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Volume 5 Number 39 • June

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Deacon Ordained

Priest,

28, 1996

Mexico For Charlotte Diocese

In

WOLF

By LUIS

Staff Writer

— The

QUERETARO, MEXICO

Diocese of Charlotte's newest priest and deacon were ordained in the Cathedral of San Felipe Neri June 15.

Fidel Melo and Arturo DeAguilar,

known

in the diocese for their

work

in

parishes during their years as seminar-

— — were ordained a

especially in Hispanic ministry

ians

priest

and deacon,

respectively.

The Most Reverend Alberto Suarez Inda, archbishop of the Archdiocese of

Morelia, Michoacan, presided and ac-

cepted the candidates to the priesthood

and diaconate.

Father Francis

J.

tor of vocations for the

O'Rourke, direcDiocese of Char-

presented the candidates in the

lotte,

name of Bishop William G. Curlin and the people of the Diocese of Charlotte.

The church was packed with

rela-

and friends from different parts of Mexico and the U.S. Also present were tives

several priests representing the dioceses of Celaya, Mexico; Charlotte; Palm Beach, Fla.; and Queretaro, Mexico.

During the homily, Archbishop Suarez Inda said, "We all have listened to the petition in the name of our Holy

Mother Church

that asks that Fidel and Arturo be ordained a priest and deacon respectively. It is a petition of the Church, of the people of God; it is not a

was born in their minds, a whim, or an effort to look for an advan-

desire that

tage.

What made these brothers

ward is that the Church asks it of them, and in the end, it is that through the Church, God has called them."

Regarding the laying-on of hands, the archbishop commented, "The hands that I will impose on the heads of Arturo and Fidel represent the loving hands of God, more tender than those of a mother.

They are the powerful hands of God that have placed on the candidates a heavy burden, but also a soft yoke. They are the hands of God in which we unload our worries, the hands of the Father to which Christ commended His spirit."

The archbishop added, "The deacon will be given the book of the Word of God, of which he will be instituted a messenger. The Word is compelling, but

same

at the

Word

time,

it

is

that frees, the

consoling;

Word

it

is

the

that brings

good news to the poor."

"The priest will be given the offering in the name of the people of God, so that on this paten and in this chalice, he will present before heaven the work and sacrifice of his parents

and teachers, of

and of all the people of he shall be consecrated, as Christ was, to offer himself as a victim," he said.

Archbishop Suarez Inda continued by telling the candidates they should fol-

his benefactors,

God

to

whom

Fidel

Melo

(right)

promises obedience

to the

Church during

his ordination.

The Most Reverend

Alberto Suarez Inda presided.

step for-

low the example given by the Lord.

Addressing Arturo, the archbishop said that as a deacon, he is a minister of Jesus, who showed himself a servant among the apostles and ought to serve God as well as his brothers with love and happiness.

Addressing

commented

was

his priestly ob-

name of Christ

the teacher

Sisters Of

it

By JO ANN

the

the Lord, he should always

Law

of

remember

these words: "Try to believe what you

what you believe, and practice what you teach."

Archbishop Suarez concluded his homily by exhorting the candidates to "bear always in mind the example of the Good Shepherd who came to find and preserve what was lost."

After the prostration of the ordinandi and the laying-on of hands by the archbishop and priests, Arturo was vested by Fathers Rodney Titus and Nicanor Moreno. Fidel was vested with the stole and chasuble by Fathers Michael Thompson and Francisco Montoya. read, teach

BELMONT

—

we work."

"We've been blessed by experienc-

Mercy

Sister

Rosalind Picot accepted the reigns of leadership on June 20, becoming President of

Mercy of North Carolina.

The election of Mercy leadership which the Sisters of

takes

— — place every four years

elected

outgoing president Sister Pauline Clifford into the role of vice president.

During the recent Mercy chapter meeting, the 138-member regional congregation of Sisters of Mercy of the Americas opted for a role-reversal rather than a

change of leadership. Prior to the election, Sister Rosalind served as the order's vice

president.

"We compliment Sister Rosalind of her "I think the

each other," said

new

vice president.

community wanted us

tinue in the direction

to con-

we have been

in the past eight years.

See Ordination, page 3

KEANE

Associate Editor

and transmit the Word of

God and when pondering

Mercy Rely On

And True Leadership

Fidel, the archbishop

ligation to teach in the

that

Mercy Sisters Elect New Officials

They

going

ing a high level of trust from the

principal.

It

wasn't 138 Mercy votes that work of 59

elected officials, rather the

delegates to the chapter convocation.

"This year, for the first time, we had a process whereby any sister in this regional community who wished to be a delegate could declare herself a delegate," said Sister Rosalind. From delegational consensus, the community ratified the vote. Mercy Sister Doris Gottemoeller, president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, presided over the local election.

The process

for election calls for

[the regional

community of Sisters of Mercy] know how

mem-

bership," said Sister Rosalind, who served Charlotte Catholic High School for 22 years, many in the capacity of

See Mercy

Sisters,

page 6

2 The Catholic

News

& Herald

June 28, 1996

An

Sisters Played By

BRYAN LAMBERSON Staff Writer

ASHEVILLE them now,

six of

Two of their num-

Tuesday for a nursing home Massachusetts, and with that the liv-

ber in

— There are

all seniors.

left last

ing link to a legacy of Catholic education in the

mountains of western North

Carolina moves just a

little

closer to dis-

appearing altogether.

When the Religious of Christian

Education Sisters arrived

in then-

staunchly Protestant Asheville almost 90

Role

its

ture

rambling, four-story Victorian struc-

had served as a

hotel, Presbyterian

boarding school, tuberculosis sanitarium and alcoholism treatment facility (one room was outfitted with iron bars for poor souls with d.t.'s).

Built in 1888,

and longest Genevieve-of-theits last

incarnation as St. Pines School lasted until 1955, when it was condemned as unsound. In the 45

the cultural education of young ladies of

helped us drink

operettas with French,

Voice training was an important part of

it,

the day, and students regularly presented

too!"

German and En

ings and a free-standing auditorium

French, Latin, history and the sciences.

See

holstery

was too late: the sisters had already opened their doors and the chil-

"We had a man here who tended the gardens and grape arbors.

He helped us make the altar wine ... school, recalled that

Asheville sprung numerous school build-

ternational cable system in place in those

ever,

Pines Convent

only seven elementary grades in North Carolina schools), and high school. Be-

now

wired the sisters, directing them not to proceed with plans to open the school.

By the time it arrived in Asheville, how-

of the

rooms, each with a fireplace. In the large dining room, over 2 million meals were served to generations of young women and girls who spent their days studying

existence to the unreliability of the in-

France had

Genevieve

glish librettos.

years the sisters occupied the structure,

in

St.

Boarding students from Central and South America, Cuba and the United States lived in the old hotel's numerous

Saint Genevieve-of-the-Pines School opened on the Feast of the Epiphany in 1908 with a student body of 22 youngsters aged from six to 16, perhaps only four of whom were Catholic. There were six sisters on the staff.

The school in one way owes its

The motherhouse

N.C. Catholic Education

Today only one building on what used to be called "Catholic Hill" off Victoria Road, bears witness to the scope of their endeavors and the breadth of their vision. Their convent (Madonna Hall) occupies a small parcel on the campus of what is now Asheville-Buncombe Technical College.

Purchased in 1910 to accommodate increased enrollment, the site and

something of an oddity. In the ensuing years, however, their presence became known, largely through the labors of this order of teaching nuns. In addition to educating the young, they saw their work as breaking down the walls of religious ignorance and prejudice in what was then as daunting a mission field as any over-

days.

In

dren were at their desks. (Such a fortunate turn of events would not occur in today's information age.)

years ago, Catholics were regarded as

seas.

Integral

however,

its

walls witnessed the birth of

Catholic education in the area.

On Hill"

the

20 or so acres of "Catholic

that

overlooked downtown (it

St. Genevieve School taught stu dents in grades 1-7 (years ago there were

tween 1920 and 1932 the

page 13

Sisters,

home to A-B Tech's upclasses). The boys and girls

serves as

echoed with the cracks of bats and the cheers of young fans, while the gardens provided vegetables and flowers for the heavy wooden dining tables. ballfields

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The Catholic News

June 28, 1996

Diocese Celebrates Ordination Mass from page

where

1

his parents consecrated

In him

& Herald 3

Mexico to the Virgin

Mary

as a child.

Father Joseph Waters of Holy Trinity Mission in Taylorsville was the homilist. His theme centered on the meaning of priesthood.

Bishop William G. Curlin welcomed the newest priest and

A reception at the Conciliar Seminary of Queretaro followed the ceremony.

Father Melo celebrated his first Mass June 16 in Soriano, a small town 40 kilometers from Queretaro. The church in Soriano was the same church

"It is with great joy that I welcome our newly ordained Father Melo 'home' to the Diocese of Charlotte. Having ordained him a deacon at St. Patrick Cathedral last year, I was pleased to permit his ordination to the priesthood in his hometown in order that his relatives and friends could attend,"

deacon to the diocese.

he

said.

"Rev. Mr. DeAguilar was ordained to the Mass that Father Melo was ordained a priest so that his family and friends could be present for the joyful occasion. Rev. Mr DeAguilar has requested that I ordain him to the priesthood next year in Charlotte so that our diocesan Hispanic community can celebrate with him," the bishop added.

Father Melo, 35, has been appointed parochial vicar at Holy Family Church in Clemmons effective July 9. Rev. Mr. DeAguilar returns to St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach, diaconate during the same

Florida.

Above: Rev. Mr. DeAguilar during Father Fidel Melo accepts the his first Mass in Soriano.

Left:

gifts

his ordination.

during

The Catholic News & Herald begins publishing on a bi-weekly, summer schedule with the next issue, July 12, 1996. We will resume our regular, weekly schedule Aug. 23.

Diocese of Charlotte

•

P.O. Box 36776

•

Charlotte, N.C. 28236

The Chancery

June

28,

1996

Dear Brothers and

Sisters in Christ,

United States, there are many poor areas wherein deacons and lay people work daily to bring the Church to people who are unable to support families properly, let alone support the Church, The people, mosdy in the West and South, are people of the Missions, who depend on religious leaders for their Faith and for encouragement.

Since 1885, the Catholic Church, always aware of mission needs, has had an annual Home Mission Collection (formerly known as Indian & Negro) to help dioceses unable to support missionaries. The faithful have been very generous and the Church has moved ahead in mission parts of the United States, as a result of assistance from the collection.

I write to ask your support and generosity when the collection is taken on the weekend of July 6/7 so that needed assistance may continue to be available in areas of our land that remain mission areas. What began over a century ago and has been so helpful is needed today more than at any Presently, in the

priests, sisters,

other time.

The annual Home Mission

Collection

is

truly necessary, or the

Church

Father Richard McCue, Father Joe Waters and Father Frank O'Rourke of the Diocese were among those who traveled to Mexico for the ordination. Also shown at the far left is Father Michael Thompson of the diocese of St. Augustine, Fla. of Charlotte

Remember

the

Home Mission

Collection

is

when

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

In Yours.

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

a part in the missionary then, be generous

concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

HisWll

would not ask our assistance. In fact, the Diocese of Charlotte has received grants from this Commission to assist with Evangelization programs for the needy African-American and Native American communities in our area.

Remember, those who contribute play as much program as the missionaries themselves. Please,

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our

BBS statement included in your Will:

taken in your parish.

Wishing you and yours God's

blessings,

I

"/ leave to the

am

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Charlotte (or

Roman

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

sum of$

percent of the residue of my estate) for religious, educational and charitable works!' (or

For more information on /"ery

Reverend Mauricio W. West, V.G.

Chancellor 1524

E.

Morehead Street

•

Charlotte, N.C. 28207

how

to

make a

its

Will that works, contact

Jim Kelley, Diocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1524 East Morehead

St.,

Charlotte,

NC 28207,

(704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

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& Herald

June 28, 1996

The Pope Speaks

Pro-Life Corner

Pope John Paul II

Mary Lived Sinless Life Beyond Immaculate Conception, Pope Says VATICAN CITY

The Church's participation in not a threat to the political process nor to genuine pluralism, but an affirmation of their importance.

public affairs

(CNS)

— Here

of Pope John Paul IPs remarks weekly general audience June 19. text

in

is the Vatican English at his

Political Responsibility, 1995 Statement by the Administrative Board of the NCCB

Dear brothers and sisters, In our catechesis on the Blessed Virgin Mary we have seen that the dogma of the Immaculate Conception speaks of Mary's preservation from original sin at

moment of her existence. The church also holds that Mary was free from personal sin and moral imperfection throughout her life. The Council of Trent clearly expressed this conviction when it affirmed that Mary enjoyed a special privilege which preserved her first

whole life (cf. DS 1573).

The doctrine of Mary's perfect holiness has long been part of the church's sense of faith. The Gospel writers present Mary as the model of faith and obedience to God's word. At the Annunciation, the angel from

Respect Life Office (Diocese ofCnartotte

Ifre

(704)331-1720

sin throughout her

calls her "full

of grace"

(cf.

Lk

1

:28).

When Jesus

says

"mother and brothers" are those who hear the word of God and do it (cf. Lk 8:21), his words apply first and foremost to Mary, the model of all disciples, who always obeyed God's will with a generous and undivided heart. So too, Mary, above all others, deserves the title "blessed," which Jesus reserves for those that his

B

Calendar

Episcopal

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

faithfully carry out God's word (cf.

Lk

is

the

who

11:28).

The special privilege by which

Mary persevered

in

holiness throughout her earthly life invites us to con-

template her perfect union with God and her constant and sublime growth in faith, hope and charity. Mary is thus seen to be a radiant sign of God's sure guide along the

mercy and our

way of holiness and

evangelical

perfection.

I am pleased to greet the newly ordained deacons of the Pontifical Beda College, together with their fami-

lies

and

friends.

As you begin your diaconal

ministry,

may you be conformed more closely to Christ and contribute to the building

To

up of the church

in faith

and

members of the United Nations Women's Guild I offer good wishes for your efforts to promote solidarity and friendship between peoples. Upon all the love.

the

English-speaking visitors, especially the pilgrims from England, Scotland, Indonesia, the Philippines, Canada and the United States, I cordially invoke the joy and

peace of Jesus Christ our savior.

Guest Column

July 7 10:45 a.m.

Raymond B. Marcin

Mass Patrick Cathedral Charlotte St.

A

Balanced View

There's a certain kind of election year voter-information column that appears in the various Catholic

July 14 4 p.m.

Mass Charlotte Area Charismatic St. Patrick Cathedral Charlotte

Community

and then goes on to

that at

list

several (often exactly ten) other

non-Catholic) voters, dealing with social and environ-

mental concerns.

The subtle and somewhat subliminal message of the

column

is

that the pro-life sensitivity loses in the

balance, 10 to one. Doubtless catholic readers thereupon

some otherwise

pro-life

go out and vote for the pro-

who takes the supposedly more en-

lightened stance on the other 10 issues.

Voting on moral, social and environmental matOn one side of the balance the pro-life issue side there is a fact: 35 million dead human babies and counting. On the other side of the scale the cumulative social and environmental issue side there is an opinion: the opinion that, to put it in simplistic terms, socially liberal solutions to our domestic problems are better than ters certainly involves issue-balancing.

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Partial-birth abortions are not only horrible to

ing a firm, orthodoxly Catholic opposition to abortion

abortion candidate

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Abortion

we are beginning to sense that they are very likely horribly painful to the all-but-completelyborn children. Research published in the prestigious British medical journal, The Lancet, in 1994 concluded

diocesan newspapers, the annual "We're opposed to abortion, but..." column. It usually begins by announc-

issues that are likely to be of concern to Catholic (and

July 15-18 Meeting of the bishops from the Atlanta Province (Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, Charlotte, Raleigh) Savannah, Ga.

On

set

favor abortion, and denied

it

to those

who

tection of the lives of pre-birth children.

favor pro-

It is

only re-

and principally in the context of the national debate over partial-birth abortions, that even worldly sensitivity is being recognized on the pro-life side of cently,

the ledger.

contemplate;

some time during

the second trimester

human

which would justify a finding of pain in a newborn baby. Its authors actually recommended anesthesia for fetuses

fetuses exhibit all the physiological indications

being aborted.

Mother Teresa once said, with obvious reference to the United States: "Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion." The then Surgeon General of the United States, Joycelyn Elders, verbalized one of the pro-abortion movement's re-

sponses to Mother Teresa: " We would like for the rightand anti-choice groups to really get over their

to-life

love affair with the fetus."

It is

perhaps the single great-

moral judgment on our society that it seems to have adopted Joycelyn Elder's sensitivity in the abortion

est

debate, rather than

On one

Mother Teresa's.

side of the balance: thirty-give million-

and-counting dead human babies (and, very likely, unimaginable pain). On the other side: an opinion about which competing political philosophy is thought to be more sensitive. There's a contest? Even the horror of the recent presidential decision to tolerate the perpetuation of partial-birth abortions, abortion itself

is

the

defining social issue, the defining moral problem, and the defining ethical challenge of our age. Our society

and each of us are destined some day

to be called to account for our response to that challenge, and it may not be a sufficient answer to tell the Creator of those slain and dismembered babies that we tolerated the prolonging of the slaughter and dismemberment of His children because we preferred one political phi-

losophy to another.

Raymond B. Marcin is professor of law at Catholic University's

Columbus School of Law.

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June 28, 1996

& Herald 5

One Candle

Light

Father John Catoir

Who Is God? stars

Have you ever looked up at the and wondered, who is God? There

an answer, you know. Jesus told us God by what He did and said. Remember when Philip asked, "Lord, let us see the Father and then we will be satisfied." Jesus answered, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know Me? To have seen Me is

about

is to

you,

words I say do not speak from Myself. It

see the Father I

the Father living in

...

the

to is

Me who is doing the

News

Christian

lowers to see

rality

of God's love. Jesus told His folGod the Father acting in all His own actions.

Jesus rebuked the rash judgment of those who condemned the woman taken in adultery. He forgave sinners. Every word, every gesture of Jesus, right down to His suffering and death, showed us that God reaches out to those in need.

His mercy endures forever. We learn that

God is a loving, caring Father.

Jesus invites us to inspect His for clues about

who God

is.

life

impossible to appreciate fully, but

to the poor, the dispossessed, the outcasts, the lepers, to tell

them

the

Good

it is

He

continues to reveal the

Father's love.

Think for a

moment about the public ministry of Jesus. He was continually reaching out

may be

true. Christ lives today, risen in the

Church.

work."

It

I

become sad when

people

me

tell

I

hear young

they are not getting this

message. They see the Church as a rigoristic institution at war within itself, tirelessly imposing the full demands of

mo-

God's love effecmust also include a fidelity to truth that is uncompromising; but in addition, Jesus wants us to reach out to those in need with a gentle love. To be truly the Church of Jesus Christ, we must seek often the lost sheep with a message of forgiveness and hope.

sometimes to

tively,

fail

remember was

that Jesus

demanding, too.

They

seem to regard the Church as alien, other age;

to proclaim

is

upon its members. They

it

Who

coming from anmany of them refuse to give as

God? God

"the

is

For a free copy of the Christopher

her credit for the wonderful humanizing

News

on society. Nor do they pause to weigh the vast array of good works, the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, performed by millions of dedicated people all over the world serving humanity in the name of Jesus Christ.

The Church is Christ. If the Church

Life, "

effect she has

is

Hound of Heaven," and we are His prey.

Go Let God in Your send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East Note, "Let

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Question Box Father John Dietzen

Allowing Oneself to Die Q. My sister-in-law knew for about five years that she had ovarian cancer.

A. I agree with you. Nothing in your letter gives a reason to condemn her

plish anything

immoral or to assume she was

cept alleviate

Your letter

She swore her doctor to secrecy to prevent her from telling my brother and her children or anyone else, and refused medication of any kind.

She had severe bone problems also.

We thought this was causing her pain.

wrongfully trying to

Toward

stances

the end, as she

was

dying, she

actions as

what

said above.

I

You

ex-

used an excellent phrase. indicates that neither she

the pain.

nor anyone else killed her. She her-

you do not know, nor does her family it seems, whether any possible therapy could have been at all ef-

That fact, plus her age and her appar-

self,

fective.

ent reluctance,

painful position might have, just as

whatever

morally, reached a different decision

kill herself.

First,

A serious factor in all such circumhow fruitful a particular medi-

about how to approach the end of life.

It would, nevertheless, be very dif-

might

are never obliged to any course

illness, all point to possible legitimate

ficult to characterize

and perfectly moral explanations for the

decision as immoral,

cal treatment or course of action

venous feeding.

She was transferred to a terminal care facility where they respected her wishes, gave her morphine and allowed her to die. She was 72 years old.

Her family is worried by what she did, but I do not believe she intended to

be.

We

for

and the terminal care facility, simply "allowed her to die."

Others in the same horribly

reasons, to be forced to deal with her family about the

is

declined all treatment, including intra-

commit suicide.

What reassurance can I offer her husband and the children. (California)

positive,

of action which

offers almost no expec-

As of today at least, for some forms of cancer no treatment exists that holds out

more than

trol

or cure.

Doctors

the slightest hope of con-

I

have consulted tell me can be one of these

that ovarian cancer

forms. Diseases like this take their course

beyond the power of medicine

to

let alone suicidal. free brochure outlining basic Catholic prayers, beliefs and practices is available by sending a stamped self-

A

route she took.

tation of success.

your sister-in-law's

From additional information in your lengthy letter, I strongly suspect there were other considerations in the picture that made the whole event un-

addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N.

usually burdensome for her family to

Main

handle appropriately

she had told

if

them.

Be

accom-

that as

it

may,

it

St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

Questions should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.

does not affect

Letters Priests Discuss Confirmation I was pleased to meet with Father Lawrence Heiney of St. John The Baptist Church in Tryon recently. It was a mutually enriching experience.

We discussed my column and his letter to the editor, both of which were published in The Catholic News & Her-

During the session, differing expecwere acknowledged and misinterpretations were clarified. Father Heiney' s view was that my rationale for the age of confirmation should have been ald.

tations

situated within the context of stressing that the sacrament, together

with Bap-

tism and Eucharist, initiates one into the

of confirmation would be discussed with parents and candidates within the local parish.

I

was eager

consistent prescinding

from the age at which the sacrament is celebrated. I presumed that the theology

is

states that

"sacramental

the grace of the

Holy

Spirit,

its accompanying graces for the believing human being at a specific period of his or her

lic

News and Herald, Father Lawrence Heiney responded to Father James Hawker's May 31 column in which he

those

who

was especially sensitive to the gifts of the Holy Spirit in enabling the con-

gave several reasons for the diocese's

them

to the

return to the policy of administering the

sacramental

sacrament of confirmation in the eighth

tion

grade.

divine nature by uniting them in a living

life. I

firmed to cooperate with the effects and to contend with the experiences, internal or external, that

may impede

person from faithfully living in the of the sacrament.

spirit

During our meeting Father Heiney and I reflected upon a number of relevant issues and shared personal insights in sion of the session

I

At the concluwords

recalled the

Father James

Father Heiney takes issue with Fa-

the

of Jesus: Where two or three are gathered in my name I am in their midst. We believe it and are grateful.

is

grace"

nificance of the sacrament and

scribed as well.

of confirmation

stand the reality of sacramental grace.

Number 1129

given by Christ and proper to each sacrament. The spirit heals and transforms

relation to confirmation.

My view was that the reality of in-

In your June 14 issue of The Catho-

to consider the sig-

Church. From that perspective the effects of the sacrament might have been de-

corporation as well as that of the effects

Confirmation Offers Grace During Adolescence

Hawker

DiocesanVicar of Education

ther

Hawker's statement

that "there is

Him by conforming Son of God. The fruit of the

receive

makes

life is that

the Spirit of adop-

the faithful partakers in the

union with the only Son, the Savior.

Surely this "spirit of adoption" that

grace in confirmation to help during ado-

makes us partakers

lescent turmoil" and says he has "not

should be an invaluable help during ado-

in the divine nature

any authoritative teaching

lescent turmoil! In fact, might there not

of the Church." Father Heiney ends his letter by saying, "The new catechism

be some direct correlation between the Church's experimentation with later con-

#1285- 1 32 1 is a good place to start growing in our understanding of confirma-

firmation these past 15 years or so and

tion."

so

I suggest people with concerns about confirmation refer to this same catechism, #1 124-1227 to better under-

fect,

found

this in

the tragic

breakdown

in

morals among were, in ef-

many young people who

denied the grace of this particular sacrament at a time when they needed it

most?

Estelle

Wisneski

6 The Catholic

St.

News

Ann

& Herald

June 28, 1996

Mercy Sisters Elect

Parishioners Join

Officials,

from page

1

Peace Corps Volunteers Two young

Catholics volunteer for two-year assignments with the

Peace Corps

in

New

Russia.

Leadership.

Mercy Sisters

By ELIZABETH

MAYBACH

Staff Writer

BISHKEK, KYRGHYZSTAN

a mini train-

Pauline

ing session and then travels together to

Clifford

ticular area.

—

Although their parents were friends, Genevieve "Genny" Grabman and Alice Hengesbach didn't know each other growing up. Then, a few years ago, the Hengesbachs moved to Charlotte and introduced the girls. They were the same

The group has

usually the capital city of their country.

Once there,

and

Rosalind Sister

Picot.

the volunteers stay with host

Rosalind, left, is the new

families and will have intensive lan-

guage and cultural training and instruc-

president,

tion in technical skills," she said.

Sister Pauline,

vice president.

On

July 5, Alice Hengesbach be-

gins her assignment with a trip to

Francisco.

Once

San

there, the 22-year-old

University of Dayton graduate will meet the other

teers

20 or so Peace Corps volunwill travel with her to

who

Vladivostok, Russia, a city near the border. country's easternmost Hengesbach, who began learning Russian while studying abroad in St. Petersburg, continued her language studies for the next two years. "I find Russian culture very interesting," Hengesbach said.

"I also

wanted

to gain

some

practical

experience teaching and working with a group that really makes a positive impact on others, so the Peace Corps was a great place to be."

Hengesbach

said her faith influ-

enced her decision to enter the Peace Corps. "I went to the University of Dayton, which is a Catholic school with a very strong ministry program," she said.

"I really think that my decision had a lot to do with the kinds of activities that I

Genny Grabman

Ann Church and both very motivated and intelligent.

This summer, Genny and Alice will have yet another thing in common: By midJuly each will be involved in a two-year assignment with the Peace Corps.

By the time this story appears, Genny Grabman will be living with a Kyrgyz family, immersed in language and culture training. In three months, the

was involved with there."

Neuringer said the Peace Corps receives an average of 100,000 requests for information each year. Of that number about 10,000 applications are returned and about 3,500 applicants are accepted

20-year-old will be alone in a rural area

rently there are 6,529 Peace

of the Kyrgyz Republic, a South Dakota-

unteers in 93 countries

age, both parishioners at St.

for the program.

The entire process takes

about nine months. Volunteers are asked if

but no assignment

is

guaranteed. Cur-

all

Corps vol-

over the world.

two

for president

and three for the remaining council

slots.

goals together," she said. "The chapter left

us with very good

recommenda-

Part of the procedure includes reasons

tions," said Sister Rosalind, admitting

for the sister's nomination, said Sister

one goal: "For us as a regional commu-

Pauline.

From there,

a discernment pro-

cess helps each nominee resonate or

withdraw from consideration.

The president has what in

Canon Law

— — personal

is

called

authority over

community. However, and the Sisters of Mercy operate within methods of consensus, relying heavily on dialogue, guided conversations, and consultants from out-

nity to continue the direction that

we are

and to continue a participative style that engages the entire regional community in decision making processes."

In addition to the president and vice in,

the entire regional

president, the sisters elected three coun-

Sister Rosalind

cil

—

side the

"We

community when necessary.

engage the

Sisters in

guided con-

versation, processed conversation to get their input

and also to inform the sisters it is we're doing," said Sis-

about what

ter Rosalind.

Though each

elected president

members: Second term members SisMary Thomas Burke and Mary Jerome Spradley are joined by Paulette Rose Williams. Sister Mary Thomas is a professor and chairperson of the Deters

partment of Human Services at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Sister Jerome is president of The Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Foundation, Inc.; and Sister Paulette is principal of Charlotte Catholic High School in Char-

brings personal nuances to the position,

lotte.

Sister Rosalind points out, "Chapter re-

Elected to four-year terms, the new leadership will guide the Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina into the new millennium.

ally sets the direction."

From

there, the

local administration takes that direction

and

sets goals.

"We

will determine our

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eriainmen Entert

The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on WHS 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 video audience.

Eraser

Vid GOS Schwarzenegger Thriller Features (What Else?) WallTo-Wall Bullets, Bloodshed

"Alexander the Great"

kick (Walter Brennan) get in the

(1956)

Historical dramatization re-cre-

NEW YORK (CNS) — Providing escapist entertainment that goes over the line into glamorized, hard-

mits premeditated murders.

is

the latest Arnold

Wall-to-wall bullets and bloodshed

Schwarzenegger

action-thriller,

desensitizes viewers to the reality of vio-

edged violence

lence and

"Eraser" (Warner Bros.).

The

nasty tone

is

immediately

set

as a trio of killers prepares to carve out

the tongue of a Witness Protection Pro-

gram informer (Robert Pastorelli) before slaughtering him and his wife.

Just in time arrives Federal MarKruger "Eraser" shal John (Schwarzenegger) who in a matter of seconds kills the assassins, dumps substitute bodies from the morgue in place of the witness and wife, and turns the scene into an inferno. The near- victims have been effectively erased.

On to the

He

next case:

is

to pro-

the three lead characters:

idea

who Kruger

really

We

is, if

have no he has a

beyond his pistol-packsame goes for mercenary co-worker Caan. And Williams' character is given a momentary boyfamily or any

life

ing profession; the

friend only so

thy

we can

kingdom come by

tacular

see

him

blasted to

the movie's spec-

new rifle (whose laser scope

sees

skeletal frames before they are gutted).

The dialogue is unintentionally when it's meant to sound momen-

who her

tous, as if

Arnold

is

holding the entire

the computer-disk proof, but Kruger'

world's fate in his huge hands.

Several plot points are similar to "Mission: Impossible," but where that movie's tone was more of an action fan-

corrupt colleague, Deguerin (James

tasy

weapon, "the most powerful assault rifle on earth," not to the government but to an unknown enemy. She's got

Caan),

is

out to ice her before she can

whose violence seemed

"Eraser" leaves no doubt about

What's more, Deguerin has discredited Kruger as a murderous traitor so the marshal is on the run as he tries to hide his witness and prevent the imminent de-

—

its

deadly

and unnecessary executions.

Chalk up "Eraser" as yet another action blockbuster of brawn and bullets.

But instead of all the lead in these pencil-thin characterizations,

why

can't there be heart and soul?

Because of excessive

livery of tons of the assault

unreal,

intent

testify.

weapons into deadly

foreign hands.

violence, intermittent pro-

Director Charles Russell delivers slick, fast-paced action and a few breathless scenes of danger, but the bottom

fanity

line is that the violence is

so casual and cynical

Anthony Mann,

mighty Persian Empire in a 10-year campaign ending with his death in 323 B.C. at age 33. Written, produced and directed by Robert Rossen, the result is both good history and fine drama with

ized violence and mild romance.

a solid cast,

some well-staged

the narrative

is at

times stilted and oc-

casionally obscure.

The

stylized vio-

and political heavy going for children. The U.S. Catholic Confergeneral ence classification is A-I patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. lence, sexual references

complications

make

and recurring rough

language, the U.S. Catholic

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an action picture that winds up with

the usual shoot-out heroics.

Some stylThe

U.S. Catholic Conference classifica-

—

is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

tion

"55 Days at Peking" (1963) With the encouragement of the Manchu dowager empress (Flora Robson), the forces of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion lay siege to the walled compound in the Chinese capital, where the foreign community tries to hold out until

an international relief force arrives.

Director Nicholas Ray's wide-screen spectacular has impressive sets and energetic action scenes but the cast (U.S.

(1946)

Marine officer Charlton Heston, British diplomat David Niven, Russian baroness Ava Gardner and the rest) are

Three World War II veterans (sergeant Fredric March, bombardier Dana Andrews and sailor Harold Russell with hooks in place of hands) meet on their way home to resume civilian lives in the same small town where they try to help each other readjust to peacetime.

Director William

Wyler gives sympa-

thetic treatment to the

post-war reha-

bilitation of returning GIs, portraying

cardboard characters adding little human dimension to a script of limited historical proportion. Stylized violence

and romantic interludes. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

—

in fairly realistic detail their career dif-

ficulties as well as personal

Cathy O'Donnell). Mature themes, including a broken marriage. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is adults. Not rated by the A-III Motion Picture Association of America.

—

"Dracula:

"Joy of Living" (1938) Wacky romantic comedy about a

problems

with wives and girlfriends (Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and

Dead and Loving

It"

down-to-earth Broadway musical star

Dunne) and a rich nonconform(Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) who insists she drop her career and bevy of idle

(Irene ist

relatives to sail

as his wife

on

away for a carefree life their

own

island in the

South Seas. Director Tay Garnett keeps the odd-couple situation amusing as practical star resists free-spirited suitor

happy ending. Romantic complications. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is adults and adolescents. Not A-II rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. until the inevitable

(1995) Slack spoof of Bela Lugosi' s 1 93 "Dracula," with Leslie Nielsen hamming it up as the title Transylvanian

vampire whose bloody nighttime antics in 1 893 England are stymied by a quirky metaphysician (Mel Brooks). Also directed by Brooks, the familiar vampire tale is laced with slapstick comedy and verbal gags but the uneven humor seldom relieves the tedium of the tonguein-cheek melodramatics. Comic gory effects and sexual innuendo. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is adults. The Motion Picture A-III Association of America rating is PGparents are strongly cautioned 13 that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

—

call or

in

"The Best Years of Our Lives"

—

For information

the rugged setting ap-

propriately frames the tough characters

action

scenes and a sense of spectacle, though

through walls and reduces people to their

awful

alerted the feds when she realized company planned to sell their new

instead just another

kind of magnified entertainment meant to impress jaded audiences.

Virtually zilch attention is given

Lee Cullen (Vanessa Williams),

tect

becomes

it

way

of a crooked judge (John Mclntire) and his claim-jumping cohorts. Directed by

Macedonian prince (Richard Burton) who, after the Greek city-states fell to his father, Philip (Fredric March), went on to conquer the ates the life of the

made to look exciting and heroic, even when good-guy Schwarzenegger com-

& Herald 7

—

"Sense and Sensibility" (1995) Splendid adaptation of Jane Austen's 1795 tale of two devoted but emotionally dissimilar sisters (Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet) who endure unexpected heartbreak only to eventually triumph in securing suitable

husbands. Director

Ang

Lee's spirited

period piece offers frequent subtle humor in its wry observation of the characters

and social conventions of the

day. Romantic complications.

The

After taking a herd of cattle from Oregon to the gold camps of Alaska, a

U.S. Catholic Conference classificaadults and adolestion is A-II cents. The Motion Picture Associapation of America rating is PG

rancher (James Stewart) and

rental guidance suggested.

"The Far Country" (1955)

aging side-

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For home's sake children to

By Mary

News

Service

"Liar, Liar, pants on fire!" I could hear them chanting as they ran across the lawn tripping over one another to

get to mother first.

"My bike was first over the finish

won!"

"That's not true!

line.

dren

to see the value of telling the truth and the negative consequences

their actions is part of the bedrock out of which truth springs.

of lying.

Third is a parental posture of attentive listening to children. We cannot hear the truth if we are not listen-

When

children are tempted to lie (about who broke the vase), honesty

should be rewarded. If a child fesses to breaking the vase, there should

up

—

ing.

asked young people in their mid-

I

»-

being truthful themselves.

Children learn most vir-

line before you."

tues by osmosis. There is no substitute for parents' own efforts to be honest with and in front of chil-

"Liar!"

"Liar!"

many

it

allow

—

First is to value truthfulness. Parents do this by

crossed the finish

Every parent has heard

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truth-telling.

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contents copyright

the truth!

What enables a child to risk telling the truth, to live in the light, so to speak? What can a parent do to create an atmosphere where truth is welcomed at home?

Parents can do several things to help children understand and practice

Pedersen

Miller

Catholic

tell

All

times. Kids lie. I don't think it comes naturally. They learn at a young age to lie for lots of reasons: to save face, to make themselves look better than others, to avoid the consequences of their behavior or to get rewards.

dren. Seeing parents lying to a salesperson or ac-

quaintance about little things, the line between truth and untruth gets

"Parents can do several things to help children understand and practice truth-telling:... Value truthfulness

by being truthful themselves.... Nurture

...

a strong sense of

self....

(Offer) attentive

listening to children."

Sometimes parents inadvertently encourage lying, perhaps by saying "Don't let me catch you doing that."

What the child may hear is "Don't get

fuzzy for children.

Truthfulness is a habit that begins early in life.

Like all habits, truthfulness requires example and

caught."

William Bennett, in The Book of it well: "Honesty imbues lives with openness, reliability and

practice.

Virtues, says

We cannot assume that instinctively children

candor; it expresses a disposition to live in the light" (page 599).

Children learn early that telling the truth can be risky or painful. They learn that telling the truth is more

know

difficult

than

lying: "If

broke the vase, she

I

tell

Mom

that being truthful is an essenvirtue. Before they can value and practice truthfulness, they tial

human

need to know what it is.

Truth as a virtue must be taught.

Stories like Pinocchio and The Boy Who Cried Wolf help very young chil-

I

may punish me."

CNS

be some lessening of the consequences for him. This emphasizes the value of being truthful.

Second is to nurture a strong sense of self in your children. Honesty

—

therefore children need selfconfidence to be honest in some situais risky,

tions.

IN

THE MARKETPLACE

What enables a

child to tell the truth

important matter

—

at

—

to

be open about an

home?

he knows that no matter what he says he will be safe, he will be loved and that his punishment will not be too much to bear, he will have no reason not to tell the truth."

Marilynn Quick-Wilson, Houston, Texas "If

—

"We need

teach children from an early age that truthfulness will be rewarded.

As adults we need to encourage them to be truthful and open by modeling those Armond Seishas, Castro Valley, Calif. qualities ourselves." to

—

"A good, regular structure

in

the

home

is

necessary, including unconditional love

and a prayer life. For me, unconditional love means, 'You are always my son or daughter and love you, but understand there are consequences when you make Caren bad choices'.... A child's greatest teacher is the example of his parents."

Otis, Eureka Springs, Ark.

—

I

"When the child has had previous experience of not being immediately condemned when they make a mistake, he or she develops a sense of trust in the Father Hilarion Kistner, OFM, Cincinnati, parents that encourages truth telling."

—

Ohio

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"Always being honest with your children when they ask you a question Robin Bandi, Mentor on the whether it's on a difficult subject like sex or ... AIDS." Lake, Ohio

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the truth sometimes jeopardizes friendships. Healthy self-esteem helps kids be less dependent on their "crowd" and more confident about doing what is right no matter what.

An important factor in building a child's sense of self is a parent's unconditional love

and forgiveness mixed

with the kind of parenting that disciplines through logical consequences consequences that flow naturally from the child's action (for example, some loss of driving privileges after abusing rules for use of the car).

When I asked kids why they lie to a

—

parent, many of them said in order not to get in trouble.

Kids need to know that even serious mistakes (for example, a big dent in the car, or underage drinking), are forgivable.

Other kids said they lied to their parents to avoid punishment. Helping children accept the consequences of their behavior helps them tell the truth even under difficult circum-

unanimous:

— knew they would hear me out."

— knew they would respect my point of view even we disagreed."

—"My parents have very strong "I "I

opinions, but they would always listen

and not put us down."

This posture of listening for example, about events that have occurred; about children's feelings allows children the freedom to be honest.

Catholic tradition teaches that the family is meant to be an "intimate community of love and life." Neither intimacy, community nor love is possible without an atmosphere of trust that comes with truthfulness.

Honesty is a fundamental condition to ours

are told to avoid taking responsibility for what one has done.

Teaching kids to be accountable for lies

—

—

for

human interaction, whether friend-

community or family.

The family is the primary source of moral and spiritual formation before ship, business,

the age of 7. It's a real challenge for parents! The media, politics, business and government are filled with coverups, exaggerations and other forms of deception.

When parents send truth-telling children out into the world, it's like shining a light into the darkness.

(Pedersen

stances.

Many

20s who have open, honest communication with their parents what made it possible to confide in them about difficult subjects. Their answer seemed

if

Particularly for adolescents, telling

FAITH

photo from Sunrise/Trinity

is

the coordinator of the

Leadership in Family Life Training Program for the Archdiocese

Omaha, Neb.)

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

An addiction

Gc

lood communication is a goal of family life. The problem is that sometimes what one family member communicates is something another family

member finds hard to

How do

I

react

hear.

when a

family

member tells me something

that isn't

what

at

I

hoped to hear? Do I overreact? Numerous psychologists believe those questions need to be asked, especially by parents today.

Family members learn to anticipate each other's reactions to various kinds information. But there's a

downside here. Children may discover

information unleashes a barrage of parental lecturing or that

it

that

some

yields intense

Falsehood

anxiety for parents. Some teen-agers will close communication down rather than take this risk. In some cases they just don't want to make their parents

is

addictive.

And

unhappy.

But no, I don't think parents can be bland, unblinking recipients of worrisome facts from children. Parents are human beings who care deeply about their

and safety.

The question I've had to ask as a parent, however, is whether I was always keeping the door open for my children to risk telling me the truth and communicating openly on serious matters. I've had to work at reacting constructively to what I was told.

David Gibson children's lives, well-being

Editor, Faith Alive!

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falsehood is a problem for another reason. God made humans so that they cannot love what they do not know; as falsehood becomes the norm in people's lives together, they cease to

falsehood replaces truth is that love

"Falsehood is like a Beginning to live truth means going through withdrawal symptoms.... But God's grace is part of that

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

to ask you, the reader, to answer a

few questions as a way of getting

Since Jesus told the truth, people could trust him in all matters and take

a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies. But because I speak the truth, you do not believe

him

me" (John

By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service

seriously.

When

people lie, they destroy their Afterward, others are not sure whether or when they should believe anything these people say.

In a heated exchange with his opponents, Jesus told them: "You belong to your father the devil, and you willingly carry out your father's desires. He was credibility.

FAITH

IN

ACTION

"Consistent adherence to the truth requires

courage.

One

be schooled in it. A person who has regularly

needs

to

experienced lying as a response to life's challenges will

not easily

know how

to

treasure truth as a value," writes Father Gerard S. Sloyan in

Catholic Morality Revisited,

Origins

and Contemporary

Challenges (Twenty-Third Publications, Box 180, 185 Willow St., Mystic, Conn.

06355. 1990. Paperback, $9.95). The author writes: "The disdainer of truth's

demands,

creates a private universe in which brute facts

the

8:44-45).

who speak the truth have But as Jesus also suggests, some tendency to flinch in the

Yes, those credibility.

there is presence of truth, as well as to be challenged by those who are truth-tellers.

Their integrity invites us to grow, to expand as human beings. In their presence we don't feel lessened.

In the story of the first sin, which had dire consequences for all of humanity, the serpent got attention by telling a lie. He assured the woman that she and her husband would not die if they ate of the forbidden tree.

God had lied to them, the serpent suggested. Why? Out of fear that they would gain divine knowledge! The serpent was thus a liar from the beginning. His "children," despite everything, learned to lie, and this had consequences; lying was destructive of life as God intended it to be lived.

Jesus' followers, in their efforts to spread the good news, told the truth even when it could have turned people off. In an ancient baptismal homily, later edited as a letter, the homilist did not hide the fact that the new Christians would face difficulties because of their new way of life. After extolling their new status as committed Chris-

are trimmed, enlarged upon or

he went on to say: "In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer

set aside entirely

through various

of

liar,

some

in

the interest

short-term

advantage." Thus, facts are

made

to

do "people's

private

bidding."

Does a home

Reflection:

workplace disordered

or

seem chaotic or when people

commonly "save

face" there by covering things up or deceiving

others? Father Sloyan writes,

"Sometimes a person raised on a diet of deceit will rebel against the

lifestyle

of lying

order to escape that for

in

madhouse

an ordered universe.

tians,

trials" (1

Peter

1:6).

He was only echoing Jesus' sometimes painful honesty: "You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved" (Matthew 10:22).

All of this candor might seem counterproductive, but actually it paid off.

When disciples encountered hardships, they were not dismayed but stood firm. They did not feel that they had been sold a false bill of goods but that they had been forewarned honestly, and forewarned was forearmed.

Truth paid rich dividends, and of those dividends countless millions of people have been and are beneficia-

topic:

the role of "truth" in family life.

1. How truthful is your family, your home? Do husband and wife keep secrets from each other? Do children

guard secrets?

Suppose that, unknown to you, a video camera followed you for a whole week. Would your loved ones be shocked by what the camera saw?

2.

scholar, author, teacher

a Scripture

and

lecturer.)

be healed?

Yes, but it's not easy. Falsehood is like a drug. Withful relationships

drawing

from

falsehood and be-

ginning to live truth means going through withdrawal symptoms expe-

—

riencing all that is part of the rejection of sin and acceptance of God. But God's grace is part of that process.

An essential step is to determine that in any relationship the focus is to be truthful and honest with the other person, not to deceive or cause pain.

easy

is it for

you

to

Why?

claiming a need one way you avoid telling the truth?

Perhaps spouses lie to each other, believing they are protecting their 3. Is

for privacy

privacy. Perhaps teenagers believe they have

a right to privacy that permits them to lie to parents about their activities.

Truth is one of those things we might not be able to define but which we know and recognize when we experience it.

Ultimately God is and from our per-

truth,

spective truth

is both as simple and complicated as God. We understand truth

more

clearly

look for

when we

absence, best called falsehood. Falsehood is

which evil,

its

is

CNS

photo by Ed Carlin

Remember

sinful, deceptive, unreal.

hood means

life is

Falsenot in rhythm with

God. Falsehood is filled with secrets. It the absence of sunlight, darkness. causes distress, and it is painful.

What happens

in

some

is

It

families is

that falsehood replaces truth as the norm of family relations. A climate can be created in which people feel little need to be honest or truthful with each

Being the

The love

in front of a mirror

and wives

live there don't love

dies,

one an-

other. Is falsehood the ultimate reason?

The importance

of truth applies not

se-

it

harder to

(Father Faucher is a priest of the Dio-

the love of parents and children dies.

who

makes

cese of Boise, Idaho, writer.)

each other can become family functions.

of husbands

a pattern of

lie to oneself.

false to

way the

to avoid

and deception, for falsehood incubates in secrets. Asking God for help each day to be truthful begins to break the addiction to falsehood, and doing so crets

other.

people is

distorted, untruth-

How easy is it for to tell the truth?

How lie?

hood change? Can

process."

There are many homes where the

ries.

(Father Castelot

Our

started.

you

their daily norm.

Can families living lives of false-

drug....

dies.

is a participation article. I want

credibility of Jesus

only to the home as a whole, but to its individual inhabitants. Any individual is capable of lying to himself or herself, living a life of self-deception, not dealing with the truth.

A person who lives a life of falsehood doesn't know who he or she is, doesn't love himself or herself. Many of the truly sinful people of our world live with both personal and family falsehood as

know each other.

The cost when

This

The

home

By Father W. Thomas Faucher Catholic News Service

of

falsehood

to

...

A

* -

and a

free-lance

10 The Catholic

News

& Herald

June 28, 1996

People

In

The News

Supreme Court Justice Returns To Catholic Faith Thomas' return to the faith brings the number of Catholics on the nine-member court to three for the first time in history.

By

MICHAEL COX

WORCESTER,

Mass. (CNS)

—

college released a transcript of the speech

more than 28

by pro-life Democrats to get a few words of accommodation for their beliefs into the Democratic platform this year was lauded by former Pennsylvania Gov. Robert Casey as the politically wise course for the party. "The story here is not whether the language in the platform should be changed in some cosmetic way," Casey said in a June 21 phone interview, "but that these Democratic congressmen are speaking from a key constituency which all parties agree is still to be claimed." That constituency

Thomas,

who

who converted to

has attended an Epis-

Catholicism in

copal church in re-

the second grade,

made

ing the school's 25th

A

a priest" after at-

transcript of his 10-

tending parochial

minute speech was

schools and a high school

8 at the college.

public appearance since undergo-

the precious gift" of

—

ing quadruple bypass heart surgery five

his Catholic faith.

weeks earlier, Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington ordained five priests for

to

"And, on this 25th year of my graduation from Holy Cross College, it was a joy to receive

the day, and the hour, of Cardinal

my first Communion

his archdiocese.

The ordination ceremony took

— 50 years

Hickey' s priestly ordination.

told

reunion banquet June

made public June 18.

He thanked fellow classmates for helping him "reclaim

place at 10 a.m. June 15

Holy Cross alumni that he had "fully intended to become

the

Cardinal Hickey Ordains Priests On 50th Anniversary Of Own Ordination WASHINGTON (CNS) In his first

news of Thomas' announcement was leaked to the press. after

announcement dur-

These props from Cecil B. DeMilte's epic classic, "The Ten Commandments," were up for sale at Sotheby's auction house in New York. The items, which expected to fetch $50,000 failed to attract the minimum bid and were withdrawn from sale June 18.

fort

Although it was a private event, the

The Supreme

cent years, photo from Reuters

"To ordain

in

St.

seminary.

But he said began to "slowly erode" during his first his faith

year at late

in 1967.

CNS

Joseph's

Justice Clarence

of "culturally conservative," ethnic, or

his first

narian

Reagan Democrats may

new

Communion

the

SOB

return to the

priests.

Democratic Party after supporting Republicans in the 1992 congressional elections, if party leaders recognize that

most Americans are not as strongly supportive of abortion as the platform and

PUT YOUR GIFTS

the party's national leadership, said Casey.

'

Thomas the Apostle

at the

Service of Others

Consider

PRIESTHOOD in

The Diocese Thomas was one of the chosen 12 apostles.

He often

is

referred to as the

He said he would had risen from the dead when he could touch his wounds.

When Christ appeared to the apostles, Thomas exclaimed, "My Lord and my God." He was martyred in India and "doubting Thomas."

of Charlotte

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was declared

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Baptist

raised a

his

as a child,

it

was

first

time he had taken Communion at the Holy Cross chapel.

Thomas, a 1971 graduate of Holy Cross, was selected by his classmates to deliver the main address at the college's central alumni dinner, which is reserved for those who graduated at least 25 years ago.

He

did not give particular reasons

the

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in April Rev.

—

though Thomas

1968 and he overheard a fellow semiwho was white say he hoped "the dies,"

Thomas

straw that broke

my

was

the

back" and he

left

said, "it

the seminary.

With "no place else to go," his lunch in a shoe box and a $100 bill in his sock, Thomas boarded a train in Savannah, Ga., in September 1968 on his way to Worcester and Holy Cross.

Thomas' return to the church brings the number of Catholics on the

for his return to the Catholic faith dur-

nine-member court

ing his address. However, he did praise

time in history. The other Catholic justices are Anthony Kennedy and Antonin

several people at

him on

Holy Cross who helped

the path back to Catholicism.

He

cited Father

for his support during the "bit of unpleas-

antness" that led to his confirmation as a

Supreme Court justice

in 1991.

Father Brooks testified on behalf

of Thomas during Senate hearings prior to his confirmation. "It just seems that during the darkest moments, he would

always show up. (A) phone call.

He

A note," J.

Vaghi, a 1969 Holy Cross graduate who is now pastor of St. Patrick's Parish in Washington, and three other classmates with

whom

he has frequent contact

With two Jewish justices on the Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer, it also marks the first time there is not a Protestant majority on the Supreme Court. court,

A

report in The Washington Times linked Thomas' return to the Catholic

Church with the

in

Washington.

The audience of 1,500 gave Thomas a standing ovation following his

May

ordination of

Scalia' s son, Paul, as a priest of the Dio-

The Times said Thoannounced the change at a re-

cese of Arlington.

mas

said.

also thanked Msgr. Peter

to three for the first

Scalia.

John E. Brooks, former president of Holy Cross College,

Thomas

Contact Father Frank O'Rourke Vocation Director

When

photo

Thomas

— Catholic by born a and grandparents — had made

sons,

in

Conception, Mo.,

Chapel," he said. Al-

my

Immacu-

Conception

Seminary

on this anniversary day seems the most fitting way for me to thank God for those 50 years of my own priesthood," Cardinal Hickey told the you,

for the col-

lege in Worcester that he has reclaimed

Court justice,

—

spokeswoman

lege.

years of estrangement.

Democrats Must Heed Efforts Of Pro-Life Members, Casey Says WASHINGTON (CNS) An ef-

a

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told fellow alumni at Holy Cross Colhis Catholic faith after

CNS

speech, according to Katharine B.

McNamara,

first

ception following the May 19 ordination.

Thomas'

first

marriage in 1971, to Ambush, took

the former Kathy Grace

place in an Episcopal church and ended

His second marriage former Virginia Bess Lamp, also was not a Catholic ceremony. in divorce in 1984.

in 1987, to the

The Catholic News

June 28, 1996

Fund Established To Rebuild, Repair Burned Churches Gets Boost From NCCB WASHINGTON (CNS) — An inrespond to the burning of churches, mainly in the South, has resulted in funds being created nationterfaith effort to

to

come

to the financial aid of

of the destroyed churches. parishes

would be

members

He

said

all

invited to contribute

to a central fund.

In addition to the

more than

half-

and in at least three Catholic archdioceses to finance rebuilding of churches that have been damaged or de-

dozen Catholic bishops around the country who previously had voiced their con-

stroyed.

cern about a rash of fires in churches,

ally

A fund

established a

week

earlier

by the National Council of Churches got boosts June 19 from representatives of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the American Jewish Committee at a press conference in New York. Rebuilding fund drives also were announced by the New York and Chicago archdioceses and by Catholic Charities of San Francisco.

Investigators in are looking into

1 1

Southern states

more than 35 suspicious

predominantly black churches since January 1995. Dozens of predominantly white churches around the country also have had suspicious fires in the same 18-month period. But civil and refires at

St.

Louis Archbishop Justin F. Rigali on June 18 joined in calling the desecration of churches for racist motivations a reprehensible tragedy.

"The burning of churches of black congregations in Southern states is a deplorable assault on

human

dignity and

on the freedom of religious expression," said his statement. "It must stop."

Also on June 18, the House voted 422-0 to pass a bill giving federal authorities more power to investigate and prosecute crimes against religious property.

The following day, bill was introduced.

a similar Sen-

the other hand,

I

Church Burnings, Urge Unity Against Racism

do believe a

of these instances are racially motivated and they tend to play off of one another," Clinton said. The governor's group would talk about rebuilding and about how communities can better prevent vandalism and arson fires.

"The most important thing to me lot

is

that as

Americans we consistently and

passionately

come

together to say this

crosses racial lines, this crosses party lines

and

this crosses religious lines,"

Clinton said. "Whether they're black churches or white churches or synagogues or the mosque that was burned in South Carolina, we cannot tolerate any of it."

Contributions may be sent to the

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The bill eliminates the $10,000 damage minimum that was required be-

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Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, 814 Mission St. Suite

in the country, the

number of

volving black churches

is

fires in-

disproportion-

ately high.

At the

New York press conference

June 19, representatives from the NCCB and the American Jewish Committee joined the NCC in encouraging support for the dozens of churches that have been burned in the last 18 months.

The NCC Burned Churches Fund was launched with an advertisement in The New York Times. "The burning of a house of worship is an assault on the soul and spirit of the entire human family," said the ad, but

it

also said that

ate

damage to religious property. It also makes it a federal crime to damage religious property and would to investigate

allow victims of such sistance

fires to obtain as-

from the Crime Victims Trust

Fund.

Shortly before a June 19 meeting about the fires with governors of seven

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U.S. Bishops

Southern states, President Clinton echoed statements by officials in the Justice and Treasury departments that there was no apparent evidence of a conspiracy to burn down black churches.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) The U.S. Catholic bishops June 20 condemned the burnings of AfricanAmerican churches and urged Catholics to unite

against racial and religious

bigotry.

They asked Catholics to join a campaign to

national interreligious

support the burned-out congregations

and rebuild their churches.

"These evil acts not only destroy places of worship, they tear at the moral fabric of our nation.... Let us unite across racial and religious lines to confront bigotry and to recommit our nation and ourselves to the active pursuit of racial justice and reconciliation," they said.

They particularly deplored the "ominous and obvious racial overtones" of the violence and the "sacri-

legious" nature of violence against

houses of worship.

The bishops, meeting in Portland June 20-22 as the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, interrupted their

previously planned agenda in the opening session to consider a state-

ment on the burnings, drawn up just before their meeting by four of their committees.

By voice vote they unanimously affirmed the statement, which strongly endorsed Catholic participation in the Burned Churches Fund, coordinated by the National Council of Churches.

Investigators are trying to deter-

sympa-

Boston

mine

Cardinal

Dozens of predominantly white

Bernard Law

churches around the country also have

(left)

if

there

is

had suspicious

and

a conspiracy involved.

same

fires in the

18-

thy and a sense of solidarity are not

Portland

month

enough

Archbishop

rights activists point out that in rela-

Francis

tion to the overall count of churches

George open a

in the country, the

box of checks earmarked for a church

volving black churches

destroyed

said that racial or religious hatred "has

recently by

no place in America."

"These fires have not only destroyed church buildings, but have

to help the victims of

church

fires.

Spokesmen the

government

for the groups asked

to intensify its efforts to

catch and prosecute arsonists; encour-

aged rebuilding the churches and their programs; and asked all Americans to help combat bigotry.

Eight foundations were scheduled

arson

announce major grants to the NCC's Burned Churches Fund on June 20.

The Chicago and New York archdioceses and Catholic Charities of San Francisco each announced that local funds were being established to help re-

Portland.

to

build churches.

Chicago's fund is a collaboration between the Catholic Archdiocese, the American Jewish Committee, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and

unchecked by people of good will, such actions can become epidemic," he

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June 28, 1996

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Steel Creek Park is approximately two hours from all parts of the diocese.

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Elementary Principal Position: Divine Redeemer Catholic school

is accepting resumes for the 1996-1997 academic year. We are seeking mature candidates who are practicing Catholics, possess a master's degree in Educational Leadership or related fields and administration. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Replies and resumes should be addressed to: Search Committee, Divine Redeemer Church, 1022 Recess Rd., Hannahan, SC, 29406. Deadline: July 5, 1996

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Religious Education Program Director: Progressive, young parish on west side of Spartanburg, S.C. is seeking a community-minded person to direct religious education program, grades 1-12, OCIA and adult education. Person must have training in theology and experience as DRE or allied fields. Please send resumes to: Father Eugene A. Leonard, Jesus, Our Risen Savior, 2575 Reidville Rd., P.O. Box 17059, Spartanburg, SC, 29301.

Youth Minister is seeking a youth minister to plan and coordinate programs for young people in junior high through young adults.

Applicant must have strong interest in youth activities, training in Catholic

Young, progressive parish

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Lay Ministry Training A two-year academic program which helps participants: •

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•

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their present ministries

Diocesan Spiritual

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Year one will begin in the Fall of 1996 at Arden, Charlotte,

and Greensboro.

Interested persons, complete the form below.

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Director of Liturgy Would you like to serve full-time beginning immediately in a welcoming and prayerful community as the primary developer and coordinator of parish liturgical community; 1 ,700 families located in central North Carolina. Work life? Vatican with clergy, director of music ministries, and other staff members. Qualifications: Master Degree or equivalent; knowledgeable of the rites and rituals of the Church; empowering, collaborative and pastoral; musical skills welcome. Salary commensurate with degree and experience. Send resume to: James W. O'Neill, OSFS; St. Paul the Apostle Church; 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd., Greensboro, NC 27410.

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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 27103.

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June 28, 1996

Remember St. Genevieve-Of-The-Pines

Sisters

ated a four-year women's college, which continued as a two-year school until

1962.

Boys attended grammar school at their Gibbons Hall School for Boys (named for the great 19th century cardi-

his friend, "Come see the two Cat-lik preachers and their wives!"

Ignorance and misunderstandings

remembers the novelty with which Catholics were then regarded. Her eyes sparkle as she recalls with amusement the wide-eyed stares the Sister Winters

sight of nuns walking down the streets of Asheville in their pre- Vatican II hab-

brought to the faces of the local are your husbands?" Sis-

being asked by a pair of young we're boys. "We don't have husbands sisters," she responded, then asked the boys: "Are you Catholics?" Apparently not knowing what Catholicism was, the boys responded matter-of-factly: ter recalls

"Naw

—

—we're

just boys."

Another incident Sister Winters remembers underscores local misconceptions at the time about the nature of

Catholic religious

life.

When two priests

in Roman collars were accompanied by two sisters in their habits many years ago in nearby Swannanoa, a young man was surprised at seeing the foursome together on the sidewalk. "Hey Jim!" he called to

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Today, when sometimes bitter arguments about school prayer occupy the headlines and the courts, the approach taken years ago by the sisters at St. Genevieve School seems eminently practical and remarkably sensitive.

Sister Dolan explained how the issue was addressed in their Catholic school open to children of all faiths. "We Catholics were taken out of the classroom for religion lessons. We had catechism four days and Bible one day. The days that we had Bible, we had it in our classroom and everybody took it, unless we were studying the New Testament, in which case the Jewish children were

home and taking CCD before she received First Communion. What they best student in Sister Dolan' s catechism class.

"I said, well it's up to you, it's whatever you and her father want, but I can tell you she's readyl And I told her about Becky always wanting to answer the questions the Catholic children couldn't." The next day, as the mother walked up the aisle to receive her First

—

Communion, Becky was right beside her.

Over the years, the sisters expanded their role when they were asked to teach at local parishes. They staffed the schools at St. Joan of Arc and St. Eugene parishes from 1927 until the two merged to form Asheville Catholic School in 1980.

Nearby Hendersonville's Immaculata School

S.

Waters of the Raleigh Diocese required that religion lessons for Catholics be given in their classrooms. Non-Catholic children were given some reading or written work to do. "They weren't ex-

was another of

pected or required to listen ... I think if they had been they might have rebelled.

But they weren't, and sometimes they listen... and raise their

know was that she was already the

didn't

taken out of class."

Bishop Vincent

hands."

Dolan recalled a non-Catholic pupil named Becky who always answered the questions her second-grade classmates preparing for First Holy Communion could not. "I was trying to draw out the answers from the Catholic children because I wanted to make sure that they knew, that they understood. But Sister

Old Testament: Anthony Campbell, comes from Australia to teach

SJ

prophets through his unique storytelling presentations of dramatic characters who bring us into the text and the prophetic message. Evening sessions, Sunday through Thursday.

New Testament: Eloise Rosenblatt, RSM comes from Santa Clara University to

share her insights on the rela-

tionships in the

between

New

munity college brought competition

saw enrollments

decline.

The

that

difficult

decision to close the schools at St. Genevieve after 63 years was made in 1971.

The changes

in education that Genevieve are reflected in the absence of younger members of the Order. "There have been no vocations at all," Sister Dolan said. "The last one entered, I think, in 1968. She stayed until the early 1970's, and then she left. And that was the last one we've had. We've had requests for information."

For the six sisters who remain on

closed

St.

"Catholic Hill",

life has changed. Their days no longer spent surrounded by animated, energetic youngsters, they occupy themselves with daily Mass, correspondence, the special care given one for another and an occasional project.

Sister Joan Felton will be going to France next month to attend a conference with an ironically appropriate title: "Apostolic Religious Life in a Changing World." Sister Winters will be at the Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center at Maggie Valley for a directed silent retreat. Sister, who wears a hearing aid, is merrily facetious about it: "I'm deaf as a post ... if I don't hear everything Father says, it won't matter very

much, be a

will it? After

all, it's

supposed

to

silent retreat!"

And, there are the memories. Of the hardships of an early Christmas without provisions for a special dinner; and the generosity of neighbors who item by item, donated what the sisters needed, even the postage stamps to write home

Of

to their families in Europe.

Their mission as educators in a mission field took on a special character during the days of forced segregation.

Sisters Dolan and Winters recalled that while the young ladies upstairs studied French grammar and Othello, the Sisters gave catechism instructions to AfricanAmerican children in the basement.

Enrollment was at its highest in the 1950's and 60' s, with 40-45 sisters on

pouring of local people, Catholic and non-Catholic, that formed a two-mile funeral procession from St. Lawrence Basilica upon the death in 1915 of their

staff.

Changes

in

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apostolates.

Anthony Campbell Eloise Rosenblatt

she

the Church, Becky was baptized as well.

The parents thought it best, however, that Becky wait until she was in her new

Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists

later,

Communion and

When Sister asked the mother what her religious preference was, she was told that although she had been raised as a Methodist, she had been taking instructions and wanted to come into the Catholic Church. Becky, however, had never been baptized.

When the mother was received into

know where she got her information, because down here it was very religious! I came to school here in I

their First

can't.'"

in the fourth

grade in Minneapolis, the sister told us were very few people who

would

THEOMTORY

I

when the other children in her class

badly

that there

Years

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rior

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people.

"Where

it

Sister Patricia Dolan, local supe-

nal of Baltimore).

its

Becky's hand was always raised."

When Becky's family learned they would be moving away at the end of the school year, her mother approached Sister Dolan to talk about Becky.

"The mother said to me, 'In the Spring, Rebecca's going to feel very

of other religions was not a phenomena directed solely at Catholics, however. At times,

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Phone

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Mail to Jim Kelley, Director of Development, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 E. Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC 28207. or call (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871

Statue of the Sacred Heart

at St.

Genevieve-of-the-Pines Convent.

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June 28, 1996

Diocesan News Briefs Tabor Retreat Center

LYNCHBURG, God"

Va.

— "The De-

an Aug. 30-31 retreat directed by Sister Nancy Healy, SFCC and Chris Barrett, M.Div., reflecting on sire for

is

Hildegarde of Bingen and Teresa of Avila at Tabor Retreat Center. Cost is $45 for over-night accomodations and $30 to commute. Registration deadline is Aug. 24. Register before Aug. 1 for discount. Write to: Tabor Retreat Center, 2125 Langhorne Rd., Lynchburg, Va., 24501 or call (804) 846-6475.

sume this fall. For information, call Suzanne Bach, (704) 377-6871, ext. 314

Columbian Squires Convention KERNERSVILLE — The N.C. State Circle of the Columbian Squires annual

or B.J. Dengler, (704) 362-5047.

convention was June 8 at Holy Cross Church. The Columbian Squires is the

WSD

Widowed, Separated, Divorced Retreat is Aug. 3-4 at the Catholic ConServices

ference Center. Brochures are available in parish offices.

be found in this issue of The Catholic Herald. Financial aid is available. Call Suzanne Bach, (704) 377-6871

314 for information.

—

(910) 274-4424. For information, call Steven and Peggy Geiger, (704) 845-

5081.

A registration form can

News & ext.

Marriage Encounter Weekend The next MarCHARLOTTE riage Encounter weekend is Sept. 20-22.

To register, call Tom and Emilie Sandin,

Retreat

HICKORY — The Catholic Social

— Exposition of

Joan of Arc Church. For information, call (704) 252-3151.

50+ Club Meets

Neumann Church

the St. John

Wednesday, July 10

will

at 11 a.m.

A

Nocturnal Adoration

DENVER — Nocturnal Adoration

meet free

lunch will be provided for all paid up members. Renelvis will entertain. For details, call Anne Mclntrye, (704) 5455046.

Schools Expansion Committee

WINSTON-SALEM — An ad hoc

Catholic school expansion committee

first Friday each month at Holy Church. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament begins at 7 p.m. Friday evening and concludes Saturday morning at 8 a.m. with Benediction, followed by first Saturday rosary and Mass. For information, call Jack Sweeney at (704) 896-7757. is

ate the immediate Catholic education demand. Call the following voice mail number by July 8 with your current and

future enrollment needs: (910) 744-7375.

Youth Ensemble Concert CLEMMONS The Holy Fam-

—

will present "Arise,

timonials and scripture Wednesday, July

July 4th Picnic

CHARLOTTE — Catholic Singles of Charlotte invites singles ages 21 and

Mass

CHARLOTTE — A Mass for healing mind, the first

p.m.

body and

spirit is

July 3 and

Wednesday each month

at St.

at

7:30

Peter Church.

Nova Missa Ordo (Mass In Latin) ASHEVILLE The Mass is cel-

—

First

Saturday Devotions

BELMONT — First Saturday

de-

votions are July 6 at Belmont Abbey beginning with the rosary at 9:30 a.m., followed by confessions at 10:30 a.m. and Mass at 1 1 :30 a.m. For information, call Terri or Phil at (704) 888-6050.

group is being formed at the Greensboro Pregnancy Care Center for women who have unresolved feelings regarding their abortion experiences. For information, call Marilyn Hodges at (910)274-4901.

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

ASHEVILLE

as

preparing for the

Billy

Graham Crusade,

the annual "Keep Christ in Christmas" cards program and planning for participation in the 1 997 World Youth Day in Paris, France. For information, contact your local Knights of Columbus council or Chris Headley, State Squires Director, (704) 289-5718.

Mondays until July 29 from 7:30-9 p.m. at St. Matthew Church. Cost is $5 for

blackandwhite, also are welcome. Please submit news release and photos at least

books and materials. Call (704) 5416765 for information.

10 days before the date of publication.

Retrouvaille Session Begins

—

Support For Families Of Aging

CHARLOTTE — A support group

assist families struggling with dementia or Alzheimer's disease meets July 8 from 1:30-3 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church in the family room. There will be no meeting in August, but they re-

program

—

Retrouvaille, a

who want

to improve their troubled marriage, works to rebuild relationships between husbands 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.

for couples

Living Waters Retreats Greening Power"

"Viriditas:

is

a

FOUR GREAT NAMES to

KNOW

spirituality of mystic Hildegard de Bingen through mandelas and the experience of the Smoky Mountain atmosphere directed by Franciscan Sisters Jo Anne Murphy and Jane Schmenk. Cost is

$235.

MITSUBISHI MITSUBISHI

6951

E.

Independence

531-3131

"Be Still and Know that I am God" a July 16-22 retreat celebrating the presence of God in all of creation diis

Discernment Weekend

1634.

tion support

in

such

July 8-14 nature retreat that explores the

The Daughters Of Charity week-

— A post-abor-

put into action

activities

first Sunday each month at St. Lawrence Basilica at 5 p.m.

Solemn Vespers is at 4:30 p.m.

formation, call Kathleen, (704) 544-

Post-Abortion Support

was

through participation

ebrated in Latin the

older to a Fourth of July picnic. For in-

GREENSBORO

the

CHARLOTTE Healing

17 at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Family Church. is free.

year

Last

the

O My People," an evening of music, tesAdmission

convention.

is

Forsyth County. Statistics are being gathered to present to the diocese to evalu-

Youth Ensemble

coming year and the annual awards banquet were part of the

Spirit

being formed in Winston-Salem and

ily

Election of officers for the

Life"

the

Blessed Sacrament is the first Saturday each month from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at St.

CHARLOTTE — The 50+ Club of

organization of the Knights of Columbus.

Squires' theme, "Proclaiming the Gospel of

Exposition Of Sacrament

ASHEVILLE

youth

official

end of discernment for single women is Aug. 9-11. Call Sister Catherine France, (912) 788-6386 or (912) 741-7522 for information.

by Dominican Father Martin Iott and Franciscan Sister Nancy Meyer.

rected

Cost

$235.

"Learning Discipleship with Matthew" is a July 23-29 retreat that exam-

7001 E.Endependence

model of discipleship and the

HYURDRI

is

ines this

Holy Angels Golf Tournament

CRAMER MOUNTAIN — A golf

tournament to benefit Holy Angels is Monday, Sept. 23 at Cramer Mountain Country Club. For information, contact Josh at (704) 825-4161.

challenges presented by Matthew's gospel today directed

David

And

Cost

is

— Ultreya

for

Thomasville, Greensboro and High Point

meets the first Friday each month at 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Highways Church. Leaders' school follows.

School Applications Accepted WINSTON-SALEM St. Leo

—

School is accepting applications for rising seventh graders for the 1996-97 school year. Call the school office, (910)

748-8252 for information.

to

Holy Spirit Seminar

CHARLOTTE

— Deacons Keith

Kolodziej and Jim Hamrlik will tate a

seminar on living

in the

Holy

facili-

Spirit

5354455

THE

.

(704) 926-3833.

Leaders' School

THOMASVILLE

41 00 E.Independence

$225.

To register, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 2875 1 For informaValtierra.

tion, call

Ultreya

by Oratorian Father

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World And National News Briefs Bishops Won't Back Down From Political Debate, Says NCCB PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland

ert

served notice June 20 that the U.S. Catholic bishops will not back down from the political debate in the approach-

finalized, in

—

He

ing national elections.

O'Brien June 19 approved the request by the Los Angeles Conservancy to stop demolition of

or

all

new

ban and immigration and welfare as examples of areas where the bishops will weigh in to argue their positions. Bishop Pilla, elected president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops last fall, defended the bishops' public policy role in his first presidential address, opening the bishops' June 20-22 meeting in Portcoerce,

when

of the

it

are

hopes of incorporating some 20-year-old building in the

1

project.

Abortion Issue Gives Blacks Chance 'To Save World' CHICAGO (CNS) The fight

suicide, a partial-birth abortion

The bishops seek

Vibiana's Cathedral

cited current

policy disputes over physician-assisted

land.

St.

until architectural plans to replace

to persuade, not

they address the public

—

against abortion presents black Ameri-

at the history

and

all

the tribulations and

edies and

all

all

the sacrifices simply

lift

lains not to participate in the church's

earlier this year ran as a

postcard campaign to Congress against

the presidential nomination but ended his

partial-birth abortions violates their

campaign

after a

according to the head of the U.S. military archdiocese. Archbishop Joseph

primaries.

He

Dimino of

the Archdiocese for the

Military Services

vocate general had

made "a most

unfor-

Defense regulations when he said participation in the postcard campaign would violate the ban on political activities by members of the armed forces on

we

"We are not discussing poli-

are discussing morality," Arch-

bishop Dimino

Cincinnati's

archbishop

said.

Court Stops Los Angeles Plans To Demolish, Rebuild Church LOS ANGELES (CNS) A Los

—

contender for

poor showing

in the

dience of about 200.

CNS

Greater Role For Bishops Sought In Liturgical Translations

VATICAN CITY

ing June

1

its

earth-

can

be held to hear historic preservationists' objections. Superior Court Judge Rob-

—A

3 with ICEL's episcopal board,

headed by Archbishop Daniel E. remarks was

until a trial

(CNS)

Vatican official praised and encouraged the work of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, but said bishops' conferences also need a greater role in the delicate task of translating liturgical texts. Archbishop Geraldo Majella Agnelo, secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, made the remarks in a meet-

injunction preventing the Catholic arch-

down

later

A

made

copy of

his

available to

News Service. Archbishop Agnelo said the Vatican was aware of

Catholic

Cincinnati Archdiocese Celebrates 175th Anniversary In marking its 175th anniversary, the Archdiocese of Cincinnati was celebrating "the great constant, the unchanging, unbounded and unconditional love of God for his people," said Cincinnati Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk. "The care and the affection of God ... that we celebrate today isn't unique to us," the archbishop said in his homily at an anniversary Mass at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral June 16.

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In

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hard-line opposition to flood

government declared ilKorean Evangelical Federation to send rice to the North through a third country, according to UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Meanwhile, Bishop Ignatius Sok-Hi Pak of Andong, after the

legal the efforts of the

in

your new home before school

organization of the Korean Catholic bishops' conference, called on Catholics to help those suffering not

starts!

through

words, but actions.

Catholics, Buddhists Massacred

By Tamil Rebels

COLOMBO,

Buy & Sell Now!

Be Automobile Accidents

came

suffered

The appeal

president of Caritas Coreana, the relief

Church Appeals For Change

(704) 529-6170

tion available July, 1996.

—

conferences.

nity has appealed to the

COURT ARCADE

who

relief to

approved by the bishops' conferences.

And he said that while the Vatican has received complaints about the translasometimes as a tions done by ICEL his result of "propaganda" campaigns congregation generally does not respond

—

Law

North Koreans,

attention to the results that are ultimately

Flood Relief Policy SEOUL, South Korea (CNS) The South Korean interreligious commu-

& Harris

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the pointed debate over liturgical trans-

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photo by Mark Bowen,

Catholic Telegraph

Pilarczyk of Cincinnati.

quake-damaged cathedral

1876.

delivered his message to

Angeles judge has issued a preliminary diocese from tearing

first

in

a predominantly black and Catholic au-

tunate interpretation" of Department of

active duty.

Mass was one given to during the

USA said in a June 20

statement that the Air Force judge ad-

tics;

Archdiocese June Hat St. Peter in Chains Cathedral.

A chalice used

us

abortion." Keyes, a Catholic Republican,

T.

Cincinnati

the trag-

Force directive ordering Catholic chap-

rights,

175th anniversary for the

Mass

of black America in the

Archbishop Says Directive On Postcards Violates Rights WASHINGTON (CNS) An Air

—

Pilarczyk

celebrates the

light of that great truth, that all the trials

up on the cross, with Jesus Christ, gives us the chance ... to save the world," said keynoter Alan Keyes. "There is no issue that gives us (black Americans) that chance more clearly than the issue of

policy issues facing the nation, he said.

Archbishop Daniel

cans with a chance "to save the world," according to a speaker at the first National Black Pro-Life Unity Conference, held in Chicago June 13-15. "If we look

Sri

In Sri

Lanka

Lanka (CNS)

—

About 200 Tamil rebels attacked a northwestern Sri Lankan village and gunned down or hacked to death 16 Catholics and Buddhists, including two infants, and then burned the bodies. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militants, fighting the government for 13 years for

Tamil autonomy in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, attacked the jungle village of Aruwakkaru near Puttalam some 80 miles north of Colombo, in a predawn raid on June 11. Father Sylvester Wijekulasuriya, parish priest of St. Mary's Church in Puttalam, said that 10 of the 16 massacre victims were Catholics and six were Buddhists, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand.

16

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June 28, 1996

Our Lady Of Lourdes Church church building was dedicated April 24, 1946 by then-Bishop Waters of the Raleigh Diocese.

—

MONROE

The fortunes of World War put the Catholic Church on the map in Union County and are responsible for the founding of Our Lady of Lourdes parish. The establishment of nearby

The

the second

Camp Sutton as a training site for solcombat oversaw an influx of soldiers descend upon the normally quiet area. These G.I.'s were from all over the country and many of them were Catholic. A U.S. Army chaplain offered Mass at the camp and shortly thereafter, two priests of the Fathers of Mercy Congregation arrived from Brooklyn, N.Y. to establish a church in Mondiers preparing to enter

seas

roe.

The

parish

May

was

was

built in

In the years that followed, the

parish hall and religious education

buildings were built. In 1988 the Oblates transferred charge of the parish to the Spiritan Fathers. Father

Vilkauskas has been pastor since that time and is currently assisted by Father Vincent Donovan.

officially estab-

Sunday Masses celebrated at the Center Theatre on Main Street. Christmas, 1942 saw more than 500 soldiers, their wives, relatives and the few local Catholics celebrate solemn high Mass in the Monroe High School Auditorium. At war's end in 1945, the exodus of Catholic soldiers from the area significantly reduced Mass attendance, but some of those who had lished

parish rectory

1955 and, in 1960, priests of the Diocese of Raleigh assumed the spiritual care of the growing parish. When the Diocese of Charlotte was formed in 1972, then-bishop Michael J. Begley invited the Oblates of Mary Immaculate to assume the pastorate of Our Lady of Lourdes.

Our Lady of Lourdes parish

10, 1942, with

continues to grow, with the number

of parishioners increasing every week. In February of this year, as Bishop William G. Curlin helped the church celebrate its 50th anniversary, a fund for a new church building had already been established.

Along with the Women's

Hoosiers and Wisconsinites, the

Men's Club and Knights of Columbus, parishioners are actively involved in R.C.I. A., CCD and a devoted Bible study group. The church's Helping Hands Ministry

Catholic presence in Union County

provides vital services such as food

grew. Through the efforts of the Mercy Fathers and the generosity of benefactors from Brooklyn, Boston and across the Northeast, a new

to the

married local

decided to settle in Monroe. From this seminal group, largely Tennesseans, New Yorkers, girls

Guild,

homebound and transportation

for elderly citizens to church

and

medical appointments.

Our Lady of Lourdes 725 Deese St., Monroe, NC, 28112 (704) 289-2773 Vicariate: Albemarle Pastor: Spiritan Father

Edward J. Vilkauskas

Mass schedule:

Sat.: 5 p.m.; Sun.: 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m.; Spanish: Sun., 1:30 p.m.

Number Number

of families (households):

Mission

name and

of parishioners:

1359

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luck as

June 18 as the

ing to the pastor.

Father James

W. Ryan

of

St.

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went surgery and was reported in stable condition.

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killer

regularly at

the

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Man Arrested As Zodiac Killer Attended Mass Regularly, Pastor Says

Attention

fflacferno

467

address:

man, Heriberto Seda, coming for the year or two, but had not become

acquainted with him.

even know his name," Father Ryan said. "At the end of the Mass, I come out front, and people come up and say hello, and he would be one of the ones waiting."

He said, however, that he did not notice whether Seda had been receiving Communion or whether he regularly carried the Bible that he held at "I didn't

his arraignment.

Law enforcement authorities said Seda was arrested after he became up-

authorities said

Seda wrote

out a confession of his role in the shooting, and put on it a symbol that was used by the perpetrator of the "Zodiac shootings" in 1990 and 1992-94.

They were

so-called because of an ap-

parent correlation of the shooting dates

with Zodiac signs of the victims.

After his arrest, Seda admitted killing three people

and wounding five

others in the earlier episodes, authori-

They reported that a search turned up 13 homemade zip guns, two pipe bombs and material to build more bombs.

"He was very religious," according to a detective quoted in The New York Times June 20. "He kept talking about Jesus and good and evil and salties said.

of his

home

But he never explained how he jump from a Roman Cathoupbringing to a Zodiac serial killer."

vation.

set that his 17-year-old half-sister,

made

Gladys Reyes, was hanging around drug dealers, and shot her. She under-

lic

his