July 12, 2002

Thus says the LORD: Just as from heavens the and do not

rain

return there

tered the earth, making giving

the

These kids have HEART: Teens

and snow come down till

it

they have wa-

fertile

and fruitful,

gather

seed to the one who sows and bread

my word be that goes forth from my mouth; my word shall not return to me void, but shall do my to the

will

,

one who eats, so

shall

achieving the end for which

I

sent

for national

NEWS

it.

Isaiah 55:10-11

JULY

12,

Priestly anniversaries celebrated,

honored at jubilee Mass

retirees

By KEVIN

MURRAY

— Clergy

"There are things that I, and I'm sure you as well, have wanted to bring to the people,"

and religious from around the

said Father Cahill to the priests.

Diocese of Charlotte gathered

'They are the

E.

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE to

pay tribute to their own.

Bishop William G. Curlin

celebrated the jubilee of priestly

ordination

Mass

at St. Patrick

The

Cathedral June 27.

celebra-

God

of

gifts

human

being,

I

something remarkable."

Concelebrants were Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor; Abbot Placid Solari, OSB, spiritual and administrative leader of Belmont Abbey and chancellor of Belmont Abbey College; and Father Paul Gary, rector of St. Patrick Cathedral.

Retiring priest Father James Cahill, former pastor of St. Mary Church in Sylva, gave shared an emo-

tional reflection

upon

his

16

years of ministry in the Diocese

as a priest

God

is

—

Correspondent

CHEROKEE

wasn't so complicated.

"These are troubled times.

There have been troubled times before, and there

they have to get ready for their

be troubled times again," he said. "But one thing I know is

will

God

town's patron's feast. They they have to support the priest. They know they have to get water to their village, and the priest and the church will

know

good, and God hope every one of us is aware of that. That knowledge is incredible, and it is so overwhelming and true. that

is

"And

if

I

we

one

that, just

God's love for got

it

can understand

about think we've

little

us,

I

bit

made," said Father Cahill.

Bishop Curlin commended

aging words to his fellow

the celebrants and retirees for their devotion

and service to the also thanked the

He

priesthood.

priests in attendance for help-

Mexico, said

rural

In

Eduardo Bernal, Hispanic ministry worker for the Asheville and Smoky Mountain vicariates, "They know

Cahill.

loves people.

—

For ruMexican Catholics, moving to Western North Carolina, Catholicism is a whole new faith experience. Back home, it ral

doing

of Charlotte as well as encourpriests.

NELLENBACH

Father

love, said

is

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feel that

ing from active ministry.

life

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offers much for Hispanic Catholics

Christ,

other

VOLUME

Diocesan grant

Drawing conclusions about faith and leadership

and the joy of being with and convey that to an-

love,

9

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can take God's peace and his

my

He

HERALD

&

they are peace, joy and love. If I

tion also recognized those retir-

the homily.

program

SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

2002

Charlotte

in

Photo by Alesha M. Price

Pictured left to right, Kerri-Lynn Flynn from Good Shepherd Church in Hope Mills, N.C., and Katie Graf from St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Apex, N.C., work on their newspaper project during a morning presentation on the resurrection at Faithful Servant June 23 through 28 at Davidson College. They were two of over 90 participants from the dioceses of Charlotte and Raleigh at the weeklong program dedicated to teaching teens and adults leadership skills rooted in their faith. See story page 5.

ing pay tribute to their priestly

support them. That's

how

they

live their faith."

A $5,000 grant from the Foundation for the Diocese of Charlotte will help Hispanic Catholics in

Western North

Carolina learn more about their faith and become better stewards of the church through leadership roles in the

See

GRANT,

page

15

brothers.

Jubilee anniversaries were:

60 years

for Father

Edward

Msgr.

Anthony Kovacic; 50 years for Sullivan; 55 years for

Diocese adopts program to protect children By

Vincentian Father Joseph Elzi;

45 years for Bishop Curlin and Msgr. Joseph Kerin; 40 years for retired Abbot Oscar

Photo by Joann S. Keane

Retiring

priest Father James Cahill gave the homily at the jubilee priestly ordination Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral June 27. The celebration also recognized those retiring

from active ministry.

OSB (unable to at35 years for Oblate Father Joseph Tustin; 30 years for Father Carlos Tarasi; and 25 years for Father Roger Arnsparger.

S.

KEANE

Editor

CHARLOTTE

— Aaron

Lundburg stood before 50

Burnett,

priests of the diocese gathered

tend);

to discuss

Retiring from pastoral ministry were Father Cahill and Msgr. Joseph Showfety.

Contact Associate Editor Kevin E. Murray by calling (704)

370-3334

e-mail

or

kemurray@charlottedwcese. org.

I000-66S& ON

U

JOANN

nm

cult topic.

and

listen to a diffi-

During the

after-

noon of June 27, the priests watched and listened to a video presentation that shared the often-graphic words of pedophiles. In their

own

recantations, the sex of-

fenders described their crimes.

The words cut like a knife.

Lundburg was in Charlotte to lead a four-hour

work-

shop designed to help priests

gram designed

focus on their roles as leaders

ocesan employees and volunteers to identify and correctly address aspects of sexual mis-

in the crusade to eradicate child sexual misconduct.

Armed how to

to train

all

di-

with information on

conduct.

protect children from

The Diocese of Charlotte contacted VIRTUS, a company affiliated with the National Catholic Retention Group, an insured, not-forprofit insurance company of

abuse within the diocese, Lundburg outlined ways the and respond to concerns regarding

priests can recognize

sexual misconduct.

It was the fulfillment of a promise made by Bishop William G. Curlin. This past April, he announced the upcoming implementation of a nationally recognized pro-

which the diocese holder.

is

a share-

VIRTUS' program,

Protecting God's Children, is a course designed to strengthen

See VIRTUS, page 7

Three college

Parish center

RCIA encourages

graduates embark

groundbreaking

fellowship,

on serving God,

unearths new life

continuous faith

others

for church

sharing

ono.

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The World

Vatican attributes budget

Council officials stress Catholic dimension of Hispanic identity

WASHINGTON ics

must keep

(CNS)

two

society, said

deficit to

— Hispan-

world's

grows

Vatican posted

in U.S.

Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry.

The

officials

expressed their views as the

its Aug. 1-4- national meeting to study political, labor, business and media issues of interest to Hispanic

Sept.

council prepared for

The

Catholics.

time

column.

of our identity: our being Catholic." bishop's

Web

Armando

site.

— such

policy, legal protection

Sebastiani said "the unfavorable course

of the world economy during the year, heavily aggravated by the attacks of

Contreras,

Milwaukee church receives statue of Juan Diego Gianfranco Tassara, owner of Inspired Artisans Ltd., attaches an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe to a life-size wooden statue of Juan Diego at St. Anthony Church in Milwaukee July 3. Juan Diego, the Indian peasant to whom Mary appeared on a hilltop in Mexico, will be canonized

by Pope John Paul II in Mexico City July 31.

church.

Bishop warns of blending INS functions with

Homeland Security (CNS)

—

A

Bush administration proposal to move functions of the Immigration and

all

new De-

Naturalization Service to a

partment of Homeland Security could cause grave damage to both domestic security and immigration, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In testimony presented to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Miami Auxiliary Bishop Thomas G. Wenski warned that proposals to put all immigration functions under Homeland Security would be a mistake for the new agency and for how immigrants are treated. Bishop Wenski's testimony was presented to the subcommittee by the director of migration and refugee policy for the USCCB, Kevin Appleby. The same testimony also was delivered to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration. Both committees held hearings on the subject in late June. The

U.S. bishops have no objection to the

was explored by the rabbi and four

F

it

porting Religion," sponsored by the

tional terrorism.

Freedom Forum's Newseum and the

Jan.

religion

and media

media have a

difficult

(CNS)

—

religion because, as Rabbi Jack

explained at a July

1

The

time reporting on

Moline

panel held at the

press club. Rabbi Moline

was joined by

Ibrahim Hooper, communications director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and Msgr. Francis J. Maniscalco, secretary for communications at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as journalists

The Washington

professional skeptics, while the religious

Witham,

community

Washington Times. They

Mix

that

are professional believers."

dichotomy with events as

vere as the Sept.

1 1

terrorist attacks

a recipe for conflict.

is

Post, and Larry

religion reporter for

The

critiqued the

se-

national media's coverage of terrorist at-

on

tacks, the sex

America, the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, and the warring and upheaval in the Middle-East, and the result

Hanna

Rosin, national enterprise reporter at

National Press Club, "journalists are

That

11

•

I)

I.

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part

Number

Most Reverend William G. Joann S. Keane

Publisher: Editor:

Episcopal, calendar

2002

July 12,

Volume

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abuse scandal and the

cri-

came to some conclusions regarding what is an sis

in

the Mideast and

oftentimes harried relationship between religion

Staff Writer:

August 4-8

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Secretary: Sherill

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the

Main St., will Port-a-Pit Chicken

hosting

a

fundraiser today during lunch and din-

sented throughout the diocese. Today's presentation will be given at

St.

Francis

of Assisi Church, 326 Main St., from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Parish-provided lunchtime will begin at noon after Mass. The topic, "Creative

Aging/Making

a Differ-

be presented in two sessions and will focus on taking an "observe-judge-act" approach to faith, society and aging issues with reflections,

ence in Later

Life," will

Charlotte

carry out with drive-thru service avail-

19 CHARLOTTE

and orders of eight or more can take advantage of delivery service. Proceeds will benefit the parish nursing program.

Friday (TGIF), a weekly support group for separated and divorced women, meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the St. Matthew Church parish center, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., for its monthly potluck dinner with a guest speaker from

August 18

— 4 p.m.

able,

—

3 p.m.

Blessing of new parish center St. Jude, Sapphire Valley

Christmas week and Easter week and every

two weeks during June, July and August

Queen of

for peace."

Knights and Dames of Malta picnic for Lourdes pilgrims

Calif.

August 17

Phone: (704) 370-3333 FAX: (704) 370-3382 :

—

score "the perennial timeliness of fun-

damental values and will issue an appeal for a new. and courageous com-

ner from 10:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. and from 4-7:30 p.m. Meal will include one-half of a chicken, baked beans, Cole slaw and a roll provided by Port-a Pit Chicken of Statesville. Participants may eat in or

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Advertising Representative: Cindi Feerick

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July

The theme for the day of prayer for peace is: "Tacem in Terris' (Peace on Earth): A Permanent Commitment," evoking the Latin name of Pope John's 1963 encyclical on the need for global justice and peace. The Vatican announced the theme in a July 4 statement. The papal message is expected to be published and sent to heads of state around the world in December.

"Taking account of the concerns arising from the worsening of terrorism and other forms of fratricidal conflict," the Vatican said, the pope will under1

mitment

and the media.

Diocesan, planner 17

in thefollowing events:

Associate Editor: Kevin E. Murray

2003, Pope John Paul II will draw on Blessed John XXIII's famous Cold War peace appeal to press for peace in a world newly shaken by interna-

Wenski wrote, but moving all immigration functions there would cause more problems than it would solve.

Panel of experts discusses relationship between

,

&

—

other panelists at a discussion on "Re-

WASHINGTON

•

topic

2003 World Peace Day theme VATICAN CITY (CNS) In his message for World Day of Peace encyclical for

new department, Bishop

creation of the

Th

NEWS

heavy

See's books, reducing

Hispanics are portrayed in the media need to be addressed within the

WASHINGTON

toll on the Holy 2001 investment income by 50 percent in comparison with the previous year.

Pope evokes John XXIII's

Sept. 11," took a

as immigration

of workers and

how

—

He

According to the figures, the Vatican spent about $177 million and took in about $174 million in 2001. Cardinal

council executive director, said issues affecting Hispanics

head of

office.

presented the Vatican's annual financial statement at a July 5 press conference.

column appeared in the June Register, Catholic archdiocesan newspaper, and was posted on the Phoenix-based Hispanic ministry council's

Other negative

the Vatican's budget planning

Denver

26

terror attacks.

said Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani,

must not forget a fundamental characteristic

1 1

cast enterprises after the jubilee year,

"We

The

The

deficit in

from opening and maintaining Vatican embassies and a "general sluggishness" in the Vatican's publishing and broad-

growing Hispanic community to leave "its indelible mark on this nation," said Auxiliary Bishop Jose H. Gomez of Denver, council treasurer, in a

—

(CNS) budget

its first

factors included increasing expenses

ripe for the rapidly

is

in

economy

nine years, attributing the $3 million shortfall mainly to a downturn in the world's economy aggravated by the

of the National

officials

downturn

VATICAN CITY

their Catholic identity in the

forefront as their influence

2002

July 12,

Brief

in

August 20

—

9-11 a.m.

Orientation meeting for

For further

details, call Jennifer

Church

651-9605 or the church (704) 825-5277

office at

at (704)

new priests

Pastoral Center, Charlotte

17 JEFFERSON tations;

August 25

— noon

25th anniversary Mass and reception St. John Neumann, Charlotte

—A

sponsored by

of presenElder Minis-

series

CSS

try and facilitated by Richard Von Stamwitz, a national certified gerontological counselor; are being pre-

prayers and exercises. For pre-registration

and other information,

call

Breakfield at (704) 370-3220 or

Wallace

Sandra

Mario

at (704) 370-3228.

the community.

— Thank God

TGIF

is

a healing

It's

min-

sponsored by Catholic Social Services, Charlotte Regional Office and St. Matthew Church. For details, call Trish Wilson at (704) 543-8986. istry

July 12,

2002

The World

Vatican backs

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

in

new

unconstitutional the words "under in the Pledge of Allegiance recited in public schools negated a major legislative initiative sponsored nearly 50 years ago by the Knights of Columbus. The Knights, a Catholic fraternal order, successfully campaigned in the early 1950s to get Congress to include "under God" in the pledge. "The Knights will support efforts to overturn the ruling," said Paul Devin, Knights executive vice president for legal affairs. The group is very proud of helping get "under God" in the pledge, he told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview June 27. The 2-1 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals June 26 said that use of "under God" in the pledge, as well as public school policies on students reciting the pledge, violated constitutional provisions against government establishment of religion. The case involved an atheist parent who said it was a violation of the Constitution for his daughter to have to listen to her classmates recite

God" when

International Criminal Court

NEW YORK Vatican declared

its

—

(CNS)

International Criminal Court by

ing a symbolic gift on the day July

1

.

A press

The new mak-

support for the it

opened,

release issued the follow-

ing day by the Vatican's U.N. mission in

New York

called the entry into force of

the agreement setting up the court a historic day.

"The Holy See has

offered a

symbolic contribution to the trust fund

up by the secretary-general of the United Nations to support the establishment of the International Criminal set

Court," the release said. Kofi Annan,

U.N. secretary-general, expressed hope that the court would "deter future war criminals and bring nearer the day when no ruler, no state, no junta and no army anywhere will be able to abuse human rights with impunity." Archbishop Renato R. Martino, nuncio to the United Nations, said in an interview that

was $3,000.

Anti-Catholic billboard

the Vatican's contribution

on Oregon highway taken down

finally

PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS)

—A

the pledge.

pope the has been removed after

troversial billboard calling the

Antichrist finally

Black Catholic congress to focus on evangelizing

con-

CNS photo by Bill Wittman

communities

WYD

CHICAGO

(CNS)

— When hun-

that "the

cross continues to travel to Toronto Young people carry the World Youth Day cross near the CN Tower in Toronto June 27 as it continues a journey to various public centers prior to the celebration of the international youth event July 23-28. The tower,

board," which

rising just

more than 1,815

their faith

structure.

The

spiration to carry that faith to the

John Paul

II

being up for a year along Interstate 5 in southern Oregon. Mary Jo TulJy, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Portland, said

message of derision on the billwas sponsored by a splinter group of Seventh-day Adventists, "was a source of pain for many." She added,

"We

are very grateful to

all

feet high, is the world's tallest free-standing cross has traveled more than 16,000 miles since Pope

entrusted

it

to the world's

young people

whose

efforts are responsible for having removed. The support of non-Catholics and the wider religious community was very encouraging." Even after the contract for the sign ran out in early

May, Medford-based Outdoor Media Dimensions had left up the billboard, which was paid for by the Rogue Valley Historic Seventh-day Adventists. The splinter group teaches that the Vatican is

an agent of Satan.

Supreme Court

ruling

on vouchers praised, decried by educators

WASHINGTON

(CNS

)

— The

Supreme Court's June 27 ruling

that

upheld Cleveland's school voucher pro-

20 CHARLOTTE

—

The Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir of Our Lady of Con-

gram was

income parents by Catholic educators and other church leaders but decried by

William Rehnquist, who said the system is "a program of true private choice" and does

public school educators for validating a

not violate the Establishment Clause of

system that does not address the problem of inferior public schools. The Supreme Court upheld the Cleveland voucher program in a 5-4 ruling in the case of Zelman vs. Harris, saying the program is "entirely neutral with respect to religion." A majority of the students who receive the vouchers use them to attend Catholic schools, which led opponents of the program to charge that it

the First

hailed as a victory for low-

constitutes state support of religion.

ever, siding with Chief Justice

Amendment. Dominican Sister Glenn Anne McPhee, secretary of education of the U.S. Conference of Catholic

Bishops, said the decision "reinforces the basic right of

all

parents to choose the

school they believe best serves the educational needs of their children."

'Pledge of Allegiance' ruling reverses 1950s initiative by Knights WASHINGTON (CNS) A

—

The

fed-

majority of the court disagreed, how-

eral appeals court decision declaring

for meetings, educational seminars

and Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for time and location.

ing:

social events.

Franciscan Father

28 HENDERSONV1LLE

New

Vision,

New

and culture as well

as in-

world. From Aug. 29-Sept. 1, the ninth National Black Catholic Con-

in 1984.

those

it

dreds of African-American Catholics arrive in Chicago at the end of August, they will find a celebration of

Grace," with

Dan Havron,

coordi-

gress will focus on action, prayer, resources and commitment. Presenters from around the nation, Mass in the African Ge'ez rite, a black composer's music and double the number of 1997 exhibitors are some highlights for

those committed to evangelizing people of African descent. The upcoming congress is not a conference or a workshop but is "long-range planning," said congress regional director Sheila Adams, who also is director of African-American ministry in the Chicago Archdiocese. When the delegates return to their dioceses, they are to begin one-, three- and five-year plans for evangelization.

Ongoing

BRYSON CITY

— The

St.

Joseph

cese of Detroit, will be held Aug. 5

Church thrift shop is open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10

Church Gos-

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the

through Aug.

a.m.-4 p.m. and Friday and Saturday

pel Choir of Manassas, Va., will be per-

Secular Franciscan Order will meet today from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Con-

able to develop a

ship with Jesus through intense study of

tion, call the shop, located at

ception Church, 208 7th Ave. West. Visi-

the Gospels. For registration and other

St.,

and inquirers are welcome; for more information, call Helen Gillogly, SFO, at (828) 883-9645.

information, call the center at (828) 926-

Kelly at (828) 488-2519.

29 MAGGIE VALLEY

August

solation Church, 2301 will

Statesville Ave.,

be hosting a guest choir tonight at

6:30 p.m.

The

First

AME

forming the free concert. All are invited to attend the ecumenical event. For further information, call Robin Landingham at (704) 386-1374.

27 Queen of the Apostles Church, 503 N. Main St., will be hosting a day of retreat and reflection centering on mystagogia, the final process in RCIA, for the newly initiated and all other interested Catholics. The event will take place today from 9 a.m.-l p.m. in the family center with lunch provided.

For further information and reservations, call Dennis Teall-Fleming at (704)

BELMONT

—

825-9600, Ext. 26.

28 GUILFORD COUNTY

— The

Ancient Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking for

more

Irish Catholic

men

to join

them

— The

St.

tors

— Living Wa-

ters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Liv-

ing Waters Lane, will be hosting two

upcoming

retreats for

all

entitled "Nature Retreat:

tains

and

Hills, Bless the

The Moun-

to attend.

first,

Lord," will be

held today through Aug. 4 with

facilita-

Terry Hyland, center director; Charity Sister Fran Grady, spiritual director; and Freeman Owie, professional storyteller and Cherokee instructor. The retreat will focus on the union between God and nature and how one can tap into that bond. tors Augustinian Father

The second

retreat, entitled

"Gospel Liv-

nator of evangelization for the Archdio11.

Participants will be

more personal

relation-

3833 or e-mail lwcrc@main.nc.us.

GREENSBORO

—

Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd., will be hosting a quarterly program on the first Saturday of the month.

"Bridges for Women" will include Mass, breakfast and a program. This month's presentation will focus on Medjugorje.

All

women

St.

are invited to bring a friend

morning gathering from 9-1 1:30 Childcare is available upon request,

for the

a.m.

and a love offering will be taken during the event. For July 31 reservations and further details, call Sue Perez at (336) 643-6199 or e-mail WPerez4@aol.com.

at

a.m.-l p.m.

CHARLOTTE St.

3

For more informa316 Main (828) 488-2266 or Katherine

from 10

— Beginning

Ann Church

will host

in July,

bingo every

Thursday night at 7 p.m. in its activity center, 3635 Park Rd. Call Charles Nesto at (704) 398-0879 for more information.

CONCORD

—

The summer hours Labor Day for the religious gifts and book shop at St. James Church, 251 Union St., are: Sun. after 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses, closed on Wed. and Sat. after the 5 p.m. Mass.

For more information, contact Mary until after

Moore

at (704) 720-0600.

Please submit notices of eventsfor the Dioc-

esan Planner at least 15 days prior to the publication date.

4 The Catholic

News & Herald

2002

July 12,

ound the Diocese

Three college graduates embark on serving God, others

By KEVIN

E.

WINSTON-SALEM many

The women

MURRAY

Associate Editor

—

Unlike Forrushing

Jackie

with them."

The

mean moving

to step out of

my my

comfort zone for inner-city Denver, where she will live with eight to 12 volunteers while working at The Gathering Place, a day shelter for women and children.

While sharing a home with a group of strangers will be a challenge, Proulx is looking forward to it.

"I'll be living in solidarity with people and gaining compassion and for empathy not just sympathy

—

—

Day

"My

and drives me to do it and will help me get through it."

Zipple, a psychology major from Hattiesburg, Miss., and former Catholic

Jackie Shock, Maura Proulx and Kristin Zipple are three Wake Forest University graduates who have chosen to do volunteer work with Catholic service organizations. Proulx and Zipple will each spend a year working for the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers and the FrancisCorps in New York, respectively. Shock will spend two years with Jesuit Volunteers International in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. with eight others while working at the Dorothy Day House, a woman's shelter sponsored by the Diocese of Syracuse. Living in community with the other volunteers and serving the needy attracted Zipple to the FrancisCorps.

"I'll live in a house with other young people who have made a com-

president, initiated the

group's Costa Rica service project and

day

in the

will give

The

world go through every-

me

a

new

vide

room and board and

pend

to the volunteers.

a small sti-

good."

Shock,

a

sociology major from

are a

for

India,

"My

where she worked

Mother Teresa's Missionaries of two

Charity. After

weeks of August for

to three

training, she will leave early

Pacific, to teach sixth grade.

"My faith is am and of my

close friends are similarly

this," said Zipple.

an integral part of who

which is why I have chosen to serve with a faith-based

me

a daily basis will help give

perspective on

new

a

life."

"I know I'll receive 100 times more than I can give," said Proulx. "But I'm doing it because 1 feel called to give.

What I get back is a blessing and an added bonus."

And

after their service is done?

"Social work," said Zipple. "1 think .

be involved with contributing to the work and be in relationships with mentors and living the life I think I am called to live."

I'll

why

"1

hope to go to Boston College and work and

get a joint master's in social

pastoral ministry," said Proulx.

'When go

come

I

back,

to graduate school

I'll

most

and take

likely

it

from

As

mo-

I'm doing

"Others have a hard in it. The merit is

far as her friends go,

Maura

"Kristin and I

know

they'll

Shock

said,

are fantastic people.

do wonderful things."

time seeing the merit

more meaningful and

calling,

Knowing what

there," said Shock.

obvious to me."

Zipple said those other friends earned decent salaries but weren't passionate about their jobs or working long hours. "My hard work will be

the atoll capital

of the Marshall Islands in the Central

I

worried (about the location),

tivated and understand

give.

greater good, being able to

but most are really supportive."

Pittsburgh, Penn., has already returned

from Calcutta,

little

I

other people in the world go through on

perspective."

"Some are not surprised at all."

"Most of my friends think along the same lines as I do," said Shock. "Some

opportunity to do something that's

away more than

organizations will each pro-

the needy

others.

August,

people

unique

the Jesuit Volunteers International

in

ing forward to immersing herself in a "To know what other

foreign culture.

Proulx.

as the priority. It's a

community on Majuro,

who, beginning

look-

"Some of my friends think I'm crazy to go into a situation where I'm not making a lot of money," said

annual service trip to Honduras. She said she is now ready to do more and immerse herself in yearlong service to

said Zipple,

is

mitment to community," she said.

'We'll make a journey together with

twice participated in the university's

"I'm so excited about next year,"

who

organization," said Shock,

will be living

faith calls

Community

House," said Zipple. "But 1 think 1 serve will give me more than I could ever give to them."

"I hope 1 make an impact. I think I will," said Shock. "But I think I'll take

the people Courtesy Photo

comfort zone, to live and rely on faith, and to challenge myself to grow."

In August, Proulx will leave her

the people I'm serving," she said.

Yet they believe the real impact of their service will be on them.

"I hope I can contribute something to the women and children at Dorothy

far

from their families, living with strangers and working with the poor.

"I've always dreamed of doing a volunteer program," said Proulx, an English major from Atlanta, Ga. "I

three friends hope to share

their faith with those they are serving.

York, respectively. Shock will spend two years with Jesuit Volunteers International in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

All close friends, Proulx, Zipple and Shock were a part of the Wake Forest Catholic Community. Their post-col-

way

have

I

Maura who

"Even though we'll all be far away from each other, we'll still be close," said Shock. "I'll be in the Marshall Islands, but I'll be in New York and Colorado

New

a great

that

awesome

apart but on similar journeys."

Shock have chosen to do volun-

it's

it's

are doing this," said Zipple. "We'll be

teer work with Catholic service organizations after graduation. Proulx and Zipple will each spend a year working for the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers and the FrancisCorps in Colorado and

think

think

"I

Proulx, Kristin Zipple and

lege convictions will

each

close friends like Jackie and

into the corporate world.

Maura

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other.

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Parish center groundbreaking

North Carolina youth gather

unearths new life for Church

tools for church leadership By

ALESHA

M. PRICE

Staff Writer

DAVIDSON

—

Teens from the

Dioceses of Charlotte and Raleigh immersed themselves in the college experi-

ence at Davidson College June 23 through June 28. Over 90 participants majored in leadership with courses in

fective

ways of "spreading the Good

News"

to their peers. Similar skits

and were conducted to show the teens that communication and other

activities

consensus seeking, surrender, establishing the church are necessary for leadership in any caskills like

community and pacity.

evangelization, Christian identity, the

Eucharist, the paschal mystery and other subjects, and they earned not degrees but some of the knowledge and skills necessary to be a proactive leader in the church.

"Faithful Servant: Tools for Christ-

Centered Leadership" has brought youth together from the next-door neighbor dioceses in North Carolina for the past five years, and teens have had Photo by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

Participants in the June 23 parish center groundbreaking ceremony at St. Mary Church in Greensboro are (from left) Lewis Dunlap, construction

chairman; Vincentian Father Mahn Nguyro; Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor; and Vincentian Father Robert Prior, pastor.

GERALD POTKAY

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"We

Correspondent

GREENSBORO ners of

pansions," said Father Prior, noting the

parishio-

Mary Church broke ground new parish center June 23.

St.

for their

has become necessary to build a

"It

new

— The

facility

rather than repair the old one

Vincentian Father Prior, pastor of St. Mary

until futility," said

Robert

J.

Church.

Father Prior said Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, a four-room middle school that went out of use in 1972, has been used for parish functions such as meetings and social events. He explained the inadequacies of using the school: It is impossible to get more than 100 people together at any one time, and the cost and effort to repair and upgrade the structure would be excessive.

'This

new

parish center will serve to

bring our multicultural community together for both the celebration of

parish

would

one day build a

like to

"When

school with an auditorium.

time arrives, the

we

facility

that

are building

today can be modified and turned into a full-sized church," said "I

am

Father Prior

quite proud that

we were

able

ceremony was Father Mauricio West, chancellor and vicar general of the Diocese of Charlotte. Dur-

our parishioners," said Foster.

That first financial goal was $400,000 of a total cost of $1.3 million. To help the success of their fund drive, the parish prays at the close of every Mass to St. Joseph, the carpenter and husband of Mary to intercede with Jesus for the parish.

It is hoped that the construction phase of the parish center will be completed in time for the yearlong 75th anniversary

cel-

ebration of the founding of the parish, which

commences

in

January 2003.

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West

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Mass

parish center will have the

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parishioner Carl Foster. "Even though

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of us have our attachments to the

old buildings, parish that

it is

we

for the betterment of the

give

way

beliefs;

not

Jesus used. (We discan use those (skills) in our everyday youth groups," said Leo

but the

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cuss)

Moreda, Faithful Servant coordinator in the Diocese of Raleigh and youth minister at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Raleigh. "The core of it is that we are hopefully teaching the youth, and really modeling for the youth, Jesus' example of a what a leader is."

The week is filled with varied activities

so that the youth gain the op-

portunity to learn in an interactive way.

Much

to

some of the

teens' dismay,

those from different churches and

cities

are mixed up into small groups with

Servant has changed, the outcome remain the same.

"What we had (before) was a leadership institute that had secular skills with a Christian veneer, and we really

ful

will hopefully

wanted to invert that. So, we really focused on Christian theology and purpose and introduced secular skills as they apply," said Kotlowski. "One of the things that really appeals to the kids

we

is

makChristian community one of are very intentional about

prayer, acceptance and love. Like

of

all

they are really hungry for that, and they respond wonderfully to that because it is what we are called to do."

The Christian leadership skills were demonstrated and illustrated us,

through presentations from the adult leaders. On the last full day of the retreat during the morning presentation, the students were given a premise

many

of them learn that this serves to expose them to cities and small towns to which they would otherwise not travel.

'We have different perspectives being from different parts of the state, and our churches are somewhat different even though we are all one Catholic Church," said 17-year-old Gregory Richmond from Holy Infant Church in Durham. "Some of our attitudes and the way we understand our beliefs and certain points in our faith are so different.

It's

kind of cool to share that faith

among

everyone and share the differences."

Time to develop lasting friendships and the significant impact of what he learned was a large part of Carlos Marra's appreciation of the week of activities and sessions. "This was a big group, but we saw each other a lot. had small communities, and as we spent our time together, everybody got

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July 12,

Around the Diocese

2002

RCIA session encourages fellowship, continuous faith sharing By

ALESHA

M. PRICE

candidate. Easter said that a desire to

receive the Eucharist with his family

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

— People come

into

the Catholic Church for various reasons.

Some want tuality,

to further develop their spiri-

while

some people

feel

an inexpli-

the reason, those born into other faith

no

specific reli-

gious background have found their

home

Church through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, or RCIA. in Catholic

The RCIA

reasons he decided to join the Catholic

Church.

"RCIA gave me

Whatever

cable pull toward Catholicism. traditions or those with

and to be a family of faith with his wife and two daughters were some of the

allows people to have the op-

portunity to share in faith with others.

Those who converted to Catholicism through the RCIA and those who have worked in the ministry gathered at Our Lady of Consolation Church (OLC) June 23 for an RCIA grand reunion. The day; which included Mass, a testimony from a former candidate, a panel discussion and a meal; was designed to bring people together in faith and fellowship. Nearly 40 people involved with the parish RCIA attended

Cowsette, now 22, who came into the church as a child with his mother. "RCIA gave me a chance to ask questions that I was curious about and to help me better

my

build

a process that

a con-

is

something in terms of their faith journeys that goes forward and doesn't end with confirmation or baptism," said Dale Brown, OLC pastoral associate and RCIA coordinator. is

here to bond,

grow

closer

together and address any concerns we might have. want to encourage con-

We

tinued dialogue

among

all

—

of us

the

coordinator, the sponsors and those

tors in other parishes,

RCIA

coordina-

Brown found

that

one of their shared concerns was that some of the people who had gone through the process seemed to slowly disengage themselves from parish life and Mass. Brown was interested in discovering why some people fall away from the church after undergoing the nearly yearlong process of the

She

feels

RCIA.

that increased dialogue will

help to keep some of the parishioners attending Mass and ministering in the

who have gone through the process."

RCIA includes the steps that adults

church.

must take to become initiated into the Catholic Church through inquiry, prayer, study and liturgical celebra-

"I was curious with RCIA if the people continued coming to church and continued in their faith, and I was grati-

tions of the sacraments of initiation

fied

—

baptism, Eucharist and confirmation.

"The Catholic Church evangelization, and the is

all

is

way

to

do that

to bring people into the church. In

order to do that we must have some type of process in place, and RCIA is

Brown.

Sterling and Saronda Easter, OLC parishioners and session participants, have a special interest in the RCIA process. Mrs. Easter, a cradle Catholic, sponsored her husband through the process, and they shared a special bond as husband and wife and sponsor and that process," said

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Pictured from

left,

Tish Steward, session panelist; Dale Brown,

OLC pastoral

RCIA coordinator and Capuchin Father Jude Duffy, OLC pastor, ministry at the RCIA grand reunion held at OLC June 23.

associate and

discuss

various ministries.

more comfortable in the church once they go through the process. This is a start,

on.

and

We

it

"There were some key issues brought up today about follow-up.

will take a while to catch

want

don't

still

attends church. But,

know how many

yet

still

people who have fallen away from the church, and we want to get them back. hope that people who attended today will help those who have left the church."

The Easters expressed their concern having recently gone through the RCIA. They said that they are in search of the answer to the "where-dowe-go-from-here" question but feel compelled to do what they can to encourage increased fellowship at their parish and to become involved with

when they

get to the end of it, it's the Lord each and every day of our lives," said Easter. "Someone asked me 'are you glad it (RCIA) is over?' I said 'it is not over, it's just the beginning.'"

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Brown agreed, "I heard some suggestions from some of the participants today that we can improve upon in terms of trying to help people become

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Around the Diocese

Teens gather in Charlotte for national program By

ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

—

Belch

Chris

thought that church was boring. In

fact,

before he traveled to Charlotte from

John Vianney Church the Charlotte

St

in Philadelphia for

HEART

Workcamp, he

hardly ever attended. However, after a

couple of days of painting, scrubbing, cleaning and scraping an elderly

home

as a part

woman's

of the week of activities of

the national teen

work camp

established in

1993, he has a different view of his faith

and ministry.

"The first day we came

here,

I

went

to

church twice, and the enthusiasm of the kids

changed

all

of the views

has completely shifted

It

my

I

had

before.

idea of reli-

and I have gone through such a mental change about the Lord," said 17gion,

year-old Belch,

made church anymore.

who

will try to start a

'They have and I can't stay away such a good idea, and every-

youth group at

his church.

Photos by Alesha M. Price

fun,

It is

body should come."

Even though the school year does not begin until August, Charlotte Catholic High School's (CCHS) halls reverberated with the sounds of music, young voices and chatter from 330 teens and adult chaperones from around the country the week of June 30 through July 6. Groups traveled from as far as Minnesota and from as near as Greensboro to participate in the third year that the diocese has hosted the Catho-

HEART Workcamp

From

left to right; pictured foreground, Eva Fiastro, 18, from the Church of the Nativity in Baltimore, Md., concentrates as she paints bathroom trim at the home of Virginia Reese during the Catholic HEART Workcamp June 30 through July 6. Pictured background is 16-year-old Nikki Cuck from Holy Trinity Church in Pittsburgh, Pa. Beth Walger, 16, from the Church of the Nativity in Baltimore, Md., paints outside trim at a home in the Cherry Community. Pictured far right, 15-year-old Jessica Field, a parishioner at St. Mary Church in Marion, Ohio, rakes leaves in the yard of a Cherry Community home. She said that the work makes her feel good because it is nice to know that she has helped someone who is disadvantaged.

and praise

team

activities like songs, skits,

reports and others.

"My mom, who

exposure to community work and

first

their first trip out of their

home

Belch and 15 others worked at 90-

In the Charlotte location, the youth

was

April,

states.

slept in gender-designated classrooms

year-old Virginia Reese's

Orlando, Fla., the camps, held June through August, have popped up in over 20 states with between 200 and 4O0 teens at each camp.

"We feel like this is something that God has created; we are just doing his work, and we look at ourselves as stewards," said Lisa Walker, co-founder with her husband, Steve, who began the camp in their hometown of Orlando.

The idea came to the former youth

and ate meals served by CCHS students and other volunteers. The -groups came from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota and parts of North Carolina and worked with sponsor organizations like the Cherry Community Orga-

by Love, Inc. and the CharlotteMecklenburg Senior Center Friendly

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Visitor Program. The students cleaned, primed and painted walls, organized photos dating back to the 1800s and cleaned rooms while keeping Reese company dur-

because

nization; Love, Inc.; Catholic Social Ser-

ing the week.

CHWC,

Holy Angels, Inc.; Catherine's House and other agencies. All of the diocesan groups some of whom said they

the

ministers after they attended nondenomi-

had never been to the

work camps with their youth group. They missed the "Catholic characteristics" like daily Mass and reconciliation, so they decided to create their camp with these ideals in mind. The CHWC has grown since then, and the couple

they went where there was a need

in

national

travel to each campsite every year,

work-

ing full-time with the local coordinators to

make

sure the camps run smoothly. Each

of the camps follows a schedule including

daytime community work provided by local organizations and evening worship

—

traveled to Charlotte simply because they state or because

— were

separated into 50 teams with adult chap-

erones that were assigned

work

and

in

around Charlotte.

The teams worked in the mornings, broke for lunch onsite and worked in the afternoons. They then drove back to CCHS for evening reflection, dinner and recreation. On one of the final nights of the camp, Bishop William G. Curlin celebrated

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July 12,

Readings

2002

Book Review

Books reveal U2's climb

Word to Life

to fame, activism Reviewed by

KATHERINE NUSS

In these

first

Niall Stokes tells the story behind every

News Service

Catholic

years of the

Sunday Scripture Readings: July 14,2002

U2

new millen-

nium, few rock bands have had the success and media exposure of the Irish

group U2. Most recently, U2's lead singer and songwriter Bono toured Africa with U.S. Treasury

Bono

song.

is

that

them

situation."

in-

Bono

bers contribute and how nuances can make the song. It is an essential

admires the songs of U2. The photographic timeline

in

1979

the group

or within his

performed around the world, members wit-

ily as

U2 what it is today.

"Walk On: The

fering, "All

much-lauded current

with deeply personal songs of loss and tremendous hope for the state of our world.

Stokes has covered

velopment, Scripture references and spiritual nature of the band's

in the Irish

with the band allowed

offers a per-

you don't generally read in entertainment writing. First he looks at the band's beginnings: Growing up Irish, where religion so often divided the population, Bono attended a mixed CatholicProtestant middle school where he met the other bandmates. About this time, the loss of his mother intensified his spiritualseeking of answers in

Scripture.

him great access and he on the process and

graciously sheds light personalities that are

U2.

Together these books flesh out what U2 is and what makes U2 one of the most successful bands in rock 'n' roll history.

They ment

explain the motivations for involve-

peace and justice issues, the

in

search for salvation and answers, the desire for a better

world.

Now

not enough just to sing about that the

vocation and takes

Many

it

up

band will-

—

of their biggest hits "Sunday Bloody Sunday," "Pride" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking for" are about soul-searching, faith and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Stockman is a true admirer of Bono, the band and the members' good works.

He thinks that U2 remains popular and relevant even as the bandmates address faith questions in a world of suffering because they deal honestly, not blindly, and

it

seems

it,

it's

but to do

something to create heaven on earth where children have medicine and enough to eat.

"Gloria,"

because they believe.

Stockman writes of the honest and forceful way Bono refers to Scripture in

He says redemption and hope are ideas that U2 offers to its audience. Seeing them in concert after Sept. 11,1 can attest to the frequent refer-

the concert setting.

ences to the Lord, the healing nature of the spirit

13:1-23

DENTON

News Service

service,"

Cory was the quietest of our

that resonated

through the arena.

"U2 Into the Heart" by music writer

one or two reported such

activities as "shelving

books" at the

parish confirmation candidates last

library or monitoring exhibits at

year.

But in his letter to the bishop requesting the sacrament, one

the school science fair. A few said they liked helping people in need

simple line loudly proclaimed the "I found out that something so small as spending time working a puzzle with an elderly person at the nursing home can make someone so happy."

This weekend's reading from Isaiah explains that just as the rain doesn't return to the heavens until it has fulfilled its task of watering the earth and making it fruitful,

because

word of God:

God's word "shall do

my

achieving the end for which

made them

feel

good

and serve again" or, "I realized this is what being a Christian is" or, "I now see what some people have to deal with, and this is what I am called to do."

Being open and preparing themselves well, they welcomed the Word, and it will continue to thrive

will, I

it

about themselves. But several were fertile ground for God's word, the life of Christ. They reported, as Cory did, "I know I will go back

sent

in their lives.

Cory had spent a moment loving a person

who needed

it,

the love of Christ, the Isaiah said

end.

Cory

QUESTIONS:

and he realized

the fruitfillness of God's word, that

In what ways do you nurture along

is,

God's will in the world? How have you missed opportunities to use God's gifts

way of the cross.

God's word

will achieve its

said, in effect,

wow,

I

got to

in

your

life for

the

common good?

be part of that.

Weekly Scripture Scripture for the week of July 14 - July 20 Sunday (Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Isaiah 55:10-11, Romans 8:1823, Matthew 13:1-23; Monday (St. Bonaventure), Isaiah 1:10-17, Matthew 10:34 11:1; Tuesday (Our Lady of Mt. Carmel), Isaiah 7:1-9, Matthew 11:20-24; Wednesday, Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16, Matthew 11:25-27; Thursday, Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19, Matthew 11:28-30; Friday, Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8, Matthew 12:1-8;^ Saturday, Micah 2:1-5, Matthew 12:14-21 Scripture for the week of July 21 - July 27 Sunday (Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Wisdom 12:13, 16-19, Romans 8:26-27, Matthew 13:24-43; Monday (St. Mary Magdalene), Micah 6:1-4, 6-8, John 20:1-2, 11-18; Tuesday (St. Bridget of Sweden), Micah 7:14-15, 18-20, Matthew 12:46-50; Wednesday, Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10, Matthew 13:1-9; Thursday (St. James), 2 Corinthians 4:7-15, Matthew 20:20-28; Friday (Sts. Joachim and Anne), Jeremiah 3:14-17, Matthew 13:18-23; Saturday, Jeremiah 7:1-11, Matthew 13:24-30

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for decades. His history

spective

ingly.

participation in "some Christian ministry" as part of their preparation for confirmation.

Despite an explanation of how "ministry" differs from "community

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of-

That You Can't Leave Behind,"

Stockman focuses entirely on the faith de-

its

3) Gospel:

never

same way. The book takes readers up to U2's

Journey of

Stockman argues

will

the

rian minister Steve

knows

lyr-

again listen to the songs

Irish Presbyte-

ity as well as his

Romans

it."

book you

He

fam-

he wrote the

between nations, which helped shape them and their music.

Two new books shed light on what made

lyrics.

2)

After reading the

ity

U2" by

own

ics is truly insightful.

nessed the vast dispar-

Spiritual

itself

worth the price of the book, but to have Bono describe what was happening in the world is

since the group's be-

As

resource for anyone

who

Readings:

Isaiah 55:10-11

Psalm 65:10-14

how an

how the of U2 band mem-

rest

world attention to the need to alleviate poverty in Africa through development, investment, increased aid and reduced debt.

U2's activist nature has been evident

Dublin.

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any particular

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ginnings

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you can adapt

with the goal of educat-

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Ordinary Time.

at least

Secretary Paul O'Neill

policymakers to

July 14, Fifteenth Sunday in

collaborated with Stokes,

one band member regrets that contribution. Drummer Larry Mullens Jr. in Time magazine said, "I think it was big mistake because one of the most valuable things about his lyrics

and

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— The

ever present sci-fi

(Columbia)

II"

is

entertaining and instantly forget-

fairly

The

film reunites Will Smith, Lee Jones and director Barry Sonnenfeld, all of whom worked on the table.

Tommy

original 1997 film.

This time around, Smith and Jones' Smith as the top honcho in a secret government agency (appropriately named Men in Black or MIB because of the black suits the agents wear) which monitors extraterrestrial acroles are reversed, with

tivity

was a

on Earth. Jones, whose Agent Kay

"neuralized" (a process which erases

human's

memory

of any

sightings) in the last movie,

is

alien

now work-

ing as the postmaster in a tiny Massachusetts seaside

town.

Agent Jay (Smith) needs Kay back on the job. Jay has uncovered a diabolical plot masterminded by Serleena (Lara Flynn Boyle), an evil Medusa-like monster

who

transforms herself into a slinky

lingerie model. Serleena has

come

to

The

and could mean

Somewhere of his mind, Kay

trapped in the recesses

has the information that could stop story's plot

is

pretty skimpy and

takes a backseat to the notable alien

creatures created by Rick Baker and the flashy visual effects. tially distinctive,

more and more woodwork.

Each

creation

is ini-

but they begin to blur as

creatures

come out of the

humor

is

violence in this

sci-fi

—

in atten-

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him

pect

of the

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some

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lost.

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been-there-done-that quality to their performances that neither can really

Because of some cartoon

Serleena.

The

—

creatures burst into a bright fireworks

little

universe,

the original

more cartoonish than menacing. As

Jones

the destruction of Earth.

tongue-in-cheek

It's a world where the MIB immigration department casually asks if an alien has brought any fruit or vegetables and warns another that if he goes out during the day, he can only go to the East Village.

the light of Zartha, which will give her

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Guest

The Supreme Court decision on educational vouchers

The Pope

2002

July 12,

& Columns

€ditorial$

Column

Will educational vouchers be made available in North Carolina?

Speaks

No decision of the U.S. Supreme Courts' 2001-2002 term was more surprising to many observers then was the ruling that deemed the Cleveland educational voucher plan as constitutional. In doing so, the Supreme Court viewed it as being a program of true private choice even in those instances when money

FATHER JAMES HAWKER

employed for religious school tuition.

Opponents of the Supreme Court's ruling had argued

public

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

Guest Columnist

is

Amendment of the Most of the justices, however, did not agree with

that the voucher plan violated the First Constitution.

or accept that interpretation. Chief Justice William Rehnquist

Pope speaks of creation canticle during audience

at Castel Gandolfo NEWS SERVICE CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS)

By CATHOLIC

—

In

an unusual general audience at the papal summer villa at Castel Gandolfo, Pope John Paul II struck a summery theme in his series of talks on the psalms and canticles used in morning prayer.

Speaking to about 2,500 people crowded into the courtyard of the villa July 10, Pope John Paul focused on die Book of Daniel's canticle of creation.

The canticle, which calls on all creatures to bless the Lord, "is a song of thanksgiving which the faithful raise to the Lord for all the marvels of the universe," the pope said.

The song was sung by the three young men thrown into the furnace because of their faith in God, but God protected them from the fire, and they escaped unharmed.

Even though they were about to be martyred, the pope said, "they did not hesitate to sing, to

and to give praise."

"The bitter and violent pain of the trial disappears, seeming almost to dissolve in the presence of prayer and contemplation," he said. "It is precisely this attitude of trusting abandonment which gives rejoice

When

a believer focuses all his

energy on

God and

expressing his hope for salvasuffering and fears melt away, the pope said.

tion,

"This

is

the

Court has drawn a government programs that provide aid direeffy to religious schools, and programs of true private choice, in which government aid reaches religious schools only as a result of the genuine and independent choices

amount of money their minority

of private individuals."

Public school teachers, represented

Rehnquist made reference to two prior decisions of the Supreme Court that "made clear that when a government aid program is neutral with respect to religion and

will

needed funds from the public schools. That argument did not

provides assistance to a broad class of citizens who, in

viable.

power of prayer when

it is

government

wholly as a result of their own genuine and independent private choice, the program is not readily subject to challenge under the Establishment Clause."

The key determinant, then, for the majority vote would be that public monies are not allocated directly to a turn, direct

aid to religious schools

religiously affiliated school, but to parents

who are able to

allocated to specific parents based upon and/ or economic status.

There is no doubt that those who oppose vouchers, whetiier citizens or members of legislatures, will labor mightily

to ensure that they never see the light of day in their state.

argue that the

availability

by

their powerful unions,

of vouchers will absorb sorely

impress the majority of the Supreme Court Justices as being Nonetheless, because of the proliferation of misunder-

standing, misinformation and half-trutiis, the possibility of

vouchers in various states will become less probable. In certain instances, the

will

hopes of parents, especially the minorities and

who would

the poor,

benefit significantiy

by

their availability,

be dashed.

On

hand in those instances in which state do vote in favor of the voucher system, and

the other

legislatures

choose from a variety of schools, whether public, private The position of the Supreme Court is that if

constitutional plans are formulated to ensure their proper

or religious.

distribution, the rights

parents have the option of selecting secular educational

of the Supreme Court, will be recognized and respected

settings,

it

is

irrelevant

if

.

made available in North The answer depends upon a number of factors.

Carolina?

important to recognize that while the Supreme Court

It is

of parents, as validated by the decision

So, will educational vouchers be

the majority of schools that

parents choose are religious.

Were one or more legislators to draft a bill the members of the would decide whether or not

has acknowledged the constitutionality of the Cleveland pro-

state legislature via the vote

gram state legislatures will determine whether or not vouch-

parents would be permitted to exercise their constitutional

ers will be

made available for their citizens.

In

some

instances,

may be a voter referendum to ascertain the will of the people. Were a legislature to vote in favor of voucher availabilthere

ity, it

be necessary that a plan be formulated that will

will

guarantee

Keep

being constitutional

its

in

mind

right to choose.

At

would be that

would then be necessary to formulate a plan

The

confronted with a potentially controversial

should be observed that die states might determine the

ofSt. Luke Church

private

and inform them of their position on the

when

value of a proactive stance, especially

be underestimated.

is

constitutional

is

the present time, interested parents should contact

their representatives

matter.

that an essential ingredient

It

of implementation that

neutral, meaning tiiat the parents may choose number of educational settings, whether secular schools, public magnet schools or religious schools. It

the plan

among

rise to divine intervention."

praising

stated in the majority opinion that "the

consistent distinction between

issue,

should never

a

Hawker

Father James

is

vicarfor education

and pastor

Mint Hill.

in

pure,

intense and filled with abandoning oneself to God,"

he

Guest

said.

Pope John Paul arrived at the summer residence July 8. Except for his July 23-Aug. 2 trip to Canada, Guatemala and Mexico and his Aug. 1619 trip to Poland, he

sometime

is

expected to stay at the

solitude

Column

live long,

villa

want

FATHER JOHN AURILIA,

OFM

Cap

Guest Columnist

Two thoughts for summer 2002

Many children

sat

kept just a few feet

away from

wooden

barricades.

(hopefully with God!).

on a

parent's shoulders to get a

better look.

Pope John Paul

also used the audience to give

a belated greeting to the townspeople of Castel

whom

may

suggest two more ways of

summer: restful silence and God's diet The problem with the media culture is that it cannot bear

celebrating

silence.

When radio was first invented, a desperate announcer,

who had run

nounced, '"Ladies and gentlemen, the sound of

coming me with great cordiality" and said, "I am happy to be among you here in Castel Gandolfo where, if it pleases God, I will pass the summer."

He also asked them to pray for the success of World Youth Day in Toronto, that "this impor-

medium?

tant ecclesial appointment will bear the hoped-for spiritual fruit."

traffic!"

He

New

York's

stuck the microphone out the window. There had

been a constant flow of noise or else what was the point of the Later, technology provided

an endless stream of flash and

noise to the aU-consuming eye and ear of

not solved the problem of

most of the time.

The wisdom of Christ

valuable

when

it

how

to

fill

TV and radio. It has

them

witii

anything

•

is

mostiy

silent,

and fill

it

God we would

God's diet

Satan said to man, 'You replied, 'Super-size

them"

Satan froze the yogurt

on

said, "I

it

have sent you healthy vegetables and

needed

its

cholesterol

speaks only

the air with

olive

God

own platter. And man gained pounds, and his bad

went through die roof

brought forth running shoes, and

man

resolved to

lose those extra pounds. Satan brought forth cable

remote

controls, so

channels between

man would

ESPN

and ESPN2.

TV with

to

change

And man

gained

not have to

toil

pounds.

God

brought forth the potato, naturally low

brimming with and

nutrition.

in fat

and

Satan peeled off die healthful skin

and

deep-fat-fried

He then created sour cream dip also.

The man clutched his remote control and

ate the potato

sliced the starchy center into chips

them.

chips swaddled in cholesterol. Satan

saw

this

and said

"It is

good."

And man went

God sighed and And Satan created

into cardiac arrest

created quadruple bypass surgery.

has something to say, not just to

is

with which to cook them." Satan brought forth steak so big

out of things to blather about, suddenly an-

he usually greets from a balcony of the villa his first evening in residence.

The pope thanked the community for "welGandolfo,

sprinkles to put

it

think of summer, we think of sun, shorts, lawn mowing, fireworks, mosquitoes and vacation I

Then

and man

And man gained pounds.

God created the healthful yogurt

oil

When we

The crowd was

summer

kinds of vegetables, so

Satan created McDonald's and die 99-

lives.

fries witii that?"

God

the visiting bishops and a few other guests had

the seated pontiff, blocked by

healthy

all

and brought forth chocolate, nuts and bright-colored candy

The 2,500 people who joined the pope July 10 not have much room to move around, and only

seats.

to celebrate

cent double-cheeseburger.

in

yard. did

The second way

populated the earth with

September.

The Vatican said he would follow his usual practice of returning to the Vatican for the Wednesday general audience only when the number of visitors exceeds the capacity of the courtuntil

remember: this summer we seek the wisdom of and avoid the chatter of fools.

chatter. Let's

HMOs. Have a holy and heakhy summer!

"

July 12,

2002

The Catholic News & Herald 13

Editorials & Columns

Light

Uncle Jim?" "Well,"

One

Wasting no

"I'm pretty sure you'll like

said,

I

Matthew took

time,

it."

the plunge. "I'd guess

it's

"Well, it might be, but I'd rather not say your birthday."

Then he hit me with something I'll never forget.

"Uncle Jim, I'm really very grateful for your generosity, now and always. But I'd rather not have you buy me a a car, right?"

Candle

The Bottom

until

Line J,

i

was understandably perplexed. After all, I'd reasoned, isn't a car the dream for a young person turning 18? But then Matt put it in perspective. "Of course, I'd love to have a new car. But since Sept. 11, things have been very hard for Mom and Dad." Many industries were affected by this national calamity and among those "downsized" was my brother-in-law. "I just don't see how car."

MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

Being aware and mature

My nephew Matthew has always been a very special grace for

my

family and me.

Born

what we today

into

term a "crisis pregnancy" situation, he has always been our miracle, our gift from God. For me, as a priest, his arrival into the world was particularly memorable: I got to be the

my

Lamaze coach

for his birth.

And

that,

along with

ordination to the priesthood, have been the central

moments

in

my life.

I

I could accept a car, which is really a luxury, when they have to struggle just to meet the mortgage. So I guess

what I'm saying

that I'd rather

is

It's I

been a long time since

On

own.

I

was. No,

themselves.

whose time has come and gone.

gift.

I

ago and, with the help of a friend in the car business, I found just the right one. It was safe, but a little sporty. I was certain that my nephew would love it.

Now, I've never been good at keeping happy secrets.

So I guess I'd dropped the occasional hint to Matthew about something special on his birthday. Being a smart kid, he was able to figure it out and one day, he decided we should talk. We went out to lunch and had an amazing conversation. "So, you got me a good gift for my birthday,

I

Matthew had come

grown in character. Repossesses a profound sense of right and wrong and he also has a compassionate heart. With the coming of his 18th birthday, I wanted to do something special. Knowing that this fall would see him off to decided that a car would be a practical

1

8.

But

wondered

parents had suggested the idea to him, but they were

stands over me, and in addition to his physical stature he's

I

to turn

my parents was not at the top of my concerns. if his

as surprised as

started saving a long time

was about

I

suspect that consideration for the financial struggles of

his

college,

for

the car with them."

seven pounds of newborn baby has grown significantly over almost two decades. Matthew now

The

you share the money

that day,

to this

on

learned that contrary to popular

I

myths, young people today aren't always obsessed with learned that generosity of spirit

I

I

isn't

learned that

all

a value

of us are

obliged to consider the consequences of our desires.

I

also

wisdom doesn't only come from adults.

Some months ago, the Christopher Closeup television program had the delightful opportunity to interview learned that

broadcast icon Art Linkletter.

A

spry and insightful 89

years old, he reflected on the lessons of his

life.

Remember-

ing his best-selling book entitled "Kids Say the Darndest

Things" based on

his

TV

interviews with youngsters,

Linkletter said that

"we have so much

honesty of children."

When you've seen a child being born,

grow and

develop,

We have so much to gain

—

young people

that

from the

hard to imagine them as having a

it's

lesson for us to learn from them.

by seeing

to learn

like their elders

—

are

We only have to listen, and learn.

capable of true insight.

ANTOINETTE BOSCO

CNS

Columnist

A woman who cares

for the mentally ill a simple story of what one woman is trying to do to "help the mentally ailing," as she puts it, with little support from earthly sources, but lots of "dependence on the Holy Spirit."

I met Andrea Remlin after getting a phone call from her. She heard about me from a young woman, Susan, who had been a good friend of my late son Peter. Susan thought I would be interested in Remlin's "apostolate" since I had worked so long with my son, who had suffered from a bipolar disorder that led him to take his life in 1991.

We met for lunch, and I found myself listening to This week

to

I'd like

a deeply spiritual

tell

woman. Her

Catholic faith defined

everything she did. In the past few years, from having been around people misunderstood and isolated because of their mental illness, she decided to

focus on this group, guided by a Catholic psychiatrist from New York.

She told me repeatedly, 'The suffering that the mentally ailing experience is one of the greatest afflictions of our day." And she affirmed, 'We now have an ongoing work for the mentally ailing which is very effective. It is based on Catholic prayer, guiding the mentally ill in tiieir daily lives and showing them by the things we do for them diat we deeply care and

love them.

'Those

The was

third secret of

Fatima

Question

Q. I recently read that the "third secret of Fatima to be revealed in the year 2002. What were the events

foretold by the visions at Fatima,

and when did

good

Jesus, feel his

Remlin

that the Blessed Virgin

children in Portugal claimed

Mary

appeared to them a number

human

race

mors have been rampant

CNS

Ru-

him

May

13, 1981,

Pope John Paul II attributed the saving of his life to Our Lady of Fatima. On May 13, 2000, during a pilgrimage to Fatima by the pontiff, it was announced that, in

Mary for her protection during his so-called third secret was being made

gratitude to the Virgin

public.

The

secret described a vision of a "bishop clothed in

who makes his way toward the cross, amid corpses of martyred clergy, religious and many lay people. As he advances, he too falls to the ground, killed by gunfire. Two angels gather the blood of the martyrs and sprinkle the blood over souls making their way to God. The pope charged the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith with making the third secret public and preparing an appropriate commentary on the theological and devotional aspects of the appearances.

In his lengthy commentary, Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, head of the congregation, wrote that in the third secret "no great mystery is revealed, nor is the future unveiled." Visions such as those at Fatima, he said, should white" (the pope?),

be understood

in the biblical sense of symbolic prophecy, not of predicting the future but of explaining "the will of

God for the present," to show

Columnist

A private revelation that

for decades that a "third secret"

After the attempt to assassinate

years as pope, the

day

could not be explained

foretold especially terrible cataclysms for the world.

the right path for the future.

few

who

first

got together

for their apostolate.

They

call

church said,

may

help which

is

be accepted by the

because is

it

considered genuine by the faithful

which one

is

"It is

a

not obliged to use."

The goal

and

New

Testaments,

tion of Christ,

fulfilled in

which demands

the death and resurrec-

faith.

intended to complete the Gospel but to help people kve

it.

The commentary quoted the classic statement of Pope Benedict XIV on private apparitions. "An assent of Catholic faith is not due to revelations approved in this way. (Such assent)

is

Lourdes, Guadalupe, Fatima and other authentic

and revelations are a precious gift from God. They can become powerful additional motives for responding to Christ's invitations and injunctions in private appearances

the Gospel.

As

Cardinal Ratzinger explains, however, they add

nothing to what

we

as Catholic Christians are already

obliged to believe or do.

The

text of the third secret

and the congregation's

commentary can be found on the Vatican vatican.va/roman_curia/ congregation.

Fatima related news

stories.

Then

Web

site:

click link:

to help

often with her

them move out of the desola-

many

feel,

The whole atmosphere is one ofjoyful acceptance way Remlin believes Christ

of one another in the

would have

it

illness,

"We work with

over by their

their wellness instead

so we look at the marvelous talent that

each person has, which often ilkiess."

is

hidden and covered

They need

to feel a sense of

accomplishment and worth, "which is what Jesus would want," she maintains.

If Remlin has her way, the idea of Missionaries of the

not even possible."

—

.she says.

of their

A key point, he said, is that private revelations are not

is

she

the abandonment, the loneliness so

tion,

Cardinal Ratzinger carefully distinguished between these revelations and God's "public" revelation in the Old

simple, but consistent.

is

at 1:30 p.m.,

—

with prudence, he

can help understand the Gospel.

offered, but

Every Sunhusband and son opens the doors of their home in Assumption Parish of Westport, Conn., for "prayer, fellowship and a home-cooked meal." Anyone suffering from any mental anguish can just show up at the door. Their family members and friends are also welcome.

Outreach

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

to experience. The first of several appearances of Mary to the Portuguese children took place May 13, 1917.

Some years later, the church approved these visions

naturally and genuinely had a supernatural source.

name

"because these people are abandoned," she maintains.

were

in the sense that the apparitions

in the

the presence of our

themselves Missionaries of the Abandoned Christ

of times, urging prayer and penance, and "foretelling" dire catastrophes that the church and the whole

feel

wisdom, and he takes over and

said the

agreed on a

young

where they are now

helps them."

events occur? (Illinois)

A. In 1913 some

to us are never asked about

They

realm of die church.

Corner

these

who come

their past, their illness or

Abandoned Clrrist will homes will be open

Catholic

mental anguish to

live in

spread,

where

'loving,

for people experiencing

community." She visualizes

people responding to a vocation to

work

in these

homes, implementing a "well-rounded schedule of prayer, work, study, recreation and fellowship."

Sitting with this woman, who daily gathers leftover food from grocery stores and restaurants to bring to the hungry, you find yourself ending a conversation witii "Amen!" In die long run, believe

work better.

it

in

I

like to

only takes one good person doing one good Christ's name to change the world for the

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July 12,

Around the Diocese

2002

Holy Trinity Middle School honored as national model CHESTNUT

HILL, Mass.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Holy

Middle School was highlighted for its "Integrating Faith and Values in a Middle

Trinity Middle School in Charlotte was one of nine schools from across the country

School Model."

showcased and honored at the Boston College National Catholic Education Association conference

"I

was very

surprised, pleased

proud," said Jerry Healy, principal at

June 28-30.

and Holy

Trinity.

The conference, "Conversations

up Holy

Exthe Needs of

Trinity seven years ago, they not only

Young Adolescents," drew teachers, princi-

looked to establish a fine school but one

cellence 2002: Providing for

pals,

Healy said that

in

superintendents and school adminis-

trators

from Catholic elementary and

that firmly integrated faith

in the field

have the and integrate our

of young

successful

ability to pray, faith

worship

K-12 Catholic school programs.

Conference proceedings, including the

and Lorelei Lindow, school counselor, travHealy to give a presentation on Holy Trinity's program.

The conference was part of SPICE (Selected Programs for Improving Catholic Education), an ongoing effort co-organized by the Boston College Lynch School of Education and the National Catholic

Holy Trinity presentation, will be published by the NCEA so other schools may benefit "We never feel like we're special. We

eled to Boston with

tify,

(NCEA)

to iden-

honor and disseminate information on

just try to

make

the school special," said

who

took away many great ideas from the conference. "We're always learning and improving."

Holy Trinity will give another presentaHealy,

tion at the

NCEA national conference in

Louis, Mo., during Easter

St

week of 2003.

and morality and

not be afraid to address them," said Healy, noting that Holy Trinity was one of the few

The programs were honored tending to the physical, emotional,

middle schools

for at-

and pray

intellec-

in the

country able to pause

after the events of Sept.

"What we're trying to

and psychological needs of young ado-

lescents, ages

for granted."

Carole Breerwood, dean of students,

Educational Association

"We

adolescent education.

tual

and values into

the curriculum.

sec-

ondary schools across the United States to learn about the successful school programs

and hear experts

in setting

dom

10 to 15. Holy Trinity

that

we

1 1

teach the students

is

don't take our faith and our free-

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2002

Grants from the Foundation to be used for the fiscal year 2002-2003: 1

Greensboro

.Catholic Hispanic Ministry,

for

GRANT,

panic ministry. for

Hispanic ministry programs.

Power

3.

Partners, Andrews: for a

computer to help

in

new

the efforts with At-Risk

youth.

4. Catholic

Hispanic Ministry, Winston-Sa-

lem Vicariate:

resource materials for

for

Hispanic ministry.

5.

Volunteers for Wilkes Literacy: to assist

in

the purchase of a bus to expand literacy

services to the poor.

from page 1 Hispanic community. This is the time this grant has been awarded.

"In those little communities," Bernal said of rural Mexico, "the priest builds the church, the school, the whole town, in every sense, from scratch. Pastoral means dealing with the basic needs, being flexible."

Bernal said that 50 percent of rural Mexicans have a first- or secondgrade education, but "the better educated people don't make the church

Winston-Sa-

lem: for teen pregnancy program for the poor.

7. St.

commitment." to be involved in church said.

"We

Frances of

life,

Bernal

just had our first youth re-

treat in Franklin; Francis of Assisi, Jefferson, and St.

we had 40 young

people," he said.

Bernal will use the grant

Rome Mission, Sparta: for bible

money

camp for Hispanic youth.

8.

Smoky Mountain Vicariate: for Hispanic

ministry programs.

Mongolian church

gram

territory to apostolic

for small Christian

Our Lady of Consolation Church, Char-

lotte: for

ESL program for Hispanics.

Matthew Church, Charlotte:

10: St.

for

youth evangelization programs.

Campus

11.

1

Ministry,

UNC-Greensboro:

refugee programs.

for

De

2.

Paul Academy, High Point: for multi-

cultural pre-school

and after-school pro-

grams.

1

3. St.

Joan

of

Arc Church, Asheville:

for

youth evangelization programs.

Joseph Church, Kannapolis:

14. St.

for

Hispanic ministry programs.

15.

Campus

young

Ministry,

UNC-Asheville: for

16. Hispanic Ministry, Hickory Vicariate: for radio ministry for Hispanics.

17. Hispanic Ministry, Salisbury-Albemarle Vicariate: for Hispanic ministry 1

Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach

adult evangelization programs.

8. Life

programs.

Center, Davidson County: for eld-

erly ministry

programs.

Total Grants

Awarded: 18

Total Grant Dollars

Awarded: $61 ,950.00

Richard E. Steinbronn (left), a board member of the diocesan Foundation, recently presented a $5,000 grant for Hispanic ministry in the Asheville

and Smoky Mountain vicariates.

Mary Herr (center), regional faith formation consultant, accepted the grant. With them is Father George Kloster, vicar of the Smoky

Mountain

communi-

ties.

A

regional Hispanic newsletter

is

prefecture

planned. Bernal expects to distribute the newsletters to churches so that the

By

Hispanics can pick them up when attending Mass. One aim is to accustom them to becoming informed through

News Service (CNS) Pope John Paul II has upgraded the church territory in Mongolia to an apostolic

will

prefecture, the first step in creating a

permanent church hierarchy in the former Soviet-backed communist

also purchase materials

develop-

country.

ment through RCIA, adult education, catechist training and sacramental preparation, all of which is new to

said the

facilitate lay-leadership

In a July 8 statement, the Vatican

new church territory has been named Ulaanbaatar and will be

who have never been involved in formal faith formation training.

"You don't have to worry that much (back home) about knowing about your faith because most people these Hispanic immigrants

headed Philippine-born by Missionhurst Father Wens Padilla, who has run Mongolia's Catholic mission since its opening in 1992.

Over the past decade, the number of Catholics in Mongolia has increased from almost none to about 100 people, and the church hopes soon to open a Salesian-run vocational center, the Vatican said.

"The fervor of the church activity undertaken and the growth of the number of Catholics give hope for the

"You don't

have to worry about (others) proselytizing. In this country, you have to know a lot more about your faith because you're surrounded by people who will tell you your (religion) is wrong."

Bernal has been conducting classes at various churches to help Hispanics assume leadership roles and learn more about their faith, but many of his students move when they lose their jobs or can't continue with the classes because their work schedules change. He's realized he'll have to develop more compact courses, averaging six months, so people will get as much information as possible in a

future,"

In 1991, after the

worries that Hispanic Catho-

opt for other churches, which more welcoming than Catholic communities.

'What can you do?" he said. "You offer the best you can every time you meet somebody. I love working with are often

The way

I

see

it,

fall

of the Soviet

on loan from their dioand 13 nuns from three differ-

priests are ceses,

ent orders work in the country. Six Salesian religious men are expected soon, the Vatican said.

if

Apostolic prefectures, usually not headed by bishops, are the "first step in the organization of the church hierarchy" in a given territory, according

they have a good experience of the Catholic Church, even for one day, wherever they go they will look for another Catholic church."

Vicariate.

said.

Union, Mongolia's government asked the Holy See to open a Catholic mission in the country and establish diplomatic relations, the Vatican said.

The pope entrusted the church's work in the country to the Missionhurst order, which now has four priests there. Two South Korean

lics will

the community.

it

Bordered by China and Russia, Mongolia is nearly the size of Alaska and is inhabited by about 3 million people, mostly Tibetan Buddhists.

shorter period of time.

He

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and

The average Hispanic people want

6. Catholic Social Services,

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first

Sacred Heart Church, Salisbury:

weekend conferences on

ship, quarterly retreats, materials for

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Literature influences sister's NELLENBACH

By JOANITA M.

earned tenure

—

"I

The

last year.

school has a

7,000-student population; about 150 are

Correspondent

CULLOWHEE

have always

Mary

Catholic. Sister

"Grammar

teaches such and

loved to read," School Sister of Notre

courses as

Dame Mary Warner

"Fundamentals of Teaching Composi-

seemed

just

Literature influenced

my

—

beauty of the words

Word. The images

many

said.

that

enjoyed.

I

prayer

the

life,

the

word and

the

Each course begins with a personal introduction.

"What class,

Western

she

is

Dr.

associate professor of En-

Mary

when

usually do

I

my

them about

tell

I

and that I'm at

(WCU),

Carolina University

Mary Warner,

—

for Teachers"

tion."

that are part of so

sacred texts are an approach to

prayer for me."

Not only sacred texts

glish

"To me,

to be the area

are a minority,

mean

'sister'

where Catholics

or 'brother' doesn't

same thing

the

start a

I

background

a Catholic nun," Sister

said. "In this area,

and director of

(as

does to

it

Catholics).

I

think

I

it's

who

important to say

English education.

The fifth of eight

about

Minnesota.

School

the School Sisters of

Dame

Notre Dame and the presence of Catholic

"The neat thing

women

Academy,

Counsel

in

I

find

a fair

amount of vocation work just by telling

motherhouse

Mankato, Minn.

about

making her

1971,

it

religious," she

myself doing

She joined the order in

that

"Sometimes

said.

the high school at the order's

is

it

brings the presence of

taught her in grade school and at Good

my

order.

be-

I

importance

lieve in the

final profession four

of bringing a presence

years

where there

later.

women

saw

"I

who were

and dedicated, that's how I was drawn," Sister Mary

She celebrated her jubilee at the

in

a.m.

Sunday Mass) two years

ago with 25 of her religious sisters present. The gospel was Mark 4:26-29, which talks about scattered seed.

"I don't have any great vocation story," Sister

the seed

image

Mary

said,

"but that idea of

growing gradually me, as

for

my

far as

a major

is

vocation

am,

is

Mary

"really

in a circle in

teaching,

my

ministry,

who

I

based on helping others," Sister could do everything

said. "I

my-

about being alert to my students and helping them succeed. I could give a lecture, and they could take but

self,

it's all

notes, but pour.

It is

their gifts

it's

not about dump-and-

much more about and

identifying

interests."

She also helps through writing and Unable to find any texts that

is

concerned."

research.

Mary

Sister

"My

at St.

Sylva (where she plays guitar

1 1

them

students and places

is

the classroom so they can interact.

the School Sisters.

Mary

a

open and attuned" to her

She

Mary Warner said of

isn't

presence already."

Dame

School Sister of Notre

very happy

held a variety of high

help teach writing, she published

Ways

ning

Practical

from the University of Michigan

Grades 6-12" (Allyn

1992. She arrived at

WCU in

in

'Win-

of Coaching Writing:

school and college teaching positions before earning her doctorate in English

Guide

to

A

Teaching Writing

&

Bacon, 2001). loss of

Concerned about "the

1996 and

life,

vocation

meaning and sense of hopelessness that mark the lives of so many young

Mary

working on a Readers in the Search for Meaning: Guiding Teens to Sacred Texts." She plans to create an annotated bibliography that parents and teachers can use to teach literature and to help young people appreciate literature and use it to find inner significance and spiritual depth.

"C.S. Lewis says 'we read so as

people," Sister

is

not to be alone,'" Sister Mary said. "At the time of the Columbine shootings, I wondered what Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris read. Where do you find

When

you don't

find

mean-

very often you turn to ways that are more violent. Human beings can't live without meaning."

Another of her interests is the ing, then

connection between literature and spirituality.

"How

can you be a literature maknow Scripture?" she said.

"You miss millions of allusions. What makes us a complete human being is knowing those cultural references."

This summer, in addition to teaching a graduate course on teaching literature, she also offered "The Bible as Literature," which looks at the Bible, not theologically, but as human stories. "We are culturally and linguistically separated from the original writers," she said. "When you take those texts, you want to look at subject, not object. With subject you're looking at theme, but with object, you're looking for those little details, and those details can derail you.

Details are not the point. That's why literalism doesn't work."

She also searches for the sacred in

jor and not

—

in Emily Dickinson, Elie Wiesel, Flannery O'Connor,' Julian of Norwich, Virgil and Walker Percy, among others and encourages her students to also look for the sacred in what they read, noting that, "If you can find one writer that puts you on holy ground, that's important."

secular texts

—

Contact Correspondent Joanita

M.

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Vatican has published decrees recognizing the miracles needed to beatify

eight people, including four Poles Pope John Paul II might beatify in his homeland in August.

The beatifications of the Polish archbishop, two priests and one nun during the pope's Aug. 16-19 trip to Poland have not been announced formally, but a Vatican official said July 8 the ceremonies are expected to be part of the trip.

The Vatican also published decrees July 5 recognizing miracles attributed to one Spanish and two Italian

nuns who founded religious or-

ders as well as the miracle needed for the beatification of Hungarian Prince

Ladislaw Batthyany-Strattman, a physician and father of 14 children who founded two hospitals to care for the poor.

The

recognition of a miracle, usu-

ally a healing for

which there

medical explanation,

is

is

no

the last step

needed before beatification. Another miracle is needed for canonization.

The four Poles ready for beatification are:

—

Archbishop Zygmunt Felice

Warsaw, founder of the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary. Born in 1822 near Volinia, which today is in Ukraine, he was deported to Russia and, after being freed, worked among the poor farmers of Ukraine and Poland. He died in 1895.

Father Jan Adalbert Balicki, who was born in 1869 and served as a professor of theology and rector of the seminary in Przemysl. He died in 1948.

Jesuit Father Jan Beyzym, Felinski of

—

—

who was born

in

Volinia region.

He

among

1850, also in the served as a mis-

people with Hansen's

Madagascar and died there

1912.

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—

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member

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of the Seraphic Sisters. She

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July 12,

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particularly

and care she

soldiers injured dur-

World War II. She died in 1942.

The other miracles approved July clear the way for the beatifications

ing 5

of:

—

Eugenia Italian Sister Ravasco, founder of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

She died in 1900.

Spanish Sister Juana Maria Condesa Lluch, who founded the Handmaids of the Immaculate Conception to care for young girls working in Spanish factories. She died in

—

1916.

—

Italian Sister Maria Domenica Mantovani, co-founder and first superior of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family. She died in 1934.