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NEWS^MERALD

Established Jan. 12, 1972

by Pope Paul VI

MARCH

19,

SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

2004

VOLUME

13

N9

25

Near overturn of Roe vs.

Pueen City green

Wade revealed in Justice Biacltmun's papers CAROL ZIMMERMAN

light

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Planned Parenthood vs. Casey case in 1992 nearly went the

BY

V\^ASHINGTON

—

With the recent release of Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun's personal papers, many people have been looking closely at his observations

on one

specific case: the

near

overturn of legal abortion in a

1992 decision.

Blackmun's papers, all them from his 24 years on the court, were made public March 4, exactly five years after his death. They 1,585 boxes of

provide a behind-the-scenes

on just how closely the

other direction.

Within

his files, stored at

the Library of Congress, are several drafts of the Casey rul-

ing with Blackmun's handwritten notes in the margins showing where he agreed with other justices or wanted to change their minds.

Particularly telling are notes about Justice Anthony

Kennedy, who was

initially

voting in the Casey ruling to overturn the 1973 Roe vs.

look at two decades of court decisions and shed particular

See ABORTION, page 13

BRINGING CHRIST'S LOVE

College students spend

Day serving others

Valentine's BY

WENDY E. MURRAY CORRESPONDENT

Photos by Kevin E. Murray

Above, dancers from Rince na h'Eireann School of Traditional after Charlotte's eighth

marches marcnes

St.

in m

annual

St. Patrick's

Day Parade March

Irish 1

3.

Dance perform during the festival Below, an unidentified leprechaun

the paraae. tne parade.

Pat paradey festival overtake

GM/4TiJ .OTT^K — CHARLOTTE

C.nthnhr schools <irhnnl<: Catholic

nnd and

uptown Charlotte

nfhpr local Inrnl other

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annual

St.

lotte.

among the 80 groups marching Patrick's Day Parade in uptown

Sponsored by the diocesan Campus Ministry office, the "Give Your Heart

Charlotte March 13.

This year's parade, the largest Street past St. Peter Church

to Service" weekend was held at the Sisters of Mercy McCarthy Spirituality Center in Belmpnt Feb.

live entertainment.

Dayfalls on March

traditionally take place

Away

ran along Tryon

and wasfollowed by a daylong

communityfestivalfeaturing St. Patrick's

ever,

1 7,

12-14.

but Charlotte events

on the Saturday before the

Campus

niH

mmn

Schumacher was one of 30 college students attending

Justin

Ministry,

1 7th.

the "Give Your Heart Away to

MORE COVERAGE ON PAGES 8-9.

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posday?

Thirty college students think so. They learned the deeper meaning of love as they used Valentine's Day weekend to lend their hands it

and hearts to various ministries in the Diocese of Char-

-

'

Catholic organizations were in the eighth

BELMONT — Is

sible to fall in love in a

See COLLEGE, page 9

Celebrating a saint

FIRES Of faith

Marking

Rall-j ignites the

St.

Drexe/'s

visit

Service" weekend Feb. 12-14.

Perspectives Analyzing "The Passion"

masses

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March

2004

19,

Current and upcoming

In Brief

topics from around the

world to your

own backyard

Catholic-Methodist dialogue co- chairs say unity will

—

ROME

MOURNING

IN

MADRID

happen someday

(CNS) The co-chairmen of the international Roman CatholicMethodist dialogue said they believe someday the Christian churches will be one, but they are waiting to see how it

coming across powerfU works by Catholic theologians that showed the truth presented about the Christian faith is more important than the

finally happens.

author's denominational identity.

"It is

unfolding before

my eyes,"

March

going and when it wUl end I do not know."

The Rev. Geoffrey Wainwright, the Methodist co-chair, said, "I do believe organic unity is on the horizon." But "I'm fairly sure it wiU not be in my lifetime."

The co-chairmen, in Rome for Vatican meetings, focused on how they became involved in ecumenism and how ecumenism has influenced their 1 1

.

"Where

Asked why so much of ecumenism

said

Bishop Michael E. Putney of Towns viUe, Australia, the Catholic co-chair,

Rev. Wainwright said that in his theological studies, he kept

it is

focused on theological questions, rather than on working together to proclaim Jesus, he said churches need to is

know what

they are proclaiming.

"Sometimes people say, 'Let's have a joint evangelization campaign.' But what church are you going to invite them to? And how can you explain to

them

that

if

Communion

they receive

that church, they cannot receive

another?" Rev. VVainwright

in in

it

said.

Bishop Putney said "you only diswho you are when you engage the other" and try to respond to someone who is exploring what you believe.

'Tour articulation of your own faith becomes purer and purer," he said. cover

spirituality.

Both men said they were struck long ago by Christ's prayer that all his followers would be one "so that the world may believe." t

CMS

PHOTO FROM Reuters

Nuns mourn the victims of the Madrid train bombings during a vigil in front of the Spanish Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, March 12. Several bomb blasts had ripped through four pacl^ed commuter trains in Spain's capital the day before.

Spain (CNS) Witentered the wreckage of Madrid's terrorist train explosions spoke of the unceasing sound of cellular telephones ringing as victims' families tried to contact them.

Grim images dominated local television, with body parts and blood splattered on twisted metal, as priests admin-

who

istered last rites to victims.

200 people died and more than 1,600 were injured as 10 bombs exploded on commuter trains in the Spanish capital March 1 1 The majority of the victims were workers or students commuting into the capital. least

.

who responded to the were Madrid's priests, who were those

instructed by Cardinal Antonio

Varela to

make helping

priority. Priests

Rouco

the victims their

were sent to

hospitals,

morgues and the provisional morgue

at

Madrid's convention center.

At the convention center, priests found themselves praying and handing out crucifixes to anyone who wanted them. Among those at the convention center was Bishop Jesus Catala Ibanez of Alcala de Henares, whose diocese accounted for at least 40 of the victims.

Spanish Interior Minister Angel

Acebes ist

initially said

movement

ETA

the Basque separat-

was responsible

for

the bombins. Spanish forces recently foiled four potential

tacks, the

most recent

ETA

—

The

terrorist at-

in early

March

as

terrorists attempted to deliver

bombings deETA actions by

security sources said the

using multiple, simultaneous explosions

with no prior warning. The bombings also killed at least eight times more people than the ETA's previous most deadly attack.

At an evening Mass concelebrated by three bishops and 80 priests in Madrid's Our Lady of Almudena Cathechurch leaders read a telegram from Pope John Paul II and an earlier statement from the Spanish bishops' dral,

conference.

Pope John Paul God,

to a M^omen's Morning ofReflectionyisxch

Ann Church, 3636 Park

Rd.

27 at

St.

Mass

will be celebrated at 8 a.m., fol-

lowed by an hour of reflection lead by Sister Helene Nagle. For details, call the church office at (704) 523-46,41.

HUNTERSVILLE

—

Mark Catholic Church, 14740 Stumptown Rd., will St,

present a Festival of Praise March. 27, 810 p.m. Please join us for an evening of praise music and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Music is provided by our Life Teen Band. For more information, please contact Laura Maclean, director of Music Ministry at (704) 948-0231.

CHARLOTTE — A Mass celebrating the

A Mass

including

Anointing of the Sick v/iW be celebrated will be celebrated March 28 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. All those who are experiencing "any mental, physical or emotional afflictions, are of an advanced age or face surgery are invited to receive this sacrament at a special Mass.

Refreshments will be served in the Fellowship Hall after the service. For more information, call the church at (704) 364-543 1

CHARLOTTE

—

The

St.

Matthew

Columbiettes will host a "Treasures from your Trunk" sale April 3, 8 a.m. -2 p,m. in the church parking lot, 8015 Ballantyne Com-

mons Pkwy. For more information, contact Marjory Dury at (704) 846-6962 or Rita Brennan

at (704) 849-7077.

CHARLOTTE —The Aiwient Order ofHibernians{AOY{), Mecklenburg County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men in the United States, will conduct an

open membership meeting April 9 at 8 p.m.

The meeting will be held at the Knights of Columbus Council 770 Hall, E. Kingston Ave. Contact Tim Lawson at (704) 522-9728 or e-mziV ncaoh@aol.com for further information for those interested in joining.

ofthose with mental retardation will be

said the terrorist

ETA stands for Euskadi Ta Askatasuma, or Basque Homeland and Freedom; it seeks an independent Basque nation. Since being formed in the ETA has claimed

ity for killing

VICARIATE

CHARLOTTE — All women are invited

—

CHARLOTTE

violate the funda-

mental right to life and suffocate the peaceful coexistence for which the church community and the noble Spanish nation deeply yearn."

"The Holy Father wants to reiterate his firm and absolute condemnation of such unjustifiable acts," Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, said in the telegram to Cardinal Rouco.

1950s, the

CHARLOHE

gifts

attacks "offend

For

Gillogly,

more

than 1,100 pounds of explosives into Madrid.

Spanish authorities also were investigating links to al-Qaida, because some parted from traditional

St.

Francis ofthe Hills Fraternity ofthe Secular Franciscan Order meets the fourth Sunday of each month 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West.

more information, call Helen SFO, at (828) 883-9645.

—

MADRID,

scene

684-6098.

Visitors and inquirers are welcome.

wreckage

Among

—

St, Barnabas Church, 109 ARDEN Crescent Hill Dr., will host Stations ofthe

HENDERSONVILLE

March 28 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence RdSi Young people with varying degrees of? mental retardation will serve as musicians,' ushers and lectors. Members of the Allegro; Foundation will perform a liturgical dance.

For more information, contact Mary Kennedy, St. Gabriel Disability Ministry, at (704) 304-6964. celebrated

ASHEVILLE VICARIATE

office at (828)

metal, last rites mark Madrid

At

Diocesa n planner

Cross March 26 and April 2 at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, contact the church

Ringing cell phones, twisted

nesses

===

more than 800

responsibil-

people.

MARCH

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2004

FROM THE VATICAN ^

Without fanfare, pope's pontificate VATICAN CITY

(CNS) Pope John Paul

another milestone pontificate

March

l^,

— With passed

when

his

became the third-longest

in

church history.

If the pope noticed the event, he did not let on. He marked the day by praying the Angelus, as usual, with several thousand

faithfijl

gathered in

St. Peter's

Square.

Throughout

his reign of 25 years months, he's never commented as the duration of his papacy surpassed those of almost all his 263 predecessors.

The pope had headed the church for one more than 9,281 days March 14 Pope Leo XIII, who held the papacy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The 31 -year, seven-month pontifi-

and

five

—

cate of Pope Pius verified is

by

IX

is

the longest to be

papacy

historians. St. Peter's

traditionally considered the longest,

how long he

but no one knows exactly led the church.

Despite being slowed by neurological disease

and

arthritis,

who

the pope,

May, continues

turns 84 in

world began studying a proposed translation of the main prayers used at Mass, a Vatican congregation had its English advisers doing the same.

The "Vox Clara" Committee, which advises the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, met

lished

oin fVomen in the fVord for weekly gatherings for prayer, reflection

on Sunday

scrip-

ture, music and sharing experiences of Christ in daily life. The group meets each

Thursday, 9:45-11:45 a.m. in the family -oom of St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For details, call Linda Flynn at '704.) 306-9889. For childcare reservaions, call ,)urga Petrikene at 704) 907)20,').

HARLOTTE

—

Thafik

^or details, call Karen ;41-1891 after 3 p.m.

It's

Wepasnick

at (704)

iASTONIA VICARIATE

iELMONT — Queen of Apostles Catholic Main

St.,

will conclude the

.enten Supper-Study March 24. All are

welome. Community dinner is at 6 p.m., with ^atechesis 6:45-7:30 p.m. Topic this year is Vatican II: 40 Years Later." No pre-regisration or fee required, no need to bring ood, all is provided by the parish. For more nformation, please contact Dennis Teall'leming. Director of Faith Formation, at eallfleming@yahoo.com or (704) 8251600, ext. 26.

REENSBORO VICARIATE

JREENSBORO — Many of us want

to

do

something extra" during Lent. The Jreensboro Council of Catholic Women /ill host their annual Lenten mini-retreat ach Wednesday in March at St. Mary 'hurch, 812 Duke St. Mass will be at 10 m. followed by refreshments. For inforlation, call Janet Law at (336) 288-6022.

JREENSBORO 210 N. Elm ion

—

St., will

—

in October.

am

I

MOCKSVILLE

— Franciscan Father

seph Michael

Mary

The statement said the committee's assessment of the proposed Order of the Mass "was positive, with many sections

dozen cardiand bishops fi^om eight countries.

exhibiting a fine grasp of the precision

nals

and memorability required of vernacu-

A

new English

draft translation of

glish in the Liturgy in January.

lar editions

style,"

ICEL

were offered to the congregation as an ICEL, which will meet in July to consider suggestions for changes offered by bishops around

speaking countries and to the congrega-

assistance and support" to

comment.

The book

includes the prayers used

Mass, such as the Gloria, the Nicene Creed and the eucharistic at every

It

does not include

the world.

Committee members

also

made ob-

servations and posed questions regard-

of the

all

the statement said, "general sug-

gestions for improvement of the text

sent the draft to bishops in Englishtion for

of Roman liturgical books."

"To ensure the development of a strong and contemporary English

prayers that change each week during

ing the ways in which the proposed

the liturgical year.

translation attempted to apply the

Translating the Order of the the

first

Mass

step toward translating the en-

tire third edition

Faith

of the

Roman

new

translation rules contained in the 2001

is

Vatican

instruction,

"Liturgiam

Authenticam" ('The Authentic Liturgy").

Missal,

among the fires

office at (336)

751-2973.

Jo-

Lenten retreat at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 862 Yadkinville Rd. Sessions will meet each evening at 7 p.m., March 27-31.

The retreat will focus on "The Last Four Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell.

For more information, contact the church will offer a

CONCORD — Discover

how

beautiful

God's plan for marriage really is! Natural Family Planning cl&sses are being offered at St. James Church,'251 Union St., beginning April IS at 6:30 p.m. Learn a natural

method

the Pill and

is

that ^s just as effective as in

accord with Catholic

teaching. Contact Susan

Chaney at (704)

720-0772 for more information or email questions to sujo94@aol.com.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN VICARIATE

WAYNESVILLE — St. John the EvanChurch, 234 Church St., is offering

by Augustinian Father Bob Terranova March 29-3 1 Dinner will be served each night at 5:30 p.m. and the talk will begin at 7 p.m. Father gelist

a Lenten Retreat led

.

Terranova will celebrate morning Mass at 9 a.m. on retreat days. Reconciliation will be offered March 30. For details, call

here for?"

To register, call the

CNS

PHOTO FROM Reuters

the church office at (828) 456-6707.

WAYNESVILLE — St. John the Evangelist

Church, 234 Church

St., will cel-

ebrate a Seder meal April 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the church hall. For more information, call the church office at (828) 456-6707.

A rosary hangs from the March of

1 1

in

supporters of

Haiti's

Is

your parish or school having an

event? Please submit notices

ocesanPlanner at the event date

least

1

for the Di-

5 days prior to

in writing to

Karen A.

armed Haitian policeman as he walks a patrol was heard after police broke up a demonstration

wrist of an

Port-au-Prince. Gunfire

THIS MONTH IN

X

Vednesday evenings, 6:30-8 p.m. March -April 7. This series is based on Rick Varren's book, which is a journey to anwer life's most important question: "What Q earth

Order ofHibernians Guilford County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking for more Irish Catholic men to join them for meetings, educational seminars and social events. Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for time and location.

1

for "clear voice," includes a

parish office at (336) 272-4ti£:.

GUILFORD COUNTY — The Ancient

March

statement.

was approved by the episcopal board of the International Commission on En-

St. Pius Church, host a Lenten reflec-

"The Purpose-Driven Life,"

series,

bishops in this regard," said a

has a fuU slate of Easter

planned in April. He starts a major round of "ad limina" visits with U.S. bishops this spring. Some at the Vatican are discussing papal trips later in the year to Switzerland in June, France in September and possibly

"Vox Clara"

SALISBURY VICARIATE

God

Friday TGIF), a weekly support group for separated and divorced women, meets every vVednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the New ,ife Center building, room 1 1 4, of St. Mathew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., in;luding a potluck dinner. Divorced men are nvited every third Wednesday of the nonth. TGIF is a healing ministry sponlOred by Catholic Social Services, Charlotte Regional Office and St. Matthew Church,

Church, 503 N.

Vatican congregation estabin 2001 to provide advice about English translations of liturgical texts and "to strengthen effective cooperation with the conferences of

March 9-11 at the Vatican.

The committee, whose name is Latin

prayers.

CHARLOTTE — All women are invited to

The

the "Ordo Missae," or Order of the Mass,

activities

Mexico

released in Latin by the Vatican in 2002.

litur-

and audiences.

The pope

Mass

(CNS) As English-speaking bishops around the

to preside

over a heavy schedule of meetings, gies

—

VATICAN CITY

becomes II

Clara' begins studying proposed

translation of Order of the

tliird-longest in iiistory zero fanfare,

Vox

ousted president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

-1994

KNIGHTS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARIES The

St.

Lawrence Council

of the Knights of

Columbus, No. 1695, celebrated the

112th anniversary of the Knights of Columbus' founding and the 80th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Council with a special

Evans at kaevans@charlottediocese.org

Asheville March 20, 1994. Msgr. John

or fax to (704) 370-3382.

celebrated the Mass. pastor of the basilica.

The

council

was

J.

Mass at the Basilica of St. Lawrence in McSweeney, then-diocesan administrator,

led at the time

by Father Carl Kaltreider,

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News & Herald

March

19,

2004

AROUND THE DIOCESE CELEBRATING A SAINT

BAG, monastery mark St. Katharine Drexel's centennial visit BELMONT

— She spent her

realized that

life

can Americans everywhere.

Her journey

we would soon

be embark-

ing on the 100-year anniversary of her visit here and we thought that we would

caring for the needs of Native and Afri-

like to

led her to the small

mark

that date with a celebra-

town of Belmont. There, she would do-

tion."

nate $4,000 toward the building of a

Pa3Tie said the event would affect not only the campus community of stu-

new

Catholic church at Belmont Abbey,

and

one that would have pews available so all races especially African and Native Americans could worship to-

dents, faculty

gether.

to the

Now 100 years later, Belmont Abbey College and the Abbey's monastery will celebrate the v isit, contributions and life of St. Katharine Drexel with a Mass, dinner reception and special ceremony

tend the event will glimpse the beauty of social justice as its seed was planted here 100 years ago," said Pa3me.

—

that

March

staff,

but also the

greater Catholic community, recogniz-

—

ing that

Katharine also contributed

St.

buUding of Catholic churches in Gastonia and Charlotte.

'We are hoping that those who at-

Pope Leo

25.

"Belmont Abbey is filled with strong men and women who helped shape the Benedictine Order and the Church hundreds of years ago," says Ruth Payne, director of campus ministry at Belmont Abbey College. "St. Katharine Drexel was a very strong, positive role model from the 20th century, whose rapport with the monastic community here re-

XIII, the author of the first

social encyclical,

launched

CNS

Pope John Paul

II

FILE

PHOTO

canonized Mother

Katharine Drexel, a U.S. heiress who

"Rerum Novarum,"

Katharine on her path as a

St.

known

made

in bankipg;

and philanthropy,

races together for worship. Bishop Hai(

nizations, faculty, staff and local churches are also expected to attend the

also designed many churches, schools, convents and hospitals supported by

intimate

Church

Mother

the significance of the relationship be-

sulted in building not only a church, but

a tradition."

made

canonization

her

the

second

'The importance of the event is that it makes us understand a little bit of our history and that her presence here has added to the spirit of Belmont Abbey

Mauricio

College," said Payne.

chancellor of the Diocese of Charlotte;

Mother Katharine Abbey on March 20, first

visited

American-born

Belmont

Sister Patricia

Mercy, with Katharine first made vows; and members of St. Katharine's family

whom

Leo Haid

continued to engage in an active correspondence.

who

Katharine.

school's Office of

try, include

St.

live in this region.

affaif.

"We've been aware tween

for a

long time of

Campus Minis-

Katharine and the Abbey," said Dr. Carol Brooks, director of corporate

Msgr.

and foundation support. "Last year, we

Invited guests for the event, hosted

by the

Lynch, historian of the

sentatives of the Sisters of

vespers for the feast of St. Benedict.

Later, Father Michael

West, vicar general and

Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament; repre-

1904, attending

Thereafter, she and Bishop

W.

saint.

Bishop Peter

J.

Jugis;

available for African American;

and Native Americans, bringing

Belmont Abbey monk and architect who designed some of the college buildings,

to educating African

in Charlotte.

All of her philanthropy to churches

on the condition that pews be

rested

warmly embraced

way

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3:30 (coffee

In her lifetime. Mother Katharin established many ministries an( founded and staffed many schools fo both African Americans and Nativ Americans, including Xavier Universit in New Orleans, the only predominant! black Catholic institution of highe learning in the United States.

In 1935, Mother Katharine suffere a severe heart attack and for the next 2 years lived her life in prayerfiil retire ment untU her death in 1955.

On Oct. 1, 2000, Pope John Paul proclaimed Mother Katharine Drexel s "St. Katharine Drexel" at a solemn ce ebration of Mass in Saint Peter's Squai ]

in

Rome.

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AROUND THE DIOCESE IRISH SAINT

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IRISH

converts

St. Patrick

Ireland to Christianity Patrick, Ireland's favorite wasn't actually Irish. Nor did he drive the snakes out of Ireland (where they don't exist).

Rather, he was born in Britain as the pampered, far-from-faith-filled son of a Roman nobleman around 385 A.D. Patrick's real name is believed to have been Maewyn Succat, and his baptismal

caped each time.

St.

Patrick traveled throughout Ireland establishing monasteries across the country, which were instrumental in preserving Western civilization's liter-

saint,

name was

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He

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In his teens, his plush lifestyle ended

He is also said to have given a sermon from the hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Because no snakes were ever native to Ire-

from him when his village was attacked and slave traders kidnapped him and sold him into slavery to an Irish cliieftain. Serving as a shepherd on a lonesome hillside, the distraught youth gradually turned to prayer and after six years made a daring escape to Gaul (now France) and eventually returned home.

But memories of the Irish haunted him and Patrick felt God wanted him to preach the Good News in pagan Ireland.

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be substantiated.

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Patrick's mission in Ireland lasted for

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Students serve others "Seeing these children

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Some students painted houses for Habitat for Humanity, others ate lunch and visited with homeless persons at Urban Ministries in Charlotte. Other students chose to work in Belmont with women and children in transition at Catherine's House, with people living with AIDS at House of Mercy, or with children and adults with varying degrees of mental retardation at Holy Angels.

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someone I met starting singing gospel songs and, within minutes, there wasn't a dry eye in the room."

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"I met a man at Urban Ministry who told me he thought God brought me here today. It made me realize that we are all part of each other."

At Catherine's House, students volunteered to paint, clean or orgathere,

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nize the kitchen pantry.

"A lot of people my age have ended up staying at a place like this,"

Matthew

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someone I know."

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Alaina Gross, a student at Western Carolina University, was impacted by her visit with residents of House of Mercy.

"These people are staring death in the face, yet they are so joyful," said Gross, who told her fellow students to live life for every single breath.

"My hope is that we don't sweat the small stuff," said Mandy Carroll, from Wake Forest University. "There are people out there who wish they could just sweat the small stuff, but every day they have to deal with

AIDS."

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Since obtaining his doctorate from Harvard, Father Massa has been a probing student of American culture.

Today he co-directs the Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University, one of the leading research organs on the church's

with

Father Massa recounts a brief

us.

lic

He

examines" the work of Paul Blandshard, whose scurrilous books on American Catholicism sold hundreds of, thousands of copies in the 1940s and 1950s. The election of John F. Kennedy is analyzed in light of attacks from the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale and his associates. Other popular Protestants come under fire, such as the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, who in the course of his ministry (which was not without its own problems) tangled with the late Bishop Stanley J. Ott of Baton Rouge, La., overthe televangelist's assertions that Ca-

AMERICA Ac:cfi^r^Kl.^

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tholicism America: The

Mark

S.

When •ting

because

I

was just

kid.

me

my

he was

just wasn't cut-

was a result of my pride and childish

failure. It

own misplaced I

feeling hopelessly

But on the way, office to

I

apply

walked out the door,

my

know-it-all attitude turned to shame.

I interviewed with the sports took a breath when we came to

the part where he asked about I I

my previ-

admitted what had happened. need to worry about that hap-

sir."

—

simple dismissal of them as "past history" that won't be repeated. Our loving Lord, always pulling for us, allows us to start over, knowing that witln divine encouragement we can grow tc be the righteous person God createe

behavior.

Once

home life.

my

suddenly

problem waiting tc

—

realized immediately the truth

I

it,

about

the editor told

me go

letting

I

"Good. Then there's no problem.

You can start Monday."

Freed of the expectations of failure, I became a new person and a pretty good reporter working hard, coming in early, asking veteran writers and editors for advice, and appreciating every assignment I got.

In this weekend's Gospel, Jesus shows' his mercy in forgiving the accused woman's failings and then further frees her from her sins with a

appeared, no. doubt, to have an I

I

"No,

attire."

an immature, inexperienced

As

editor,

"Do

correction well and lacked respect for the

I

learned

pening here?" he asked.

to the workplace but didn't take editors'

meaning of ''business

about.

ous job.

was brand new

I

my

I

became a much humbler job seeker, visiting every newspaper in that state. A few editors were interested in hiring me

us to be.

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE

a false religion offering "a

fraudulent path to salvation."

most provocative chapFather Massa examines the contents and eflfects of a notoriously antiCatholic cartoon series produced by Jack Chick. These "Chicklets" have penetrated popular culture through an estiIn one of the

Last Acceptable Prejudice," by Jesuit Father

was

town. At 21,

in a small

attitude problem, but mostly

expressions of the idea.

_

A new

centuries and then looks at several pub-

CATHOllCLSM

in

to understand

history of this scourge through three

ANTI-

"Anti-Catholicism

got fired from my first professional job after only three months.

I

position as a reporter for the local daily

However one chooses

left

for a sports-writing position I'd heard

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

nation's pluralism.

the problem, anti-Catholicism remains

national experience.

lit

by

the secu-

for

for

like a

stopped at a newspaper

JEAN DENTON

BY

left

I

marked

8:1-11 3j Gospel: John

importance of religion that coincided in direct proportion to the rise in the

is

I'd

happen: "Sorry, no openings."

college grad, with my bachelor's degree and a mistaken notion that I was God's gift to journalism, I traveled across the country to take a

Another

larization of America, the decline of the

a

'

defines as "a fear of 'outsiders'

assurances that

looked to them

sociological currents

nativism, which Father

is

cultural 'insiders.'"

welcome addition to the growing historical record of this American is

One

America.

I'd

Psalm 126:1-6

that have influenced anti-Catholicism in

this

why

Isaiah 43:16-21

individual freedom.

Jesuit Father

found out

lesson weren't enough as

2) Philippians 3:8-14

response was to portray Catholics as unsupportive of democracy, reason and

2004

2004

previous job. This happened over and over again.

Sunday of Lent Cycle

28,

19,

Massa.

ters.

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Sunday (Fourth Sunday of Lent), Joshua 5:9-12, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32; Monday (Lenten Weekday), Isaiah 65:17-21, John 4-43-54; Tuesday (Lenten Weekday), Ezel<iel 47:1-9, 12, John 5:1-16; Wednesday (Lenten Weekday), Isaiah 49:8-15, John 5:17-30; Thursday (Annunciation of the Lord), Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10, Hebrews 10:4-10, Luke 1:26-38; Friday (Lenten Weekday), Wisdom 2:1 12-22, John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30; Saturday (Lenten Weekday), Jeremiah 11:18-20, John 7:40-53 ^ I ,

mated Father Massa begins by reviewing three standard explanations for

Catholicism stUl rears turally,

it

is

its

and

tural, intellectual,

why

Father Massa's exposure of Chick's canard is as thorough as it is humorous as, for example, when he supplies "a short course in Chicklet theology, if only to illustrate its amazing consistency over time (in which it is later than you

ugly head: culin

the nation's

beginning with the English Puria distrust of Catholics to the New World. Their recollections of the reign of Queen Mary Tudor, battles with Catholic Spain and George Foxe's bloody tales of Catholic torturers in his history,

tans

who brought

"Book of Martyrs" were influential.

The

their biases

on to

still

fresh

400 mil-

lion.

anti-

sociological. Cul-

embedded

distribution that tops

Father Massa brings his careful ar-

by making a distinction between self-critique born of love for the church and Catholic bashing. He notes that recent crises within the

gument

and

to a close

church are not occasions for prejudicial venting against the hierarchy, but re-

fliture generations.

posed a challenge to post-colonial America. The Intellectually, Catholicism

Sunday

(Fifth

Sunday

Monday

(Lenten Weekday), Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62, John 8:12-20; Tuesday (Lenten

Weekday), Numbers

21:4-9,

John 8:21-30; Wednesday (Lenten Weekday), Daniel 3:14-20, 91-

John 8:31-42;-Thursday (Lenten Weekday), Genesis 17:3-9, John 8:51-59; Friday (Lenten Weekday), Jeremiah 20:10-13, John 10:31-42; Saturday (Lenten Weekday), Ezekiel

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NEW YORK — thine plot, artsy

Despite a labyrin-

camerawork and a

title

that doesn't exactly lend itself to the

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marquee (swiped from a poem by Alexander Pope), Michel Gondry's bold new film, "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," (Focus) is one of the most original, cleverly crafted and emotionally resonant movies to come down the pike in a long time.

Cast against type, Jim Carrey stars as Joel Barish, a scruffy, unluckyat-love loner who impulsively plays hooky from his job on Valentine's Day and hops a train J:o the tip of Long Island. Wandering along a desolate Montauk beach, he meets Clementine (Kate Winslet), a bohemian free spirit

Johnny Depp and John Turturro star in "Secret Window," an absorbing psychological thriller set in an isolated lakefront cabin about a successful novelist (Depp)

who

is

terrorized by a stranger (Turturro) claiming the author

plagiarized one of his short stories and demanding restitution, threatening the scribe with a brand of backwater justice that includes cold-blooded murder.

some crude

Recurring gory violence, a discreet fleeting sexual encounter,

with blue

—

A-lll

—

adults.

The Motion Picture Association

parents are strongly cautioned.

Some

America rating

of

material

is

PG-13

may be inappropriate

for

children under 13.

by the end of 7-minute pre-credit sequence, their

his introverted shell so that

the

1

offbeat opposites-attract relationship

is

firmly established.

language and profanity. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is

hair.

Her mercurial elan coaxes Joel out of

seems only natural, therefore, to

It

share in Joel's post-credits confusion when he approaches Clementine with a

— what seems — and

like a few days later she acts like she has never seen him before. Neither Joel nor the viewers

gift

are is

left

scratching their heads long, as

quickly revealed that (for reasons

it

left

rather vague) Clementine has employed

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"hiding" Clementine in childhood ries,

desperately clinging to

her, before she

is

deleted

Tom

Wilkinson also

Howard Mierzwiak,

the

head of Lacuna, whose marital infidelities have unforeseen consequences for the star-crossed lovers.

The

by

screenplay

Charlie

Kaufman echoes

the self-conscious quirkiness of "Adaptation" and "Being John Malkovich" (both also penned by Kaufman), but is by far the most developed in terms of character and human drama. But for those who have not acquired a taste for Kaufman's unconventional brand of storytelling, the at-times intentionally convoluted, nonlinear narrative may prove a bit confusing.

Camerawork by EUen Kurras supplies the film with an impressionistic stream of haunting images enhancing the overall surreal feel of being trapped inside the dreamscape of Joel's mind. As he loses his hold on Clementine (or his memories of her), the road through Joel's head takes on the darker tones of a nightmare. In one particularly heartwrenching scene, Joel cries out in vain, begging Stan not to erase the memory of an exceptionally happy moment he shared with Clementine.

Despite some unnecessary crassness, the film makes some poignant reflections about the centrality of memories in defining our personalities. And while no one would argue the vital role memories both positive and negative play in making us who we are, view-

—

—

ers should be vigilant against rationalist

assumptions that would reduce a person to the sum total of his or her mental processes.

For

Christians,

man

is

more

than memories.

The

film also touchingly explores

the mixed bag of interpersonal relationships and the vagaries of the

heart as

human

wrestles with regret and

it

missed opportunities.

While movies dealing with memory loss are quickly evolving into a separate subgenre ("50 First Dates," "Paycheck"

and "Memento," to name just a few), Gondry's film is, by far, the most ingenious, audacious and, if you'll excuse the

pun, memorable of the

lot.

Given the plethora of

puerility

and

surplus of schlock set to glut multiplexes

coming summer months, this modest but inspired piece of filmmaking is

a

memo-

some trace of

by the oblivion

warming ray of sunshine.

Due

but unable to abort the procedure, real-

"Nothing Could Be Finer

uncharacteristically re-

strained costar.

in the

their rollercoaster relationship.

From

of forgetfulness.

Reining in his rubber-faced repertoire and manic energy, Carrey delivers

to implied sexual encounters,

some drug content and recurring rough and crude sexual language, as well as profanity, the USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting fleeting rear nudity,

classification

is

A-III

—

adults.

The Mo-

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March

AROUND THE DIOCESE

BOY SCOUTS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY

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and participants in music ministry.

Many Eagle Scout projects have benefited Holy Trinity Catholic Middle tors

8, and Troop IT* from St. Gabriel Church had a lot to celebrate.

During a special Mass at the church that day, the Scouts celebrated their accomplishments during the past year, including the recognition of four adult leaders for their service and dedi-

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Scouting places importance to rank advancement, with the Eagle Scout being the highest rank a Boy Scout can achieve. This rank has such high standards that universities and employers recognize it as an indication of the person's character and ability to achieve.

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development of Catholic youth

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IN

THE NEWS

Near overturn revealed cluding informed consent, a waiting pe-

ABORTION, from page 1

riod, parental

notification

and other

recordkeeping prior to abortions.

According to reports in Blackmun's

Wade

decision written

Blackmun

ion,

by Blackmun.

said

than 60,000 pieces of hate mail, a small sample of which is in the library collection of his papers.

The Casey

which was upheld

case,

in a 5-4 vote, reaffirmed the "central

Roe

holding" of the

decision but as a

compromise position

it

also upheld four

provisions of Pennsylvania's Abortion

Control Act that

said

it

would not pose

"undue burden" on pregnant women,

Chief Justice William Rehnquist

files.

Roe majority opinhe received more

After writing the

in-

majority in the

initially led a five-justice

Casey case and he had been set to write the majority opinion when Justice Kennedy suddenly changed his mind.

Kennedy wrote to Blackmun saying he needed to see him whenever he "had a free

Blackmun received When Kennedy's note, according to his papers, he wrote the words "Roe sound" on a pink memo pad.

for another day," he added.

Nothing in the papers reveals why Kennedy, who is Catholic, changed his mind in the decision and ended up voting with Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens and David Souter.

Mark Chopko, general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the details about Kennedy's change of mind in two 1992 cases is the most interesting part of Blackmun's papers.

papers reveal just

"Certainly justices are allowed to re-

moment."

consider their positions as the case devel-

"I want to tell you about a new development in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, and at least part of what I say should come as welcome news,"

ops and as their own thinking is aided by briefs and argument," he said in an email to Catholic News Service. "It shows

he wrote.

reversed.

how

Roe was

close

That

actually to being

reversal will have to wait

Robert Destro,

a professor at

The

CathoHc University of America's Columbus School of Law, said Blackmun's

Kennedy

how

"suggestible"

is.

He

show

notes

the

said

Kennedy

that

"didn't apply the law, but in-

stead considered

how

it

would play out

newspapers."

in the

Destro also told

CNS

in a telephone

interview that he wasn't surprised by

Kennedy's change of mind because in the Casey case in particular, it was "obvious that someone had changed sides."

Blackmun's notes reveal that another case in which Kennedy had a sudden change of mind was Lee vs.

Weisman,

1992 case challenging the

a

constitutionality of clergy-led prayers at

graduations.

Kennedy,

who was

initially

going to

write the opinion for a 5-4 majority upc

holding the prayers, wrote to I31ackmun

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them

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months saying

in a

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In both cases where Kennedy's swing vote made a difference, the U.S. Catholic Conference, as it was then called, filed friend-of-the-court briefs

Date:ApriMO

supporting what ended up being the minority opinion.

Blackmun's notes also reveal some of the struggle he personally faced with capital punishment decisions.

In a 1967 case in which the court upheld a conviction and death sentence, Blackmun, who was 'writing the majority opinion, added a concluding paragraph that showed his doubt about the sentence and the death penalty in general, adding that executive clemency might have been more appropriate.

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March

Perspectives

A

collection of columns,

editorials

and viewpoints

A reflection of "Hie

2004

Pope at audience, asks St. Joseph to watch over families By

Passion of tiie

19,

CINDY

The Pope

WOODEN

Speaks

Catholic News Service

Clirist"

VATICAN CITY

—

Anticipating the

March

19 feast of St. Joseph, Pope John Paul II prayed for families, particularly those in his native Poland, and encour-

Guest

aged young people to follow God's plan for their lives as St. Joseph did.

The pope's remarks about the feast day came at the end of his March 17

Someone suggested

the other day might share my reflections on seeing "The Passion of the Christ" since everyone seems to be talking about the movie in either very positive or very negative terms, and as a result, some people are confused that

I

about

its

biblical accuracy,

anti-Semitism and

sible

its

Column FATHER JOSEPH

general audience; his main talk was a

SOBIERAJSKI,

continuation of his series of explanations

SJ

posdidn't like watching

I'm not quite sure how well I can talk to these things, but I would be-

screen, and

however, by reminding everyone that "The Passion" is a movie, and like every work of art, it is subjective.

don't believe that

gin,

subjective in the sense that

It is

it is

a

personal interpretation of an event by the director, and it also is subjective in the effect it has on the viewer. need only look at the history of art to see how various events from the Passion have been portrayed in the West. Raphael's "Crucifixion with Mary and St. John" reveals the Christ of Renaissance perfection, in a scene

We

which

belies

what

a

Roman

crucifix-

was all about; there is no blood, no wounds, no sense of suffering in the handsome Apollo-like Christ, and ion

what was on the

did turn

I

my

face away,

and yes, the tears did well all

up.

But

I

of the violence

on my emotions. Will this rhovie change my life?

Well, I hope that those images of Jesus scourged, beaten and crucified will remain vivid in my own mind whenever my own thoughts turn in any way violent toward my brothers and sisters.

Is this a perfect movie? Of course not. Countless critics have already

was simply there

pointed out

its

to pull

shortcomings.

anti-Semitic? If you

want

Is

it

to see anti-

you will. Is it true to Scripture? Yes and no. It is like doing an Ignatian contemplation on the

Semitism

Passion:

in

it

it,

starts with Scripture, but

also

Matthias Grunewald's, "Ishenheim Altarpiece," created within the same

itous. As I mentioned above, it has a purpose. Does it give us a full view of the Jesus who taught, healed, fed and forgave, and then became the Christ through his passion, death and resur-

—

had different intentions, and we react to the in

ful film. It is a violent film

the

most violent

film that

is

a

Mr.

my

power-

touched me deeply. meditated many times on the Passion of Christ in my ordinary prayer and my yearly retreats, but I have never understood, indeed I have probably tried not to underboth physical stand, the suffering that Jesus enand psychological dured for me, for us.

Some would say that could be done with far less violence. Yet I think that the point is this: Christ took on all of our sinfulness, the sinfulness of human kind from the beginning to the end, and no matter I've

— —

how

violent and

made on even come close ing

is

inhuman

the screen, to

his sufferit

doesn't

what he endured.

I

In his main talk, the 83-year-old

Speaking to Polish pilgrims at the audience, the pope said the feast of St. Joseph "calls on today's families, comforted by the example of Mary and Joseph,

who

cared for the Incarnate

with love, to draw fi-om

ing

Holy making

,their (the

Family's) lifestyle inspiration in daily decisions

Word

and strength

in

pope spoke about Psalm thanksgiving to

of

on

the king.

a

The Jews came to view the psalm as hymn to the hoped-for messiah, the

pope

said,

and

later Christians read

it

as

referring to Christ.

At the center of the psalm, the pope

overcom-

God's blessings on

difficulties."

said, is gratitude for

"Only

the king, particularly the blessing of life and of 'length of days forever and ever."

an authentic family, loving and united for life, can children reach a in

With

healthy maturity, drawing upon the ex-

ample of unconditional love, faithfulness, mutual dedication and respect for life," the pope said. pray that Polish families will be this," he said.

"I

like

hymn

blessings

21, a

God for his

the resurrection,

Jesus not only a long

he

life,

God gave*

but eternal

life,

said.

"On

the basis of this certainty, each

Christian cultivates hope for the gift of

eternal

life,"

Pope John Paul

said.

too violent? Yes, for some,

Any

story, movie, painting or

sculpture that considers one part of Jesus' earthly

life

as discrete in itself

distorted eye.

to

will ever see. It

Why?

it

rection? No.

is

bless-

ing the crowd.

don't see the violence as gratu-

most of us

response

Gibson's movie was, almost to surprise, quite positive. It

I

— perhaps

very different ways.

My own

Was but

than an accurate picture of who he was and what he did. From the Incarnation to the Ascension, the totality of Christ's life, death and resurrection is a unity. To look at only part of it is to see with a

two versions of the same scene

families.

Peter's Square.

makes use of the imagination.

those at the foot of the cross reverently mourn in graceful tranquility.

Yet, the crucifixion of Christ from

time period, presents a violently torhis skin a putrid green tured Jesus with every lash of the whip, every bruise, every gash, every wound vividly shown and exposed. When painting the same scene, these two artists

open popemobile, waving to and

audience was the

of 2004 to be held outside in St. For 10 minutes before

first

brutality.

He also spoke about St. Joseph in his remarks to Italians present in the square under a sunny spring sky.

The pope prayed that St. Joseph

the audience began, the pope rode in an

The mid-March

violent

its

II

would help young people "to follow each day the desires of the Lord," that he would give support to those who are suffering and that he would help newlyweds accept God's plans for their new

of the psalms used for evening prayer.

Guest Columnist

POPE

JOHN PAUL

going to give

less

Yet, does that stop us from celebrating Christmas as a feast in itselP Do I recommend it? Well, I can only say that as difficult as it was to watch, I am not sorry that I saw it, will probably see it again. That be warned. This is one of those movies, one of those experiences in which way you get out of it depends very much on what you bring to it.

and

I

said,

Jesuit Father Joseph Sobierajski

is

pas-

of St. Peter Church in Charlotte. He was Undergraduate Dean ofArts and Sciences at Loyola College in Baltimore, Md., and tor

and studio for many years assignment at St Peter Church.

taught art history before his

A funeral Mass on Ash Wednesday?

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could not have a funeral

been a change? (Texas)

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Corner

A. Some slight changes have occurred in the past few years. According to regulations in the present Sacramentary (Missal), funeral Masses may not be celebrated on holy

FATHER JOHN

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Masses that are prohibited. Funeral ceremonies, weddings and other sac-

no prohibition for Ash Wednesday.

Similar rules govern Ritual Masses, connected with celebration of the sacraments or sacramentals (weddings, for example, and Masses with anointing of the sick or baptism).

These are prohibited on Sundays of Advent, Lent and Easter, solemnities, days

in the

octave of Easter, All Souls

Day, Ash Wednesday and during Holy Week (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 3372 and 3380).

Note that it is funeral or ritual

DIETZEN

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ramental liturgies without Mass may be celebrated on these days, with due respect, of course, for their liturgical character.

A

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March

The Catholic News & Herald 15

2004

19,

Message

for

After months of publicity about Mel Gibson's film "The Passion of the curiChrist," I was anxious to see it ous to see for myself how this film pre-

—

sents the truths of the Gospel.

saw

must say honestly

I

it,

A sequel to "The Passion'7

Mel Gibson:

When

that

I

I

The Bottom Line ANTOINETTE BOSCO

the death of Jesus. But

CNS

is

I

believe that

very familiar with the Gos-

pels, the violence

Columnist

people

I

have talked to about

tian

one of them. He thinks the actor/director should do an even more challenging sequel titled "The Resurrection of Christ."

lenging:

agree and believe there should

be a next step for Gibson. Cal Samra, the man who founded the Fellowship of

Merry

I

Christians,

is

spoke to Samra, and

it

struck

me

was onto something important.

Samra acted on his proposal by seeking out Gibson's company, Icon Productions, in Santa Monica, Calif, sending them a framed print of the painting 'The Risen Christ by the Sea"

that he

and a

My

Do a

"We think it is important that we not only experience the redemptive power and the suflFering of the passion of Christ, but also God's great power, victory and eternal joy in an equally compelling movie production of his resurrection."

for the resurrection,

much more that goes on later.

Can anyone ignore Christ's presence down the centuries?"

There's so

were

said.

day. Last year fiber optic lights

were

strung throughout the church. Included in each bulletin was a bookmark in the

shape of a cross, with a butterfly and these words imprinted on

you

live,

also will

it:

'Because

I

live.'"

Samra's mission began 19 years ago after a traumatic experience catapulted

him

into a

new understanding

are reviving the very old Christian tra-

the help of his wife. Rose, was sorely

"One

needed for it focuses on the light, laughter and joy Jesus gave to the world. The name of their publication says it well:

not enough to celebrate the resurrection," he explained.

He

spoke of early Christians, naming the Greeks, Slavs and Italians, who had Easter celebrations that lasted a week, ending in "Bright Sunday," which was seen as the beginning of Christ's

DAN MORRIS CNS

Columnist

death and resurrection

life,

of his son, Jesus.

The

fellowship

As we struggle daUy with pledges to go without something for the 40 days of Lent, we should take a serious look at the Adam-and-Eve Principle of the Universe: "Once you are told you may

not do something, you want to do

Samra began, with

"The Joyful Noiseletter." i hope to read in it one day that Gibson was inspired to act on Samra's suggestion with a sequel titled "The Resurrection of the Christ."

it all

the more."

How

of God's

love and goodness for each of us, revealed in the

is

Dan

"People are invited to dress in their

Samra told me that he has witnessed a new phenomenon that should be getting attention. Many modern churches

day

Uncle

brightest colors for worship that Sun-

sequel on the resurrection.

dition of resurrection celebrations.

letter that said:

teens to Mass

hap-

told me. "Butterflies, a Chris-

adopted as a decorating motif," he In our conversation, Samra was very clear in saying why he contacted

Gibson.

"There's a major hole here. thinking is that you can see what the Lord suffered and that really impacts you. But that's only half the story. I'm suggesting something extremely chal-

this film

Samra symbol

years,

the excruciating pain Jesus willingly ac-

Many

is

ana and North Carolina to California.

At the First Presbyterian Church of Winter Haven, Fla., Bright Sunday has been celebrated again for the past five

on the screen, depicting

cepted, cannot really be understood.

a revival

churches nationwide from Florida, Indi-

was

We

now

1,000 years, but

last

pening," he repeated, mentioning several

deeply disappointed. see the torment, the torture and unless one

permanent presence in the world.

"These have died out over the

A way of getting

come?

Why

would

a

nonbreakfast eater like myself, for ex-

ample, develop an intense desire for International House of Pancakes after being told by a doctor not to eat before 9 a.m.?

Why

will a 4-year-oId circle the

cookie jar for hours after being told to stay out of it? Yes, a 40-year-old wLU do

the

same

thing.

We

Catholics should use Lent to

make

this hands-off-the-apples thing

work

for us, not against us. Especially if

Lent

is

a time to light a fire under our

faith lives.

So maybe we should make it harder go to church. Instead of using cattle prods to encourage our children to go to to

The jobs and vocations

THERESE

She began losing her love for the hurch; the energy and creativity that she evidenced while in school dwindled. So she packed up her talents md skills, and decided to try her luck at corporate America.

She bought a few nice aylorts,

area

moved

to a

and worked an

suits

and

growing urban office

job

3ntry-level marketing position

— an — un-

she grew restless there too. The Daycheck was nice, and the health benefits were incredible not a small matter today when good health care is ncreasingly more difficult and costly to come by. But she left work feeling a bit empty.

"Am I really contributing any;hing to society?" she wondered. She "eturned to the question so many yroung adults ask over and over: til

—

"What

is

my

vocation?"

Renee LaReau, ivriter,

a

20- and 30-somethings in her book "Getting a Life: How to Find Your True Vocation." Like Johnson, LaReau and friends want to use their full potential, to find jobs that give glory to God. On top of that, it would be nice to get paid.

For LaReau, me and tons of other young adults, the word "vocation" used to conjure up images of religious life.

can vividly recall the knot in my stomach as I explained to Sister Marie in fourth grade that I thought I was "called." When Sister Marie explained to our class that God calls a few special I

chronicles the struggles of

him

in religious

life, I

my future involved taking care of elderly nuns in a building that resembled a retirement home. was convinced

wanted

I

convent that

to serve

The

fact that

I

loved

As

I

my

I was relieved to discover that I might be able to shop at the Gap and still serve God.

articulates a similar expe-

when

happened to

she writes: "Something gradually in my 20s

me

"What?" asks daughter.

"You heard me. No confirmation.

Probably no Mass."

sense that this concept of 'vocation'

"Is this a

wasn't nearly as narrow as I'd thought. I began to catch some 'glimpses of grace,' hints that God was at work in the lives of my friends and family, that each of us was being called

by God in our own way."

She quotes the spiritual writer Fa-

"No

ther Henri.

enough St.

the glimpses of

is

I

have been

al-

lowed to catch."

Indeed, vocation takes many forms in the lives of young adults to-

ever will fill the void that is simply part of being human. Only faith in a loving God and a few other things like faithful friends, a caring family, a sense of humor can help to satiate the thirst that keeps us searching, learning and wondering.

And when we grow exhausted, as we often do, it helps to know that we have the company of each other.

—

—

mature

away from

my

friends are in that class."

someone who cares. doesn't make you mature."

that

Besides,

"Who says I'm not mature enough?"

Do not answer. Roll eyes. how do you measure matuMsgr. O'Kneel thinks I'm

"So, like, rity?

I

bet

mature enough."

"He doesn't live with you."

"We

We know that no job is perfect and place, thing or career

just aren't

"Tell

gotta talk about

"No we no person,

You

to be confirmed. Stay

"But

to be a witness to

God

joke?"

joke.

All Saints for a while."

Nouwen, who wrote, "My

deepest vocation

that

understanding of "vocation" widened.

rience

I

me to God

studied religion in college,

may no

limits too."

went through college and graduate school, developed friendships and entered the working world. I began to as

day.

meant one thing: cutting my hair short and tucking it behind a veil.

can hear it now: dear daughter, you

"My

longer attend confirmation classes. And we are thinking about making Mass off

my

God, but

visits did little to attract

life.

LaReau young-adult

I

Columnist

many

children to serve

Instead of paying your

church.

J.

BORCHARD CNS

an absence of innovative ideas.

it.

teen's car insurance as a bribe to attend

confirmation classes, just tell the 16year-old he or she may not attend

young adults want Terry Johnson, 30, graduated from the University of Notre Dame with an M.A. in theology and was eager to change the world. She worked for a large Midwestern parish for a few years, but became frustrated with rigidity among church staff: lack of apen-mindedness to her new ideas and

Mass, forbid

Our Turn

this."

don't."

"I'm going to call Msgr. O'Kneel.

And

I can pay my own car insurance."

See? I think this will work. Of

course, it could be a little tricky trying to persuade state and federal governments to pass laws making it difficult to attend

church so that we will become fired up about attending church. Maybe we could tell our legislators there's no way they could do it. That might do it.

I think I hear voices in the cookie jar.

I'd better

go check.

/

16 The Catholic

News & Herald

March

19,

2004

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Sacred Heart Church

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Rowan County

of Catholic faith in

Father

(now Msgr.) Anthony

Kovacic, a native of Yugoslavia, was apr^

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to

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spirit.

family,

was appointed

bishop of Baltimore, Md., and vicar ap-

Sacred Heart Church, a parish rich in

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gotiations between the sisters and Bishop Eugene McGuinness of Raleigh,

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thanks in part to a number of converts to the faith. Cardinal James Gibbons, arch-

North Carolina, occasionally celebrated Mass during his visits to

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its

a resident pastor

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were offered

facility.

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1971, the

following year, the Diocese of

Thomas Clements was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart Church. Remodeling efCharlotte was formed and Father

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beth Ministry

in the

A new, split-level school was built in

The

tan of the Year

pastor in July 2000 and

is

now

also vica

forane of the Salisbury Vicariate and ju dicial vicar for the

now

Diocese of Charlotte

ministers to 830 families.

"It's

a very ethnically diverse parisl

and that brings together a nice blend ( the community," said Father Putnam.

The congregation continues t grow, and in 2003, the parish purchase a 40-acre tract of land with plans t build a larger church and school in tfc near

fijture.

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