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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte
7
Number 40
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July 10, 1998
Daughters Of Charity
Say Goodbye To Triad By MARY
COYNE WESSLING GREENSBORO — "My heart
filled
So began at St.
on June
Donohue's
some 100 guests gath-
X Parish
Pius
15.
Dolan Manor. There they coordinated social and religious activities. In addition, they
Sister Celeste
farewell address to
ered
is
with gratitude."
Greensboro
in
After a 94-year presence in
Greensboro, the Daughters of Charity of
with frequent visits to the classrooms to teach religion, and build on the many friendships they
of their order to serve the
Greensboro community.
ence never to be
Their mission, like those of their predecessors, was to
forgotten," said
are returning to Maryland. Sister Celeste and Sister Marian Hagner were the last
"I
ministry in the Greensboro
Pius
X School.
vicariate.
"from collecting clothes and
books for the children
their help, the
Daughters of Charity of Emmitsburg, Md., arrived to help build and operate St. Leo's Hospital and Nursing School. Four years after the hospital opened, 1908,
Itic
tennial
religious order
marked
and paid honor to
Elizabeth
Ann
its
its
cen-
founder,
Seton.
For the next 100 years, the Daughof Charity ministered to, prayed with and lived among the people of the Piedmont. In 1926 their ministry expanded to include St. Mary's Parish and School and St. Benedict's School, which became St. Pius X School in 1955. The sisters reached out again in 1984 ters
to minister to the elderly residing at
In 1990 another Daughter of Char-
Sister Ann Joseph, operated the Greensboro extension office of Catholic Social Services. "Sister Ann Joseph did much for the justice and peace ministry," said Martin. "She brought a lot of spirit to the Greensboro Vicariate and helped ity,
its
members focus on outreach
ter all
other Vatican offices had closed
for the day.
The
office also published a
commentary
Pope John Paul II changed the Code of Canon Law to underline Catholics' ob-
ten by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, pre-
ligation to accept church teaching.
of the Faith.
said he
fect of the
in several
languages writ-
Congregation for the Doctrine
The commentary
was adding two
said the pope's explaining that only men
1994
of the Catholic Church," particularly
could be ordained to the priesthood was an example of the teachings that require "firm and definitive assent," even if they are not solemnly proclaimed as infallible.
dealing with teachings that are "de-
finitive" but have not been solemnly proclaimed as infallible. In an apostolic letter, "Ad Tuendam
Fidem" ("To Defend the
Faith"), the
pope ordered the changes to be made in the Latin-rite and Eastern-rite codes of canon law.
The Vatican press office distributed 30 in Latin and Italian af-
the letter June
letter
"Whoever denies be
Canon 598 of
the Eastern code say
Catholics must believe tained in the written all that
all that is
Word
of
con-
God and
has been proclaimed as being di-
vinely revealed.
The pope added
items to canon law "to defend the faith
when
as justice
issues."
Dolores Ahrens, another
St.
Pius
X
met the sisters eight years "They found out I had a van and talked me into transporting the Dolan
parishioner,
ago.
Manor residents to various outings," she
See Daughters Of
Charity,
page 2
Of Church Teaching
the need to defend the Catholic faith.
The pope
to
read, to teaching the adults English."
Pope Changes Canon Law To Defend Catholic — Citing
"They did so much
for the migrants," she said,
when
community requested
By CINDY WOODEN VATICAN CITY (CNS)
sisters
principal of St.
doctors from the Piedmont medical
Underlining Acceptance
Martin praised the
for their help with migrant
serve God and mankind through education and charIn 1904,
II
preparation."
Sue Geraghty,
ity.
Mary Edward Brennan completes a display of patriotism at Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont in this July 6 photograph. The World War veteran, who served as a physiotherapy technician, raises, lowers and salutes the American flag each day. Sister Mary Edward is one of six Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina celebrating jubilees in 1 998. See page 13 for related story.
in
met the Daughters of Charity over 25 years ago in Reidsville," recalled Rosemary Martin, a St. Pius X parishioner. "They "The Daughters came to Holy Infant Parish to of Charity were a assist with religious educaspiritual prestion and first Communion
reassigned by their order and
Sister
made with people
Greensboro.
Vincent de Paul were bidding goodbye. The sisters were St.
Mercy
continued to serve the poor, at St. Pius X School
remain a presence
these truths
would
in a position of rejecting a truth
of
Catholic doctrine and would, therefore,
a second paragraph each code to underline the assent rewhen dealing with church teaching that has not been proclaimed as divinely revealed but has been taught as belonging to the Catholic faith and its unbroken tradition. The new paragraph to
quired
says:
"Each and every thing definitively proposed by the magisterium of the
The papal
letter
reaffirmed the three
traditional levels of
church teaching and
the type of assent required by each.
Truths contained in the
Word of God
and those teachings which the church says are divinely and formally revealed are in the first category.
those which are required in order to
der the censure of heresy," according to
gation said.
piously safeguard and faithfully expound the Latin code and
denies the
opposes the doctrine of the Catholic Church." The second change ordered by the pope applies church penalties to those who deny the definitive teachings. tively, therefore,
Those who "obstinately" doubt or deny the first category of truths fall "un-
church regarding
Canon 750 of
who
propositions which are to be held defini-
that
no longer be in full communion with the Catholic Church," the doctrinal congre-
is
Faith
accepted and held; one
faith
and morals,
the deposit of faith, also
must be firmly
See Changes To Canon Law, page 9
News
2 The Catholic
& Herald
July 10, 1998
More Catholic Schools Needed Now, Say Triad Parents And Parishioners KEANE
By JOANN
Associate Editor
GREENSBORO — If parents made one thing clear during the recent Triad Catholic Schools Survey, it was their desire that
needed
in
"more Catholic schools are city now." This belief
my
schools in the area. "The results were phenomenal," said Dr. Michael Skube,
ticipants," said Skube.
superintendent of Catholic schools for
will help shape the future of Catholic
"Our return was over 60 percent by parents and over 50 percent by parishioners who do
school education in the Triad."
the Diocese of Charlotte. rate
not have children in Catholic schools."
resonates with support from both the
Survey results were presented
parents of students and future students,
public meetings in late
and parishioners outside the Catholic
in
school system. More than 11,000 surveys were mailed in February to Triad-area Catholic parishioners and to parents of children who attend Catholic schools in the
Triad to determine their opinions and attitudes about building new Catholic
in
May at locations
Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point, giving parents and interested individuals a first-hand look at the
data gleaned from the surveys.
The survey was utilized to measure parent and parishioners' beliefs on Catholic school education. "The conclusions
show very
positive support for
Catholic schools from
all
survey par-
"The survey data
—
A
response committee comprised of local Triad and diocesan leadwill examine the survey recomers mendations over the summer. The com-
—
prehensive survey results will help the committee as it develops recommendations to Bishop William G. Curlin about Triad Catholic schools early this fall. The independent research commissioned by the Diocese of Charlotte was
conducted by Epley Associates, a statewide communications and research firm.
Colossians 1:15-20
Luke 10:25-37
Monday Isaiah 1:10-17
Matthew 10:34—11:1 Tuesday Isaiah 7:1-9
Daughters Of no
Sunday Deuteronomy 30:10-14
Matthew 11:20-24 Wednesday
Charity, from page said. "I just couldn't say
Readings for the week of July 12 - 18, 1998
1
Isaiah 10:5-7,13-16
Matthew 11:25-27
to Sister
Celeste."
St.
Thursday
Ahrens said the sisters' ability to ask Pius X Church for help has enabled
Isaiah 26:7-9
grow in its outreach minis"The good people of St. Pius have
the parish to tries.
Matthew 11:28-30
responded generously to the needs of their community," she said. For Margie Lipford and Bill Law, the sisters' presence was personal. "Both of
Friday Isaiah 38:1-6,21-22,7-8
Matthew 12:1-8
us battled colon cancer four years ago," said
Law.
"Sister
Marian came
the hospital to give
was
me
to
Saturday
in
me the Eucharist. She
Micah 2:1-5 Matthew 12:14-21
so compassionate as she sat and
talked with me."
During Lipford' s 64-day hospital stay, the sisters
"Sister
made
Marian was go
frequent
visits.
gentle, bright
and
calming," she said. "I could not swallow
much, so she would break off tiny pieces of the Eucharist and feed them to me. Her presence was reassuring that God was with us." Throughout the celebration, the numerous sisters who served the Greensboro area were remembered with love and reverence. And throughout the evening, laughter, tears and memories
Daughters of Charity Sisters Celeste Donohue and Marian Hagnerare shown before a special Mass held in their honor. The sisters were the last of their order to serve the Greensboro community.
were standard fare. "The Daughters of Charity were a spiritual
said
presence never to be forgotten," St. Pius
Sue Geraghty, principal of
X School. "The
sisters
came
to serve
and did
it
well," said Father Frank Connolly, pas-
tor of St. Pius
Sunday
X Church.
Genesis 18:1-10
was
Colossians 1:24-28
In the end,
it
the Daughters of
Charity who were served with special liturgy and catered meal. "We will never forget you," said Sister Marian. "We consider this event to be a tribute to the many sisters
Readings for the week of July 19 - 25, 1998
who came
here since 1906."
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Pope John Paul ITs New Apostolic Letter
Sunday Prayer Is Human Need, Religious Obligation By CINDY WOODEN VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Sunday prayer and rest
is
a
human need and
a
Pope John Paul
II
religious obligation,
said in a
new
"In the minds of ful,
keep Sunday holy, especially by sharin a spirit of
Just as Jewish community,
Christian joy and fraternity."
the pope said, the Catholic obligation to observe the Lord's day is "not just a matter of community
"Dies Domini" ("The of the Lord") reaffirmed church teaching that Catholics must attend
Day
that
other Sunday activities
but a defining
While not
day to
rest
should be dedicated
communal prayer and
of
first
all
God. Sundays are a very appropriate day praise of
for an after-Mass trip to the countryside,
seaside or mountains, he said.
"As the day on which man is at peace with God, with himself and with others, Sunday becomes a moment when people can look anew upon the wonders of nature" and praise their Creator, he said.
Although the church's teaching about Sundays "may merge naturally with the
human need
God have grown in knowledge and love of sacred Scripture."
"not just a matter
is
community
of
God."
religious
for rest,
alone which gives access to
Christians celebrate
Sunday
as the Lord's day, instead of
marking the Saturday Sabbath, because they are remembering each week the victory of Jesus on Easter Sunday, he said. Because it is an Easter celebration, Sunday Mass must be a gathering marked by obvious joy, the pope said. "The festive character of the Sunday
of the Spirit," he said. The pope called on pastors and those involved in parish liturgies to give particular attention to the songs chosen for
it
is faith
Sunday Mass, "since singing
deeper
larly apt
Mass
the center of their
hort those
he wrote the
let-
week and
to ex-
who have given up the practice.
Sunday Mass
a spe-
is
of nourished by and expressed in the Eu-
cial sign that the unity
the church
is
pope said. While various groups and movements present in a parish have their importance and place, the Sunday Mass must be an excharist, the
way
is
accentuating the solemnity of the celfaith
reaf-
firmed the importance of listening to
Communion
with Christ, the pope
communion with our
said, is tied to
brothers and sisters.
"The sign of peace tic
communion
—
in the
Roman
placed before eucharis-
—
invited to
make
is
a particularly ex-
as a manifestation of the
people of God's acceptance of all that has been accomplished in the celebration and of the commitment to mutual love
which is made in sharing the one bread," Pope John Paul said.
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rite significantly
Special care also must be taken in
Catholics worship together at Sunday Mass. In his new apostolic letter on keeping the Lord's Day holy, Pope John Paul II says the Christian Sunday leads the faithful to "ponder and live the event of Easter."
said.
small group Masses are not to be encour-
com-
and a shared love."
is
he
day, the day of gathering,
a particu-
to express a joyful heart,
parish,
"This
gift
its
who make Sunday
songs and homily, should theme of the Scripture readings proclaimed. reflect the
whole
church through the
mon said
Mass, he
pressionof the unity of the
to his
said.
encourage people
entire
communicates
ebration and fostering the sense of a
Pope John Paul
The
said, including the prayers,
Eucharist expresses the joy that Christ
meaning and ensures that it will not become banal and trivialized," the pope
ter to
of
said, the Catholic obliga-
day
store openings, entertain-
how God is how
to assess
Word
effectively the people of
and indelible expression of our relationship with God."
with
"we need well the
said.
discipline, but a defining
criticizing
council," the pope said,
community, the pope
of our relationship
ment and sporting events on a Sunday, the pope said all people have a right to a day of rest, and the Sun-
language of the local assembly, he said. "In considering the Sunday Eucharist more than 30 years after the in the
tion to observe the Lord'
and
allowing the
readings to be proclaimed
being proclaimed and
indelible expression
with the sacred character
of the day.
Christ in the Liturgy of the
Word by
Code of Canon Law, he Just as for the Jewish
religious discipline,
should be in harmony
others in
Lord and the com-
munity of the church, seems to be diminishing," the pope said. Keeping the Lord's day holy is so important that it is included in the Ten Comfor the mandments and in the
ing in the Eucharist and
Sunday Mass and
him with
to pray to
apostolic letter.
In the letter published July 7 at the
to
of the faith-
the duty to give thanks to the
Vatican, the pope focused on "the duty
by relaxing
many
not only the sense of the centrality
of the Eucharist but even the sense of
its
4 The Catholic News
& Herald
July 10, 1998
The Pope Speaks
Corner
CPro^JSife
Pope John Paul
"I'm the most hated physician in " says Dr. John Stephen, "and I'm proud of it." For $1,200
America,
VATICAN CITY
ents can abort the child if they're not
happy with the gender of the child
Pope John Paul IPs remarks weekly general audience July 1
is
To 19 Archbishops,
the Vatican
Dear brothers and
sisters.
On
Pentecost Sunday, the Holy Spirit was given begin the church's mission of evangelization. Jesus today calls the church to evangelize to the Apostles to
power of that same Holy Spirit. This power we see at work in the ministry of
the world in the the very
sin and even from death; the power to speak with authority and boldness, especially in a world which does not always welcome the Gospel. The Holy Spirit makes the proclamation of the Glospel fresh from age to age; this is why we can speak of "a new evangelization" in our time an evangelization which is new in fervor, new in method and new in expression. This requires of us a life of prayer in which the power of the Spirit is at work. As the church moves towards the new millennium, may the Holy Spirit bring all
—
take part in the followinLg evmts: July 12 — 4 p.m.
communion, creating a single voice and proclamation from the many voices of
Christians to full
Charismatic Mass St. Patrick Cathedral
of praise
believers scattered throughout the world.
Charlotte
I
welcome
have come
July 19 St.
— 2:30 p.m.
the
Gabriel Parish Center Dedication Charlotte July
Mass
26
—
for their general chapter.
you
in all
your decisions.
two from
the United States, reaffirmed their allegiance to Pope John Paul II and received the sacred pallium from him. "This pallium will be for you a symbol of unity and a sign of communion with the Apostolic See," the pope said as each archbishop knelt before him June 29 to receive the circular band of wool marked with crosses. Archbishops John G. Vlazny of Portland, Ore., and Alexander J. Brunett of Seattle, along with archbishops appointed over the past year in Africa, Europe, South America and Asia, vowed to be "always faithful and obedient" to the church, to the
pope and
to his successors.
Papal Middle East
Visit, Other Events, Considered For 2000 (CNS) Despite health and logistical problems. Pope John Paul II still says his dream is to travel to the Middle East as part of his year 2000 celebrations, the Vatican spokesman said. Meanwhile,
—
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who
the Vatican
May
jubilee year, said the spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-
also
and Cardinal Francis Arinze, the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Navarro-Valls said that as recently as mid- June the pope was talking about a trip "to follow the footsteps of Abraham" from Ur in what is now Iraq, through Syria and into Israel.
I
welcome
the delegation from the Polish
Congress.
Upon all the English-speaking pilgrims and
American
from England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, Japan and the United States of America, I cordially invoke God's blessings of joy
with candidacy for seminarians St. Patrick
the Sisters of the Resurrection
Rome
to
Spirit guide
visitors, especially those
a.m.
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CITY
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(CNS)
from
Bisliop WiEiaiiaL G, Cmrlin will
VATICAN
in English at his
Jesus himself: the power to liberate from sickness,
piscopal Galencfar
Including Two From United States
bishops, including
is
they've conceived.
— Here
text of
cash, Stephen offers early-term "fetal
sex determination " services so par-
(CNS)
II
Pope Presents Pallium
Evangelizing The World Through The Holy Spirit
is
planning interreligious meetings for the
Valls,
and peace.
Cathedral
The Bottom Line
Charlotte
Antoinette Bosco
G
New
Spotlight on Assisted Suicide
od does not love us
we
because
est
All of us should be concerned about developments
are
in the physician-assisted suicide issue.
valuable.
Oregon voters
have approved a law allowing physicians
God loves Fulton
J.
us.
Sheen
think
we need
to put
much more
attention
on the
spiritually beautiful time
ill
patients with
months to live. And Dr. Jack Kevorkian Michigan now wants to combine organ donation with
assisted suicide.
law
is
News Publisher:
& Herald
Opponents of physician-assisted suicide had tried Drug Enforcement Administration to revoke the drug licenses of doctors in Oregon who provide the lethal doses. But in early June, Attorney General Janet Reno said no, explaining the DEA does not regulate and resolve what she called moral issues. Their mandate is to take care of drug trafficking, period. Editorials in major newspapers agreed with her decision.
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the
I
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From Sui-
read about Kevorkian
saying the "ultimate aim" of assisted suicide
Secretary: Jane Glodowski 1123 South Church St., Charlotte, Mail:
few days
headline read "Kevorkian Donating Kidneys cide."
No wonder many
— which
— should be organ donation
physicians have been tremen-
dously wary of physician-assisted suicide, calling it the "opening of a floodgate" and "a slippery slope." I remember covering a state-wide conference for family physicians in Connecticut a few years ago when one doctor explained the "slippery slope." He asked, "If
we
start
out accepting this 'medicide,' can
it
de-
generate into an abuse" where, for example, relatives
looking for a faster financial settlement, "can make decisions about others' lives?" It's scary when "medicide" is about greedy money-grabbing or the cannibalization of
I
that
the first state to go so far as to have a
that permits physician-assisted suicide.
to get the U.S.
The Catholic
It
the humanity of
a person near death.
in
Oregon -
away
takes
less than six
lethal doses of drugs for terminally
We are valuable because
to prescribe
Then there is the greatproblem with
Kevorkian's "kindness."
human
organs.
dying can be and less
An article in Woman's Day magazine subheaded one paragraph "Death Is a Sacred Event," and quoted a chaplain who said being with someone who is dying is "one of the most holy of focus on pain and suffering.
experiences."
The
article
"How We
quotes Dr. Sherwin Nuland, author of
It said he is a man "who is not given same grace. 'When a man is dying,' he explains, 'the walls of his room enclose a chapel, and it is right to enter it in hushed
Die."
to spiritual explanations, (but) has felt the
reverence.'" I
related to that in
in the
remembering
week before he was too busy
pain; he
came
died.
my Uncle Dominic
He never focused on his who
rejoicing with those of us
to visit.
Six of us were there one day. He turned to look at me. His face was radiant, and with a beaming smile he said, "Look Antoinette, all the people I love are here." I knew then some others were there whom the rest of us could not see.
What's ultimately wrong with the Kevorkian model cuts off all the possibilities for the dying per-
is that it
son to harvest the spiritual riches that can bring joy in the midst of pain and suffering. If for no other reason than this, an assisted suicide is always a wrongful death. Antoinette Bosco
is
a
CNS columnist.
The Catholic News
July 10, 1998
Light
One Candle
Father Thomas Attitude:
A
Jerry Zentis
Matter of Choice is
the kind of
guy
that
can drive most people bananas. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone asks him how he is doing, he replies, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" As a restaurant manager, Jerry was unique. He had several waiters who stuck with him, following from restaurant to restaurant because of his attitude. Jerry was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry would tell him or her to look on the positive side of the situation. One became curious enough to say, "I don't get it, Jerry! You can't be that positive all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself 'Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I ,
can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining, or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life." "Yeah, right, but it's not that easy," his assistant protested.
"Yes choices.
it
is,"
Jerry said. "Life
is
about
When you cut away all the junk,
You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or a bad every situation
is
a choice.
mood. The bottom Une: how you hve life." Several years
later,
It's
& Herald 5
your choice
Jerry did some-
you are never supposed to do in a He left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand shook from nervousness. It slipped off the lock. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found and rushed thing
restaurant business:
J.
McSweeney
to the local
UJB
trauma center.
saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and
^Si-
After 18 hours of surgery
and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
About
nurses,
man.
I
read 'he's a dead
knew I needed to take
I
'
action."
months after met up
six
got really scared. In
I
their eyes,
"Well," he continued,
was a big burly nurse
the accident, Jerry
"there
with one of his former wait-
shouting questions
ers.
When
plied, "If I
Wanna
asked how he was, Jerry rewere any better, I'd be twins!
my
see
at
me. She
was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses suddenly asked
if I
my
stopped working as they waited for
scars?"
His friend declined, but did ask what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door. Then as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live." "Weren't you scared? Did you lose
reply.
I
took a deep breath and yelled,
'BULLETS!' Over them,
me
'I
as if
their laughter,
I
told
am choosing to live. Operate on am alive, not dead'."
I
Jerry pulled through thanks to the skill
of his doctors, but also because of
amazing attitude. My friends, every we have a choice to live fully or not. Attitude can be everything. his
day
consciousness?" the waiter asked. Jerry
Father Thomas
rephed, "The paramedics were great. They
me I was going to be fine. But me into the ER and I
kept telling
when
they wheeled
J.
McSweeney is diand a CNS
rector of The Christophers columnist.
Question Corner Father John Dietzen
The Anointing of a Hands
Priest's
Q. I am an extraordinary eucharistic ministerfor our parish. Recently, two people have told me they do not want to receive Communion from me or any of the other sisters or lay ministers. They both claim the priest's hands are anointed at ordination to give Communion, and no one else should do it. I don 't believe this. I asked our pastor; he just said they are wrong, but didn't explain further. What are they talking about?
A. The objection you heard was one by some when the practice of hav-
raised
Com-
ing nonordained people minister
munion was restored
in the
argument, however, for nearly three decades until a few months ago when it was revived in certain periodicals and at least one new socalled "orthodox Catholic" prayerbook I have seen. As your pastor said, people who make this claim about the ordination of priests are wrong. It's just bad erroneous thinking, theologically and liturgically, and a surprising lack of knowledge of history. The symbolism of placing oil on a person, whether at baptism, confirmation, anointing of the sick or ordination, is not intended as a particular sanctification of that part of the body. It signifies rather, as it did even in the Old Testament, a consecration and dedication of that individual to an exalted position in the religious life of the people. In the I
church more
than 30 years ago.
had not heard
this
Christian is
life,
on the matter, we from the fact that for 1,200 years or so any Christian commonly gave Com-
of course, that
certainty
have
directed to the spiritual
lives of the family of Christ.
Jesus himself
is
called
munion
the Christ, the one christher to a role and mission of
to other Christians.
People took Communion hands at Mass, gave to each other and minis-
tened or anointed by the Fa-
in their
unique dignity.
it
Obviously,
it
tered the Eucharist to family
a central
function of the ordained priest
is
to pre-
side at the eucharistic liturgy, to
make
not be
present at Mass.
possible the celebration of the unbloody
renewal of the death and resurrection of our Lord by the Christian community. The anointing of his hands at ordination, however, is not directly related to the priest's giving Communion any more than it is to the forgiveness of sins or any
home who could
or friends at
It
seems
to
me the hand is no less holy
than the tongue.
The incredible truth is that
our Lord gave his body and blood as our spiritual
From
food and drink in the
that viewpoint, at least,
diculous to part of our
make
first it
place.
seems riwhich
a big case out of
body touches the host
first.
other essential responsibilities which are
Father John Dietzen
his as leader of a Christian people. If
we need
further clarification
and
is
a
CNS
col-
umnist.
Family Reflections Andrew Starting a Family
When is the right time for a couple have a child? This question was addressed at a Pre-Cana seminar we led a few weeks ago. Four engaged couples in a small group discussion reported back to the large group a set of criteria that
to
made sense from
a secular, objective
perspective. Yet, their
seemed detached from ence of
"common
sense"
the lived experi-
many couples who make
the
choice to be "fruitful."
Four small-group discussions focused on scenarios pertaining to different issues
were
common
to offer
in marriage.
They
advice to the couples in the
scenarios on problems relating to inlaws, finances, friendships, and children. These small-group discussions are opportunities to tap into the
present
among
the
wisdom
that
is
engaged couples.
&
Terri Lyke
Their opinions in key areas of marriage and family life often give us, the facili-
suggestions These make sense and probably
came
them
any responsible couple would consider these and
overflow.
tators, opportunities to present to
"food for thought" that may challenge conventional wisdom. The advice the small group gave about the right time to have a child was to: "Look at their financial situation and determine if they can afford to have children.
Take
into consideration the cost
of childcare, healthcare, food, shelter
and clothing." "Do you have the living space? Do you need to move into a larger home?" "Consider their educational and career goals. Is the time right?
ing children
now be
Would hav-
reasonable in light
of those goals?" "Consider your 'biological clock'.
How much
time do you have?" "Are you emotionally ready for children? Are you both mature enough?"
many
when we
sion to be open to children
our relationship, these considerations
became tertiary. Our initial reluctance to having children was driven by fear. We were afraid that we would be too young, too financially insecure, too tient,
too selfish.
had what
it
immature, too impa-
We didn't think that we
would take
to
be good par-
We didn't think that we were worthy. Then an amazing thing happened. We discovered God in our marriage. We found ents.
something
in
more than just
our relationship that was the two of us. We experi-
enced a shared
spirit
among
us that be-
Our love had to be
And we knew.
This
think about our actual deciin
And our cup began to
fruitful.
other questions about having a child. Yet,
the object of our dedi-
cation.
is
the experience of
couples. All the sen-
sible discernment over the right time, right space, and right circumstances fade into the background. The fears and doubts don't necessarily disappear. But they recede. And faith takes its
Many
proper place.
of our initial concerns were and legitimate. Through faith and openness to God's guidance, we have gained all we need. But we don't kid ourselves. We are not worthy because we're smart. We are worthy of the gifts of children because we were open to "the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that [we would] be filled with all the fullness of God."(Ephesians 3:19) real
6 The Catholic
News
& Herald
July 10, 1998
Endowment Assists Asheville School As It Moves Toward Future By
MIKE KROKOS
of Catholic education,
Editor
ASHEVILLE
school," Father Cancro said.
The current Asheville CathoSchool endowment totals more than $430,000. The gift will lic
unique.
As the only interparochial in-
continue to generate funds for the
.
school, because as an endowment, the principal is never used. The number of endowments in the Foundation of the Roman Cathohc Diocese of Charlotte is
school is responsible '
needs of five Cathohc communities in Asheville and other surrounding parishes as well. Asheville Catholic, which serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, is unique in other ways, too. When former school administrator Father Jim Solari saw the need to address some of the major focuses of Asheville Catholic's educational ministry, he turned to the diocese for guidance.
An endowment campaign was in the area's Catholic
a real op-
with families who may not have the resources necessary to enroll in a Catholic
of the Diocese of Charlotte's Catholic schools are affiliated with individual parishes, Asheville Catholic School is
stitution, the
Explore Christian Experience Of
portunity for us to continue that mission
— While many
for ministering to the educational
TAP is
Conference To
initiated
community that in-
cluded friends of the school, alumni, and alumni families. By the end of the drive, approximately $400,000 was raised, and the result was the establishment of the Asheville Catholic School Educational Foundation in 1990. "The endowment enables the school to retain quality teachers, offer scholar-
ship assistance, offer continuing education, and enhance the school's curriculum," explained the school's current administrator, Father Frank Cancro, who shares chaplaincy duties at Asheville Catholic with other area pastors. "Father
up
to
50 and the
of
total assets
the diocesan Foundation are at
$4.9 million.
Solari saw
"Through their gifts, Asheville
endowment
the benefits an
could provide, and it seemed that the best answer (to meeting the school's needs) was setting up an ongoing structure that would provide some regular income that the school could rely on." In recent years, funds
from the en-
Catholic supporters are allowing the school to grow and meet its needs in perpetuity," said
Kelley added that individuals conendowments take another
step in living out a life of stewardship.
"Just as
computer hardware and software programs, and in upgrading the computer education program. Monies have also assisted in integrating computers within
income,
other parts of the curriculum as well.
said.
dow
"Since we are committed to offering an education both to the Catholic
community and others who see the value
schools, churches and other organi-
HICKORY —
'
them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you didfor one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me. " (Matthew 25: 37, 39-40) So concludes the Gospel discourse on the final judgment, a message that will be explored in depth at a prison/jail ministry seminar in Hickory Aug. 15. Bill Matevie, chaplain at Mecklenburg County Jail North and co'
ordinator of prison ministry for the Dio-
cese of Charlotte, will facilitate the day of listening and learning about ministry to the incarcerated.
Center. All laypeople, clergy and reli-
gious interested in the many facets of prison/jail ministry are invited. The seminar will feature sharing from prison ministry volunteers, former inmates, clergy and family members of inmates. "We wish to put a face to this ministry," Matevie says.
Foundation or establishing an endowment, contact Jim Kelley, executive director of the Foundation, 1123 S. Church St.,
The conference
A
Charlotte, N.C. 28203, or call (704)
lasts
from 9 a.m. -4
continental breakfast
vided, and lunch
the
The seminar will
take place at the Catholic Conference
p.m.
For more information about
l\/linistry
"Then the righteous
answer him and say, 'Lord ... (w)hen did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you ? And the king will say to
zations in the Diocese of Charlotte," he
—
that will help students with educa-
we make gifts from our monthly we also have an opportunity to
give from the accumulated assets to en-
Also, school officials recently finalized TAP a Tuition Assistance Program
tional costs.
di-
tributing to
dowment have benefited the school with
—
Jim Kelley, executive
rector of the Foundation.
Prison/Jail will
is
available.
is
pro-
Admis-
though reservations are suggested. For reservations, call Matevie at (704) 336-8235. For directions to the conference center, call (704) 327-7441. sion
is free,
370-3301.
Adminbtration, Charlotte Area Office, Refugee, Justice
God calls
us
in
many ways.
& Peace, Special Ministries
Executive Director.
Ms. Elizabeth Itiurbee
Charlotte Area Director
Ms
Refugee Office Director Justice & Peace Director
Ms. Cira Ponce
Special Ministries Director:
Mr Gerard
Ms Joanne
God
callins If
you
Street, Asheviiie,
Director;
5r
Frazer
NC
2£
Marie Frechette
Piedmont 621 W. Second Street, Piedmont Triad Area Director:
P.O.
Triad Area Office Box 10962, Winston-Salem, NC 27 108 336-727-0705 Mr. David Harold
you? For information on the following programs,
are thinkins of the
priesthood, please write
or
K.
A, Carter
Western Area Office 35 Orange Western Area
Is
704-370-3228 704-370-3232 704-370-3260 704-370-3225 704-370-3228
Geri King
call
to find out
about servins
in
Catholic
more the
Diocese of Charlotte.
please contact the number listed below: Campaign for Human Development (704-3703234), Casa Guadalupe (336-727-4745), Catholic Relief Services (704-370-3225),
Disaster Relief (704-370-3250), Eider Ministry (704-370-3220).
Family
Hand
ISocial
Host
Life
to
(704-370-3250),
Hand (336-725-HAND),
'^'^
Homes
{336-725-H05T), Marriage Preparation (704-370-
3228), Natural Family Planning (704-370-3230),
Operation Rice Bowl (704-370- 3231 Ministry (704-581-7693
-
beeper),
Houseknecht
IServices
Director of Vocations i 123 South Church St.
NC 28203 (704)370-3353
),
Prison
Programa
Esperanza (704-370-6926), Respect Rev. Eric
Life
(704-
370-3229), Retrouvaille (704-544-0621), Voices
Network (704-370-3225), Widow/Separated/Divorced (704-370-3250)
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The Catholic News
& Herald 7
Entertainment The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Officefor Film andBroad-
m #
Each videocassette is available on VHSformat. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience. casting.
Y I vlw^/S
"The Alligator People" (1959) Woefully inept monster movie in which wife Beverly Garland tries to keep hubby Richard Crane from being turned into a reptile by mad doctor George Macready's alligator serum. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, the back-country setting creepy but the script is ludicrous, with acting to match. Stylized violence and is
menacing situations. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.
—
A roughneck crew
on a space journey
save the world from an oncoming asteroid in the action-drama "Armageddon."' The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. of
oil drillers
set out
to
—
(Fox, $14.98)
"The Boxer" (1997) Against the backdrop of a shaky cease-fire, the efforts of a Belfast
"Smoke Signals" Tells Tale Of Anger, Love, Forgiveness By GERRI PARE
NEW YORK (CNS) — hi "Smoke Signals" (Miramax), the ashes of a dead-
beat dad in Phoenix lure two Native
Americans off their Idaho reservation. Leaping between past and present, Sherman Alexie and director Chris Eyre spin a modem tale of pain and anger, love and forgiveness, shot from a distinctly Indian perspective.
writer
Since infancy, the fates of Victor
(Adam Beach) and Thomas (Evan Adams) were intertwined when a deadly house fire orphaned Thomas
was more than just
father
Despite
dark themes of poverty on the reservation, alcoholism and absentee fathers, the movie is filled with droll observations about contemporary Indian life. When the reservation radio station has nothing to say during the traffic
report
its
—
there
simply suggests,
of solemn, noble
son, never to return.
act
who
is
a surly
young man
only tolerates nerdy chatterbox
Thomas. But when word comes that Arnold has died in Phoenix and his ashes must be picked up, Thomas offers to pay the bus fare there if he can accompany Victor. Thus begins a journey during which Victor urges Thomas to act and think more like a warrior ("Get stoic !")
—
while
Thomas encourages Victor
open up
hardened heart. Arnold's ashes are being held by his trailer-park neighbor (Irene Bedard), who breaks through Victor's hostility by revealing his father's shameful secret that eventually compelled
him
Just as
suggested, Victor's
traffic
—
the
good day
DJ
or, as in
OK
it's
the revered oral tradition
Hollywood for
Thomas
downright
— but
also to
silly at times.
when two burly white men usurp Victor and Thomas' seats on the bus, but the younger men get the last laugh by singThe
sting of prejudice surfaces
ing a witty ditty
mocking John Wayne's
another development, a drunk
teeth. In
classification
is
A-III
—
adults.
The
Motion Picture Association of America rating
is
R
—
restricted. (Universal,
"Different for Girls" (1997) drama in which a bike mes-
British
senger (Ruppert Graves)
is
attracted to a
(Steven Mackintosh) whom he an old school buddy sex-change operation and proceeds unwittingly to wreck his old friend's new life, then tries to make amends. Directed by Richard Spence, the story's bizarre situation is given some plausibility by the credible performances of the two leads and the serious treatment given to the human dignity of a person who's attempted to switch genders. Troubling theme of transsexuality, several sexual encounters with brief nu-
and some rough language. The U.S.
of the charges
IV adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America
performances subdued and nicely nuanced.
By
become
the end, this road
a very
human
movie has
story touching on
universal emotions as pent-up hatred gives
way
to tolerance
and the begin-
nings of forgiveness.
Due
to fleeting violence
and an
in-
stance of profanity, the U.S. Catholic
—
Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG1
3
— parents
some
are strongly cautioned that
material
may be
inappropriate for
children under 13.
—
R
—
is
A-
lic
on the staff of the U.S. CathoConference Office for Film and is
Broadcasting.
mances from a talented story
cast but the
highly manipulative and the
is
treatment needlessly vulgarized. Stylized violence, an implied sexual relationship, a restrained
bedroom
scene,
sexual jokes, recurring rough language and occasional profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification
—
A-IV adults, with reservaThe Motion Picture Association
is
tions.
of America rating
(Miramax,
is
R
—
restricted.
rental)
Another of Walt Disney's feashows with songs, and musical interludes pre-
ture-length variety stories
—
"Phantoms" (1998)
Hedison) invents a device capable of reducing an object to a stream of molecules for transmission and reassembly elsewhere, but in trying the process on himself, his molecules get mixed up with those of a housefly. Directed by Kurt
Dreary horror movie pitting a shape-shifting monster against a small-town sheriff (Ben Affleck), two sisters (Rose McGowan and Joanna Going) and an eccentric professor (Peter O'Tooie) who holds the key to destroying the deadly menace. Director Joe Chappelle uses familiar cliches to advance the narrative but neglects to build the suspense necessary to make the fright formula work. Recur-
Neumann, the story unfolds in flashbacks
ring fantasy violence,
during the investigation of the scientist's
and occasional rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted. (Dimension,
rating is
restricted.
(Fox Lorber,
rental)
"The Fly" (1958) Classic horror fantasy in which a
French-Canadian
scientist
(David
disappearance, with the memorable payoff as the man's brother (Vincent Price)
and a Montreal policeman (Herbert Pare
a psychologist (Robin Williams) pushes him to deal first with his problems, then decide on his future. Directed by Gus Van Sant, the theme of a wounded psyche being made whole is helped greatly by credible perfor-
sented in eel animation, live-action
Catholic Conference classification
fresh and appealing, their
rush into a top professional job while
photography and sometimes a mixture of both. The music segments vary from the lively to the lyric with visuals to match, but more memorable are the stories of itinerant planter Johnny Appleseed, exuberant young tugboat Little Toot and, best of all, the tall tales of Western folk hero Pecos Bill as earnestly told by singing cowboy Roy Rogers. An enjoyable family diversion. The U.S. Cathohc Conference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Disney, $22.99)
after a
dity
is
"Good Will Hunting" (1997) Feel-good drama about a tough South Boston youth (Matt Damon) with a brilliant mind and deep-seated emotional problems whom an MIT professor (Stellan Skarsgard) wants to
finally recognizes is
white sheriffs
cast
adults and adolescents. Not by the Motion Picture Associa-
tion of America. (Fox, $14.98)
woman
who is surprised by the (Tom Skerritt) handling The
rated
"Melody Time" (1948)
driver blames a car accident on Victor,
lodged against him.
—
A-II
rental)
for
to aspire to be the tribe's storyteller in
to leave the tribe.
Thomas
no
"It's a
Here
past, savage.
to
his
is
being indigenous." Dryly self-effacing wit crops up repeatedly in a film where Native Americans don't fall into the usual categories
while Victor's dad Arnold (Gary Farmer) managed to save Thomas. A dozen years later, alcoholic, abusive Arnold deserts his wife and At 22, Victor
a drunk to be
hated and forgotten.
IRA IRA
ex-con (Daniel Day-Lewis) to resume a boxing career and romance his old flame (Emily Watson) are complicated by the fact that she is now the wife of an IRA political prisoner. Director Jim Sheridan explores IRA infighting in a grim yet hopeful drama that stresses surviving in a culture of violence. Some violence, much rough language and intermittent profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference
creatures. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is
two half-human
Marshall) discover a fly with a
human
head caught in a spider's web. Some menace, a few frights and the killing of
-
—
—
rental)
some
profanity
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The Catholic News
July 10, 1998
Parishioners Take Part In Diocese Launches Appeal Summer Dramas At Globe Park For Church Destroyed By Fire —
By JOHN STRANGE KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (CNS) All registered Catholics in the Raleigh
Diocese will be asked to help rebuild a popular Outer Banks church that was heavily
June
damaged in a deliberately
set fire
the cause of the early
morning
Gossman notes that many parishes have come through with collections and other efforts. Now, he
said,
deemer Church, popular with vacationNorth Carolina coast. Debbie Rossi, diocesan development from Bishop F. Jo-
ers to the
director, said a letter
seph Gossman appealing for help was scheduled to be sent to all families the first full week of July. "I am asking each diocesan family to consider making a donation to our brothers and sisters at Holy Redeemer
Among was
a
the support received so far
Diocesan officials are calling the damages to the church building a total loss. While parish offices took the brunt of the fire, heat and smoke collected in the sanctuary, charring most of altar area. Kill Devil Hills Deputy Fire Chief Craig Clark said the sanctuary was minutes from a "flashover," where much of the interior space reaches combustible
but financially as well."
in Corolla.
Said Father Terry Collins, pastor of the Outer
Banks parish, "We
Father Collins said
find
it
most
summer visitors,
parishioners and past vacationers from
away as Maine have already been generous with donations. While Holy Redeemer boasts about 700 families year-round, the numbers swell with va-
temperatures
terpiece of the Outer
as far
cationers in the
A
few days
summer.
It is
currently using First
Middle School in Kill Devil Hills worship space. The fire remained under investiga-
Flight for
its
tion.
Those interested should send donaThe Outer Banks Catholic Par-
tions to
after the fire, Father
Gerald Lewis, vicar general, sent
letters
P.O.
ish,
Box
327, Kill Devil Hills,
NC
27948-0327.
— The
Vatican's representative to Germany during World War II confronted Adolf Hitler about persecution of Jews, prompting the Nazi leader to hurl a glass to the floor in anger, says a
new book
published in Italy. The episode was highlighted June 25 by the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, in defense of
all
dow and
started to
as the nuncio
"A few days ago go
to
I
finally
Berchtesgaden, where
ceived by Hitler; as soon as
I
was able I was retouched
drum on
July 11, with the inauguration of the
—
The
Man, The Annunciation, The The Shepherds, Herod and The Ministry of Christ, The Centurion's Conversion, The Harrowing of Hell, and The Resurrection. Fall of
Birth of Christ,
the Magi,
Corpus Christi Drama Festival an allday outdoor event featuring Bible plays,
For more information,
call (704)
245-4000.
St. ^tide
<jW
fl
1
St. /i«tt^Mtf.
the glass
with his fingers ... while I continued to spell out our complaints. "All of a sudden, Hitler turned around, grabbed a glass off a nearby table and hurled it to the floor with an angry gesture. Faced with this kind of diplomatic behavior, I thought my mis-
"In order to speak in defense of the Jews, a representative of the pope was not afraid to face Hitler directly. This episode speaks for itself," the Vatican
to
weekends of family entertainment, including two Shakespeare dramas and nine short Medieval Bible Plays. This expanded summer season opens
sense of serenity. Hitler turned his back on me, went to the winsion lost
sion
the nuncio himself in these words:
—
upon the Jewish question, our discus-
Pope Pius XII, who has been accused by some Jewish groups of not doing enough to stop the Holocaust.
newspaper said of the incident involving Archbishop Cesare Orsenigo. The book by Monica Biffi, titled "Msgr. Cesare Orsenigo: Apostolic Nuncio in Germany (1930-46)," offers a detailed account of the diplomat's contacts during the war years. The story of Archbishop Orsenigo' s meeting with Hitler in 1943, it said, was related by
gymtorium, a block away from Globe Park. A summer pass, which inadmission to all three ^^^^^^ Jesus, played by Devin McEnnerney, teaches the crowds in 'The Ministry of Christ," one of nine short events (Corpus Christi Drama Bible plays being presented at Globe Park during Festival, "The Winter's Tale," and "Hamlet") is $25 per indithe Corpus Christi Festival. vidual, $50 per family. AdmisALEXANDER MILLS Immacu- sion to individual events is $12 per perlate Conception Church in Forest City son, $25 per family, and for church will be well-represented when the Globe groups, classes, scouts or other organized Repertory Company opens its summer groups, there is a special rate of $10 per season. Several parishioners, including person. Alexander Mills is located off director Matthew McEnnerney and muHighway 74 at Exit 182. sical arranger Diane McEnnerney, are The Corpus Christi Drama Festival is modeled on the Corpus Christi Festivals among the group's casts and crews. Playing on the outdoor Elizabethan popular in medieval times. For this inaugural festival, the Globe Repertory ComStage in Globe Park, Alexander Mills, N.C, the company is featuring four pany is presenting nine plays, including:
^
^
shows and musicians. The festival begins at 10 a.m. and continues until 3 p.m. The second weekend features two events, Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale," on July 17 at 6 p.m., and a second day of the Corpus Christi Festival on July 18
Representative Confronted IHitier On Persecution JOHN THAVIS VATICAN CITY (CNS)
held in the old Alexander School
along with food, unicorn rides, puppet
Book Says Vatican
By
at 4 p.m. In case of performances will be
1
rain, the
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Mass
Ministry Of Priesthood Celebrated At Anniversary By JIMMY
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humble man on
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CHARLOTTE Baptist and others
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Like
John the
with Christ"; and the
Cardinal Joseph Bemardin of Chi-
late St.
who
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who have focused their
fire
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strove for evangelization of
oneself and the community.
Bishop Curlin suggested
Uves on Jesus and his teachings, today's priests can announce the presence of the Lord through their own holy example, said Bishop William G. Curlin at a recent diocesan gathering. "In an age which cries out for heroes in the world, my heroes are my brother priests," the bishop said during the aimual
priest
base his ministry, above
that the
all else, in
a deep-rooted passion for Jesus. "That's
anniversary celebration of priestly ordi-
always been the way with great champions of Christ," he said. The following priests are this year's jubilarians and retiring honorees: 25th anniversary Father Tan Van Le, Father Jerome Aung Shwe, Father Wilbur
nation and recognition of service for those
Thomas, Spiritan Father Edward
retiring
from active ministry.
The Mass honored 20
who have
Charlotte.
It
:
ther Vincent de P. Alagia, Jesuit Father
who are serv-
James A. Devereux,
served in the Diocese of
was held
at St.
on June 24, the solemnity of the
birth of
John the Baptist.
Including those jubilarians and
retir-
who were able to attend, about 80 diocesan and religious priests joined the bishop in celebrating the Mass. Principal concelebrants were Father Mauricio W. West, vicar general and chancellor; the Right Rev. Oscar C. Burnett, OSB, abbot of Belmont Abbey; and Father Paul Gary, rector of St. Patrick Cathedral. In his homily, the bishop reflected on the joys and struggles in the life of a priest. He commended the jubilarians and retirees for their zeal and dedication as men of God. ees
a privilege to
R.
know
these
men," the bishop said. "What a blessing for the church they are. We are privileged
Shown at the recent Mass
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of faith. With the is based directly on faith in the authority of the Word of God," while in the second it is said, regards the virtue
first
teachings of the pope or of bishops that
J.
category, "the assent
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immorality of direct and voluntary killing of an innocent human being," the congregation said. The second category includes dogmatic and moral teachings "which are necessary for faithfully keeping and expounding the deposit of faith, even if they have not been proposed by the magisterium of the church as formally
gious submission of will and intellect."
The doctrinal congregation said Pope John Paul, "while not wishing to proceed to a dogmatic definition" on the ordination of men only, "intended to reaffirm that this doctrine is to be held de-
revealed."
Catholic doctrine of the infallibility of
commentary said. Pope John Paul's placing the teaching on
the magisterium in these matters."
ordination into the second category does
It said the fact that they have not been proposed as "formally revealed" does not diminish their authority, nor does it rule out the possibility that some day a pope or a church council will promulgate them at the higher level. Regarding the teachings of the first and second categories, the congregation said, "it is important to emphasize that there is no difference with respect to the full and irrevocable character of the assent which is owed to these teachings."
not rule out that "in the future the con-
Truths in the second category have truths in the first category, the congre-
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finitively."
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People In The Bishop McHugh: Baptists' Statement Sliould Be An Inspiration
CAMDEN.
N.J.
—
(CNS)
The
Southern Baptist Convention "showed perception, fidelity and courage" in a
new statement on submission riage,
and
it
McHugh column
in
mar-
should be an inspiration to
Catholics, according to Bishop
James T.
of Camden, N.J. In a June 19 newspaper, the
commented on
norities
statement of essential beliefs, which drew often-critical press coverage earlier in June. The delegates voted overwhelmingly to include a phrase stating that in a marriage, the wife should "submit graciously to the servant leadership of her husband" and that a husband "should provide for, protect and lead his family." Despite other reactions that described the new clause as redefining and demeaning women's role in marriage. Bishop McHugh said the Baptists' decision came out of an effort to be fair, objective and understanding. IVIeeting
Orthodox Delegation,
Pope Underscores Building Unity VATICAN CITY (CNS) Catho-
—
and Orthodox must seek unity as they carry out Christ's charge to share the Gospel with the world, Pope John Paul II said. The pope met June 28 with a three-member delegation representing Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch lics
in
mid- June, will advise the government on ways to help resolve major religious disputes in India, Mahmood told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Brazilian Cardinal Named Head
Of Congregation For Bishops VATICAN CITY (CNS) Brazil-
—
McHugh
a revision to the Baptist
and Muslims," said micommission chairperson Tahir
cially Christians
Mahmood. The committee, formed
in his diocesan
Catholic Star-Herald, Bishop
ian Cardinal
Lucas Moreira Neves, one
of the most influential Latin American
church leaders in recent years, was named by Pope John Paul II to head the Congregation for Bishops. The appointment, announced June 25, fills a key Vatican position. The congregation is in charge of preparing the pope's nominations of bishops around the world. In selecting Cardinal Moreira Neves, the pope continued a trend of appointing older prelates to top Vatican jobs. The cardinal, who turns 73 in September, replaces Cardinal Bemardin Gantin, who retired at age 76.
Attorney Says Guatemalan Army Involved In Bishop's Death WASHINGTON (CNS) A U.S.
—
attorney with ties in Guatemala says she
has learned a secret government death
squad
is
connected to the April 26 mur-
der of Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi. At
delegation
Bartholomew of Constantinople. The was in Rome for the annual
Washington press conference June 25, Jennifer Harbury said a witness with ties to the military has said a Guatemalan army commando unit is in reality a no-
celebration of the feast of Sts. Peter and
torious death squad that claimed respon-
Paul, the patrons of the church of
The
pope
and
the
Rome.
patriarch
of
Constantinople have exchanged a delega-
on
their church's respective patron days since 1977. However, in 1997, for the first time, the Orthodox canceled their participation in the Vatican festivities, citing ecumenical tensions, especially in Eastern Europe.
tion
feast
Archbishop Urges Support For
New
Northern Ireland Assembly Northern Ireland (CNS) With the election process for Northem Ireland's new assembly complete, the
—
BELFAST,
primate of
all
Ireland said an environ-
ment of peace and mutual understanding is needed. Archbishop Sean Brady of Armagh, Northern Ireland, said in a statement, "Now that the people of Northern Ireland have elected the members of the new assembly, the most urgent need is for an atmosphere of peace in which trust can be established and the assembly can settle down to work." He asked people of faith to "pray that we do not squander the glorious opportunity for a
new beginning."
Jesuit Named To Government Advisory
Group On Religious Disputes
NEW ties
DELHI,
India
(CNS)
—
beating Bishop Gerardi to
sibility for
death, days after he presented a report
on
human
abuses during Guatemala's civil war. Two men have been arrested for the murder, but human rights groups say neither one committed the crime.
rights
The man
first
was arm at would have
arrested
reported to have had an injured the time of the
murder
that
made him incapable of wielding
between the Hindu majority community and the various minorities, espe-
a
is
He was ordained at Holy Cathedral by Cardinal Francis E. George, another Chicago native who was iary bishop.
Name
called back to the city just over a year
suffering from congenital heart disease, and doctors gave him no chance of survival because China's leading heart hospital did not have the proper resources
or facilities to treat him. Through perse-
verance and countless hours of hard work, Weichand enabled Yineng to come to the United States, where he received treatment at New Jersey' s Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills. Nearly a year later, Yineng is on his way to a complete recovery, and his life is no longer in danger. Weichand' s life has changed as well. In April, she founded Gloria's Place of
Hope
Inc., a
nonprofit
organization dedicated to saving the lives
who becomes the
13th
active U.S. black Catholic bishop,
was
ago. Bishop Perry,
serving as pastor of All Saints Parish in
Milwaukee when he was named a bishop by the pope May 5. Indian Journalist Wins UCIP Award For Promoting Dialogue
—
NEW
DELHI (CNS) Ignatius Gonsalves, an Indian-language journalist, has won the International Catholic Union of
the Press's Titus
Brandsma
award for promoting dialogue and human dignity through journalism. The award consists of a certificate and 3,000 Dutch guilders (US$1,500) from the commission for social communication of the Catholic bishops' conference of the
Netherlands. Gonsalves said he would
United
have been passed out drunk of the murder.
States.
money toward setting up a scholarship for media education and toward developing his library for students interested in media and church studies, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.
at the
time
that are available only in the
Sudanese Bishop Says Thousands
Magazine Names Catholic War Hero Most Important Canadian OTTAWA (CNS) Who' s the most
—
Of Children Kidnapped, Enslaved
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
—
A
A Cana-
Sudanese bishop said at least 3,000 children have been kidnapped for slavery in
dian weekly newsmagazine, Maclean's,
his country during the first half of 1998.
World War I hero whose cause
Bishop Macram Gassis of El Obeid, Sudan, said the Catholic Church tries to ransom the children when it can and it
important Canadian in history? says
it is
a
is now being promoted. Gen. Georges Philias Vanier, who represented Canada in Paris and served as governor general from 1959 until his death in 1967, was "the exemplar of service and duty and courage," said the publication. "He spoke to rich and poor in the same way ... and everywhere he talked of the joys and duties of being Canadian. Duty,
for sainthood
obligation, service
— those
are
words
But Vanier epitomized
trangement among religious communities in India. "We are deeply distressed by the increasing disaffection and dis-
who
Dover, came across the story of 1 -yearold Yineng Wang of China. Yineng was
likely die without life-saving surgeries
heroism, Canadians are inclined
es-
ing on the Internet, Weichand,
parishioner at Sacred Heart Church in
chunk of concrete used to bash the The man also was said to
bishop's head.
to avoid.
check growing
photo from Reuters
in
of children who, like Yineng, would most
that, like
estant bishop to help
CNS
Orangemen step up to a barbed-wire barricade near Drumcree Church Portadown, Northern Ireland, July 5. The march was not allowed to proceed along Garvaghy Road, a Catholic nationalist enclave. Protestant
the
Commission for Minori-
including a Jesuit theologian and a Prot-
trust
a
has appointed a 10-member group
India's National
News
noble ideas,"
N.J.
it
all
those
said.
Woman Uses Web To Launch
Medical Mission To Needy Kids DOVER, N.J. (CNS) Little did Gloria Weichand know that one trip into cyberspace would lead her on a series of
—
lifesaving global missions.
While brows-
provides material assistance to parents trying to get their children back.
times
"Some-
we buy them back and sometimes
they are able to escape and reach areas controlled by the
SPLA,"
the rebel forces
of southern Sudan, the bishop told Fides, the the
news agency of the Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples. "The 12-
and 13-year-old girls arrive exhausted and pregnant; they are wounded spiritually and materially," he said. Episcopal Ordination A Homecoming For Chicago's New Auxiliary CHICAGO (CNS) On June 29, Bishop-designate John N. Perry, a native of Chicago, returned after 35 years to become the archdiocese's newest auxil-
—
apply the
Gonsalves, 44,
is
a visiting professor of
media education and church history at St. Joseph Pontifical Seminary in Alwaye, Kerala state, 1,500 miles south of
New
Delhi.
Three Catholic School Principals Receive National Honor WASHINGTON (CNS) Three
—
CathoHc school principals have been selected as 1998 National Distinguished Principals, an award presented by the U.S. Department of Education with the National Association of Elementary School Principals. The winning principals are: Joan Bransfield of the School
of
St.
Mary
in
Lake
Forest,
111.,
Chicago
Archdiocese; Sister Barbara Davis, a Sister
of Charity, of
St.
Mary School
in
Shelby, Ohio, Toledo Diocese; and Karen Fasanella of Our Lady of the Magnificat School in Kinnelon, N.J.. Paterson Diocese.
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July 10. 1998
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Filmmakers Say Exploring Cardinal's Life Changed Their Lives By BILL
DALLAS
HOWARD
Cook
— As film docu-
1993 of sexual abuse.
in
It
also
live a life that
comes to an end with great
shows how he learned to embrace the media during his stmggle with cancer,
dignity."
mentarians, Martin Doblmeier and Frank Frost understand that each project they
diagnosed in June 1995.
work on
Doblmeier and Frost felt viewers needed to see the personal side of Cardinal Bemardin. "In the cardinal, I saw one person
and the contact he had with the cardinal' friends and family. "You get your name by the company you keep, and we met some extraordinary people. Meeting them has given me a sense that the cardinal lives on in the community of friends he left," he said.
But
(CNS)
will impact their lives. little
did they expect the depth
of change they would experience while
working
last
year on a film on the
life
of
the late Cardinal Joseph L. Bemardin of Chicago. "I think I was changed forever in some ways," Doblmeier told the Texas Catholic, newspaper of the Dallas Diocese. "I understand what true courage is and what it takes." "He taught me a lot about tolerance and the need to find common ground," Frost added. Doblmeier and Frost co-produced "Bemardin," a one-hour film that was to
who was the consummate diplomat, a who really forged ahead on the
person
in July.
sion in
6 and
The film
Common Ground
Initiative
so
into a study of the cardinal
'
s
at
it
the public's
age 68.
"He wound up getting the headline from Newsweek, Teaching Us How to Die.' Doblmeier
gradual open-
in Chicago from Cincinnati. "Bemardin" also explores in-depth
he arrived
said.
"It sort
of sets the standard of
you're going to be accepting of your
the cardinal successfully countered
allegations
the church being persecuted,
"His death was so public. There was watch on his life. He created an expectation, whether it was intentional or not, that he would die well,"
ing of his heart to the public shortly after
how
much
a constant
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death.
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I
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the cardinal
was suffering
he was so sick." And when he learned it was terminal, "he was able to embrace it with great peace and helped all of us very peacefully," Msgr. Velo said.
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show.
"I didn't really see the holiness that
death on Nov. 14, 1996,
I
came
"The courage to stand in front of allegawere really personal. It wasn't
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his
aired
a
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filmmaking process. "When you have two producers, sometimes you get different ways of looking at things. We used to joke when we were having a creative quarrel that this is Cardinal Bemardin ... we have to get back to the table and resolve this peacefully," he said. "Even though that was in a humorous vein, that was one of the things that I think I'll never look at the same way again the need to find
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The Catholic News
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July 10, 1998
Study Finds Links Between By JERRY FILTEAU
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
384 parishes with one or two vocations fell somewhere between the other two sets of parishes on all indicators. ing
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Parishes with a Catholic elemen-
and
tary school
at least
tant pastor are far
one
more
assis-
In the survey of recently ordained
who were asked about characterof the home parish in which they spent most of their life up to the age of found results similar to those 16,
likely to
priests,
produce new priestly vocations than parishes with no school and no assistant priest, according to a
istics
CARA
study released June 21. The study also found that parishes with no priestly vocations in the past 20 years are generally smaller and less likely to offer
given by pastors. Compared with priests who were their home parish's only recent vocation,
Mass
roles or service
young people.
found
home parish
volvement.
mulwere more likely to say they frequently preach on vocations, speak about priesthood to parishioners and perIt
said their
had multiple vocations were more likely to report that the parish had an elementary school, at least one parochial vicar and more opportunities for youth in-
votions, youth Bible study, youth
groups, or
who
those priests
regular Marian or eucharistic de-
projects for
Vbcations
Parisli Life, Priestly
Those from multiple-vocation par-
that pastors in
ishes were also slightly more likely than those from one- vocation parishes to report that the "example of a priest I knew"
tiple-vocation parishes
sonally invite others to consider
or a "personal invitation from a priest" had been a very important factor in their
the priesthood.
own
The findings "show
vocation decision.
that the
shape of parish life has a direct impact on a vocation decision and suggest that personal attitudes about vocations originate in a parMsgr. James P. Lisante, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in West Hempstead, ish context," said the Center for N.Y., talks with Paul and Sean O'Donoghue on the front steps of the rectory. St. Applied Research in the Thomas is in the 20 percent of U.S. parishes generating multiple vocations in recent Apostolate. decades.
CARA, an independent Catholic research agency based at Georgetown University in Washington, conducted the study for the Committee on Vocations of the National Conference
ishes,
cent said the parish had a parochial vicar,
said the parish offered
all or most of that 64 percent had an elementary
or assistant pastor, for
of Catholic Bishops.
time, and
For its data, in late 1997 and early 1998 CARA obtained 1,012 responses to
school. Sixty-six percent reported regudevotions and 77 percent Marian devotions. By contrast, among pastors who reported zero vocations, only 26 percent lar parish eucharistic
a questionnaire mailed to a national sam-
pling of pastors and 2.103 responses from a similar questionnaire mailed to all diocesan priests ordained from 1992 to 1996. Of the pastors surveyed, 204 re-
had a parochial vicar and 28 percent an elementary school. Forty-six percent reported regular parish eucharistic devo-
ported three or more vocations from their
tions
current parish in the past 20 years, while
424 reported no new vocations from
and 62 percent Marian devotions.
In response to a series of questions
about opportunities for youth involve-
the
among
parish in that time.
ment
The median size of parishes reportmore vocations in the past 20 years was 1,300 families, while the median size of zero-vocation parishes was 500 famiUes.
vocation parishes 70 percent of the pastors said the parish offered Mass roles;
ing three or
t
Among
The study found that among pastors who reported multiple vocations, 58 per-
in parish life,
the multiple-
69 percent, service projects; 67 percent, youth groups; and 39 percent, youth Bible study groups.
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zero-vocation par-
Mass roles
for youth; 49 percent, service projects; 49 percent, youth groups; and 25 percent, youth Bible study groups. "Parishes producing multiple vocations differ from those that
do not,"
CARA
&^
Mon-Sat 10-6pm, Sun l-6pni
A posirive
role
ieod ether
who
model and
men
emm^mwi from a priet mn
to the priesthood. Pertent of pastors
soid they frequently or Âťery frequently,,.
said. "Further,
many
of these differences are ones over which parishes have
some
control."
In
its
report
CARA
did not
break out separately the findings on parish life and youth opportunities in those parishes whose pastors reported one or two vocations over the past 20 years. But its summation of all 1,012 responses to the questionnaire indicated that the remain-
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Six Mercy Sisters Celebrate Jubilees By
JIMMY ROSTAR
community
Stajf Writer
BELMONT — Six Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina were recognized recently for 60, 50 and 25 years of service at a jubilee celebration in Belmont, home of the
regional community.
sisters'
Sister Mary Annette McBennett, SisMary Edward Brennan, Sister Mary Alma Pangelinan, Sister Soledad Aguilo, ter
Sister ter Jill at
Martha Elizabeth Hoyle and SisKatherine Weber were honored
a eucharistic liturgy June 13 in Sacred
Heart Convent's Cardinal Gibbons Chapel.
A reception followed in Curtin
Hall, located in the
Mercy Administra-
tion Center.
The jubilees
are based
on the
sisters'
anniversaries of being received into the
Mercy community. The of North Carolina
is
Sisters of Mercy
a regional
commu-
nity of the pontifical religious institute
of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.
The following
are biographical
sketches of this year's jubilarians. •
Sister
Mary Annette McBennett
celebrates her
diamond jubilee
A Fayetteville, N.C, native.
in 1998.
Mary of Mercy
Sister
Annette entered the Sisters
FOUR GREAT NAMES
in
August 1937. She was
ceived in February 1938, and
made
American
re-
her
Sister
Mary Edward Brennan
community. She made her
barking on her religious
life,
August 1956. She served as a catechist and teacher in Guam during the '50s, and in 1963 came to Belmont. In North Caro-
Guam.
Mercy
a master of fine arts degree, she
quently invited to speak to
in
artists'
is fre-
groups
and submit her work for shows and festivals. She has taught in Guam, Florida and in several western North Carolina
cel-
schools. Currently, she teaches art at the
University of North Carolina at Char-
final
em-
She continues
lotte.
the native
sional
artist,
to
work
as a profes-
creating jewelry and other
items from a variety of materials.
of Belfast, Northern Ireland, served as a
physiotherapy technician during World
•
Sister
Martha Elizabeth Hoyle
War II. A registered therapist and X-ray
ebrates 25 years as a Sister of
technologist, she ministered in St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville for two years before beginning a 27-year teaching ministry in Charlotte at Mercy Hospital's School of Radiology. She has also been involved in several national radiological associations. Each day the veteran raises, lowers and salutes the
1998.
cel-
Mercy in Mercy Hospital School of Nursing, this Cooleemee, N.C, native worked as a charge nurse in Mercy
A
graduate of the
Hospital in Charlotte before entering the Sisters of
Mercy community
in
Septem-
ber 1972. She helped establish a skilled now and assisted living care wing
—
—
Marian Hall at the motherhouse Belmont. She made her final profession in 1978, and then embarked on a teaching and nursing ministry in Florida and western North CaroHna. Since 1991, called in
she has served in
many ways at the House
of Mercy in Belmont, a residential ity for
facil-
men and women in the final stages
of AIDS. She currently serves
MITSUBISHI E.
Sister Mary Edward Brennan
August 1972 and was received the following year. An enthusiastic artist with
visitation program.
6951
Mary
A native of Tamuning, this silver
jubilarian joined the Sisters of
at St.
Tho-
mas Aquinas Church in Charlotte, where she facilitates a homebound parishioner
I
Sister
Annette McBennett
Una, she has ministered in the fields of food service, hospitality and finance. • Sister Soledad Aguilo is the second of this year's jubilarians born in
KNOW
to
A
in
years after entering and being received
profession in August 1953. Before
cel-
Guam, she entered the Sisters of Mercy community in Guam in December 1947, was received in December 1948 and made her final profession native of Agana,
ebrates her golden jubilee in 1998, 50 into the
Mary Alma Pangelinan
ebrates her golden jubilee in 1998.
vent residents. •
flag at the motherhouse.
Sister
•
February 1943. She has ministered in schools throughout North Carolina and in Guam, where she was sent in 1946 as one of three sisters who established a new foundation there. She has served as novice directress for the community, has been involved in several national education and library associations, and has held the position of parliamentarian of the sisters senate for the Diocese of Charlotte. Much of her work since the late 1970s has involved pastoral care. She founded the pastoral care departments at St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville and at Mercy Hospital in Charlotte. She returned to the motherhouse in 1996, when she initiated a reading room and library for Sacred Heart Confinal profession in
She also uses her
computer and photographic
skills to de-
sign various graphic products.
Independence
Sister Martha
Sister
Elizabeth Hoyle
Katherine
Sister Jill Katherine
•
Weber is one of
three silver jubilarians this year.
From
Mount Vernon, N.Y.,
she credits a
knew
as a youth with
Franciscan nun she
leading her toward a religious vocation.
She earned a bachelor's degree from Sacred Heart College in Belmont in 1972.
She entered the Sisters of Mercy commuaround the same time and was ac-
nity
cepted in 1973. Her past 25 years have
focused on education; she has taught and administered in Charlotte, Belmont and Salisbury, and has also earned three master's degrees. In recent years, she has ministered through physical therapy to
Holy Angels residential cenBelmont and to patients at Mercy
residents at ter in
Hospital in Charlotte and Gaston rial
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Diocesan News Briefs comments, at
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Mark Hite,
(919) 821-9734.
Single Again Catholics GREENSBORO The Single Again Catholics group meets in the
—
Greensboro area for social and spiritual gatherings. Call Mike Bohen, (336) 3737358, or Patrick Tracey (336) 545-6939,
years of preparation for the year 2000 as called for
Young Adult
Ministry GREENSBORO A young adult ministry group meets each first and third Sunday at Helen's House after the 7 p.m. Mass. For more information, call Julia
—
(330) 856-9664.
ASHEVILLE Basilica of St.
—
The docents of the Lawrence provide tours
of the historic church following each weekend Mass. The Mass schedule is Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Spanish Mass). For more information, call the parish office at (828) 252-6042.
Catholic Home-School Support ASHEVILLE The Catholic As-
—
sociation of Family Educators, a Catho-
hc home-school support group, meets for biweekly "park days" and monthly "moms' meetings" during the summer. Call Sheryl OUgny, (828) 298-0336, or Denise Vish, (828) 645-6990, for more information.
Parish Anniversary
CHARLOTTE — The 50th anniversary of Our
Lady of Assumption Church commemorated Aug. 14 at a 7 p.m. Mass celebrated by Bishop William G. is
Curlin; Jesuit Father Francis Gillespie, pastor;
and former pastors.
A dessert re-
Anyone with photographs related to the parish over the ception follows the Mass.
past half-century are invited to submit
them
for a special display
by calling
Mary Kay Crotty, (704) 536-5452. Hibernians Install Division,
Welcome
National Director CHARLOTTE The national director of the Ladies Ancient Order of
—
Hibernians, Cathie Linton,
came to Char-
June 20 for installation of the order's first ladies division in North Carolina. At the June meeting, charter members and the following board of directors were installed: Linda Hart, president; Cheryl Jones, vice president; Helen Gassen, recording secretary; Breda Dunne, financial secretary; Julie Byrne, treasurer; Margaret Shannon, historian; Linda Hannon, chairman of missions; Mary Milan, chairman of Catholic; Patricia Wilkie, mistress at arms; and lotte
lic
whose motto is "FriendUnity and Christian Charity."
organization
ship,
Members must be and
Irish
by
HICKORY — Engaged Encounter, weekend of
a
Spanish Rosary
NEWTON — The rosary is prayed
sponsored by the Diocese of Charlotte at the Catholic Conference Center Sept. 4-6 and Nov. 1315. Call (800) 849-2620 for registration and availability information. is
Americas
— The CathoUc Daughters
of the Americas group Assisi
Monday
Church parish
Church members. For at
CHARLOTTE
— An exhibit on
Belmont Abbey College and Monastery is at Museum of the New South, 324 N. College St., through Jan. 2, 1999. The compilation of archival images and artifacts captures the essence of the abbey and provides a glimpse of the people and events that have shaped its unique spirit
and rich history. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 1 a.m.5 p.m. Admission is $5 for families, $2 for adults, and $1 for students, seniors and teachers. Admission is free each second Saturday. For more information, call (704) 333-1887. Ultreya
CHARLOTTE — Ultreya Christian
communities meet monthly
is
at St. Francis of eager to welcome new
details, call Gail
(704) 726-0701.
MAGGIE VALLEY — "Be Still and Know That I Am God" is a July 26- Aug. 1
at
1
6:30 p.m.
at
Support
SYLVA those
who
—A
are
vorced, or with
support group for widowed, separated, di-
new
or unresolved grief
ish office at (828) 586-9496.
The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish, school, agency and organization news briefs and releases for publication in the Diocesan News Briefs page. Please limit submissions to 200 words. The deadline for the News Briefs page is 10 days before the publication date.
Due
to
a steadily increasing back-
log, The Catholic News & Herald can no longer accept unsolicited photographs for publication. Readers with
photograph ideas are encouraged to contact
Mike Krokos,
editor, at (704)
370-
3330.
ting focusing
on peaceful contemplation
of God's greatness. "Praying the Psalms
Around The State Diocesan Lay Ministry Training Program The Charlotte Diocese's two-year lay ministry program begins in the fall in Arden, Charlotte and Greensboro for persons wishing to be affirmed in their present ministry, upgrade their catechist or religion teacher certification, or fulfill the prerequisite for the permanent diaconate. The academic program is designed to help participants appreciate and more fully understand the call to ministry by virtue of their baptism. For details, send name, address and phone number to Office of Lay Ministry, Diocese of Charlotte, 1123 S. Church St., Charlotte, NC 28203, or call (704) 370-3213.
in Charlotte
and ideas for Church fellowship hall on second Fridays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. and on fourth Sundays at apostolic action in the St. Gabriel
Matthew Church
at
Widowed, Separated, Divorced
nature retreat in a serene mountain set-
to share experiences, prayer
St.
Stewart
Living Waters Retreats
in the St. Gabriel
center.
Belmont Abbey Exhibit
The
Catholic Daughters Of
LENOIR
Spanish each Friday St. Joseph Church.
spiritual counseling for
There are currently 28
every third
cost
meets each third Friday at St. Mary Church at 7 p.m. For details, call the par-
Engaged Encounter
or the wife or mother of a Hibernian.
with ladies divisions. To join, call Helen Gassen at (704) 542-9406. Meetings are
The
364-3344.
descent or adoption states in the U.S.
II.
register, get
in
practicing Catholics
birth,
To
or receive a retreat
payment for applicants of Course One of the Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension program (LIMEX) will be hosted in Greensboro at St. Paul the Apostle Church on July 1 8 from 1-3 p.m. For details, call Joanna Case at (704) 362-0013, or Connie Milligan at (704)
engaged couples,
Mary Kay Crotty, sentinel. The women' s order is an Irish Catho-
$260.
schedule, write to the Living Waters CathoUc Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane, Maggie Valley, NC 2875 1 call (704) 926-3833, or send a fax to (704) 926-1997.
LIMEX Registration
Basilica Tours
is
more information
GREENSBORO — Registration and tuition
St. Matthew Church Brownie Troop #1 083 was recently recognized as the Charlotte chapter of the National Society of Fundraising Executives' (NSFRE) outstanding philanthropic youth group. Shown receiving the award from NSFRE member Cassandra Tidings Harris are troop members Stephanie Shaheen and Shannon Kelley. The Brownie troop was recognized for their outreach efforts to assist crew members of the USS Charlotte. The girls collected more than 140 donated boxes of cookies for the submarine's crewmen stationed in the Persian Gulf.
by Pope John Paul
of each retreat
for details.
at
with the Voice of Christ" is an Aug. 2-8 retreat focusing on the recitation of the Psalter in the Liturgy of the Hours as an experience of the praying church as the body of Christ. "Jubilee Spirituality" is an Aug. 9-15 retreat focusing on the three
p.m. Call
Don
CHARLOTTE — A Curlin July 12 at 4 p.m. in 3 p.m. For
Catholic Television Programs GREENSBORO Dominican FaMichael Burke presents a series of half-hour programs on the Catholic faith and spirituality on GCTV, Greensboro Community Television, each Sunday at
tual gift'" is the
6 p.m. Episodes are repeated each Thursday at 7 p.m. The programs are produced by the Diocese of Raleigh. If you have
Patrick Cathedral. Prayer teams will be available at call Josie at (704)
— A charismatic Mass
the Maryfield Nursing
—
St.
more information,
HIGH POINT
or Cheryl Bohlen, (704) 542-1741, for more information.
ther
Charismatic Mass Mass is celebrated by Bishop William G.
charismatic
Home chapel
at
is
527-4676.
celebrated each third Thursday in
7:30 p.m.
Carmelite Retreat 'Come and see,' 'Follow me,' 'You lack no spiritheme of a Secular (Third) Order Discalced Carmelites-sponsored silent retreat Nov. 20-22/23 at the Avila Retreat Center. Cost is $105 for three days, or $150 if you option to stay until Nov. 23. To register, send a check for $15 payable to OCDS to Kathy Smith, 3619 Courtland Dr., Durham, NC 27707. For more information, call (919) 493-2712.
DURHAM — "Jesus said,
The Catholic News
July 10, 1998
World And National News Jewish Professional
Women
have urged Congress to override President CUnton's veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban of 1997. In their June letter to the lawmakers, the women said the ban was a measure "widely supported by a consensus of the American people Democrat and Republican, conservative and liberal, Jewish and Christian." The letter campaign was organized by the Institute for Religious Values, a Bethesda-based group that also sent a letter to Congress from more than 80 rabbis who oppose partial-birth abortion. Signers included actress Lainie Kazan;
—
the 450-year-old Catholic
condemna-
tions of Lutheran teaching about
how
people are justified and saved no longer apply, the Vatican said. The Pontifical
Council for Promoting Christian Unity announced June 25 that the Vatican had approved the Lutheran-Catholic "Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification," although it called for further disration said
Roman
Catholics and
Lutherans both agree that salvation is a totally free gift of God and cannot be earned by performing good works, but rather is reflected in good works.
singers Marilyn Michaels and Julie
Catholic-Lutheran Declaration
Seen Aiding Local Ecumenism
Ital-
as a
missionary in Brazil for almost 30 years as he was returning to the mission. Father Leo Commissari, a priest of the Diocese of Imola, Italy, was shot three times. His body was discovered near the mission outside Sao Paolo in his car with his seat belt still fastened. His wallet was empty. Bishop Giuseppe Fabiani of Imola told Vatican Radio June 22 the motive for the murder of the 56-year-old priest may have been robbery. However, he said, it also could have been a vendetta because the priest made people uncomfortable as he tried to educate and empower the poor and fight crime and injustice.
was murdered June 20
Senate, House Pass Tax Credit Bills, But Veto Promised
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
—
Al-
though both the House and Senate passed bills in June to give tax credits to parents saving for school expenses, the
mea-
enough votes to override a promised veto by President Clinton. Msgr. Thomas McDade, the sures failed to get
U.S. Catholic bishops' education secretary, called the savings
account legisla-
A South Korean woman
Christian
carries a sign inviting
go
WASHINGTON
—A
(CNS)
lead-
ing U.S. Catholic ecumenist said he hopes the new Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification will encourage ecumenically active Catholic and Lutheran parishes and challenge the inactive ones. To Catholic and Lutheran parishes that have worked together and developed bonds of understanding and trust, "this declaration will be a source of great joy," said Christian Brother Jef-
to
people to church to
overcome the
cussion on three points. The joint decla-
Budd; syndicated columnist Mona Charen; and author Midge Decter. Italian Missionary In Brazil
—
Briefs
Agreement On Justification VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Most of
—
ian
despair brought about by South Korea's financial crisis. Religious organizations have launched a nationwide campaign to help ease the effects of high
unemployment.
frey Gros, associate director of the U.S.
Catholic bishops' Secretariat for Ecu-
regardless of whether the welfare recipi-
The bill would profrom imposing a family cap welfare programs at the risk
menical and Interreligious Affairs and
ent has another child.
Catholic staff officer for the U.S. Catho-
hibit states
lic-Lutheran dialogue. For local congre-
under
gations that are
still
from each
he
wary of or
distant
should be a great call to conversion, to deepen our understanding of one another and to enother,
ter into situations
said, "this
of joint prayer, com-
mon witness and dialogue." Workers Have Right To Organize, Group Says
—
CHICAGO (CNS) The Chicagobased National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice sponsored nationwide hearings June 24 and released a theological statement in support of workers' rights to organize. "All religions believe in jus-
United Methodist Bishop James DeWitt, committee presitice," said retired
their
federal
Temporary Assistance
to
—
Congress and President Clinton to overturn Attorney General Janet Reno's recent decision not to prosecute doctors
who
participate in assisted suicide un-
der Oregon's
people
we
new
"The millions of
law.
serve are already being cut off
from adequate medical coverage as we move toward a 'bottom-line' approach
Mary Jane Owen, executive director of the National Catholic Office for Persons with Dis-
metabolic disorders.
abilities, said she was "appalled by Reno's decision and puzzled by her apparent misunderstanding of what consti-
Catholic-Orthodox Commision To Meet Next Year In Maryland The joint BALTIMORE (CNS)
medical profes-
Catholic-Orthodox International Commission for Theological Dialogue will meet for the first time in the Western Hemisphere next year. Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore said July 2. The meeting will take place June 7-15, 1999, at Mount St. Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., which is part of the Baltimore Archdiocese. Cardinal Keeler, the only U.S. Catholic bishop on the commission, first extended the invitation several years ago and reiterated it last October when Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople visited Baltimore and became the first ecumenical patriarch to preach in a U.S. Catho-
management of health
care," said
Kent A. Peters, who chairs the board of
solid education for their children." "I
relationships as well," he said in releas-
for Persons with Disabilities.
children by signing this said in a statement.
House Votes To Block FDA Approval Of Abortion Pills (CNS) A prospokeswoman for the U.S. Catholic
WASHINGTON life
—
bishops said she was delighted by the June 24 legislation passed by the House barring the government from using tax-
payer money to test, develop or approve of abortion-inducing drugs such as RU486. "RU-486 has been moving along near public distribution as if nothing could be done to stop it," said Helen
damental voice for justice in the workplace is a union. Workers deserve to have this voice without fear and harassment."
Would Ban States From Enacting Welfare Family Caps Bill
WASHINGTON
—
tutes the proper role of
sionals in addressing the depression, pain
Christopher Smith, R-N.J., has introduced
and fear their patients are experiencing." Group Protests Stations Carved
legislation that
would bar
states
from im-
posing family caps on welfare recipients. An announcement from Smith's office the
Accused Of Sex Abuse
when
protest church authorities' refusal to re-
sion
bill
was debated
a welfare revi-
in 1995, after he
failed an earlier bid to get a nationwide
ily
Artist
LONDON (CNS) — A group of vic-
tims of childhood sexual abuse held a
dated family caps
mation for the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. But she said the margin of approval in the House vote of 223-202 is "enough of a sign" that there
By
lawmaker successfully blocked implementation of nationwide man-
said the
ban
a will to stop the drug's production.
(CNS)
Rep.
Alvare, director of planning and infor-
is
"And a fun-
ing the theological statement.
in place.
There are 23
states
with fam-
caps in effect. Under their provisions,
states limit the
number of
children for
which the mother
will receive additional
welfare benefits.
Once
number is more money
that
reached, the state will pay no
of the San Diego Diocese challenged participants to examine how the quality of life for people with Down syndrome is measured. More than 100 members of Human Life International, prolife coordinators and parents of children with Down syndrome attended. The keynote speaker told participants that gains in improving the overall health of people with Down syndrome are virtually ignored by many in the medical community because these health gains do not their IQ. Dr. Kent MacLeod, the is the owner and founder of Nutri-Chem, a pharmacological company that conducts research into the connection between nutrition and certain
to the
directors of the National Catholic Office
and legislation," he
— A seminar
tries
sonal relationships, but in our corporate
dem-
Down Syndrome (CNS)
Disabled Advocates Urge Reversal Of Reno Ruling On Suicide Drugs WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic advocates for the disabled have called on
dent. "Justice applies not only in our per-
to families
SAN DIEGO
hosted by the Office for Social Minis-
to
commitment
Of Those With
Needy
Families block grant funds.
"good public poHcy" whose aim is "assist parents who want to provide a
strongly urge President Clinton to
survivor's group, said the purpose of the June 27 vigil was to pray for Gill's victims and all victims of abuse. Session Looks At Improving Health
of losing their share of $16.5 biUion in
tion
onstrate his
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Vatican Accepts Lutheran-Catholic
Oppose Partial-Birth Abortion Thirty BETHESDA, Md. (CNS) Jewish women in various professions
Murdered VATICAN CITY (CNS) An priest who had been working
& Herald
vigil outside
move artist
Westminster Cathedral
Stations of the Cross carved
to
by an
accused of sexual abuse. The Chris-
Sexyal Abuse group has been asking cathedral authorities and Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster to remove the stone panels carved by Eric Gill. Margaret Kennedy, coordinator of the London-based tian Survivors of
improve
keynoter,
—
lic
church.
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The Catholic News
& Herald
July 10, 1998
Bishops' Message To Parents Of Homosexuals Revised, Reissued By JERRY FILTEAU WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S.
you anxiety such
bishops' Committee on Marriage and
Always
Family has reissued "Always Our Children," a pastoral message addressed to parents of homosexual children, after making several revisions that were
Our
cleared through the Vatican.
A
The Vatican Congregation
Children
Pastoral Message to
Parents of Homosexual Children
for the
Doctrine of the Faith "has reviewed the textual modifications and has told us it
Suggestions (or Pastoral
as
what the child
is
choosing to read or view in the media, intense friendships and other such observable characteristics and tendencies." It goes on to say: "What is called for on the part of parents is an approach which does not presume that your child has developed a homosexual orientation and which will help you maintain a loving relationship, while you provide sup-
Minisim
mittee chairman, in a letter June 26 to
encouragement and moral guidance. Parents must always be vigilant about their children's behavior and exercise responsible interventions
the U.S. bishops.
when
is
satisfied with the result,"
port, information,
said Bishop
Thomas J. O'Brien of Phoenix, the com-
was the addiwhich says homosexual orientation in itself "cannot be considered sinful." The footnote quotes from the "Catechism of the Catholic Church": "This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most a trial." A fourth modification was the deletion from the text of a quote from the catechism, "Everyone ... should acknowl-
He
that a
said because of "several misunit
was
is-
sued last Oct. 1, his committee worked out the changes, in consultation with Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, head of the bishops' Committee on Doctrine. Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, president of the conference, then submitted the changes to the Vatican's doctrinal congregation for review, he said. The bishops received copies of the revised text in the June 26 maihng. The revised version was also published in the July 2 issue of Origins, the Catholic
News Service documentary
ser-
changes highhghted in bold print within the text and spelled out in marginal notes. "Always Our Children" urges parents with an adolescent or adult child who is homosexual to "respond lovingly" and never to break off contact or reject the child, whatever emotions and conflicts vice, with the
arise.
"Your
may need you and
child
family
now more than ever," it
or she
is still
It
the
says.
the
"He
same person."
says loving an adult child does not
mean approving "In fact,
all
of his or her choices.
you may need
tain aspects
to challenge cer-
of a lifestyle which you find
objectionable,"
it
says.
Seven modifications were made the original pastoral statement substitutions,
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This is the cover to the U.S. bishops' revised pastoral document "Always Our Children."
The document, addressed
to
parents of homosexual children, includes several modifications of the first document, which was released last year. in the text,
and two additions
in the
form
with some homosexual behaviors as part of the process of coming to terms with sexual identity." It said that "isolated acts do not make someone homosexual" and suggested
such adolescent confusion, "sometimes the best approach may be a 'wait-and-see' attitude, while you try to maintain a trusting relationship and provide various kinds of support, information and encouragement." The revised version refers to an adolescent "displaying traits which cause that during
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common good
does justify
its
being
taken into account, as noted by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
'Some Considerations Concerning the Response to Legislative Proposals on the in
Nondiscrimination of Homosexual Persons,' 1992, No. 11." The final revision shortens an original passage which advised those in church ministry: "Use the words 'homosexual,' 'gay,' 'lesbian' in honest and accurate ways, especially from the pulpit. In various and subtle ways you can give people 'permission' to talk about homosexual issues among themselves and let them know that you're also willing to talk with them." The revised passage reads simply: "When speaking publicly, use the words 'homosexual,' 'gay' and 'lesbian' in honest and accurate ways." That change is the only revision in
nal section of
of every person created in God's image
and about sexuality as a
—
the
same context
gift
from God
as that of the origi-
nal catechism statement
—
the overall
topic of the pastoral statement could lead
tity" as
A second modified passage, discussways to "seek appropriate help for your child and for yourself originally referred to adolescents "experimenting
revision
orientation has a clear relevance, the
the pastoral recommendations to parents
One change was a single word, from describing sexual orientation as "a fundamental dimension of one's personality" to "a deep-seated dimension of one's
ing
The
adds a footnote: "In matters where sexual
edge and accept his sexual identity." Although the quotation was placed
readers to misunderstand "sexual iden-
personality."
a homosexual orientation.
in a paragraph about the inherent dignity
of footnotes.
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third modification
tion of a footnote to a passage
pastoral statement."
derstandings of the text" since
necessary."
A
"The core message, tone and direc'Always Our Children' remain the same as in the first printing," Bishop O'Brien said. "The modifications have been made in order to ensure the completeness and to clarify the intent of this tion of
and behaviors" toward those with
titudes
all
meaning "sexual orientation." Following a passage on the call of people to chastity, whatever their state
and the need to struggle against sin and draw strength from the sacraments of penance and Eucharist, the rein life,
and church ministers which form the
fi-
"Always Our Children." In both versions the document suggests a variety of ways including counseling and pastoral assistance from
—
church agencies and the use of churchfor parents to based support groups work through the flood of emotions and
—
accompany discov-
tensions that often
ery of an adolescent or adult child's ho-
mosexual orientation and establish communication and love.
trust,
Its calls for respect for the dignity
of homosexual
men and women and
vised version adds a paragraph: "Further-
Christian understanding and care for
more, as homosexual persons 'dedicate their lives to understanding the nature of God's personal call to them, they will be able to celebrate the sacrament of penance more faithfully and receive the
them remain
Lord's grace so freely offered there in order to convert their hves more fully to The quotation in the paragraph
his way.'"
from
Vatican doctrinal the congregation's 1986 letter, "The Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons." A sixth revision deals with the is
document's statement, "Nothing in the Bible or in Catholic teaching can be used
intact.
fundamental message to parents, and communicating
Its
to continue loving
with a homosexual son or daughter, untouched.
The modified text of "Ahvays Our Children" Publication No. 5-131 for English, is available from No. 5-130for Spanish
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