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News & Herald
Volume 5 Number 37 • June
Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte
14,
1996
Diocesan Graduates Urged To Grow, Live In Christ By JOANN KEANE AND MIKE KROKOS
sciously to their own awakening, and to extend that awakening into the lives of
Graduates of Bishop McGuinness
High School
Winston-Salem and Charlotte Catholic High School were in
encouraged to continue living as Christians as they
of their
move
into the next chapter
lives.
"Your future should include Jesus
He is alive in your soul, there nothing to fear in the days ahead,"
Christ. If is
—
Damian
Birkel calls Professionals in Transition
"In 1990, I my job,"
said Birkel, a
marketing executive and parishioner at St.
help.
Leo Church. "I was new to the Winston-Salem area and needed After about 6 months, I was almost
their
work
in helping
we are all grate-
graduates to be "dedicated con-
By
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
sionals.
out
It
CCHS
seniors Jennifer Sue Will-
See Schools, page 3
munism
in the former Yugoslavia brought the break-up of the country into independent republics, provoking several
from the past period, it is necessary to remove the material wounds caused by
knew how
to find a job,
what
gathered in Solin in front of Croatia's
cents to blossom again with life," he said.
was
empathy and
a
a
little
way
I
wanted to
make
oldest church.
The two-day
rally,
spon-
information exchange.
also promised himself that
with any social organization, company or religious organization.
work. To-
we walk
can only grow through every new experience we encounter and every new face we meet." that door.
is one of the few support groups in the country that helps people who have already been involved in the business world find employment. More than job search skills, the group offers understanding and support. "When I lost my job, I called the top 10 support groups and all they had to offer was nuts and bolts advice about how to find a job. I
Transition
tabernacle and said, 'Lord, I'm tired of trying to do this alone.'" Birkel
at
ship will not be broken as
John Paul II said the Balkan region needs to clean up the spiritual ruins of communism and the material ruins of war. In doing so, young people must resist the temptations of hedonism, consumerism, drug abuse and lust for power and money, the pope said in a message to a youth rally in Croatia. His message, released at the Vatican, was read June 9 to some 50,000 youths
in 1992, Professionals in
at the
was back
want ev-
that our circle of friend-
JOHN THAVIS
— Pope
contacts in the area," Birkel said. Pro-
ate prayer, Birkel
know
Clean Up Spiritual Ruins
My wife and I had just purchased a home and had a small child. My health insurance was beginning to run out. Finally, one Sunday at Mass I looked if he got through his situation, he wouldn't forget how it felt to be unemployed. Less than 6 weeks after his desper-
eryone to
Pope Says Balkans Must
sored by the Croatian bishops and de-
desperate.
class," she continued. "Still, I
Susan Putman and Molly Marie Putnam were recognized as co-valedictorians at commencement exercises June 6. This is the first time the school has ever had
for that
Bishop Curlin said to educators. During commencement exercises June 8, Principal George Repass asked
is keeping his promise as head of Professionals in Transition, a support group for unemployed profes-
"a promise kept." lost
and use their each other succeed." "It will be hard to walk out that door and swallow the fact that this will be the last time we will all be together as a
staff at both schools
ful,"
day, Birkel
Founded
are not afraid to
of Christ in these young
men and women,
For Unemployed Professionals Staff Writer
who
their individuality
iams, Danielle Elizabeth Puceta, Melissa
BMHS
WINSTON-SALEM
show
faith-centered graduates. "You've
instilled a sense
MAYBACH
ened, isolated freshmen into one large
talents to help
mold
By ELIZABETH
turned the numerous circles of fright-
week. Bishop Curlin delivered the baccalaureate homily to 1 30 Charlotte Catholic seniors June 5 at St. Gabriel Church. On June 7 at St. Leo Church in WinstonSalem, 65 Bishop McGuinness graduates, too, were urged to grow in Christ. "With Jesus Christ in your life, you possess the power to succeed," the bishop Faculty and were praised for
Executive Starts Support Group
BMHS
circle of friends
said.
Lisa Pubantz receives her diploma from Father Mauricio West, Chancellor for the Diocese of Charlotte, at the Bishop McGuinness High School commencement.
John Patrick Cullen was recognized valedictorian, and Maricelis Timothee Valle was salutatorian. In her speech, Valle spoke of a group of strangers who came to Bishop McGuinness four years ago and bonded. "We have as
Bishop William G. Curlin told both classes during baccalaureates Masses last
Photo by Joann Keane
others."
main rity,
grams for young people from Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and neighboring
Professionals in Transition
is
not
Birkel says this provides the group with
See
Living, next
page
thus
"One must remove these ruins and make it possible for a land soaked
with the blood of a multitude of inno-
The pope said the return of refugees was one practical problem that needs to
population.
and non-judgmental
affiliated
the terrible tragedy of war," he said.
night" in which ideologies tried to build
tured religious, cultural and sports pro-
non-affiliation
wounds
The pope said the youths were called be new messengers of the Gospel in a society that has emerged from a "dark
layed five years by regional conflict, fea-
is
"In addition to the spiritual
be faced immediately in the Balkan countries. Those forced out of their homes by fighting "are asking to return, and have a right to return, to their own houses in order to resume their lives," he said. He said the refugees deserve an opportunity to help rebuild their cities and towns in cooperation with the rest of the
based on three
principles: confidentiality integ-
fessionals in Transition
years of fighting.
nations.
to
a world without God.
The
fall
of com-