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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Volume

5

Number 38 • June

Retiring Priests

Jubilarians By

21, 1996

And

Honored

BRYAN LAMBERSON Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE — "What a noble and beautiful vocation is,

to bring the heart of Jesus to people each day," In this

it

way,

Bishop William G. Curlin characterized the life of service in priesthood of the 12 priests honored June 1 3 at a Jubilee Mass Patrick Cathedral.

at St.

Well-wishers from throughout the diocese and 52 priests were on hand to celebrate anniversaries of priestly ordination and honor the lives of service of the seven clergy retiring

from full-time ministry.

In his examination of the mystery of priesthood, Bishop Curlin spoke of the challenges and opportunities encountered in the

ordained

"The love and blessings of devoted paand

life.

rishioners, the privilege of being a part of the great joys

sorrows of people, the bearing the hidden crosses of personal and faith, that's our priesthood, isn't it?" he said. injustice with silent fortitude

Photo by

"You and I know what it is

JOANN KEANE

Msgr. Anthony Kovacic, Msgr. William Wellein, Father Ramon Berg, Father Pius Keating, S.A., Bishop William G. Curlin, Father Thomas Walsh, Father Bernard Manley, and Msgr. Thomas Burke.

Retirees Honored.

(Left to right)

Efforts To Build Habitat

Builds Ecumenical many, though, despite remains just that a dream.

—

their labor, the

we can 't describe

Home who

American dream

build

of

it

cannot explain the joy

fulfillment in the lives

we

be

it;

and

live

as

priests.

Community

"Unless the Lord builds the house," the psalmist says, "those vain." For

priests ...we

to

labor

in

home ownership

We

"We

rejoice.

many

years to come."

—

thank God for each of these men religious and diocesan our brothers in this wonderful fraternity of the priesthood in Western North Carolina," said the bishop. "We are grateful that God has brought them to this moment of jubilee and honor; we pray they will be with us for

—

Among the jubilarians honored were Society of the AtoneBy

BRYAN LAMBERSON Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

— The

resident's desire for a

home

solution to one Charlotte

of her

own was found

in

the partnership of several area churches with the orga-

nization Habitat for Humanity.

Members of Holy Re-

deemer Episcopal, Avondale Presbyterian, St. Luke Lutheran, Park Road Baptist and St. Ann Catholic Churches, volunteered their time, talent and treasure in coordination with Habitat to build a three-bedroom home in Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood.

In a dedication ceremony June 8, Demetress Morrison was given the keys to her new home at 1012 Harrill Street. "This is payoff time!" said Habitat Charlotte Executive Director Bert Green. The pastors of the congregations led those present in a blessing of the home, invoking God's protection of the dwelling and its

residents.

ment states, "...to encourage the building of bonds of friendship through our joint participation in the planning and completion of this project."

Intentions and goodwill are wonderful, but

they don't build houses. "Faith can tains," the old

adage

move moun-

states,". ..bring a

shovel"(or

hammer). For the 300 volunteers from the five congregations, the way to "put on Christ" was to put on their tool belts. And, while in this case, a

was a carpenter, it's doubtful that even He undertook work projects without a plan.

The plan for the combined congregations came in the form of the Charlotte branch of Habitat for Humanity, the nationally-known Christian ministry made famous by former presiit's true.. Jesus

Jimmy Carter and wife Roslyn's hands-on involvement. In its role as project coordinator,

dent

"We're blessed ... we're so very thankful" said the proud owner. "I'm glad to have something to leave to my daughter," added Morrison, keeping an eye on 2year old Tynekka, who busied herself exploring the porch and front yard, "even though she already thinks

Habitat Charlotte provided the blueprints, pro-

her playhouse!"

The project began eight months ago as the idea of the Congregations of Park Road, an interdenominational group of churches. The group saw building a house for a needy and deserving family as an opportunity for Christian witness through service, and for build-

lection criteria.

it's

ing

community among

the five Christian

fessional assistance (including the cal aspects of a project,

vice and plumbing), financial

homeowner

techni-

management and

selection, through their family se-

Under Habitat's "Adopt- A-Home" program, the Congregations of Park

Road pledged

the

cash or in-kind donations of materials that serve as a sponsorship fee (accumulated through fund-raisers such as an auction and golf

$20,000

in

denomina-

tions. "It is the intent of this partnership," their agree-

more

such as electrical ser-

See Habitat, page 3

ment Father Pius Keating, celebrating a half century of priesthood; Msgr. Richard Allen, Father Joseph Waters and Conventual Franciscan Father Conall McHugh, all celebrating 40 years of ministry, as well as Benedictine Father Lawrence Willis and Jesuit Father Robert Wiesenbaugh, with 30 and 25 years of ordained service, respectively.

Honored upon their recent retirement from full-time ministry were Fathers Ramon Berg, Bernard Manley, Thomas

Walsh and Msgrs. Thomas Burke, Anthony Kovacic and William Wellein.

Father Keating, also recently retired from full-time acwas singled out by the bishop as someone who continues to give in priestly service as he approaches his 80th tive ministry,

birthday.

Manley entered seminary

as a second career vocation af-

death of his wife of 38 years. The widower hadn't thought of becoming a priest. "But when the Lord calls you," ter the

he

my

"He calls you! I have no regrets about becoming a The last nine years have been among the happiest of

stated,

priest.

life."

Father

is

retiring as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi

parish in Mocksville but will assist part-time at St. parish in Asheville

making

Eugene

hospital and sick calls and work-

ing with the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity. "I hate to

leave Mocksville," Father Manley said. "It's probably the friendliest town I've been in. I hope I've done some good. If

helped to save one soul ... the whole thing's been worth it."

Father Conall McHugh said that all his years of ministry have time and again led him back to the most basic elements I

See Jubilee, next page See page 13 for additional photo

of Jubilarians

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Herald

June 21, 1996

Jubilee Mass, from page

Wolf Begins Work As Western Region's New Coordinator Of Faith Formation

of living the Christian

you

PAUL FREDETTE

ASHEVILLE

more you rely on the Gospel and the idea of trying to convince people to live

the

mentum for this year. At the ini-

— "Theolo-

tial

life: "The older you're in priesthood,

get, the longer

a Christ-centered

By

1

planning session for "Fire Mountains '96" convened

Lady of Mercy

life."

The pastor of Our Winston-Salem

parish in

shared his belief in the principle that has sustained him through 40 years of priest-

gians are scientists," said Father

in the

James Hawker, diocesan Vicar for Education. "Catechists, on

by Wolf

the other hand, are artists." His

ing our gifts" as a follow-up to

Benedictine Father Lawrence Willis

calculated to high-

Dr. Ford's focus "becoming a

said that his 30 years of teaching at Bel-

contrast

is

light the sort

in late

ers explored the

May, organiztheme "realiz-

'Eucharisting' community."

of challenge fac-

new

It

coordinator of faith formation

an emphasis that would certainly gain Jane Kieffer' s en-

for the western region of the

dorsement.-

diocese.

nited the first

Wolf's job involves being on site and in conversation with parish catechists, being a resource for them as well as a collaborator. Since beginning his

Kieffer believes strongly in the

ing Richard Carl Wolf, the

work

February,

in early

is

Smoky Mountain

Richard Carl Wolf

which

make up the western region. His thoughtand reflective manner seems well suited to the task. Wolf makes listening attentively seem effortless and responds The

both gra-

Duquesne Univer-

1977 and

sity in

later

received a Master

of Arts from the university's famed Institute

of Formative Spirituality. The

stitute,

whose

in-

international reputation

derives largely from the

work of

re-

nowned religious psychologist Adrian van Kaam, provided Wolf with the op-

established office and resource center for

portunity to develop skills in pastoral

religious education adjacent to Catholic

counseling, spiritual direction and famil-

in

Social Services on Orange Street.

iarity

Hawker, who has been evaluating

personal

is

faith,

impressed with Wolf's his academic credentials

and his considerable experience

in

catechetics. For the past seven years

Wolf has been

pastoral associate for edu-

cation at St. Joseph Catholic

Commu-

growing parish of more than 2,000 families in the suburbs of Baltimore.

Prior to this, he did personal development counseling in Pittsburgh for several years and was in charge of the religion department at Charleston Catholic High School in West Virginia.

Wolf's qualifications are, in Hawker's estimation, "part of the whole mosaic which includes his sensitivity to people and his eagerness to engage them in conversation about effective approaches for sharing the person and mesnity, a

with the Church's mystical tradi-

tion.

One

the Catholic identity of the schools of the diocese,

among area

have

retirees

of the first tests of Wolf's abilisays Jane Kieffer, who preceded

ties,

their donations in the collection

Wolf

as coordinator of the western re-

gion,

is

the challenge of planning the

Mountains."

Scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Lake Junaluska Conference Center, this day-long convocation of Catholics from the mountain area has drawn participants from more than 16 parishes in the past two years. Last year's program, which third annual "Fire in the

featured Dr. Elinor Ford, formerly the

same range of services they obtained from wherever they moved. It just doesn't work like that here. We've been trying to get people to make the church by contributing

and

their personal gifts

talents."

Fire in the

Mountains has been, in way of reminding the

Kieffer' s mind, a

somewhat isolated pockets of the Catholic Church throughout the small and

mountains, that they are not alone; that without their active participation in the larger Church, the community won't grow. "First they have to be convinced that they have gifts to share," she says.

"Then that those gifts will be welcomed." Fire in the Mountains, suggests Kieffer, "tries rubbing gether, hoping that

two

sticks to-

when the gifts of one

interact with the gifts of another,

it

will

kindle a flame." Like Kieffer before him,

Richard Wolf is hoping that such flames the can set a fire in these mountains

—

of the Spirit at work in God's people.

fire

superintendent of Catholic schools for the archdiocese of

New

York, received

sufficient praise to sustain a steady

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fairings for

Sunt 23

Irenaeus of Lyons

Sunday:

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29 Jeremiah 20: 10-13 Romans 5: 12-15 Matthew 10: 26-33

sage of Jesus Christ."

Wolf indicates that a strong commitin the community he previously served "to empowering and training la-

Monday:

Isaiah 49: 1-6

Acts 1 3: 22-26 Lukel: 57-66, 80

and an emphasis on collaboration and

collegiality" attracted tion.

him

Tuesday:

His work there enabled him to de-

2 Kings 19: 9-11, 14-21, 31-36 Matthew 7: 6, 12-14

people toward formation opportunities

family-based education and classroom catechist training." He sees liturgies,

leadership as "facilitating a spiritual

journey process rather than directing static programs and services." This seems fortuitous since Hawker too believes that overseeing the quality of the

parish catechetical programs involves

enabling

teachers

to

develop a beyond the

catechetical vision that goes

cognitive dimensions of learning.

Wolf obtained

a

Bachelor of Science

at the

windows! Over the years, community in Lincolnton and elsewhere has become more and more a surrogate family for me."

Msgr. William Wellein's 44 years as a priest have seen him involved in a variety of ministries, from running the former St. John Vianney preparatory seminary in Asheville, "I was shepherding 45 young men for nine months of the year," to preaching to pristained-glass

the Hispanic

marily Protestant crowds in the

summer

raceway "motor chapels", to parish priest. "But to me, the whole mystery of priesthood is offering the Holy Mass. All the other ministries spring from that. His next assignment as resident chaplain at the Little Flower assisted living facility in Charlotte is, he says,

months

at

"just a continuation of a lifelong experience for me," when it opens in August.

"I already have a man signed up who's 99-years-old and wants to be an

altar-server at

Mass!"

I know what it is to be Bishop Curlin said in address-

"You and

ing the honorees, "...we cannot explain it,

we

ment

can't describe the joy and fulfill-

in the lives

we live as priests." The in many ways; some-

comes

times unexpected ways. the

We

experience

overwhelming sense of God

in

our

ministry with our people," the bishop

sign and present programs that "guided

regarding the catechumenate, children's

going strong

frequent celebrations of Mass for the Hispanic community, Fathers Lawrence and then-seminarian Fidel were serving at St. Patrick Cathedral, when Fidel asked the congregation if they ever wondered how "Padre Lorenzo" learned Spanish. "I had to confess," Father Lawrence smiled, "that I had taught myself Spanish years ago by reading Donald Duck comics in Spanish. They all laughed so hard," he recalled, "I thought they were going to crack the

affirmation

to that posi-

still

of priesthood shared what turned out to be an amusing link with the diocese's newest priest, Father Fidel Melo. In his

priests,"

ment ity

ginning: "I'm

wider variety of courses next year than ever before." The celebrant of 30 years

basket and in return receive the

at

degree in education

a newly

results of his quiet

energies are already evident

FREDETTE

sacramen-

"fires,"

settled here expecting to place Photo by PAUL

ful

cious and earnest.

numerous

his

service to the diocese are but a be-

college," he stated. "I'll be teaching a

tion surfaces," she explains, "that

mont Abbey College and tal

ig-

"Sometimes the no-

Catholics.

vicariates

is

two

who

value of these annual conflagra-

Wolf

with a gentle deliberation that

the one

tions of conviviality

has lost little time getting acquainted with the personnel in the parishes of the Asheville

and

As

hood: "If we really live the life of Christ, we can accept almost anything."

Wednesday:

2 Kings 22:

8-13,-

23: 1-3

Born in Asia Minor, Irenaeus was well educated and knew men who were

Matthew

7:

15-20

priesthood.

friends of the Apostles, especially St.

Polycarp,

who was

a pupil of

St.

John.

Thursday:

time of the celebration of Easter. It is believed 203. His feast

is

June '

28.

Friday:

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Graphics

Acts

3:

7:

21-29

1-10

1: 11-20 John 21: 15-19

Qalatians

Saturday:

that Irenaeus died about

2 Kings 24: 8-17

Matthew

Irenaeus became bishop of Lyons and

fought the spread of Gnosticism, which he refuted in a five-book treatise. He served as a successful mediator between Christians in Asia Minor and the pope in a dispute over the

added "The presence of Christ in their lives affirms the presence of Jesus in our

Acts 12: 1-11 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 17-18 Matthew 16: 13-19

We find Him in the sick, the

poor, the children, the elderly, in recon-

and the sacraments.

"The T love you, Fathers' and 'God bless you Fathers' that come from your parishioners are real. You have done good work. And we, as priests, are loved.

Perhaps not as the world expects. But

ciliation

we're loved in a deeply spiritual way that never ends. ..it never ends."

June 21, 1996

The Catholic News

Volunteers From Park from page

1

Road Churches

cess with Habitat's

tournament), recruited volunteer work ers and coordinated the construction pro

Sponsorship

staff.

fees are applied toward lot acquisition and materials; the remainder of the av-

erage $47,000 cost of a Habitat home is as-

sumed

by

homeowner on

the a 15 to

in

March,

day morning to saw lumber, swing hammers, raise walls and a roof, and of course, feed the hungry army

of fledgling builders.

Among that group was Morrison herself, who had already learned something about construction by contributing 10 Saturdays' worth of "sweat equity" on another Habihouse. That, along with 25 hours of classtat

room preparation for home ownership, man-

move a

(if

into six in the realization of the project.

who

mous" he

said.

tion

ceremony and presen-

tation of keys to Morrison,

he

stated:

asm has

"Your

enthusi-

been very gratifying to me. I'm delighted to have been working wilh you all ... and your pastors have been great to really

work with!"

Habitat Charlotte bein 1983 and has consistently been a leader

gan

They were the first to build 100 homes; to have homes constructed completely by crews of women and young people; to build a home in 24

affiliates nation-

wide.

hours; they even built an astonishing 22

one week. The 250th Habitat home was completed in March of this year, and they hope to build 250 more by the end of the century. in

are

of other Habitat committed to a drug-free

environment.

For the groups that sponsor and build Habitat homes, the experience offers a unique way to be of service to others and

houses as a way to elimiThe pride and hope that accompany home ownership result

fied in their partnership agreement that constructing a house was to be a goal for the group. Now that it has been

improvements to the surrounding neighborhoods and the larger community, as well. Habitat sees its role as creating partnerships between families,

achieved, does that mean the end of the ecumenical group? "No, we've got lots of things cookin'," says Msgr. Richard Allen, pastor of St. Ann Church, "...a lot

sponsoring groups such as the Park Road

more

nate poverty housing.

in

Y

homes and

to build community among themselves.

The Congregations of Park Road speci-

is

cent, affordable

Ml

8i the construction

to build simple, de-

Habitat's goal

His In Yours.

the life of their communities, need improved housing, are able to assume the $250-280 average monthly mortgage payment, are willing and able to partner

Joe Sadler, Habitat's project manager, agreed.

Addressing the volunteers assembled for the dedica-

homes

Remember

congregations, construction volunteers and financial and material donors. It looks for families who are involved in

thusiasm on this project has been greatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;just enor-

among

wall early in the project's construction.

Home,

by the eagerness and devoted participation of the volunteer crews. "The en-

ning sessions, clearing applicable) and 100-200 hours of

to

do together!"

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

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

Bishop William G. Curlin

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte or to your parish. Simply have the following statement included in your Will:

"I leave to the

Charlotte (or

Roman

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

sum of$

(° r

percent of the residue of my estate) for religious, educational and charitable works."

For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or

Herald 3

coordinated

datory budget-planup any credit problems

Below: Park Road volunteers raise a

Ann parishioners Rick Smith and

manpower on the site, said his work was made easier

unteers arrived at the site early every Satur-

Morrison and a volunteer

St.

Kevin Eichorn are among those who turned their normal five-day work weeks

mortgage.

groups of church vol-

into place.

ownership.

Eichorn,

Since construction

Homeowner Demetress

work spent on one's own house, are just some of Habitat's requirements for home

20 year, interest-free

began

doorframe

Build Habitat

&

its

377-6871

Msgr. Richard Allen and volunteers chat after the blessing and dedication.

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June 21, 1996

The Pope Speaks

Tro-Lije Corner

Pope John Paul

II

Doctrine Of Immaculate Conception

Must Be Accepted, Says Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here the Vatican text

is

You're Invited Project Life Postcard '96 W%en: June 29-30, 1996 A postcard campaign to urge Congress to override President Clinton's veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion Act, HR 1833

W7m£:

Where: Your parish RSVP: Your legislatures The Respect

Diocese of Charlotte

Life Office

(704) 377-6871

E

piscopal Calendar Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events:

June 28 Meeting with leadership of the Charismatic Renewal

June 29 5:30 p.m.

Mass and celebration for Father

Thomas Walsh's retirement

of Pope JohnPaul IPs remarks in English at his weekly general audience June 12.

Dear brothers and sisters, In our catechesis on the Immaculate Conception, we have seen that the church's conviction that the Blessed Virgin Mary was free of sin from the first moment of her existence was increasingly celebrated in the liturgy down the centuries and accepted by theologians. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception was solemnly defined as an article of faith by Pope Pius IX in 1854, following an extensive consultation of the world episcopate.

According to this dogmatic definition, it has been revealed by God that Mary, by a special privilege, and in view of the saving merits of her son, was preserved from original sin from the moment of her conception.

The formulation of the dogma also implies her perfect holiness and the absence of that concupiscence which, according to the Council of Trent, comes from sin and leads to sin. The dogma likewise affirms that the Immaculate Conception is a singular privilege, exclusive to Mary, the mother of the Redeemer. For this reason, the Second Vatican Council teaches that in Mary "the church admires and exalts the most excellent fruit of redemption" accomplished in Christ the ("Sacrosanctum Concilium," 103). The dogmatic definition of Mary's Immaculate Conception by the infallible papal magisterium was a service to the faith of the whole church insofar as it made explicit with certainty a truth revealed by God. I extend a warm welcome to the St. Paul High School group from Japan and the various choirs from the United States. Upon all the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors, especially from England, India, Korea and the United States, I invoke the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Society Must Address Causes Of Drug Abuse

VATICAN — Pope

CITY (CNS)

John Paul II warned that global drug abuse is likely to keep increasing until society addresses its root causes, such as family breakdown and unemployment.

"The Holy See is concerned at the ever-growing spread of drug abuse and illicit trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances, which public opinion seems at times to accept with widespread indifference," the pope said in a June message to a U.N. agency.

He said society often believes it can solve the drug abuse problem by "marginalizing and abandoning its victims, but without addressing

its

devastating causes."

He said there must be recognition of a relationship between the deadly pathology caused by drug abuse and the "pathology of the spirit" which leads people to flee from themselves and reality.

Factors such as family breakdown, interpersonal tensions, growing unemployment and subhuman standards of living

all contribute to this sense of estrangement, the pope said.

The pope's message was prepared for the U.N.sponsored International Day Against Drug Abuse and

Trafficking, to be celebrated June 26.

Illicit

The pope

said the Vatican strongly supports the

U.N. program and encourages the strengthening of international cooperation against the "despicable" drug trade.

He

said the

Holy See

also attaches great impor-

tance to preventative and therapeutic medical treatment to help individuals rediscover their

nity

own .human

dig-

and reactivate personal resources.

Holy Family Church

Guest Column

Clemmons

Father John C. Aurilia

June 30

Faith in Perspective

10:45 a.m.

Freedom Or Misinformation?

Mass St.

when technology, entertainment and shows cover most of our airwaves, I do not hesitate to say that the Catholic Church is almost forgotten or that it ranges from indifference to a misunderstood or hostile approach by the radio and TV. A recent Gallup survey showed that 95 percent of Americans believe in God and nine out of 10 pray on a In this century

Patrick Cathedral

talk

Charlotte

The Cathouc

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regular basis. Evidently, faith really matters to us.

June 21, 1996

Volume Publisher: Most

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do television networks ignore

Number 38

the "big four"

Reverend William G. Curlin

news

this reality?

reports and only 225 (1 percent) dealt with reli-

Of

morning news segments, only 151 (half of 1 percent) touched on the subject of religion. Of the hundreds of hours of network magazine shows and Sunday morning interview broadcasts,

Advertising Manager: Gene Sullivan Editorial Assistant: Sheree McDermott

only nine addressed matters of religious

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ing Catholics (sur-

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My

clusion

that hos-

tility

faith.

When, finally, the good news of religion appears on the media's radar screen, it becomes bad news because Roman Catholics are portrayed in a negative form and with some hostility, which, ironically, they call

is

con-

toward prin-

ciples of the Catholic faith is not a reflection of public

opinion but of their

media

is:

Do

not

own beliefs. My

make

a

suggestion to the

mockery of the term "objec-

tivity."

topic,

connected with freedom and faith

"school prayer."

We are religious people, whose in-

Another

the 26,000

gious issues.

St.,

Last year,

(ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN) filed 1 8,000

Michael Krokos Associate Editor: Joann Keane Staff Writer:Bryan Lamberson Hispanic Editor: Luis Wolf Editor:

Morehead

Why

percent are practic-

is

stitutions

presuppose a supreme being (statement of

We

the late Justice William O. Douglas).

religion. Their sophisticated

know

language

may be confus-

when they speak about freedom. Do they mean freedom of religion or freedom from religion? Students

"objectivity."

ing

How can we explain this ignorance on the subject of religion? William Cardinal Keeler observed that on any given Sunday, there are more people attending

cannot pray in public schools, yet that

church services than all national sports events combined. Yet, while all networks have sports divisions, none of them have a religious division. It is odd that 50 percent of journalists do not believe in God, 86 percent seldom or never attend religious services and two

also

47 of the 50 states have preambles invoking the name of Almighty God. It seems to me that modern society tries to contrast the flag to the cross and to separate our lives from that

is

called free-

dom.

In conclusion,

freedom and

faith are intimately

connected if they are rooted in God. Otherwise, they are only an inexplicable paradox.

Father John C. Aurilia is pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville.

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June 21, 1996

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One Candle

Light

Father John Catoir

The Happiness Of God In the spiritual classic,

Abandonment

Divine Providence, Jean-Pierre de Caussade wrote the following gem: "The great and solid foundation of the spirito

tual life is to give oneself to God... in

such

good pleasure of God and His happiness... becomes our sole joy and a

way

that the

good." Quite an idea!

St. Therese of Lisieux followed this insight in her own life. On her deathbed she said that all her actions had been performed with a single object in mind: to make God happy. She did this by offering God little deeds of kindness,

which she called

little

and making Him happy.

Susan Leslie, a contemplative nun living in Oxford, England, in her book, The Happiness of God, Holiness in Therese of Lisieux, (Alba House, 1988) writes, "Therese insists that to be happy is an important way of showing our love for God, for He loves a happy soul, one perfectly attuned to Him." This spiritual insight can help us in all kinds of circumstances. For instance,

when I officiate at a wedding I try to make everyone feel welcome and happy because God delights in His family when

we

are happy.

First, I realize that there are

flowers.

Instead of merely struggling to avoid

she offered God a bouquet of floweach day. This made her happy and it emphasized the importance of her personal happiness as a way of loving God

Catholics present and

sin,

minds

ers

kneel.

at

ease about

I try

when

non-

to put their

to stand

and

them they can sit throughout the entire ceremony if it makes them I tell

more comfortable.

I

explain that the

Mass

is

like

an

to help their children

I speak of the grace of the present moment and explain the sacrament of matrimony and how it

arrive at this day.

the first part of

the offertory

we

made

fices they

act of love; in

give our-

supplies ongoing strength for the fu-

God Holy

However, the future

selves to

ture.

and

hidden from our eyes so

is

always

Communion

for the couple. In

we must pray order to make it a

He gives Him-

glorious future,

explain the impor-

at

I

self to us.

tance of prayer in overcoming the ob-

I want the congregation to enjoy the ceremony so I put the couple in full view when they exchange their vows. They stand on the top step facing the congregation, while I stand below with my back

stacles to their happiness.

everyone a wonderful view of their faces at that sa-

participation in our happiness

cred moment.

operation?

Every wedding is a love story with a past, a present and a future. In my homily, I speak of the parents and the sacri-

words

to the congregation. It gives

God delights in our happiness. We can please Him every day if we enhance the joy of the moment by making those around us a little happier. Since God's is real,

why not magnify it by our conscious coIt

makes me think of Mary's "My soul mag-

in the Magnificat,

nifies the Lord.. .my spirit rejoices in

my

God

savior."

Question Box Father John Dietzen

Limbo Q. Four years ago we had a daughter who died suddenly just a few hours after birth.

Your answer a few weeks ago about the destiny of children who die before baptism was a real comfort and encouragement for us and Vm sure for others who have had a similar experience.

It's what we always knew in our hearts, but it was good to hear what you said and the words of our Holy Father.

We are curious about one thing.

Whatever happened to limbo? Years ago we were taught that unbaptized infants go there. It's not heaven, we were told, but at least "they are happy.

"

You didn't even mention reason

about limbo in the past. Some Catholics probably still think of it, along with heaven and hell, as a third possible eternal "place to go" after death.

The fact is, however, that the church never did have much to say officially about limbo (Latin for "fringe" or "bor-

this teaching.

tion

He

The reason seems to be that limbo implies some sort of two- tiered final

der").

that is not in

For centuries it was apparently assumed that God took care of unbaptized infants in his own way. Certain theologians once held that unbaptized infants suffered some type of pain, but by the

heaven with

12th or 13th centuries that idea was pretty

much abandoned.

Later on, limbo became the subject

of heated theological debate when a hethis.

Any

retical sect called Jansenists taught that all

.

infants dying without baptism are

condemned A.

there

It's true

was much

talk

to the fires of hell.

In 1794,

Pope Pius VI condemned

said, in ef-

one

fect, that

destiny for human beings.

may believe in limbo, a "middle state" of happiness

be a Catholic ("Errors of No. 26).

That remains the only significant mention of limbo in any Catholic document. Obviously, it's a long way from saying that limbo belongs anywhere in the

still

Synod of

One is eter-

God. The other is a "natural" happiness apart from God (limbo) where people "go" who for no fault of their own do not reach the top level.

The catechism clearly teaches otherwise. There is only one final goal, one desire of happiness for all humanity, life with and in the God who created nal life with

a

God, and

it.

Pistoia,"

We may

us.

As you have surely noticed, one seldom hears the word any more. The new

life,

Catechism of the Catholic Church, which touches on everything seriously con-

is,

faith,

doesn't men-

we may

it

God

official Catholic teaching.

nected with Catholic

attain that goal or

by our own fault, but there is no half-happiness somewhere in between. reject

has raised us to a supernatural beyond our

a sharing in his life far

natural capacity.

Having done

that, there

so to speak, no going back.

See Dietzen, page 12

Letters Pastor Correct

In Returning Gift This letter is in regard to the stand taken by the Rev. George Parker of St. Joseph Church in Connecticut. The good

Father returned a $5,000 donation plus interest to Senator Christopher Dodd be-

cause of the senator's pro-abortion position.

This story was also mentioned

in

The Asheville Citizen-Times.

I think it would be appropriate if our diocese took up a one-time collection for Father Parker as a demonstration of our pro-life stand

beyond mere

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refer to the article,

"Pope Says Mass Needs Silence."

The Holy Father said, "In a world persuaded by audiovisual messages of every kind, it is necessary to restore zones of silence which allow God to make his voice heard and allow souls to understand and welcome His word."

This message is overdue and con-

read Father John Catoir' s June 7 column

tains

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June 21, 1996

Madison County Pastoral

Team Announces Departure

By PAUL FREDETTE MARS HILL — The Spirit who descended upon the

first

disciples with the

rush of a mighty wind caught St.

Andrew

the Apostle

many

Church by

at

sur-

prise this Pentecost

Jesuit Father Frank Reese, pastor, and Mercy Sister Margaret (Peggy) Verstege, pastoral associate, announced at the Sunday liturgy that they would be winding up their ministerial responsibilities at the end of .the summer. Father Reese, who has ministered in Madison County for 18 years and Verstege, who came to the area in 1984, have both played major roles in the establishment of the 10 year-old parish. The parish also includes Sacred Heart mission in Yancey

Church Burnings. A

girl

wrote

this

verse from a popular Sunday school

song and placed it near the remains of the Matthews Murkland Presbyterian Church in Charlotte June 10. The sign reads, "Jesus loves the little children.

Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight. From Amanda K. Thomas, age 6."

Gift

To Lenoir-Rhyne

HICKORY — The of the Catholic Church cently

made

$4,000

a

Rhyne College

in

Raleigh diocese in

America

gift to

support of

its

re-

Lenoir-

commu-

nity building efforts in Peru.

Raleigh Diocese Bishop F. Joseph Gossman made the gift on behalf of the diocese Endowment for the Poor, part of

commitment to assist need and those who minister

the Church's

people to

in

them.

The

gift will

go toward the purchase

of building materials for the collaborative project

by L-R students and Peruvi-

ans to build the

first

floor of a hospital

Huancayo, Peru. The service project led by Dr. Ed Lewis, vice president and dean of student life, is being matched by a group of Peruvians led by the Catholic Archbishop of Huancayo and church and university volunteers who have raised $8,000 to begin the project. The project is also being underwritten by a $4,000 grant from the Edward Arditti Charitable Foundation of Hickory and by L-R in

fundraisers.

Head Basketball Coach WINSTON-SALEM — Ben

Korb,

McGuinness Memorial High School, announced June 14 the selection of Michael McCulloch Athletic Director of Bishop

as the

new

Varsity Girls Basketball

Head

Coach.

Reese and others from Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus have served the church of Madison and Yancey counties since 1937.

people respond with compassion, thoughtfulness and tolerance to the prob-

members of

all

three

the difficulty he experienced in

making

his decision: "It has taken

me months of

prayerful discernment and

some consul-

tation to

come to

that

in the best interests not only of

it is

this decision.

I

believe

myself, but also of the parish and for

whatever work

God

has in mind for

me

good of you, the people of God, and of the kingdom of God." Father Reese is scheduled to celin the future, for the

Intramural Basketball and Football pro-

son County over the past 12 years has been funded through the Catholic Extension Society and is nearing the end of another five-year cycle. She believes now is the appropriate time for a transition. She will stay at St. Andrew long

McCulloch graduated from

the Uni-

versity of North Carolina at Charlotte

understanding."

sabbatical. Father

ebrate his last liturgy as pastor on Sun-

nis Grillo.

when it actually happens.

They've always been so good, kind and a shock

the

An alumnus of BMHS, McCulloch played basketball for four years during high school, was an official for the UNCC grams and most recently served as the BMHS JV Boys Basketball Coach. As Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach, McCulloch will be in charge of the girl's basketball program at the school and will work closely with JV Girls Coach Den-

planned to pursue pastoral studies in theology and related fields.

Reactions to their announcement were predictably mixed. Some parishioners in each of the congregations admitted being very surprised at the announcement, but most echoed the feelings of Hazel Moore, life-long resident of Hot Springs, who attended the first Mass Father Reese celebrated in the county.

"I've been half expecting it, but it's still

Most indicated that they knew it was only a matter of time, yet they are genu-

congregations, Father Reese alluded to

Bishop McGuinness High School Appoints Varsity Girls

ton, Ohio.

County.

"Father Frank" and "Sister Peggy" both experienced mixed emotions as they shared the news with members of the three congregations they serve. "It was a day full of hugs, kisses and tears," said Father Reese. Again and again, he heard the question, "What will we ever do without you?" Now 69, Father Reese said that health considerations have played a role in his decision to request a

In a letter to

Raleigh Diocese Makes

DayBoth had arranged with their religious communities for some muchneeded time off after which each had

principal of a parochial school in

day, Sept.

8.

Sister Verstege' s ministry in

enough to and hopes

orient the

new

Madi-

Jesuit pastor,

to introduce a part-time pas-

toral associate.

inely saddened at the loss to the parish

and to the larger community. Tom and Marian Plaut have been involved in the formation of the Mars Hill community since moving from West Virginia in 1982. The couple said that Reese and

Verstege will be best remembered for their gentle, loving presence. "Frank's homilies," said Marian Plaut "helped

lems of our world."

"We feel we've been very lucky and they will be sorely missed. They have really pulled this community together,"

Goddard and Mary Kennedy,

said

resi-

who attend Sacred Heart Mission and have known the pastoral team for 10 years. "We don't know how they managed to do such a fantasdents of Burnsville

tic

job considering the distances involved

people from one end of the county to the other and then some."

In all three congregations, a growing sense of anticipation about the future shares emotional space with gratitude at having been blessed for so long by such energetic and compassionate leaders. Father Reese and Sister Verstege are invariably credited with kindness, understanding and an ability to generate a family atmosphere among parishioin reaching

—

ners.

Marianna Daly

Andrew and

is

a parishioner at

St.

a physician at the Marshall

Medical Clinic. Each of her three children was baptized by Father Reese. Although she considers Father Reese and

with a degree in Political Science and has

Prior to his assignment in the Jesuit missions of North Carolina, Father

fromWinston-Sa-

Reese, a native of Philadelphia, served

says that she must listen to the advice

lem State University. He teaches social studies at BMHS and has coached the school's cross-country and JV boy's bas-

as an educator in the Philadelphia area.

she frequently gives others. "It's time to allow others to enjoy the

a teacher certification

Prior to her

move

to the area, Sister

Verstege, a native of Cincinnati, was

Sister Verstege' s leaving a great loss, she

we have

now gifts

enjoyed for so long."

ketball teams.

Lewis and Dr. Robert Eckard, professor of Spanish, led a group of students,

community leaders and parents on the project. Over the past 10 years, Lewis and others have traveled to Peru, Guatemala and Bolivia to build clinics, churches, schools and homes.

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Cross-Wired Cable Guy Shorts Out On Big Screen Jim Carrey

the whole show in comedy, "The Cable

is

the thin, one-note

Guy."

The bad news

for Carrey fans

that the title role isn't very

is

funny to

begin with and grows to tiresome proportions along the way.

Carrey portrays a grinning sociopath whose brain was warped from watching too much television growing

up as an only child, lonely and ignored by his mom.

That explains why the Cable Guy is an electronics genius and master con artist,

but hasn't a clue about interper-

sonal relations or topics of conversation

beyond old

He

TV

shows. doesn't even use his real name,

assume the names

preferring instead to

of little-remembered

TV

characters.

The movie's comic premise, those willing to swallow hard, this really

for that

Guy is obsessed human being who

weird Cable

with finding a real

wants

is

be his friend.

Enter Steven (Matthew Broderick), a junior architect whose girlfriend, Robin (Leslie Mann), has booted him out of their apartment because she can't handle the pressure of his wanting to

marry

to

her.

When

TV

a comic foil, Steven is an inane guy who knows he's being manipulated by the obnoxious Cable Guy but lacks the will and the wit to stop him.

Broderick has no chance at building

hollow character who deserves no sympathy and gets none.

This leaves Carrey on his own in trying to generate laughs from the loony but calculating Cable Guy's unwanted intruinterest in a

life.

None of these mix-ups is particularly amusing and they grow less so when the rejected Cable Guy finally snaps and takes revenge on Steven by getting him fired from his job, then tries to kill Robin and himself.

Directed by Ben Stiller from a script

by Lou Holtz Jr., the comic concept is an exercise in repetition, dragged out in weak skits keyed to nasty one-liners and

TV jokes.

It's

a showcase for Carrey's manic

mugging and his fans will get their money's worth from that alone. Others are less likely to be amused at the movie's empty antics.

Because of unfunny life-threatening predicaments, sexual situations and language, coarse expressions and a few pro-

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be infanities,

Guy hooks up the new apartment, he

the Cable

set in Steven's

determines Steven really wants to be his friend, no matter how much he insists he doesn't.

The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

Each videocassette is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating.

All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the

"The King of Comedy" (1983) Robert De Niro plays an aspiring standup comedian who kidnaps a famous

As

old

Herald 7

video audience.

nice

sions in Steven's

&

—

—

appropriate for children under 13.

talk

show host

(Jerry

Lewis)

in order to

obtain an appearance on his show. Director Martin Scorsese transforms an act

of desperation into a black comedy in an offbeat and menacing study of a so-

Attempted seduction scene is done with restraint. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested. cial misfit.

—

—

"Law and Order" (1953) Routine Western directed by Nathan Juran in which a retired sheriff (Ronald Reagan) refuses to help a town rid itself of a brutal gang (headed by Preston Foster), but changes his mind (Alex Nicol). it quite nasty. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. after they kill his brother

some of

Frontier violence,

—

"Mighty Aphrodite" (1995) "Dallas" (1950) Laconic Western in which a former Confederate officer (Gary Cooper) comes to Texas seeking the outlaw raiders (Raymond Massey and Steve Cochran) who torched his home and killed his family in wartime Georgia.

Directed by Stuart Heisler, the formula plot has

some

interesting wrinkles as

Cooper pretends to be a U.S. marshal, saves a Mexican ranch from land grabbers and finds true romance (Ruth Roman) along the way. Frontier violence and romantic complications. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

—

Thin seriocomic father

(Woody

tale

of an adoptive

who

Allen)

learns his

son's biological mother (Mira Sorvino) is

a hapless prostitute and decides to

find an unsuspecting

guy

to

marry

Writer-director Allen develops

her.

little

a shallow veneer of humor and threadbare dramatic conflict in a slack story of mismatched romances.

more than

bedroom

Fleeting

scenes,

numerous

sexual references and recurring rough

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

The Motion Picture Association of

—

America "Mr.

rating

is

R

—

restricted.

Peabody and the Mermaid" (1948)

Uneven comic fantasy

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1943) Uneven adaptation of the Ernest

Hemingway novel

set in 1937 Spain where an American (Gary Cooper) serving in the republican cause is sent to blow

a bridge behind the insurgent lines with

help from local partisans, one of (Ingrid

whom

Bergman) comes to love him.

Sam Wood, the human cost

Directed by

proves all for naught in a movie which has less to do with the politics of the Spanish Civil War than the doomed romance between an idealistic veteran and a sympathetic novice. Stylized violence, romantic compliin destroying the bridge

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is adults. Not rated by the MoA-III tion Picture Association of America

in which a very proper 50-year-old Bostonian (William Powell) confides to a psychiatrist how he came to be enchanted by an attractively mute mermaid (Ann

Blyth) while vacationing in the Carib-

bean with his wife (Irene Hervey). Directed by Irving Pichel, the saucy situation has

its

moments

but nothing un-

toward happens in what is treated as an absurd but harmless midlife hallucination. Mild romantic yearnings. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents.

Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

—

cations and sexual innuendo.

—

"Richard III" (1995) Wildly imaginative updating of Shakespeare's play to 1930s Britain,

where

"The Landlord" (1970) Rich young man (Beau Bridges) becomes a ghetto landlord in some vague hope that by renovating a decaying Brooklyn brownstone, tenanted by justly suspicious blacks, he can rebuild his empty life. Directed by Hal Ashby, the seriocomic drama has some good performances (Diana Sands and Lou

CNS

photo from Walt Disney Pictures

Quasimodo hugs his two gargoyle friends in Disney's animated musical "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-l general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G general

—

audiences.

—

civil

war brings a new monarch

coveted by his duplicitous Duke of Gloucester (Ian McKellan), who sets out to gain it through murder. Directed by Richard to the throne

brother, the

places the result Shakespeare's Elizabethan language and medieval subject in a 20th-century context of fascist movements and ab-

Loncraine,

solute dictatorships that give fresh sig-

Gossett) and lyric photography but lacks

nificance to the play's portrait of an

depth and coherence. Interesting failure with some mature themes. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations. The

autocratic villain. Stylized violence and

—

Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG — parental guidance suggested.

sexual references.

The

U.S. Catholic

—

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

America rating

stricted.

is

R

—

re-

8

The Catholic News

&

Herald

June 21, 1996

Sex:

how to keep

the

conversation going with teens room watching the same program.

By Mark and Carol Pacione Catholic News Service

Select a character, preferably one teen-ager's peer, whose sexual attitudes or behaviors are just the opposite of the values that you hope your son or daughter will

who would be your

From Alanis Morissette to LL Cool J, from Friends to Moesha, from ads for Calvin Kline to Sassy Magazine, teenagers are inundated with messages about sex. No wonder parents of adolescents want to talk to them, protect them, shield them or hide under a rug.

Because these messages are delivered in rapid fashion from sunup to sundown, parents cannot afford to limit themselves to a one-time, tell-all, clas-

model.

Ask some of these questions: Do you know people in your class like that? What do you think of someone who acts or thinks that way? If you had a friend who started acting ^CV^iN. like that, what would you say ? ' \JJ Oj^> to m or ^er <^23~^ Also try to select a charac-

^

a-o^!

>v ter whose sexual attitudes \x>>J and behaviors are something closer to the values that you are hoping to pass on to your son or daughter. And try some of these ques-

birds-and-bees lecture to their children.

There is no medical vaccine to protect against poor sexual decisions. Helping teen-agers develop good sexuality decision-making skills and values requires regular workouts.

Here are a few workout ideas. sic

Do people really act Do you have friends who tions:

kind of a stand? Is it those kinds of values?

Help teen-agers to think through ahead of time the tough decisions that

Remember, the goal here is a conversation, not an inquisition. If your teen says he or she doesn't know any-

they will face. This means encouraging them to develop a game plan for avoiding or getting out of difficult situations such as pressure to be sexually active or an overly aggressive date.

Have them think about questions

one

shares your positive values, what kinds of opinions and stands do your friends take?"

Again, you are continuing the discussion. You might add: "But I would think that, if they lived that way, these are the consequences that could

What if you are at a party where couples are taking turns using the back bedroom and your date tells you that the two of you get to use the room next?

What if, even though you have said no, your date continues to insist?

The goal of this process is more than the right answer. The goal is a wellthought-out answer.

The success of this approach depends on your ability to listen to the teenagers' ideas, to affirm what is positive in their response and to offer another viewpoint for them to consider.

It is important for parents to say clearly what they believe is right and best for their young person. But respect for the adolescent is also important. To respect your teen-ager doesn't mean you accept decisions without question, however. And once you've listened, you can always add, "But can you see where

Is it

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Can you see that?"

There are some other issues that

happen....

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This approach allows parents and teens an opportunity to look for options

sexuality.

One advantage of these times when the entertainment media are overloaded with sexual messages is that parents have an unlimited number of teachable moments when they can start a conversa-

avoids giving up too quickly on dealing with each other or taking the together;

it

risk of terminating

home

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the values he or she has regarding

I'm coming from?"

communication at

altogether.

No one can

prepare for every possibut talking through these kinds of situations will give your young person the skill to make decisions that re-

tion.

Television provides a most usable resource because with little planning you and your teen-ager can be in the same

bility,

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really as difficult as people suspect

it

be

will

to talk

about sexual values with one's own children?

think we in society "I think it depends on the individuals and their own sexual education and upbringing....

Lloyd Lenarz, Winona, Minn. adult education to help parents impart their sexual values to their children."

—

I

...

don't provide

enough

"No, when they're younger; and yes, when they're older because they get embarrassed. I'm free to talk about these issues, but they're very self-conscious about listening.... They're struggling with their sexuality and what it means to ... be a woman, ... to be a

man."

— Cathy McClone, Menasha, Wis.

"Children

who

trust that their

who

their parents. Children

feel

"I'm not sure

"I

didn't find

talk to "I

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me

it

about

parents will listen to them, but not judge, ... will find it a great relief to talk about sexual values with Janet they will be judged or criticized for questions they might ask will avoid talking about it."

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but

it

can be uncomfortable.... That discomfort might stem from a sense that

and

I

think

I

it

takes generations

to

I

think that parents are forced to address the issues brought up to help temper the Lisa Oliver, Tulsa, Okla. is not always wholesome or positive."

—

An upcoming >

you would 1100.

it's

not something people talk

brought it up they weren't comfortable with it. And then, my parents didn't Marie Kienlen, New Ulm, Minn. reach a comfort level for both sides."

had only boys, and when

message which

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Because teen-agers can be victimized by sexual abuse, parents should be aware of the signs of abuse and be willing to speak to their teens about any concerns that might arise from their observations. Confirmed abuse needs to be reported to the authorities.

As you get ready to discuss sexuality with your teen-ager, you will want to convey that sexuality is a gift from God. It might be difficult to get the conversation going, so don't be afraid of long periods of silence. It is important to be patient.

Talking about sex with your adolescent cannot be a one-time deal. The message is so important that it has to be discussed again and again and

(The Paciones work for the ArchdioHe is director of youth ministry and she heads the

Family Life

Office.)

Algona, Iowa

comfortable. it,

it.

cese of Baltimore.

it's difficult,

Miller,

parents and teens should discuss. Every daughter and son should be asked by parents, "What do you know about date rape?"

Every high school student hears about HIV and AIDS, but parents can still ask questions that attempt to find out whether the youth has internalized the information or really grasps

again.

Cleveland, Fargo, N.D.

about."

who

ask, "Well,

like these:

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edition asks:

like to

respond

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The values

By Brother Cyprian L. Rowe, Catholic News Service

we

MM

commitment and

Don't assume that your teenagers know what your thinking about sex is. In calm, conversational ways, tell them: If, with the catechism, you believe sexual union in marriage is Godlike (No. 2335), say so. Your teen may suspect that deep down you think sex is bad.

Be willing to tell your teen that you are faithful in marriage. How? Perhaps say, "You know, don't you, that your mother and don't have other sexual partners and that this makes us happy." Your integrity interests your child even if he acts

can be passed on

FMS

I

responsibil-

ity.

—

Values ennoble human life. But values must be articulated in the life lived, not just in the world of dreams

and

uninterested.

Remember how deep

visions.

the values we say we espouse, it is doubtful we can teach to those who literthem to children ally are taught by our actions.

I don't mean to say that even the most virtuous parenting guarantees that children will grow up with the values that parents want to pass on to them or that it is the parents' fault when this doesn't happen. Was it Jesus' fault when Judas went astray?

But I think parents want and need to know that they have done their best.

And doing our best with children means not only speaking with them, but giving them our example.

Values aren't taught if they exist only in spoken words. Values are taught by witness. Which is not to say that words never matter. Parents do have the task of being as clear as pos-

don't

with their children, but without

cruelty.

However, parents who restrict themselves only to the use of tongue or belt to teach values will find themselves frustrated. They will probably wind up one morning in the 13th or 14th year of their children's lives and discover that their children are "spiritually" far from them that the values their teens hold are not those the

—

Remember

photo by Cleo Photography

ever has existed in a family's past can be redeemed if everyone, parents especially, learns that values cannot be taught unless lived.

Here are some actions that articulate values more effectively than words or that give credibility to our words: Charity to all in speech.

Sharing earthly goods with those

—

— — fortunate. of —Participation in Prayer.

— Commitment to an uplifting homelife.

—Actions better —Personal integrity and faithfulness.

—Keeping our word.

— Expressions of love and respect less

activities

between a husband and

a major issue in

life,

such as sex

sexuality, is left to the "world out

have to expect that the notions they hoped their teen-age offspring would espouse will not be espoused. there," parents

Rowe

is

a research

we can

a 'wonderful gift' of God and therefore an 'awesome writes Paulist Father Richard C. Sparks, a moral theologian,

Contemporary Christian Morality, Real Questions, Candid Responses (The Crossroad Publishing Co., 370 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017.

in

live

morally as sexual beings

approach

is

a

to sexual

morality" that he discusses, "fidelity, sensitivity, mutuality, good communication, trust, self-sacrifice and generosity are some of the virtues to

be fostered."

How do children learn

Reflection:

human for

to exploit

is different;

it's trivial. if

some

these con-

of

versations don't go well,

remember

School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.)

26

David Gibson Editor, Faith Alive!

The Bible's view of physical love

Where there is no true respect, the potential expands and use each other. Where respect is basic, everything

the possibility then exists for people to honor each other.

and the two of them become one body" (Genesis 2:23-24).

So physical love was a divinely sanctioned fact of life. There was nothing puritanical about the people's attitude toward sex. A gift of God, it was to be treasured and used gratefully and re-

wife,

By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service

We

have in the Bible some moving stories of marital love and fidelity. One

most touching is that of Elkanah and Hannah.

Hannah was childless, and this was a sore trial to her. Following the custom of the day, Elkanah fathered children by her handmaid. And the proud mother taunted Hannah insensitively.

Elkanah must have been terribly

of the

disappointed, too, but he kept it to himself. Neither by word nor attitude did he

do anything to hurt Hannah.

When they made preparations for the annual family pilgrimage to the shrine at Shiloh, Hannah's consciousness of having no children reduced her to bitter tears. Her husband, instead of growing impatient, comforted her with these revealing questions: "Hannah,

Why do you grieve? Am I not more to you than 10 sons?" (1 Samuel

1:8).

How

he must have loved

her!

Indeed, love and mutual fidelity were hallmarks of marriage, which was acknowledged as the basic building block of the family.

Very early in the Bible the need of man and woman for each other is recognized and given divine sanction. In the story of Eve's creation, the man was for companionship with someone like himself. When he beheld Eve, he cried ecstatically: "This one, at last, is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh," and the biblical author comments: "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his

hungry the importance of mutual respect in

relationships?

people

—

that

there's always a next time.

articulate our values in action

writes. In the "broader, fuller

peers that sex isn't meaningful enough to think through carefully

Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a dean of students at the Graduate

when we forgo some of the material val-

is

he

these conversations with teenlot. But parents also should make clear that they believe sex has meaning. For a teen may get the impression with

associate in the

why do you weep, and why do you

1996. Paperback, $12.95). "Learning to

children

In

Finally,

(Marist Brother

wife.

ues of culture so

lifelong process,"

all

society.

to

We

faith.

If

and

refuse to eat? responsibility,'"

too that

agers, parents should listen a

that

sexuality

know about

to

sex.

CNS

ACTION

"Human

just

need someone to believe in them.

Express your confidence that this child can make good decisions about

be with children. If a parent "To their dismay these To their dismay is not there, he or parents find that ... the these parents find she cannot teach. children have gotten most that despite what Dr. Ben Carson, has been said at one the great surof their moral education the dinner table or geons of our generafrom their companions." what was read in tion who serves at some fine book, the Johns Hopkins the children have Hospital, wrote in gotten most of their moral education his autobiography that his mother from their companions, from the street would not allow him to watch television. and, most of all, from the ever-present The mother, the single parent, knew barrage of images projected by televithat she had to be the teacher of values, sion, movies and teen magazines. and knowing this she fostered the But even past mistakes can be used growth of a genius who has empowered as building blocks in family life. Whata generation of followers.

IN

is

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learn

sex outside the home.

parents say they hold and thought they had taught.

FAITH

is.

everything there

—

the parent-

Because of this, believe children want to

bond

child

If we don't live

sible

Herald 9

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

To keep children from drowning in a sea of conflicting messages about important human values, parents need to provide the sort of witness that unremittingly articulates mature notions of love,

&

sponsibly.

If St.

Paul insisted on marital

fidelity

was precisely because he valued them so highly. Contrary to some ill-informed caricatures, Paul was not "against" sexual pleasure.

When some Christians at Corinth neglected their wives on some pretext or other, he told them in no uncertain and respect

for sex, it

terms: "Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, ... but then return to one another, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control" (1 Corinthians 7:5).

Corinth was a moral cesspool, where casual sex was taken for granted. Paul had to insist that people not trivialize something so precious. It was not the pleasure that he considered sinful, but the depersonalizing, cheapened "use" of human beings simply as objects for selfgratification, without the commitment which the embrace, by its nature, de-

mands.

(Father Castelot

is

scholar, author, teacher

a Scripture

and

lecturer.)

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The Catholic News

10

June 21, 1996

Herald

People

In

forum, held in conjunction with the Catholic Health Association's assembly

San Antonio. Responding to those who question whether the Catholic

in

The News Rare Move, Pope Appoints New Patron Saint After Chefs Beef In

health care ministry should continue, Sister

Ford told the Catholic health

cials not to "entertain for a

possibility that

it

offi-

moment

the

can be abandoned."

Archbishop Castrillon Hoyos Named Head Of Congregation For Clergy VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Colom-

bian Archbishop Dario Castrillon Hoyos, a longtime Latin

American church leader

with frequent experience

at

the Vatican,

was named by Pope John Paul

II

as pro-

prefect of the Congregation for Clergy.

Father

Thomas

Erie Priest

J.

McSweeney

To Head Christophers

NEW YORK

(CNS)

— The Chris-

McSweeney new director. Father McSweeney, 50, is a professor of communications at Gannon University in

Erie and media relations specialist for

the Erie Diocese.

He succeeds

John T. Catoir, who his

home

last fall

Father

returned to

diocese, Paterson, N.J., after

heading the Christophers for 17 years.

Catholic Health Officials Urged

hoping the spaghetti will satisfy the family, Italian cooks have a new patron saint to watch over them.

Vatican approval of St. Francesco

clients or just

Caracciolo as the

new patron saint of Ital-

came after a grass-roots camhave him replace St. Lawrence,

ian cooks

paign to

Roman

the early "St.

martyr.

Lawrence didn't

really having

anything to do with cooking, other than the fact that he was grilled," said Vito

Giovanni

and hotel operations located in St. Francesco Caracciolo' s hometown.

St. Lawrence was one of the seven deacons of Rome. Shortly after Pope Sixtus II was condemned to death in 258, St. Lawrence was arrested and executed by being bound to a red-hot griddle.

According to legend, halfway

The

eran communications specialist, Father J.

— Open-

serving important

1992, replaces Cardinal Jose T. Sanchez, retired at age 76. The Vatican an-

who

Congregation for Clergy deals with matters concerning the clergy worldwide, with preaching and religious education, and with preserving and administering the temporal goods of the church. Archbishop Castrillon Hoyos, currently secretary general of the Colombian bish-

be the organization's

trattoria,

Paolini

nounced the appointment June

Thomas

new

The 66-year-old prelate, who has headed the Archdiocese of Bucaramanga since

tophers announced June 13 that a vet-

of Erie, Pa., will

VATICAN CITY (CNS) ing a

ops' conference,

was

15.

secretary general

of the Latin American Bishops' Council,

known

as

CELAM,

1987 and president of 1988 to 1991.

from 1983 to from

CELAM

of the

Istituto

Marchitelli, a school of Italian cuisine

the only mention of food in his biogra-

phy is

encyclopedia of Italian saints

in the

his devotion to the Eucharist.

Born in Villa Santa Maria in 1563, was part of a powerful Neapoli-

the saint

From

tan clan.

their palace in his native

village, the family controlled

what

is

now

much

When in residence at the palace, the young Francesco frequently hosted hunting parties for other young noblemen.

The palace cooks gained such a high reputation for turning the catch into de-

meals that the family brought the cooks with them when they went to stay in Naples. The cooks became proficient at Neapolitan cuisine as well.

"So really, St. Francesco was re-

licious

sponsible for the

first

school of Italian

cooking," Paolini said.

When

he was 22,

St.

Francesco

turned his back on his opulent lifestyle

through his grilling he told his executioners to turn him over because he was

and was ordained to the priesthood. He founded a religious order dedicated to eucharistic adoration and died in 1608.

done on one side.

The cooking school

vice announced June 14 that the Vatican

The Italian bishops' information

Santa Maria, as well as the Association of Italian Cooks, thought St. Francesco would be a more appropriate patron, although in Villa

—

A

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian urged

Catholic health care officials June 9 to

remember their history of accomplishment and service because it is only in "looking back that one can look forward." David McCullough, who won the Pulitzer for his biography of Harry S. Truman, gave the opening talk at the June 9- 2 annual assembly of the Catholic Health Association in San Antonio.

"I can't imagine speaking to any group in America that has so much to be proud 1

much

"Your one little letter won't make Congress override the partial birth abortion veto.

draw strength from, as you have from your own history," of,

so

McCullough

to

said.

Don't Let Accountants Run Health Care, Arizona Nun Says SAN ANTONIO (CNS) Catho-

—

lic

(But 5 million should do the trick.)

health care must not "let the accoun-

tants dictate

our ministry," an Arizona at a forum honoring her

nun said June 9

work. Sister Mary Kevin Ford, a Sister of St. Joseph of CarOndelet and assistant to the president and CEO of Carondelet Health System of Arizona, was one of

two people honored Sister

at the fifth

Mary Concilia Moran

annual

leadership

CNS

photo by Joe Cory. Catholic Key

Teacher Maryanne Diddle and her student, Jenny Pawlowski, of Cathedral School

in

St.

Joseph, Mo., rescued a

young man from a swimming pool while on a class trip in late May.

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This event is co-sponsored by the Youth Ministries of the Dioceses of Charlotte, Atlanta, Charleston and Savannah for youth groups from all denominations and

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Running The Good Race

Dietzen, from page 5

The

Scouts Gather For

is part of our nature, a gift of God, a vocation addressed to every hu-

man

Annual Camporee HICKORY

May

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is

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1718-

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This year's theme was taken from Paul's second letter to Timothy, "I Have Run a Good Race." Mass was celebrated on a this

what happens to the need to find those answers without resorting to something unbaptized,

hillside each morning by Father John Hanic, chaplain of Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School in Charlotte.

The Camp Master was Gary Cline of St. Aloysius parish in

—

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Salisbury, Pack 401; and Third place

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The winners of the Scout craft competition were: First place Our Charles, Morganton, Troop 182; Second place Lady of Consolation, Charlotte, Troop 172; and Third place St. John Neumann, Charlotte, Troop 12.

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we

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August

1,

1996

Bishop McGuinness High School seeks full-time Theology teacher for 9697 academic year. Candidate must be practicing Catholic with undergraduate degree in Theology or equivalent preparation. Salary and benefits based on qualifications and experience. Send resume to: Principal, BMHS, 1730 Link Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 271 03.

The Catholic News

June 21, 1996

Greensboro Vicariate Networks Community

By MARY

COYNE WESSLING GREENSBORO — Gathering early

one morning at the Franciscan Center, members of the Greensboro Vicariate Community Life Network were full of hugs and welcoming smiles. It was obvious that the

members

representing

1

parishes enjoyed coming together to share their energy and ideas for

munity

Com-

Life.

The network began in 1992 when Daughters of Charity Sister Anne Joseph Edelen convened the first meeting. As Parish Coordinator for Catholic Social Services she continues to work with the network.

parishes involved. Regular meetings and

annual retreats provide the representatives spiritual support as well as practical ideas for social outreach that they can take back to their parishes.

Carl

McCollum and his

wife, Geor-

have been a part of the network since 1992 as representatives of their parish, St. Joseph, in Asheboro. Mr. McCollom said the network has provided many

gia,

good ideas

for his parish including a

clothing drive for people in Poland and participation in a food distribution pro-

gram

called

SHARE.

low the network members to learn about specific ministries and outreach programs. Following Matevie' s presentation, the group welcomed another guest, Mary Ellen Feany, who spoke briefly about the Volunteers to the Court of Guilford County, a program that matches juvenile offenders with adult mentors.

In a brainstorming session, nity Life

other ideas for projects and programs

become involved in. When they meet July 13 members will choose they could

which ideas they wish velop a plan of action.

The Greensboro Community Life Network plays an important role in

"Being part of the network has deepened my awareness of social issues," said McCollum. "It has given me insight on what should and could be done on a par-

strengthening the social ministry of the

ish level."

Its

Miriam Williams from Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in High Point said the network provides valuable information about a variety of issues. Williams is currently in charge of the network's committee on political responsibility. At a recent meeting, she explained the National Council of Catholic Bish-

Commu-

Network members explored

to pursue

and de-

siderable success with

biggest success

1993,

SHARE

is

its

joint projects.

SHARE. Begun

in

provides families with

low-cost food. Three parishes

—

St. Jo-

Asheboro, Our Lady of the Highways in Thomasville and St. Mary in Greensboro serve as host sites for the program. More than 40 volunteers, along with the Knights of Columbus, run the seph

in

—

Herald 13

Efforts

program. Earlier this year, the network received the Host Organization Team

Award from World SHARE. Other successful projects of the net-

work include clothing and supplies

ship-

ments to Lithuania, formation of a local Pax Christi chapter and a local chapter of People Against the Death Penalty. The

Community

Life

Network was

also in-

strumental in initiating the involvement

of the five Greensboro parishes in sponsoring a Habitat for Humanity house.

Sister Anne Joseph is proud of the work the network does and grateful for its

The Greensboro Vicariate Community Life Network has experienced con-

&

members' commitment.

"The Community Life Network could not function without the commitment of the dedicated members of Community Life Commissions," she

"They take seriously justly, to love tenderly

said.

the call to 'act

and

to

walk hum-

bly with our God.'"

For more information about the Greensboro Vicariate Community Life Network, call Sister Anne Joseph Edelen, (910) 274-5577.

ops' position regarding legislation affecting partial-birth abor-

and the minimum wage.

Williams urged members to take the information back to their parishes and to write letters to Contion

gress.

Political responsibility is just

Community

Life

speaker chat

at

Network members and guest

one aspect of the network's agenda. At a recent meeting, Bill Matevie of the Diocesan Prison

a recent meeting.

Ministry, spoke about his

mates.

The network

is

work with

in-

interested in de-

veloping a vicariate wide program of prison ministry. Guest presentations

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Diocesan News Briefs Adult Confirmation Classes

CONCORD

— Adult confirmation

classes begin Sunday, June

p.m.

at St.

James Church

30

6:15

at

Child care is provided. Contact Myra Johnston for information or registration at (704) 384-5223.

at

Retrouvaille Session

last

Greensboro Singles Meet

GREENSBORO — The Greensboro Garden Brewery at 5 p.m. followed by a movie at Bel Aire drive-in. Contact Jim Keany at (910) 454-4624 for information.

Thursday each month

7:30 p.m.

prove their troubled marriage, works to

Gabriel Church. Leaders' School

build relationships between husbands

follows.

—

adults ages 18-40

meet the second and

— Ultreya

MORGANTON

lows.

Salisbury/Albemarle areas meets the last Friday each month at 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church. Leaders' School follows.

Lawrence Basilica in the crypt. Call Pam Gregory at (704) 274-4592 for informa-

the fourth Saturday each

tion.

ing 8 a.m.

WINSTON-SALEM

is

Mass at St. Community Ultreya

—

CHARLOTTE

A

infor-

mation.

Friends Group Meets

LINCOLNTON — "Friends," a new

potluck lunch. Baby-sitting

is

available.

Joe and Sandy (704) 846-2913. call

Baby Items Needed

GREENSBORO

—

High School Beach Retreat

GREENSBORO — A retreat for ris-

ing high school students at

Grace Church Island.

Golden Agers Gather LINCOLNTON The Golden

—

Agers group of St. Dorothy Church meets the fourth Wednesday each month and welcomes new members. For information, call

Mary Jordan

at

The

is

Our Lady of

June 28-30

at

Topsail

retreat will include prayer,

youth ministry office 274-3766.

tact the

at

—

Catholics: tions"

is

Swimming

in

Many

a presentation by Franciscan Fa-

David Hyman, pastor of

ther

Direc-

of the Angels Church

in

St.

Holy

Spirit

Seminar

— Deacons

Keith

Kolodziej and Jim Hamrlik will

facili-

CHARLOTTE

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6765

for information.

Summer Mass Schedule MAGGIE VALLEY — Masses

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— A golf

St.

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is

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is

— A support group

for people with cancer

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Michael Blastic

Leo

Wednesdays at Church

the Great

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To register, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 2875 1 For information, call (704) 926-3833.

convent chapel.

HICKORY

—

"Echoing God's

Word: Catechesis and Preaching Based on the Liturgy of the Word" is a July 12-14 symposium that addresses the life. For information, call Sheri Wilson, (910) 765-3499.

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at St. Patrick

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is

June

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information.

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The

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7001 E.Endependence

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Hour Of Prayer

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Auction The ABCCM Sharing

—

Affair Auction

is

Saturday, July 13 be-

9 a.m. at 217 Coxe Ave. Donations of clean items in good condition are accepted. For pick-up of large items, call Dave Prophit at (704) 299-7077. ginning

at

THE

Marian Hour of

in presentations

shops on spiridirection and creative expression of

:40

in the

in all of creation di-

Prayer with the pilgrim picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe is Tuesday, June 24

tual

lies

recited

a.m. at St.

am God"

featuring the themes spirituality and creation

Michael Blastic, O.F.M. and Madeline McNeil. Work-

Cancer Support Group Meets

and their famimeets Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m. beginning June 27 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in the activity building.

that

for discipleship directed by Oratorian Father David Valtierra. Cost is $225.

by

(704) 825-4161.

CHARLOTTE

Know

Cost is $235.

"Learning Discipleship with Matthew" is a July 23-29 retreat that examines Matthew's community as a model

a July 15-19 Oratory event

Country Club. For information, contact Josh

and

Still

Dominican Father Martin Iott and Franciscan Sister Nancy Meyer.

urdays

to benefit

Sept. 23 at

rosary

at

ROCK HILL, S.C. — "Horizons of

CRAMER MOUNTAIN

Prayer For Peace

WINSTON-SALEM — A scriptural

rected by

24

Horizons Seminar

Holy Angels Golf Tournament

"Be

CHARLOTTE

Mary

mation.

school year. Call the school office, (910)

748-8252 for information.

a July 16-22 retreat celebrating the

School

Anderson, S.C.

and Chair of African American Committee for Holy Name Province, Thursday, June 27 at 12:10 and 7:30 p.m. at the Franciscan Center. A $3 donation is suggested. Call (910) 273-2554 for infor-

tuality of

(910)

tate a

Franciscan Center Presentation GREENSBORO "American

—

School is accepting applications for rising seventh graders for the 1996-97

discussion and fun. For information, con-

(704) 735-

0842.

—

presence of

Pius X Church needs donated baby goods for a Hispanic family with a baby due in November. The family also needs beds and kitchen supplies. For information, contact Terry Parrish at (910) 375-1994.

St.

School Applications Accepted WINSTON-SALEM St. Leo

Echoing God's Word Living Waters Retreats MAGGIE VALLEY "Let Go, Let God" is a July 5-7 workshop for anyone interested in spiritual growth through the "twelve steps" directed by Franciscan Fathers Edward Flanagan, and Emmett Murphy, and Ken and Jacke Brinker.

Cost is $85.

"Variditas: Greening Power" is a

is

support group for widowed, separated

and divorced people meets the second and fourth Sunday each month from 2-4 p.m. at St. Dorothy Church. Call Suzanne Bach at (704) 735-5575 for information.

and wives. Retrouvaille is a Catholic program, but is open to people of all faiths.

The next program begins July 12. For information, call Nick and Irene Fadero, (704) 544-0621 or (800) 470-2230.

mystic Hildegard of Bingen through mandelas and the "hands-on" experience of the Smokies directed by Franciscan Sisters Jo Anne Murphy and Jane Schmenk. Cost is $235.

women is Aug.

788-6386 or (912) 741-7522 for

to im-

July 8-14 retreat that explores the spiri-

Farrelly at

9-11. Call Sister Catherine France ,(912)

who want

Charlotte

The Daughters Of Charity weekend of discernment for single

for couples

Community Ultreya is the fourth Sunday each month from 1-3 p.m. at St. Matthew Church. The event includes a Cursillo

For information,

Discernment Weekend

— Ultreya

month followLeo Church.

Cursillo

Bible study for teens and college age youth begins Sunday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc Church.

fol-

— Ultreya for the

fourth Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at St.

Young Adult Study Group ASHEVILLE — Youth ministry

for the

Charles Church. Leaders' School

SALISBURY Young Adults Meet ASHEVILLE Single or married

at

Morganton/Hickory areas meets the fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at St.

— Retrouvaille, a

program

at St.

Single Catholics meet Saturday, June 22 for a social at Spring

CHARLOTTE

And Leaders' Schools CHARLOTTE — Ultreya meets the

Ultreya

(704) 788-1819.

Basilica

will be offered.

in the parish

center. For information, call Denise

Schweizer

prayer through music, art and journalling

^

apoiNjE

DEALERSHIPS SERVING CHARLOTTE WITH INTEGRITY FOR OVER 33 YEARS! j

Frank LaPointe, President

Member of

St. Gabriel

Church

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June 21, 1996

Herald 15

World And National News Briefs Health Care Portability

Five Peace Activists Found Guilty In Air Force Base

Legislation Won't Pass,

Members Told SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Legisla-

Trespass Case

COLORADO (CNS)

SPRINGS, Colo.

— Five peace

activists, includ-

CHA

mandating insurance

tion

portability, the

Religious Leaders Meet With Monetary Fund Director WASHINGTON (CNS) Michel Camdessus, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, has de-

—

IMF

wants to put human

ing a former Catholic priest from Den-

ability to take one's health insurance

clared that the

ver and three Catholic laywomen, were

when

beings, especially the poor, at the center

found guilty June 7 in Colorado Springs Municipal Court of trespassing Feb. 12 at Peterson Air Force Base. Retired Bishop Charles A. Buswell of Pueblo, Holy Cross Father Tom Stella and several nuns were among the more than 40 well-wishers on hand to lend support to the five at a pre-trial prayer vigil and at the trial itself. The five were arrested when they entered the base in an attempt to hand-deliver a letter to Gen. Joseph Ashy, the commanding general at the U.S. Space Command at Peterson. The

passed

leaving a job, will probably not be this year, political analysts told

participants at the Catholic Health

As-

sembly. "I don't think we're going to get portability of health insurance in '96,

because as one senator told me, 'You don't have big interests lined up behind you,'" said

Mark

Shields, a nationally

syndicated columnist and commentator.

Shields addressed the gathering of health

read in part, "As the truth is more known, we hope to participate with

The two political analysts are known for their appearances on the "MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" on the Public Broadcasting Service. Although they often have expressed opposite views, they were sur-

others in a public dialogue about the

prisingly agreeable, especially concern-

morality and propriety of the actions of

ing health care issues, during the June

letter

fully

the 18,000 local military and civilian

personnel

who

carry out the missions of

our local bases."

care providers with David Gergen.

12 session of the annual assembly spon-

sored by the Catholic Health Association.

See

Summer

may

vacation time

allow for a

visit

one of

to

these U.S. Catholic shrines of historical significance.

off....

That's papal language," said the

Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. Rev. Beckmann chaired the meeting, organized by the interfaith Religious Working Group on the World Bank and the IMF. Partici r pants said

IMF

Camdessus

also outlined an

in need of apgoverning board, to sell $2 billion of its $40 billion in gold reserves and use part of it to form a trust fund to help some of the world's poorest nations pay off their external debts.

staff proposal,

proval by

still

its

Clergy Intervention Important In Alcohol Abuse Prevention WESTON, Mass. (CNS) The in-

—

Immaculate Conception;

(202) 526-8300.

of terrorism toward the black community" and urged the national government and the local law enforcement agencies to bring to justice all perpetrators of "these crimes against humanity." Representing the caucus were Father Warren Savage of North Adams, Franciscan Father James Goode of New York, and Father Anthony Clark of Indianapolis.

Church Groups Push Court To Take Assisted Suicide Appeal WASHINGTON (CNS) An ap-

—

iting assisted suicide

ond will

important in pre-

own

uncorrected,

people who are already marginalized in our society," said the brief encouraging the Supreme Court to accept New York state's appeal and overturn the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling invalidating a

New York

law.

The

friend-of-

the-court brief filed June 14 said the

assembly, sponsored by the North

poor, elderly,

Conway

those without access to medical care are

Boston- based interfaith association for education on alcohol and other drug-related problems.

Institute, a

the ones if

members of minorities and

who would most likely be killed

a prohibition

Church,

MADRID,

New

is lifted.

Doylestown,- (215) 345-0600.

St.

Fr.

July 15 Michael

Yanes Alvarez of Zaragoza, offered

19 1996

-

Blastic,

ian investigators

features lectures Mary, Queen of the Universal Shrine, Orlando;

and workshops

Franciscan spirituality by Louisiana

Fr.

in

St.

Jude,

New

Orleans,

(504) 525-1551.

Michael

vision of the spiritual journey. This year will also mark the beginning of

Vatican delegation to the U.N. Habitat conference announced June 1 3 that Pope John Paul II would give grants of

a

California

of interest see:

"Catholic Shrines and Places of Pilgrimage in the United States,"

S9.95 from the U.S. Catholic Conference (Publication No. 821-5) (800) 23S-USCC. Graphics

new program in spiritual direction

co-sponsored with the Washington Theological Union.

For more information write: Horizons of the Spirit The Oratory, P.O. Box 11586 Rock Hill, SC 29731

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, San Diego; (619) 283-7319.

©1996 CNS

government to question On June 1 the attorney general of Naples, Italy, issued 32 arrest warrants and 20 advisories of criminal investigation, including one against Cardinal Carles and another against Ignacio Sala, professor at the University of

Virgen de San Juan Shrine, San Juan ; (210) 787-0033.

more Catholic places

after Ital-

a second request

from the Washington Theological Union and Madeline MacNeil, well known as a gifted singer and performer on the hammered and mountain dulcimers. MacNeil will share through words and music her Blastic

John Berchmans, Coteau; (318) 662-5494.

month

Cardinal Carles.

the varied areas of spirituality. This year's lectures will be offered on

(407) 239-6600.

this

made

to the Spanish

This annual ecumenical program

Shrine of Our Lady of Charity, Miami; (305) 854-2404.

his

public affirmation of the cardinal's

innocence earlier

OFM

Madeline MacNeil Florida

have ex-

bishops' conference, Archbishop Elias

first

Philadelphia; (215) 627-3080.

— Spanish

Ricard Carles Gordo, named by Italian investigators in an international currencies fraud. The president of the Spanish

Horizons of the Spirit

John Neumann,

Support

Spain (CNS)

pressed support for Barcelona Cardinal

434 Charlotte Avenue P.O. Box 11586 Rock Hill, SC 29731 (803) 327-2097

Pennsylvania

Political

religious and political officials

THEORTOKT

York;

National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa,

For

if

have deadly consequences for

Cardinal Accused Of Fraud Gets

Frances Cabrini Chapel,

International Shrine of

Circuit's decision,

values." Gordis spoke at the June 10-12

(212) 923-3536.

St.

ill

on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Speaking June 10 to 35 church and community leaders in Weston, Gordis said that while everyone is aware of the fi-

Fonda; (51 8) 853-3646.

Shrine of

not be applied

Gordis, director of the National Institute

is

National Shrine of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha,

National Shrine of

may

to cases involving the terminally

venting alcohol abuse, said Dr. Enoch

New York

St.

caucus labeled

5, the

should be reversed, said a brief from the U.S. Catholic Conference and several other religious organizations. "The Sec-

"there are serious spiritual consequences

Basilica of the National Shrine of the

ment released June

peals court ruling that said laws prohib-

resulting in the betrayal of one's

Columbia

the National Black Catho-

Clergy Caucus have called the

lic

the church burnings as "senseless acts

.

National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville; (618) 397-6700.

District of

—

and Protestant religious leaders who met him June 1 1 "He knocked our socks lic

nancial and legal effects of alcoholism,

Maximilian Kolbe Shrine, Libertyville; (708) 367-7800.

Members of

(CNS)

of its development policies, said Catho-

Illinois

St.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass.

burnings of black churches in the United States a "demonic conspiracy" that "must not be tolerated." In a joint state-

tervention of clergy

Sites to

Church Burnings Are 'Demonic Conspiracy,' Says Caucus

^

.

'

Barcelona.

Vatican Announces $50,000 Grants For Housing Projects The ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNS)

—

$50,000 each to housing projects in Latin America and Rwanda. Addressing the June 3-14 U.N. Conference on Human Settlements, Msgr. Diarmuid Martin said the awards were "small symbols of recognition" for the work Catholic groups are doing to alleviate homelessness.

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June 21, 1996

Our Lady Of Mercy Church ebrated in the rectory as the

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

WINSTON-SALEM

Lady of Mercy was founded

Our

in part

because of a large influx of Western Electric employees who relocated

from

New

sion,

Jersey to Winston-Salem

1954.

came

nut Hill, Penn.,

and remain

were surmounted and

to staff the school

in that position today.

Their

down the street from the was formerly owned by Rufus

convent, located

one house was renovated into a rec-

(now

building be-

was celebrated for the first time in the new church on Mother's Day, 1957. In the fall, the school complex adjoining the church was dedicated by Bishop Vincent Waters. Sisters of St. Joseph from Chest-

fore the church could be built. Finally

tory

new church

gan with a fund drive to pay for the combined church and school building. Mass

families,

the problems

parish

Our Lady of Fatima.

Plans for a

To meet the needs of the two houses on South Main Street along with land were purchased and plans for the church were begun.

As Catholicism was not readily welcomed and several restrictive zoning ordinances had to be overcome bein

little

began to make its presence known in Winston-Salem. At the time of its establishment there were just a few parishioners, but by the end of the first year 235 people were members of Our Lady of Mercy and the church had its own mis-

school,

A. Spaugh, the

the parish center).

For some time Mass was cel-

As

Moravian bishop.

late

the years passed, the

number of

Our Lady of Mercy did grow as expected for several reasons.

First, Our Lady of Fatima was established as an independent parish and many Mercy parishioners were moved there. Also, the number of Catholics in the city was not increasing at a rapid rate.

In 1967 city-wide problem of parish numbers was somewhat alleviated when parishioners at

for empathizing with the suffering

not

aggrieved."

boundaries were changed. A continued increase in growth began at that time and continues today, allowing the people of Our Lady of Mercy to provide many outreach programs. The mission statement of the church reflects the community's desire to serve others:

"While rejoicing

communal life, Our Lady of Mercy community holds in all signs

itself

of integral

accountable for seeking out and

welcoming the stranger and the

alien-

and

The church has been staffed by Conventual Franciscans since 1987.

Father Conall

McHugh replaced Father

Canice Connors Father

in 1991.

McHugh,

According to

various groups meet

regularly at the church. Cursillo and

secular Franciscans gather on a monthly basis at the church. Also, Joseph House is used for retreats and adoration by various prayer and Charismatic groups.

With an increasing Hispanic popuweekly Spanish Mass was added last year. The church was renovated in the summer of 1995 and the

lation, a

vision committee at the future

is currently looking needs of the growing par-

ish.

ated; for identifying with the powerless

and those on the margins of society and

Our Lady of Mercy 1919 South Main St. Winston-Salem, N.C. 27127

PPB

Winston-Salem Conventual Franciscan

Vicariate:

Pastor:

McHugh

Father Conall

Mass schedule: Sat.: 5 p.m.; Sun.: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Spanish: Sun.

1

pP^i ^

T

p.m.

Number of parishioners: 1738 Number of families (households):

IB

542 School's

name and

address:

Our Lady

of

Mercy

School 1 Banner Avenue Winston-Salem, NC 27127 Mission name and address: Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 211 West Third St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101

The Dominican Sisters oe Hawthorne

Sr.

M. Barbara

B.S.

-

Sr.

of: Minnesota.

Business

worked

in

Minnesota

State Governor's Office, Senate, Treasurer's Office.

and

"I became aware of God's call through prayer, an openness to God's will and by experiencing His love in the Sisters and patients.

My vocation, like every grace, is a gift from God, which I seek to remain faithful to.

Parents Prior Experience: Registered Nurse

God

Community. And, being I feel at

here,

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nurse incurable cancer patients in our seven free, modern nursing homes, located New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia Massachusetts, and Minnesota.

Many who enter our community have no prior nursing experience, but we all share a great compassion for the suffering poor and delight at being able to help them.

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$60 double occupancy, of which $15.00 is a non-refundable deposit required to confirm reservation. $72 for single room occupancy. For Friday night lodging and payment information, call the Catholic Conference Center at (704) 327-7441.

Mon. thru Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Financial assistance available, confidentiality respected. For information, call Suzanne Bach at (704) 377-6871 ext. 314.

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