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are being ordained to care for those in need. You're being ordained to serve," Bishop William G. Curlin told seven men ordained into the permanent diaconate June 23 at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte. See coverage below and on pages 9-11.

Seven ordained as permanent deacons Laying of hands brings Faith celebrated with Forty

into

men

be a defender of God's wonderfulness," said

Charlotte, the Diocese of Charlotte

Bishop Curlin. 'You're living a ministry."

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rise to

joyful celebrations in the Diocese of Charlotte as ordinations

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"You shall love the Lord,

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all

your heart,

your being, with

strength,

and with

all

June 23, Bishop William G.

Curlin imposed his hands upon the heads

and bringing them, as permanent deacons,

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hood and permanent diaconate brought forth

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your

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and your neighbor as yourself."

into the fold of

Holy Orders. That Satur-

day morning, the lives of Scott GiMllan, Pierre K'Briuh, David King, Alexander Lyerly, James Mazur, Mark Nash and Michael Zboyovski were transformed as they became dedicated to service at the altar and the people of God. The permanent diaconate is a ministry in the Catholic Church. Bishops, priests and deacons are all ordained for service in the church.

-Luke

10:

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send you, you

"You're not only being ordained a minister of the church, you're ordained to

shall

you, you shall

the book of Jeremiah

those words of obedient service.

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CHARLOTTE

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command

come

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men

as

now

permanent deacons.

"You have studied

for years, first

through the Lay Ministry program, the diaconal program and work at parishes," said Bishop Curlin.

"My

brothers, you're

Ephesians, further declarations of service:

being ordained to care for those in need.

plead with you as a prisoner for the

You're being ordained to serve."

The ministry of the deacon is particu-

"I

worthy of the calling you have received, with perfect humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another lovingly.... It is He who gave aposties, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers in roles of service for the faithful to build up the body of Christ" Those readings selected for the ordination speak to diaconal service to the body of Christ, said Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor of the Diocese of Lord, to live a

Charlotte,

life

who also serves as director of the

rise in this country.

During

Permanent deacons

preach, baptize, and officiate at marriages

and funeral services. They solemnly pledge and maintain an obligation to charity and conveyance of the Word. Most deacons support themselves in the private sector in addition to performing diaconal duties. A permanent deacon continues first and foremost with obligations to his own family.

'You

are going to be assisting your

brother priests in the giving of God's mar-

permanent diaconate program.

Ordination to the diaconate

larly challenging.

is

on the

a three-year

period in the late 1990s, nearly 1,000

men

were ordained nationwide as deacons, according to statistics from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. In the United States, nearly 13,000 men share in the fraternity of the diaconate. With the June 23 ordination at St. Gabriel parish in

velous

gifts," said

Bishop Curlin.

'People want to see Jesus," said Bishop Curlin in his charge to the

new

deacons.

'Your task is to bring him in loving to your brothers and sisters."

Contact calling

Editor Joann

(704)

370-3336

jskeane@charhttediocese.org

service

Keane or

by

e-mail

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Abstinence, respecting dignity seen as key to stopping AIDS UNITED NATIONS (CNS)

July 6,

Brief

in

churches. The pope also beatified Sister Josaphata Hordashevska, founder of

human

Mary ImmacuHundreds of the estimated 1 .2 mil-

the Sister Servants of

—

late.

The

lion people at the

for

known

president of the Pontifical Council Health Care Workers told the U.N. General Assembly's special session on AIDS that the path to preventing the

human

disease lay in "respecting

bishops, priests, religious or laity. Sev-

were married and behind their wives and children.

dignity

—

the Vatican delegation to the

session held June 25-27 at U.N. head-

New

York, also said preven-

was aided by "excluding campaigns associated with models of behavior which destroy life and promote the tion

spread of the evil in question." Speaking

on the

day of a session that often had

last

condoms at the center of attention, he said the most effective way of preventing sexual transmission of AIDS was through "training

the authentic values

in

CNS photo by Joanna

of life, love and sexuality."

European anti-sect laws threaten religion, says church group ROME (CNS) Though coun-

—

China, Sudan and Indonesia

tries like still

lead the world in violations of reli-

Lightner, Catholic Standard and Times

Touching Liberty Five-year-old Lauren Strickland from St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Clearwater, Fla., touches the Liberty Bell on Independence Mall in Philadelphia June 22. On July 4th, Americans celebrate the 225th anniversary of the birth of the nation.

gious freedom, legislation in Western

Europe

combat

to

sects poses a

grow-

ing threat to the continent's religious believers, a Catholic aid

group

said.

In

an annual report on religious freedom around the world, Aid to the Church in Need said a recent French bill that criminalizes "mental manipulation" potentially could be turned against any parents who raise their children in a faith or Catholic monks who live in communities that could be viewed as sect-like. The report, 377 pages in its English-language version, was released at a June 28 press conference by the aid group's Italian

office.

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from South Africa and Uganda, Catholic and Protestant bishops, and representatives of the United Nations and the State Department all said the time is

sands of Catholics from the Archdiocese of St. Louis and elsewhere participated

The was made

goal."

U.S. Jesuit theologian,

a cardinal earlier this year,

delivered the third annual lecture of the

Common Ground

Catholic

Initiative.

His topic was "Dialogue, Truth and Communion."

Pope beatifies martyrs from Ukraine's Eastern Catholic churches LVIV, Ukraine (CNS) Pope

—

Episcopal, calendar

Diocesan. planner

John Paul

II

beatified

most serious problems.

their

St.

Louis Archdiocese conducts eucharistic congress Tens of thouST. LOUIS (CNS)

—

in a

two-day eucharistic congress

Mass

to celebrate the feast of the

World Dome, where the Mass was celebrated, to the Gateway Arch on the St. Louis riverfront. According to one former official of the National Park Service, 32,000 people took part in the procession. The June 15-16 congress took place 100 years after the

general of the Synod of Bishops in Rome and Pope John Paul II's special

envoy

to the congress,

was the

and self-introspection, Olivia

tization

Woodard

will help participants explore the

friendships and relationships various biblical

women had with Jesus. For more infor-

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July 16-19

be held at St Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East this afternoon at 4 p.m.

Provincial bishops' meeting

with prayer teams at 3 p.m. and a potluck

Savannah, Ga.

dinner at 5 p.m. in the school

July 21

Mass

—

6:30 p.m.

for installation

of

Knights of Columbus state officers St Paul the Aposde, Greensboro

July 24

— 5 p.m.

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CHARLOTTE — The 50+ Club of St

John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., will be conducting a meeting this morning at 11 am with a program and lunch

High School

board meeting, Charlotte

July 27

cafeteria.

further information, contact Josie Backus

in

the parish center. Donations are

being accepted during the meeting. For

more

information, call Gloria Silipigni at

(704) 821-1343 or (704) 536-6520 or

10:30 a.m.

536-6523.

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MAGGIE VALLEY — A retreat for

Mass of National Gathering for Black Catholic

women

Women

Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living

Opening

Adams' Mark Hotel, Charlotte

will

be held at Living Waters

Waters Lane, beginning today through Through Gospel reading, drama-

July 24.

principal

celebrant at the Mass.

8

will

eu-

Louis. Cardinal Jan Schotte, secretary-

partin

CHARLOTTE — A charismatic Mass

first

charistic congress to be held in St.

mation,

following events.

Body

and Blood of Christ. After the Mass, a procession was held from the Trans

July

tlie

in St.

Louis, which culminated in a June 16

Bislwp JViUiam G. Curlin will take

of Charlotte

other

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Sen.

who

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church needs respectful internal dialogue, but not the kind that tolerates dissent from church teachings or substitutes "civility for truth," Cardinal Avery Dulles said in a lecture June 22 at Georgetown University. "For Catholics the only acceptable common ground is the teaching of Christ and the church," he said. "To seek a common

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Former

the ambassadors to the United States

to help the nations of Africa address

27 martyrs from Ukraine's Eastern Catholic churches at a Divine Liturgy attended by many of the martyrs' parishioners, widows, children, grandchildren and students. The martyrs of the Ukrainian and Ruthenian Catholic churches died between 1935 and 1973, the victims of Nazi terror and the systematic Soviet repression of the Eastern Catholic

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peace-building.

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Authentic dialogue, on the contrary, keeps the fullness of truth as its norm and

The

h

WASHINGTON (CNS) Three major faith-based organizations kicked off separate Africa aid campaigns with the support of several bishops, ambassadors and politicians at a Georgetown University conference June 23-26.

Catholic Relief Services, Bread for the World and a group of Lutheran relief agencies each recently began campaigns to raise Americans' awareness about Africa and encourage support for addressing some of the continent's most pressing issues: hunger, AIDS and

right for a concerted international effort

launched the system June 17 at St. Anthony's Parish, some 900 miles south of New Delhi, calling it "a thought-provoking incentive" for all church personnel, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Parishioners can use the microchip-embedded card with a touchscreen computer near the parish hall to check on church events, renew subscriptions, transfer payments and make

—

southern India

in

left

Campaigns launched to raise awareness on Africa

and the person's transcendent destiny."

quarters in

June 27 liturgy had

personally one of the martyred

eral of the priests

Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan,

who headed

2001

call

the center at (828) 926-3833.

— The

St.

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of die Secu-

Franciscan Order will meet today from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West, in the office wing. Visitors arid inquirers are welcome, lar

so for

more

information, call Pat

(828) 884-4246.

23 CHARLOTTE

—A

Cowan

at

support group

meeting for caregivers of family and friends suffering from Alzheimer's/ dementia will

be held today from 10-1 1:15

am in

room E of the ministry center at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. With advanced notification, activities for the memory-impaired can also be provided.

For more information about the support group or the Shining Stars Adult Day Respite Program for the memoiy-impaired, which meets every Monday and Wednesday, call

Suzanne Bach

at (704) 376-4135.

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July 6,

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CRS earmarks $50,000 for Peruvian earthquake relief

BALTIMORE

(CNS)

—

Vieques must end immediately, said Archbishop Roberto O. Gonzalez of San Juan. While praising President Bush for deciding to terminate the bombings in

Catholic

Relief Services has released an

initial

$50,000 to help victims of a June 23 earthquake in Peru. The quake killed at least 70 people and injured more than 1,200, said Peruvian civil defense officials. The 8. 1 magnitude quake hit areas in southern Peru, from its Pacific coast to inland zones high in the Andes Mountains. CRS, the U.S. bishops' relief and development agency, said at least 60,000 homes were destroyed, many in

2003, the archbishop

worldwide moratorium on death penalty

—

— The

Vatican renewed an appeal for a world-

wide moratorium on the death penalty, it an "integral part of the defense

calling

of human

at every stage of its devel-

life

opment." Msgr. Paul Gallagher, a Vatican diplomat, told a June 21-23 world congress against the death penalty, "It is

CNS

more necessary than

surely

ever that the inalienable dignity of hu-

man

Gathered

in

photo from Catholic Press Photo

McCarrick kisses crucifix in titular church Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick bows to kiss the crucifix upon entering his titular Church of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus in Rome June 28.

be universally respected and recognized for its immeasurable value." life

Strasbourg, France, speak-

ers of parliaments

from four continents

signed a formal declaration calling for a global ban on capital punishment and criticized the

United States and China

for their recourse to executions.

Police from across U.S. gather to mourn loss of transit officer

ALEXANDRIA,

Va. (CNS)

—A

Catholic priest told an overflow crowd gathered for the funeral Mass of a slain Washington transit police officer that "no line-of-duty death is ever senseless." Speaking June 20 at

Louis Church in Alexandria, a suburb of Washington, Msgr.

Salvatore Criscuolo said, "It is honorable because it comes from dedication

St.

House

bill puts limits on oil firms doing business in Sudan WASHINGTON (CNS) The House has passed a bill that would

—

oil companies doing business in war-torn Sudan, where the Islamic government has waged an unrelenting civil

beatification

foreign

war against Christians and animists in the South. The Sudan Peace Act, which passed in a 422-2 vote June 13, also seeks to compel the Sudanese government to "enter into a good faith peace process" to end the conflict that has

claimed an estimated 2 million lives since also

—

All families

who

—

Poland's Catholic Church

He was

25 CHARLOTTE

Church prepares sainthood causes for more than 100 WWII Poles WARSAW, Poland (CNS)

sharply restrict the financial activities of

to the oath that a police officer takes."

addressing more than 1,000 police officers and the family of Marlon F. Morales, 32, who was shot in the head June 10 when he tried to stop a fare evader at a Metro subway station in the District of Columbia.

He died from his wounds June 13.

it

started 18 years ago.

The

bill

would require the U.S. secretary of state to report annually to Congress on the status of Sudan's construction of

oil

of aerial bombing by the government, and whether relief aid has been manipulated by govern-

pipelines, the extent

ment

officials as

the

(828) 926-3833.

II

for

victims,

Pope John Paul

preparing

more than two years

108 other Poles. Bishop Jan Bernard Szlaga of Pelplin, Poland, said the beatifications after

would

fill

gaps

in the

II

beatified

1999

list

and con-

firm the "great martyrology" of Polish

The

Catholics.

candidates include 17

martyrs from the northern Pelplin Diowhom died at Nazi hands during Poland's 1939-45 occupation, as cese, all of

well as 102

names put

by

forth

religious

orders.

Puerto Rican archbishop asks immediate end to Vieques

bombings

SAN JUAN, The

bill alleges.

documents

War

100 World

is

U.S.

Puerto Rico (CNS)

Navy bombing

—

exercises in

monthly memorial Mass

at

St Patrick

Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, that will

be taking place tonight at 7:30 p.m.

334-2283

Bosnian bishop said the safe return of displaced people and refugees was essential to maintaining peace in the Balkans.

Bishop Franjo Komarica of Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina, said some 68,000 ethnic Croats remain displaced from his diocese since the end of the 1 992-95 war.

Peace accords signed in November 1995 in Dayton, Ohio, were to ensure the safe return of all displaced people and refugees. The bishop said the threat of violence and a lack of political will from local leaders and the international community have prevented the return of the displaced to the Banja Luka region. The goal of Bosnian leaders in preventing the return of refugees was "ethnic homogenization," Bishop Komarica said.

Annotated Korean New Testament published after 27 years SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) A

—

revised and annotated version of the

New

Testament in Korean has been published after 27 years of work by Catholic scholars on what was conceived 10-year project. Bishop John Chang-yik of Chunchon, president of the as a

Korean bishops'

Biblical

based in Thailand. The bishop said the local church had longed for a Korean New Testament more faithful to the original texts, as well as

ing of God's word and Christian

Penalty, in co-spon-

August 1

NATIONWIDE

— There

are retreat

opportunities at Trappist monasteries across

Upcoming FORT MILL presented by

S.C.

— Power

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Rally 2001,

Ministries in

Death Penalty, will be presenting its 25th Annual Conference endued "Building Communities of Justice and Hope"

cooperation with the Dioceses of Charlotte,

Oct.

bey

Raleigh, Charleston and Savannah and

contact the

be remembered during the Mass.

tery in Huntersville, Utah; and at monasteries

the Archdiocese of Atianta, will take place

Suite 104, Washington,

25 GUILFORD COUNTY

in Iowa; Georgia; California;

may

—

The AnOrder of Hibernians Guilford County Division, is looking for more Irish Catholic men to join them for meetings,

cient

educational seminars and social events.

Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for times and locations.

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MAGGIE VALLEY

—

Silence

and

quiet prayer will be the focus of a retreat tihat will

be held at Living Waters Catholic

103 Living Waters

Reflection Center,

Lane, beginning today through Aug.

Dominican

U

DC,

St.

NW

20009, e-

from 12:30-8:30 p.m. in the CharHornets Training Center. The event targeted for high school students and

mail nationalconference@ncadp.org or call toll-free

young

counter

mation.

Joining the bishop are Steve Angrisano,

5 CHARLOTTE

—

Christopher

West

and family life in the Archdiocese of Denver, Colo., will be the guest speaker at a program for teens and director of marriage

adults entitled "John Paul

the Body.'"

The

II's

Theology of

session will be held at St.

Morning prayer and

Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., from 2-4 p.m., and West will

on

discuss die pope's revolutionary teachings

the daily readings. For further details, call

1436

lotte

God's pres-

daily Eucharist will include preaching

NCADP,

Sept. 8

Massachusetts

states.

Dewey and

listening.

18-21. If interested in attending,

These vocational awareness retreats include work prayer and conferences with the monks. The next retreat is taking place Aug. 1-5. Early registration is a must and some restrictions may apply. Call 1-800866-3463 for more dates and further inforand other

Pat

Maiy

ence through centering prayer, meditation

and simple

in Trappist, Ky.;

will discuss

Sisters

Mary Ann Ennis

6.

life."

sorship with People of Faith Against the

AbHoly Trinity Monas-

with the name(s) of loved ones so they

one with anno-

tations "helpful to a deeper understand-

the country at the Gethsemani Trappist

Call the church office at (704)

Committee,

wrote a congratulatory message in the newly published version, reported UCA News, an Asian church news" agency

Aboksh the Death

543-7677.

(704).

have suffered a loss are invited to attend the

deeply

Refugees' return essential for lasting peace, says Bosnian bishop WASHINGTON (CNS) A

Vatican renews appeal for

(CNS)

am

possession in the Caribbean.

difficult-to-reach areas.

VATICAN CITY

said, "I

saddened by the fact that the bombings can be continued for another 23 months." He said in a June 19 statement, "I am committed to continue pleading for the immediate end of the bombings."

The statement came a day after the Navy resumed its exercises amid widespread protests in Puerto Rico, a U.S.

on marriage and

sexuality.

For

details, call

adults in their 20s and 30s, will

feature Bishop

William G. Curlin and Fa-

1-888-286-2237.

WINSTON-SALEM couples

— Marriage En-

Weekends are designed for to get away from jobs, kids,

thers

chores and phones for 44 hours and focus

St.

only on each other.

Matt Leonard and Matt Kauth from Gabriel and St. Matthew Churches.

Christian contemporary singer; Jeff show host; Catherine Cavins, Rumore, author, Franciscan Father Paul Williams and Matt Pinto. Praise and worship music will be provided by Charlotte's own Kathy and David with Redeemed.

For further details and to register by die Aug. 25 deadline, call (704) 521-9949 or visit www.nti-net.net/~goodnews.

EWTN

RALEIGH

— The

National Coalition to

The next Marriage Encounter will be taking place Sept 2830 at the Holiday Inn in Winston-Salem.

Registration closes Sept. 23, and the weekends fill up quickly. For further and to register, call Tom and

details

Emilie Sandin at (336) 274-4424.

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Joseph of the

St.

Abortion s link

By REV. MR.

with colleagues at the Perm State College of

Doctor discusses

life

The

was published

report

— Mercy

McNamara began

Medicine.

abortion's linkto

GERALD POTKAY

welcome, but more importantly, she makes

Correspondent

EDEN

in the Brit-

Medical Association's Journal of Epidemiologists and Community Health, and it has received press on news programs and in such medical journals as the Journal of

in

her

you

Sister Bernadette

call to

the religious

her late teens, just out of high school

County Mayo,

Ballina,

in

was then

Ireland. It

that Sister Bernadette fulfilled her plans to

ish

breast cancer at pro-life

conference

the National Cancer Institute and the

By JIMMY

ROSTAR

England Journal of Medicine.

Among the report's findings is that an induced abortion increases the risk of breast cancer by an average of 30 percent

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

— An

increasing

amount of medical evidence has yielded more insight into the possible link between

The

abortion and breast cancer, said an endo-

volved almost 61,000 women.

crinologist

who

research included studies that in-

At

addressed the National

the conference, Brind shared the

He

said

another example of

how

Right to Life Committee's annual conven-

findings published in the report

tion.

such research

and endocrinology at Baruch College of the City University of New York, was the opening general session speaker at the 29th annual National Right to Life Con-

womb.

vention June 28-30.

that abortion

in Charlotte,

lina

held for the

first

the American public will

time

in the abortion-breast

cancer by exposing the body to highly

to

learn

more about

the pro-life

known

most

risk factors for

breast cancer act through

some kind of some form," he

"It's

in

that

overexposure to estrogen in

general.

Since 1981, Brind has studied the con-

women

levels of estrogen are during menstruation and

found

abortion. His extensive writing, research

just before ovulation, he said, but

and lecturing on the issue yielded 1998's "Induced Abortion as an Independent

come

in

into contact with their

women

most pro-

longed and highest dose of estrogen during

A Compre-

Belmont in North Carolina

St Joseph of the

Church in Eden, Sister Bernadette is returning to Belmont for a new ministerial assignment Upon acceptance to the Sisters of Mercy, Sister Bernadette went off to Marywood College, in Scranton, Pa, where Hills

peer-reviewed research paper he wrote

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sister healed

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Whether it was by increasing the mem-

It is

refurbishing the

by changing carpeting and pews and the lighting and

sound systems,

Sister Bernadette has ac-

or, even,

complished

much

St Joseph of the

for the physical plant- at

Hills.

will

Sister Bernadette also earned a

be sorely missed."

master's of education degree in pastoral

But Sister Bernadette

is

not leaving

Fordham University, the Bronx, New York With her credentials behind her, Sister Bernadette was transferred to Mount

without good reason. She has been asked by

Carmel Cathedral, Saipan, in the South Pacific. It was there in the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa she founded and became the first director of the Office of Worship for the

Catherine's House, located at the Sacred

ministry from

the Sisters of Mercy of Belmont where her

mission for Christ and his church really took off,

to serve as president

CEO

and

served on the Island of Saipan were "per-

haps the most exciting years (of her

this challenge to minister to the poor

diocese.

The

five

years Sister Bernadette

One would wonder

if

that

career)."

were due

to

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in

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and children just

as Catherine

women

McAuley,

the typhoons she encountered, or the whirl-

foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, did in the

winds created on her road to success

her

early 19th century in Dublin, Ireland. If

ministry while there. Sister Bernadette indi-

anyone can meet this challenge to care for the poor and disenfranchised homeless women and children successfully, it is Sister Bernadette McNamara She has already left her mark not only on the parishioners of St Joseph of the Hills, but on each and every

in

cated that she had been able to travel quite

her through the frequent-

flyer plan.

This

seems to have the misIt's no wonder that she finally landed in the city of Eden. It was just like yesterday that the parish of St Irish sister

Joseph of the Hills in Eden was introduced its

new

parochial administrator, with a

smile on her face and the twinkle of love in

her eyes.

Her

undertaking was to

first official

hold a meeting with

That was the

all

women

the

start

location she has ministered.

As

community of St Joseph of the

Hills,

parish had a get-together in her

honor on

her "Garden of Eden," would affectionately call

24. It was their way of saying thank you for all she has done for the parish and the community, as well.

It is

with

this in

mind

that the parishio-

ners will be wishing their beloved Sister

Bernadette the luck of the Irish with their

as Sister Bernadette

hopes that

her

new parish.

According

and to parishioner

truly ecumenical," for

it

Martha

embraced the

all

God

at Home

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extended beyond the

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the

June

of the

of her very suc-

a token of appreciation to Sister

Bernadette for her years of service to the

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conversion and acceptance into the church.

administration from Stetson University in

parish.

way

most stairways

parish

Mr.

catechists for the

there that she received her master's degree in

lifts.

attached to steps (not walls)

and Mrs. Ligon became

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Having taught for several years in Charlotte and in Long Island, N.Y., Sister Bernadette was called to the role of teacher/

to

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Sister Bernadette's influence that both

education.

sionary spirit of St Patrick.

Let stairs be our

way of putting you at ease," Mary Ann Ligon. It was through

replied

bership of the parish or the size of the park-

tickets afforded

hensive Review and Meta-Analysis," a

a significant part of the church."

she received her undergraduate degree in

extensively in that area due to the "free"

pregnancy.

feel like

"She had a

After serving as the parish administra-

Heightened

said.

nection between breast cancer and induced

Risk Factor for Breast Cancer:

fe-

male sex hormone.

and to

movement

main

increased levels of estrogen, the

legislative

projects of National Right to Life

cancer

noting

link,

that an induced abortion raises the risk for

attend workshops and speaking presenta-

on educational and

for sure

Brind explained the biology involved

Right to Life and South Carolina CitiLife. About 1,100 people from

tions

know

unsafe and lethal," said

is

Brind.

zens for

came to the convention

beyond the

"Very soon, I think, the floodgates will open, and instead of being safe and legal,

was hosted by North Caro-

across the nation

is

abortion's victims extend

Dr. Joel Brind, a professor of biology

The convention,

New

join the order at

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Hills offers

blessing to beloved nun

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Pastoral Assignments

USCCB replaces old NCCB and USCC It's official:

Bishop William G. Curlin announces the following pastoral changes:

Effective July 10:

By JERRY FILTEAU

ence of Catholic Bishops" or 'United States Catholic Conference" formed a square en-

News Service

Catholic

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The

U.S.

closing the

circle.

In the

new

logo the

headquarters June 29, they drove past the

words form a circle: 'United States Conference of forms the top arc and "Catholic Bishops" the bottom arc.

On the Web site, the new name and logo have replaced the old on the home page and the pages of the various departments and secretariats. Egnew said other things, such as documents which came from the USCC or NCCB, will not have

long, low, freestanding concrete wall at the

their attribution changed.

bishops' national organization

became the

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

— USCCB — The

old twin

July

1.

names adopted

in 1966,

National Conference of Catholic Bishops

and U.S. Catholic Conference, are

now

largely consigned to history.

When NCCB-USCC staff left national

driveway entrance on which the old name

He

was engraved.

Returning from the weekend the morning of July 2, they were greeted with a new sign 30 feet, 6 inches long and 39

use the

— —

inches high

name and logo

with the in

new

conference

white on a forest green

background.

The new

made of steel, was

sign,

tached over the lettering of the old. said the construction

was

less

and

than

it

Egnew

"We

don't know how many (combookmarks we're on and address lists and that kind of thing," he said. "We don't want to close it off, nor do we want to

surrender the old

Egnew

in

said

name for Web purposes." some transitional things,

such as changes in

did not involve any

conference departments, offices

or staffing Like the old conference logos, the

new

one has a white cross atop a green circle. In the old logos, the words "National Confer-

From: Parochial Vicar,

Leo the Great, Winston-Salem

St.

To: Administrator, Immaculate Conception, Forest City

Rev. Michael Buttner

From: Pastor,

St.

Francis of Assisi, Lenoir

Clemmons

To: Pastor, Holy Family,

Rev. Dean Cesa

From: Parochial Vicar, St.

St. Patrick

Cathedral, Charlotte

John, Tryon

Rev. Due Duong, Newly Ordained

To: Parochial Vicar, St. Matthew, Charlotte

Rev. Tien Duong, Newly Ordained

To: Parochial Vicar, St. Gabriel, Charlotte

Rev. Robert Ferris, Newly Ordained

To: Parochial Vicar, St. Gabriel, Charlotte

Rev. Kurt Fohn, Newly Ordained

To: Parochial Vicar, St. Leo the Great, Winston-Salem

Rev. Francis Gillespie, S.J.

Rev. John Hanic

From: Parochial Vicar,

St. Gabriel, Charlotte,

and Part-time Chaplain,

Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School, Charlotte To: Sacramental Ministry, Holy Trinity, Taylorsville, and Full-time

Chaplain, Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School, Charlotte

in progress.

The

From: Pastor, Our Lady of the Assumption, Charlotte To: Reassignment by Jesuit Order to Washington, D.C.

office stationery, busi-

still

—

Rev. Herbert Burke

puter)

ness cards and phone book listings, were

with @usccb.org.

The change

site

installation cost,

—

Pastoral assignments

"probably indefinitely."

to demolish and

changes

new

would have cost

remove the concrete wall.

Also changed over the weekend were the conference Web site from www.nccbuscc.org to www.usccb.org and staff e-mail addresses, which now end

Rev. Michael Buttner, Vicar of the Winston-Salem Vicariate

Rev. Kenneth Whittington, Vicar of the Hickory Vicariate

encouraged to

Web address, but those using

the old one will connect to the

USCCB

Associate General Secretary Bruce

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at-

Rev. Richard Bellow, Vicar of the Charlotte Vicariate

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said people will be

new

Appointment of new vicars

transition involved "a

number of Rev. Peter Jugis

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he said. "Some of it we could and had to do ahead of time, and some of it we could not do ahead of time. It will take a few weeks to complete it all."

"Like a new bride who changes her name to her husband's name, we probably have a number of other things that we haven't even thought of yet but will come to mind as the marriage of the two conferences really takes shape," he said.

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was to have become a monument to the primacy of communism will become Ukraine's first Catholic university. Pope John Paul blessed the site June 26 and was

Actor O'Connor's commitment to faith recalled at funeral

—

LOS ANGELES

Family, (CNS) and many leaders in the entertainment industry gathered for the funeral friends

scheduled to bless the cornerstone of the

new

O'Connor at St Paul the Aposde Church in west Los Angeles June 26. O'Connor "symbolized in such a beautiful and courageous way a commitment to faith he allowed to be part of his

Mass

for actor Carroll

and

personal

life

Cardinal

Roger M. Mahony

his professional

Larry

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Known

for his

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human wisdom

for the renewal

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Unscheduled papal stop at Marian icon strikes chord in Ukraine KIEV, Ukraine (CNS) The first

of 'The

—

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—

Mary

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Archie Bunker on "All in the Family" and

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"Archie Bunker's Place" and police chief Bill

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Fellow ecumenists reflect on

alike.

pulled his motorcade over at the

Gillespie

Father Hotchkin's

WASHINGTON John

life,

(CNS)

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work

— Father

meditate before a "miraculous" image of

Hotchkin rarely appeared in the public spotlight, but behind the scenes he was easily one of the most significant and

Our Lady of

Zarvaniza. Tradition holds

that the icon

was found by a Ukrainian

F.

influential Catholic

knew him best

he fell asleep next to a stream and had a dream about Mary. He eventually built a shrine to her on the spot and it draws thousands of pilgrims today, many

who

In interviews with Catholic

Service and public statements, other

CNS

photo by Bill Kissane

seeking physical healing.

leading ecumenists painted a portrait of a

man

of grace, humility and a passion for

Christian unity

— and one who

perhaps

more than any other person has shaped the Catholic ecumenical enterprise in the

United

Father Hotchkin, 66, died unexpectedly June 24 from a severe bronchial infection. A Chicago priest, he was States.

executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for

Affairs in

Ecumenical and Interreligious

Washington

for

more than 30

College grad designs sign system to help disabled

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A

college

research project inspired by a grandfather

who was made

recovering from a stroke has

designed to help autistic children or strokeimpaired adults communicate.

Her system

uses simple signs that clearly resemble the

arms and a rocking motion as a sign for the baby. 'The system is similar to pantomime. It's supposed to be something that you can pick up without having to learn a

News Service.

Father Hesburgh gets 16th

lot,"

dent something of a national phenomenon.

University of Virginia and Elizabeth

Ann Seton

member

of

St.

Parish in Lake Ridge,

Va, spent most of her college years developing a simplified form of sign language

Kissane told Catholic

presidential appointment NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)

a 22-year-old Woodbridge, Va, resi-

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Pope blesses formerly communist property set to

he keeps

his

Among them are "God is Great" "God Loves U' and "Jesus Loves U," the latter two with smiley-face icons. At Thanksgiving he writes, 'Thank God," and at Easter, "He is Risen." wind.

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Sister continues tradition

of Catholic education By

ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer

—

WINSTON-SALEM

Whenever Anne Thomas Taylor

of St Joseph

Sister

watches the old Bing Crosby movie "The Bells

of St Mary," she

childhood. to

anyone

not as

It is

is

if she

as

one of the nuns. like that,"

when she was almost

it

she were a character in

some of

the scenes.

Sister

not like Whoopi Goldberg

where she puts on a

compares herself

in the movie, but

if

'It's

Act'

reminded of her

younger, there were times that

seemed

and going back to school after eight was a challenge, but I had a huge support system.

years. It

in 'Sister

and becomes

love the movie, but

not

it's

she said with a chuckle.

Even though college was tough at times, glad that she was able to work and live the secular world before making her com-

she in

I

habit

is

mitment to God. Anne's childhood

home was

lo-"

"It's

important to have a good college

cated across the street from the Sisters of St

experience, to experience the social life, dating,

Joseph convent in Philadelphia, and she

so that you have a

much better idea of the world and whether you are willing to give

on her steps and listen to the sisters sing and pray. She says she watched the sisters walking back to the convent on Saturday afternoons, and she would note the satisfied and content expressions on their faces.

Those experiences always evoke pleasant memories for her and are what propelled her to want to be a Sister of St Joseph.

"I could probably safely say that by the time I was in my junior year of high school, I knew what I wanted to do," said Sister Anne,

was doing and what I was giving up, and it was OK. I knew it would be a sacrifice, but I don't think it was as difficult for me as it was for other younger women."

Sister Anne professed her final vows in

began

humanities with concentrations in music, fine

my

She is an accomplished flute and guitar player and singer and would practice late into the night on the convent piano in the basement to play a selection from Bach as part of her degree requirements.

She taught band and chorus in an innercity high school where she also began a pep band and a gospel choir. That choir became

would

sit

referring to entering religious

working

after

life.

"I

graduation and cared for

invalid mother.

The more

I

worked

in the

banking industry, the more frustrated

came and the more was for me."

I

knew

I

that religious

belife

She entered religious life in 1976 and began attending Chestnut Hill College, the institution established by the sister community. She soon realized that it would be somewhat of a difficult time for her. 'It was pretty

overwhelming in the beginning because I was getting used to living in a community

that up," she explained.

"I

came

in at

I

1984 and continued teaching fourth grade.

After seven years in elementary school, she

went back arts

and

to earn her master's degree in

theatre.

Sister of St. Joseph Anne Thomas Taylor, dean of students at Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School, is busy at work preparing to move to the new building in July. The administration is in the midst of packing and will be ready to welcome students in the fall at the new location.

'Sister

Act

II,"

which Whoopi Goldberg

in

was so invigorating, and spiritual, and the choir be-

students and faculty.

came well-known."

She came to Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School in Winston-Salem as the music teacher in 1997 and helped to re-establish the drama prostarted the school's pep band.

gram and

George Repass asked her

Principal

become

assistant dean of students,

which

now remind

her of

She has become a part of the family in a short

pressed her throughout her years there.

'More people have

said Sister

Anne

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established in 1959

of St Joseph

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July 6,

the News

In

The Franciscan Center hosts talk on spirituality

By

TRACY EARLY

Catholic

UNITED NATIONS GERALD POTKAY

By REV. MR.

Correspondent

— At

GREENSBORO

spicuous storefront building in

an inconthe center of

Greensboro one can locate The Franciscan

Here amid the hussle and bustle of the

Center.

busy everyday city life is a place of solitude. It is a sanctuary where one can take refuge from the world.

The Center itself is

a Catholic book and

run by Franciscan Fa-

religious article store

ther Louis Canino. But

Every Wednesday, Mass

is

for

not only poetic in nature

it is

According to the

spirituality

of 'Prac-

must have dence in

utter trust

God

at

and complete all

Father must be a

times.

Marcaccio indicates that "there continual unity with

confi-

God

such that one

but to

boro

Throughout the year the Center

downtown Greens-

God

the sweet things in

but also the

bitter.

hosts visiting Cadiolic and Christian speak-

Father Marcaccio emphasized

ers who give lunchtime talks on a wide range of topics dealing with Christian life and how

of a "simple loving gaze upon God, who is both the beloved

Christians can achieve everlasting

with

life

Although the

this

type of

spirituality consists

and the

lover." It

rules of

some

But

would be

it

and

The

fidelity," as

member with

on AIDS prevention, the

well as use of condoms.

R

Frontiero, a staff

the Vatican mission to the

United Nations

who

read the statement at

the end of the session June 27, told Catholic

News

member.

Service the following day that the

Vatican was pleased

it

was

able to get in the

reference to "reducing risk-taking behavior."

But he

of the session secured

was not adequate

said there

attention to the responsibility of those en-

its

gaging

general acceptance of the results.

like placing

preparing this declara-

Msgr. Anthony

participated informally in the

at the conclusion

in

sible sexual behavior, including abstinence

interna-

time to set forth points that qualified

position."

the statement added.

In a section

negotiations on the text of the declaration,

and

moral

U.N. declaration called for a wide range of programs, such as "encouraging respon-

1994 Cairo, Egypt, conference on population and the 1995 Beijing conference on women allowed the Vatican to be a full participant, in the General Assembly it is only an ob-

must accept not only

life,

tion,"

tional conferences such as the

server state and not a voting

himself."

Therefore, each

and addressed

ment of interpretation."

ticing die Presence of God," the believer

said at 12:10 for

who work

area.

—

but contemplative as well.

does not abandon self to the will of God,

the people

in

mitment on HIV/AIDS adopted by consensus at the June 25-27 special session of the U.N. General Assembly, but expressed some reservations and regrets in a "state-

its

'The Holy See also regrets that irresponsible, unsafe and high-risk or risky behavior was not adequately discussed

— The

know God more fully through all created things," much like the spirituality of St

more than that

it is

(CNS)

Vatican welcomed the Declaration of Com-

Francis

AIDS declaration way changed

News Service

By it, one "comes to

abandonment to God."

some

Vatican welcomes, with reservations, U.N.

2001

in the risky behaviors for the

spread of the disease.

statement said die Vatican joined

commitment expressed at the special session on AIDS to "address the needs of those whose lives have been ravaged by

1

oneself as a "block of stone before the

in the

Francis Springs Prayer Center to

Master Sculptor allowing God to shape as he saw fit."

Father Marcaccio emphasized the va-

this horrible disease."

"That has to be fundamental to any discussion of this disease," he said. "Responsible behavior cannot just be listed alongside condoms, but has to be prior."

be located on the Stoneville/Wentworth

riety people bring to their personal spiritu-

reciting rote prayers to praying

However, it added that Vatican involvement in discussions about the decla-

the discussion of human rights in the dec-

drawing board and

the rosary in silence to saying simple

ration text should not be "understood or

laration

official

prayers like "Jesus, Son of the Living God,

interpreted as an endorsement of concepts

to "the ability to be protected

have mercy on me, a sinner."

that

the Eternal Father.

Father Canino

is

also instrumental in

the planning and the building of the pro-

posed

St.

border.

The

project has gotten off of the

will start with an groundbreaking ceremony on Au-

am

gust 18 at 11

Along with

his other duties

around

ality,

from

Of

those in attendance, Kathleen indicated that this was one of

it

Similarly, the Vatican statement said

cannot support for moral reasons."

The statement singled out use of terms

the best presentations that she had heard

presentations.

at the Center, while Bette

The guest speaker for June 21 was Father Anthony Marcaccio, who cel-

Pat Cleary

should apply to "a holistic concept of health" and be interpreted "in accordance with moral norms."

It also declared that, "with regard to die use of condoms as a means of prevent-

said:

growing

interested in

And we

ebrated his 10th anniversary in the priest-

cism.

hood

presentation."

in June.

Father Marcaccio

is

pres-

"We

ate

Steinkamp and it

up.

We

are

in Catholic mysti-

thoroughly enjoyed Father's

ing

HIV

it

said

infection" the Vatican "has in

,"

The declaration called for "measures to women and adoles-

cook and bottle washer for the luncheon

also the chief

way

from the

increase capacities of

such as "reproductive health" that

is

linked in an adequate

irresponsible behavior of others

Brockman

the Center, Father Canino

was not

cent girls to protect themselves from the risk of

HIV

infection, principally

through

the provision of health care and health services, including sexual

tive health,

no

and reproduc-

and through prevention

education that promotes gender equality."

ently serving the diocese as pastor of St.

X in Greensboro. Prior to this assign-

Pius

CLOSED MONDAYS THRU LABOR DAY

ment, he was the bishop's priest secretary.

Father Marcaccio spoke on the topic "Practicing the Presence of God," an ap-

proach to spirituality based on what little is known of Brother Lawrence, a Carmelite lay brother

who

lived in

1

7 th-

century Paris.

As Father Marcaccio pointed Brother Lawrence's

life

out,

was centered on

Sat.

9:30am-5:30pm

through everything he did, including cooking and dish washing until his

death at the age of 80. ality,

Through

his spiritu-

probably based on the spirituality of

Toce

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The Catholic News & Herald 9

Diaconate Ordinations

Permanent deacon Class of 2001 brings variety of paths to service With his degree

The newly ordained permanent deacons

special education, he

in

taught middle school for three years, and he met

of the Diocese of Charlotte

come from

a

his future wife, Heidi, while they

were both teach-

Key West. They married in December 1985 in Orlando. The Nashes now have two children, Justin and Sarah.

Nash moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1986 and two years later changed professions; he has been in the banking business ever since. He is now employed by First Union National Bank in the CMG-Corporate Trust Department.

Nash had entered the permanent diaconate program in Dallas, but in 1998 he and his family ing in

and professional

variety of family

backgrounds, yet they now share

a

in

common

ministry of service to God's

people

the western half of North

in

Carolina.

Here

an introduction to seven

is

He is a parishioner at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte, where he is a member of the Knights of Columbus Council transferred to Charlotte.

men who were ordained as permanent deacons by Bishop William G.

Curlin at

#10505.

St. Gabriel

Church

Charlotte June 23.

in

was

Rev. Mr. Gerard La Pointe

Rev. Mr. Nash enjoys

In his leisure time,

gardening, reading W.E.B.

Griffin novels,

and

spending time at the beach.

ordained by Bishop Curlin March 9 at Rev. Mr. Michael

Photo by Joann S. Keane

St.

Margaret Church

He was featured

Maggie Valley.

in

News &

of The Catholic

From

left, Rev. Mr. Scott Gilfillan, Rev. Mr. James Mazur, Rev. Mr. Pierre K'Brhih, Rev. Mr. Mark Nash, Bishop William G. Curlin, Father Mauricio West, Rev. Mr. Alexander Lyerly, Rev. Mr. David King and Rev. Mr. Michael

the March 16 issue

in

Herald.

Zboyovski stop for a quick picture.

Zboyovski

Jr.

had dreams

Rev. Mr. Scott his wife, Kimberly,

leisure time,

he enjoys being with

Rev. Mr. Scott

Clemson

Conoverwith

and theirthree children. and mountain

hiking, playing tennis

science degree

Greensboro

Gilfillan

lives in

his family,

and

K'Briuh family, a

in

various supervisory and

managerial roles in manufacturing and engineering. After college,

turing

and

now in the

at St.

Mary Church

he worked for Butler Manufac-

Company, a leader

in

pre-engineered

buildings.

For the past 10 years, he has been the general manager of a steel service center

in

Newton currently owned by Bethlehem Steel Company.

convert to the Catholic

to

district court.

missionary. Overtime, he

faith,

Rev. Mr. Lyerly says the diaconate forma-

growth

has been a time

for both himself

and

of

deep personal

his wife, Kate.

Rev. Mr.

King

—

of at

Kate

Illinois,

is

Appalachian State University.

Rev. Mr. Alec and Kate Lyerly are both

members

married to wife Colleen since 1991, and they

00 miles

of

one another;

Rev. Mr.

Rev. Mr. Mazur was raised

After Rev. Mr. King graduated from high

in

Ohio,

grade and high schools, he went on

advocate for more than 1 0 abused and neglected

four years on active duty, including a year

college at

He is past president of the NewtonConover Rotary Club and is a Junior Achievement consultant. At his home parish, St. Joseph Church in Newton, he is past chairman of the

children.

pastoral council

and

currently involved

is

cantoring, RCIA, youth ministry

and adult educa-

Rev. Mr. Pierre into

Moock

Moock

K'Briuh

K'Briuh

vember 1 937

at Di-Linh in the

ince of Vietnam. His

life's

in

Lam Dong

No-

prov-

journey has taken him

on a circuitous route from Southeast Asia to the United States where,

in 1

987, he

came to settle in

the Diocese of Charlotte.

He was

baptized

firmed a year later. in

in

May 1955 and

con-

On Jan. 25, 1 970, he married He and his wife, Anna,

family

to

have eight children

— though the

would be split apart for a time because

the turmoil

in their

of

native land.

Prior to the collapse of the former Republic of

With an interest in healing, he moved on to medical school- at Ohio College of Podiatric

in

the U.S.

Army Reserves.

Medicine

Rev. Mr. King earned an associate's de-

gree

accounting and graduated from

in

Ashemore Business College. He has worked

in

the furniture industry and spent his career

in

management.

A parishioner of Our Lady of the Highways Cursillo in

1

his

989 and continued to grow in faith as

he became a

lector, eucharistic minister, faith

RCIA

and team member, parish council member and Boy

formation teacher,

1

in

South Vietnam, Rev. Mr. K'Briuh was a

civil

Cleveland, where he graduated

987 with a doctorate

practiced his residency

program

at the

instructor

he

is certified in

Mazur has been an acolyte serving at daily and Sunday At Sacred Heart Church, Rev. Mr.

Masses, the leader of the parish's

and a reader at daily Mass.

Rev. Mr. Alexander Lyerly

Rev. Mr. Mark Nash in

of

a

brighter future

way to the Diocese of Charlotte in

permanent diaconate.

with his family in the United States.

He moved to

South Texas College

Born

of

Law

at

Texas

A& M

University.

He practiced law in Houston, Texas, before

called to ministry

permanent diaconate. He attended a

Cursillo in 1986,

and became growingly more

convinced that new doors were opening for him.

He entered the diaconate program eager to his calling to serve.

Meanwhile, his brother John also an-

swered a different calling in

in life.

He is now a priest

the Russian Orthodox Church.

in

is

a parishioner

at St.

Asheville.

— Compiled by Jimmy Rostar Bishop William G. Curlin has appointed the newly ordained permanent deacons to the following parishes, effective July 10:

in

lic

in

in

to the

his

home his

Gilfillan: St. Jo-

(and prison ministry)

Rev. Mr. Pierre K'Briuh: St. Mary, Greensboro (and ministry with Montagnard community) Rev. Mr. David King: Our Lady

Rev. Mr. Alexander Lyerly:

St.

Elizabeth, Boone, and St. Lucien,

Spruce Pine

North Carolina.

Rev. Mr. James Mazur: Sacred Heart, Salisbury (and pro-life ministry)

He would

graduate from the University of South

Tampa with a bachelor of arts degree in

Rev. Mr. Nash

Navy.

Newton

Daytona Beach, he attended Catho-

elementary and high schools there.

later

Rev. Mr. Scott seph,

ministry to Maryfield Manor)

Texas before making

when he first began to contemplate entering the

and

Florida in

hopes

servers

a native

state of Florida

special education.

Calif., in

is

the Diocese of Charlotte's Lay Ministry program

from

felt

of the Highways, Thomasville (and

South, though he would spend years

versity before earning his doctorate in law

He escaped by boat in 1 983 and settled in

altar

Rev. Mr. Mark D. Nash

McRae College and from Appalachian State Uni-

Sacramento,

and

can College Foot and Ankle Surgeons.

Thai Nguyen, North Vietnam his family.

in Statesville,

nephew into the RCIA process.

Rev. Mr. Alexander Lyerly was enrolled

he still

the church, and began to ponder the possibility

He is a

by the Fellow Ameri-

Scout troop leader. He has also brought a Catholic Church through the

practice in

North Carolina.

foot surgery

and a strain on

in

the surgical residency

mary and Urgent Care based

A native of Banner Elk, the North Carolinian

test of his faith

in

—

the North Carolina mountains. While

partner on the board of directors of Carolina Pri-

attended public schools, graduated from Lees-

education camp"

in

life in

—

prac-

in

He

Foot Clinic of Youngstown.

was later sent to a "re-

—a

podiatric medicine.

As a doctor, he opened a private

servant at the Ministry for the Development of Ethnic Minorities. But he

in

Salisbury after settling

Church inThomasville, Rev. Mr. King made

into

Jr.,

opened a

wife Jan and children Matthew and Kristen he settled

With his family

Rev. Mr. Zboyovski

he served

nine years

After they graduated, they

Eugene Church

of various

places and met

his brother are talented

in

1 982 with a bachelor of science degree.

Banmethuot, Vietnam.

went on

to attend

Youngstown State and graduated

many people

many

Mo. Zboyovski and

tice in Asheville.

the

in

Diocese of Youngstown. The product of Catholic

cultures. Following his active service,

logistics

was born

a Montagnard peasant pagan family

in

Vietnam. During his service time, he traveled to

in

tion.

Rev. Mr. Pierre

school, he

the calling to heal, both

through college.

fulfill

have two sons, Michael and Stephen.

family get-togethers are frequent.

utilized in the

musicians, and their music helped put them

of the

James Mazur

grandnephews and grandnieces. All of his family 1

field,

in

Rev. Mr.

be better

his brother

practicing medicine,

converts to the Catholic faith.

called toward the

John enrolled in the Logan College for Chiropractic Care in Chester-

Michael

James Mazur is a parishioner at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury. He has been

live within

Moved by

assistant director of admissions

clude his assignment as a Guardian ad Litem

in-

Both

God in more

felt

is

He served as a

a veteran hospital

of the U.S.

corpsman and

attained the rank of Petty Officer Third Class.

J.

being a medical

of

field.

Zboyovski and

be a district court judge.

was drafted into the military. He joined the U.S. Army Intelligence service and served

His leadership and volunteer activities

1980,

In

medical

He continues

and more ways, as they remain active at their parish, St. Elizabeth Church in Boone. A native

came into the church at Easter of 1 989. His family was diversified in its faith traditions his mother was a Methodist, his father a Mormon.

One of three siblings, Rev. Mr. King is the uncle of eight nephews and nieces and eight E.

he was elected to the

look forward to continuing to serve

Rev. Mr. David E. King David

eventually returning to North Carolina.

tion period

Greensboro.

A

His educational background set the foundain

his wife

credits toward a

the University of West Virginia.

a career

1992

new generation is taking root in

They are parishioners

master's of business administration degree at

tion for

in

the United States.

biking.

engineering from

in industrial

1987, and

United States. With nine grandchildren

earned a bachelor of

Gilfillan

University

In his

in

eight children joined him as immigrants to the

Jr.

priesthood, but after four years of seminary he realized his gifts might

Rev. Mr. Scott Gilfillan

Zboyovski

J.

At an early age, Rev. Mr. Michael

Rev. Mr. Mark Nash: St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte (and ministry to Engaged Encounter) Rev. Mr. Mark Zboyovski: St Eugene, Asheville (and prison ministry)

July 6,

10 The Catholic News & Herald

2001

Diaconafe Ordinations

Above: As part of the ordination, the diaconal candidates lay prostrate on the floor in prayer as a sign of total commitment. The congregation kneels to join the candidates in prayer, invoking all the saints to ask the blessing of God

upon them.

Above

right:

"The Blood of

distributes the

Christ." Rev. Mr.

Communion cup

David King

to a brother deacon.

Right: Ordained earlier this year, Rev. Mr. Jerry La Pointe participated in the ordination June 23.

Below

right:

"You are going to be assisting your brother

priests in the giving of God's marvelous gifts," said Bishop William G. Curlin in his homily.

Below: The newly ordained deacons are vested with the stole, a sign of the deacon's office of service, and the dalmatic, the outer garment used in the liturgy. Here, Rev. Mr. Carl Macero assists Rev. Mr. Mark Nash with vestments for the first time.

Photo by Chris Keane

July 6,

2001

The Catholic News & Herald 11

Diaconafe Ordinations

Photo by Chris Keane

Above: The ordination rite concludes as the bishop greets the newly ordained deacons with the kiss of peace. This action emphasizes the deacon's role as a co-minister in the bishop's ministry to the Church. Here, the other deacons in attendance extend this sign of peace to the newly ordained as a symbol of their mutual love and responsibility.

Above left: Assisted by Father Anthony Marcaccio and Rev. Mr. Ben Wenning during the rite of ordination, Bishop William G. Curlin prays over the diaconal candidates.

Left: In addition to their ministerial duties,

permanent

deacons hold first and foremost their obligations to their wives ÂŁand families.] At left, a newly ordained Alexander Lyerly and his wife, Kate, process happily out of St. Gabriel Parish.

Below left: It is the deacon's duty to proclaim the Gospel and preach its meaning by word and the example of his life.

Below left, Bishop Curlin presents Rev. Mr. Pierre K'Briuh with the book of the Gospels as a sign of the deacon's mission to "Believe what you read, teach what you believe, practice what you teach."

Below: In this profound gesture of ordination, each diaconal candidate kneels before the bishop. The bishop then imposes his hands upon the head of the candidate. This gesture comes to the church from the holy Scriptures.

Photo by Joann S. Keane

July 6,

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children in their school setting, be

programs.

fifteen tyves of'meats

for theprice of one

vey of fraternal activity showed an in crease from the previous year in time and money donated. In 1999. Knights reported raising and donating $108.9 million and volunteering 55.3 million hours of service.

it is

The conference at Boston College was a part of the Selected Programs for Improving Catholic Education (SPICE) initiative, organized by the National Catholic Educational Association and Boston College to recognize and share informa-

A

classroom."

Results of the Knights' annual sur-

age appropriate and culturally diverse," she said. 'The educator can access the information and tailor it to the

cause

proximately 70 percent of local and state units of the Knights of Columbus The Knights have about 1.6 million

which confers

the Institute of Religious Education and

parents can use the information

ganization reported.

could very well adapt this program be-

neighborhood poor as opposed to a rural setting, which might reflect the needs of the farm worker."

as well,

will better

ally,

a wide audience.

take in the diocese's religion certification

program

service session

their child's learning," she said. "Addition-

them for their needs.

Maureen said the Diocese of Charlotte's program is designed to reach schools can adapt

-

fraternal activity received

tips access to

program descriptions that enable them to be in sync with

13 honored so that

the inner city to reflect the needs of the

field

Maureen added.

NEW

HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) Knights of Columbus in the United States last year raised and donated to eharity more than $ 1 1 6 million and volunteered more than 56.7 million hours of service, the Catholic men's or

on pro-

to share information as the

hours to charity

teachers to par-

site invites

'Through

"The goals of this program are to educate and support both parents and teachers with the Catholic education cur-

Sister

'These resources will enable the teachers to take ownership of the teaching situation and offer the students the best environment for learning."

ton College.

Educators in elementary and secondary Catholic schools across the nation attended the conference.

is

grams such

millions of dollars,

'Teachers in any school environment

"Modules, worksheets, activities and suggested prayer services are just a few of the samples of the wealth of information

veloped by Mercy Sister Maureen Meehan, director of religious formation

Association's "Conversations in Excel-

conference

Knights give

Sister

Maureen

for the Diocese of Charlotte's Catholic Schools Office. She and 12 other Catholic school officials presented their programs during the National Catholic Educational

within

the family."

from across the United States honored by the National Catholic Educational Association and Boston College for programs considered as national models for recruiting and retaining teachers.

"Web-Based Teacher Development and School Religion Programs" was detion offices

tention" conference June 29-July

2001

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July 6,

Readings

2001

Book Review

Book looks into Salvadorans' Reviewed by

BOB ZYSKOWSKI

Catholic

We

whose

lives are

who

never watched as family or neighbor died from bombs or bullets, have been spared.

While the movie "Saving Private

Ryan" captured the

futile

she had

moved

But as

deaths of sol-

good

in all

—

THE WEIGHT OF ALL THINGS, by

the pungent, sweet-yet-sour smell of the

Sandra Benitez. Hyperion (New

Salvadoran landscape to the strengthsapping heat of the climate to the deep, ingrained, unshakable spirituality of the Salvadoran peasants.

The people's love of Archbishop

241

pp.,

$22.95.

Romero

war against an evil enemy allows deaths as useless as were diers, its setting in a

depicted as

is

coming

as easily

as their belief that prayers are answered,

of those during World War II to be ennobled and honored. In contrast, Sandra Benitez takes us inside El

many

God and

that

especially

Mother of God play

Mary

the

active roles in their

Salvador's

Trust and belief in Mary's comfortwatchful protection is not ing,

noble cause.

diminished but in fact grows despite the reality of death all around.

lives.

1979-1990 civil war, a war for which there is no redeeming value, no In

"The Weight of

That

All Things,"

many

something Benitez never on

is

of Benitez's characters die terribly, brutally and for nothing. Whether killed

questions, never accuses, never puts

by the soldiers of their own nation, by guerrillas, by so-called "security forces" or even from across the border by Honand no duran forces, Salvadorans die one gajns. Not the army, not the revolutionaries, and certainly not the poor, subsistence-level campesinos who are caught in the middle between armed

bullets

of the people

We

need to know about El Salvador's war because it happened on

—

our watch, almost under our noses some would say almost with U.S. blessing. Forces trained at the U.S. Army's School of the Americas were found to be involved in the deaths of four American

such pain, not just

many

Jesuit priests

and

will

at

grew up

in

put you

most

their

Readings:

Psalm

66:1-7, 16,

3) Gospel:

Luke

in

faithful

we

She taught us about the unseen who were generations removed from Sts. Peter and Paul. They were the citizens of die Roman world

with their catapults and other war

characters

thought of Miss Marjorie Latin teacher.

Miss Davis was old in the '50s. Her finger-waved hairstyle was the reflection of a silent movie star of the 1920s. She

wore gaudy gem-cluttered

that met, prayed, broke bread, shared

and preserved the teachings of Jesus,, and many times they themselves literally embraced his cross.

Miss Marjorie Davis was not a

rings, big

and ornate gold bracelets, and ankle-length dresses. However, it only took a few days of my sophomore year to learn that the image of a faded film star of long ago was an illusion because our Latin teacher's feet were firmly planted beautiful

of the Caesars.

Each year on the Ides of March

filmmaker, but she possessed die

faith that

QUESTION: Though we

Roman

often

lament the secularism

ofour age, we oftenforget the temptations and trying circumstances of other ages in which

commentaries, each of us in

organization of the

shaped the world.

we

the class suspected that Miss Davis

knew more about waging war and

of

the world that shaped their faith and die

mourned the assassination of Julius Caesar. During our translating of Caesar's

War

gift

making the Roman world and its language come alive for her students so that they would understand something of

donned togas and black armbands and

Gallic

one of

should understand his world.

ingeniously equipped legions prepare for

I

in

How Christianity

changed the empire.

We soon discovered that not only did Miss Davis know the Caesars, she also knew St. Paul and expected that when we read his letters at church we

next room. Always a pushover for a good period movie, I asked my husband what he was watching. "Gladiator" was his answer. As I began to watch the

my high school

ingenuity; she believed that

should be keenly interested

history's great ironies:

Late one summer evening the clanging of swordplay reverberated in the

tlie

Gospel lias prospered

from

the

the courage

of tlie

What can we learn

early church?

legions than

Weekly Scripture

touch with a dimension of

Readings for the week of July 8-14, 2001 Sunday,

Luke 10:1-12, 17-20; Monday, GenTuesday, Genesis 32:23-33, Matthew 9:32-38;

Isaiah 66:10-14c, Galatians 6:14-18,

esis 28:10-22a,

Matthew

9:18-26;

Wednesday

unable to control any facet of life, could you and I have such great faith?

Thursday, Genesis 44:18-21, 23b-29;

Benedict), Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a, Matthew 10:1-7; 45:1-5; Matthew 10:7-15; Friday (St. Henry), Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30, Matthew 10:16-23; Saturday (Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha), Genesis (St.

49:29-33; 50:15-24; is

Roman

and

machines,

the other hand, Miss Davis

El Salvador but in so

of churchgoers and Gospel

Zyskowski

Mexico and El

On

taught us more than the Latin language

10:1-12, 17-20

By BEVERLY CORZINE Catholic News Service

Davis,

became quite

great general himself

2) Galatians 6:14-18

battle

it

should be able to pass the scrutiny of the

20

followers: In the face of such terrible evil,

Mass.

associate publisher

Matthew

10:24-33

and

general manager of The Catholic Spirit, newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and

diplomat father and Puerto Rican

Minneapolis.

in

B

Isaiah 66:10-14c

in the^era

Salvador, the daughter of an American-

Benitez

1)

Moreover,

our proficiency in the Latin language and the Roman military

beautifully written story

this

Julius Caesar.

clear that

Cycle

religious belief that challenges even the

housekeeper and her daughter at Central American University in El Salvador, and in the daylight shooting to death of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salva-

dor as he presided

too.

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary

8,

parts of the world.

But

missionaries in El Salvador, in

murder of six

is real,

Following the fictional journey of a 9-year-old boy orphaned by the bullets of the Romero funeral massacre will enlighten you at least at a literary level with the reality of this tiny Central American country's civil war. It may move your own heart. Like little Nicolas de la Virgen Veras in the story, you too may want to throw in the river every rifle that causes

combatants.

the

through the head, the torture and is real and factual, the faith

the orphans

—

women

Because, while the reality of the

trial.

July

Time

novels, the fiction in

"The Weight of All Things" works befrom cause Benitez describes reality

York, 2000).

Word to Life

to the

United States by the time the revolution began, she lost four friends because of it, and her brother-in-law was kidnapped, then fled El Salvador.

She uses the real-life massacre of defenseless mourners at Archbishop Romero's March 30, 1980, funeral as the jumping-off point for her work of fiction.

News Service

not touched directly by the violence and death of war, who never learned that our sons were killed in battle,

Though

mother.

plight

Readings for the week of July 15-21, 2001 Sunday, Deuteronomy 30:10-14, Colossians 1:15-20, Luke 10:25-37; Monday (( Lady of Mt. Carmel), Exodus 1:8-14, 22, Matthew 10:34 11:1; Tuesday, Exodus 2:1

—

15a,

Matthew

11:20-24;

Wednesday, Exodus

3:1-6, 9-12,

Matthew 11:25-27

—

Thursday, Exodus 3:11-20, Matthew 11:28-30; Friday, Exodus 11:10 12:14; Matthe 12:1-8; Saturday (St Lawrence of Brindisi), Exodus 12:37-42, Matthew 12:14-21

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"A.I. Artificial Intelligence"

remarkable in many ways

By GERRI Catholic

NEW YORK many

robot boy

(CNS)

The

(Warner

is

provocative issues

a

luctance,

Perhaps the in

difficulty

make him

real

first

NORTH

the

when

is

The

altered for

the Swintons'

turns home, sparking jealousy is

— and

seen as a threat.

leave audiences disappointed that

and a pitch-black fantasy, the film suffers from its mood swings and the ending is a wispy one indeed. One minute you question what Gigolo Joe adds to the story (plot holes, mostly) and the next minute you are touched by David's complete faith in the

"A.I." didn't deliver in

power of prayer

ics

fairy tale

(to a statue

of the Blue

Fairy) to make his wish come true.

Tawdriness and innocence sure make an odd couple.

The exceptional imagery, however, holds the viewer, and it's hard to resist comparing scenes to other Kubrick and tings

The

modern setand unusual angles seem to be a

Spielberg films.

overlit

tribute to Kubrick's distinctive style while

the movie's wide sentimental streak to Spielberg's penchant for films

is

every single respect,

Osment made

a soulful David and the visuals were extraordinary.

"A.I." certainly offers food for thought

although

become increasingly

as bioethicists

chal-

lenged by cloning, genetic engineering and super-sophisticated technology that

the

human mind

in

mim-

sometimes disturb-

ing ways.

Due some

to stylized violence to robots,

sexual innuendo and minimal pro-

fanity, the U.S. Catholic

cation

—

A-II

is

The Motion

Conference classifi-

adults and adolescents.

Picture Association of

America rating

—

is

strongly cautioned.

PG-13 parents are Some material may be

inappropriate for children under 13.

true

from the

Pare

is

director

of the U.S. Catholic and Broad-

Conference Office for Film

heart.

Abandoned in a forest, the distraught David remembers hearing the story of Pinocchio wanting to become a real boy and looks for the Blue Fairy so he, too, will be real and Mommy will take him back.

In the end, heightened expectations

casting.

Now trying to survive in a nightmarworld where humans enjoy destroying robots, David meets robot Gigolo Joe (Jude Law) as they try to evade vicious robot killers and find the Blue Fairy that David is convinced exists. Their odyssey is ish

harrowing

— and

only one survives

into the far distant future

might come

—

where dreams

true, if only for a day.

Strange and surreal,

"A.I."

dangles the

humanity clashing with technology, men playing God and the problematic nature of love. But these are themes that float above rather than become ideas which take form and are given a solid issues of

illness.

come up with

emo-

son (Jake Thomas) recovers and re-

David

Henry's boss (William Hurt) and his team, however, have

to connect the

love her unconditionally.

the worse, however,

Spielberg had

since 1977's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." He tries to meld his preference for warmth and sentiment with the chilly, cerebral sensibility of the late director Stanley Kubrick, who worked on the movie for years before asking Spielberg to direct it. And so we have a visual style reminiscent of many Kubrick movies and his dark foreboding tone, yet the story is drenched in Spielbergian childlike emotion and a would-be boy's search for love.

Nonetheless, it has the summer popcorn movies beat by miles as it takes viewers to a future after polar ice caps have melted and flooded coastal cities. Everything is rationed, especially having children, and the only child of Henry (Sam Robards) and Monica Swinton (Frances O'Connor) languishes in cryogenic sus-

pension with a terminal

Monica opts

happy mother-"son" bonding

writing the screenplay, his

Named

tional circuitry in David's interior that will

it

however, hover as a mist without

being truly developed.

was

can be programmed to

David (Haley Joel Osment), the robot is given to the Swintons and after initial re-

"A.I.

Bros.)

who

actually love his adoptive parents.

— Remarkable

ways, Steven Spielberg's

visual stunner. raises,

PARE

News Service

Artificial Intelligence"

may

direction in the narrative.

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Instant Messaging Real Communication?

Is

We're

The Pope

cell

or

Speaks

July 6,

& Columns

Editorials

on rapid communication these

really big

Coming of Age

days:

phones, e-mail and, quickest of all, the instant message

—

IM

a

little bit

of computer magic that

lets

2001

two people

pass notes back and forth on their computers.

Instant messages are a lot like the notes kids used to

The only difference is that the two room or even the same

pass in the back of class.

people don't need to be in the same state or country.

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

IM

exchanges are unbearably slow. isn't much message inside the IM. You really can't share much real information in an IM. Besides which, frequently the participant in an IM conversation actually has three or more exchanges going on, each in a different window, while he works on his English reply.

Second, there often

Pope says movements can enrich priests, must

homework The

not alienate them

Francis Stafford, president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, read the message June 27 to some 1,300 priest participants in the gathering, organized by the Focolare Movement and held at the group's headquarters outside Rome. A copy of the pope's text

was released

The pope

J.

priests the "heat

us

some

interesting things

and

the the

information that goes back and forth during a conversa-

The tone of your voice, the expressions on your face and the body language that just pours out of you carry far more information than die words themselves.

Have you ever been widi an obviously angry friend her face red, breathing shallow and fast, her fists

tion.

—

clenched

me

at

— who

all."

said,

Did you

"No, I'm not angry,

doesn't bother

what people say

doesn't

if it

Most of with

fit

they're

acting.

With

the

IM all you

other information

A

is

have are the words. None of the

phenomenon

takes place with

IMs

that

I

call

lated into a lay state" in

movements.

The pope said

rial

priests

have a unique ministe-

contribution to make, which he said

even be decisive

in

achieve "ecclesial maturity."

Organizers said meeting participants came from 44 countries and included Orthodox and Protestant clergy. In addition to

members of the

face to face, they're often disappointed.

The person diey may be all of

kind and considerate

clever,

—

or none of them.

Never give your heart to somebody you've never met

those things

It's

a setup for a heartbreak.

reproachfully. "I see you ignored his injunction to put peas into shoes."

Just a different

FATHER JOHN AURILIA,

OFM

Cap.

Now,

let's

on

real tricks

Guest Columnist

if

you

find

it

see

us.

lifestyle, is it

I

just cooked

not?

how different views and

Here

a story which

is

lifestyles

can play

you may stop reading

offensive.

go

Jack decided to

skiing with his rich buddy, Bob.

They

loaded up Jack's minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard.

Spiritual lifestyles

When we hear about spiritual as fuzzy, formless

gifts,

so there

is

life,

we usually identify that

and amorphous. Not

has a definite shape and form

As

there

a variety of spiritual

is

so. Spiritual lifestyle

a variety of spiritual

lifestyles.

The Gospel points out very sharply die difference between Peter and John die Evangelist Matthew and Luke.

Definitely Isaiah's power differs from Jeremiah's struggle. The doubts of Thomas are in contrast not in opposition, with John

man in the wilderness." John's spiritual lifestyle is flamboyant As we might say in our slang, it is an "in your face" style. Jesus' spiritual lifestyle is that of the Good Shepherd. As we might say, "in your heart" the Baptizer, "the wild

There are always two ways of looking

at reality:

my way

and the wrong way. A businessman notorious for his ruthlessness announced to Mark Twain, 'Before I die, I mean to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I will climb Mount Sinai and read the Ten replied: "I

Commandments aloud at the top." Mark Twain You could stay home in Boston

have a better idea

and keep them"

munion and Liberation, the Neocatechumal Way, Schoenstatt and the Renewal in the Spirit

depends on our

Celebrating Mass for the meeting's opening and closing were, respectively, Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, and Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

other 80 percent of

them first"

Focolare Movement, speakers included representatives of the Sant'Egidio Community, Com-

movement.

The

you think is there is made up in your own mind.

When people finally meet these Internet heartthrobs

The other replied, "I didn't ignore him at all.

may

helping the largely lay groups

the information about the person.

your

draw on the and support in

through their participation

over the Internet with

in love"

"fall

them A few days later, the penitents met on the street One of hobbling painfully, but the other walked easily.

'Is this the way to obey the rabbi?" asked the first student

Column

will

identity to be "obscured or progressively assimi-

people

someone they've never met, they're almost always iri love with someone who doesn't exist.

Remember, all you have are the words, not the rest of

ordered

Guest

move-

priests against allowing their distinctive priestly

special bond.

Wien

there.

light" they

groups as a "source of assistance their path of formation," he said.

But priests must guard against feeling their movement is an objectively superior path of Christian life, the pope said.

Priests' participation in movements "must open their spirit to acceptance, respect and appreciation of other ways of participation of the faithful in fellow church movements, pushing them to be always men of communion, 'pastors of the whole,'" he said.

Addressing another concern, he warned

formed a

imagined was

ness to their legitimate pastors."

Especially those who discover their priestly

movements

hours,

us don't

how

need to grow as fervent Christians, "attentive to church discipline" and in "ever stronger faithful-

vocations in church

Exchanging IMs over a period of you can quickly develop a sense that you know this other person deeply and that the other person knows you better and more deeply than anyone you've ever met Next, you start imagining that you've found your perfect match, better than anybody in your real life.

The sense of intimacy comes because you "tell" diings to strangers over IMs that you never would tell friends you had to see in school every day.

Because you share secrets, it feels as though you have

"Internet hypnosis."

the person

Actions speak louder than words. believe

it

believe her?

at the Vatican.

said participation in church

ments can give

tells

how people communicate. It turns out that words we speak only convey about 20 percent of about

—

U.S. Cardinal

pace makes reflection almost impossible.

Psychological research

By JOHN NORTON Catholic News Service While priests VATICAN CITY (CNS) can be spiritually enriched by associating with one of the many new church movements, they must not alienate themselves from the broader church, Pope John Paul II said.

It is important that the participation of priests, deacons or seminarians in church movements does not result "in a closure that is as presumptuous as it is restricted," the pope said in a message to a June 26-29 meeting of church movements.

CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CNS Columnist

The term "instant message" is bogus on two counts.

First, it may be quick, but the communication is hardly instant. One person types six or eight words, and clicks "send." Then he waits, while the other participant types a

How came

we

do we

deal with sin in our spiritual journey? It

lifestyle.

to their rabbi and

have committed a

replied:

"We

all

Two woebegone Talmudic students made

sin."

A

a shameful confession. "Rabbi sin?

What

forgive you," cried the rabbi "This

is

They 'May God

kind of sin?

looked with lust upon a woman."

indeed a serious trans-

gression."

The students humbly asked what can be done to atone.

The rabbi said: "Well, ifyou sincerely seek penance, I order you your shoes and walk about that way for 10 days. Perhaps that will teach you not to sin again."

The two young men went home and did as the rabbi had to put peas into

They pulled

farmhouse and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night '1 realize it's terrible weather out here, and I have this huge house all to myself but I'm recently widowed," she explained, "and I'm into a nearby

afraid the

neighbors will talk

"Don't worry," Jack barn,

if I let

said.

you

stay in

my house."

'We'll be happy to sleep in the

and ifthe weather breaks, well be gone at first light" The two men found their way to the barn and

lady agreed, and the settled in for the

cleared,

night Morning came, the weather had their way and .enjoyed a great

and they got on

weekend of skiing.

About nine months later, Jack got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out but he finally determined tiiat it was from the attorney of diat attractive widow he met on the ski weekend. He dropped in on

Bob and asked, "Bob, do you remember widow from the farm we stayed at on our

his friend

that good-

looking

ski holiday

up north?" he asked. 'Yes, I do." "Did you happen to get up in the middle of the night go up to the house, and pay her a visit?"

'Yes," Bob said, a kttle embarrassed about being found out "I have to admit that

"And

did

I

did."

you happen

to use

my name

instead of telling

her your name?" Bob's face turned red and he sorry buddy, I'm afraid

I did.

said,

"Yeah,

Why do you ask?"

Jack replied: "She just died and

left

me everything."

And you thought you knew the ending. Did you What is your spiritual lifestyle? Do you have one?

Capuchin Father John

C. Aurilia is

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maculate Conception Church in Hendersonville.

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changed everything. Stein details the experience in his book 'Tommy and Me The Making of a Dad." He clearly finds

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One

Light

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die privilege of parenting as close as you get to experiencing

Candle

a

little bit

The Bottom

of heaven right here on earth.

Tommy,

His love for

and children

Line

in general, is also

He

expressed through his energetic opposition to abortion.

God that his beloved son was given the chance to and be loved. Ben admits that being an unapologetic pro-lifer in the Hollywood community has, at times, made him unpopular. But he doesn't seem to care. Not long ago he was asked to give a speech. To reward his entertaining presentation, he was offered an honorarium. Ben suggested they make a donation instead to the National Right to Life Committee. It was not a very welcome suggestion, but one which came from his heart and soul.

This man is deeply devoted to sharing his truth. His writing, his website, his speeches and his energies are uniformly devoted toward making the case that life should be treasured; that every abortion ends a unique life; and that as a civilized people we can do better.

As a Catholic priest, I found listening to this Jewish man share his ideas about the sanctity of all human life iUuminating. His courage and conviction reminded me of a similar conversation I had with an actor friend who works thanks

live

MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

Win Ben Stein's Values Ben

and public service have

Stein's public career

spanned decades. As the gifted son of presidential counsel Herb Stein, Ben was a noted attorney (a graduate of Yale)

who went to work as a speechwriter at the White House of President Richard Nixon.

come from his No, he was "discov-

Yet, his greatest public fame has not legal skills or speechwriting abilities.

ered" for his minor role as an actor in the film "Ferris Bueller's

Day

He was memorable

Off"

playing a teacher

Thus began an acting career which continues, successfully, to this day.

He went on to appear in "Ghostbusters II," 'The Mask" and "Dave," among other films, and played another teacher

on soap

on the delightful television series 'The Wonder Years." His current television series, "Win Ben Stein's Money," is seen on Comedy Central. He is also a prolific writer of books and magazine pieces.

Ben Stein is a person who believes in speaking his truth plainly and directly. I interviewed him recentiy for our television program "Christopher Closeup." He acknowl-

liberal

attempting to instruct a bored group of teens.

life

in

life.

success couldn't

fill.

Tommy. The

son

when they

That's

me

recently told

Stein's.

publicly. It

would, he was with the more

elements of the media. public figures, both with solid thoughts about

the need to protect innocent and defenseless

One

human

life.

speaks out without apology, the other remains pub-

licly silent

Their

statesman

Edmund Burke and

that

is

reminded

different approaches

me

of the

noted insight that All

his

necessary for evil to triumph in our world,

good people

But he and his money and

about

But, he said,

sure, ruin all his chances for greater success

Two

Alexandra, had an emptiness that position,

wife,

He

and many of his views echoed Ben

he could never say these things

as a regular

edges that he bas been richly blessed

operas.

his convictions

is

for

do nothing. However large or small the

to

audience, each of us has an obligation to speak the truth.

We owe to ourselves, our neighbors tions. We owe to God.

decided to adopt their

it

presence of this child in their lives has

and future genera-

it

ANTOINETTE BOSCO

CNS

Columnist

A

Who

Priest

Human In late spring

we

Underscores Rights

heard that the United States

Human Rights CommisThat was disturbing news, and many people I on the U.N.

lost its position sion.

spoke to expressed confusion and anger. After consider ourselves one of the great leaders in

all, we human

Are we mistaken?

rights.

To

we and

get a clear picture of where

other

when it comes to human rights, I strongly recommend a reflective reading of "The Mobilization of Shame" (Yale University countries of the world stand

Robert F. Drinan.

Press), written

by

This

a professor of law at

—

priest

Jesuit Father

Georgetown

University and a former congressman from Massa-

— now

chusetts

has put a spotlight on what he

calls

a "breathtaking" vision for the world that emerged

War

from World

the formation of the United

II:

Nations, dedicated to working for

fundamental freedom for race, sex,

language or

'human

rights

and

without distinction as to

all

religion."

Looking to the future, he presents an almost prophetic warning that if the self-interest of nations, which has eroded that 56-year-old dream, continues, abuses of human rights will worsen.

The

How Q.

the Our Father Ends

Why does the

of the

Our

on? I

like

to

is

the

kingdom

and

so

I say

it

..."

when

use the complete prayer

privately. Is this

Question

Catholic Church omit the last words

Father, "For thine

first

power of Father Drinan's book

Corner

human

wrong?

countries subsequently joined, these 48 founding

other parts of the world regularly

nations agreed to be partners in achieving "international cooperation in solving international

include this conclusion to the Lord's Prayer in their- public

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

and devotions. If it helps, go ahead and use it.

The prayer to which you refer became part of the

liturgies

CNS

of an economic,

Columnist

similar prayer

had been

We,

common

in their

we

recite the same prayer together at

the

Our

when

in church. I

shortly after

Father.

Sometime during the press,

Mass

when

the Scriptures

perhaps overzealous copier(s)

They constitute what

is

(6:9-13).

called a "gloss"

—

monotony of a

cannot stay for

Mass when

the

who

suffer from allergies. list

in the bulletin

incense the following

Thanks for

letting

me

which

Sunday?

Mass

early in

voice

my

suggestions.

authentic part of the Scripture text

spiritual concern,

it

included this one-sentence addition to

the Lord's Prayer, the addition became part of

what was

Protestant Bibles since the King James version ordinarily eliminate the sentence,

mentioning

it

at

most

in a

footnote as an inauthentic addition to the biblical text or as a clause found in earlier or

"some

late

manuscripts"

(New

this

Bible translations under Catholic auspices contain

conclusion to the Lord's Prayer.

depending, of course, on liturgical cus-

I'm not sure what can be done about ,

suggestions might help priests

Incense

am

in

church

writing concerning your column on incense

who

it

but your

are sensitive to the

problem. Another reader recognized the value of incense, Is it

necessary to cloud the whole church?

would much improve the incense were burned. fully to

It

situation, she suggested, if less

I'm grateful to the readers

Q. I

But

in

reading on,

my own

I

felt

not cooperating

at facing the facts

in

we have a track record of

some major

international

human

For example, only two nations have not ratified the UN. Convention on the Rights of the Child: the United States and Somalia.

We are the only Western nation still maintaining a death penalty, and we are the world leader in executing those who were juveniles when they committed their crime.

We

also

still

refuse to ratify a

an international criminal court As Father Drinan points out we have the blueprint for continuing to make progress in worldwide

statute for

human

He

rights,

but so

much work

still

has to be done.

points out the worldwide need to gain rights for

children,

women,

to end torture

prisoners; the need to recognize the

and religious freedom; and the need and cruel and inhuman treatment

anywhere and everywhere.

Father Drinan ends with a quote from Solon, the ancient Athenian jurist "Justice will not

this

more

who

those

who who brought

my attention. At least their thoughts are worth our

pastoral consideration.

shame

country: that U.S. backing of human

right of all to food

in their parishes.

but asked:

International Version).

No

toms

a "seminal

rights efforts.

sometimes called the Protestant Our Father.

As biblical scholarship advanced, it became clear that this final doxology was inserted later and was not an

and since

all is

us.

and

A. The number of people who wrote to me after that column, all with similar problems, surprised me, even though I encountered it several times as pastor. Clearly, more than a few people are affected, some seriously, by heavy clouds of incense during the liturgy.

For most of us, of course, it's not a problem. For those who suffer from this allergy, however, it can be a major

years,

rights for

rights has been spotty, that

others

be possible to

a parish have an incense-free

This was the situation when the King James Authorized English version was published in 1611. Since Protestants used this translation of the Bible for more than 300

human

concept" of the U.N. charter, Father Drinan reminds

incense.

the morning, before incense fills the church?

the Gospel text itself

religion."

idea of

family and —myWould Masses —Couldhave will

Some way into

The

about

it

tedious job.

language or

Christmas celebrations. I have two suggestions that might help

a marginal

such glosses, including this one, later found their

to

when I'm learn from you that gets sick

priest uses incense, causing them to miss even Easter

interpretation or pious note inserted alongside the text,

possibly just to break the

no nonallergic

Many people find they

were copied by hand, some added these words along-

Matthew

side the Lord's Prayer in

and was disappointed

it

there

is

who

another person

around

centuries before the printing still

am

problems

or humanitarian char-

Their goal would be "prompting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedom for all without distinction as to race, sex,

Jewish heritage

of course, continue that tradition

social, cultural

acter."

liturgy very early in the Christian era, probably because a

for centuries.

more

that prayer. In fact,

wrong with

A. No, there's nothing

many

to

rights.

In forming a United Nations, which 152

Catholics in

is

remind us of the language agreed upon when 48 nations of the world, mourning the 30 million-plus casualties of World War II, came together and pledged "to initiate a worldwide crusade" to protect

are."

this, I

come

until

are not hurt feel just as indignant as those

This book comforts and disturbs, and for it must be read.

suggest,

'

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difference in cancer risk

ABORTION,

the nature of the pregnancy

"It's

During pregnancies, he said, estrogen causes both cell growth and tissue changes the breasts.

tissue stop, cell

When

those changes in die

growth

stops as well.

While

estrogen levels increase 2,000 percent dur-

growth during the

third trimester.

In the case of an induced abortion,

he

itself,"

said.

nancy

that's

"There

ously. Obviously, that's

abort.

"The for sure

now

—

why that

it

has to

we know

and have known for decades hormones is mirrored in

the difference that logical studies,

we

see in epidemio-

where we compare

women with breast cancer and women who don't have breast cancer and look for differences in their reproductive history."

Most miscarriages

are the result of

so that the cells

now

inadequate production of the hormone progesterone, which is created by es-

somebody

and

trogen. Because progesterone produc-

think that they're

else

are not really a part of your body,"

"They're ready to go into business for themselves."

Brind said there is an important

Brind

something

in the

ued estrogen increase, thus keeping women exposed to that prolonged hormonal increase for a longer period of time. In effect, estrogen becomes a carcinogen and increases the cancer risk in the breast tissue, Brind said.

"The effect of carcinogens is to mu-

DNA

—

difference

those hormones do not stop the contin-

tate the

is

wrong with

the preggoing to abort spontane-

(biologically)

ing the first trimester, other hormones turn off that

when compar-

ing induced abortions to spontaneous abortions, or miscarriages.

from page 4

in

July 6,

Around the Diocese

tion

is

low, so

is

estrogen production.

In his research, Brind found data

said.

pointing to the abortion-breast cancer link dating back to 1957. He said

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Eucharistic Adoration ARDEN — St. Barnabas Church,

Faith celebrated with

109 Crescent Hill Dr., hosts Euchaadoration on the following days:

Forty Hours Devotion

By REV. MR.

GERALD POTKAY

The

Correspondent

REIDSVILLE known

— During

ite

a prayerful

Hours Devotion, parishioners at Holy Infant Church had the opportunity to reflect on their love for Jesus and carry on a centuries-old tradi-

period

as the Forty

tion of the church.

The

rudiments of the exposition and

adoration of the Blessed Sacrament can be

found ful

in the early

began

falling

Middle Ages. The

away from frequent

faith-

recep-

due to convictions of personal unworthiness. Confessions were often harsh and generally reserved for the dying. Then, too, the faithful felt alienated from the Mass due to an atmosphere of coldness expressed by the priest's back to the people and the separation by railings and barriers of language.

Feeling excluded from the eucharistic tion of the Eucharist

sacrifice,

there arose a desire to focus eyes

and hearts upon the host as a means of fostering interior

communion with Jesus

in

the mystery of the "real presence." This

stems from custom, originating in the 13th century, of the priest elevating the bread

and the wine

after consecration.

faithful

can say the rosary, favor-

prayers, or just repeat a

"Jesus,

I

ristic

mantra

like

love you" over and over again to

ready their hearts for die presence of the Risen Lord.

Much

like

basking in the sun,

up the

a time to soak

it is

Word

God

of

who

speaks the language of silence.

Should one become distracted, a return to the mantra allows" one to sink back

The hour ends all that God has

into the divine presence.

with thanksgiving for

done or

will

do on

one's behalf. Closure

is

with a profound gesture of profound adoration.

According

to Father Christopher

Holy Inweekend of June 22-24 is time for a Forty Hours Devotion

Davis, parochial administrator at fant Church, the

the ideal

at the parish, because

incorporates the

it

of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Birth of John the Baptist, as well as the 39th anniversary of the dedication of Holy In-

feasts

fant.

At Mass, in honor of the Sacred Heart, which initiated these Forty Hours, Father Eric Kowalski from Our Lady of Grace Church in Greensboro, who concelebrated

To fulfill their desire to "see" the Risen

with Father Davis, told of how this type of

Lord, the faithful would run from church to

devotion was a yearly observance but has

church to look at die elevated consecrated host and cup during Mass in the belief that it would provide physical and spiritual

But he hopes that there will be a resurgence and the Forty Hours will once again become the norm for

benefits. Eventually, this led to the

spread

since fallen into disuse.

guage and included the warmth of hymns and prayers, which fulfilled the needs of the people while centering on the adoration and worship of the Blessed Sacrament.

The Forty Hours Devotion is a pracristic

continues the late medieval eucha-

devotions connected with the sacred

Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. Devotions spread rapthroughout Europe and, according to

idly St.

Augustine, represents the length of time

would have laid in his tomb.

Today, the faitlifiil are encouraged by the church to "watch one hour" with Christ.

This is to extend the communion with Christ whom the faithful have received in that Jesus

the Eucharist. start

The

devotion

(genuflection or bow).

Spirit to

and

itself

should

with a gesture of profound adoration

fill

Asking the Holy

their hearts with his gift of love

praise, the faithful

Of those offering an hour of adoration Mary Faint, who says this particular

interior

being with the divine. In the silence

of their hearts they love, praise and thank

God "Be

and

—

for God says: who he is know that I am God." (Ps 46)

for being

still

are

Michael

Carol Leech

states: "I

the real presence of Jesus

am here here.

is

St.

for

all

he did

BELMONT

— Belmont Abbey,

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CHARLOTTE

—

today

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time

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my Mom

is

—

like

why

suffering with cancer."

In all, there are many parishioners who take the hour to reflect on God and his goodness. This is why the parish of Holy Infant has

come together

Hours: 'To kneel or

sit still

for these

Forty

before the Heal

Presence of Jesus' in order to totally love

Him

in the silence

of our hearts."

After Benediction and evening prayer,

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the forefront of their lives, they had

Lasting faith, spirituality lead

Family Movement. "It shaped our marriage and helped us to grow. We were associated with other married couples who came together to share comMr. Szalony.

A promotion and a career change to sales and marketing with dental hand pieces sent the family back to Chicago. It was back in his home where he answered his call to the permanent diaconate, and he was

'We

ordained in 1982. He says that the support of his family and his wife's willingness to be involved with the formation offered the foundation that he needed.

Charlotte, and they have been living

their faith,

ALESHA M. PRICE

not have to travel far for

sister did

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Every

time you look at a calculator, think of Rev. Mr. George Szalony. Why is he associated with an item that some people use every day? In the early 1970s, Rev. Mr.

Szalony began working for Bowmar Instruments in Indiana as the head of

and had a hand in developing and designing the first purchasing

weekly reconciliation or for a treat and a hug and kiss from their grandmother or one of their aunts.

When he received Communion for the first time, he did not realize that his future wife

was

also receiving the sac-

the same church. Even though the two did not officially meet until years later and had grown up near other, the youngsters' paths had

rament

in

unbe-

hand-held calcuwhich sold for over $200 at

crossed

that time.

would be

knownst

lator,

"It

was

next

a rare

that changes

on to

After Catholic

life. I

how

at

their

stop road

high school and

af-

inexpensive

ter school jobs in

calculators

his uncle's store

are

and

nowadays," said Rev. Mr. Szalony.

From

a

at

local

he began taking night dairy,

calcula-

and

tors to ice cream,

classes

electronic organs

worked

to dental equip-

neering apprentice

ment, Rev. Mr. has Szalony

and later as a mechanical de-

worked

signer at an elec-

in

a

tronic organ company. Dur-

variety of profesall

over the

country.

The sum

sions

Rev. Mr.

George Szalony

ing this time, he his future

met

total of his diverse

experiences have added to his min-

life

istry as a

as an engi-

permanent deacon, some-

thing that he simply

felt

he needed to

do.

subway, and they recognized each other from the neighborhood. They were married in 1963, and Rev. Mr. Szalony received his wife, Chris,

on

a

"The permanent diaconate was the

bachelor's degree in sociology in 1969.

right thing to do at the right time, and

'Working in mechanical engineering introduced me to a different world and took me on a path very different from my father," said Rev. Mr. Szalony. "My father pushed me not to work in the factory where he worked."

I

felt

a calling to be

active," explained

whose

faith

was

more

publicly

Rev. Mr. Szalony,

instilled in

him by

his

parents and his extended family.

He grew up less

during a time when than 30 cents could provide public

transportation anywhere in the heart

of Chicago. The neighborhood church was within walking distance as were his relatives, so he and his brother and

The

moved

to

like small faith

knew

"I

him

that

it

was

moving overwhelm

did things as a family and

adjusted as best

we

could," said Rev.

changed, we always brought with us," added Mrs. Szalony.

The

last stop for the family

inevitable for

in the program for several years, putting his master's degree in pastoral

studies to use.

He

,

now

preparing for the next class of aspirants in formation for the permanent diaconate in January 2002. is

Between

his

work and

the permanent

diaconate, he finds special time to have

conversations with his five grandchildren.

"It has been an exciting time for and our children provide new insight into our faith and spirituality," said Mrs. Szalony. "The permanent diaconate has been an enriching experience in our lives."

us,

students the University of Montana through his work with their church, which served as the ministry center for the students and faculty of the college.

He also performed other diaconate duties such as RCIA training, marriage preparation and adult education.

New Jersey was the next stop for the family, where Rev. Mr. Szalony

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