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July 16, 1993

Holy Father Honors Bishop

Donoghue At Vatican Luncheon By

CAROL HAZARD

divided the one holy and apostolic Catho-

Associate Editor

lic

Church for centuries. The pope also asked

The Holy Father asked Bishop John F. Donoghue to sit at his right side. The honor was bestowed at a July 1 lun-

reach out to the scores of fallen

cheon, one of several times the pope met

sions and

some 30 U.S. bishops during an ad limina visit to Rome. In a private audience with Pope John Paul II, Bishop Donoghue ex-

Roman

pressed his gratitude for his recent ap-

pointment to archbishop of Atlanta and his sorrow for leaving the Diocese of Charlotte.

"These past nine years

(as

bishop of

Charlotte) have been the happiest of my life,"

Bishop Donoghue recalls telling would have been happy to

the pope. "I

stay (in Charlotte) for the rest of

wounds within

specifically to the

the Church.

"to the threshold,

tombs of Peter and

Paul, the founding Apostles of the

Church. All bishops make ad limina visits to Rome every five years to stay connected with the Holy Father and the roots of the Church. This was Bishop Donoghue's second ad limina trip. He was with bishops from the ecclesiastical provinces of Atlanta, Baltimore, Washington and Miami.

—

Except for the heat which hovthe at 106 degrees F. visit was "wonderful" from start to finish June 28-July 5, Bishop Donoghue said. The pope, he said, "looked vibrant and strong." Bishop Donoghue said the Holy

ered one day

life."

"Yes," replied the Holy Father. "But you must go where you are needed." The pope then asked the bishop to "be kind'\to the people of Atlanta. "The people are hurt," he said. "You must bring peace and reconciliation." Archbishop James P. Lyke, the last

away

Catholics, again to heal divi-

Ad limina means

with

the bishop to

—

Father in his address to the assembly of See Visit, Page

archbishop of Atlanta, died of cancer at age 53 on Dec. 27, 1992. His predecessor,

Archbishop Eugene A. Marino,

the archdiocese

was intimately involved with Atlanta' s

left

Prayer, Praise,

amid allegations that he

new

Thanksgiving

woman.

leader will attempt to All Catholics in the Diocese of

bring a calming influence to the archdiocese. Moreover, also at the pope's

John Paul

sme by bishops from

the eastern

|p of the Diocese of Charlotte,

Donoghue during

ad limina visit and southern United States. Bishop Donoghue, now will be installed next month as archbishop of the

confers with Bishop John ¥.

the recent

request, he will be a strong advocate for

ecumenism.

"You

are in the Bible Belt," the

Holy Father said

idiocese of Atlanta.

to the bishop. Yet, the

percentage of Catholics in the region

ishops

Say Pope Paul Was

ight In Encyclical

—

WASHINGTON

(CNS) Pope VI had it right in his teaching about marriage and birth control, the bishops' Committee for Pro-Life ivities said in a statement marking

macy and titled,

Perspective:

Humanae

Vitae, which means "of was Pope Paul's last en-

In it he reaffirmed the tradichurch teaching that married oles are never permitted to use artiical.

contraception to regulate births.

The 1968 encyclical "sounded a message for people to live >tely, to welcome children and profamilies and never to treat human as a commodity," the committee

)hetic

3 the statement ,

Humanae

Later."

15th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.

important to

instrumental here in starting dialogues

was "Human Sexuality from God's

It is

develop good relations." Bishop Donoghue said he will continue to push for ecumenism in Atlanta as he has in Charlotte. He was active and

unity."

"You must work with

other denominations.

Sexuality

Released July

tan life,"

only 3 percent.

with Lutherans, Methodists and Baptists,

helping to

mend

rifts

that

have

Charlotte are invited to join in an

evening of prayer, praise and thanksgiving in honor of Bishop John F. Donoghue at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Aug.

at St. Patrick

Cathedral.

The celebration will bid farewell to BishopDonoghue as he leaves to become archbishop of Atlanta and give thanks for his nine years of pastoral leadership as

bishop of Char-

lotte.

The celebration will include a procession, tribute of thanks and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

reception will follow.

Vitae 25 Years t

The statement deplored the "pervasive and dominant" secular perspective on human sexuality, which it described as "purely pragmatic" and devoid of any understanding of God's love.

"Humanae

Vitae provides a posi-

and dignified understanding of sexuality as a gift from God which ennobles, enriches and reconciles married

tive

couples,"

said.

"The teaching of the Church

and

has always been countercultural," said

M. Mahony of Los Anchairman of the Committee for Pro-Life Activities. "Nowhere, perhaps,

Cardinal Roger "Realizing that 25 years represents

loming of a new generation, it is our that the new generation might read nanae Vitae and hear its gentle and ng message," the 2,500-word statejs

said.

called for

ral

)les

this

clearly so today than in

regard to the Church's teaching on hu-

man

sexuality and the transmission of

life."

new

appreciation of

family planning as a "to plan

geles,

way

and space births

for in a

that is both consistent with God's and supportive of their own inti-

Cardinal Mahony said Church teaching on sexuality

too often portrayed as

negative.

See

Humanae, Page

Members of

the youth group at St. Paul the Apostle in Greensboro construct a cardboard

city to raise

money

for Habitat for

Humanity. (See story on Page 2)

News

fhe Catholic

& Herald

July 16, i

Heads

Sister Miriam Fiduccia

Family

Life Ministries In

Diocese

Trinitarian Sister Frances Sheridan,

diocesan director of Catholic Social Services, has appointed Trinitarian Sister Miriam Fiduccia diocesan family life director. Sister Miriam, who has

been parish area coordinator for the Charlotte office of Catholic Social Services since September 1991, replaces Father Joseph Mulligan as diocesan family life director.

In her previous assignment, Sister

Miriam served

as a liaison to the par-

ishes of the Charlotte, Albemarle and

Gastonia Vicariates and assisted them in accessing CSS services. She also reached out to parish family

life

F. Donoghue (c) and Msgr. John J. McSweeney, vicar general and chand* welcome Father Tan V. Le and his sister, Dat Le, to the Diocese of Charlotte. Trieu worked with the diocese to bring his brother and sister to Charlotte.

Bishop John

coordi-

nators by offering assistance and/or training for their parish needs.

This work involved a the scenes" activity

Photo by

of "behind

lot

— building

rela-

and making connections between and among people with parish groups and community agen-

Vietnamese

tionships, networking

SISTER MIRIAM FIDUCCIA

this ministry

broad and requests for service run the gamut. Parishioners come with requests from assisting with a group for separated and divorced Catholics to helping a family advocate for a mentally ill or disabled member; from giving resources to couples preparing for inter-faith marriage to organizing the Retrouvaille program designed to help, heal and renew couples who are drifting apart; from helping put together a parish program

on self-esteem which wishes

to to

working with a group explore the topic of

child sexual abuse.

great part of her

time was used in being a connector, a resource and support person.

Miriam brings

Sister

to her

new

what commitment is; family life has the greatest impact on people remaining in the Church and deepening their beliefs; and nothing will have more of an impact on the Church than what happens to

years, Father Tan V.

families.

lotte last

new

In her

role, Sister

Miriam

will

continue the vision of supporting family at the parish level

and

will

She

to help parishes.

be available

will serve as

convenor, initiator and nurturer of those

which are preventive, enriching or healing to parish members. More-

ministries

widowed,

the blended

family, and the inter-faith household.

Family supported

life

needs to be nurtured and

CHARLOTTE — A prisoner for month

can not imagine," he says throug 1

Le arrived in Char-

free at last to live

and

Dat Le, were welcomed into the Diocese of Charlotte by Bishop John F. Donoghue. The diocese helped bring them to the United States from Vietnam and reunite them his sister,

Widowed.

organize

Retrovaille. Retrouvaille

(Rediscovery)

weekend program

designed to heal, help and renew couples

who are drifting apart in their marriages. The Catholic program

is presented by a team of couples and a priest with the emphasis on communication. The first weekend will be at our Catholic Conference Center July 30- Aug. 1. "Our Catholic bishops in the pastoral Putting Children and Families First,

Both parents

said. life

Family

life is directly

of the parish

families

—

make good

related to the

strong, healthy

parishioners.

Father Philip Murnion' s parish study

speaks to this interrelationship. He tells us that family life is where we learn

While in prison, Father Le pre? the Gospel quietly and only one or

he says. Even dered

so,

God was

he occasionally still

there. Yet,

him throug

the first evangelizer, she said. "Strong,

healthy families set a solid foundation

happen and

for this to

is in

the family

moments of sacramentality significance. These moments

ordeal, he says.

Released from prison camp in saying Mass or celebrating his fai;

who was

for immigration since they

to life in a strange place, learnin'

were not

associated with a

As newcomers,

they are

adji

glish

interviewing noticed that Father Le lived

Vietnam and

with Bishop Vinh Long in an area south of Saigon. The Catholic interviewer granted a special dispensation. Father Le was incarcerated in 1975 for helping his people organize against

The Le family converted to Ca cism several centuries ago. An' mated 6 to 1 0 percent of the Vietnj

ners, half of

whom

assistant

died in defense of

their freedom.

Father

how

and other fundamentals sw to drive a car.

Father

Le says he

is sad to people there, but grateful for the opportunity to co CP the United States and serve as a {! k

population

his

Catholic.

Most

faith

are meaningful for the person's devel-

Father Le entered the semin;' & age 11 and was ordained in 1973.

prefers not to talk about

See

Students Get Taste Of Life On Streets, Raise Funds For Habit<

opment

as well as for the vitality of the

Church. We need to be aware of how every ministry and program at the parish level affects family spirituality."

Farewell Father Jim.

mm Father Jim Solari receives a banner

made by

Eugene

children at St.

Asheville as part of their parish's annual Vacation Bible School. The banner was a going-away present for Father Solari St.

Leo

who has been transferred to Winston-Salem. Photo by

BEA LAMB

GREENSBORO — In

an effort to Humanity, high school students from St. Paul the Apostle Church got a taste of homelessness when they constructed and lived in a "Cardboard City" for the entire night of June 12. Approximately 30 students collected sponsors prior to the event in hopes of reaching their $2,000 goal. After the evening kicked off with Mass, the participants were each given a cardboard box from which he or she constructed a house to live in for the night in the church parking lot. To make the event more realistic, raise

money

for Habitat for

designated thieves were placed in the

group

stressing

dents reclaimed their belongings

morning. Unfortunately, despite some

wishes to remain outside, heav;i| and lightning forced the event to inside the parish center.

homes were

Once

reconstucted,

stu|

played in all-night card games anc ies

were shown on poor or

disa J

taged families.

The "Cardboard City" even part of a fundraising effort of Cai

parishes throughout Greensboro

Habitat for Humanity build a hou:

who

a family

place to

can't otherwise af

than $2,400 was coiled!

the event with an additional anonj

how

donor matching funds up

commonplace

live.

swipe neglected belongings theft

with any religion

affiliated

that one sees

and

sewing.

former U.S. government officers or employees. However, the person in charge of

the faith within the family for the family

on families, Sister Miriam

on a

slept

religious order, taught kindergarte

stacles for family life?

societal strain

and

hard mattress in cramped quarters

Their arrival here is considered by many accounts "a miracle." Neither Father Le, 48, nor Dat Le, 40, qualified

be sensitive to how their programs and policies affect their families. Are they "family friendly," meaning do they enhance and help rather than cause obimportant for our Church to support and enrich family life, today more than ever due to the tremendous

rice

He ate yuccJ

Le,

pastor of a church with 14,000 parishio-

It's

and

in the fields

night as well.

are dead.

communist invaders. He was

all

the family together again.

ministries to

the Separated, Divorced and

informed and committed voice for children and families.'" Sister Miriam's personal vision of family life includes a perspective of enrichment, support and encouragement for families. Passing on

worked days times

Engaged Encounter, and

urge us in the church to be a 'persistent,

can happen

Father Le was ordered to refrain

come under

she said.

this

serves as interprete

1975, has been trying for years to bring

that

for parishes

One way

at the parish level,

who

mixed with

practice his priestly ministry.

He and

brother,

family Life: Natural Family Planning,

grams

cese which Sister Miriam has helped

dial parent, the

prison camp. "Very bad condition

Associate Editor

the umbrella of

over, she will oversee the diocesan pro-

and a half in the diocese. Her definition life in the Church is inclusive. "We no longer can look to the traditional family (husband, wife and children) as the only category that needs pastoral attention," she said. "We need singles, divorced and/or separated, couples with no children, the non-custo-

CAROL HAZARD

Chariot^

his faith that brought

A new program coming to our dio-

to look at single parents, never-married

Rejoij

with their older brother, Trieu Le. Trieu Le, 50, who left Vietnam in a fishing boat after the fall of Saigon in

ministry the experience of this past year

of family

Priest, Sister

Family; Will Minister

cies.

The spectrum of

CAROL HAZ

™

to $

among the homeless and those living in

putting the Habitat project off to i ft

insufficient housing communities. Stu-

start.

om and Karen Ascik of St. Lawrence Parish in Asheville with their children who are taught home. A third set of twins is due this summer. Photo by JEFF MINICK

Katherine, Elizabeth and Peter, children of Tom and Karen Ascik, in school at

Mary

Schooling At By JEFF MINICK Thomas Edison, writer .gatha Christie, singer Donnie Osmond Inventor

painter Jamie

[id

common:

ling in

Wyeth; a

There' s nothing

all

have one

home education, new about learning

home. It's the oldest form of educaWhat's new is a resurgence in

on.

rowth in home schools across the couny-

when North Carolina

In 1986,

first

itablished legal guidelines regarding

ame schools, some 300 families

regis-

red with the N.C. Division of

Non-

Education in Raleigh. This past 4,000 families across the state

Home Shows Resurgence mid-summers breaks. But many

lose to teach their children at

home.

Catholic families are a part of this love

toward home education. They,

ke other non-Catholic Christian famiare attracted to

es,

jcause they

want

home

schooling

And, for many, religion. In the household of Tom and Karen Ascik of St. Lawrence Parish in Asheville, the school day starts after breakfast.

children traditional religious val-

ss,

said

Rod

Helder, director of the

C. Division of Non-Public Educaon.

Public schools are prohibited from

Moreover, home school educators

make

sure their children are

good fundamentals, Helder said, oung children make up the largest amber of students educated at home, i said. Older children are more likely

jting

go to public, parochial or private ihools.

Summer

doesn't necessarily

:hool's out. Sure,

some

—

In addition to learning the funda-

mean

Remember

ing children at home. school,"

"Anyone can home

Tom says. "A full-base school

whose children attend public

Haywood County, for exhome school families include a

veterinarian, a doctor, a plumber, a book-

a farmer, several construction

seller,

and inspirational

workers, a truck driver and two ministers.

Equally diverse are the curricula available for

home

instruction.

There

Tom trict

our

and supplies for home schools. Subjects range from art to calculus. At least three full curricula are spe-

like building shelves for his children's

Mary Kather-

ine on spelling and geography in the

geography bee for area home educators. Both Tom and Karen are educators. Karen, who has two masters degrees in education, taught for seven years in Catholic schools at primary and secondary levels. Tom worked for the Reagan administration in the Department of Education and later with the National Institute of Education.

Even

so,

both say a background in

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

Pride

lists

hundreds of programs

cifically Catholic:

Our Lady of

Our Lady of Victory,

and the Seton School. Dennis and Beth Sadelson of St. Eugene Church in Asheville are using the Seton curriculum for Andrew, 14, and Laura, 6. Rebecca, 2, is too young for school, but likes to copy her older brother and sister. Beth Sadelson has taught at home for five years. She used an eclectic ap-

Bishop John

Donoghue

"/ leave to the

your Will:

Roman

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte the sum of$ (or percent of the residue of my estate) for its religious, educational

and charitable works. For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Director of Development,

Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead Charlotte,

would give more

structure to her

"The Seton School

designed so that the child can take over his own schoolwork. Andrew does a lot of the

phasis.

work on his own." The program also offers a transcript service, giving credit for courses taught at

home and

an intimate setting like the family

than in an institution," says

allowing children to trans-

Tom Ascik.

After all, the chief responsibility for

education stops with parents, says Karen Ascik. "The documents of the Church tell

us that the parents are the primary

we take these documents we must do all we can to

educators. If seriously,

safeguard our children and teach them correctly.

Our goal

to see that our

children go to Heaven. Everything

—

helping do is directed toward that them go to Heaven, helping them to

become

saints."

For more information about

teaching as well as more Catholic em-

home

schooling, call Jeff Minick at (704) 456-

7521 or call the Office of Non-Public Education at (919) 733-4276. Jeff Minick is a parishioner at St. John Church in Waynesville. He and his wife, Kris Gillet, teach their children,

ages

7 and

at home.

fer into public or parochial schools.

(From Page

Le is a former Salesian brother who was ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte. Simply have the following statement included

easier to integrate love with discipline

the Rosary

proach to schooling in the past. This year, however, she wanted a program that

efits

time, energy and self-disciBut parents/teachers say the benare worth the effort. "It's much

ment to the Church and the community in which we live'.'

Home education takes an enormous pline.

works on special projects

books. But he also helps

ties.

Mary

Ascik, an assistant U.S. dis-

attorney,

ma-

Education Research Institute. all major cities in North Carolina have annual home school book fairs, and there are several statewide organizations for home educators. Support groups have sprung up many counPractically

was very chil-

provide attendance

Home

amount of

dren," says Karen Ascik.

state,

percentile, according to the National

as those

every subject. In the volume, "Big Book of Home Learning," author

This past year, they

educators. Families regis-

ample,

later."

Home school families are as diverse

terials for

helpful

home

with the

ter

schools. In

— and maybe even

or fifth grade

special subjects and subjects not taught

studied the lives of saints. "It

North Carolina laws help rather than hinder

and health records, and each child takes a yearly examination such as the California Achievement Test. On standardized achievement tests, home school students performed at or above the 80th

entirely unnecessary before the fourth

are scores of full lessons plans and

in public schools.

Growth

education is not a requirement for teach-

mentals, the children are also taught

families take

His Wll In Yours.

Katherine, 10, Eliza-

evenings. This past year, he organized a

iving religious instruction.

ant to

Mary

and Peter, 6, take turns watching their four younger siblings 4-yearold twins Gregory and Daniel, and 2year-old twins John Michael and Christine while their mother teaches. (Another set of twins is expected this summer.) beth, 9,

be free to teach

teir

and

arithmetic.

ublic par,

stick to

their routines of reading, writing

home

MINICK

Photo by JEFF

forced to leave the order

left

Vietnam. The IBM computer programmer and his wife, Nani, have two children, ages 7 and 14. Father Le will most likely be assigned to the growing Vietnamese community in the diocese. The only other Vietnamese priest, Redemptorist Father Vang Cong Tran, is leaving in September to

work

in a refugee

camp

Hong

Kong.

St.,

28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

when he

am happy he got a chance to start

his ministry again," says Father Tran. "It

was a kind of miracle, since he didn't

belong to any category

low him

great asset to the

glad he

(that

to immigrate).

would will

al-

be a

community and we

are

here."

Father Le and Dat Le were met June 16

Charlotte/Douglas International

Airport by their brother

whom they had

not seen for 18 years, his brother's fam-

whom they had never met and about 30 Vietnamese. Immersed and welcomed into the community, Father Le attended a Vietnamese Cursillo weekend within days ily

of his arrival.

Catholic

News

& Herald

July 16, 199

Pro-Life Corner

"Many people

believe the

'number of deaths from

tion per 100,000 procedures'

legal aboreasy to determine. It is 100,000."

Dr. James Carroll, letter to The Journal ofthe American

Medical Association.

Editorial FOCA in Trouble becoming more and more apparent that the pro-abortion Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) is in big trouble in the Congress. We hope that the congressional leadership will read the handwriting on the wall and never even bring it up for a vote. The first sign of trouble came last month when the House overwhelmingly approved the Hyde Amendment which bans federal funding of abortions. In two votes on the amendment, the votes were 255-178 and 256- 1 7 1 in favor of continuing the ban which has been

The Respect Life Office

Diocese of Charlotte

(704) 331-1720

It is

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY make

old with their sincerity, Pope John Paul ,

in effect since 1977.

House supporters of abortion rights admit that they misread the pro-life sentiment in the House which has 1 14 new members this year. Rep. Pat Schroeder, D-Colo., said, "Everybody thought this was a much more pro-choice Congress. We were wrong." Perhaps even more importantly, FOCA is beginning to lose the support of some members of Congress and some groups which are normally considered supporters of abortion rights. While FOCA would prohibit most state restricon abortion, it would allow states to require parental notification in cases involving minors and it would allow states to ban public funding of abortions. It is the funding issue which is causing problems. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun, an Illinois Democrat who supports abortion rights, has withdrawn her name as a Senate sponsor of FOCA. She maintains that it discriminates against poor women. There are indications that other minority members of Congress are prepared to oppose the bill on the same grounds. We happen to think they are opposing the bill on tions

the

wrong grounds but we

any grounds is a step in the right direction. And, despite the promising signs, this is no time to up in the fight against FOCA. Keep up the stream

of letters to your congressional representatives opposing this

bill.

A The Catholic

^News & Herald

said in a

this year's

World Mission Day. The pope encouraged parents and Church leaders

young people who

emphasize the "mission-

ary formation of children" as a pastoral goal in families,

schools and parishes. text of the

The

message, released

July 3, will be used to celebrate

World Mission Day

missionaries of their peers and of others. With their

simple honesty and their generosity, they can attract their small friends to the faith

longing for a faith that

and create

in adults the

more impassioned and

joyous," the pope said.

VATICAN CITY text of

(CNS)

Pope John Paul

— Here

remarks

II' s

weekly general audience July

the Vatican

English

at his

Dear brothers and

sisters,

Following our catechesis on the priest as a man of God, we now consider his duty to be a man of charity. This link between love of God and love of neighbor is exemplified in the life and death of Christ the Good Shepherd. Those to whom the Lord gives the mission of being shepherds through priestly ordination are called to embody the heroic love of Jesus himself in their lives and to bear witness to it in all that they do. The essential qualities of this pastoral love are humility and compassion: In imitation of Jesus, priests must be humble servants, ready to lay down their lives for all

conce

Mission Day collection will go towal live in

"subhuman conditions"

He said children must be made aware that evang and human promotion are two essential a pects of the faith. He said there were "grave and urgd lization

needs" in both areas. "I have personally been able to see this during n missionary visits to various continents. There is nei for spiritual support

and concrete

solidarity, includii

material aid," he said.

The pope

"Children can become

its

poverty.

Oct. 17.

Mk 10:45). Jesus is their model for how they should willingly share in the burdens of the suffering,

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The whole Church must demonstrate

for the material well-being of children in poorer paf of the world, the pope said. He announced that a part

message marking 1993

(cf.

July 16, 1993

Volume

young and

also feel that opposition to

FOCA on let

— Children sometimes

(CNS)

the best missionaries, able to inspire

also praised the "heroic" witness of t

Church's missionaries who carry out their task situations of adversity. He said the Church has its ov important needs in many parts of the world, to construction of churches and chapels, funding f formation programs for seminarians and religion teac ers, and the publication of religious texts and cj echisms.

world" and give themsel completely to the service of those entrusted to th<! care (cf. Presbyterorum Ordinis, 3). The priest shoi always be patient and gentle with his people, generoj in assisting them in their needs, eager to know better, ready to forgive. His love for them is nourish] by the Eucharist. His communion with Christ, that they live in this

and victim, leads him to be, as St. Ignatius Antioch said, "God's wheat in order to become pi bread" for the good of his brothers and sisters (cf. Epi priest

ad Romanos offer a

IV,

1). id

warm welcome

to the athletes

who

ha In

come

Rome

for the

European Cup for Visua is

Impaired Swimmers.

likewise extend a cordial gre

ing to those participating in the American

Sumn irit

Waldensian Faculty, as well as to * pilgrim groups from Indonesia and Korea. Upon all English-speaking visitors and pilgrims I invoke Go< gifts of joy and peace. May the all-gracious Lord wal over you in your travels, and may he always guide a protect you and your loved ones. Institute at the

DC!

the poor, the afflicted and, in a special way, sinners.

and

Publisher:

Most Reverend John

The fathers of the Second Vatican Council remind

Donoghue

fth

us that pastoral charity "forbids priests to be con-

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may be shed in El spilled

Salvador, where too

and where there

is still

much has been

great suffering."

mourning San Salvador Archbishop Oscar Romero, murdered in 1980, and Mexican Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, shot dead in May in the Guadalajara,

Mexico, airport in what was reportedly an attempt one gang to assassinate a prominent member of a ri mob. Questions are still being raised about that sho

tin

ing.

Reports said Bishop

Ramos

died en route

was shot in the head. He v returning from Costa Rica, where he had participa military hospital after he

meeting of family and youth pastoral directors Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas told the Ital newspaper Avvenire that he thought the bishop wa victim of common banditry, which he said has conll ued to plague the Salvadoran countryside follow! in a

the civil war.

impossible to determine whether the

lioi

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However, the archbishop's human rights offi Tutela Legal, has rejected the robbery motive, but s;

knew who

ntu

assaila:

their victim was.

Archbishop Rivera Damas also said Bishop Ran had spoken out frankly about the conduct of cert military officers.

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Editor's

would

By BOB GATELY my own to Joann Keane's comments on

My wife and I saw the movie and enjoyed

movie Jurassic Park.

agree, in general, that

—

want

it.

not for young children.

ciation of

remind parents that the Motion Picture AssoAmerica rates it PG- 13, meaning that some of

the scenes

may not be

I :

Light

One

Pro-Lifer

One Candle

Can Make A

Difference

add a few thoughts of

like to

ge 7 about the

Notebook

& He

suitable for children under 13. That

the official opinion of the

theaters are not abiding in Charlotte

which

tells

MPAA but

it. I

seems that some know of at least one theater

inquiring parents that

it's

suitable

I certainly don't agree with that. Admittedly, some children under 13 can handle the movie. My 9-year-old granddaughter saw Jurassic Park,

assume there are same way. From where I sit, it would appear to be a judgment call by parents in each individual case. If you KNOW POSI/ELY that your child can handle a scary, sometimes violent, movie without any iblems, I would say let him or her see it. However, I suggest that parents view the vie first before making any decision. By the way, it you have read Michael Crichton's novel on which the movie was it

and suffered no

other children under 13

ill

ed, don' t let that color your judgment. There' s not as

he movie as there

was

in the

book. The ending

effects.

who would

a difference in quiet, prayerful ways:

for children 10 or older.

enjoyed

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR One person can make a difference. There are many positive, constructive ways to be pro-life. You can write a letter, take a stand, counsel, comfort, volunteer, and even hand out leaflets. Here is a sampling of needs met by people who are making

George Schimming, a top salesman research. "Until

resigned," he said, "I

brighter in the

vie.

Speaking of Michael Crichton, did anyone else notice the story about his new The novel about corporate corruption is so far untitled and only half written, l/on't be published until sometime next year. But Warner Brothers already has d Crichton $3.5 million for the movie rights. I'm beginning to think I'm in the >ng end of the writing business. bk?

ew Words For The Sign Of The Cross?

felt

a burden

abortion

couldn't carry."

need for better education

react the

somewhat

Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo,

A client at the Community Pregnancy Center in Norton, Ohio, reported that she decided to continue her pregnancy after seeing a bumper sticker that read, 'Abortion stops a beating heart.' Her experience points up the urgent in

country concerning

this

abortion. Public opinion polls have

shown

that

56 percent

of Americans believe that the right of the unborn to

should prevail once the heart three

weeks

starts beating,

and

life

that's just

after conception.

Fourteen-year-old Jim Riely of Croton, N.Y., resigned his

paper route because the Sunday edition carried promi-

nent abortion advertising. His act of conscience received

much bloodshed or violence

also

for the

Mich., resigned because of the pharmaceutical company's involvement

nationwide publicity. Bill Koehler, a Lutheran layman, met a woman who was seeking an abortion at a clinic in West New York, N.J. She was an illegal alien, and she thought she had no alternatives to abortion until Koehler and his wife explained the options to her. They

arranged for financial help and even sheltered the

woman

and her child

until

she

could get an apartment of her own.

Maureen Shields of Oak Lawn,

111.,

asked a neighborhood hospital to provide

space for a pro-life office once she found out space was given to a family planning clinic. The hospital agreed. Now 75 volunteers from St. Germaine's parish provide

counseling and other assistance. The volunteers include a psychologist, an attorney

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

We need to ask a question that one of our group remembers you writing »ut several years ago. It has to do with a new sign of the cross. A young priest Q.

>ur parish,

Creator, tlass.

who

generally

Redeemer and

name of make clear he doesn't do this

quite traditional, likes to say, "In the

Sanctifier." I should

But he claims these are traditional names for God, and it's all right to use them instead of the usual sign of the cross. We have serious doubts about it, but is he right? (Florida)

and a gynecologist. Parishioners contribute baby and maternity clothes to the young mothers being helped. They all believe that while there are unwanted pregnancies, there are no unwanted children. Things to keep In mind: The pro-life cause appeals to a wide spectrum of people: Catholics, Protestants, Jews and people of no particular faith. Don't be afraid to become active. If you are shy, ask for help. Others have travelled the route before you. They are peaceful and will gladly share ideas an information with you. Contact your local diocese for advice.

A. This formula, along with a few others I've heard of, can be legitimate prayers. There's nothing wrong with it as it stands. Christian tradition considers all of those titles quite proper ones for God. As your good Catholic instincts seem to be telling you, however, big-time problems arise when this prayer is presented as a substitute for the

traditional sign of the cross.

Most Catholics and other Christians know that the mystery of the Holy Trinity, three persons in one God, is the fundamental doctrine of our faith. The fact that there is "within" God an eternal community of existence, a mutual hange of life and love that we call three persons, is something we would know Dlutely nothing about unless Jesus himself had told us. Theologians refer to this I divine life as

This inner ds

—

life

God's action "ad of

God

the core of

—

all

—

Father,

intra," on the inside. Son and Holy Spirit,

Christian beliefs. Without

all

to use the

Gospel's

To be more effective, pro-life advocates should be seen as reasonable people appealing to reasonable people in a reasonable way. Strive to present your message in

ways

usually counter-productive.

that will appeal to those

words, they are not Trinitarian personal actions but "God" actions.

one need not even believe in three divine persons to use this prayer, wah's Witnesses, for example, reject belief in the Trinity but staunchly believe God is their Creator, Savior and Sanctifier. These differences may not appear significant to many of us, but to equate fetor, Redeemer and Sanctifier with Father, Son and Holy Spirit is theologically spiritually dangerous and contrary to Christian and Catholic tradition. It ignores ^relational interior activity of God which is central to our faith in the Trinity. As our bishops recently repeated, we urgently need to study our liturgical texts 'iminate certain expressions which have lost a more general human connotation it once had. Why should we say things like "Christ died for all men," as we often do, when ijfnean all people, men and women? Even newer dictionaries recognize this shift leaning in the word "men." jSpeaking directly of God, however, is something else entirely. The pitfalls in In fact,

and a positive

There is room for everyone in the pro-life movement. "Do what you can do and pray for what you cannot yet do." (St. Augustine) For a free copy ofthe Christopher News Note, "To Save A Life, " send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 Street, New York, NY, 10017.

Father John Catoir

director of The Christophers.

own

substitute sign of the cross, if

of your convictions. Stridency

patient endurance

other crucial elements of

yence and care. It was in the name of the persons of the Trinity that Christians e, and still are, baptized into the faith of Jesus Christ. It is in their name, as in the of the cross, that all Christian prayer and important action take place. In light of the centrality of this great mystery it is highly significant that this w" sign of the cross is not an explicit invocation of the Trinity at all. True, our creeds sometimes attribute creation to the Father, redemption to the and sanctification to the Holy Spirit. (See the Nicene Creed, for example, which ertheless first stresses the inner Trinitarian life of the Father, Son and Holy it.) But these attributes or titles all involve actions that theology calls ad extra, ide of God. As such, they are each and all actions of all three persons, not only

attitude.

spirituality the incarnation, Eucharist, sacraments, the Church as we know it vould be unthinkable. Since the beginning, Christians have approached this mystery with the utmost

ne. In other

who do not share all

What we need

indeed presented as such, indicate again the

Crosswinds

a series of columns written by staff members of Catholic Social members are not

Services. In order to protect client confidentiality, the staff identified.

"I have all of my Moms here," said a little girl whom I met at the beach. She then went on to name them and it was obvious that her two grandmoms as well her own mom were vacationing together. To the girl, on the first day of the vacation, it sounded like great fun. The social worker in me, and all non-social workers of the world, know how much the above scenario is an exception in today's world. The setting of the beach and the ocean waves caused me to think how glibly I will come back from this weekend and announce, "I've been to the ocean and yet my exposure to it was fairly limited to the morning when it was relatively calm." In the afternoon, when the tide had shifted and the going got rough, I was the first one to exit to a safe place. Truly, my skills are limited when it comes to riding the waves, going through them or getting out beyond them. Something in me seems to announce "that's it" and I retreat to a safe place. There is 100 percent wisdom in retreat, but it cannot be an approach to life in general. Marriages usually hang together longer than my venture into the water, but as I prepare for my first appointment this day the "lack of skills" issue comes to the

fore.

We can get banged up emotionally in marriage and at times, stay in one beyond But we can also stay in one without taking advantage of some of the communication, mediation and negotiation that could help us stay afloat, get through the situation, get beyond it. For those who early in their marriage decide to keep it afloat, if at all possible, and reach out for guidance, I particularly a wise point.

skills training in

commend.

The Catholic News

& Herald

July 16, 199

AIDS And Teens; How Are They Related? By CHRIS Young male

NEWNAN HIV

adolescents are testing positive for the

virus in alarming

contracted the virus which leads to AIDS by sharing needles for injecting steroids. Many teen girls testing HIV positive became infected after one

numbers.

Many

sexual encounter with an intravenous drug user. These teens will join the 1 .5 million reported

AIDS

cases in the United States.

One of every five infected people ranges in age from 20 to ~ 29. The latency period the time from acquiring the infection (HIV virus) to the expression of the symptoms of

—

averages from 8-10 years. (AIDS) This means that most of these young people (20-29)

the illness

acquired the

HIV

virus as adolescents.

also

means

—

jti

that

until they were tested and aware they were HIV positive, they were able to pass this virus to others through sexual

intercourse and needle sharing.

AIDS has now replaced birth defects as the number five cause of premature deaths among younger Americans. is fastest growing among teens and women and through heterosexual contact. Thirty-four percent of HIV positive women were infected through heterosexual transmission only. Each year 2.5 million teens, or one of six, acquire a sexually transmitted disease (STD). The South is the fastest growing region in the United

The disease

States for the

making. Teens generally do not have the cognitive nor psychological strength recognize the consequences of their actions. They tend to be impulsive, have troub delaying gratifications and difficulty making long range plans. Studies have show teens, especially younger teens, are not able as effectively as adults to app knowledge. Knowledge alone does not change behavior. For example, high school students more knowledgeable about the consequence pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS of sexual activity were not more likely to use contraceptive methods or condoms. Many other studu show contraceptive services for adolescents have been accompanied by increase J instead of decreased rates of adolescent sexual activity, sexually transmitte diseases and teenage pregnancy. The implications are clear. AIDS prevention strategies and pregnancy and ST^ reduction among adolescents must begin with acknowledging the developmei stage of adolescents. Appropriate programs must then be developed which recognb I that adolescent cognitive skills differ significantly from those of a mature adult. Interestingly, approximately 60 percent of our teens are not sexually active b a no study to date has been done to tell us why they are not sexually active. Howeve we do have studies about effective abstinence programs for adolescents includir inner city programs that promote direct parental involvement in issues regard: adolescent sexuality, education in values and demonstrated achievement in scho

jcl

work by these same

number of reported AIDS cases, among persons reporting heterosexual

HIV infection. as these prompted men and women (ages 18-75)

contact with persons with

Perhaps facts such

AIDS

Parade Magazine survey (May

or at high risk for

values, goals and family involvement. in a recent

1993) to say schools should teach sex education. Yet, 55 percent of those polled said schools need to do a better job teaching sex education and 64 percent said parents should be given the perogative of having their 16,

children excused from sex education classes. Sixty-three percent rated the quality of public education as poor or fair. The responses clearly reflect ambivalent thoughts and feelings. Respondents want sex education to be taught but recognize the poor or fair quality of public education. They also want to retain their parental rights to grant or refuse permission for sex

education. Moreover, 57 percent said to help stop the spread of

The survey showed

condoms should be

available in high schools

AIDS.

a reactive response to the fear of

AIDS

rather than an

informed response based on knowledge of AIDS, teens and adolescent development. Because of the intrinsic nature of their cognitive skills, teens have limited ability to recognize the potential impact of their choices. They are less likely to think about the future and consider the consequences of their actions. Professionals who work with teens recognize daily the tragic consequences of teens living out the adolescent fable that "it can't

happen

me."

Anticipating and evaluating results of behavior are essential to mature decision

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? Sacred Places By SISTER JEANNE-MARGARET MCNALLY When Canon 1205 speaks of a sacred place it means a place

adolescents.

see a pattern of achievement in the lives of these adolescents regardir

Many

show

studies

that adolescent sexu

activity and pregnancy are symptomatic of or are associated with psychologic problems related to personal and/or socioeconomic stresses. Some of these stress* are abuse, sexual abuse included, of these teens as children (61-62 percent), oth problems such as drug and/or alcohol abuse, depression, low self-esteem, a histo of deprivation and neglect, and family problems. Any approach to reduce adolescent sexual activity, pregnancy, sexually tran mitted diseases (including AIDS) must be multi-faceted. Simply calling for mo contraceptive education and the distribution of condoms does nothing to acknow edge or address recognized underlying factors, namely the psychological develo ment of adolescents, parental involvement as well as values, goals and achieveme

and the family environment. To teach, advocate for and/or distribute condoms to adolescents in our clas rooms, especially for those teens who are not sexually active, is an affront to the personal choices and value systems. Students who are not sexually active should affirmed for their choices and for exercising mature responses. They should not a captive audience for an approach based on the inability or unwillingness to he them achieve the knowledge, beliefs and values for making mature decision: Tl approach is a cop out, underscored by the popular sentiment, "when you are sexual

condom." What's more, it's an affront to those 40 percent of students who are sexual active because it also says to them we cannot or are not willing to help you achi the skills for mature decision making and, in effect, only reinforces their choice be sexually active. Education in wholeness in human sexuality is available for all Catholic parer and young people. Excellent materials are available beginning with the U. bishops' document of 1990, Human Sexuality A Catholic Perspective for Educate active, use a

dedicated and

See Newnan, Page

blessed for worship or burial Obviously, this would include churches, oratories and .

cemeteries.

The diocesan bishop decides

which would

these places and forbids any activities

violate the sanctity of the place (c. 1210). If a very serious violation

occurs, e.g., a murder, assault, rape, etc.) in a sacred place

then a liturgical

rite is

held in the place to repair the

scandal, before using the place for services again.

may of

recall the

St.

One

ceremony of reparation and re-dedication

Patrick's Cathedral in recent years following a

suicide in the church.

Sacred places

may be churches,

altars or cemeteries.

church

oratories, shrines,

intended for public

worship (c. 1 2 1 4). In order to build a church, the diocesan bishop must grant permission and he must be assured that this church will serve the needs of the people and that there are adequate funds to build, support and maintain it. Before making this decision, the bishop is required by law to consult with his presbyteral council and the pastors of nearby parishes (c. 1 2 1 5). The design and building must follow the decrees on liturgy and sacred art. Further, the churches are to be well maintained and their furnishings safeguarded (cc. 1216-1220. The faithful should have free access to the church at times of celebrations and no entrance fee may be charged (c. 1221). Churches may be used for other than sacred uses as long as the pastoral welfare of the people is not endangered. The presbyteral council must be consulted about these uses (c. 1222). Oratories are places of worship for a particular community, such as a hospital, school or religious community. Other people may participate in these services and have access to the oratory. The permission of the ordinary is required to establish an oratory (cc. 1224, 608).

Shrines are churches to which the faithful make pil^nmages (c. 1 230). They may be diocesan, national or international but must have permission from the appropriate authority to use the title of shrine (cc. 1231-1232). Altars are tables for the eucharistic sacrifice. Every church should have a fixed altar, i.e., one attached to the floor. This altar is to be dedicated and should contain a relic of a saint (cc. 1235, 1237, 1239).

Cemeteries are blessed places reserved for the faithful departed. Parishes and religious communities may have their own cemeteries (c. 1241). If a civil cemetery is used then the individual grave should be blessed as it is used (c. 1240). Mercy Sister Jeanne-Margaret McNally, a canon lawyer, is working on a research project on dysfunctional families and marriage.

CAMILLUS WAS BORN

IN ITALY IN

St.

YOUTH HE BECAME A SOLDIER AND LED A WAYWARD LIFE. HE LOST SO MUCH IN GAMBLING 1550. IN HIS

Camillus

THAT HE WAS FORCED TO WORK AS A LABORER ON A BUILDING BELONGING TO THE CAPUCHINS, WHERE HE WAS CONVERTED AT AGE 25. HE ENTERED THE CAPUCHIN NOVITIATE, BUT A DISEASED LEG FORCED HIM TO LEAVE. CAMILLUS RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES IN ROME WHERE HE HAD BEEN TREATED AS A SOLDIER. HE DEVOTEP HIMSELF TO THE CARE OF THE SICK. SO TO CARE BETTER SPIRITUALLY FOR THE SICK, HE WAS ORDAINED WITH THE APPROVAL OF HIS CONFESSOR,

ST.

PHILIP NERI.

CAMILLUS BEGAN A NEW HOSPITAL. WITH COMPANIONS, HE BEGAN WHAT WAS TO BECOME THE MINISTERS OF THE SICK. IN 1591 POPE GREGORY XIV APPROVED IT AS AN ORDER. THE BROTHERS SERVED THE SICK IN HOSPITALS, HOMES, AND ABOARD PLAGUE STRICKEN SHIPS. THEY WERE INSPIRED BY CAMILLUS WHO HONORED THE SICK AS, LIVING IMAGES OF CHRIST. CAMILLUS RECEIVED HIS INSPIRATION AND STRENGTH CRUCIFIX. HE DIED ON JULV 14,

FROM THE 1614.

WAS CANONIZED

IN 1746

AND

MADE PATRON OF THE SICK BY POPE LEO XIII. HIS FEAST ©

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ical

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When

is flexibility

virtue? By Father Robert Kinast Catholic

News

Service

This gives firming their

them a firm

basis for af-

own

and making

identity

decisions. It also provides a standard by

Tevya, the beleaguered father of daughters in the musical "Fiddler

five

on the Roof,"

man of strong values.

He passionately extols

"tradition" and in the face of the occurring in his family, his

uphold

tries to

changes

and world. The humor and the humanness of the play revolve around his desire to be true to his values and flexible. Tevya's predicament is shared by men and women of all ages. Husbands and wives who mainvillage

—

tain the value of their marriage even as they go through major changes in their roles, expectations and personalities. Parents who struggle with their children's decisions concerning a marriage partner, sexual orientation or ca-

—

reer choice. Citizens

—

which they can measure their lives and take satisfaction in acting consistently. So it is important to say at the outset that while flexibility is a good thing, it shouldn't be confused with

abandoning or compromising one's principles. Still, values do not drop out of the sky intact. They arise from the experience of life and the interaction of

people.

Even in the history of God's people, the way of God gradually became clear as people adapted their tradition without abandoning it to meet the challenge of new developments. For any value system to be effective, it must be able to interact with the changing demands and

affirm the values of

this requires flexibility. Flex-

ibility is

putting principles into prac-

democracy but see them shaped into public policies which permit abortion, tolerate pornography and seem unable to curb violence, drugs and racism.

tice,

Like Tevya, people with strong values find it hard to be flexible. They appreciate the value of values. These people know what they believe and where they stand on complicated issues.

reality. It gives

and values are real only when you live by them. Flexibility can be both a value and a

virtue. It is a value because

meaning

life

life is lived out varies greatly from generation to generation.

Think today how many women work

curity

an enduring value but

how family

home

— unthinkable to a

When

children's differences

earlier generation. Every generation of parents who worry about their

the king's messenger appeared at the farmer's door to invite him to a royal banquet, the farmer's humdrum life was transformed. What an honor! Then he thought about the perfect weather for finishing the plowing he'd begun and the oxen who were new to the job. Regretfully, he declined the invitation. However, being inflexible, rigidly firm in will or purpose, cost him an opportunity that would not come again. This is one of several stories based on New Testament accounts cited in Salesian Father Flor McCarthy's book, Windows on

and Reflections (Twenty-Third Publications, Box

the Gospel, Stories

180, Mystic, Conn. 06355. 1992.

Paperback, $9.95). Reflection: Father McCarthy states, "Blessed are those who

people

literal

ues may hesitate to be flexible because they don't want to appear weak, indecisive or cowardly. At the same time inflexible values provide a sense of se-

Family life

much

will

respects

changes.

FAITH IN ACTION

they

worth (the

of value) to the fact that

outside the

know how and when

possibilities of

and

life,

who

—

to let

go —

have the joy of seeing

find themselves.''

gave their own parents comparable worries.

Not every change is

positive or for the

better, of course,

but a

value system that is not somehow open to

the changes of

life

loses its effectiveness. Flexibility helps

here

Is flexibility

—

in their lives.

many

values are laden with emotion and are deeply entwined Likewise,

St.

Augustine, offers:

"In essential things, unity; in

forms and

expressions, freedom;

munion.

But flexibility is not easy for the Tevyas of the world who hold their values strongly. It can suggest a betrayal of those values and a feeling of hypocrisy or contradiction.

person can worry

that a single change will lead to the collapse of the whole system of doing things or give rise eventually to indiffer-

ence

toward

any

particular values.

a personal level people with strong val-

I'M

individual, has been summarized one of the great proponents of str \$ values with flexibility, St. August: *l in essential things, unity; in forms

The council took centuries-old values and adapted them to the circumstances of modern

ing balance, perspective or worth, without abandoning or destroying one's value system. Flexibility is virtuous when it opens possibilities for relating with people who are not in perfect agreement, thereby strengthening bonds of com-

the council recommended t Christians become part of the local ture, allowing the Gospel to take t< in the midst of a particular people's and customs. The ideal for the council, as for e

values, to be flexible? II gives an ex-

times. It encouraged changes which would give new expression to traditional values and thereby

means a power, an ability to have an effect? A flexible value system generates the strength to deal with changing circumstances without los-

Regarding the church's mission tivity,

Vatican ample.

which

literally

specified conditions.

ues, especially religious

a sort

Whereas the fore value ordinarily prohibits the sharinj communion with Protestants, the 1 ter value may at times penriit it un< for achieving unity.

with a person's identity: "In our family we just don't do that. That's not the way to run a One of the great business (or a country or a church)." proponents of strong What does it mean for values with flexibility, a person with strong val-

in all things, love."

also.

of virtue

and control

expressions in order o achieve the value of "full, conscious active participation" by the faithful. In ecumenical relations Vat^_ acknowledged that the Eucharist both a sign of unity and a source of gr local, cultural

;

expressions, freedom; in all thir love (Decree on Ecumenism, no. 4).

j :

tit

(Father Kinast

maintain their vitality. For example, in the liturgy the council approved use of vernacular languages and

director of the C

ter for Theological Reflection,

Modi

Beach, Fla.)

;

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

If!

pays to be flexible. But not if that somehow means giving up on what you believe and what you want to live by. You are likely to grow angry and resentful over a period of time if others call upon you to be so flexible that nothing you believe seems to matter to them. It's not unreasonable at times to say, "But here is what believe." The kind of flexibility that is virtually virtuous doesn't have to do with compromising values. It has something to do with achieving a balance In ordinary human interactions between appearing unreasonably rigid and actinc

;.i!f

nothing really matters. On any given day, will have to adjust to another's need to have a discussior that doesn't fit into my already-full day. may need to adjust to another's need tc express a point of view won't be able to accept easily, or perhaps at all. ma> have to deal with an unanticipated problem. In these instances am called to be flexible acknowledging that don't have total control over much of anything and renewing my confidence that God knows if

—

where things are headed. 24

David Gibson, Editor, Faith

Alivel

\ Ipul

1993

ly 16,

The Catholic News

[

(

rewards

Flexibility's

Reflecting of Jesus'

By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, Catholic News Service

Sometimes Jesus seemed very

brings up

life

many questions about flexibility: When should someone be flexible? Can someone be too flexible? When is flex-

SSS

ibility

flex-

out of order?

It all boils

There was the time the apostles had returned tired from their first misn. Jesus invited them to a secluded ice to rest a little. But people saw an leaving by boat and went on ead of them by land. When Jesus and the apostles got ;re, the crowd was waiting for them, eing them, Jesus' heart went out to an. They were like sheep without a

down to

a prior question:

Flexibility in relation to

Some

goals are far

what?

more basic than

others. It sometimes happens that a lesser goal has to be sacrificed to a greater one. Recently, someone told me a good story about just such a situation.

Some businessmen were rushing through an airport to get to their plane. Turning a corner, the briefcase of one of them hooked a cart piled high with

B3pherd! Jesus set aside his plans for quiet lie with the apostles and began to

That was flexibility!

shrugged and raced on. The

Things

fourth

happened to Jesus I the time. Jesus was certainly flexle, but not in all matters. With some lags he was not flexible at all. iJesus' whole life was intent on like that

Inging divine

human

to all

life

was

That was

human

liability.

[With regard to things that absoely mattered, things like his misn of salvation, the only flexibility this, Jesus'

Gethsemane

But there

(Mark

overturned an

one

up the apples

for

go and let God! A basic approach to flexibility

Let

some-

sacrificing

But conscience tells me this

out of

MARKETPLACE

— and why — has a

flexible

approach to problem

solving served you well? grow prize roses. One day found someone had picked them. knew it was was a little dismayed and asked my children where the flowers had gone. Because took a flexible approach, was able to reassure them that was in fact looking for information and not for a way to get mad at them. We ended up having a good discussion about lying." Celeste Madison, Westerville, Ohio "I

children.

—

you're working with volunteer CCD teachers, it's very important to take a to solving their problems. Many times they come to me at the last moment with problems.... have to take a step back and realize that they are volunteers and deal with it rather that getting upset." Shirley Moore, Westerville,

"When

flexible

approach

—

Ohio

"Sometimes in job situations when two other people are at odds, have been able to point out to them how to bend in each other's direction to find a livable solution. My own flexibility is an example that enables others to be more flexible. I

Also

marriage, you have to be

what we use most

flexible."

— Ron DeMoss, Kingman,

Ind.

team. First we pray. Then and then let go of so we don't fight for a particular position. Then we talk it out and reach a consensus on a solution. It serves us well because it works ... in an atmosphere of caring." Charles Matzker, Colorado "That's

put forward what

of the time in our pastoral

think

—

Springs, Colo.

An upcoming

edition asks:

Emmanuel

magazine.)

noth-

By Father John Catholic

Castelot Service

News

John the Baptist was puzzled. Some had reported to him in prison about Jesus' activities, and of his disciples

these activities did not square with his expectations.

When

a Scripture

was flexibility.

The

thing.

a superior kind.

FAITH IN THE

senior editor of

the blind vendor. That

—

14:36).

Humanly speaking, that was inflexlity! Submission to the will of God is xibility of

to pick

thing very basic in the name of flexibility. Every so often I find myself in the midst of a conversation that started off pretty well, but somehow got into bashing somebody like a theologian, or even the pope. In such cases, common human wisdom suggests joining in, at least with laughter, or silence and on occasion most have done that sort of

prayer in the Garis a very striking Abba, Father, all things are posjile to you. Take this cup away from but not what I will but what you IT

too shrugged,

ity.

divine.

a of

and

time to be

risked missing his plane

When the apples were restored to the cart, the man reached out to shake the blind man's hand. "Are you Jesus?" the blind man asked. Not a bad reward for a little flexibil-

But in this matter, Jesus showed no

For

(Father LaVerdiere

it is

plane.

hth.

showed was

scholar

things is easy, so long as there ing evil about them.

would

thing more important had come up. There was always another

was not the political thing to do. is, it would bring popular retion; it would end in his passion and

sus

ity.

Flexibility with regard to ordinary

able to set aside his plan to catch a plane. Some-

e fact

not

start crying in church, flexible!

applecart. Only

owner

flexibility.

Besides, there are always those who say, "I am so glad you said that; I did not know what to say." Not a bad reward for a little flexibil-

as a priest,

When you're preaching and babies

man was

knew his mission on behalf of

sibility at all, at least

And speaking say:

come up and

airport,

apples.

be-

reconciling them with God and l;h one another. With regard to this, I was absolutely unflinching.

Jesus

blind.

cart's

sal."

rushing through an

waving his colleagues on and bent down to pick up the

lts,

saw the

conversation: "That has not been my experience. Things look different when we put ourselves in the pope's position. His responsibility is for Catholics all over the world. Each of us sees things from a particular point of view. The pope's point of view has to be univer-

Some businessmen,

apples and sent them flying. Three of them looked back,

them.

lich

order, that I'm being overflexible. Something like this may change the

As a

member, what do you you would like to respond

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Apparently he was anticipating the return of the prophet Elijah, popularly believed to be the herald of God's reign (see Malachi 3:23). Elijah was a "messianic" figure, but one with distinctive characteristics: a fiery preacher of reform, relentless in condemning evil. John himself is painted in these colors in

Luke

3:7-14.

Jesus' spectacular ministry pointed to him as a messianic figure, a prophet to be reckoned with, but so different from the image John had formed! Instead of breathing fire and brimstone, and threatening people with damnation, he was healing human ills,

forgiving public sinners, welcoming people rejected by the religious authorities.

What was

going on here? In his perplexity John sent two of his disciples to ask Jesus bluntly: "Are you 'the one who is to come' (a common epithet for Elijah) or should we look for another?" (Luke 7:19). Jesus answers by pointing to his fulfillment of another divine promise as recorded in Isaiah 35:5-6: "The blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news preached to them." He concludes with a subtle warning: "Blessed is the one who does not take offense at me."

John had been offended by Jesus' reversal of his expectations. God's promises were being fulfilled in a way John did not completely approve. But Luke shows us clearly a God of surprises.

God always can be counted on to keep promises. But the promises will be kept in God's own way. It is really rather arrogant to hold God to one's preconceived notions. It is surprising to see who accepts God's offer of salvation. Wouldn't those labeled as sinners, like prostitutes

and

hated tax collectors, have been the least likely candidates for acceptance of God's offer of salvation? Yet they were the very ones who said a big "yes!" to that offer.

Surprise!

who cling to their literal interpretation of God's promise find it difficult to see the God of surprises at work in their lives. As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus said in the sixth century B.C., "Unless you expect the unexpected, you will never find truth." People

God

indeed faithful, reliable. God

did send a Messiah, but a carpenter, a

wandering preacher unauthorized by the religious leaders, ultimately a condemned person! God does hear our prayers, but in marvelous ways that transcend our

myopic vision, our narrow interests, our demands for immediate self-seeking gratification.

Let go; let God! And trust God's wisdom and goodness.

(Father Castelot

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

News

atholic

& Herald

July 16, 199

Dominican Priest Who Worked With American Indians Moves

Toward Sainthood VATICAN CITY (CNS)

International, succeeding Cardinal

— Father

sel

Serra' s leadership regarding the

organization's vocation mission and act

among settlers and Indians in the Ameri-

He was

virtues of the Italian-born priest,

who

founded an order of nuns and helped

The Music Play

Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles. In the post, Archbishop Curtiss will coun-

Samuel Mazzuchelli, a 19th-century Dominican missionary who worked can Midwest, has taken a step toward sainthood. Pope John Paul II approved a decree July 6 that declared the heroic

Let

as liaison with the nation's hierarchy.

appointed to a three-year term. is an organization of Catholic laity who promote vocations to Serra International

the priesthood and religious life and strive to

develop their

own

vocation to

service.

design several public buildings in Iowa. If a

miracle

attributed to his interces-

Mazzuchelli can be beatified; that is the major step before canonization. Born in Milan in 1806, Father Mazzuchelli joined the U.S. missions as a professed Dominican in 1828 sion, Father

and was ordained

in Cincinnati in 1830.

He was assigned to pastoral work among the scattered settlers of the Upper Penin-

Wiscon-

sula of Michigan and northern sin.

He eventually

built the first

church

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New World Order Creates New Rights Questions, Says Priest

DAYTON, Ohio (CNS) — Some of human coming from

today's most graphic reports of rights violations are

Bosnia-Herzegovina, but the United States should probably not intervene, said Father J. Bryan Hehir in an address at the University of Dayton. "There was a moment of opportunity, and I don't think it's now. It would' ve been much,

much earlier,"

said Father Hehir, a pro-

fessor of religion and society at Harvard

Show

Pope's Condition 'Normal' Year After Operation

Tests

VATICAN CITY

underwent hospital

John Paul

July 2 that

showed

puterized axial

CAT

Vatican

The pope had a comtomography exam, or

scan, of the abdominal area at

Rome's Gemelli

Hospital, and returned

said that the just

"The results of the test

—

as for all

others performed following his surgery

—

of July 15, 1992 were normal," said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-

Valls.

Archbishop Curtiss New Episcopal Moderator Of Serra International CHICAGO (CNS) Archbishop Elden F. Curtiss of Omaha, Neb., has been named episcopal adviser of Serra

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partment.

Vatican about an hour and a half

to the later.

after surgery to

intestinal tumor, a said.

tests

his condition to

"normal" nearly a year

remove an spokesman

— Pope

(CNS)

Divinity School.

Dr. Michael Skube (rear, second from

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curred, his doctor said. In a July

ment issued by sician, Dr.

surgery

tion of the brain tumor.

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bishop

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i^it

iting bishops zeroed in

on sensitive

and matters close to their hearts, bishop said he was particularly ressed by the pope's comments on role of women in the Church. While the changing role of women it be addressed with a "keen sense of

[jes

(of women's roles) cannot be resolved through a compromise with a feminism which polarizes along bitter, ideological lines

Unfortunately, this kind of

...

being encouraged by some people in the Church, including some

feminism

women

whose

religious,

beliefs, atti-

tudes and behavior no longer corre-

spond

what the Gospel and Church

teach."

y of his speech made available mgh Catholic News Services.

firming and enlightening, Bishop

"What is certain

imanae

Both

and private audi-

in his public

ences, the pope's remarks were reaf-

Donoghue

"Nothing could be further from the ti," he said. "The teaching of the ireh in regard to marital

love,

said.

encourages a destructive mentality and diminishes the value of personal commitment and of human life itself," it said.

"To

a large degree this

the situ-

ation in our nation today."

The Church's teaching on human

a positive teaching, a liberat-

sexuality stands in sharp contrast to that

view, the committee said.

teaching."

"Through sexual union," said the :ment, "couples strengthen their relationship

ital

and participate

in a

way in God's creation of new From this follows the profound

:ial

—

ining of a life of intimacy

that

imunion of two persons who must >pen to each other in a mutual self-

"In

Humanae

permanence

and

make

wise, gen-

tions for this urgent mission

How many

and for your fraternal cooperation in this task with Bishop William McCormack,

and nuns encourage the young

National Director of the Society for the

priests in the diocese give

homilies about vocations? priests

people, as well as the widowed, to con-

Propagation of the Faith. Sincerely in Christ,

attended a Catholic high school.

Cardinal F.

never heard a priest, nun or brother encourage anyone to consider the priestteaches in a Catholic school

constantly reminding their students

about the priesthood or religious

my home

with six priests.

them

parish, I

life.

are blessed

have not heard one of

talk about vocations.

It's

reminded lay people

time

Tomko

Dear Bishop Donoghue:

hood or religious life. I hope that anyone

who

ad gentes

Heartfelt thanks for your check of

$36,509.88 representing the contribution of the Diocese of Charlotte to the 1993 Collection for the Church in Latin America. Our Committee for the Church in

Latin America

most grateful for

this assistance.

As you know, our purpose

forms

lege as well as a responsibility. Couples

contraception "is founded

are able to associate themselves in the

gious

The only

Vitae,

Pope Paul

licit

all

said

means of regulating

said, is natural

family plan-

reminds us that parenthood

work of procreation.

A.T. Anastos Chicago, 111.

lalism, confusion about the

mean-

of sexuality and trivialization of sex.

'When a

society permits sexual be-

be torn from its moorings in lan love and marriage, when it treats ior to

mechanism

committee said

mands continual

that

couples a richer appreciation of sexuality and of their

and

Smithfield,

modern world

own

marital rela-

strengthens their open-

tal

profound meaning of mari-

intimacy, a society that has separated

from married love and intimacy from procreation, it is important to call everyone to listen once again to the wisdom of Humanae Vitae and to make the Church' s teaching the foundation for a renewed understanding of marriage and family life," it said. sexuality

ways in which Catholic makes sense in our world, liturgy, study, discus-

on and community, students and

and God's

Fraternally yours in Christ,

World Youth Day this August may find Denver, ironically, a hotbed of upon their faith. Tracts denigratChurch were distributed in the thousands when Pope John

attacks

Dear Bishop Donoghue:

ing the Catholic

It is our pleasant duty to acknowledge with sincere thanks the Good Friday Collection offerings of the Church of Charlotte, for the year 1993 in the

Paul

visited

Columbia, S.C.,

six years

ago. There are indications this will hap-

amount of $16,194.98. The Franciscan friars of the Commissariat of the Holy Land are most grateful to you and to your people for the collection you have so generously taken up for the care of the Holy Places and the

pen again in Denver. John J. Moran Columbus, N.C.

Thanks

for help

Dear Bishop Donoghue,

support of our missionary activities. Please assure your faithful people that

generous contribution of $36,658 to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and of $ 1 ,26 1 to the Society of St. Peter

they will be remembered in the Masses

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and

prayers

Land

Holy

the

the continuous aid of your

people that enables the

friars

of the

See Letters, Page 16

in this part of the

world and the critical challenges it faces as it strives to be a sign of hope to the

Thanks To The Blessed Virgin

people; indeed, the only real hope.

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Jude

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PEWS

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their faith

—

sisters and brothers int he Latin American countries. Begging a place in your Masses and prayers for our work in behalf of the Church in Latin America, I remain

attend

rapple with questions concern-

—

gratitude of this Congregation for the

discern the joy of being

encouraged

to help

bless our con-

bearing true witness of solidarity with

Catholic young people planning to

role of the

sncrete

our

focused the attention of

me." This seminar shows

Americans

May God

cerned U.S. Catholics who under the able guidance of their bishops are

World Youth Day To The Editor:

human

often sees

Jigious faith as a "waste of

atholic in

"de-

"In the face of a society that has lost

Aug. 1-7, 1993 Short Journey Center

articipants are

effort" but "gives

for personal plea-

Seminar In Theology

you, but

In defense of natural family plan-

sight of the

and sex outside marriage

know about

believe in miracles.

ness to life," the committee wrote.

ness to childbearing."

erica to pervasive attitudes of indi-

don't

enthood, then, implies a positive open-

re generative functions, for the use

attributed

life. I

Respectfully,

(narriage in the infecund periods

rates of divorce, abortion, sexual

a privi-

in their

Responsible par-

. . .

tionship,

The bishops' committee

way with God in the

deepest and closest

which the couple "take into Dunt the natural rhythms immanent in

iculty

have weekly vocation vesper services?

themselves.

ning, the

hrough

thank you personally for en-

will permit the Latin

meaning and the procreative mean-

ith

couraging prayer, sacrifice and voca-

hope everyone in the diocese will take time to pray and sacrifice daily for vocations to the priesthood and reli-

inings of the conjugal act: the uni-

parishes in the diocese

people.

tions in the Church.

that bears fruit in chil-

and unable to be broken by man own initiative, between the two

as a

making the decision. It would be great have a column by a priest who would discuss the priesthood and religious life.

family."

in the

rod

vocation have no one to talk to about

work of the

Church: for the training of catechists, the support of seminarians and local religious Communities, the building of churches, the opening of new missions and the faith development of young

provide aid to those projects whose thrust

apex

n the inseparable connection, willed

number of vocations that get lost. Young people who are considering a

Peter Apostle are essential

homilies to pray and sacrifice for voca-

Humanae

lis

personally believe there

St.

for the pastoral missionary

priests

its

Church's teaching against

rec-

"The teaching of Humanae Vitae

irtificial

life. I

Faith and

the spacing of births and the size of their

ng union

Pope Paul

to the marriage

enabling the couple to

l."

religious

vided through the Propagation of the

erous and responsible decisions about

ation that reaches

ti,

Vitae,

ognized conjugal love as eminently human but rooted in God's love for his people," it said. "He saw it as the dynamic element in every marriage, bringing

to see

paper to promote vocations to the priesthood and

sider the priesthood or religious life?

dbearing and the importance of the ily is

would be great

How many sure,

think

priests writing articles in the

that the question

(From Page

There, as in other countries in the care of this Congregation, subsidies pro-

Editor:

are a

compromise particularly :he issue of women's ordination is an alternative, the pope said in a ortance,"

Pray for vocations I

Herald

To The Editor

Letters To The

Cwolwi

Thanks to St. Jude for prayers swered and favors granted.

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QmuniScuÂŁ ms p anas

'Qmtmiquemorios

Equipo que

dirigio el Retiro Espiritual

dando

las charlas,

de izquierda a derecha: Micki

Cazares, Mercedes Jones, Denise Hernandez y Rafael Torres Mora.

Confiamos En La Hermana

Sehor

Irene Halahan, de las Jesus Martinez y su esposa Lorena con su hija Jazmi'n, de la comunidad de Holy Info

Esclavas del Corazon de Jesus, nos cuenta los incidentes del Retiro Espiritual que tuvo lugar a fines del mes de mayo, entre las bellas montanas de

Todos

Valley. ilusion,

pues se

pha

Retiro Espiritual.

Maggie

Escuela De Ministerios

esperabamos con anunciaba que venia de lo

Espana un sacerdote invitado para ocasion. Pero

con entusiasmo en

Reidsville, participaron

esta

.nos fallo el sacerdote y

entonces, <<,Que hacer? Era

momento

^Quien Viene?

Las personas

un equipo dirigente.

elegidas en seguida contestaron que

estaban dispuestas a dar las charlas,

Pequehas Comunidades

SEPI, el Institute Pastoral del SE vuelve a ofrecer cursos en Charlotte

preciso de capacitar a los laicos y formar

como

si,

lo hizo

Eclesiai

por Carlos Salgado y Ronald Cuadj enero 14 y 15, 1995.

Tecnicas de Evangelization ^ 1 1 y

hace cuatro anos.

mas

Jorge Presmanes, OP, febrero

^Para Quien?

no habfa ya tiempo para prepararlas. Solo quedaba confiar en el poder del

1993.

Para todos los hispanos de la diocesis

de Charlotte que deseen recibir una formation doctrinal basica, capacitacion tecnica para un servicio eficaz, creativo

y comunitario de todos los ministerios. El joven Guadalupe Rosales, de Winston-

Salem, dando testimonio ante

impacto que este

hecho en su

retiro habfa

vida para encontrar

grupo del

Senor.

^Donde? Centro Catolico Hispano, 2117 Shenandoah Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205 - Independence Blvd. y The Plaza.

^Como

Inscribirse?

Apunte hoy mismo escribiendol Centro Catolico Hispano, 21 Shenandoah Avenue, Charlotte, 28205, dando su nombre, direcci completa y numero de telefono 1|

favor, hagalo por correo.

ISll

k hi

Noticias Diocesanai

eficacias el ministerio de la musica

ofrecido por la familia Anaya; Toni y su hijo mayor tocaron los instrumentos,

mientras Angie los acompanaba cantando sola o animando a todos a cantar.

Ismael y Evi Valdez, de Kernersville, en lo alto de la montana a la salida de la iglesia,

terminandose el Retiro Espiritual en Maggie Valley.

Quedamos muy agradecidos por musica es

este servicio, pues la

importante para los hispanos y su cultura. El Padre Allen Dec,

OFM

vino de Hendersonville a Living ters,

escuchar las confesiones

Micki Cazares, Mercedes Jones, Denise Hernandez y Rafael Torres Mora, los cuales contaban con una rica experiencia y conocimientos previos acumulados en

celebrar la Eucaristfa el domingo.

providencial que

El Senor no se dejo ganar en

sabado y

Fue

Padre Philip

CMI, se encontraba ese de semana en Maggie Valley y con

Kollithanath, fin

gusto ayudo con

pasado.

Wa-

casa de retiros de la diocesis, para

Espiritu Santo que hablara por boca de

Cap.,

sacramento de

Reconciliation.

generosidad

y los 52 hispanos participantes sentimos con gran gozo la

Era el domingo de Pentecostes y verdaderamente la accion del Espiritu

presencia del Senor entre nosotros. Habfa unos cuantos jovenes, quienes se abrieron a recibir abundantes gracias de

Santo se palpaba en el ambiente. Nos sentfamos ser Iglesia, comunidad de

Dios, segun ellos

mismos dieron

testimonios conmovedores retiro.

salir

al final

del

Ellos animaron a los oyentes a

dispuestos para seguir a Cristo,

atrayendo a otros tambien.

Hubo mucho

dialogo y nos en-

riquecimos mutuamente compartiendo nuestras experiencias de

fe.

Ayudo con

hermanos y hermanas unidos en Cristo. Con gran alegrfa terminabamos este retiro convencidos que podemos mas de lo que creemos si confiamos en el Senor. Algunos de los participantes quedaban determinados a llevar este mensaje a sus comunidades locales para tomar accion en

el futuro.

^Cuando?

Cada dos meses aproximadamente, durante 15 horas, sabados de 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. y domingos de 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.

Las personas enfermas que dese Padre Aurelio Ferr notiffquenlo an Centro Catoli Hispano, tel. (704) 335-1281.

la visita del

(

sin

iQue Cursos? La Mision

Hoy

por el Padre Aurelio Ferrfn, septiembre 1 1 y del Cristiano

Bibilia y su

a hispanos las contratis

construction.

12, 1993.

Emplean

F.T. Williamson Co., Inc. trabajo

Uso

Pastoral por

392-0186,

Pueden llamar

ext. 16, Harriet

al (7(

Laye.

Rogelio Zelada, noviembre 20 y 21,

Busca quien

1993. Cristologfa: El Mensaje y Proyecto de Jesus por Jorge Presmanes, OP,

febrero 5 y 6, 1994. Eclesiologfa: La Iglesia y su Mision

por Guillermo Fernandez,

MA, marzo

19 y 20, 1994. Historia de la Iglesia Catolica en los

Antes de 6281.

las

Necesita quien

mayo

588-3533, oficina.

11 y 12, 1994.

ella.

Busca apartamento,

Llamar

viva en

Lydia Menocal y Ronald Cuadra, junio

tel.

nifij

(704)

Para cuidar a una enferma, tel. 548-0710.

Estados Unidos por Lydia Menocal, MA, 14 y 15, 1994. Principios de Pastoral Hispana por

cuide a los

5:00 p.m.,

quien tel.

cuide

a Bruce,

la cas* tel.

(7(1

comparta

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Metodologfa Pastoral por Mario Vizcaino, SCH.P., septiembre 10 y 11, 1994. Liturgia y Sacramentos por Rogelio

Zelada, octubre 29 y 30, 1994.

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hispana,

& Hera?

The Catholic News

1993

16,

Vietnamese Catholic Community cua chua trong mat ho se

Radi

Sa mac

He ve chinh la nhiing khbi dau cho bao hanh trinh. Toi rat thich quan sat

tat

cam do.

ndi cd nhieu

dap

con

chi Sii

lai la

bong dem

ham ho dbi song

ma thoi.

trdbng gia, nhdthd

khach ban ron

^nh

ju'di

nay voi

Phi Truong. Ngdoi den ke di that

va, so nguoi

"Muc dich

minh.

jji

tai

nab

nhiet.

khac nhan ha ung dung. Thuong thub'ng

toi

hay

lam nhifvay?" Co phai d6i song

thieh ha phai

h ngUbi doi hoi phai lien tuc nhu vay chang? Nguoi ta kiem tim gi? Co the cua

tra loi

x hanh iirhg

trinh

dau sao

Thiic te

kiem

con ngiioi

hoac de

di niia

muu

cube

hiiu hinh

di tim

sinh.

hubng

the

lac

man bang nhiing

hay thda

do chinh

muc

luon luon bi thuc day ra di de tim mot cai

va co ngay se khong bao gib thoa

man

diidc

con tim

xua va quen

Nhiing neu biet that

co cuoc tinh tarn cho cac

toi

em goi/a Thieu

Nhi

lai

cuoc hanh

trinh

ma dan Chua da'phai

qua trong sa mac. Dan Chua da phai chap nhan nhieu kho khan, nhieu

Ban dem bon

long ngai va phai nhat tarn khac phuc.

ban ngay phai

tre

NgUOi

va vung

khong

manh buoc

vay? Vi hanh

mac

vi tai sa

do cd nghia

huy

de co the hubng dan ph'ai true tiep thi

nhom minh qui

ve mot lahh dao

MA1SEN

the nan

lai

dang sau ma van

huy chubng

diibc

vao dat

ma khong can nuoc mat mo

tung buoc."

tim quyen binh, tien

ciia

va thba

tan tanh

man

tinh

do vb, theo

mot thoang

RA DI

hay de giet chet

de tim mot cai

da uoc no khac biet vbi su ra di de co ngay ve khi ho da thanh '

tu lau,

dich

ciia

nhin:

"Con duong dan

KHAI QUANG

toi

"Khong kho ma cung khong

kho hay de?"

de."

"Tai sao vay?"

"Bbi

no khong

nam

trong do."

"Nhtl vay lam sao ra di de co the dat

"Ngdoi

thubng, ho se

due cuoi cung anh den sang

Con muc

lac

Trong Mot Phut Khon Ngoan, Cha Anthony de Mello SJ da cho chung

hanh y Chua, lam viec ngoai quy dao cua Chua cac lanh

mang vao than nhuhg

da dang co the ho ra di de tim hoan

sao

cong.

diet,

vong va an dinh

ung quan trong hon ca sa mac can co LANH D AO. Cac truOng nhom lam

khac se chi

khong

the doat giai

trinh thi

gio va tien cua.

thi

phai ngu trong

hop nhom va theo hubng dan. Tom lai ho phai song doi

nghi nao ca, khong co tu do

tarn thubng.

Nha van Kalhil Gibran da noi: "Ban lamdung khi ban hubng ve muc dich

hoi.

nac khong dddc nan long va phai dat toi dich. Sa mac la ndi khong co mot

Ho chap nhan

Co nhiing nguoi ra di nhieu lan nhung chang bao gib dat toi dich. Tai

khac thuong. Chung

song doi sa mac no se dua den gan dat hua ndi Chua

sii

Tbi nghi rang ngtibi

tim.

anh The. Cuoc tinh tarn nay dien

ho.

thit tai

da hua.

Chua da hua cho

ha"h dat mia

gan noi

cuoc song khong hy vong, khong muc dich va nep song qua u

hua.

Thang Sau viia qua tbi co dip di Atlanta vdi cac ban tre, sau chuc em linh it

Cap, chon no

dich cua ho.

RA DI mdi dang chu y.

ma noi, con nguBi

hinh. in

toi la

Ho mong duo'c

bo vang hoac nhung ng£u than nao khac.

ngung

di thi

khong can phai

ban se

ra di vi

hanh

muc trinh

dich?"

nay khong co duong di, hay

dich."

tbi

Journeying By SISTER CECILIA ummer

^ is

the time for journeys.

like to

TONG

watch people busy

at the airports

—

and coming as the seasons flow. Some are in a hurry while others are walking often ask myself: What is the purpose of all of this? Is it life that needs om § aU m e time? What do people seek anyway? The answer '"HEH S

•ely. I

Rk. S$

ET^^bBbK

he that the people seek pleasure, seek selffulfilment through business and travels are the only ways to help to achieve them. What ever it may be it is the goings that *

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nj|

Human beings are urged always to go on searching, search-

m ing for something that

and the them, the ones with

B immediate can never give

satisfaction to

— promised by God

land I

longing hearts.

desert.

young people had to choose their leaders who in turn would act as Moses They had to go through a lot of hardship, accept contradiction and re it bravely. At night they slept in the tents and during the days they had to learn to live in groups. In other words, they had to learn how to survive desert life, »se heart and achieve their destiny. Desert is a place where there are no facilities soever. There is no freedom because freedom in this place would mean death iestruction. Definitely, it is, above all else a need for leadership. Group leaders bring their groups to the one true leader who is Moses who in turn must listen "he

desert.

only.

Care Minister: Large Catholic parish is responsible for pastoral care at community hospital plus nine other health care facilities. We a Health Care Minister to provide pastoral care in the hospital and to manage sh volunteer pastoral ministers. The Health Care Minister will provide

llth

still

into the

promised land. One cannot

reach the goal desired without sweat and tears. Kalhil Gibran urged: "

You are good who travel a

firmly with bold steps." There are people

and do not reach the goal. Why, since the purpose of travelling is for pure leisure all. It may be that the purpose of it is to kill time and money. Meanwhile the purpose of a journey is to achieve something. Therefore it has a purpose and a definite plan of action to accomplish it. It is not the hustle and bustle of goings and comings but of the expectation of the arrivals when the journeys are made. In One Minute Wisdom, Anthony de Mello SJ gave us a glimpse of his thought on the matter: "Is the path of Enlightenment difficult or easy?" lot

or for no leisure at

"It is neither."

"Why

not?"

"Because it isn't there." "Then how does one travel

"One

Employment Opportunities

—

think one cannot stay behind and

when you walk to your goal

month, I had a chance to go with some young Vietnamese to Atlanta. There about 60 young people who were particularly restless. We had a retreat called aristic Youth retreat. It was a replica of a journey made by the chosen people

;

—

intangible. For the tangible

,ast

;

God. Apart from God all leaders will bring chaos and confusion. Because then the hunger for power and money ultimately will snuff out the light of their eyes. Desert is a place full of temptation, the temptation that longs for worldly comfort, wrong things in life such as worship of a golden calf, false idols or even false leaders. To and to forego the promised land be at the fleshpots of Egypt a place of slavery that God had promised for the chosen people. To accept a life without any goal and thus to succumb to the life of ordinary people with no hope, no future. Desert life, if it is truly lived would bring us closer to the goal which is in search of the promised to the bidding of

doesn't. This

to the goal?"

a journey without distance. Stop traveling and

you

will

arrive."

Handmaids Sister Cecilia Tong

director of the Vietnamese Apostolate for the

Diocese of Charlotte.

ge, non-profit

oral care in the hospital

and

recruit, coordinate, train

and support volunteer

Newnan

(From Page

and Lifelong Learning,

as well as material

from Cathedral Publishing. Our diocesan

Strong organizational and training skills, an ictive, motivating style, an ability to work with volunteers and health care essionals are musts. Must be Roman Catholic in good standing with an

curriculum on faith formation includes directives from the bishops' document. Direct services from the Diocesan Offfice Of Faith Formation are available to all parishes, parents and catechists to help them as Catholic Christians to help our

irgraduate degree and experience in pastoral ministry to the sick and a

young people grow in their understanding that they are indeed "... fearfully and wonderfully made, in the divine image He created ... male and female He created

isters

imum

in other institutions.

of one unit of

CPE

or equivalent in supervised pastoral ministry in a

Salary commensurate with degree and experience. Send resume Health Care Minister Search Committee, Church of the Holy Family, Great Neck Road, Virginia Beach, 23454.

them." (Psalms 1 39: 14 Gen 1 :27) Please note: The U.S. bishops' document (Publication #4058) can be obtained from United States Catholic Conference, 3211 Fourth St. NE, Washington DC 20017 or call the USCC, (800) 235-8722.

Pth Minister: Seeking enthusiastic individual to coordinate junior and senior m Youth Ministry. Creative team leader to work in collaboration with volunteer

an excellent resource for (with an introduction by Cardinal Bernard Law) by Linda Thayer. The booklet can also be obtained by sending $2 and a self addressed, stamped envelope to Community Relations, 2122 Commonwealth Ave., Brighton, Mass. 02135 or call (617) 254-0100. For more information, call the Office of Faith Formation, (704) 331-1714.

ical setting. jition:

Kchists, religious

Rimum

education

staff,

school faculty at dynamic parish.

Qualifications: Degree or equivalent certification in Youth Ministry

Kyoufh ministry experience in leadership role. Full-time position. Apply before ll 31, 1993. Send resume, salary requirements, two references to: Judy Kiely, •Eiedral

of Christ the King, 2699 Peachtree Street, Atlanta,

GA 30305.

The Carolina Catholic Book Store

parents and teens.

Chris

Newnan

in Charlotte is also

suggest the booklet,

AIDS & Adolescents

diocesan director of Faith Formation.

Catholic

lie

& Herald

News

July 16,

Diocesan News Briefs New

Vietnamese Youth Program.

A Eucharistic for

Youth Group member

raises his

hand

promise prayer, Mass attendance,

and apostolate for the Church. He was a leader for a four-day program

sacrifice

Ground was broken June 27 for a new 5,200-square-foot parish center at Holy Ai Church in Mount Airy. The architect is Dennis Altic. Show (1-r) are Msgr. Arthur Dui pastor; Chuch Wittenauer, parish council chairman; Rick Shutt, vice president, Jol

in Atlanta

Vietnamese youth from throughout the Southeast, including 20 from the Diocese of

Charlotte.

Clark Co.; and John Quinn, building committee chairman.

Pledge Campaign

St. Philip's

—

STATES VILLE

St.

Philip the

Apostle Church has successfully completed a Building Pledge Campaign for

The campaign was reached. Con-

a $1.2 million church.

Completion

Benedict the Moor Church participated in an ecumenical Vacation Bible School

Piedmont Council

dates and places are: Oct. 9,

program June 1 4- 1 9 with St. Paul United

993, Bishop McGuinness High School,

Methodist Church, Dellabrook Presby-

Council of the Knights of Colurr pi #939, elected officers for the 1 993l» term: Bob Grabasky, grand kn 18 George Stratton, deputy grand kn i Larry D'Amelio, chancellor; p Thompson, warden; Mike Wachtei corder; Brian Kirwan, treasurer; ( Chapman, advocate; Don Redm inside guard, and Pat Rooney, ou

being announced in advance so people can reserve the time to attend.

The 1

Winston-Salem;

expected to begin

this fall.

Oct. 30, 1993, Immaculata School, Henderson ville; and Feb. 12, 1994, St. Ann School, Char-

targeted for the

summer

lotte.

goal of $455,000 struction

Parish Center.

Church and Spencer Memorial About 82 people par-

terian

Theresa Watkins of St. Benedict led whom were from St. Benedict. Robin Ach, also of St. Benedict, led a pre-school group of 15. St. Benedict Church has partici-

Christian Church. ticipated.

of 1994.

an adult class, six of

The new sanctuary

will be conon the present site adjoining the parish center. It will accommodate nearly 600 people. The building project in-

structed

Anniversary Celebration SALISBURY Msgr. John Roueche's 60th anniversary of ordina-

pated in the interfaith program for three

cludes renovation of the existing parish center.

Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church. Msgr. Roueche was born in Salisbury.

Hurting Marriages

Student Leaders

Justice

HICKORY —The first Retrouvaille program

for the diocese will be at the

Catholic Conference Center the week-

end of July 30- Aug. 1 Retrouvaille is designed to help and support married .

couples

who

are experiencing difficul-

ties in their relationship. It is also

ful for

couples

who

help-

are separated or

divorced.

lic

all

—

tion celebration

who

open to couples of

Wonders," included training sessions on leadership skills, communication, motivation and student activity projects. Joey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hazel of Matthews. Scott is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gant of

For more information,

faiths.

Scott or Elizabeth

call

Thomas, (704) 875-

1535.

Mark Your Calendars The Diocesan

Pastoral Council

planning three regional assemblies for next fall and winter. The assemblies are

various

M h See Briefs,

Justice

1714.

Respect Life Meeting CHARLOTTE Respect Life Par-

FOUR GREAT NAMES

—

ish Coordinators are invited to a lun-

cheon meeting Aug. 16 from p.m.

Paj

rcl

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CHARLOTTE — The

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The program, "Discovering Small

Social Services,

among

NEWARK, Dela. Joey Hazel and Scott Gant, middle school students at All Saints Catholic School in Charlotte, attended the 57th National Association of Student Council conference June 26-30 at Glasgow High School, Newark, Dela. They were among 1,800 student council leaders and student activity advisors

Piedn

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—

The program, sponsored by Catho-

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The Catholic News

1993

ly 16,

He:

World and National Briefs SN Chief Says New Cable TV

plies to the poor, elderly, children

iw Restricts Religious Speech

mentally

WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

The

sident and chief executive officer of

Vision Interfaith Satellite Network a

new

cable television law has the

and

leading to "interferences that prejudice

several U.S. bases. Four military instal-

military action."

community relations, flew Cuban capital of Havana July 5

secretary for

lations in Charleston

to the

distributed through Caritas Cuba, a

Church-run charitable agency. Under an agreement with the Cuban government, the medical help will not be used by the military or for tourists or foreign

removed VISN from their systems it with local low-power annels, many of which feature fundantalist Christian preachers. Under the replaced

jvisions of the cable t

enacted

bill

must carry all within their

year, cable franchises

channels

visitors. It will

directly to hospitals

and clinics run by religious staff, and is specifically earmarked for the poor, elderly, children and the mentally ill.

micipality's service area.

Education Can Be

Bargain,

Home Schoolers Told MANASSAS, Va. (CNS)

itholic

e education, if not

done well,

ich of a bargain," a

home

rther

isn't

schooling

of four told participants in the

Home

Education nvention. More than 800 people from tional Catholic

Diocese Sues City Over Zonning Plan Affecting Church-Owned Land

—

SAN

—

convention July 5 in Manassas, adding momentum to lat seems to be a growing movement long Catholic parents. Kimberly hn, a convert to Catholicism and quent speaker on Catholic family life, d that if parents delegate the responility for educating their children, "we ye to do so very carefully." states attended the

JOSE, Calif. (CNS) The Diocese of San Jose has sued the city of Cupertino over a zoning plan that it said reduces the value of diocesan land without compensation. Announcing the lawsuit July 1, Father Michael Mitchell,

San

vicar general for the Diocese of

new

Jose, described Cupertino's

gen-

and the environmental impact on which it is based as "seriously flawed." The plan labels 208 acres of diocese-owned property in Cupertino as "hillside," sharply reducing the number of housing units that can be built there. Under the previous general plan, 293 units would have been allowed, but the eral plan

report

new

Of Holiness' First Response Sex Abuse, Says Cardinal

plan permits only 41.

iirsuit

NEW YORK (CNS) — The "pur-

of holiness" on the part of the entire urch should be the first response to rical sexual

John

misconduct, said CardiNew York,

O'Connor of

he responsibility for holiness ilusively that of priests,

ely accountable if

...

not

nor are priests

God's people

fail

"We

are

be holy," the cardinal said.

one in the mystical body of Christ, all profit one another with our good5S, hurt one another with our evil." rdinal O'Connor's comments came

Exhortation: Called to Holi-

36 Catholic High Schools Named Blue Ribbon Schools

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Thirty-

were recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in June as Blue Ribbon Schools, receiving the nation's highest honor for secondary schools. "We are proud of the Department of Education's recognition given to these schools and applaud their efforts and achievements," said Michael six Catholic high schools

orth $500,000

BOSTON

To Cuba

(CNS)

— The Archdio-

of Boston has donated $500,000 •rth of medicines and medical sup-

people.

family values throughout the world, has chosen the family as the theme of his 1994 World Peace Day message. The papal message, usually released in De-

will,

cember

The pope replied, "I certainly and let your people know that I am with them in prayer at this time." During his June 28-July 5 ad limina visit to Rome, Bishop Thompson learned about the

recommended

John Paul

during his

where basic values are transmitted and

and

pri-

vate schools that are exceptionally ef-

Pope Assures Prayers For Those Affected

U.S. Base Closings

CHARLESTON, Pope John Paul

S.C.

(CNS)

—

Bishop David B. Thompson of Charleston he will pray

Funeral

— Pope

meet President Clinton to Denver for the World

visit

Telephone 252-3535

H. Dale Groce John M. Prock

told

Home,

1401

St.

—

Church must support the rights of women and seriously reflect on their role in the Church, but without compromising with an "extreme" and ideological form of feminism, Pope John Paul II told a group of U.S. bishops. In dealing with the question, Church leaders should be

said the pope's meeting with Clinton

would take place

Denver's Regis

University Aug. 12, shortly after the

pontiff s arrival in the

The encounnew president

careful not to raise false hopes, particu-

city.

the first between the

on the Church's refusal to ordain as priests, the pope said July 2. The pope was speaking to some 30 bishops from several Eastern and Southlarly

and the pope, was confirmed July 5 when the Vatican released the complete schedule of the pope' s Aug. 9- 1 6 visit to Jamaica, Mexico and Denver.

women

ern states, in

Pope Plans September

Visit

the

many

Patton

for their consulta-

visits.

His talk examined

kinds of assistance lay people

Lithuania, Lativa, Estonia

are able to provide pastors in the United

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

States, a situation

John Paul

— Pope

planning to

visit the

which he called a

"blessing."

Baltic countries in September, his first trip to

nations that were once part of the

Soviet Union. take

him

The

Sept. 4-10 trip will

to Lithuania, Latvia

Vatican Official Says Don't Blame Islam For Terrorism

and Esto-

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Blam-

The

ing Islam for recent episodes of terror-

Vatican announced July

Pope Pleads For Return To Peace In Somalia VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Pope

John Paul II pleaded for a return to peace in Somalia and expressed his sadness over the killing of three Italian soldiers in the East African country. During the same week the pope and a top Vatican diplomat defended the right of "humanitarian intervention" by the interna-

community

whose

Inc.

Rome

ad limina

tive

Vatican statement said.

Pope Says Support Women's Rights, But Not 'Extreme Feminism VATICAN CITY (CNS) The

Youth Day celebration in August, the Vatican announced. The pope, meanwhile, said he hoped the youth day festivities would offer a "sign of confidence" and multicultural cooperation to a tense and troubled world. The Vatican

ter,

generations receive moral forma-

tion, a

will

to assist populations

survival and

threatened.

human

rights are

At the same time, the Vatican

newspaper said military orders

Asheville,

new

-year-old school recogniidentifies public

Faniily," the Vatican said July

The message will explore the positive

ism

contributions of the family, as the place

Pope To Meet Clinton During Visit To Denver VATICAN CITY (CNS)

tional

>U&ce>

Human

closings.

tions

program

of the Jan.

"The Family Creates the Peace of the

independence during 1 990-9 1 when the communist grip in the region weakened.

tion

in anticipation

observance, will focus on the theme

three countries separately declared their

fective at educating students.

ston Archdiocese Sends Medicine

—

ondary Department of the National Catholic Educational Association. According to the U.S. Department of Edu-

sconduct.

>nt

Pope Chooses Family As Theme Of 1994 World Peace Day Message VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II, concerned at new threats to

be shut down, according to a list 1 by the independent Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. About 38,000 people would be thrown out of work. Bishop Thompson said he asked the pope to pray for Charleston and its "good" released July

nia, the

cation, the

delivered July

not the United Nations,

were recommended

Guerra, executive director of the Sec-

1 with a new stateof the New York Archdiocese's icies and procedures on clerical sexual

;s,"

the U.S.

as part of the scheduled closings of

knows because

come from

Roberto O. Gonzalez of Boston and Msgr. William Murphy, archdiocesan

franchises across the nation

malia appear to

command and

with the medical supplies, which will be

lson Price says he

who will be affected when

naval operations in Charleston shut down

ect of restricting religious speech,

t>le

for the people

of Cuba. Auxiliary Bishop

ill

So-

wrong and risks damaging relabetween Christians and Muslims, a Vatican official said. The Church is

should help people recognize that "there is no such thing as 'Islamic terrorism'" any more than acts of violence by Christians

can be labeled "Christian terror-

ism," said U.S. Jesuit Father

Michel,

the

who heads

Thomas

Muslim section Pontifical Council for the

Michel spoke in an interview July 2. In previous weeks, several people arrested for alleged terrorism in the United States have been described as Muslim fundamentalists, and attention has been focused in part on their religion and their Interreligious Dialogue. Father

reported links to an Islamic preacher.

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— Friday, August

1993

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Race From By

& Herald

News

he Catholic

July 16, li

Confirmation At Murphy.

Davey Allison Dies Helicopter Crash Injuries Driver

CAROL HAZARD JO ANN KEANE

and

Associate Editors lost more than a stock when Davey Allison,

America racing star

car 32,

died Tuesday, July 13 from injuries suffered in the crash of a helicopter he

was piloting. The country lost a good, sound individual who had God and Church at the center of his life, said Father Dale Grubba, a photo journalist

who

follows the

NASCAR circuit. was "cen-

Allison's Catholic faith tral to

Grubba. People embraced the whole family, he said. "No matter how much success they had, they remained close to their

their faith."

fans.

as the Allison family

was

with racing, they always had time for

Mass, said Father Grubba. Whenever Father Grubba said in their

home

children

Mass

for the family

or in hotel rooms,

would run up

all

the

Davey, he

recalled.

"He was

the uncle

who always

grabbed them and tickled them and pretended to wrestle with them," said Father Grubba. "He loved people and people as a result would flock to him, even the little kids. He was one of those people who seemed to attract people."

Tremendously popular, Davey was loved by young and old. Even though he won a lot of races and was involved in two championships, "it went far beyond

confirmation to

Grubba, a priest of the Diocese of Madison, Wis. It was a trait he irtfierited from his parents, NASCAR living legend Bobby Allison and his wife, Judy. "Judy has to feel like Rose Kennedy; just how much suffering can a family take," said Father Grubba. Davey' brother, Clifford Allison, died at age 27 in an accident last summer at Michigan International Speedway. Bobby hasn't raced since he crashed at Pocono Speedway, Pa., in June 1988. "They have got to be devastated by this. But even when Clifford passed away, they didn't think it was God punishing them and they didn't give up on

As busy

Donoghue recently visited St.. William Church in Murphy to admini members of the parish and its mission, Immaculate Heart of Mary Those confirmed were Mary Schafer, Anna Block, Tara Turcotte and Thon

Bishop John

everything he did," said Father

Hayesville.

Nelson of St. William and Katherine Smith and Kristin Smith of Immaculate Heart of Ms Pictured are (front,

and Anna Block; mission, and

Briefs

DAVEY ALLISON

that," said Father

built

a whole network of fans

Smith, Father

up throughout the country."

lived his faith.

Allison was a parishioner of Aloysius Church, Bessemer, Ala.

speaker will demonstrate portable secu-

Waters Catholic Reflection Center presenting "Colors and Spiritual Pr ence," a retreat Aug. 2-5. The focus vj be on how God speaks to people throuj all creation and how He reveals presence in the colors of life. CapucI Father Allen Dec will be the directo

rity

equipment

homes and for Branson, Mo.,

for use in

Plans for a

trip to

will be discussed.

young people are inBring a bag lunch; dessert and coffee will be provided. All 50 plus

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The institute, a training program for

Holy Land, maintain the sites sacred to our Saviour's life, and work to improve

before His passion and death.

the lot of the people

now dwelling where

As Father

James and John

Peter Stravinskas, editor

of The Catholic Answer,

who have been

subjected

fond of saying, language safeguards meaning.

much

suffering.

Certainly the Church has no greater

Without your concern and assistance

treasure to guard with proper language

our apostolate could not long endure.

than the

Christ lived, to

many

hardships and

Asking Your Excellency to bestow work of the Holy Land, I remain,

a paternal blessing on the

Gratefully yours in Christ Br. Callistus

Welch, O.F.M.

Commissary

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of Scripture and Catholic tradi-

Teachers can obtain continuing

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—

Newly

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50 Plus Club of St. John are Mrs. Edward Mclntyre, president; Mrs. Elmer Davis, vice president; Mr. John Beff, secretary, and Mr. Stephen Bespalko, treasurer.

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an actual

occurrence, not a sign or symbol," and further

of this newspaper or

its

publisher.

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The

correct Catholic

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Blood of our Lord. The transfiguration

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"For the Catholic Church, it's a tremendous loss," said Father Grubba. "Like Alan Kulwicki (who died in a plane crash April 1 ), Davey was a good, sound, practicing Catholic. "In this day and age, here you have two people who were tremendous examples of dedication and determination, and good clean living. They didn't do drugs and didn't get into fist fights and arguments. It's a tremendous loss."

Edmund

Thomas Nelson.

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