from a comfortfor

yOu CAt* Whenever

possible, the

money and

goods are given to local organizations, allowing the students to learn more about their community and ways in which to support

it.

Going

to local charities also

enables them to meet the people they aid.

fresh in their minds, the students pitched

stand

how

the needy live," the principal

"This can be a humbling yet gratifying experience for them. My kids love to do this work." said.

JIMMY ROSTAR

"Our students show respect for these cliI'm proud of that," McMonagle said. The school also benefits from the les-

ents.

sons in giving, she added. "The support for this type of giving

comes from

the

parents of students as well as the parish

community. The students see it and spond in kind. The caring trans-

re-

At the dawn of Catholic Schools Week, Father Hawker chatted with The Catholic News & Herald about Catho-

said. "Christ

reason.

When we

answer

is:

made

us for a

ask what Christ does about poverty in Winston-Salem or about the homeless, we tell the students His

T made

you.'"

comes

schools.

mom

tor of religious

education for the Archdio-

cese of Boston arrived "on loan"

more than

a year ago at the request of Bishop William G. Curlin to enhance the religious educational life of the diocese's

youth.

lic

knows community and

children can help. "These children are more aware of the world than I was

excerpts of the conversation.

as a child," Sister Gertrude said.

a wonderful, open

lic

toward the people we

sider these clients their friends."

service within the educational mission of

students like beif it

the Church.

requires a

on their part. "It's hard up my pennies sometimes," admits third-grader Jackie Dalession. But give sacrifice

to give

Q. How does the mission of Cathoschools fit into the overall mission

of the Church ? A. Catholic schools perform a unique

help. It's almost as if they con-

ing givers, even

schools: their importance, their mis-

Q. What is the significance of Catholic Schools Week? A. One of the purposes of Catholic Schools Week is to remind people of the role and responsibility of Catholic schools within the mission of the Church. It provides an opportunity to celebrate the existence and the contribution of these learning environments.

how the

The OLM

The

have students

pastoral associate of the

attitude

Catholic

the Diocese of Charlotte. Following are

parish, Sister Gertrude

They have

North

Carolina when

sion, their contribution to the lifeblood of

seph Sister Gertrude Flynn with involving students in outreach.

the needs of the

sees in west-

McMonagle

who genuinely help each other." McMonagle credits St. Jo-

The Catholic school

vision and values of Jesus are proclaimed

school's giving campaigns.

See

and explained, reinforced and Vicar,

page

"A valid Will stands as

continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commitment to the Church and the community in which we live."

In Yours.

Bishop William. G. Curlin

W*mou can express your commitment to your Church

I JL

Sunday Daily Masses:

—

— 8:00, 9:30,

11:00AM

& &

5:30PM 12:30PM

Friday — 7:30AM 12:10PM — Rosary 8:45AM; Mass 9:00AM; Novena 9:30AM Saturday — 4:00 5:00PM or by request

Monday

by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte or to your parish. Simply have the following statement included in your Will:

"/ leave to the

Saturday Confession:

Roman

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

Charlotte (or

sum of$

percent of the residue of my estate) for religious, educational and charitable works." (or

Rector: The Very Reverend Paul Gary

Parochial Vicars: Reverend Eric Houseknecbt

and Reverend Thomas Williamson 1621 Dilworth Road East f Charlotte,

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Jackie Dalession, Katheryn Lyons, Trey Kitchum, and Jennifer McMonagle are among the Our Lady of Mercy students who enjoy taking part in the

HisWll

Masses: Saturday Vigil

learning environment within which the

Remember

Weekend

—

Father James Hawker, diocesan vicar for education, likes what he

former direc-

fers to the clients but also to the

playground.

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

do much as a group." Second-grader Katheryn Lyons also donated earnings from doing household chores to the pennies campaign, and last year was chosen to help sort food donations. The smile on her face was evidence that both experiences were good ones. "At Our Lady of Mercy School we have always taught you take what you have and use it for the good of others because it wasn't given to you alone," get to

able middle-class family doesn't under-

ern

They don't

"They brought in over $340 of their own hard-earned money," boasted Principal Sandra McMonagle. The best part

came to the school to tell the children how much they enjoyed the fair. It was, McMonagle said,

Discusses Mission of Diocesan Schools

Trey has donated funds he earned from doing household chores. "It doesn't bother me to give the money," Trey said. "The AIDS patients we gave tickets to really appreciated it. ting earnings.

campaign of this school year in September. By October, they raised enough money to buy tickets to the Dixie Classic Fair for residents of a local AIDS Care first

the residents

when classes

compete against one another to raise the most funds. Jennifer's contributions this year have come largely from baby-sit-

Carrying on a tradition begun several students launched the

came when

Students

Kitchum, both eighth-graders, enjoy the

the season of giving, then the students

years ago,

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them she does, including the ones she collects from her grandfather. Jennifer McMonagle and Trey

Correspondent

WINSTON-SALEM

Herald 3

Vicar for Education

MARY COYNE WESSLING

its

For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1524 East Morehead

St.,

Charlotte,

NC 28207, (704)

331-1709 or 377-6871.

lived.

It is

4 The Catholic News

Herald ;

January 24, 1997

The Pope Speaks

Tro-Life Corner

Pope John Paul

Pope Says Adolescent Jesus Helped

Become A Disciple VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here former Soviet Vatican His Mother

the

of Pope John Paul H's remarks in English at his weekly general audience Jan. 15. Dear brothers and sisters, Continuing our catechesis on the Blessed Virgin Mary, we consider the finding of Jesus in the temple. Mary and Joseph, concerned at the absence of Jesus, discover him after three days in the temple of Jerusalem, talking with the teachers of the law. All who heard him were amazed at his understanding and answers (Lk 2:47). In response to Mary's anguish, Jesus declares that he must be about his Father's business (cf. Lk 2:49). This Gospel episode shows us the young Jesus as already conscious of his identity and mission. It also sheds light on Mary's growing participation in the life and work of her son. By contemplating the mysteries of text

Act Now! Send Pro-life Letters to New Congress Write a short note to your Representative and two Senators. Use your own words to express the message below. Write to:

The Honorable U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515

The Honorable U.S. Senate

Washington, D.C. 20510 Message: "Please vote for pro-life policies in the 105th Congress: 1) Support the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act; 2) Support bans on abortion funding; 3) Cosponsor the Assisted Suicide

Funding Restriction Act."

When: The better.

earlier

Members hear from you

Christ's life (cf.

the

not delay. Thanks!

2:51), she associated herself ever

fully with his mission.

who gave

Mary

birth to Jesus; she is the

not just the one

woman who, by

her

personal obedience to the Father's plan, cooperates in the Son's work of bringing salvation to the world.

Episcopal Calendar j *

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following

p.m

January 26

7:30

11 a.m.

Mass for the Unborn

Mass

St.

Pius

X Church

Charlotte

January 30 1 1

Mass Our Lady of the Assumption School

a.m.

Smoky Mountain Vicariate Meeting Sacred Heart Church Brevard

Vatican Publishes Collection Of Papal

Speeches On Penance VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— The Vatican has pub-

lished a collection of papal speeches about the sacra-

ment of penance to promote interest in the sacrament and increase the desire of the faithful to go to confession, said U.S. Cardinal William W. Baum. The cardinal, head of the Vatican's Apostolic Penitentiary, a church tribunal that deals with matters of conscience and questions arising from the sacrament of penance, presented the second edition of the collection Jan. 14.

Unity Requires Dialogue, Says Pope ROME (CNS) Dialogue and self-examination Can Work For Common Good, among Christians must be intensified if progress is to be Pope Tells Kyrgyz Ambassador made toward complete communion in the faith, Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) Diversity and development can work for the common good at the hands of John Paul II said during the Week of Prayer for Chris-

—

enlightened leaders, Pope John Paul

told Kyrgyzstan's

ambassador to the Holy See. Omar Sultanov, also Kyrgyzstan's envoy to Germany, presented his credentials to the pope Jan. 1 1 The Vatican established diplo.

9 a.m.

January 28

such ties to the Vatican. In his greeting, Pope John Paul said Sultanov's arrival in Rome "marks another step forward in your nation's journey of freedom" and congratulated him on Kyrgyzstan's progress.

Diversity

first

Greensboro

Patrick Cathedral

Union now have

matic relations with the former Soviet republic that borders China in August 1992. All the member-states of

tian Unity.

The

pontiff spoke at the

Square Jan.

Sunday blessing

second day of the annual commemoration, which this year was conducted under a motto taken from St. Paul's second letter to the Corinthians: "We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God." St. Peter's

19, the

Guest Column

Charlotte

AmyWelborn January 31 9 a.m. Assembly Speaker

7 p.m. Penance Service St. Barnabas Church

Gabriel School Charlotte St.

Arden

Time Management Many, ules than

6:30 p.m. Meeting with prospective

January 29 11:30 a.m.

High School

seminarians Charlotte

Visitation

Charlotte Catholic

for

not most, teens

In the high school

know have busier sched-

where I teach, students take seven one of them

classes every day. In addition, almost every

Frankly,

Many work, too.

how they juggle it. Just pause for a moment and

don't know

Teens and parents:

Charlotte

management challenges in such a schedule. Even if you have just 15 minutes of homework in every class, that adds up to almost two hours of school work a night. If you're participating in sports or drama or some equally intensive activity, you can count on another two hours of practice, performance or game every week night. If you're employed, you undoubtedly work the noconsider the time

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Volume 6

•

24, 1997

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Phone: (704) 331-1713 FAX: (704) 377-0842 E-mail: The Catholic News & Herald,

well-known

torious 5 to 9 shift, so It's

to teen-agers.

a tough call, isn't it?

You want

do well

in school, but

you also love

playing soccer or being involved in drama, music or dance.

You

also need

money, not only for the moment,

but also for the future.

How in the world can you do everything at once? Welcome to life.

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Teens have a wonderful enthusiasm for

life.

Some

of my students recently brought to class songs that they

thought captured life is all

who

they are and their sense of what

about.

from Iggy Pop to Garth Brooks, but every one of the songs had essentially the same theme: Make the most out of life, and get everything you can out of the time you've got. I think that is what drives teens in their endless round

The

students brought in music

of activity.

What takes up their time

not meaningless.

an expression of that lust and excitement for life we expect from the young, experiencing as much as they can in what time they have. Rather,

do.

participates in extracurricular activities.

High School

Teens

How do you balance your life?

it's

What inevitably follows is the next lesson life has to teach us. Life

the brim of experiences that

is full to

bring us joy and growth, but

we human

beings have

only 24 hours a day to live and learn. It all

comes down to what my

perhaps even in chorus,

students will

tell

you,

one of Ms. Welborn's basic

guidelines:

Life

a trade-off.

you can't do

all at

You can't do same time.

it all.

Or, at least,

the

There are few of us

who can be exemplary stuand make that cool new car all in the

dents, spectacular athletes, stunning actors

enough money

to afford

and senior years in high school. No, for most of us something has to give. It can be a hard choice. You want to do well in school. You want to get into a good college. But it is difficult to keep up your grades because you've got soccer practice two hours a day, an activity which takes up time and energy. What do you do? No one can tell you. You must do some honest thinklimits of our junior

ing for yourself.

What do you want

out of your future? What's go-

ing to get you there? Scholastic achievement or playing

on a mediocre soccer team? Getting up that GPA or making a few dollars an hour working at the local grocery store?

You can't do everything, so maybe it's time to think. What do you really want to do, and what is going to help you do

it?

Amy

Welborn

CNS

columnist.

Light When Do You

Feel

Most Alive?

NBC's Meet The

Press, jazz great

Dave

topher Closeup. It has the distinction of being the longest running religious affairs

Brubeck, author Fr. Richard McBrien of Notre Dame University. Each touches the Christopher theme by sharing the intimate, vital connection between their active careers and their spiritual convic-

program

tions.

One of the great joys of being Director of The Christophers is the opportunity to host our television series, Chris-

in the U.S. In fact,

airs

around

the world.

am coming to realize what accounts its continuing appeal for so many I

viewers. Christopher Closeup keeps the

focus on the person being interviewed.

Our

point of view

each person, unique and makes a difference. Each one of us is faced with the choice to light a candle with the gift God has given us, or to yield to the darkness by holding back and ignoring our abilities. So far in my first season I have had including every

is that

TV guest,

memorable conversations with

talented

Among

them: Tim Russert, broadcast journalist and host of

Another was Laurie Beechman. She and actress in New York's

a singer

musical theater whose career is a catalogue of Broadway hits "Cats," "Jo-

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

seph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat," Les Miserables," and "Annie."

of fa-

vorite tunes with an unusual theme. It's

No One Is Alone: Songs of Hope and Inspiration from Broadway. She called

McSweeney

been very difficult and changed my life in every

that pain

possible way, yet

the

can't say

life.

alive in

why

experience. keeping hope our hearts. That's is

words

his

still

ring

true:

That's

your choice. "There are many, many people like me walking around

who

are

actively dealing with a chronic illness

and yet what we tend to read most about is the tragedy of people who lose their lives to it. People assume if you're not cured, you won't live." She is indeed. The sheer force of her faith illuminates her craft. "I feel

when I'm using

human

And

been terrible. I like to say to people that where cancer changes your life, it's all

ing to live that

and suffering and

uncertainty are a part of

most

God gave

"Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what we cannot. Hope opens doors where despair closes them Hope pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit. Hope cherishes no illusions nor does it yield to cynicism.

Hope

lights a candle instead of cursing

the darkness."

For a free copy of the Christopher Note, "Hold On to Hope, " send

News

did this out of very special circumstances.

alive

Laurie has been fighting ovarian cancer

me," she says.

for the last eight years.

Laurie Beechman's story is a parable of hope that Father James Keller,

a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th Street, New York, NY. 10017.

movement, would have appreciated. He understood

director of The Christophers.

and articulate men and women from many different fields.

you decide how you're go-

Recently she recorded a

Herald 5

One Candle

Father Thomas

for

The Catholic News

January 24, 1997

She explained that she did this album because "I work very hard to be optimistic and to be hopeful. These times have

the gifts

the founder of the Christopher

Father Thomas

McSweeney

Question Corner Father John Dietzen

Precepts of the Church

sacrament of reconciliation regularly,

Q. I accompanied a young woman acquaintance to her Rite of Christian Ini-

appropriate times.

of Adults program. At no time were what we used to call the "six precepts of the Church" mentioned. Do we still have them? If so, what are they?

cation for oneself and one's children, es-

tiation

religious edu-

by use of Catholic schools and

other educational programs. 3.

To observe

one

propriate times.

the marriage laws of

the Church.

Q. A friend often watches Mass on television rather than go to church. She says it is the same. Is

not explain why.

munity and clergy, and the worldwide Church. 5. To practice penance and self-de-

people.

and abstinence on days appointed by the Church's leaders.

still do not realand obligation concerning Sunday eucharistic liturgy does not require that we hear or watch someone else do something, but to be there to do it personally.

what our

faith already teaches

reflect

about our

work cooperatively to build and sanctify the body of Christ. They can briefly be summarized as follows: 1 To lead a full sacramental life, especially to participate in the Mass each Sunday and holy day, sharing at the same time in holy Communion; and receive the obligation to

To share

of Christ, including fast

in the

missionary

spirit

and apostolic work of the local and universal Church. It is just coincidence that this group numbers six. In the RCIA program you speak of, these duties and rights were probably not listed in one neat order, but I'm sure they were all explained at ap-

erywhere. But such listening or viewing is never a substitute for being there. The

American bishops are cur-

told her no, but can-

To strengthen and support the Church, including one's own parish com-

These regulations simply

pray and to be

Mass being celebrated ev-

she right?

A. The juridical obligations and rights of all members of the Catholic Church are in the Code of Canon Law and generally described in one section (208-223). The section following (224-23 1 ) spells out specific responsibilities and rights of lay

nial in the Spirit

united spiritually with the

To provide proper

pecially

rently studying

cies that will

Many

Catholics

ize that the practice

The Eucharist is an

action, a celebra-

community, and cannot be substituted for by watching a television program, even if it is a picture of the Mass. If one cannot be present for Sunday tion of the Catholic

Mass with one's nity,

a television

commuor radio Mass may help

parish or other

clear

new polimake this

and establish guidelines governing should be cel-

how and when Masses ebrated for television.

A free brochure on ecumenism, including questions on inter-Communion and other ways of sharing worship with people of other faiths, is available by sending a stamped self-

addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N.

Main

St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions may be sent to Father

Dietzen at the same address.

Family Matters Eileen

Marx

to The Limit few weeks ago, my six-year-old son Bobby, came home from a neighbor's house and said, "At Joey's house he's allowed to call his sister 'stupid' and tell

ety that often emphasizes disrespect, self-

our kids. This doesn't

ishness and power.

our children have never

her to 'shut-up' without getting in trouble.

movies and behavior.

How come

summer night during our

Take

know

that

closest friends

our

own

even with some of

we have each

staked out

limits regarding language, toys,

never forget one

mean

tested those limits!

parents

estab-

lished boundaries and rules

with four of our closest friends.

based on our own upbringing, the uniqueness of our kids and our life and faith experiences. One of my

makes me very uncomfortable as well as nostalgic for the days when my kids were

kids played

closest friends often tells

used a certain word, a discussion followed

me what

toddlers and could barely speak, never

about the parameters of acceptable and unacceptable words in each of our homes. It quickly turned into a session of laugh-

swear around her two boys because she grew up in a home where four letter words were the norm. Some of my close friends who have children with special needs, hyperactivity and attention deficit, have helped me to understand that they're basically having a good day if "shut up" and "stupid" are the worst words that comes out of their child's

those are bad words in our

house but not

at 'Joey's?'"

a parent, this line of questioning

mind ask probing

imporbe very clear about what's acceptable behavior in our house without putting down another parent or making a judgment about their parenting style. This is a real challenge for moms and dads because it's our job to make sure that our kids understand respect, courtesy and kindness in a socitant to

questions.

husband and

It's

husband and I

I'll

vacation

when

discussed this subject

the next

As our room and one child

and teasing "we allow the word blank "You let your kids say blank but not blankT "You say blank but don't allow your kids to sayblankT' And on it went. Although there are differences in each of our homes, each of us had clear limits with

ter

but not blank in our home."

mouth

a struggle

that day.

us for her not to

Still, it's

upsetting to

hear young children use foul language. About a year ago there was a

program on this subject. A reporter followed young children around and recorded their bad language and swear words for all America to hear. The parents of these kids either threw up there hands or laughed every time their child uttered another word that was bleeped during the interview. One mother said, "They are only words; it could be much worse." It could be worse and for many children it is. But I wonder why it didn't concern the parents that these words are often charged with hostility, anger and dis-

See Marx, page 13

News

6 The Catholic

Herald

Catholic Schools

January 24, 1997

Week

At Asheville Catholic, "Real

Join In Celebrating The In Catholic Education

Priority

MICHAEL SKUBE

By DR.

The 23rd annual

Week

Schools

Good News Connection Given Top

Life"

national Catholic

Jan. 26-Feb.

and our

14 elementary, one middle school and two

high schools look forward to celebrating

good news of Catholic education with ranging from community service projects, assemblies and school Masses. the

activities

This year's theme, "Catholic Schools: Schools You Can Believe In," holds a dual

meaning. In addition to offering students the opportunity for excellence in education, Catholic schools prepare our young people with the rudiments necessary to live a very worthwhile Chris-

rollment has increased by 339 students since last year. There are 5,462 elementary

and

•

Schools

Catholic tion

The student body

of 3,367

tian life.

Week

,084 high school students.

women

Sixteen

•

consists

and 3,279 boys. reli-

gious, seven priests, broth-

a local celebra-

happening

girls

ers

8,000

and deacons, and 66 lay

women

Catholic schools in every

men and 369

area of the country. These individual observances combine to make

teach in our schools assisted

by approximately 200 support staff. •

a national celebration.

The four

colors

com-

prising this year's Catholic

Schools

Week

logo are very meaningful

Each color represents an element of nature: blue for water and sky, green for plant life, orange for fire and yellow as well.

for sun.

The

figure represents

all

those

touched by Catholic schools: students, teachers and parents. The book the figure holds represents the academic excellence of Catholic schools and the Bible. The sunburst behind the figure represents the dawn of a new day. The logo emphasizes the positive, futuristic view of Catholic

lay

schools.

Thousands of buttons bearing the logo have been distributed and people are encouraged to wear them on "National Appreciation Day," which is Wednesday (Jan. 29) of Catholic Schools Week. I would like to share with you a few facts about the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Charlotte: •There are 4 elementary, one middle school (grades 6-8) and two high schools. • Enrollment for the last eight years 1

has increased as follows: 1989- 90 4,560

Of the five largest di-

ocesan schools, four are in Charlotte and one is in Greensboro. Holy Trinity Middle School has 838

High School has 729 students, All Saints has 574 students, St. Gabriel has 552 students and Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro has 455 students.

Asheville Catholic School students Courtney Sinsky, Katie Bridgman Kimbrough work in the computer resource room.

By PAUL

students, Charlotte Catholic

• Members of the Diocesan School Board are: Joseph Marinello, president; Hussein Sadek, vice-president; Janet Smith, secretary; Father Dennis Kuhn,

representative; Richard Martinez, principals' representative; Georgette Schraeder, teachers' representative; Al Albert; Paul Fedorkowicz; pastors'

Martha Gallagher; David Morgan; Marianne Misko; Michael Skube.

Brigitte Ruggiero;

and

cost to edu-

cate a student in North Carolina public

schools is $5,147. With 6,506 students in our Catholic schools, parents have saved

as respectful. Religion

ject in the classroom curriculum, but reli-

cation.

Spelling out the "Catholic" features of such a school depends on whether one uses an uppercase or lowercase C. Not

ceive

Communion

religion

and

'real life.'"

Not only making connections, but between religion and "real life" is given top priority by Cavallo and the staff at Asheville Cathoactually erasing that line

lic.

The physical education

teacher

between good sportsmanship and the Sermon on likely to explore connections

the

Mount as the teacher of religion. The

propriety of behavior at recess

less

significant than in the classroom.

Donna Gibson, who has taught sixth grade

— including

the religion class

much

—

other religious traditions say they are

us a sense that

why "our

there because their parents believe they

Gospel and sharing it with the students." Denise Mead, the school's religion coordinator, points out that although Catholic members of the faculty teach

Dr.

,986 students have been

Michael Skube

superinten-

dent of diocesan schools.

The Franciscan Center

excited by the

Episcopalian students are surprised

ways Catholics worship. Asheville Catholic from

similarities in the

Students at

be more challenged academically. All

homework load

heavier

and the testing more frequent than in public school. None are fond of wearing uniforms. Yet, given their own choice in the matter, the students at

would

elect to stay

Asheville Catholic. Their reasons, in

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more closely with the views of their Catholic classmates. "The

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adding that "they have

instilled in all

are to be living the

religion classes, all the teachers share the

responsibility "to

make

clear that reli-

gious values and morals are an everyday matter."

Both Mead and Gibson agree that must be

teachers at Asheville Catholic

as creative as they are dedicated because

know one another; we have here; we know our teachers and they get to know us very well," said an eighth grade non-Catholic who

they have fewer financial resources at their disposal. Despite the generosity and

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8th grader put

make connections between

and personal example of principals in recent years. "They have expressed their

lieve in."

secular matters are discussed, and as one

common heritage.

ligious traditions are a

6,546

gious values pervade the whole daily schedule. The religious implications of

opportunity to learn for herself which re-

1996- 97

En-

school liturgies.

definitely a sub-

Jewish seventh-grader

Catholic schools are schools you can be-

N.C. taxpayers more than $33 million this year alone. This does not include the additional expense of building more schools to accommodate our 6,000 students. What our students learn lasts a lifetime. Tradition, morality, faith, hope and tablished at home. That

to the enrollment since 1989.

are not Catho-

more noticeable religious practices and formalities. A Presbyterian sixth-grader comments on the frequency with which Catholics re-

5,857 6,207

A total of

who

tend to focus on the

1994- 95 1995- 96

•

der or purposefulness, but relaxed as well

School are Roman Catholic, but don't ask Principal Judy Cavallo to tell you which is which. "I don't see Catholic or non-Catholic," she says emphatically. "I see family." Fostering family unity in an environment of diversity and nurturing the growth of personal faith is how Cavallo expresses the challenge of Catholic edu-

4,818 4,873 5,159 5,614

added

per-

lic

1990- 91 1991- 92 1992- 93 1993- 94

— More than 75

surprisngly, students

The average annual

classrooms and corridors an easy and congenial atmosphere, not lacking in or-

cent of the students at Asheville Catho-

lic

•

—

FREDETTE

Correspondent

ASHEVILLE

and Robbie

family feeling does pervade the

iiard

work of parents and

Gibson,

"It's

staff,

says

very difficult to have all we'd

our students because our funding cannot match what is available in the public system."

The Catholic News

January 24, 1997

erTamme nt i-Entert

Herald 7

The Relic

Despite Flaws, Film Offers

Suspenseful Moments NEW YORK creature

who

(CNS)

needs

— A mutant

human

ter to survive crashes

to rich food

brain mat-

a party of swells

horror movie with

Still, many will justly feel "The Relic" borrows shamelessly from the "Alien" movies and "Jurassic Park" throughout

its

strange organic contents.

Meanwhile, grumpy police detective

Tom Sizemore is stumped by the deaths of

the

all

seamen on a

from

freighter

Brazil, especially in light of their

scooped-out brains. The two events seem connected when a museum guard is found murdered and minus brain tissue, so the cop orders a full search of the huge museum and its milelong tunnels, just as

museum

officials are

about

and shots of decapitated heads are unnerving (but clearly animatronic

Pressured by the

re-opening the

— — restricted.

Vid CO

team

mod-

flaws, there are sus-

penseful moments, especially in the last

40 minutes when ture

the grotesque crea-

fully revealed

and the hunted are

forced to flee through flooded tunnels.

murky narrative. Adding some polish to this sleek monster movie are appearances by Linda Hunt as the museum director undaunted by a murderer when contributions are at stake, and James Whitmore the

as a veteran researcher

who

accepts

his fate with a tranquility only a truly

curious scientist could muster.

to con-

lence with shots of decapitated heads,

some rough language and

intermittent

profanity, the U.S. Catholic

classification

A-III

—

Conference adults.

The

Motion Picture Association of America rating

R — restricted.

The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience. videocassette

"D3: The Mighty Ducks" (1996) Thin sequel about the problems of the now-teen-age hockey team at a posh prep school where they encounter hostile students and their old coach (Emilio Estevez) is replaced by a grim new one (Jeffrey Nordling). The formula story is a contrived mixture of youthful pranks

and emotional struggles leading up to the big game and its bone-crunching physical contact. Some dangerous stunts, vulgar humor and a few coarse expressions. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested.

—

"Escape from LA." (1996) After being separated from the mainland by an earthquake, Los Angeles in 2013 serves as a prison island for undesirables into which a war heroturned-criminal (Kurt Russell)

sent

doomsday device from

of profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R re-

—

stricted.

"He Walked by Night" (1948) Case history of a cunning cop-killer (Richard Basehart) who evades the Los Angeles police department for months until routine legwork by a persistent detective (Scott Brady) leads to his apprehension. Though dated by a heavyhanded narration, director Alfred Werker's dramatization effectively

undercover agents goods on hardened crimi-

mentary

America.

violence in realistic underworld situations

—

style as the

try to get the

nals (notably Charles

McGraw, who kills

informer Wallace Ford in a steam bath), with tension mounting from moody visuals

and credible plot

twists. Stylized

young children. The U.S. CathoConference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by

not for

"The Naked City" (1948) Crime picture filmed on the streets York City follows the painstaking methods of a veteran homicide de-

New

lic

—

the Motion Picture Association of

America.

tective (Barry Fitzgerald) in linking the

"The White Balloon" (1996)

rector Jafar Panahi's Iranian production

"Latcho Drom" (1994)

tion of America.

tions of those called

anarchist (George Corraface). Director

tion of Gypsies performing their music,

escapism. Recurring stylized violence, some rough language and an instance

Mann, the story is narrated in semi-docu-

Bridge. Stylized violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is adults and adolescents. Not A-II rated by the Motion Picture Associa-

Dramatically unstructured presenta-

John Carpenter's derivative sequel to "Escape from New York" (1981) is chock full of gunfights, chases and sleek special effects that add up to mindless

lamentations of their persecution

through the ages, but gives little insight into their history and culture. Subtitles. Fleeting nudity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of

—

mentary style with notable success, especially the climactic chase through the city's storm drains. Stylized violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

power-mad

life to

murder of a model to a gang of jewel thieves. Directed by Jules Dassin, the bustling city landscapes add a human dimension to the drama of a sordid murder investigation with occasional narration by producer Mark Hellinger and a thrilling chase climax atop the Williamsburg

stages the action scenes in semi-docu-

the president (Cliff Robertson) to retrieve

for the society

tinue the search. This turns up a humongous beetle-lizard-human more than willing to upgrade its feeding frenzy

36,000 feet on Christmas Eve in the suspense thriller "Turbulence." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-lll adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating

museum

its

Because of graphic fantasy vio-

mayor into OK'ing

shindig, the cop orders his

Despite

els).

to host a gala party for rich patrons.

commandeers a 747

loads his

Ann Miller gets curious about

Penelope

killer

Hyams

much babble about

genetic mutations, evolution and myth,

a Chicago

ster flick,

A psychotic

as in billionaires' brains.

museum in the gory mon"The Relic." Opening in the Brazilian rain forest, the movie is often so dark it's unclear if one or several monsters are percolating once a wooden crate from South America arrives at the Natural History Museum and evolutionary biologist at

CNS photo from Rystier Entertainment

—

Director Peter

song and dance as filmed in such diverse Romania, Spain and India. In stringing together this sampling of musical performances, director Tony Gatlif provides a broad sense of Gypsy musical traditions from joyous celebrations of locales as

—

A 7-year-old girl

living in Teheran

goes to buy a plump goldfish for the Islamic New Year's celebration but loses the money down a streetside grate and enlists the aid

retrieve

tells its

of harried passers-by to

before nightfall. Producer-di-

simple tale in real time from the much of

youngster's perspective with its

appeal coming from the varied reac-

upon

to help the

child. Subtitles. Distraught youngster.

"T-Men" (1947) Department agents (Dennis O'Keefe and Alfred Ryder) infiltrating a Los Angeles counterfeiting ring by masquerading as gangsters from Detroit. Directed by Anthony Gritty tale of Treasury

The

U.S. Catholic Conference clasadults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion

sification is A-II

—

Picture Association of America.

The Catholic News

CNS

illustration

& Herald

January 24, 1997

by Anthony Deteo

home

pilgrim cosmos All

By John F. Haught Catholic News Service

The sense

of being on pilgrimage is essential to a robust religious faith. Christian spirituality instructs us that excessive attachment to "this present age" ties us down and enchains our spirits. For this reason, the wandering figure of Abraham remains the exemplar of our deeply religious need to pull up our roots when a glorious destiny calls. Thus Christianity sees our life here as an exodus journey, at times even a desert wandering: In the New Testament, Jesus the "Son of Man" is portrayed as having

we distance ourselves from passionate concern for the well-being of nature. In other words, the ideal of religious homelessness does not inevitably entail an ideal of "cosmic" homelessness in which the earth becomes a place to get

the ethical need to feel at home in nature so as to conserve our habitat for future generations of living beings. How do we hold these two persuasions together? Fortunately, the new scientific no-

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be squeezed out of this new way of understanding the world. But if the universe has a finite past and quite likely even a definite beginning then it becomes possible for us to understand the whole of the cosmos as a still-un-

—

"What

problematic

of our planet as

little

a view

than a way-station that

simply pass through, and which

mindlessly trash on our to a 'better

way

home/"

"no place to lay his head." In Luke's Gospel, Jesus' followers are challenged to move steadily toward Jerusalem. They must not look back and should even "leave the dead to bury the dead." If we turn to the East we notice that the Buddha also had to forsake the luxuries of home, to become detached from all clinging desire in order to find enlightenment. And in Hinduism the "sannyasin" finally forsakes home and hearth altogether to be closer to God. Much of the world's religion requires that we accept the "homeless" character of our existence. Today, however, the ecological crisis forces us to think in a new way

—

about this religious ideal. For a fundamental condition of ecological responsibility is that

learn

to treat this

world as our home. But

how can we

reconcile faith's pilgrim-

—

age ideal the religious ideal of a "homeless" pilgrimage with the call to embed our lives and actions more deeply than ever in this earth and its ecosystems? I suggest that what is problematic is a view of our planet as little more than a way-station that we simply pass through, and which we mindlessly trash on our way to a "better home." I fear that many of us harbor the deep suspicion that we really don't belong here, and so in the name of religion

—

away from

in or-

der to find salvation. are torn, or so it seems, between

two values:

—The

religious ideal of being

on a

is very compelling, and so we are reluctant to see ourselves as truly belonging to the cosmos. But many of us also take seriously

journey

—

an expanding and evolving universe can come to our aid here. If science has taught us anything over the last century and a half, it is that the natural world itself is a restless adventure. Nature is not static, eternal and necessary, as scientists and philosophers used to think. The cosmos is a still -unfolding story with a finite past and an incalculable

tion of

future.

THIS EDITION IN

A NUTSHELL

Our universe expands. But as it expands, it also shrinks. Science and technology bring an entire human universe to our doorstep. Science even brings to light the needs of the Earth its need for care. The human family is now accustomed itself to crossing new frontiers of understanding. Yet contradictions abound. For example, great advances are made in medicine, but disease proliferates all over the globe. As each new frontier is crossed, we are challenged yet again not to neglect the frontier of the spirit within.

—

Hence, for us to embrace the natural world means that we must also wel-

come

inherent restlessness. Taking the scientific picture of the world seriously requires that we embed our own unsettled lives of pilgrimage within the much larger context of a cosmic pilgrimits

age.

By accepting

nature's

folding story.

This would the

human

mean

that

spirit that

it is

not just

has embarked

upon an immense journey. Rather, the entire cosmos may be understood as a pilgrimage into the great mystery we call God. Therefore, we do not need to abandon the natural world in order to follow the religious advice to live homelessly. The cosmos is our fellow traveler. Indeed, we may even be permitted to

that the universe's own homelessness is the root system of our

say

religious restlessness.

Our

spiritual

hunger

for the divine,

by attuning ourselves more intimately to nature, not by extricating ourselves from it. therefore, can be satisfied

own funda-

mental homelessness, in other words, we can be at home in this universe. At first glance you may wonder what theological significance could possibly

(Haught is professor of theology at Georgetown University in Washington and author of "Science and Religion" and "The Promise of Nature.")

The Catholic News

January 24, 1997

& Herald 9

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Where is There

come

Expanding universe brings

the new frontier of human discovery today? new frontier in space. Scientists long to understand how galaxies

they hope to discover whether

life ever existed on Mars. The Human Genome Project hopes to find genetic cures for many diseases, while avoiding potential abuses of its work, the project's director told a group of U.S. Catholic bishops recently. A different kind of frontier is crossed as instant communications "relocate" the earth's most distant points, making knowledge of them immediately accessible. No longer will any "far-off" human needs be obscured from the

to be. Currently

There

a new

world to our doorstep

frontier in medicine.

Catholic

human family's view. As each new frontier is crossed, knowledge

of the world "out there" takes a quantum leap forward. But here is another noteworthy point: The exploration of each new frontier challenges us to understand ourselves better, to explore the world within. The world of the spirit always represents a its

own

Service

verse.

Whoever thought human beings would visit the moon and send a spaceship on a planetary expedition? It is awesome. But the expanding universe is filled

right.

must always be asked: our expanding awareness of the universe outside us activate an expansion of the universe within and cause our universe to evolve as a place of greater love and care? This question Will

with contradictions: At the very time the universe is expanding, I have a strong feeling that

—

David Gibson Editor, Faith Alive!

News

People say our universe is expanding, not just the astronomical universe, but our scientific and technological uni-

larger

new frontier in

ment. I spent my last afternoon in Nairobi visiting a slum that houses thousands of people, many of whom

By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS

it is

shrinking.

—While we may be able to conquer

Knowing the

space, we are not making much headway with poverty. As some become

direction

fabulously rich, more become wretchedly poor. We are making great advances in medicine, but disease continues to proliferate all over the globe. When you see pictures on television

—

of your journey about 175 B,C: "Many of those who sleep in the dust shall awake. Some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace. But

By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service Scientists

have come up with

sorts of theories about

how our

all

uni-

...

those

3).

ries.

bright practical question,

lead

many to justice

(75 B.C.) spelled this purpose out graphically: "But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no tor-

of that purpose.

final

Actually, people cannot intelligently embark on a journey in this withcase the journey through life out knowing where they are going or what new frontiers they are meant to

— —

cross.

The Israelites were convinced that God had a purpose in creating them. But the people were not always clear about

precise nature. they thought their most important goal was to reach the Promised Land, a land they could call their

its

first

own. With God's obvious help they taking had crossed that frontier possession of the land of Canaan and settling down. And they felt at first that their goal was the enjoyment of physical life: health, reasonable comfort, large families, continued life. The people followed God's directives in hopes of securing a long life, which they regarded as God's blessing. Death, however, was an undeni-

—

able fact, and what happened after that was shrouded in mystery. The people believed in an afterlife, but it was shadowy to them. It was centuries before the Israelites conceived of an eternal reward. The first clear indication of this belief was in the book of Daniel, written

ment

shall touch

contents copyright

should

call

them family

The homes were built of tin on wooden frames, with dirt floors. They had a bed, a couple of stools, a little table, a few boxes and a kerosene lamp. Each house had a door but no windows. Spaces between the sheets of tin let in mosquitoes. Outside, the goats, chickens and dogs scrounged for scraps along the open sewers. There was no heat, though because of the altitude Nairobi can be quite cold at night. During the day the equatorial

the wretched, helpless poor of the world!"

3:1).

Jesus' resurrection, however, gave

and definite meaning to all existence. It guaranteed an eternity of sharing in his victory over all evil, including death, in a realm where God will wipe away our tears and where there will be "no more death or mourning, wailing or pain" (Revela-

sun ferments the sewage and beats down on the tin roofs. On the edge of the slum you can see modern factories and office buildings. Close by, you pass rows and rows of houses where the middle class and the affluent

tion 21:3-4).

live.

So life is eminently worth living. The road we're on leads somewhere. But it's not an escape route from the here and now. Instead, we discover that the "way"

CNS

we're following represents a new frontier of love and justice, always needing further exploration, but always possessing ultimate meaning in light of the resurrection and always able to look ahead with hope.

(Father Castelot

scholar, author, teacher

FAITH ln

showing countless thousands of refugees on the move, you do not think of expanding universes. You think of our helplessness to solve basic human problems. I recently returned from Kenya and Tanzania where I presented workshops on the Gospel story of Jesus' birth and on the Eucharist in the New Testa-

a Scripture

and

photo trom United Nations

lecturer.)

own ever-new and changing

of faith?

"universe," what

the value

Why?

"Without faith, where would be the meaning in my life? What would there be to look forward to, to be hopeful about? Faith gives me a sense of security, a sense of James Keiser, San Jose, Calif. a base in this changing world."

—

•

"Faith

...

my anchor because

rudder because

— Mary

can't just stay Frost, Laramie, I

work as a nurse, and

the No.

I am sure you can picture the environment. But can you picture the people? My first thought was of a parable in Luke's Gospel, that of "a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen, and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door there was a poor

man named

Lazarus, covered with gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's table" (Luke 16:19-21). When it is read in a slum, the sores,

who would

parable's description of the rich

man

and poor Lazarus sounds very realistic. I met people in that Nairobi slum with all kinds of wounds and ailments, includ-

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saw a little infant trying hard to get some nourishment from his mother's breast. But he was unable to suck.... A little human symbol of

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however, is why we exist. The question supposes that there is an intelligent being hehind it all, one who could create with a purpose and guide people toward the achievement

Perhaps

shall

be like the stars forever" (Daniel 12:2-

verse came into being and some fascinating evidence to support those theo-

A much more

who

gravitated to the city when there was no longer enough agricultural land for an expanding population. You can only divide and subdivide a plot of land so many times! In the company of Maryknoll Father John Lange and a group of wonderful African women dedicated to the poorest of the poor, I visited some 15 homes.

gives

stability

one place and Wy. in

faith

and a place helps

of refuge.

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I'm

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—

I'd

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ing a broken pelvis, infected sores, knife wounds, ulcers, AIDS and the everpresent malaria. The most heart-rending scene I saw was a little infant trying hard to get some nourishment from his mother's breast. But he was unable to suck and in need of medical attention.

it's

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tried

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The

name.

Thank God our scientific and techno"In is

the world today, it's hard to find stability.... My faith in the church and to help me be grounded." Tim Ritchey, Thornton, Colo.

—

necessary

An upcoming

edition asks:

When have you

turned to

God

Jesus

for

"protection"? How was your prayer answered? If you would like to respond for possible publication, please write: Faith Alive! 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

logical universe is

our shrinking

expanding. It brings universe to our

human

doorstep.

(Father LaVerdiere is a Scripture scholar and senior editor of Emmanuel magazine.)

10 The Catholic

News

Herald

January 24, 1997

People

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Aid

—

aimed at bringing the situation to a peaceful end. Archbishop Juan Louis Cipriani of Ayacucho "has been called to participate in the Commission of Guarantors by the Peruvian bishops, with the assent of the

Holy See and with the hope

Peruvian Cardinal Landazuri Dies Of Cancer LIMA, Peru (CNS) Retired Pe-

—

ruvian Cardinal Juan Landazuri Ricketts

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Lima after suffering from pancreatic cancer. He was 83. Sending condolences to the Archdiocese of Lima,

which Cardi36 years, Pope John Paul II praised the concern he had shown for the whole church. The pope said Carnal Landazuri led for

that a

dinal Landazuri dedicated the "long years

solution can be reached quickly," Vatican

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of his episcopal ministry" to the people of Lima with "generosity and self-sacri-

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Abernethy,

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CHARLOTTE — When Mercy Sister

Maureen Meehan

initiated her role as

education administration, theology, and spirituality. She holds a doctorate in ministry as well.

diocesan Director of Religious Formation for Schools in

sumed

November

1996, she as-

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She has taught at the elementary, high school and college levels in Pennsylvania,

ing having served as principal for a time

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Maureen brings an extensive

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a Connecticut elementary school. In was a member of the team that opened four religious education centers a development she called "most valuable" in her experience in a diocesan setting. Harrisburg, Penn., she

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Maureen spent time

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well as into the 21st century."

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12 The Catholic

News

Herald

January 24, 1997

Private

Funds Promised For

Children In Religious Schools By EUGENE HORN MILWAUKEE (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Continued had be he

aid a religious society or organization,

this

private support has been promised to chil-

dren from low-income families attending religious schools after a Wisconsin court ruled the schools are ineligible to take part in a state-funded school choice

voucher

program.

A Milwaukee group called Partners Advancing Values in Education, known as PAVE, announced it plans to raise $4.5 million by August to enable children currently receiving

remain

PAVE tuition scholarships

5 in a 5 1 -page

church-run schools violated

The judge ruled it was

also unconsti-

expand the nonreligious school portion of the program from the 1,650 schools currently participating in 1

The school choice program was begun in 1990 and is limited to schools within the city of Milwaukee. A temporary in-

ing

Retired Bishop, Paralyzed Officer

Higginbotham's ruling is expected to be appealed to the Dane County Circuit Court of Appeals, then back to the Wis-

Honored With Pro-Life Awards

consin Supreme Court, which had sent

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

BROOKLYN,

N.Y. (CNS) ReBishop George E. Lynch,

Bronx who returned to his Diocese of Raleigh, N.C., was honored by the Diocese of Brooklyn at its annual Sanctity

Christian courage they exhibited as a family.

At the Mass, the Parish Respect Life

a native of the

home

Award was given

The bishop, who will turn 80 in March, was praised for continuing his active in-

Rocco's Parish of Brooklyn for its "long involvement in the diocesan Sanctity of Life Program and the tremendous variety of parish programs that directly enhance the lives of Catholics and non-Catholics in their com-

volvement

munity."

after serving in the

of Life Mass Jan. 18.

in abortion protests, including

getting arrested and being jailed, at a time

when many people would be seeking

the

comforts of retirement.

Although Bishop Lynch has been judge recently acquitted him of violating an injunction on the grounds that he had reli-

jailed several times, a federal

gious motivation for his actions.

The Pro

Vita

Award of the Brooklyn

James Cathedral, was also given to former New York police Detective Steven McDonald, his wife, Patti Anne, and their son, Conor, who was born after the detective was shot in 1986 and left paralyzed from the neck down. McDonald, who was shot by a teenDiocese, presented

ager in

New

at St.

York's Central Park,

native of the Brooklyn Diocese

who now

lives in the Rockville Centre Diocese.

McDonald, supported by

his family,

has remained a public presence in New York. In 1995 he spoke about his faith at a eucharistic congress held by the Brook-

Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, N.J., celebrant and homilist for the Mass, called Bishop Lynch "a special sign to our generation and to our American society." Speaking just two days after the bombings at the Atlanta abortion clinic, Archbishop McCarrick praised Bishop Lynch for rejecting the path of those who engaged in a "misguided effort to use the

tend religious schools under the choice

program. The judge said the program passed by the state Legislature was unconstitutional.

The education group's executive

di-

Dan McKinley, told the Catholic Herald, Milwaukee's archdiocesan newspaper, that ""considering that we're in the midst of a strategy-planning process, the ruling came at a good time to into our plan for the next year."

He said his

organization's fund-rais-

call?"

higher than the amount raised

last

that will take place."

In Washington, National Education

Association president

Bob Chase com-

mended Higginbotham's ruling.

"We

all

want the very best educa-

tion for our children," said Chase, "but

using tax dollars to support private or parochial schools

not the answer. Tax-

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"Our goal is to have all kids currently

who are rePAVE funding remain there," he

enrolled in religious schools

ceiving said.

"We'll have to

make

past supporters and seek ers to raise $4.5 million

a case to our

new

support-

by mid- August."

McKinley described Higginbotham's more step along the road the Supreme Court." "The whole question is whether the

ruling as "one to

primary effect

17th

ANNUAL CARDINAL

NEWMAN LECTURE March 1,

9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Father Richard McCormick,

S.J.

year

ents.

"Do not continue sleeping in this

"America is not hearing today's call," "How many times must the Lord

said.

ruling "just a small piece of the large battle

$200,000

to provide partial tuition grants for recipi-

sleep of death."

the birthday of (the Rev.)

Martin Luther King. "Considering what he stands for, I'm wondering what kind of message it sends to people, especially those who are poor and disenfranchised," he said. Brother Smith called Higginbotham's

rector,

cells.

ing them,

said,

interesting that the rul-

the private choice of individual parents."

ing goal for the next year

from God (1 Samuel 3:1-10). Keying the homily to that story, Archbishop McCarrick said God was calling "men and women of our nation," and tell-

came on

was

Milwaukee School Choice Program. PAVE initiated an emergency fund for the choice-eligible students last August after Higginbotham refused to allow children from low-income families to at-

for

Mass was the story of the young Samuel being awakened in the night by a call

payers should not be forced to subsidize

"courageously persevering" in his witness at public demonstrations and in prison

The Old Testament reading for the

need models of education for

enrolled in religious schools through the

work

tools of evil to fight evil."

lyn Diocese.

Evelyn J. Aquila, director of the diocesan Respect Life Office, said the

to St.

He commended Bishop Lynch

Higginbotham without rendering an opinion, and eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court. About half of the 4, 1 53 children from low-income families who received PAVE funds for the current school year had the case to

com-

be legalized, Brother Smith

"I thought

before Higginbotham's ruling.

tired Auxiliary

said in addition to the

Predicting that school choice eventually will

1995.

pating in the program had been in place

An-

low-income families. Capuchin Brother Bob Smith, principal of independent Catholic Messmer High School, said he was saddened by Higginbotham's decision because he believes that the judge failed to look at the totality of the program and the impact on children and their families.

to the

5,000 allowed by legislation approved in

junction against religious schools partici-

by the

Mason

for alternative

tutional to

this city"

St.

thony Elementary School in Milwaukee, where half of the 260 enrolled receive PAVE funds, said school choice is good for both private and public education because "the competition helps fine-tune your own school."

The group's announcement came after Madison Circuit Judge Paul

the state constitution.

McDonalds had "taught

while for the law to catch up." Richard Mason, principal of

petitive advantage there also is a

decision that expanding the school choice

TRACY EARLY

couple of years to get

done but I'm confident that we're working for fair legislation and it takes a

schools for the 1997-98 term.

program

"It will take a

and

said.

Milwaukee's religious

Higginbotham ruled Jan.

At a recent assembly at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School in Charlotte, Keegan Federal, an eighth grade student, was named winner of the first annual Megan Healy Washington Scholarship. The award was presented by Father Richard Allen of St. Ann Church and Jerry Healy, the school principal. A plaque designating Keegan as the winner will be placed in the school hall. He also received $500 to be used for his class trip to Washington, D. C. this spring. Keegan is the son of Molly Federal. Pictured left to right: Molly Federal, Jerry Healy, Keegan Federal and Father Richard Allen.

cleared up,"

to help a family or to

The Oratory invites everyone to hear Father McCormick, an outstanding moral theologian, writer and Notre Dame faculty member. This annual lecture honors John Henry Newman of the Oratory and is open to all without fee or registration. The Newman Lecture is given in Pope John Center at The Oratory. For more information contact: The Newman Lecture, The Oratory Center for Spirituality, P.O. Box 11586, Rock Hill, SC 29731-1586.

The Catholic News

January 24, 1997

Vicar For Education Discusses Schools, from page 3 Marx, from page 5 important to recognize that in the Catholic

school,

all

subjects should be presented

cific

that partnership

can

The overall point is that while a variprograms take place

and reinforced from the perspective of

ety of formation

Catholic Christian values.

There is very clear interrelationship between the message that is shared specifically the religious message and the formation of community. That formation is also very much influenced by liturgical worship in the school, and the involvement of the participants in service.

—

The objective of Catholic

—

schools, of

be involved specifically with education. But education deals with much more than cognitive knowledge. It includes formation, which is concerned with attitudes, values and behavior as well. That really goes to the very core of a person mind, heart, spirit and soul. course,

ways by which

be strengthened.

through the school year, a great imporis placed on continually presenting

—

The lines between adults and children are much more casual today than when I was a kid. In some ways this is a welcome change. In the past there was a blind obedience to adults and authority figures that left

and

spirit

many children powerless, alone and without any rights. Some adults abused

their authority

and harmed

chil-

within the school setting in that the per-

dren physically, emotionally and sexually.

sonnel are eager to take advantage of

these opportunities.

fects

Q. As diocesan vicar for educahow would you describe the state Catholic schools in western North of Carolina? A. I am deeply impressed by the tion,

level of

commitment of the

principals in

explain to

adults

my kids

— respect

—

for both children

something

and

that's

The

tive discipline that offer lots

of useful

in-

that the

dom of God. That upbuilding of the king-

fulfill their spiritual and academic role. I'm also impressed by the teachers and staffs, and the level of collaboration and cooperation manifested by the schools and families. It has been quite apparent

dom, which

really

How

do Catholic schools play

A. The contribution of Catholic is in preparing persons to commit themselves to building up the king-

schools

is one of peace and justice, always going to be beneficial to the transformation of our society.

thusiasm to

that the vast majority of families

view themselves as being

in part-

nership with the schools.

The Catholic school prepares young

There seems

be a very strong un-

people to continue their journey of faith according to their age, state and ability.

derstanding by everyone involved that the

The

Catholic education in the school setting

school, then, contributes to the

com-

foundational reason for participating in

mon good of society in that those benefi-

ciaries of Catholic education within the

their journey

through cultivating their per-

school setting are prepared to take a responsible role as citizens.

sons, talents

and abilities. Everyone in the

to assist persons of faith to continue

schools of this diocese

—

administrators,

teachers, and of course the students

Q. Certainly, Catholic Schools Week is a means of celebrating and promoting who Catholic schools are. How do those involved in the schools maintain that awareness year-round to better meet the needs of students?

—

themselves participates in the common tasks of ensuring the well-being of their schools as faith community. The diocese has made a very visible, obvious

commitment to Catholic

schools.

most effective parenting advice St. Matthew's Gospel: "Do to others what you would have them do to you." Each time I'm arbitrating yet another argument between my kids or refereeing one more of their melees, the only words that seem to make sense to them are: "How would that make you feel if someone said that or did that to you?" is

given by Jesus in

And

St.

Paul also offers some solid

ground rules for parents who are looking for guidance in what to teach their children: "Get rid of all bitterness... and anger, hard words, slander and malice of every kind. In place of these, be kind to one another, compassionate and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ. Be imitators of God as His dear children. Follow the way of love, even as Christ loved you... There was a time when you lived in darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Well, then, live as

children of the light."

A. It is essential that all school personnel be better prepared personally as witnesses of the Lord and professionally as educators

whose teaching incorpo-

One key

to that goal is the annual

day for

all

nel in the diocese.

of the school person-

They have

Instead of making drug use easier to

the oppor-

tunity to gather for reflection, for con-

versation, for prayer.

It is a very participatory experience. There are semi-annual workshops as well, which are also

tion argue,

more acceptable, the council said in a Jan. 21 statement.

tempts in Italy and elsewhere to legalize the sale and use of marijuana and a few other types of narcotics.

But the pontifical council said it makes no sense to distinguish between "soft" and "hard" drugs when both are used as a means of escaping reality and impede an individual's maturation and growing acceptance of responsibility. "The consumption of such substances favors isolation, above all, and then dependence with the passing on to ever stronger products," the statement said.

Because drug use

nomenon young

component and to the

fulfillment of their mission.

has a strong impact on

council said.

"The problem,

in effect, is not in the

which leads document said. The council said modern societies must take a large share of the blame for the growth of drug abuse. "We live in a world in which children are left on their own too soon," it said. While wanting to instill a sense of responsibility and independence in young drug but

in the spiritual illness

to drugs," the

A key responsibility of our diocesan is

adults,

families as well as on individuals, the

of increasing drug abuse rather than controlling it. In addition, the document said, it can be assumed that legalization would send a message of approval to young people, in effect saying "that which is legal is normal and, therefore, moral."

that is integral to their identity

office

largely a phe-

The legalization of drugs, the council

Secondly, the individual faculties meet a prayer

associated with youths and

said, runs the real risk

fulfill their

frequently during the course of the school is

was

use of drugs, the document said.

role.

year. There, too,

said the statement

published in response to requests from parents to the council about recent at-

very important in assisting our personnel professionally and personally to

some proponents of legalizait would make drug use seem

control, as

people is laudable, the council said that too often youngsters have no adults around them for support, and they do not find Support in society. "In the face of a world which seems empty and with little hope for the future, some search in every way possible for ways to feel alive," including through the

rates the values of our faith.

retreat

for the Family.

The council

and book stores are stocked with books on parenting and posilibraries

formation and strategies. But I have found

role in society itself?

abuse is a symptom of deep social and psychological problems that cannot be addressed by the legalization of so-called "soft" drugs, said the Pontifical Council

earned.

the Catholic schools and their great en-

Drugs Can't Solve Abuse Problems VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Drug

continue to see the devastating ef-

of this abuse. These adults weren't deserving of respect. As I often try to

respect.

opportunities for growth and development

school ministry. There's a wonderful

Herald 13

Vatican: Legalizing

tance

for everyone involved in leadership

The pontifical council

said that in dis-

cussing ways to deal with illegal drug use,

to ensure that religion teachers

have a very clear grasp and understanding of the teachings of the Church. That is crucial if they are to share the authentic message of the Church with in the schools

young people. And again, it's vital to continue programs of formation for faculties

concerns can never take priority over concerns for the common good and for the good of individuals. "With the prospect of legalizing the sale and use of products which favor drug addiction, it is the destiny of human be-

in general so that they will

ings which

ter share

"Behavior which leads to drug addiction cannot possibly be corrected if

be able to betfrom the value perspective of the Church and the Lord. Also, it's always valuable to assist parents to

come

to a deeper understand-

ing of the relationship between the

and school.

strive to

home

promote spe-

political

Four Belmont Abbey College students majoring in special education recently received scholarships from the Knights of Columbus. Pictured seated are recipients Kim Boone of Iron Station (left) and Brooke Hagerof Maiden; standing are Margaret Wallace of Mount Holly (left) and Richard Grebner of the N.C. Knights of Columbus. Recipient Teresa Davis of Belmont is not pictured.

is at

stake,"

said.

products which reinforce that very behavior are placed on the open market," the

document

said.

& Herald

The Catholic News

January 24, 1997

Diocesan News Briefs A

Men

Retreat For

—A

BELMONT

marriage

retreat for

men

based on the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius conducted by Father Dean Stasell of the Legionaries of Christ

Ann Hoffman,

and

Ann

(704) 599-4558. Space

Potter Gleason, is

limited.

Saints Saturday Night CHARLOTTE The fifth annual All

—

All Saints Saturday night casino and auction featuring

Cajun cuisine, and silent and

live auctions is Feb. 8 at All Saints School.

For information,

CCHS CHARLOTTE

— The

CHARLOTTE is

ary

windows. Built

all

its

sanctu-

in 1893, information

but three of the donors has been

on Mrs. C.

Steiff, Dr.

H. Diederich, Mary

Duffield or the Williams brothers, or

you or anyone you know were members of the

St.

London, England. Tickets are $5 each or six for $25 and can be ordered by sending a check payable to the CCHS Foundation, 7702 Pineville-Matthews Rd., Charlotte, N.C. 28226. Proceeds benefit CCHS. Call (704) 543-9118 for information. The winning ticket will be drawn March 2 at the Grand Prix Party.

Peter Altar Society, Children

HICKORY

Life

—

The

CHARLOTTE — The

— The Charlotte Dio-

cese Respect Life Office presents "God's Plan for Love and Life," a workshop at St. Aloysius Church focusing on the sanctity of human life, Feb. 28 from 7-9 p.m. and March 1 from 9:30 a.m.3:30 p.m., followed by Mass at 4 p.m. The Friday session is for parents, and the Saturday session is for teen-agers. For

First

Saturday Devotions

BELMONT — First Saturday devo-

Father Vincent Fortunato and Brother

ginning with the rosary

Kellen Mears,

lowed by confessions

Mass

for

Day of

first

Reflection

persons and their children Feb. 15

at the

Catholic Conference Center. Reserva-

$10 per child

Some

fee

needed

$20 per

financial aid

adult,

to hold spaces.

available,

and

details, call

Suzanne Bach, (704) 377-

Belmont Abbey beat

9:30 a.m.,

fol-

10:30 a.m. and

1:30 a.m. For information, call

Ultreya

and Leaders' Schools

MORGANTON

— Ultreya

for the

Morganton/Hickory areas meets the fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at St.

Charles Church. Leaders' School fol-

lows.

SALISBURY

in-

stallment payments will be accepted. For

— Ultreya

celebrated the second Sunday each

month

Hahn To

CHARLOTTE

Friday each month

7:30 p.m.

BOONE — Group

Visit Charlotte

—

Scott Hahn, a

Catholic convert and scriptural scholar, presents

"A Faith Journey

with Jesus," a

three-part evangelization series, Jan. 31-

Feb.

at St.

Matthew Church. Program

times are 7:30-9:30 p.m. Jan. 31, and 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Feb.

admission

charged, but donations are accepted.

Sa-

reunion Ultreya

Sunday each month at St. Elizabeth Church at 12:30 p.m. in Pat Jones Hall. Covered dish brunch follows. meets the

For

first

details, call the church, (704)

284-

8338, John, (704) 898-5328, or Carlos, (704)295-9516.

Living Waters Retreats

MAGGIE VALLEY

— "From

directed by Father Eric Houseknecht,

5431,

tracing the origins of Lenten practices.

ext. 276.

Engaged Encounter Weekend

HICKORY

— The next Engaged

Encounter weekend for engaged couples to discern and assess their suitability for

at St.

Patrick Cathedral.

Nocturnal Adoration is

— Nocturnal Adoration

the first Friday each

month

Holy

Spirit

Kennedy

(704)

732-2673.

Ashes

the

to the Fire" is a Feb. 7-9 retreat,

"The Gospel According to the Meis a Feb. 28-March 2 retreat, directed by the Media Center's Gail Hunt Violette and Loretta Wnetrzak, focusing on bringdia"

ing others to Christ through the media.

NEW YORK — Entry deadline for

The Christophers 7th Annual Poster Conhigh school students is Jan. 31. interpret of the theme, "You Can Make A Difference." For complete

test for

rules

must

and details, contact The ChristoHigh School Poster Contest, 12

phers,

East 12th

St.,

New

York,

N.Y

10017,

(212)759-4050.

"Coming Together" Mass

BELMONT —A Harambee

"ComMass is celebrated Feb. 8 at 5 p.m. at Queen of the Apostles Church. Music is provided by The Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir from Our Lady ing Toegther" African

of Consolation Church.

German-American Mardis Gras

— The Charlotte

CHARLOTTE German-American

Club annual from 7 p.m.-midnight at Carolina Golf and Country Club. A traditional German Mardi Gras will be celebrated, and attendees are encouraged to come in costume. Admission is $28 per person, which includes dinner.and music by the Rheinlander Band. For reservations and details, call Liane Talbert, (704) 554-6854 or Alfred Riebe (704) 541-5262.

Faschingsball

Feb.

Gospel Choir Presents Concert CHARLOTTE The African-

—

American Affairs Ministry sponsors The

Grand

Prix Party The Charlotte Catholic High School Foundation presents its annual Grand Prix Party March 2. Tickets available for $150 per couple. Prizes, a raffle and auctions highlight the event. Send checks payable to CCHS Foundation to: CCHS Grand Prix Party, 7702 Pineville-Matthews Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28226. For information, call (704)

CHARLOTTE

—

543-9118.

Eucharistic Adoration Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is the first Friday through the first Saturday each month at

HICKORY

St.

—

Aloysius Church. For information,

call

Jean Marie Hirsch, (704) 495-4339 or SonjaBjerg, (704) 328-5074.

HIGH POINT

— Perpetual Eucha-

Adoration is at the Maryfield Nursing Home Chapel. For details, call Joe or

Hope Gospel Choir in a Jan. 25 concert following 5:30 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of Consolation Church. A rePerpetual

ception follows.

Mountain Retreat Scheduled

HOT SPRINGS — A spiritual jour-

ney into the heart of the Lord is presented through a March 7-9 retreat at the Jesuit House of Prayer. Bobbie May is retreat director, and team members are Jesuit Father Vincent Alagia and Rev. Mr. Hugo May. The retreat begins at 7 p.m. March 7 and ends at 3 p.m. March 9. The cost is $100, with a $25 deposit needed to reserve a space. Send deposit to Jesuit Prayer, Box 7, Hot Springs,

House of

N.C. 28743. Call Father Alagia at (704) 622-7366 for details, or Bobbie May at (704) 327-8692 for retreat content.

ristic

Cathy Lanham, (910) 454-4551

BELMONT — Perpetual Eucharis-

Adoration is at the Belmont Abbey chapel. For information, call Marie Siebers, (704) 399-2701. tic

ASHEVILLE —The

Basilica of St.

Lawrence, D.M., hosts daily Adoration from 6 a.m. -9 p.m. The "Family Book of Life"

available for signing in the

Ado-

Chapel for the spiritual adoption of an unborn child or person in danger of abortion or euthanasia. For information, call the parish office, (704) 252-6042.

ration

The

sponsored by the Catholic Evangelization Commission of Charlotte. For information, call Andy Getz, (704) 364-

event

4 p.m.

DENVER

lows.

Scott

Healing service is at 3 p.m. Pot luck supper follows Mass.

for the

Salisbury/ Albemarle areas meets the last

cred Heart Church. Leaders' School fol-

6871, ext. 314.

CHARLOTTE — Charismatic Mass

Terri or Phil at (704) 888-6050.

widowed, divorced and separated

tions are required, with a

Telecommunications offers a media lending library comprising 1 ,500 videos, hundreds of audio tapes and a variety of books. Resources are available to preview or for personal enrichment at no cost. For use in a class, a nominal fee is charged. For more information, call (704) 331-1717.

information, call Jim

—

Marian Father presents "Personal Prayer or 'Pilgrimage,'" a discussion of how our daily walk of faith can be considered a pilgrimage, Jan. 28 at 7:30 at Our Lady of Grace Church. For information, call (704) 274-0415.

tions are Feb.

vices offers the

—

The Christophers Poster Contest

Artists

GREENSBORO

Maggi Nadol,

Mark Lamprich

St.

CSS Presents Day of Reflection HICKORY — Catholic Social Ser-

Adult Ed Series Continues

registration information, call

St.

Feb. 23-27.

1420 Soco Rd., N.C. 2875 1 For informa-

Church. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament begins at 7 p.m. Friday evening and concludes Saturday morning at 8 a.m. with Benediction, followed by first Saturday rosary and Mass. For

Matthew Parish Mission, directed by Capuchin is

Wa-

Media Library Offers Resources CHARLOTTE The Office of

Workshop

Parish Missions Therese Parish Mission, "Jesus Speaks: A Conversation With God," begins Feb. 2 at 7:15 p.m. and continues nightly through Feb. 5. Father Frederick A. Pompei of the Diocese of Syracuse, N.Y., will lead the mission integrating music, Scripture, the spoken word, sacred symbols and prayer. For information, call Penny Atkinson, (704) 664-5 196.

$90 per

Charismatic Mass

Respect

(704)331-1720.

MOORESVILLE

Living

Peter Church

St.

found. If you can help with information

ing raffle tickets for a trip for ing airfare and hotel

—

researching the history of

is sell-

two includaccommodation to

(704) 926-3833.

tion, call

Charlotte

Catholic High School Foundation

cost for each retreat

Maggie Valley,

Raffle

The person.

ters Reflection Center,

Mary of St. Aloysius Society, contact Steven Long at (704) 563-8828 or Cathie Tilly at (704) 332-2901.

(704) 544-2070.

call

(704) 483-3258.

Help Research Church History

Feb. 14-

16 at Belmont Abbey. For information and reservations, call

Feb. 7-9 at the Catholic Con-

ference Center. For details, call Geoffrey

New Mass Schedule THOMASVILLE — The new Mass Our Lady of the Highways 5:30 p.m Saturdays; 8 and Sundays 10:30 a.m. Sundays; Spanish at 12:30 p.m. schedule for

Church

is:

—

Asheville Catholic

ASHEVILLE

Open House

— Open House

28 from 8:30-11 a.m. Tours of the school will be given through the morning, followed by refreshments. For information, call (704) 252-7896. Asheville Catholic School

Jan.

Prayer For Peace

WINSTON-SALEM — A scriptural rosary

recited at St.

Leo

the Great

Church in the convent chapel a.m. Wednesdays.

11:40

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news briefs. Good photographs, preferably black and white, are also welcome. Submit news releases and photos at least

cation date.

10 days before the publi-

The Catholic News

January 24, 1997

& Herald

World And National News Briefs Clinton

Speech Cites Cardinal's

Words About

'Gift

Of Time'

WASHINGTON (CNS) — In an in-

auguration speech about healing divisions

Bonowitz of Los Angeles, a member of the Abolitionist Action Committee, said there are

now 400

people on death row

and 3,000

in California

in the U.S.

of culture and politics, President Clinton

drew on the philosophy of the late Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago. "America demands and deserves big things from us," Clinton said Jan. 20 after

taking the presidential oath of office

second time. "And nothing big came from being small. Let us remember the timeless wisdom of Cardinal Bernardin, when facing the end of his own life, 'It is wrong to waste the pre-

from receiving publicly funded remedial education in their schools. The Clinton administration last fall joined New York City school officials and parents of parochial

The

cardinal

mon Ground

made

the

remark

Com-

its

1985 decision

Aguilar

vs.

At stake are hundreds of millions

of dollars being spent not for educational purposes, but to comply with the high

first

announced the project in mid-

court's 1985 ruling.

A new decision, ex-

pected by the end of the court's term this

summer, could

photo from Reuters

where

Felton.

few

Project in October, a

August.

the building

school students in asking the court to reconsider

weeks before he died of cancer. The cardinal

lot of

— The

ring children in religiously run schools

an address launching the Catholic

two bombs exploded Jan. 16 in Sandy Springs, Ga. Federal investigators said it appeared an abortion clinic housed in the building was the target of the blasts, but they could not rule out unrelated domestic terrorism.

(CNS)

ever

sion.'"

CNS

WASHINGTON

U.S. Supreme Court agreed Jan. 17 to reconsider its 12-year-old decision bar-

for the

cious gift of time on acrimony and divi-

BOMB INVESTIGATION — FBI agents comb the parking

Supreme Court To Reconsider Ban On Religious School Aid

Rev. King's Legacy Cited In Prayer Service WASHINGTON (CNS) With

—

lines for

new guidemay be used

set significant

public funds

to provide students in nonpublic schools In-

Day falling on the observance

auguration

how

with benefits available to their publicschool counterparts.

of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson invoked the

Catholics in Congress Percentage of members

who

are Catholic-

24%

pre-inaugural prayer service Jan. 20

tary force

at-

and no national organization.

"Yet he did more than any single leader this century,"

Bishop

Rev. Jackson said.

Pilla

Urges 'Bold Action'

Against Land Mines WASHINGTON (CNS) Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, president

—

in office

155

1993

142

1995

149

1991

136

the presidential

reports.

Graphics

—

senators, 24 senators and 131 representatives are Catholics, the largest single religious denomination in the Congress. At its start in 1995, the 104th Congress included 21 Catholic senators and 128 Catholic representatives for a then-record of 149.

More of this

members

Democrats than two years ago, when there were a record nine senators and 54 representatives who were members of the GOP. This term, nine of the Catholic senators are Republicans and 15 are Democrats. In the House, 50 Catholics are Republicans and 81 are Democrats. session's Catholic

are

representing the 11th de-

Louisiana Bishops Denounce Stances Of Racial Superiority BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS)

—

other

ample," taking independent policy

active Catholic bishops of Louisiana.

initia-

that

one race

superior to an-

a serious sin, and "to persist ob-

stinately" in that stance is "incompatible

with God's original creation and our redemption in Jesus Christ," said the nine

The comments in a state"Racial Harmony." It was

made

tives that "could further the process of

bishops

stigmatizing these indiscriminate weap-

ment

ons, which

released Jan. 16 by the Louisiana Catho-

an essential part of pursu-

campaign

titled

the

Conference to coincide with the Jan. 20 federal observance of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. lic

to abolish the death penalty in

was launched Jan. 17 with a demonstration at the U.S. Supreme Court in which 18 protesters were arrested, including three members of the Catholic Worker movement. The protest was staged on the 20th anniversary of the execution by firing squad of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore in Utah. He was the United States

155 Members Of 105th Congress Are Catholics WASHINGTON (CNS) The 105th Congress includes a record number of Catholics 155 senators and representatives. Of the 435 representatives and 100

ment takes their case to trial. Broderick's

Holding

—

CNS

will plead not guilty if the federal govern-

United States support more fully the recent Ottawa initiative for an accelerated ban treaty, joining "other nations committed to a global ban," and "lead by ex-

Death Penalty Abolitionists Arrested At Supreme Court WASHINGTON (CNS) A new

Source: Congressional Quarterly, Almanac of American Politics 1996, and

Island attorney repre-

inauguration, Bishop Pilla urged that the

ing a global ban."

Catholics in Congress by select years

1997

week before

—

with "bold

sonnel land mines." In a letter to Clinton Jan. 13, a

(CNS)

senting 10 of the defendants, said they

son, James,

second term

Long

Broderick, a

fendant.

his

Eleven Lambs of Christ abortion protesters were arraigned on federal charges Jan. 10 for blocking entrances to a Rochester abortion clinic Dec. 7. U.S. District Judge Jonathan W. Feldman freed the 1 1 on their own recognizance after they were photographed and fingerprinted and entered no plea on charges of violating FACE, the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. John J.

Bishops, has urged President Clinton to action" to bring a "global ban on anti-per-

30%

ROCHESTER, N

of the National Conference of Catholic

open

House

Abortion Protesters Arraigned

philosophies at a

tended by President Clinton. Rev. Jackson noted that Rev. King, as he led the push for civil rights through a network of churches and volunteers, held no public office, had no personal wealth, no mili-

the 105th Congress

Senate

late civil rights leader's

Pope Established Annual Day Of Consecrated

the Presentation of the Lord, Feb. 2. said the day

appropriate because

calls the total giving

preme Court

as the gift given

re-instituted the death pen-

moratorium.

Abe

— Pope

John Paul II has established an annual "Day of Consecrated Life" to highlight the role played by religious men and women in the church. The pope said the day will be celebrated on the Feast of

the first prisoner executed after the Su-

alty following a 10-year

Life

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

of one's

life,

He re-

as well

by the parents of those

with religious vocations.

— 16

The Catholic News

Herald

January 24, 1997

St.

Francis of Assisi

^bailsh Profile St.

870 Yadkinville Rd. Mocksville N.C. 27028 (704) 634-2973

Albemarle

Parochial Administrator:

Mercy

its

history, traces

parish in Lexington

Francis of Assisi

Vicariate:

its beginnings to the 1950s. In November 1958, Holy Rosary assumed pastoral responsibility for a group of about 15 Catholics in Mocksville. Father James Keenan, pastor of Holy Rosary, celebrated Mass in the homes of the Mocksville congregation until April 1959, when the old National Guard Armory took on the role of a place of worship. The developments marked a growing presence of Catholics in Davidson and Davie counties. By the mid-1950s, the need for larger church facilities in Lexington had led to the building of a new church and rectory, which Bishop Vincent Waters dedicated in July 1958. Back in Mocksville, the site of the present church was purchased in 1960. The mission was placed under the patronage of St. Francis of Assisi. Church life in Mocksville during the 1960s was a formative period. In the latter half of the decade the chapel was renovated and enlarged, and the Ladies Guild, for several years a staple of the parish, was begun. In 1968 pastoral care of the mission was switched to the Salisbury parish of Sacred Heart. The mission status was underscored in 1970, when again a change in pastoral responsibility returned St. Francis of Assisi Church to the care of the Lexington

during

Sister Anita Sheerin

parish. Despite the frequent changes, the family of faith continued to grow.

number of families worshipping more than 50 by mid-decade.

Masses: Sun.: 10:30 a.m.; Wed.: 7 p.m.

The

Mocksville church grew from 17 in 1970 to

rochial administrator. Father

Thomas

Clements, pastor of Scared Heart parish, serves as minister of sacraments for the Mocksville parish. Sister Anita calls the parish an active, energetic and devoted one.

Through a strong faith formation program, whose participants now meet in a recently donated mobile trailer on the church grounds, parish members are eager to cultivate their faith lives. A parish assessment team has also been assembled to study future expansions. With dedicated Community Life and Family Life Commissons, along with an enthusiastic parish council, St. Francis

In 1975, with the help of a $17,000 bequest forwarded to the church

Dann of Norwich, Conn.,

by Gertrude

the congregation sought permission to build a multi-pur-

of Assisi parish, according to Sister Anita, is a hope-filled family of faith.

pose facility on the church grounds. Authorization was granted, and Bishop Michael J. Begley dedicated the structure, to be used for liturgical celebrations, religious gatherings and social functions, in October 1975. Expansion continued the next year when the church family purchased land adjacent to its property. A house on the site became a rectory, and with the land comprising four acres, the congregation had room for fu-

Number of parishioners:

in the

Francis of Assisi. He remained in Mocksville until mid- 1996 when Mercy Sister Anita Sheerin was appointed pa-

250

Number of households:

ture additions.

In 1980, St. Francis of Assisi

welcomed

its first

resident pastor, and with him, parish status. Friars of

parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi

Atonement Father Noel McSweeney was installed October of that year and would remain until 1983, when the church again was regarded as a mission. Sacred Heart parish in Salisbury once more took on duties in Mocksville until 1987, when the church's pastoral needs were met by Holy Family parish in Clemmons. From that point until now, sacramental obligations have been carried out by a number of pastors from Holy Family, Sacred Heart and, for a time, St.

Church.

Francis of Assisi

the in

MOCKSVILLE rently

—

There is curno resident Catholic pastor in

Mocksville, but the faith remains alive

Davie County town through the more than 80 families who are registered

in this

The church community, considered a parish in

its

own

right several times

itself.

The mission label was removed once more in 1991 when Father Bernard Manley became pastor of St.

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