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Volume 7 Number 41

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

July 24, 1998

Diocesan Teens Learn,

Grow Through Inner-City Service Experience By

MIKE KROKOS Editor

GREENSBORO

— Josh Smeltzer

life in the mountains of western North Carolina. With a roof over his head, food on the table each night, and a family that gives him constant love and encouragement, the rising high school junior, a parishioner at St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Mars Hill, admits his blessings are numerous. During the week of July 13-17, Smeltzer and 15 other teenagers from the Diocese of Charlotte took part in SPLUNGE (Special People Living Uniquely Nourishing Growthful Experiences), an inner-city service experience sponsored by the Diocesan Office of Youth Ministry that showed them

leads a sheltered

firsthand

how

others in society struggle

"This week has taught me about be more open, and helped me in my faith," Smeltzer said. "As participants, we were also encouraged to work more for the people in our community who need help the most the needy and homeless and not to be trust, to

grow

Our Lady of Grace School in Greensboro served as SPLUNGE participants'

home base, the place where they returned

Modeled

after an action

program

University of Notre Dame, SPLUNGE 's goal is to heighten young people's awareness of the needs

developed

at the

of the poor, show that their help is valuable and perhaps most importantly, put a human face on poverty. One of the program's motto's is "live simply so that others may simple live."

each day's activities to reflect on

after

what they had experienced, share The week of intense immersion

By PETER ROSENGREN PERTH, Australia (CNS) The

—

northern Papua New Guinea was slowing down, a church official said. "The first two days we were scrambling to get choppers in we could see they were dying," Franciscan Father Augustine Crapp, diocesan administrator of Aitape, Papua New Guinea, said in

—

on Australian national television July 20.

He had spoken to as he toured devastated villages were happy to see him but also distressed and stunned by their experiences, with some crying on his shoulsaid the survivors he

der.

"They were

of spaced out and traumatized completely," he said. In the days after the wave, people everywhere were picking through the debris of their wrecked villages and looking for relatives, he said. Everywhere there were people who had lost most of or their entire families. Meanwhile, health was a major worry. sort

fea-

tured in-service visits from several area

agencies, including an older adults agency, a battered women's organizaand the Greensboro Pregnancy Care Center. The group assisted at Room at

tion,

home-

Inn, a Catholic ministry to

pregnant women and chilalso toured the Guilford County Courthouse and Jail and met with the district attorney. On Thursday, less, single,

dren.

They

SPLUNGE

participants

cooked and fed

nearly 300 people at Claremont Courts, a government housing subdivision.

See SPLUNGE, page 2

Rescue Efforts Slowing Papua New Guinea rescue effort following three tidal waves

simple supper, pray, and sleep.

The

to live.

—

afraid."

"We're getting worried now.

In the

I walked through yesterday, the stench was incredible. We're worried that malaria and other (diseases) will set

village

he said. Father Crapp said he was on top of mountain overlooking the ocean in the northern coastal town of Aitape when the earthquake that caused the waves hit the evening of July 17. He said he realized it was a big quake and went outside to see what had happened. in,"

He said there was nothing but lence for about 10 minutes or so. "Then we heard a tremendous roar si-

wave hit the beach, then the sound of wrenching, then later people screaming," he said. The villages devastated by the waves were predominantly populated by fishermen. The estimated death toll continued to mount as troops and police moved throughout the area buryofing victims where they had died ten on the beach or close inshore.

as the

—

See Rescue

Efforts,

page 2

New Ministry Center Dedicated At

St. Gabriel

Church

Bishop William G. Curlin snips a ceremonial ribbon dedication of St. Gabriel parish

The new 30,000 square

foot,

Charlotte's

three story

new

facility

for the

ministry center.

contains space to

serve the 90 service and outreach ministries of the 3,500-member parish.

"It's

not the building that defines the parish,

the charity

one another, and the The new ministry center was

of Christ in the service of the Lord in

community at

large," said the bishop.

completed at a cost of $4 million. Tim Dixon of the parish council said, "What we honor and recognize today is not a building; we are here to honor and recognize the [parishioners] for sharing their time, their talent

and

their treasure."

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July 24, 1998

SPLUNGE, from page

Mattie Townsend, president of

Claremont who also works

the

neighborhood's Police Resource Center,

Readings for the week of July 26 - August 1, 1998

said the youth ministry outreach was about

community reaching out "This

to help others.

about bringing the neighborhood

and people closer together," she said. As part of her SPLUNGE experience, Kerry Waldrep, a parishioner at Our Lady of Fatima Church in WinstonSalem, had dinner one night with a family whose home was built through Habitat for Humanity. "You could see they didn't have much, yet they opened their home and cooked this huge meal for me. It

Sunday Genesis 18:20-32 Colossians 2:12-14

Luke 11:1-13

Monday Jeremiah 13:1-11

Matthew 13:31-35

was really touching," she said. Waldrep added the program taught

Tuesday

her to "look for beauty everywhere."

Jeremiah

Spending a day walking through low-income neighborhoods opened Win-

Erin

ston-Salem teen-ager Vinnie Patrillo's eyes as well. "These were high crime areas, but you still had kids playing on the streets," said the Our Lady of Mercy pa-

ies to alleviate the poor, poverty,

Leonard of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point helps make tea for residents of Claremont Courts. SPLUNGE participants cooked dinner for nearly 300 residents of the government housing subdivision the week of July 13-17.

people in crisis or need," he said. Katherine Bombell, youth minister at Our Lady of Grace Church agreed, adding the week spent together allowed

tion for their call as Christians to help the

the group to form their

least of their brothers and sisters. "I also hope the students gained a broader aware-

and work together to make a difference. "When the group is small enough so you get to know each other, a lot more gets

ness of the infrastructure that exists in

cit-

Wednesday Jeremiah 15:10,16-21

and

Paul Kotlowski, diocesan director of youth ministry, said the week's activities helped youth develop a deeper apprecia-

rishioner.

Matthew 13:35-43

own community

done, and you really get to see the king-

dom

of God in action," she

"It's like

back

said.

planted small seeds in

now

these 16 youths, and

they can go

communities and spread

to their

more seeds," Bombell added. "They know it can be done. If just 16 of them did it here in Greensboro, they know they can do

John 11:19-27 Thursday Jeremiah 18:1-6

Matthew 13:47-53 Friday Jeremiah 26:1-9

elsewhere too."

Matthew 13:54-58

Rescue Although the

Efforts, from page official death toll

stood at just more than 700 on the evening of July 20, the provincial governor of Aitape estimated the number of dead would exceed 2,000 or 3,000. Father Crapp said he hoped it was not that high but feared it could reach that number. "I do hope 2,000 is not correct, but I'm afraid it might be," he said. Earlier, a clearly emotional Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate spoke to Australian journalists after having toured the devastated area, saying he would never be able to forget what he had seen. Skate canceled the national celebrations planned to mark the first anniversary of his party coming to power in Papua New Guinea. Australian missionaries working in

the area said the tidal astation

waves caused dev-

"much worse than

at first reck-

oned." Australian Franciscan officials said wake of the tidal wave, the lagoon in Sissano, Papua New Guinea, was full of bodies and debris from trees, houses and household goods. The mouth of the canal into the lagoon was choked with bodies, making canoe access imthat in the

possible.

Entire villages were wiped out, and survivors were hiding in the jungle far from the sea after fleeing in terror of another wave, said a July 20' statement issued by the Australian Franciscan provincial office in Sydney.

large

number of

the dead

were

children too small to outrun the waves.

"Many There are a

no children," a

into the hospital, but

priest in Aitape told Reuters, the British

Matthew 14:1-12

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Schwemmer,

New

apostolic nuncio in

Guinea, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, II

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Bishop Celebrates Mass For Peace In Ireland The Diocese of Charlotte

By FATHER DOUGLAS K. CLARK

SAVANNAH, Ga. (CNS)

—

Bishop Kevin Boland of Savannah told a thousand worshipers July 12 that few underJ.

stand the difficulties standing in the

His Excellency, Bishop William G. Curlin, announces the following

appointments in the Diocese of Charlotte.

Effective July 16,

1998

way

of a final, peaceful settlement to "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. During a Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, the Irish-bom bishop said that the situation in Northern Ireland "has the ingredients of differing amounts of politics, religion, history and economics and national awareness." The regularly scheduled 11:30 a.m. Mass was dedicated to the cause of peace in Ireland. At the Mass, Bishop Boland proposed that Savannah's Irish societies take the lead in helping people understand the complexities of Northern Ireland's situation. "It is probably fair to say that the vast majority of Savannahians, and indeed perhaps the vast majority in the United

Frank Cintula Vicar ofBoone vicariate Rev.

do not ftiUy comprehend what the Bishop Boland said. Those who make the effort to inform themselves could speak for the Irish community and provide "an objective perStates,

issues are,"

Rev. Msgr. William

Pharr

Vicar of Charlotte vicariate

spective in regard to

Heiney

Rev. Larry

Vicar of Gastonia vicariate

Rev.

said.

added, "To begin to understand

an achievement

— Richard, — who were

ers

Mountain

vicariate

Jim Cahill will continue

as vicar until September)

in itself"

11,

Mark,

Jim

and Jason,

em Ireland. The boys were buried July

14.

asked the worshipers to pray for

Quinn family.

Bishop Boland said the July 12 date for the Mass he was celebrating to pray for peace was both coincidental and

Vicar of Winston-Salem vicariate

providential.

Rev.

Abbot Patrick Shelton

Vicar ofAlbemarle vicariate

"It

was on

this

day

1690 that the

seeds were planted for the current animosities," at the Battle of the Boyne,

which assured Protestant supremacy in Ireland for centuries to come. "Three hundred and eight years of

said, and, "like all

in a

come

troversy again this year.

Bishop Boland called on those

"The bottom line is not who wins and loses, but the development of a situation that leads to a just society, a society

where there are no second-class citizens, where the dignity of each individual is where getting a job is not dependent on one's religious affiliation," he said. respected,

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—

lence." his audience "our ultimate goal has to be reconIt is the ultimate test of our Christian convictions because it is the essence of the Gospel message."

that

ciliation.

asked,

"Do we

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celebration of a special

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parish, city) the

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the congregation to pray

"for peace that eliminates fear the

excmciating fear of intimi-

dation that one family will be harmed.

The bishop reminded

of peace.

you

your home,

at the

Mass not only to pray, but to ground themselves in God's way, to be Christcentered and to act and work on behalf

Catholic

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visit us.

killings, the

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been "so destroying." In honor of the victory of the Protestant William of Orange in 1690, "Orange societies" march in Northern Ireland every year on July 12. Their route through Catholic neighborhoods generated con-

has provided outsranding

environnienr.

family feuds that

a long time," the Irish family feud has

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half a century.

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young brothers, Jason, Mark and Richard Quinn, are carried by a funeral service July 1 4 in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland. The is Catholic, were killed in a sectarian firebomb attack July 12.

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the special needs of the

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Bishop Boland also recounted the news that broke early the morning of the Mass about the three young Quinn broth-

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Herald

July 24, 1998

The Pope Speaks Pope John Paul II

Pope Says Sunday Prayer, Rest Help People See God In Nature LORENZAGO DI CADORE, Italy (CNS) With

security for protecting his privacy and making a real vacation possible.

and towering Dolomite mountains as a backPope John Paul II said Sunday prayer and rest

Pope Reportedly Joins

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the forests

"The Catholic Church to

committed

and only non-violent to promote the respect and

non-violent

actions

of all human life. Those who see terrorist bombing and other

dignity

violent acts as justifiable in the Pro-Life Movement are contradicting the Gospel Message.

— Most Reverend William G. Curlin Bishop of Charlotte

al Galenc/ai Bishop William G. CmrKiii wiE

drop,

The pope spoke about keeping Sundays holy July 12 in a midday address to more than 1,000 people crowded into the yard around the little house in Lorenzago di Cadore where he was vacationing. Commenting on his apostolic letter, "The Day of the Lord," released July 7, the pope said Sunday is a day

July 26

all

gaze of God," who, on he created and declared

good.

"The day of the Lord is the day which manifests God's love for his creatures," the pope said. "In an era of technology," he said, people's lives run the risk of becoming anonymous or being seen as simply another component in the production process. "Man, then, becomes unable to enjoy the beauty of creation and, even more, unable to read in it the reflection of the face of God," the pope said. "Christians," he said, "stop every Sunday not only because of their legitimate need for rest, but especially to celebrate the work of God the creator and redeemer.

"From

this celebration, there arise

and hope which give a new

— 11 a.m.

ing and desperation which

Cathedral,

July 26-31 Joint Conference of the National Black Sisters, National Black Catholic Clergy, National Black Catholic Seminarian

everyday life and boredom, lack of meantempt some people,"

may

spending three full days outdoors, thanked the people of Lorenzago for welcoming him to their village while respecting his need for rest. He also thanked officers from the Italian forest service and police, as well as the head of Vatican after

CADORE,

African-American Deacons Sheraton Airport Plaza Hotel,

Amy From Opposing Abortion

Speaker

to Obtaining

Mexican Church Leaders Announce Plans For Papal

Little

Switzerland

— 7:1 5 a.m.

August 7 Mass

First Friday

Dames St. Patrick

for Knights

and

of Malta

Cathedral,

Charlotte

Mayor Cuauhtemoc Cardenas. A highlight of the visit will be a Mass in the Basilica of Guadalupe Jan. 23 with the bishops who participated in the 1997 Synod of Bishops for America. The pontiff will present the synod results in an apostolic exhortation. Later that day, Pope John Paul will meet President Ernesto Zedillo, his family and members of his cabinet at the official presidential residence,

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to our local crisis preg-

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course, as Smith points out,

that

what they don't

own values doomed anyway.

once you've violated your is

for a

Tragically, sometimes even so-called pro-life parents will bring in their pregnant daughters for a preg-

nancy

that the

they're

boyfriend, the relationship

test at the center,

then transport them right over

Why?

they say, "when it's my daughter. can't see our daughter's life ruined." So what can we do, as parents, schools and

"It's different,"

overcome

churches, to help teens not only maintain a commitcli-

When you're experiencing that situation, she said,

you're in a balloon, and the crisis is the balloon's wall, and that's all you can see: Your vision is so limited that you think the world and life itself is defined by the wall of that balloon. What you can't see is that outside the balloon there are lots of other things going on maybe even people who will be much more supportive than you'd ever

ment to

—

imagine.

Seeing that is particularly difficult for teens because adolescents have a severe handicap in dealing with tough moral decisions. They lack perspective. Teens simply haven't had enough life experience on their own to have weathered very difficult circumstances and see that life does indeed go on, and that, most of the time, it's the choices that require self-sacrifice and taking responsibility that bring long-term peace. There are other factors as well, of course.

life in

happens

word, but also in deed, if the unexpected to one of their friends? responded Smith. "Instill the

them or

"Instill the values,"

it's like

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said.

Smith uses the analogy of a balloon with her

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tion to abortion to obtaining one.

not integrated enough into the girl's

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times a pro-life

agree to an abor-

tion because the father of

the

principles are just not held deeply

Editor:

Los Pinos. On Jan. 24, the pope velodrome built for the 1968

in the

A series of short meetings was sched-

to interview the center's director, Mrs. Smith, as part of some research I was doing for a workshop presentation. The workshop's theme was "Forming Children Who Value Life," but there was a particular angle I was interested in exploring: What happens when a girl who previously professed pro-life convictions gets pregnant and then chooses to have an abortion? First of all, I asked, "It does happen, right?" Smith nodded, sadly. I asked what her experience had taught her about the dynamics of that shift from professing opposi-

July 24, 1998 Volume 7 • Number 41 Most Reverend William G. Curlin

Mass

Olympic Games.

Welborn

—

The Catholic

Visit

—

MEXICO CITY (CNS) Mexican church leadhave announced plans for Pope John Paul II's January visit. The pope will begin his fourth visit to Mexico Jan. 22 and will receive the keys to Mexico City from ers

One

nancy center

Jewish-Catholic Ecumenical Dialogue

—

reportedly

joined an estimated 2 billion people worldwide in watching the final game of the World Cup July 12. During a Sunday noon prayer at the pope's mountain retreat in Lorenzago di Cadore, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro- Vails told journalists that the pontiff was to view the soccer match between France and Brazil on television that night.

girl will

August 4-5

(CNS)

Italy

Pope John Paul

Coming Of Age

Association and National Association of

Charlotte

LORENZAGO

will celebrate

said.

Pope John Paul, tanned

Charlotte

reasons for joy

taste to

constitute a vital antidote to the

with candidacy for seminarians St. Patrick

to rediscover the "joyful

the seventh day, looked at

take part in the folowiiig events:

Mass

Watching World Cup Final

Billions

help people rediscover God's reflection in creation.

spiritual relationship that supports the values.

them. Pick them up they blow to

it.

And love

when they fall. Forgive them when

We all blow it sometimes, and we all need

be forgiven." Smith's experience should reveal that developing is an ongoing process. Saying you be-

a conscience

something sometimes through tough times. lieve in

not enough to get you

Inner strength, discipline, an understanding of con-

sequences and developing the habit of taking responsibility in matters large and small are the strands of the rope you'll need to draw yourself over from the land of "saying" to the much rougher terrain of "action," the place where mature adults dwell.

Amy

Welborn

CNS columnist.

The Catholic News

July 24, 1998

Light

One Candle

Father Thomas

Black, Catholic and Free

principalities to resist

everywhere

Augustus Tolton thought the Catholic priesthood was open to any man who was Catholic and had the, vocation. He was wrong. If you were black and living in 1880's America, the very idea of a black clergy was anathema. Even though the roots of black Catholics went back to the 16th century in Florida, this

son of slaves could find no American semi-

nary willing to accept him. If

were not for the support of the

Franciscans at Quincy College in

Illinois,

Augustus Tolton's calling to priestly service would have languished. However, the monks were able to arrange for his studies at a seminary in Rome. He was ordained there in 1886. Before returning to a black parish, St. Joseph's, in Quincy, Tolton wrote fervently: "I really feel that there will

stir all

begin...

over the United States shall

work and pull

God gives me life,

for

when

as long

see that

have

In this he

McSweeney

anywhere and

was that same year on

July

Lyndon Johnson signed

bishops. These are individu-

who have moved the American Church to become Catholic in every way. Augustus Tolton died at

President

go."

was right. Robert Ellsberg

that

als

the

parishioners.

Act prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or national origin. Yet the "cultural di-

This seems to have generated resentment

vide" continues to trouble

on the part of many of the white priests of neighboring parishes. The friendliness that had greeted his arrival steadily cooled. It was not blatant racism that he encountered so much as a sense of marginalization, as if he did not really

American Catholic experience. Edward Braxton, the black auxiliary bishop of St. Louis, drew from the remarks of a former seminarian to make this observation: "How would Catholics of European origin feel, if starting tomor-

exist."

all the images of the Trinity, Jesus, Mary, the saints... had black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American features, and none were white? Would they feel fully at home and welcome? Is this not what black Catholics have lived with for gen-

explains in "All Saints": "His effective-

ness as preacher and spiritual leader reflected in the fact that he

number of white

a sizable

began to draw

Civil Rights

the age of 43, never certain

the

row,

Tolton's struggles express the painfully

slow disappearance of

erarchy.

racial dis-

American parishes and its hitook Pope Paul VI to re-

parities in

mind us on

the occasion of the canoni-

zation of the martyrs of Uganda in 1964

Yet, in spite of this, the ranks of black

American Catholics have swelled to over two million, including lay people, religious sisters and brothers, priests and 1

of three early African popes:

tificates

Saints Victor

Militades and Gelasius.

that he was accomplishing anything for the aspirations of African-American Catholics. He is rightfully celebrated as a pioneer. Today, 101 years after his death, what have we learned? How have we changed? Bishop George Murry of Chicago puts it this way: "There was a time when the doors of the Church were opened to us [blacks] but a crack. There were no religious, no priests, no bishops of our color or hue. That was a time past, an opportunity missed. That was then. This is now. And timing is everything!"

erations?"

church with

incalculable service, including the pon-

that Africa has provided the

& Herald 5

Father Thomas J. McSweeney and a

is di-

rector of The Christophers columnist.

CNS

Question Corner Father John Dietzen

my life,

Costly Promise Q. Approximately four years ago I married a girl of the Baptist faith. I to be married before a minister, was divorced from a previous marriage that lasted 10 months. agreed, She if the annulment were granted, to marry in the Catholic Church. She made the condition, however, that the children must be raised in her faith.

agreed

I cannot imagine trying to live a

normal life without the sacraments of penance and Communion. It 's sad I have caused such a mess for myself. Can you offer any guidance?

since she

The annulment was granted two is reluctant to marry want me to in the church. She doesn raise the children Catholic and feels I cannot keep my promise to her and to

years ago, but she

work out somehow.

Too

often they end up with the

choices confronting you, end the mar-

God. I

A. Before offering whatever response I can, I wish every couple even remotely considering an interfaith marriage had an opportunity to read and think seriously about your letter. Unfortunately, your situation is not uncommon. Couples in love tend easily to think all differences and conflicts will

know

made a bad

marry the way I

did.

Now

decision to

that I under-

stand about the children, Ifeel hopeless. After being a practicing Catholic all

riage or consent to something (like

you

raise

your one's

your children or

how you

own faith) that seriously own conscience.

how

As part of its marriage preparation process, the Catholic Church today has

wreak enormous spiritual damage to the family later

a simple but common-sense procedure to be sure the

What can you do?

couple have at least surfaced these major questions and, hopefully, resolved

them later

such a

way that nei-

that contradicts

do anything what is believed

right.

cannot be resolved satisfactorily, the couple need to consider very seriously whether they should marry If those conflicts

each other; either that or resign themselves to the possibility of an eventual, painful spiritual

dilemma

As you have

First, don't do anything you have discussed the whole situation, including the present weaknesses of your marriage, with a priest in whom you

until

ther partner will be forced to

live

violates

through these problems can

like yours.

discovered, if one or

both partners have a strong personal

faith,

whatever that might be,

work

failure to

can have confidence. You have many to choose from in your area. Ask him to help you. It will take time, but with some wise guidance you should be able to return to the sacraments, as you desire. I hope you do.

Father John Dietzen

CNS

col-

umnist.

Parish Diary Father Peter Daly

Why

I'm Learning

This

summer Not

Spanish

will be studying

book to the few phrases. I will be enrolled in a school and living with a family in Central America, immersing myself in the language and the culture for a month. Why? Because if you are going to minister to the Catholic Church in most parts of the United States today, you need to Spanish.

beach

know

just toting a

to learn a

For a freckle-faced Irishman like it is a new challenge. How do we reach out to people who need the min-

myself,

of the church? For the past couple of years been a series of little steps. istry

we got a bilingual

grant workers' ranks.

We bought catechisms and Bibles Spanish. We subscribed to our

has

missalette so

our new visitors could at least follow the Mass. Then I tried saying a few prayers

Its

various cultures of Latin America should be a requirement for priestly ordi-

Imguistic unity.

But I think we are only doing what the church in America always did helping the new immigrants adapt to their new home.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

When

was

a kid in Chi-

we had

nation in most dioceses be-

U3i

archdiocesan Spanish-language paper. We sent our school bus to pick up the

cago,

workers, who have no cars, for Mass. Next year we will have a Spanish-language Renew group.

and Slovak, Italian and German, Ukrainian and French. Nobody thought it strange or wrong. Like earlier waves of immigration, Hispanic people are more diverse than they might appear. Spanish-speaking immigrants cannot be treated as a single block. There is a big difference between Cuban aristocrats and El Salvadoran farm laborers. But all must be attended to. Language is their common denominator and unifying force. Some familiarity with the Spanish language and the

We also tried to be of practical help.

Spanish.

First

which drew some smiles and giggles. At one Mass we began doing the first two readings in Spanish and English, drawing upon lectors from the miin Spanish,

In April

we found people to do tax forms

immigrants could not underparish members also have helped with teaching English classes, which seem more and more popular. Are we doing too much? One man told me, "They are here in the United that the stand.

Some

States, they

a point.

should learn English."

One

He has

great strength of America

ethnic par-

ishes everywhere

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Polish

cause it certainly is a requirement in most parishes these days. If the Catholic

Church does not attend

to visit, help I

their needs, others are eager

and convert them.

personally believe that these

new

waves of immigrants may be the salvation of the Catholic Church in America. They keep us vibrant and growing. They make us aware of the needs of the poor. They are the children of the church, which cannot ignore them. Even if that means retreading old guys like me on a

summer

vacation at language school.

Father Peter Daly

CNS colum-

& Herald

The Catholic News

July 24, 1998

Remembrance From the

Everlasting By JIM

KELLEY

so cherished than

memory

Diocesan Director of Development Each year, we celebrate

agency, the diocese, or the diocesan Foundation? At the same time, devoted Catho-

ute gifts are not necessarily wealthy.

Day,

Mother's

can continue to be faithful stewards of God's many gifts by making such a commitment. lics

Father's Day, graduations,

and other

festive events of-

fer opportunities to rejoice

Forms Of Giving

and give thanks for those

who guide or inspire us to be the best we can. At such times, we also remember

quently

The Choice

Yours

Visiting with folks here in the Char-

Diocese and elsewhere,

lotte

of value (for example, an art collection or stamp collection) can be put to charitable use. A non-cash gift helps reserve your cash for another use and may also enable you to make a gift larger than you

continu-

members, dear friends, and exceptional who have touched the heart and soul and inspired so much goodness. What better way to acknowledge one

teachers

— Exposition of

Blessed Sacrament is in the chapel area of St. Joan of Arc Church every first Saturday of the month from 2-4 p.m. Call the church office, (704) 252-3 151, for

DENVER — Nocturnal adoration is

more information.

—

first

the first Friday of each

The parish also

Saturday devotions with adoration. Call (704) 883-

9572

hosts

first

for further information.

CHARLOTTE

—

St.

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month

Holy

Church. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament begin at 7 p.m. each first Friday evening and concludes Saturday morning at 8 a.m. with Benediction, followed by rosary recitation and Mass. Call Jim Kennedy, (704) 732-2673, for Spirit

Friday following the 9 a.m. Mass.

Thomas

domestic '^^''^ & ^

Making your gift through a properly

Church. You simply name

a charitable beneficiary to receive

a portion of the policy proceeds

all

if there

no surviving beneficiaries. Or you may prefer to take out a new policy and name the Church as beneficiary or coare

beneficiary.

Retirement plans (Individual Retire-

ment Account, pension, or profit sharing plans) also make good gift vehicles.

As with

drafted will, trust, or other legally rec-

life insurance, it's possible to give whatever remains after your pri-

ognized arrangement helps assure the gift will be made only after you no longer

mary beneficiaries receive their benefits. The administrator of your plan has ftir-

need the

ther information and change of benefi-

assets.

Known der" budget,

as a "residual" or "remainit

means

that property will

be distributed to your loved ones just as you wish. Whatever remains in your estate (the "remainder") can be bequeathed to your parish, Catholic school, agency, the diocese, or the diocesan Foundation,

according to your wishes.

Overlooked Assets makes an

Eucharistic adoration

Joseph Church every first Friday of the month following the 12:10 is at St.

may be posme or my as-

Significant tax savings sible.

Feel free to contact

Cindy Rice,

Diocese of Church St., CharN.C. 28203, (704) 370-3301 or 370-3320, for additional details about gifts, giving, and all the good work your sociate,

at the

Charlotte, 11 23 South lotte,

generosity accomplishes.

HICKORY Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is the first Friday through the first Saturday of each month at St. Aloysius Church. For details, call Jean Marie Hirsch at (704) 495-4339 or Sonja Bjerg at (704) 328-5074. GREENSBORO -- St. Paul the Apostle Church hosts eucharistic adoration beginning at 9:30 a.m. every first Friday and ending at 9 a.m. Saturday. Call (336) 294-4696 for details.

NEWTON —

ciary forms.

excel-

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formation.

BREVARD Sacred Heart Church hosts eucharistic adoration each

jeopardizing future security.

more information.

Aquinas Church hosts eucharistic adoration each first Friday following the 12:15 p.m. Mass and lasting until midnight. Call (704) 549-1607 for more in-

the

Few

of them can afford to part with a large amount of money or property, which may be needed later. For this reason, please keep in mind that a variety of ways exist to make a gift of lasting meaning without

Life insurance also

originally thought.

Friday/Saturday Adoration

ASHEVILLE ,

These types of gifts freform

as cash, often in the

surance, retirement funds, or collections

ally hear stories about wonderftil family

First

come

of a check, a convenient way to make gifts to the Church. There are other ways, however, that you may not have considered. Stocks, certain bonds and mutual funds, life in-

beloved ones who, though no longer with us, continue to live in our memory and influence our lives.

lent gift to our

You may be surprised to learn that make loving memorial or trib-

people who

Birthdays, anniver-

saries.

or in tribute to your

Heart

A Special Bequest

parish. Catholic school,

special occasions with those

we love.

by a gift

p.m. Mass and lasting until 8 p.m. For more information, call (704) 4649207.

WAYNES VILLE — St. John the

Evangelist Church invites ration of the Blessed

all to

ado-

Sacrament from

9:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. each

first

Friday.

Call the parish office at (828) 456-

6707 or Ann Rollman at (828) 4567313 for more information. WINSTON-SALEM St. Leo the Great Church hosts the rosary and

—

eucharistic adoration each first Friday

following the 8 a.m. Mass.

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firms his fears, then withdraws unob-

American family holds together despite the wife's infidelity and a daughter's unwed pregnancy in the muddled romantic tale, "Polish Wedding" (Fox

Unaware of her husband's discovery, Jadzia ends her affair and returns home

one of the better moments in a story which also focuses on the sexually precocious Hala (Claire Danes), the

venes and leads Hala through the crowd, which inexplicably begin blessing themselves reverently as the girl makes her way past them. For a Catholic, the sequence makes no sense, though the intention apparently is to link Hala and the Blessed Virgin as unwed mothers. Symbolic rather than literal, it's

Pzoniak' s teen-age daughter.

meant

served but dissolved in tears.

The Pzoniak family

lives in

De-

where both parents work while maintaining a crowded household of three grown sons, an adolescent daughtroit,

who embraces

to Bolek,

her activities,

men. the family

on Hala spends her nights on

ents are too preoccupied to keep tabs

the streets satisfying her curiosity about

tive

time

Trese), but after he gets her pregnant, he

for breakfast with the rest of the

fam-

refuses to marry her.

works nights and

arrives

home

a local police officer

Led by

ily.

It's his

wife, Jadzia (Lena Olin),

who really runs the household and lays down the rules for the family. Though she is quite practical in home matters, Jadzia is at heart an incurable romantic who believes a woman's destiny is summed up in love, sex and motherhood.

woman,

Jadzia

somehow

has enough time to carry on a passionate affair with a local businessman. Suspecting his wife's infidelity, Bolek follows her one night and con-

him with clubs and worse, he refuses. This sets up a completely bogus ending involving Hala having been chosen to crown a statue of the Blessed Virgin threatening still

in a traditional

ceremony

at the local

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that

The

language.

The U.S. Catholic Conference is A-III adults. The

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classification

however,

essential failure,

writer-director Theresa Connelly's thin script,

which

relies

on ethnic, cultural in portraying

the Pzoniaks.

Moreover, the narrative's events are treated in such broad strokes that the result borders on romantic fantasy which, despite an excellent cast, is laboriously overdone, stretches for ribald humor and ultimately proves tiresome. Because of numerous sexual situations, ethnic stereotyping,

about to do so, someone shouts she is not a virgin and in the confusion that follows, Hala puts the crown on her own head. Aghast, the pastor tries to pull her down from the pedestal but Jadzia interJust as she

the U. S. Catholic Conference Officefor Film and Broadcasting.

theme

something sacred about human

Whatever its intention, the sequence doesn't work dramatically and many will find it in bad taste, if not of-

and religious stereotypes

Jadzia, the entire Pzoniak

church.

Despite working evenings as an office cleaning

(Adam

family descend on the hapless young cop, but

to serve the picture's

love.

finds her attrac-

who

(Gabriel Byrne), a morose baker

there

fensive.

One of those who

Bolek

noth-

high school dropout whose par-

fant baby.

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and a preteen son. Also living with them is the wife of one of the sons and the couple's in-

ter

her as

ing had happened.

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Searchlight).

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and occasional rough language, the appropriate for children under 13.

is A-IV adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be in-

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save a young boy from being done out of his inheritance by greedy relations in a

modem-day Western

directed

William Witney. Simple formula fare with a minimum of stylized violence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

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"Kissing a Fool" (1998) comedy in which an engaged playboy (David Schwimmer)

Motion Picture Association of America

ing to force the country's military dic-

sion of the Charles Dickens classic, a

friend (Jason Lee) to try to seduce her.

some of their im-

poor Florida youth (Ethan Hawke) is given the chance to make good in the New York art world thanks to an anony-

Director

prisoned comrades. Directed by Bruno Barreto, the step-by-step account of the kidnapping and police search is

rating

—

restricted.

"Great Expectations" (1998) In this

mous

patron (Robert

Niro), but his

quite suspenseful, but the treatment of

expectations center on winning the love

and character moshows the kidnapping no less morally repugnant than the regime against which it is directed. Subtitles. Scenes of violence including torture, menacing situations and occasional rough

of the cruel girl (Gwyneth Paltrow) he has idealized from his youth. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, the movie keeps the core of Dickens' story while making

the period's polifics tivations clearly

as a brutal act of terrorism

considerable changes in adapting

uncompelling. Stylized violence, sexual situations, brief nudity, occasional profanity and some rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification

if his

be faithful

angle

fiancee (Mili Avital)

him by asking

his best

Doug Ellin's crass romantic trifew

utterly predictable with

comic sparks along

tired route.

its

drug references, occasional profanity and much rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference live-in relationship,

—

classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating

R "My is

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Pal Trigger" (1946)

Western programmer directed by Frank McDonald in which an itinerant horse dealer (Roy Rogers) flees the law when wrongly accused of killing a prize palomino stallion, then finds the real

seductive

woman

Schlondorff, the glaring lapses in logic

reduce

Some

this film noir to

mere pulp.

violence, discreet sexual en-

much rough language and

counters,

occasional profanity. The U.S. Catholic

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A-III

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stricted.

"Swept from the Sea" (1998) Engrossing drama from Joseph Conrad's story in which a Ukrainian immigrant (Vincent Perez) bound for America in the 1890s is shipwrecked on the rugged English coast of Cornwall where he courts a lonely servant girl (Rachel Weisz) and they wed to live in blissful isolation from their hostile neighbors until tragedy strikes.

story of two strangers clinging to each

other in an alien land with enough period interest to satisfy even those

ordinarily disdain

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who

movie romantics.

stylized violence, a restrained

sexual encounter, an illegitimate birth

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general patronage. Not rated by the

"Home in Oklahoma" (1947) Small-town newspaper editor Roy Rogers and St. Louis reporter Dale Evans team up to solve a murder and

tion Picture Association of America.

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(Elisabeth Shue) in an elaborate kid-

champion horse. The U.S. Catho-

stallion's colt into the

restricted.

adults.

snared by

napping scheme that leaves him framed for murder. Directed by Volker

culprit (Jack Holt) after raising the Trigger. Mild violence.

A-III

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Directed by Beeban Kidron, the British production succeeds as a lyric love

restricted.

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will

to a

contemporary American setting but the coming-of-age tale that results is dramatically uneven and the characters

—

Slack romantic

decides to see

reworked and updated ver-

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Gripping yet thoughtful fact-based thriller about the 1969 kidnapping of the U.S. ambassador to Brazil (Alan Arkin) by an underground group seektatorship to release

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The Catholic News

& Herald

July 24, 1998

What's in church history for me? Christian community's sense of obliin the form of gation to pass on stories the saving truths about a promising and faithful God. The Gospel stories about Jesus, of course, are the most obvious in-

—

know who we are we must be where we came from. Apparently even our J. 0

able to say

earliest tribal ancestors instinctively realized that without a sense of origins they could have no sense of their own identity. So they we now call told stories

— —

them myths

cns

the "old, old story" of God's

ful to

promise to Abraham. It nourishes our hope today when we repeatedly encounter the many different ways in which the sense of living in the presence of a faithful

we do

well to learn about the story of the church's life in history.

However, along with the edifying accounts of martyrs and saints, church history chronicles some most disturbing episodes of violence, cowardice and compromise. Do we have to include these in the telling of our church's story?

photo by

We may

decisive events in their past.

And what about the church? Without a story to about the church's own communal history, its

tell

members would have only the most nebulous sense of what it means to be Christian or Catholic. Knowledge of the church's past is essential for our own sense of who we are religiously. We need to know the struggles our predecessors underwent, the heroic fig-

tion of church Paul's

Surveying the biblical accounts more generally,

we cannot help but notice how honest they are in highlighting

mulated. But there is a deeper reason to familiarize ourselves with the church's history. The church understands itself to be a community of hope. As the biblical authors were fully aware, however, talk about God's promises and faithfulness cannot enkindle hope as long as it remains only an abstract idea. It has to be embodied in narrative story

—

The substance of faith, even that most theologically sophisticated believers, still comes alive for us only when we meet it in the of the

tions to save

of stories. stories about God's ac-

— even in the circumstances —

It is especially in stories that learn to trust.

can best appreciate church

history's importance, then, by approaching it as a necessary extension of the need to tell stories about God's fidelity

and about human responses

it.

Already in the New Testament we have clear evidence of the early

human weak-

ness, even in the case of their most exalted heroes. The Bible does not excessively beautify its narratives.

Neither do we have un-

to leave out all the

sightliness in our

own

church's story. In fact, biblical faith gives us every reason to be

completely honest in telling the church's story. The point of so many Bible stories, after all, is to

he substance

meet

in the

of faith

...

still

humble form

alive for

of stories.

God's actions to save and renew

circumstances

comes

— even

us only when we

telling stories

in the

about

most desperate of

— our hearts become imprinted afresh with

faith's

that even

human

have us realize and weakness

sin

cannot break down God's fidelity or destroy our capacity to trust in God's promise. Nothing we humans do can

wreck that. Once we allow the whole story surface in

healing power."

and renew

most desperate of our hearts become imprinted afresh with faith's healing power. Stories penetrate to levels of awareness that theoretical or scientific expression can never reach.

own

writings, incidentally, also refer to a number of scandals in the early Christian church.

and deeds that shaped the church's unique character, and how the faith's fundamental teachings came to be for-

humble form By telling

member-

ship.

ures

— form.

reasonably

guess that for theological purposes Luke left a lot out of his own account. But he did not refrain from including embarrassing episodes. Recall, for example, his accounts of simony, idolatry and the contentious way Paul confronted Peter for insisting on circumcision as a condi-

about the

all its

ambiguity,

find of

more than enough examples

heroic trust to nourish our hope today.

stances of Christian faith's instincts To these stories St. Luke's Acts of the Apostles adds fascinating new accounts of the deeds of Christianity's earliest heroes, especially Peter and Paul. In a sense, in Acts we have "church history's" first installment. Reciting the struggles, victories and squabbles of the primitive church. Acts can serve for us as a bridge linking the past 20 centuries of church history to the earlier narrative traditions of the Bible. Following the example of Acts, it seems to me, we are invited today to keep on telling the extended story of the church. If we fail to do so, we begin to lose touch with the grander story of God's promise that constitutes the leit motif of the entire bibliin this regard.

cal vision.

In her collective memory the church holds a rich, varied and often troubled archive of reports about its members' efforts, throughout the Christian centuries, to remain faith-

God has been expressed in holy lives, art, architecture and writings since the days of Jesus and Luke. For this reason, above all others,

(Haught is chairman of the Theology Department at Georgetown University.)

We can be glad we don't have to start from scratch when

—

comes

to living

whether in the year 100, or 1200, or 1900 clearing the way. That doesn't mean that the world in which we are making our way would be recognizable to the great figures of church history. We'll have to figure out what St. Benedict's insights into the meaning of Christian hospitality and the spirit of welcome imply for our era of globalization, with its vast potential for human solidarity. Still, Benedict's insights remain compelling guides. What's in church history for us? More than a jumble of dates and obscure Christian

life

in this world. Others

— have gone before

us,

events.

During 1998, when people in the church everywhere are becoming reacquainted with the Holy Spirit and the meaning of hope, it may be worthwhile to look to church history as a history of the Spirit in the world. The record of all the good the Spirit has done can inspire and motivate us. Furthermore, the record will show how often the Spirit has drawn good from something that, a t the outset, appeared rather bad. That alone should give us hope. 24

David Gibson, Editor, Faith

Alive!

July 24, 1998

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"Because you draw from the past, learning from your mistakes and your successes. The past gives you a road to follow toward the future." Mary Rose Cecola, Shreveport, La.

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it's

from the past, you're doomed to repeat it. true." Karla Legato, Wilmington, Del.

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know

it's

"Learning from the past allows us to change our attitudes and actions in the present and future if we actually learn from the past." Barbara Calhoun, Yakima, Wash.

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lar in the past?

Vatican

II's

among

renewal has

tried,

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other things, to disentangle personal devotional and the public prayer of the church. The purpose hasn't been to minimize devotions such as praying the

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to distinguish

"Even though new situations come up, often they are similar to old problems with a hew spin on them. The human condition doesn't change that much." Colleen Hughes, Girard, Ohio

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New Testament

(2:1-3:22).

took pains to

situate Ctospel events in history. For example: Luke's Gospel situates Jesus' birth in the reign of Caesar Augustus while Quirinius was the governor of Syria

—

(2:1).

—

Luke also situates the beginning of the prophetic mission of John the Baptist in the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea (3:1). Knowing the historical background of a New Testament writing helps us to under-

—

The history of the church is filled with parallels to situations we face today. Does it help us to live our own history more fruitfully when the history of our ancestors

we know

rosary, completing novenas, making the stations of the cross, celebrating Benediction, honoring saints. The purpose is to ensure that the liturgy is the

stand and not to misunderstand its purpose and what it means for us. For instance, take the Book of Revelation. For a long time we thought that Revelation was written for Christians suffering a great persecution launched by Emperor Domitian. And we thought the

Take, for example, the it help us to live our own history numerous disputes over theology witnessed in the more fruitfully when we know the history years since Vatican II. Most of these were the result of of our ancestors in faith?" different methods of doing theology. How threatening is such diversity? How surprising is it? central prayer of the people and that Here I find it helpful to recall that, they participate in it well. taking history as a whole, it was fairly But this effort pales by comparison common for diverse methods of theolto the difficult, different task that faced ogy to coexist and interact in the the church in the so-called Dark Ages. church. The classic example of this is During the influx of migrating nations found in the various schools of theology between the years 400 and 800, and for in medieval universities. centuries thereafter, the church had to Each major religious order in those contend with the impact on rehgion of times had its own approach to theology: customs, symbols and references which the Augustinians, the Benedictines, were often extraneous to the purpose of the Franciscans, the Dominicans. St. worship and sometimes were superstiThomas Aquinas himself championed a tious. new approach that drew upon the phiThere is no doubt that we in the losophy of Aristotle. church face many challenges today. Theological diversity is not new for Some challenges come to us through the church. our surrounding culture. Other chalThe renewal of the liturgy by lenges arise from the relationships

Uoes

among fort to

for

the church's people and the efgrasp the meaning of the Gospel

our times.

The

fact

is,

however, that our ances-

tors in the faith faced similar situations

and challenges. hope from this.

We can learn and

draw

(Father Kinast is the director of the Center for Theological Reflection, Indian Rocks beach, Fla.)

The Book

that every day:

Melito of Sardis (circa 160-170),

"Thy kingdom come, thy will be And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us fi^om evil. Amen!" Misunderstanding the historical context of a biblical book, we may read meanings into it that aren't there. Grasping the historical context makes a done....

big difference.

(Father LaVerdiere, a Blessed Sacrapriest, is a Scripture scholar and

ment

senior editor of Emmanuel magazine.)

Bishop

who

ad-

dressed a writing to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. For Melito, only evil emperors, like Nero, persecuted Christians. A good emperor, like Marcus Aurelius, did not! But Domitian had a bad reputation

among the nobles. And the Roman historians were mostly from the upper class. Especially at the end of Domitian's reign, they thought of him as a second Nero.

From there it was an easy step for Melito to present Domitian as the second great persecutor of the Christians. It was also an easy step to believe Melito, since he was bishop of Sardis, one of the seven churches that received a special message from the Lord in the Book of Revelation. Surely there were persecutions at the time the book was written (circa A.D. 95), but they were local and sporadic. came from

be God and

have a similar attitude in the face of evil. in the Lord's Prayer, we pray for

And

of Revelation invites us to

the end of the world

can trace this mistake

also

Nobody can pretend endure!

to bolster their cour-

Revelation for predictions regarding the world's end. They interpret the book, with its dragons and beasts, as a code referring to people and institutions today. Often the book is viewed as dark and vengeful, predicting the destruction of people perceived as evil. Today we know there is no evidence of such a persecution in Domitian's time. For a long time, then, we were mistaken.

They

Caesar's dominion.

was

was thought to be imminent. To this day, many look to the Book

dominion overpowers and destroys

when

book's purpose

age at a time

in faith?

With a correct historical understanding of the Book of Revelation, it can help Christians to persevere in the ordinary difficulties they experience. But we may lose sight of this if we think the book focuses only on the end times. It is a book of hope. But there is another point to make about the background of the Book of Revelation. Domitian presented himself as Lord and God. For the Christians, that was an affront to the true God. That's why the Book of Revelation has a very dim view of the Roman Empire. The author presents a God whose

different sources.

""Nutshell nourishes our hope when we encounter in

church history the many different ways people lived in the presence

of God.

The church's history filled

with parallels to

situations

Knowing

we face

today.

the historical

background of a New Testament writing helps us to understand its purpose and what it means for us.

The Catholic News

& Herald

July 24, 1998

People In The Castro Says Cuba Would Consider More Freedom For Education HAVANA (CNS) Cuban President Fidel Castro said his government would

News Holy Spirit in preparation for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000.

the

—

Human American archaeologist

consider a Vatican request to allow the

Thomas

Parker stands in a passageway of what he believes to be the world's oldest remaining

Catholic Church greater freedom in educational matters.

But the government does

not yet plan to enter into a public discussion of the issue, he said in brief remarks to television

newsmen after a visit to Cuba

June by Cardinal Pio Laghi, head of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education. Cardinal Laghi raised the issue of greater educational freedom with in late

Cuban

Christian church. Parker,

country's southern state of Chiapas. Daniel Gomez Ibanez, executive direc-

built in

Bisliop Of Rapid City

and

his

team

(CNS) Pope has named Msgr. Blase

the late third

team found no conclusive

was a

John Paul II Cupich as bishop of Rapid City, S.D.

church,

Bishop-designate Cupich, a priest of the

orientation to the east,

Archdiocese of Omaha, Neb., and a

the close proximity to a

evidence that

Country's Nuclear Tests Ohio (CNS) The

—

DAYTON,

world today

real

not nuclear

testing but the lack of genuine respect

humankind in every country of the world, said retired Archbishop Angelo Femandes of Delhi, India. To understand the recent nuclear for the dignity of

by India and Pakistan, Americans must understand the individual and collective values of Asian countries, he added. The 84-year-old Archbishop Femandes, founder and president emeritus of the World Conference on Religion and Peace, made the comments to the media during a visit to Dayton. testing

Cocaine Possession Case

N.Y. Priest Arrested In

NEW YORK (CNS) — A priest of the Archdiocese of

New York was

ar-

by police who said he and a layman with him were carrying nine glassine envelopes of cocaine. Msgr. James E. White, rector of the archdiocesan St. John Neumann Residence for college students and others considering study for the priesthood, was held overnight and released without bail rested July 7

the following day, a court official told

Catholic

News

Service.

Heaney Named Executive Publisher For L.A. Catholic Papers LOS ANGELES (CNS) Dennis W. Heaney, an 18-year Catholic Press

—

veteran widely respected for his exper-

newspaper circulation and advertising, has been appointed as the new executive publisher of The Tidings and Vida Nueva newspapers. Msgr. Terrance Fleming, archdiocesan moderator of the tise in

announced Cardinal Roger M. Mahony's appointment of Heaney July 8. A native of Minneapolis, Heaney spent curia,

the past

general

8 years as associate publisher/

manager of the Catholic Bulle-

artifacts point to

Earth, the

newspaper of the Diocese of

Fargo, N.D.

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

Jesuit

Father Jon Fuller has urged support for

needle-exchange programs, citing Catholics' responsibility to protect the welfare of the most vulnerable. In the cover story of the July 1 8 issue of America magazine,

Father Fuller wrote, "A fundamental moral issue is at stake: the failure to act to save

human

lives."

He wrote

that

Catholic churches deserve criticism be-

cause they "can seem to be more concerned about potential 'scandal' send-

—

ing the

wrong message about drug use

—

than with (exchange programs') ability to

prevent lethal

HIV

transmissions to par-

ticularly vulnerable populations." Father

Fuller

a medical doctor

and

director of the Adult Clinical

assistant

AIDS

Pro-

Boston Medical Center. He also is the 1997-98 Margaret Pyne professor of theology at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass. Racism, Anti-Immigrant Ideas Have Common Roots, Speaker Says WASHINGTON (CNS) Race and immigration ought to be thought of as integrally related to each other, according to the keynote speaker at a July 1 conference on immigrants and race. Douglas S. Massey, chairman of the University of Pennsylvania's sociology department, told the audience at Georgetown University's Law Center that immigration and race are connected in ways quite different from what most people think. "Racial minorities face many problems, but immigrants are not one of them," Massey said. Instead, the two groups are likely to be victims of the same limitations, such as housing discrimination.

gram

—

New

deputy director of the Maryland Catho-

Paul and Minneapolis. The

paper.

The Catholic

Spirit,

company and

Former Notre Dame Coach Wins

Age

Discrimination Lawsuit ERIE, Pa. (CNS) Joe Moore can

being

—

remember the conversation that ended his football coaching career at the University of Notre Dame two years ago and started his discrimination lawsuit. "(Head coach Bob) Davie sat in my home and said, 'At your age, we're looking for somebody younger,' in other words, you're too old," recalled Moore, now 66, during a press conference at Erie's Cathedral Preparatory School, where he will serve as an assistant football coach this fall. Moore responded by filing a still

Conference has been named to head and Refugee Policy office of the U.S. Catholic Conference's Milic

the Migration

Encourages Support For Needle-Exchange Programs

Priest

Maryland Catholic Conference Staffer Named To MRS Post WASHINGTON (CNS) The

Publishing Co. of the Archdiocese of

St.

and

so, Parker said.

publishes the weekly archdiocesan news-

tin

size

cemetery and some

former rector of the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, will succeed Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who was named head of the Archdiocese of Denver in February 1997. Archbishop From India Defends

crisis in the

it's

of the Peace Council, said the work of the National Mediating Commission directed by Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de las Casas had inspired mediation efforts in other parts of the world. The Peace Council, which organized the July 10 ceremony in San Cristobal de las Casas, is a global organization of religious leaders. tor

century. Although the

—

WASHINGTON

interna-

human rights organizations recog-

a professor of history from North Carolina State

made the discovery while excavating near Aqaba in southern Jordan. He believes the structure was

officials.

—

400 national and

sentatives of tional

nized a Mexican bishop for his efforts to mediate a solution to the conflict in the

University,

Former Josephinum Rector

Named

Rights Organizations

Recognize Work Of Chiapas Bishop MEXICO CITY (CNS) Repre-

gration and Refugee Services. Kevin

Appleby, an attorney and former U.S. Senate staff member, will begin his new job Aug. 10. His duties will include developing and implementing advocacy strategies for the U.S. bishops' public policy objectives on immigration.

maintained to the end that he was

$ 1 .3 million lawsuit against Notre Dame, charging the university with age discrimination. An eight-member jury ruled July 1 5 that Notre Dame discriminated against its former offensive line coach and awarded him nearly $43,000 in back pay. That amount was doubled because the age discrimination was termed "willful" and lawyers for both sides were to meet later in July at a hearing to decide

innocent of rape and murder charges. In

any additional damages for "potential

Archbishop Levada was deeply saddened by the execution by lethal injection of Thomas M. Thompson. "I am convinced that execut-

future earnings."

San Francisco Archbishop Decries California Execution SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) San Francisco Archbishop William J. Levada

—

decried the July 14 execution of a

who

man

a July 14 statement,

said he

ing

human beings for violent crimes does

Dodge

City

Bishop Urges

—

not stop the cycle of violence," the arch-

Gibnore asked his flock

bishop

July

said. "Instead, these executions state deny the genuine respect we should have for the dignity of all persons as children of God, no matter how heinous their crime may be." He also expressed sympathy with the family of Ginger Fleischli, whose half-naked body was found in a shallow grave in Irvine,

by the

Calif, in September 1981.

Two

U.S. Youths To Be Confirmed At Chile Gathering

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two U.S youths are to receive the sacrament of confirmation during an international gathering of young people in Santiago, Chile, in October. An announcement from the U.S. Catholic Conference in Washington said the two to be confirmed are Jenny Rivera, 2 1 of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, and Nathaniel Earl Bean, 1 7, of the Diocese of Juneau, Alaska. The theme for the Santiago gathering is "The Holy Spirit Will Reveal All Things to You," in keeping with Pope John Paul II's wish that 1998 be a year of focus on ,

New

Flock To Help Build God's City' GARDEN CITY, Kan. (CNS) Newly ordained Bishop Ronald M. 1

6 to help

at his installation

make every city in the Dio-

cese of Dodge City "God's City." Ordained as the fifth bishop of the southwest sas diocese.

Kan-

Bishop Gilmore, a native of gave a short address to the

Pittsburg, Kan.,

over 800 attending the ceremony at Dominic Church in Garden City. Virginia Parish Visited By

Salvadoran

First

FALLS CHURCH, Attending Mass

at a

parish, the first lady

Lady

Va. (CNS)

St.

—

northern Virginia

of El Salvador said

she was pleased to see "families coming from every corner of Latin America united here in prayer."

"We

in El Salva-

dor are a big family too," said Elizabeth Aguirre de Calderon Sol, in a brief talk at the end of Mass at St. Anthony Parish in Falls Church. Aguirre de Calderon Sol led the Salvadoran delegation to the Second International Conference of Women in Agriculture, held in Washington June

28-July

Her husband, Armando

Calderon Sol, has been president of El Salvador since 1994.

The Catholic News

July 24, 1998

Employment Opportunities Pastoral Associate: St. Mary's, a growing and diverse parish of 2500 families in Riclimond, VA, is seeking a full-time pastoral associate. This person will serve on a collaborative team as a full-time pastoral associate. This person will serve on a collaborative team with the pastor, staff and volunteers while having direct responsibility for the following areas: Pastoral

Care (ministry

to the sick

homebound,

funeral ministry,

persons in crisis); RCIA; Adult Formation. Duties include formation and supervision on ministry teams, assessing needs, and budgeting. We seek a person who is mature in ministry with strong interpersonal and organizational skills. Salary and benefits commensurate with education and experience. Please send resume

by August 29 to Pastoral Associate Search Committee, 9505 Gayton Road, Richmond, VA 23229. Fourth Grade Teacher: Immaculate Heart of Mary School is seeking a teacher for a self-contained 4th Grade class for the 1998-99 school year. Teacher will also be responsible for teaching Religion. Please send resume to principal. Immaculate Heart of Mary School, 605 Barbee Avenue, High Point, NC 272624154. or fax to (336) 884-1849. French/.4merican Student Organization seeks a local coordinator for individual summer exhanges. Some French required. Students 13-17. Call Michael at (404) 982-9831. Junior Diplomat International Homestays. Controller: Providence Ventures, LLC, a rapidly growing Charlotte-based distributor of Catholic books and merchandise, is currently seeking a controller. This person will report to the president and will be responsible for a full range of financial/accounting services, including: financial analysis, internal and externa! reporting, general ledger maintenance, state sales & use taxes, payroll, account payable/receiv'

who is seeking a new challenge or an accounting increased responsiblity and opportunity. A minimum of a bachelor's degree in accounting and several years of related experience is required. A working knowl' ;,

etc.

This

manager or

the ideal role for a current controller

who wants

assistant controller

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Middle School Students KATHY SCHMUGGE

Correspondent Knights of Columbus of District 15 were following Mother their motto for the year

NEWTON — The

—

Teresa's adage, great love

—

"Do small things with when they assisted the

Diocesan Youth Ministry Office with "Roots and Wings: Growing in Our Catholic Traditions," a program for

Grow in

Catholic Traditions

middle-school students held last month at St. Joseph Catholic Church.

"We wanted to share the treasures of our faith with young people," said Frank Cogger, Knights district deputy. The Knights assisted in the planning and operation of the program. The all-day event included workshops, games and prayer followed by a youth Mass, celebrated by Father Gordon Pillon, administrator of St. Joseph Church. Some of the workshops included discussions on the Eucharist, vocations, prayer, Scripture and media. "Roots and wings is precisely what we hope to nurture in these middle schoolers

—

which

the

the tradition of Jesus Christ

means

for

them

reach

their loftiest heights," said Paul

Kotlowski, diocesan director of youth ministry.

During one workshop, Father Pillon explained some of the long-standing

Photo by Kathy Schmugge

tra-

ditions of the church regarding proper

veneration and respect to the Eucharist.

He emphasized how the Eucharist must "When you

Seminarian Matthew Kauth instructs teams before a basketball game at the recent "Roots and Wings" retreat. Other leisurely activities included a dunking tank and Bible Jeopardy, a particular favorite among youth ministry participants.

be the center of worship.

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you

will be able to

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Diocesan youth take part in one of many "Roots and Wings," a program

field for

middle-school students at

St.

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people with questions about their faith

and had them perform several skits involving contemporary issues. At the end of the workshop, Robichaux asked the participants to say daily,

Jesus do through

the diocesan office of Youth Ministry.

"What

will

today?"

Sidewalks

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games of Bible Jeopardy, a particular favorite led by the area's young adults group.

At the day's conclusion, the youth gathered to pray the rosary in the newly constructed rosary garden outside the church. During the closing Mass, Father Pillon spoke on the importance of unity. "We can only be united in truth, not through compromising it," he said.

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Mediated Settlement Announced BRONSON HAVARD

lawsuits brought against

maelstrom that has struck the U.S. church over pedophile priests. The July 10 settlements mean an average award of more than $2 million for each plaintiff in the Kos case. The actual amounts each plaintiff will receive may be far less

in separate cases.

after their attorney fees

—

DALLAS (CNS) The Diocese of Dallas announced July 10 that it has settled the widely publicized pedophile lawsuit against the diocese and former priest

Rudolph "Rudy" Kos, plus several two other priests

The settlement ends

all litigation

against the diocese.

The diocese

million to settle claims of others. Insur-

ance carriers are paying a

total

of $24.3

known

Jesus Christ."

ceses and priests in the world. Previ-

The settlement include

"To the

formal acceptance of the bishop's apology by the plaintiffs and a pledge to their

ends the long period of conflict so that we can

The diocese an-

claims.

all

nounced

($119 million plus interest) that a Texas court ordered paid to 1 1 plaintiffs in a civil trial verdict on June 24, 1997.

some diocesan property

sides hailed the settlement as a

means of preventing years of any litigation

Abuse Cases

and litigation costs are victims and deducted, and dework together to prefamilies, once again pended on how "lump vent sexual abuse in want to apologize on sum" funds are dithe church. behalf of the diocese," the vided by their lawReforms instibishop said. "We hope this tuted by Bishop yers.

The court-ordered mediated settlement means the diocese will pay roughly 6.5 percent of the $1 59 million judgment

Both

Dallas

fiirther

and struggle over the court

judgment. The record-breaking jury award against the diocese last year received worldwide media coverage and moved the Dallas Diocese into the center of a

that "the settlement will be funded by the sale of

and loans."

move forward as a church committed to message

the

parish or

school property will be

uti-

lized in the settlement,

Grahmann

since the

sensational

trial

have

cons

who

seek to work in the

Dallas Diocese.

The settlement remains

the largest

involving lawsuits against dio-

ously, the largest reported settlement in

was more than $20 million paid by the Diocese of

a clergy pedophile case

Lafayette, La., to victims of sexual abuse

by a

who was

priest

sent to prison for

his crimes in 1985.

The Dallas settlement involves three former priests of the diocese, but crimiwere filed only in the Kos

nal charges case.

Kos was

tried in Dallas criminal

Lay persons and dea-

now

forced laicization of Kos.

new

policies

and new

boards.

Jesus Christ."

other dioceses

court in April and sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually abusing altar boys in the 1980s and early 1990s. The Diocese of Dallas announced earlier in July that the Vatican had ordered the

included creation of

hold key advi-

sory positions on a

said.

Dallas Bishop Charles V. Grahmann, who pushed for a settlement and sweeping reforms in the diocese to prevent years of litigation, armounced the

Herald 13

of the diocese," the bishop said. "We hope this ends the long period of conflict so that we can move forward as a church committed to the message of

paying about $10.16

million to the plaintiffs plus another $ 1

million to settle

new

Per-

sonnel Board, Pastoral Concerns

Board and Conduct Review Board.

In ad-

bishop created an Ordination and Accreditation Board that reviews all dition, the

settlement in Dallas.

candidates for ordination to the priest-

"To the victims and their families, I once again want to apologize on behalf

hood

or permanent diaconate, and reviews the applications of all clergy from

Besides Kos, the settlement involved former priest Robert Peebles, who was accused of molesting altar boys, and Father William J. Hughes, who faced a single accusation of illicit involvement with a minor girl. Peebles sought and received voluntary laicization. Father Hughes is in suspended status.

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grill is an anwhich preserves the digand responds to the

"Confessing behind a cient practice

have the

An official at the council charged with

on hearing confessions only through a screen, the Vatican said. The Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts said that even if a penitent requests a face-to-face

answering questions about canon law said the option of a face-to-face confession still exists, but the priest and the penitent each

tection against

have the

part of the penitent.

most circumstances,

priests

right to insist

confession, the final decision

to the

priest.

The council's decision was published in the July 13-14 issue of L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, with the approval of Pope

right to refuse that option.

In the wake of the growing number of accusations worldwide about sexual misconduct on the part of priests, some priests have decided that it is not wise to be alone in a room with anyone, particularly a child or a woman. For that rea-

son, they prefer hearing confessions in a

nity of the sacrament

need for prudence," he said. "It is a prohuman weakness both on

the part of the priest as well as on the

"The sacrament of confession cannot be an occasion of sin for either the priest or the penitent,"

The

said.

council's decree "reaffirms the

responsibility of the minister to protect the dignity of the sacrament," the official said.

By "excluding

cases of necessity,"

John Paul II. "For a just reason and excluding cases of necessity, the minister of the sacrament can legitimately decide, even

traditional-style confessional rather than

not to give his name, said such concerns

hospitals or

in the event that the penitent asks other-

were among a variety of reasons cited

sick or dying and in other circumstances

wise, that sacramental confession be re-

the requests for a ruling.

in a reconciliation

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the decree maintains the obligation of a

room.

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who

preferred

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when

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the penitent

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Diocesan News Briefs Belmont Abbey College and Monastery is at Museum of the New South, 324 N. College St., through Jan. 2, 1999. The compilation of archival images and artifacts captures the essence of the abbey and provides a glimpse of the people and

Parish Plans "Blast" St. Barnabas Church annual "Blasf for Sept. 20. The event will include food, fun, games tor all ages, and a raffle for a fourday cruise to the Bahamas. One-thousand chances will be sold at $5 each. For more

ARDEN

plans

—

its fifth

events that have shaped its unique spirit and rich history. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday firom 1 1 a.m.5 p.m. Admission is $5 for families, $2 for adults, and $1 for students, seniors and teachers. Admission is free each second Saturday. For more information, call

information, call (828) 684-6098.

Basilica Tours

ASHEVILLE Basilica of St.

—

The docents of the Lawrence provide tours

of the historic church following each weekend Mass. The Mass schedule is Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Spanish Mass). For more information, call the parish office at (828) 252-6042.

(704) 333-1887.

Widowed Support

CHARLOTTE meets

at St. Gabriel

— Healing Hearts Church on the

first

Catholic Home-School Support ASHEVILLE The Catholic Association of Family Educators, a Catho-

Tuesday and first Thursday of each month (your option) from 11:30 a.m.-l

home-school support group, meets for

Healing Hearts meets at St. Matthew Church on the second Monday of each month from 1 1:30 a.m.-l p.m. in Room

—

lic

p.m. in

biweekly "park days" and monthly "moms' meetings" during the summer.

Room C

of the ministry center.

102 of the parish center.

Call Sheryl Oligny, (828) 298-0336, or

Caring Hearts AIDS Ministry of St. Joan of Arc Parish in Aslieville recently announced the recipients of the 1998 Steve Hamel Service Award. Named for the late Steve Hamel, a founding member of Caring Hearts and a long-time volunteer with the terminally ill, the award seeks to recognize those offering distinguished service to those living with HIV/AIDS. Pictured from left are award

The Young Widowed Group meets Matthew Church on the second Tuesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. in

Denise Vish, (828) 645-6990, for more information.

at St.

Mass

Welcome

— The

CHARLOTTE Mass of welcome

Room

third annual

102 of the parish center.

recipients Muriel Grable

For more information on these Mercy Sister Therese

and and friends is hosted at St. Peter Church, 507 N. Tryon St., on July 31 at 7 p.m. Refreshments for Catholic gays

and Father C. Morris Boyd, presenter Fran Hamel, and

recipient Carolyn Shotwell.

groups, call

lesbians, their families

Galligan, (704) 362-5047, ext. 216.

Lady Hibernians Welcome Members CHARLOTTE The first North

Community

Carolina ladies division of the Ancient

p.m. The programs are produced by the Diocese of Raleigh, N.C. If you have comments, call the producer, Mark Hite, at (919) 821-9734.

—

will follow.

Parish Anniversary CHARLOTTE The 50th anniversary of Our Lady of Assumption Church is commemorated Aug. 14 at a 7 p.m. Mass celebrated by Bishop William G.

—

Order of Hibernians welcomes new members. Members must be practicing Catholics and Irish by birth, descent or adoption or the wife or mother of a Hibernian. To join, call Helen Gassen at

Curlin; Jesuit Father Francis Gillespie,

Television, each

Sunday

6 p.m. Episodes are repeated each Thurs-

day

at 7

Single-Again Catholics

GREENSBORO — The Single Again

15. Call (800) 849-2620 for registration information and availability.

Vacation Bible School HIGH POINT Christ the King Church presents vacation Bible school Aug. 10-14 from 6:30-8 p.m. each day. Call (336) 884-0244 to register. House of Prayer Retreats

—

(704) 542-9406. Meetings are every third

Catholics group meets in the Greensboro

Monday

area for social and spiritual gatherings. Call

'98"

photographs related to the parish over the past half-century are invited to submit them for a special display by calling Mary Kay Crotty, (704) 536-5452.

ish center.

Mike Bohen, (336) 373-7358,

who

are Alcoholics

Church par-

Catholic Television Programs GREENSBORO Dominican FaBurke presents a series of half-hour programs on the Catholic faith and spirituality on GCTV, Greensboro

—

— An exhibit on

Around The State Ultreya Group reunion Ultreya meets at St. Elizabeth Church each first the 5:15 p.m. Mass. For details, call the parish office, (828) 284-

BOONE — Saturday after 8338.

CHARLOTTE — Ultreya Christian communities meet monthly in Charlotte

and ideas for apostolic action in the St. Gabriel Church fellowship hall on second Fridays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. and on fourth Sundays at St. Matthew Church at 1 p.m. Call Don or Cheryl Bohlen, (704) 542-

to share experiences, prayer

1741, for

or Patrick

Diocesan Lay Ministry Training Program program begins in the fall in persons wishing to be affirmed in their

lay ministry

— The Immaculate

Heart of Mary Women's Club hosts its annual White Elephant Sale Aug. 8 fi-om 8 a.m.-3 p.m. in the church commons, located on Highway 64 one mile west of the Hayesville traffic light. Among the items available will be furniture, small appliances, tools, household goods and books. Refreshments will also be available. For more information, call Leda Fide, (828) 389-8494.

Prison/Jail Ministry Seminar HICKORY Bill Matevie, chaplain at Mecklenburg County Jail North and diocesan coordinator of prison min-

—

ministry seminar Aug. 15 from 9 a.m. -4 p.m. at

Arden, Charlotte and Greensboro for present ministry, upgrade their catechist or religion teacher certification, or fulfill the prerequisite for the permanent diaconate. The academic program is designed to help participants appreciate and more fully understand the call to ministry by virtue of their baptism. For details, send name, address and phone number to Office of Lay Ministry, Diocese of Chariotte, 1123 S. Church St., Charlotte, NC 28203, or call (704) 370-3213.

Carmelite Retreat 'Follow me,' 'You lack no spiritheme of a Secular (Third) Order Discalced Carmelites-sponsored silent retreat Nov. 20-22/23 at the Avila Retreat Center. Cost is $105 for three days, or $150 if you option to stay until Nov. 23. To register, send a check for $15 payable to OCDS to Kathy Smith, 3619 Courtland Dr., Durham, NC 27707. For more informafion, call (919) 493-2712.

DURHAM — "Jesus said, 'Come and see,'

the Catholic Conference Center.

The

seminar features sharing from prison ministry volunteers, former inmates, clergy and family members of inmates.

A continental breakfast is provided, and lunch is available. Admission is free, though reservations are suggested. For reservations, call Matevie at (704) 3368235. For directions to the conference center, call (704) 327-7441. Engaged Encounter

tual gift'" is the

HICKORY a

weekend of

— Engaged Encounter,

nine spaces

retreat for

Spirit

women

Anonymous mem-

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required.

Leadership of Jesus" treat for is

men. "God's

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a Sept.

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House of Prayer. more information,

retreats are at the Jesuit

call

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Living Waters Retreats

MAGGIE VALLEY — "Praying the Psalms with the Voice of Christ" is an Aug. 2-8 retreat focusing on the recitation of the Psalter in the Liturgy of the Hours as an experience of the praying church as the body of Christ. "Jubilee Spirituality" is an Aug. 9-15 retreat focusing on the three years of preparation for the year 2000 as called for by Pope John Paul II. "Canticle of the Creatures" is an Aug. 17-23 nature retreat focusing on contemplative confirmation of the Spirit. The cost of each retreat is $260.

more information

or re-

ceive a retreat schedule, write to the Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center,

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spiritual counseling for

engaged couples,

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details.

"White Elephant" Sale

HAYESVILLE

istry, facilitates a prison/jail

information.

The Charlotte Diocese's two-year

Tracey (336) 545-6939, for

ther Michael

Belmont Abbey Exhibit

CHARLOTTE

in the St. Gabriel

— "Joyful

HOT SPRINGS

and former pastors. A dessert reception follows the Mass. Anyone with

pastor;

rosary St.

Leo

day

1 1

—A

scriptural

recited in the convent chapel at

the Great :40 a.m.

Church each Wednes-

The Catholic News

July 24, 1998

World And National News

BMG,

produced a compact disc featuring Pope John Paul II singing a Gregorian chant during a January 1997 Mass. His voice was mixed with a modem instrumental arrangement combining rock and other music. Although the producers had obtained permission to record the pontiff from Vatican Radio, the legal owner of the recording and broadcast rights to his voice, Vatican officials

Confidentiality Of Confession YORK (CNS) Recognition

—

of confidentiality in the priest-penitent relationship, a principle of major impor-

tance to Catholics,

being written into

new

the rules for the proposed tional criminal court, a

interna-

Brooklyn

priest

involved in the negotiations said. Msgr.

Vincent R. LaRocca said in an interview July 6 in New York that he proposed the addition as a member of the Vatican delegation to the U.N. conference in Rome drawing up plans for the court. He reported that the working group on procedure accepted his proposal by consensus June 24, and the working group's draft was subsequently approved by the committee to which it reported.

told

economy

contribute

and

last

taxes.

finds that overall they

more than they use in

year paid

at least $

The "Fiscal

services

3 3 billion in

In Priest

priest.

the country.

from the

May

A coalition

riots in

human

Indonesia

groups representing victims of assault seeking damages from the government.

rights

filed suit

pledged for the project.

Wear An Asian Face, Taiwan Cardinal Says

Christ Must

hopes to complete

NEW YORK (CNS) — Bishops at-

calendar of events for the year 2000

cent scholarship on the Gospel of John

and additional interfaith materials. The expanded library, which will include the archives of the archdiocese, will be one of the most important resources for Catholic historical studies in the country,

Mary's president and rec-

He said $3.6 million has already been

House Passes Child Custody Protection Act

WASHINGTON

tending the Asian Synod of Bishops in

ing an effort to send

Bishop Kamal Hanna Bathish. The

Rome

tee, the

lize the

said Jerusalem Auxiliary

lish a pilgrim's

it back to commitHouse voted 276-150 July 15 in

favor of legislation that would

make

his brother, John, 23,

serving a 14-year prison term.

German Churches Warn Of Risks In

Animal-To-Human Transplants

BONN, Germany (CNS)

connection with the transplant

of genetically altered animal organs into humans. In a report released in mid- July, the group of eight theologians and medical experts stated that despite the pros-

pect of securing organs from animals that

federal crime to take rmnors over state

also planning to pub-

sented within the cultural context of Asia, authentic Asian face to Jesus," said Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, during a briefing on the Asian synod that he offered for leaders of New York's Chinese corrmiunity July 5. The briefing followed Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in which the cardinal was prin-

an abortion to circumvent parental consent or notification laws. Shortly before the vote. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., co-chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus, said passage of the Child Custody Protection Act "should be a no-brainer." "To lure teen-agers over state lines and to encourage strangers to purposely avoid state laws is indefen-

could save human lives, due consideration should be given to risks of bodily rejection of the foreign organ and to broader ethical concerns. The task force,

cipal celebrant.

sible,"

manual

that will help di-

guiding them through the religious and spiritual aspects of pilgrimage.

manual is scheduled to be ready the same time as the calendar.

The

about

Sudan Famine Requires Sustained Aid Efforts, Says Analyst

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

Sus-

tained emergency aid efforts will be needed in southern Sudan, probably un-

September 1999,

to help the popula-

tion survive famine, said a U.S.

Com-

said a

continent where less than 3 per-

Taiwan

cardinal.

"We must put an

'Good Will Hunting,' 'Nothing Sacred' Win Humanitas Prizes UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif (CNS) The Academy Award-winning film

—

lines to obtain

Smith

said.

World Seminary Rectors Express Optimism About Future Of

ROME

Priesthood (CNS) Seminary

—

rectors

realistic

and the most op-

set up by the Catholic bishops' conference and the Protestant Church of Germany, known by its German initials EKD, noted that up to 6,000 domestic pigs or other animals would be needed to meet the demand of organ transplants in Germany. Hospital Budget Cuts Lead To Fear Of Reduced Services CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) Budget cuts to state-aided hospitals

—

mittee for Refugees analyst. Jeff Drumtra, Africa policy analyst for the nonprofit humanitarian organization, said at a briefing in Washington that between July and October, 38,000 tons of food will need to be airlifted into the region. Operation Lifeline Sudan of the U.N. Worid Food Program has airiifted 32,000 tons into the region within the last three years. "This famine requires a mas-

"Good Will Hunting" and the canceled ABC drama "Nothing Sacred" were among the winners at the 24th annual

"are the

comes to the future of the Catholic priest-

cally reduce

Humanitas Prize ceremonies July 9. The awards were given at a luncheon sponsored by the Human Family Educational and Cultural Institute, founded in 1974 by Paulist Father Ellwood Kieser. The prize is given to writers of film and television scripts that "most fiilly commu-

hood, said the rector of a U.S. seminary. Msgr. Timothy M. Dolan, rector of the

pital in Mariannhill,

sive response, but a sustained response.

nicate

...

This

not just a four-month heroic

going to be a least," he said.

effort; this is unfortunately

5-month undertaking at Outline For General Synod Of Bishops Stresses Bishops' Service

— A work-

ing group appointed by Germany's main Catholic and Protestant churches has highlighted health risks and ethical con-

cent are Catholic, Christ must be pre-

rect pilgrims to the holy sites, as well as

til

agreed that to evange-

flicts in

— Defeat-

and

News Service

Great Jubilee, told Catholic the patriarchate

this spring

(CNS)

19,

sued the Stockton Diocese for negligence because they said the diocese failed to stop Father Oliver O'Grady from molesting them when they were small children. Father O'Grady admitted in a 1993 criminal trial that he molested the boys.

according to Sulpician Father Rob-

ert Leavitt, St. tor.

bishop, president of the Committee for the

fall,

The jury verdict came just a week

Howard,

sent to bishops' conferences in late June.

by early

— The

Diocese agreed to pay $30.9 million to 12 former altar boys who were sexually assaulted. Joh

Year 2000 Calendar

its

(CNS)

after the Dallas

Catholic nuns join Indonesian Muslim women in prot&st outside Jakarta's Defense Ministry building July 17. The women were denouncing rape and sexual assault

Catholic Church as well as the most re-

— Jerusalem's

Calif.

pay $30 million to two men who, as children, were sexually abused by a to

geous defender of faith, a leader in charity and evangelization and a sign of the unity of the church, said the outline for the next general Synod of Bishops. "The Bishop: Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World" is the theme chosen by Pope John Paul II for the synod scheduled for the year 2000. The 86-paged outline, or "lineamenta," offering reflections on the theme, was

JERUSALEM (CNS)

Sex Abuse Case

STOCKTON,

Stockton Diocese was ordered July 16

Americans" released July 7 by the National Immigration Forum and the Cato Institute said immigrants who become U.S. citizens typically pay more in taxes over a lifetime than do native-bom citizens. It also evaluated other research and concluded that immigrants pay about $80,000 more in taxes than they receive in government benefits over a lifetime. Jersalem Patriarchate Prepares

Latin-rite Patriarchate

to halt the project shortly be-

was to hit the market. It went anyway, prompting a lawsuit by

Jury Sets $30 Million Settlement

New

Portrait of

sale

Vatican Radio.

—

U.S.

them

fore the disc

Study Finds Immigrants' Contributions Outweigh Costs WASHINGTON (CNS) A new study of the effects of immigrants on the

Briefs

Global Court Likely To Recognize

NEW

& Herald

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— The

bishop must be a holy teacher, a coura-

human

values to their audience."

New Seminary Mecca For

Library Called Bible Scholarship

BALTIMORE (CNS) — The library

Mary's Seminary and University in the Baltimore Archdiocese will undergo a $7 million expansion to house archives from the earliest days of the U.S. at St.

timistic"

most

members of the church when

North American College

Rome,

hosted 32 English-speaking seminary rectors from 1 0 countries during a June 26-July 18 course for rectors. "We stand in awe of the sincerity and goodness of today's seminarians," Msgr. Dolan said. Vatican, Italian Recording Company

Dispute Use Of Pope's Voice

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— The

Vatican and an Italian recording company are involved in a legal scrap over the use of the pope's voice on a music

compact

disc. In late

May the company.

have led to fears

that

South Africa's larghave to drastiMary's Hos-

est Catholic hospital will its

services. St.

which serves more than 700,000 people in one of the country's poorest provinces, has halved from the number of its hospital beds 300 to 150 and stopped some of its more routine services after its budget was cut by 34 percent. Archbishop Wilfrid Napier of Durban urged government au-

—

thorities to "rectify the unjust situation"

of the cuts to church health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal province or face being held responsible by the community for the closure of

"some of

the

most

effi-

cient health facilities in the province."

& Herald

The Catholic News

July 24, 1998

Baby Spared Abortion

Partial-Birth

Arizona

MARK PATTISON

"It's difficult to

WASHINGTON (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The birth

extra-credit points"

of a baby in Arizona during what was

intent

supposed to have been a partial-birth abortion has set the stage for a planned July 23 attempt by the House to override President Clinton's veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. The baby, a girl, was bom June 30 when the doctor who had begun to perform a partial-birth abortion stopped the

said, girl

much

further developed in the

womb

As of July 10, the infant's condition had been upgraded to good, according to Det. Mike McCullough, a spokesman for the Phoenix police, who were invesThe

tigating the matter.

child suffered a

broken skull and two deep facial lacerations, possibly from instruments used in performing partial-birth abortions, but suffered no brain damage. Arizona law forbids abortions after the 24th week of gestation without some proof of physical necessity for the abortion, according to Dr. Carolyn Gerster, chairwoman for Arizona Right to Life. The law has not been challenged. The mother, age 17, walked into the A-Z Women's Center June 29 to seek an abortion.

The ultrasound

test

given that

day indicated the child in her womb was 23 weeks and 6 days old. Gerster said A-Z advertises itself in the Phoenix Yellow Pages as the only abortion clinic in the city that performs abortions on a walk-in basis up through 24 weeks of pregnancy.

When

the doctor at the clinic, John

Biskind, began the abortion, he realized the child

was much

further developed,

halted the abortion and delivered the "I don't

girl.

know what went through

his

give anybody any

when

the original

perform an abortion, she

adding that "it was the same little at 23 weeks as at 36 weeks," the

infant's estimated gestation.

The mother reportedly used a homepregnancy test to determine she was pregnant. Gerster said irregular strual cycles

men-

could help account for her

not knowing her pregnancy had lasted

procedure after seeing that the child was than an ultrasound test had indicated.

was

longer than she suspected.

Gerster added it was not known whether the mother is an emancipated minor. She noted that Arizona has passed a parental notification bill five times and that each time the courts have enjoined the measure, which would require a minor to notify her parents that she wants an abortion. Biskind, who has been licensed to practice medicine in Arizona since 1981, was censured by the state's medical board in 1996 for "gross neglect" in the case of a 26-year-old woman who bled to death following an abortion. "Miraculously, in this instance, a little girl who was sentenced to die is alive today," said a July 9 statement from Rep. Charles T. Canady, R-Fla., sponsor of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. "The moment she took her first breath, this baby was immediately given the full protection of the law," he added. "Unfortunately, many babies never get this protection because their lives are brutally snatched away just inches from being fully bom." National Right to Life Committee legislative director Douglas Johnson said in a statement that a baby delivered prematurely between 23-24 weeks would have a one-in-three chance of surviving

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