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SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

2003

Vatican warns that those

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Keeping Charlotte green

who give up on peace must answer to God JOHN NORTON

By

Catholic

News

peaceful

VATICAN CITY— As US. George W. Bush set a

President

countdown

means made

available

un-

der international law are ex-

Service

hausted assumes a grave responsibility

God,

before

liis

conscience

war on Iraq, the Vatican warned that whoever gives up on peace/ul solutions

and

would have to answer for the decision to God and history.

The Vatican statement

did not mention

March 18 came a day after Bush gave Iraqi President Saddam

spoken out against a possible war, calling

Hussein and his sons a 48-hour

macy to

for

history," said Vatican spokes-

man

Joaquin Navarro-VaUs.

The

one-sentence statement

Bush or any other by name

international leaders

For months, the Vatican has on

all

sides to

pursue diplo-

avoid a fresh conflict

In one of his most impas-

ultimatum to leave Iraq to avoid military conflict

"Whoev er

decides that

all

See VATICAN, page 4

the

Our Lady of Mercy School is charged with spirit

Photos by Kevin

Above, Irish dancers from Rince na h'Eireann School of Traditional Irish Dance step lively in Charlotte's seventh annual St. Patrick's Day Parade March 14.

Students, stepparents work togethertobenetitaE

By KEVIN

MURRAY

E.

Acting Editor

WINSTON-SALEM

—

out with pride at the children on the school's play-

used as Bishop McGuinness High School.

"It's been a long time coming," she said. "We've been seriously planning on expanding the school for five

ground.

old

the beauty of

high school

she remarked. "We never had

Lady

gave

it,"

on

the

grass before."

difficult

to

principal

of Our Lady of

Murray

Diocesan schools enact emergency response plan

By KEVIN

"

now

W

e

have

the space

we

MURRAY

ocesan schools to have enhanced versions of their indi-

—

CHARLOTTE To be prepared for the unexpected, schools in the Diocese of Char-

vidual plans for dealing with fire,

McMonagle. "We had no music room, no science lab, no

tornado and lock-down

esan plan directs each school to

emergency situations that

include certain procedures in its

may

basic part of our dioc-

ocesan School Plan for Emer-

nications that

moved

gency Situations requires

available," said

Linda Cherry,

Effective

Trail

mt-usiz

March

17,

the Di-

rim

plan, as well as certain

all di-

of tears to path of hope ...page

aN

Schools must now be able adequately respond to

situations.

'The

school; in February, they all

See 0LM, page 9

school to adapt the plan specifically to its school."

situations.

commumust be made

into the vacant build-

superintendent of diocesan schools. "We wanted each

have implemented new protocols to handle emergency lotte

before," said is

E.

Acting Editor

to expand.

did not have

proud of her students, her staff and her new School,

E.

Our Lady of Mercy School sixth-graders beam with pride over their new school.

see that McMonagle,

Mercy

of

needed room Photo by Kevin

not

It's

Our

Mercy School the much-

children play-

the

MAKING SAFER SCHOOLS

The

is

down

For more parade photos, see pages 8-9.

years."

"This

ing

Left, St. Patrick School rolls parade route.

ing once

Sandra McMonagle looked

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The Catholic News & Herald

The World

in

Brief been waiting for years to get government permission to work in Cuba.

Catholic leaders, hospitals take action on plight of uninsured With WASHINGTON (CNS)

—

Vatican to issue decree on Eucharist after

and free diabetes screenings, homilies and eligibility

interfaith prayer breakfasts

encyclical's publication (CNS) The

—

VATICAN CITY

check-ups for enrollments in state health programs, religious leaders and Catholic

Vatican's doctrinal congregation and the

week of

congregation overseeing the sacraments are drafting a document underlining the

hospitals took action during the

March 10-16 to raise awareness of the plight of the uninsured. "Cover the Uninsured Week," an initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with spon-

importance of following church norms regarding the celebration of the Eucharist and eucharistic adoration. Vatican officials said

sorship by dozens of national organizations, included at least 60 interfaith

events and more than 200 health

and for Divine Worship and the Sacraments is expected to be published in the fall. Pope John Paul II's new encyclical on the Eucharist, tentatively titled "Ecclesia de

fairs

around the country, offering free services to local residents regardless of whether they had health insurance. "As pressures

rist"),

many

other faith providing health

praised the

engaged

in

— communities — who have

including the Jewish,

care in Florida

hospital patients

Baptist and Seventh-day Adventist

HONG KONG (CNS) — The Hong

CNS photo by Declan Walsh

established

Kong Diocese

Priest comforts drought-stricken children in Ethiopia Consolata Missionary Father Giovanetti Giuseppe comforts children from the village of Arba Gosa, south of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, in early March. Ethiopia faces drought and famine, with more than 4 million people needing direct food aid.

hospitals and church-run enterprises, as

well as others

who are compelled to serve

those with health care needs.

Troops called to active duty urged to bond together in face of war A Denver DENVER (CNS) group of Catholic

reservists

being deployed for a possible U.S. war against Iraq that they were leaving behind friends and loved ones but they were "not going alone." Benedictine Fa-

in the 96th Army Reserve Command. Their battalion of 600 troops was

ration of a convent for the Brigittine Sis-

mobilized the following day.

dinal Jaime

women

Castro's support for religious convent

who

spent 20 years in ther Ed Kucera, the Army, advised the young Catholics to "bond together and help each other

through," and 'look to each other for solace

and comfort." Father Kucera also

advised

them

to use their

"down time"

for personal growth, especially

Lent. 'This

is

during

a time of anxiety for sure,

can also be a time for self-examination. Ask yourself, 'What did I learn today?'" he said. The priest made the but

it

comments March 5 during an Ash Wednesday Mass, which came on the eve of mobilization for 8 men and two 1

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gap with bishops

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went around

memory

loss, will

hold a

bereavement support group meeting

Room E

of the ministry center at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. This group offers today 1:30-3 p.m.

in

Territories

is

the

who have

may be remembered

Church Men's Club will hold their World Famous Fish Fry tonight 5-7 p.m. in the school cafeteria, 3016 Providence Rd. Menu includes fried and baked fish, clam chowder, slaw, fries, hush puppies, dessert and beverages all for one low price.

St Luke Church, 28 CHARLOTTE 13700 Lawyers Rd., will host a Third World Dinner tonight 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center. The meal will be a simple supper of black beans and rice.

Artist and jewelry-

Featured speaker Frederick Yebuali will address the topics of current mission op-

support for those caregivers

For more inforSuzanne Bach at (704) 376-

mation,

call

4135.

26 CHARLOTTE

—

All families

who

have suffered a loss are invited to attend the monthly memorial Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dil worth Rd. East, tonight at 7:30 p.m. Call the church office at (704)

27 BELMONT designer

—

334-2283 with the name(s)

of loved ones so they during the Mass.

Mercy

—

Sister Soledad Aguilo

erations in

Mexico and Catholic

Relief

Loco Design Workshops

Services in Iraq. Please bring one can of

today, April 3 and

Workshops will be held 30 6:30-8:30 p.m.

food per person to be donated to Loaves and Fishes. Sign up by calling the .parish

Class fees include wire and beading to

office at (704)

will hold three

Kent

(828) 686-8833.

dealing with

New

equately protect the priests.

lost their caregiver role.

produce approximately 4-6 necklaces and/or bracelets. Attendees will learn how to use appropriate tools and tech-

Adult Respite, which helps families

in the

sacraments to Catholic patients. He said he believed that hospital procedures for dealing with the situation would ad-

at

Shining Stars

Mun

them by getting permission from the Vatican before requesting it from Cardinal Ortega at a time when many religious orders and foreign priests have

millennium, St. Maria Faustina. The program will take place 7-9 p.m. For more information call

26 CHARLOTTE —

volunteer pas-

worst by SARS and that volunteers also were told to stop telephone counseling on the matter due to lack of information. However, the deacon said that he and some priests have continued to visit hospital wards to comfort patients and offer Communion and other

Cuban

said

its

district affected

Hall.

niques for making beaded jewelry.

28 CHARLOTTE

—

St.

Gabriel

— Our Lady

of the

Rosary Church, 71 1 South Main St., will host a soup and sandwich dinner at 5:30 p.m. every Friday during Lent, followed

by Salesian Reflections and Lenten Devo-

Must

be 16 or older to attend. For details, call Sister Soledad at (704) 829-5146 or email soledad@mercync.org.

545-1224.

28 LEXINGTON

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at Charlotte NC and POSTMASTER: Send

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Brigittines and Castro

Vatican cardinal.

Tuen

and the government-controlled press, to show that he has good relations with the Vatican and international church leaders while his problems state television

complaining about the circumstances surrounding the opening. At the opening, Castro was heavily praised by nonCuban Catholic leaders, including a

Souls about

W. West

Cuban bishops said that Castro used the ceremony, widely publicized by

hierarchy.

Mercy Messengers will present 'Tell all Acting Editor: Kevin E. Murray

less

gious presence while the bishops are

March 25 SWANNANOA

26

came

Several

—

HAVANA (CNS) The opening of a new convent in Havana has further widened the divisions between Cuban President Fidel Castro and the Cuban bishops. But in this case, it is Castro who

Diocesan. planner

& H £ R A L D

March

Volume

new

widens

than two weeks after CarOrtega Alamino of Havana criticized Castro's 44-year rule and asked for greater freedom for the church. ters

advised

workers to stop visiting patients in hospitals because of the outbreak of a virulent, strain of pneumonia. Deacon Karl Tsang Fan-hing of the Hong Kong Diocesan Commission for Hospital Pastoral Care said the increasing number of cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, an atypical pneumonia whose pathology had not yet been determined, forced the diocese to issue the notice to volunteers. The deacon March 17 told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, that

toral

—

priest told a

scheduled for publication Holy

Archbishop 17.

April Francesco Pio Tamburrino, secretary of the sacraments office, said the planned decree "depends on the text of the encyclical and whether the Holy Father feels a need for practical indications to be given."

Hong Kong Diocese tells volunteers to stop visiting

prayer breakfast at Miami's Mercy Hospital. "Extending meaningful insurance cov erage to them will make this pos-

He

is

Thursday,

equate services," said Archbishop John C. Favalora of Miami at a March 14

traditions

Church of the Eucha-

Eucharistia" ('The

the health system, we must ensure that all people can access ad-

mount on

sible."

the decree of the congrega-

tions for the Doctrine of the Faith

tion widi Benediction. All are .

attend. In addition,

tonight 5-8

p.m

welcome

to

OLR will host a fish fry

in die Parish Center. Fish

.

March 21, 2003

The World

in

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

pastor reports back

Illinois

from the front lines

in

June

Kuwait

—

ROMEOVILLE, HI. (CNS) As ^the United States was preparing to launch a military assault on Iraq, parishioners at St.

Mary Magdalene

good

VATICAN CITY U.S.-led military east country. "It

shipped out with his reserve unit. He to Kuwait Feb. 9, but according

to the parish's administrative assistant,

—

which they are sent, even in extreme danger," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said

March

ready fragile safety net," the president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association said March 12. In written testimony submitted to the House mittee on

Com-

Energy and Commerce, Fa-

ther Michael D. Place said Medicaid, the

in early

in St.

CNS

he said. "It simply shifts the costs to other parts of the health care system and to individuals

ford

who

are least able to af-

it."

increasingly subject to efforts to limit

reduce benefits and provider reimbursements, or increase cost-sharing to balance state budgets. 'Yet cut-

Bishop George H. Niederauer of Salt Lake City joined people nationwide in

ting Medicaid spending

celebrating the safe return

not really a

health care costs,"

fry take-outs will be available

dinners are open to the public.

on

and both For details

either event, call (336) 248-2463.

28 BELMONT lege

offering

is

today and April

—

Belmont Abbey Coltwo campus visit days, 1 1

for prospective stu-

For more information,

dents.

222-01

10.

29 CHARLOTTE

call (888)

— St Luke

SALT LAKE CITY

13700 Lawyers Rd., will host a Day of Retreat and Simple Living today 10 am4:30 p.m. in the Family Life Center. The retreat will consist of prayer, music, discussion and reflections on Catholic Social Teachings and the world around us. Refreshments and a light lunch will be provided. There is no charge to attend, and the retreat

is

open to

parish office

Sign up by calling the at (704) 545-1224. all.

29 CHARIjOTTE

— The Knights

(CNS)

March

teen-ager Elizabeth Smart,

—

12 of

who had

issued in 1657

the

by cardinals responsible

for

consecrated hosts have never been preserved under St Peter's famous basilica,

been missing since she was abducted from her family's Salt Lake City home last June. "Utah Catholics join our neighbors in thanking God for Elizabeth's safe return," he said, "just as we have joined them in prayer and support during these past nine months." According to the Salt Lake City Tribune, Brian David Mitchell, 49, and Wanda Jlene Barzee,

prepared to issue an encyckcal on the Eu-

new book recounted the 17th-century order and the relative ease with which baroque artist Gian Lorenzo

charist in April, a

Bernini had it rescinded. The book, "From Triumph to Love," was written by the German scholar Damian Dombrowski. It

argues that over the six decades Bernini

worked

moved from

more than nine months

popes to a focus on redemption flowing from God's unconditional love.

forcibly taken her

after she was from her bedroom

April

5

will benefit the Special

School of Leaders Sacred Heart Church, 128 N. Fulton St, today 9-1 1:30 a.m., following the 8 a.m. Mass. There will also be a

Olympics. For or more information please contact Michael or Beth Rocha (704) 598tickets

@

9687 or e-mail aperfectmixl@aol.com

—

St.

Michael

Church, 708 St. Michael's Ln., will host its 7th annual International Dinner tonight with dancing, live entertainment,

and more. A social hour and dinner will be 7 p.m. Call (704) 867-6212 and information.

auction, raffle

at (336)

29 SALISBURY

will

meet

—

at

Secretariat

meeting 1-2:30 p.m. For more Dan Hines at (704) 544-

Pius

X

Church, 2210 N. Elm St., will host a Hunger Banquet tonight at 6:30 p.m. At this unique dining experience, 60% of banquet

Columbus are holding its 4th Annual Daddy/Daughter Dance tonight at St.

30% a moderate one-course meal and 10% an elegant three-course meal. All donations benefit Catholic Relief Services' "Africa Rising:

Hope and Healing" campaign. The is recommended for anyone 10

banquet

years of age or older.

To

register, please

—

St.

Mar-

and Alternatives" 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. today at Murphy-Garland Hall, 1422 Soco Road (Hwy. 19). Augustinian Father James J. McCartney, associate professor of philosophy at

Villanova University will address two topics, "War and Christianity: A Brief History" and "Just War Theory

To

visit www.charlottecursillo.oro:.

receive Cursillo information via e-

mail, contact bmayei-@alltell.net.

29 MOORESVILLE

St.

MAGGIE VALLEY

garet Church is presenting "War: Causes, Justifications, Consequences

6665 or

Church

—

a focus

information, call

served at

29 GREENSBORO

288-2785 or

kath.davidson@worldnet.attnet.

will begin at 6 p.m.

for tickets

and his art on the power of the

in the basilica his faith

57, allegedly held the girl undetected for

Kathy Davidson

attendees will eat a simple one-course meal,

be on hand to take photographs 6-8 p.m.,

some Catholics continue to ask the Vatican to place a tabernacle on the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica. Despite an order fact

contact Joe Bauer at jlbauer@aol.com or

of

Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd. in Aquinas Hall. The theme this year will be a Luau. Our Heritage Studios will

—

(CNS) Debate over the placement of the tabernacle in Catholic churches is nothing new and, in

and DJ Curious George will provide the music. Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the dance will be 7-10 p.m. AU proceeds

29 GASTONIA Church,

Peter's Basilica

VATICAN CITY

baldacchino or on the Altar of the Chair in the church's apse. As Pope John Paul II

eligibility,

is

photo from Reuters

sheeting as Baptist chaplains baptize infantrymen March 16 in northern Kuwait near the Iraq border. Pope John Paul II urged Iraq and the United Nations to consider the "tremendous consequences" of the potential conflict and avert war.

low-income people, has been

means of containing

March.

Tabernacle debate nothing new, not even

is

Salt Lake City bishop responds to safe return of Elizabeth Smart

for

"The

will re-

the heightened threat of a new war.

Italy's diplomatic personnel in Iraq left

joint federal-state health insurance pro-

gram

Baghdad

main open even in the case of a possible armed intervention in the country," he said. The Vatican Embassy in Baghdad also remained open during the 1991 Gulf War. Most other countries have closed their embassies in Baghdad amid

U.S. soldier is baptized in northern Kuwait Marine Albert Martinez from Sunnyvale, Calif., is about to be immersed in a makeshift baptismal pool made of sandbags and plastic

care" not to "unravel our nation's al-

14 in a brief statement.

apostolic nunciature in

U.S.

In

diplomatic repre-

situations of

come out of hibernation.

WASHINGTON

its

tions to

scorpions, spiders, lizards and rats will

making reforms aimed at improving Medicaid, Congress must take "great

Mid-

the

in

the constant tradition

sentatives remain close to the popula-

Annette Murphy, communication with Father Neitzke has been sparse at best.

She said written correspondence takes approximately 20 days to arrive from the Middle Eastern country and the troops no longer have access to e-mail.

In a letter to students and staff at the parish school dated Feb. 18, Father Neitzke described the part of the country where he is stationed as flat, dry and dusty, with no trees and little vegetation.

He noted that the only sign of life he has seen around the camp besides the troops was a pack of wild dogs, but he said he had been told the approaching warmer weather means several species of snakes,

says (CNS)

in

— The

(CNS)

campaign is

of the Holy See that

was sent

official

who was found

tried to escape.

Vatican said it would not close its embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, in the event of a

civil engineering division of the U.S. Department of the Navy, left a teary-eyed congregation behind Jan. 19 as he

CHA

had

health,

Vatican says embassy in Iraq will remain open in event of war

—

Medicaid reforms must

2002. Mitchell was widely "Emmanuel," an itinerant pan-

15-year-old Elizabeth,

Par-

protect 'fragile safety net,'

as

handling street preacher who dressed in white robes. Police could not say whether

worried about the safety of Father Ron Neitzke, their pastor. Father Neitzke, a military chaplain with the U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Forces in Readiness, a ish in Joliet

one of their own

5,

known

—

St.

Therese

and Christian Pacifism." For more information or to register, call Father

hosting a health fair today 9 a.m.-l p.m. in its Parish Life Center, 217 Brawley School Road. This free event is open to the community and

or Mary Herr at (828) 497-9498 or e-mail maryherr@dnet.net The cost

offers free health screenings

for the

is

and information for all ages. There will be more than 40 different exhibitors (private practitioners, organizations and businesses related to the health industry).

Any questions please call Joe Dreiling

660-5254, Yvette Leger at (704) 733-5351 or Mary Martin (704) 662-9128. at (704)

Frank Doyle

at (828)

926-0106

workshop includes lunch.

Registration deadline is April l

Please submit notices of events Planner at least 15 days prior to the date of t/ie event in

for

the Diocesan

writing

to

Karen A.

Evans

kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax

(704) 370-3382.

at to

H 4

March 21, 2003

The Catholic News & Herald

Around the Diocese Dugan, former

Trail of tears to

path of hope

Cherokee history, current issues explored at program

By JOANITA M.

NELLENBACH

Correspondent

MAGGIE VALLEY— The Mountain

Smoky

funded by an OpBowl grant, presented

Vicariate,

eration Rice

"Catholics and Cherokees: Learning From Each Other" in the St. Margaret

March

parish hall

Herr, the vicariate's Catholic

multicultural worker and faith forma-

tion consultant, organized the program, which Vill be repeated at St. William Church in Murphy June 12, 6-9

p.m. and at St. Joseph Church in Bryson City Oct. 18, 1-4 p.m.

The 35 Anglo and Cherokee attendees heard presentations on Cherokee history and current issues by EBCI members Patty Grant and Joyce Dugan and by Russ Townsend of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

Au-

In the concluding presentation,

gustinian Father Francis

J.

Doyle,

St.

Margaret's pastor, highlighted the principles of Catholic social teaching:

and dignity of the human person; call to family, community and participation; rights and responsibilities of the human person; options for and with the poor and vulnerable; dignity of work and the rights of workers; solidarity; and care for God's creation. life

"These principles reside hearts of

all

in

the

people, but sometimes

have not honored said. "It's really

that,"

we

Father Doyle

sad to think what some

people, even with

good

intentions, have

Gaudiem et spes to other people (The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) talks about the 'griefs and anxieties' of people, and isn't that so much of what

done

...

we've heard today?"

Townsend, an archeologist with the EBCI Cultural Resources Department, described the Cherokee removal,

known

as the Trail of Tears, in 1838.

U.S. soldiers forced about

16,000

Cherokees from their homes Southeast,

first

wounding across generations,

related

to massive root trauma."

The Cherokees endured another

15.

St. Margaret Church is near the Qualla Boundary, the 56,000-acre homeland of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) in western North Carolina.

Mary

very day," Townsend said.

Patty Grant, social worker advocate for the EBCI's Tribal Diabetes Program, spoke on historical trauma and grief: "A cumulative and psychic this

in

removal: To facilitate assimilation of people they saw as "savage," white officials took Cherokee children from their homes, often without the parents' permission and sometimes without their knowledge, and put them in

government-

and religious-run boarding schools.

In boarding schools, said Grant, whose mother attended such a school, children had to suppress all aspects of being Cherokee. They were punished for speaking Cherokee and for practicing Cherokee ceremonies.

"This sent a strong message that being who you were was not acceptable," said

Three

Grant.

Cherokee 'genera-

to five

tions lost their culture. ture,

Grant

To

means

said,

lose a cul-

"to lose a

unique language, land, identity, traditional spiritual and social beliefs, and a lifeway contrary to the dominant society. This creates a sense of confusion. People can't be Cherokee, but they aren't accepted as white because Recently doctors, their skin is dark. ministers and others have begun to see that this (historical grief and trauma) could be the basis of some of the diseases (such as diabetes) that afflict the Cherokee."

Responses to this trauma include inability to deal with emotions, such as shutting out emotions altogether, fear of being oneself, substance abuse, severe anxiety, depression and feeling ...

Grant

thing the Cherokee

is

some-

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"Our kids were struggling with their identity," she said. "They wanted

sioned public pleas,

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equilibrium of the entire Middle East and

taught their culture."

could foment

superintendent of the Qualla Boundary schools, she said, she made sure that Cherokee culture became a part of every subject in

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being dependent on government resources as a nation led to being de-

pendent as individuals."

Before the 1838 removal, the Cherokee were self-governing. They had a written language and 90 percent of the Cherokee were literate in that language. They were also self-sufficient,

any motive for and asked member nations of

"to eliminate

intervention,"

been exhausted.

"I

Gaming, Dugan

We We

government."

say to alL There is still time to negotiate.

There is still room for peace. It is never too late to understand each other and to continue to work things out," the pope said.

Bush, issuing his ultimatum from the White House, said war would be an act of selfdefense against a country that had ties to terrorists and was still hying to amass, hide and develop biological, chemical and nuclear weapons.

'Instead of drifting along toward tragedy,

we will set a course toward safety," he said.

Bush

told Iraqi civilians,

liberation

own

farms or plantations. said, has brought the tribe almost back to independence.

"We're at the point now where we can look beyond gaming to see what have else we need," Dugan said. don't the money for programs. have to depend on the federal

with their

is

"The day of your

near."

The pope had

sent a personal envoy,

retired Italian Cardinal Pio earlier in

Laghi to Bush

March to urge that the Iraqi crisis be

solved peacefully through the United Nations.

After returning to Rome and briefing the pope March 15, Cardinal Laghi criticized what he called a rush to war in Iraq and said it was an illusion to think democracy can be

imposed through military force.

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Reaping a

Fruitful

young

Harvest

and

KAREN

A.

Johnathan Hanic, parochial Charlotte, is one of the seminarians whose education was supported by DSA funds.

"It was an incredible experience," Father Hanic said of the seminary. "I had the unbelievable opportunity in life to devote myself to prayer study and to Feather

EVANS

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

— The 2003 Dioc-

esan Support Appeal (DSA), "Reaping a

wraps up March 23

Fruitful Harvest,"

with Christ."

Also supported by the DSA is the Office of Justice and Peace with Catholic Social Services. In turn, the Office of Justice and Peace supports the Office of live

with Appeal Sunday.

"The purpose of Appeal Sunday is to wind up the campaign by providing an opportunity for those parishioners

who

have not made their pledge or contribution to do so," said Barbara Gaddy, associate director of development for the Dio-

Economic Opportunity

those parishioners to

whom

Appeal Sunday is directed are those people wh(i did not receive the initial mailings,

many

whom

of

in

Murphy,

which is creating a collaborative, community-driven effort to achieve economic justice in the counties of Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Swain.

cese of Charlotte.

Among

people's sense of Catholic identity

pride."

vicar for St. Patrick Cathedral in

DSA makes final appeal for diocesan ministries By

5

'The DSA supports the Office of and Peace as it seeks to help Catholics put their faith into action on

Justice

are not regis-

tered with the diocese.

behalf of justice," said Joe Purello, direc-

This year's campaign has a goal of $3,720,000, an increase of less than five percent over the 2002 DSA. As of March 17, $2,434,511 had been received or" pledged 65 percent of the goal. This amount in on par with

tor of the Office of Justice and Peace.

"One of the reasons the successful

Gaddy

The DSA

is

said.

DSA

the primary funding

multi-cultural ministries and the

vocations program.

Additionally, Catholic Social Services

is

lion in

the recipient of almost $ 1 .3 milofficer.

These minis-

DSA

church, and support of the

Charlotte in response to their needs."

the trenches. According to canon 231,

Each

DSA

is vital

monies collected through

year,

support ministries that affect

more than 40,000

people. "Every child

and adult

formation and every

in faith

who receives a sacrament benefits from the DSA," said Gaddy.

Among the 36 ministries supported by the DSA is Catholic Social Services. child

"Catholic Social Services relies

are a bridge for the

unem-

ployed and financially challenged, a source of comfort for the troubled and bereaved, a safe haven for refugees, a support for pregnant women and their families and a prayed-for resource for couples wanting to build families by adopting children," Thurbee said. "We could not respond to these needs without the support of the Diocesan Support Ap-

to these programs.

the

support of the Diocesan Support Appeal," said Paul Kotlowski, diocesan director for youth ministry. "We are the

"We

are central to the mission of the

tries

Support for about 24 percent of its funding," said Elizabeth Thurbee, executive director for CSS for the Diocese of Charlotte. "This support allows us to reach out to the people of the Diocese of

DSA gifts, said Bill Weldon, dioc-

esan chief financial

many

DSA

is

so

parishes are

and they give back (to the diocese) with gratitude," said Gaddy.

source for diocesan educational ministries,

that so

focusing on a spirituality of stewardship

—

previous years,

is

Youth ministry

on

arm

that

is

responsible for as-

sisting folks at the local level

who

are in

"The

persons who devote themselves permanently or temporarily to some special service of the church are obliged to acquire the appropriate formation which is required to fulfill their function prop-

calls

us into a solidarity

Charlotte," said Gaddy.

These and many other ministries will

erly.'"

"Actualizing that mandate

we

DSA

with the bigger church: to go beyond the boundaries of our own parishes; to be a part of one church and the Diocese of

'lay

are

all

is

about," Kotlowski said.

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"We

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"One of the hallmarks of teaching our Catholic faith is that Christ came to save the world, a community of believers, which means we are responsible for one another, not isolated and on our own," Kotlowski said.

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In

Respect Life urges ban on

human

the News

Senate passes

By Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic

cloning

officials

praised the U.S. Senate for

33 vote to pass the Partial-Birth

Postcard campaign

tion

Ban March

its

64-

Abor-

13.

'This historic vote sets the ban on

encourages senators to pass prohibition

KAREN

A.

EVANS

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

—

U.S. Senators R-Kan., and Mary D-La., introduced the

Sam Brownback, Landrieu,

Brownback/Landrieu

Human

Clon-

ing Prohibition Act bill, S. 245, in the Senate Jan. 29. The bill was sponsored by 24 other senators, including Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C. S. 245 would amend the Public

narrowly

defines partial-birth abortion

and ad-

step."

Court about protecting he said.

similarly urged Congress to "move quicldy toward sending this bill to the president's desk so that the history of

vs.

said Cathy Cleaver, director of planning

By

constitutionality." First, the bill

Wade legalized abortion,

Roe

and information for the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

The bill, introduced by Sen. Rick

America

partial-birth abortion in

cludes an exemption in cases where the procedure is necessary to save the life of

ops'

the mother.

the Partial Birth Abortion legislation, includ-

this

Anthony

Cardinal

a substitute proposal that

an attempt to perform human cloning; or shipping or receiving for any purpose an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such embryo.

The Senate had declined to adopt a similar bill in 2002. Passage in the Senate continues to be a challenge.

In an effort to encourage senators vote to approve S. 245, the National to

of

Committee for a Human Life Amendment (NCHLA) is planning to launch a postcard campaign March 29-30.

The campaign will focus on the 15 states whose senators have not made

debate on the

In a statement released after the vote, President Bush called the Senate's action

by President by the House

of life in America" and said he looked forward to the House passing legislation and working with the Senate to resolve any differences "so that I can sign legislation banning partial-birth abortion into law."

Cleaver said she expected the House to pass the ban quickly, and she described the Senate vote as "the beginning

clear their position, including Sen.

of the end for

John Edwards, D-N.C. "It is of utmost importance that we Edwards know our position on Sen. let

procedure."

human

cloning," said

Maggi Nadol,

di-

ocesan Respect Life director.

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She called the Senate vote a "great success for those who have worked so hard for passage of this bill, but above all

than half the states have en-

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the cardinal

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Previous postcard campaigns focused on stopping the Freedom of Choice Act in 1993, keeping abortion out of health care reform in 1994 and enacting into law the partial-birth abortion ban act in 1996 and 1998,

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to be introduced.

not only to chip to take it away, but right, that at away and, by the way, criminalize abortions."

"an important step to building a culture

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Around the Diocese

Putting faith into action Belmont

Virginia students volunteer in By

MARY MARSHALL

truly an inspiration for

BELMONT — Not

all

college stu-

dents spend their spring breaks at the

beach or lounging around the house.

Two students from Virginia's Radford University, along with eight students from Virginia's James Madi-

of

us."

Camp Hope facility. Students unloaded bushes from a truck and

gels'

son University, volunteered at Belmont's Holy Angels facility as they engaged in the Spring Break Adventure program March 10-14.

carried

them

to the front of a

new

activity building recently erected

the

The students, members of their Catholic campus ministries that or-

on

site.

"We're digging, raking, organizing and cleaning," said Julie Gardella, a junior at the university. "I've never

ganized the adventure, said they came to Belmont with the same objective to do something to help someone else.

Some were veteran volunteers, having traveled previously to Mexico, Savannah and Baltimore.

For others, it was a first-time en-

done anything like this before. We're putting our faith into action helping others and in return our faith is strengthened."

Senior Gayle Taylor has been on several mission trips that concentrated on helping the homeless and evangelization.

"At Holy Angels, we're able to work during the day and get to know some of the residents in the evening," said Taylor. "They join us for dinner and are so excited to be with us."

Sophomore Caitlin Radek's goal is to impact a new community. "We're landscaping, helping out with a party and getting to know the residents over pizza," she said.

Radek is a veteran volunteer who has helped build houses for the poor and elderly, and assisted in the hurricane relief project in Kinston, N.C. Junior Matt Morrell has made two trips to Mexico where he worked with a blind child and a quadriplegic who drew with a mouthpiece.

"My goal for spring break is to

—

deavor.

Spring Break Adventure places teams of college students in community service and experiential learning.

While distance from the college isn't vital to the program, the environment must be different from that of a college campus. Participating students contribute to the community through hard work and gain a broader understanding of the world around them.

"This is the first year that Holy Angels has hosted the Spring Break Adventure. We hope (it) will become an annual project," said Regina Moody, president and CEO of Holy Angels, a nonprofit organization that provides services for children and adults with varying degrees of men-

some of whom have physical disabilities and are medital

all

James Madison University students picked up shovels and picks and helped Jim Donecho, director of facilities and management information systems at Holy Angels, plant bushes and spruce up the Holy An-

Correspondent

retardation,

something much bigger than what we can experience on campus,"

find

cally fragile.

said Morrell. "It's all about perspective.

We're meeting people we would

normally never come in contact with.

It's not about changing the world but having an experience we can carry with us back to campus, our families and throughout our lives."

Steve Hughes &

I

Above, Radford University student Erica Crossman dances with Holy Angels resident at a Great Adventures Club dinner and dance

March

14.

At

right,

James Madison

University students Caitlin Radek and Chris Schwizer help spruce up Holy Angels' Camp Hope facility.

Erica Crossman, a fashion design in her junior year at Radford University, came to Holy Angels with

major

—

an open mind she had no preconceived notions, which she believed would make for a greater experience.

"My only goal was to deepen my faith, which I achieved the first of the week," she said. "The rest of the week was a bonus."

Crossman ventured beyond Holy Angels' facility to House of Mercy, a residential care facility established by the Sisters of Mercy for persons living with AIDS.

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Crossman and Askin said they were amazed at the dedication of the

"I

"Students from James Madison University and Radford University truly have given of themselves to do service projects to help us," said Moody. "We are most appreciative of their willingness to share and work for the good of Holy Angels. They are

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No shenanigans here

St. Patrick's Day, Charlotte

si

CHARLOTTE — Diocese ofCharlotte schools and other\ were among the 60 groups that marched in the seventh am H March 15. An estimated 15,000 spectators lined Tryon Str m.

7S

Photo by Kevin

Helen Gassen and Jeanmarie Schuler help

Day

in the St. Patrick

festival

March

a

customer

at their

E.

Murray

LAOH booth

15.

LAOH keeps Irish heritage alive

By KEVIN

MURRAY

E.

Acting Editor

— On

CHARLOTTE Day,

St. Patrick's

said everybody's Irish.

it's

For the

Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, be-

ing Irish

is

a full-time pursuit. similar back-

"Most of us come from

grounds," said Jeanmarie Schuler, membership chair and former vice president

LAOH's

of the based

St.

Brigid Division

1,

Service. It became a cenand philosophy. Her counsel was sought by bishop and commoner

Catholic

alike.

"She was quite a woman," said 'To do that in those days was

Schuler.

quite extraordinary."

The

especially in the South," said Schuler.

"After living here for 25 years and unable to make a good connection with my faith

my

heritage, this

group

is

a great

rade under

a non-profit organiza-

comprised of Catholic women of Irish descent, was founded in Omaha, Neb., in 1884 as the Daughters of Erin to protect young immigrant Irish girls. The officially

became the

LAOH

in

1984.

Celebrating their Irish Catholic heritage is paramount for many members of the

St.

Brigid division, said Schuler.

"Keeping our heritage alive for the next generation is important to us," she said.

Schuler was one of 15

women who

founded the state's first LAOH division in June 1998, when they met at St. John Neumann Church. Under the motto "Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity," members have since helped found

other divisions, Wilmington.

Now meeting

lic charities.

Other division

in

Greensboro and

activities include: cel-

ebrating the feast of special

Mass

St.

Brigid with a

at St. Gabriel; sponsoring a

trophy to a local Irish dancing school to promote continued teaching of Irish culture through dance; and volunteering

and funds to area projects at the Inn and Catherine's House, both sanctuaries for single mothers and their babies.

The national LAOH has funded a chair at the University of Notre Dame for

time, items

such as

Room

the study of the history of the Catholic Church in the United States and the Irish contribution to that history. The organization also donated to the Valley Forge

Freedom Foundation honoring the the Civil

monument who fought in

for a

Irish soldiers

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I.

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for the first

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the St. Brigid Division has over 30 members ranging in age from early 30s to 80,

Feb.

own banner

its

time since the- group's inception, and has continued to march each year to celebrate the life of St. Patrick. The group also runs

tion

group

Brigid division marched in

St.

Charlotte's 2001 St. Patrick's

parade; the

thing for me."

The LAOH,

News

ter for art

in Charlotte.

"It's nice to belong to a group in which you can talk about your faith,

and

Born in 453, St. Brigid founded a "double monastery" that attracted both men and women devotees, according to

honoring

St.

battlefield,

Brigid

and an

was donated

to

the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

Washington.

Members must

be practicing

Catholic women of Irish descent or the wife or mother of a Hibernian. For more information about St. Brigid

Division 1, visit http://www.laohcharlotte.catholicweb.com.

March 21, 2003

only a few days.

"We closed the school Thursday evening, took Friday off and we were

OLM, ]

)

from page 1

in

no math room for the upper grades, no faculty room to hold the

fabulous."

nurse's room,

entire faculty."

'The

enjoy the parade. new

swing on Monday

science teacher for the middle school students. "Science needs to be hands-on.

Now

facility to do that."

"We've been cramped for space

they have the

some and

time.

Now

why

that's

for

everything's in place

we're excited," she said.

'The students love

it;

there's a

tremen-

dous sense of pride."

"I

think the students were a

little

intimidated at first," said Sister of St. Joseph Geri Rogers, assistant principal, "but they came to love the new building."

'The new building

Mercy

is

ley Kenney.

for

"I like it

because

it's

smaller

your teacher."

With 273 students currently enrolled in the kindergarten through eighth-grade school, the new space opens up many possibilities for future growth, said McMonagle.

making sure the Catholic community has a place to go to school," she "It's

"Each year,

we hope

to add

new

classes."

A

unified effort

— —

The entire school everything from furniture to people transferred from the old location to the new one in

E.

Murray

Top left, St. Ann's

School; top right, All Saints School; left, Knights of

Columbus lead the parade; above, Men's Club; below, Charlotte Catholic High School.

St. Gabriel's

Photos by Kevin

E.

Murray

Above left, Janet Tennyson instructs Our Lady of Mercy School firstgraders on their laptop computers.

Above right, media specialist Janice Safrit reads to first-graders in the library. Right, seventh-graders

express themselves in the school's art

"It

was

priests are very involved with our

and it worked beautifully."

"They worked all day Friday and

sible,

Saturday, they carried computers, they set up classrooms, they cleaned and filed," said Sister Geri.

"Without the parents, it couldn't have been done," said Mattingly.

Our Lady of

than a public school and you have a better relationship with your class and

said.

McMonagle.

While professional movers were employed to transport larger items,

wonderful," said student Brad-

room.

very

"Our

giving

McMonagle, was the dedication and cooperation of the parents.

"They organized the move, worked with the teachers and myself, and helped put a plan together," she said. "They were absolutely dedicated to making the move as easy as pos-

concerned," said Kae Mattingly,

a

Geri.

new

the secret to the move's success, said

is

McGuinness High School."

"Our Lady of Mercy has

the

up a whole

science lab opens

Catholic education through Bishop

in

horizon for the students as far as

science

Photos by Kevin

full

building," said

A Ca tholic organiza tions n St. Patricks Day Parade a

The Catholic News & Herald 9

Around the Diocese

School-wide pride

spirit," said Sister

students. Our parish staff is very much involved in the school. And the parents are extremely cooperative.

They volunteer for so many things."

"I've never been in a school where parent involvement has been so extensive it's truly incredible the way the parents pull together and get things done," said Wheaton. "I've never seen anything like it."

"The parents make our jobs easier," said Mattingly, science teacher.

Many parents said they worked

—

— and continue — give something back — what they our

so hard on the to

to

work

move

as volunteers at the school

to the staff.

kids kindness, compassion and love; and the students get a great academic education. There's nowhere else I'd "It's

teach-

eighth-grader Kristin Carison. "Our Lady of Mercy is like a big community we cry and comfort each other at sad times and we laugh at joyful

my children to go," said Barbara Crews, a parent volunteer with two children in the school.

"It's one giant family here," said Holley Hynes, a parent volunteer also with two children in school. T volunteer to be closer to my kids, and to help keep going what's going on

times."

here."

"Our Lady of Mercy School has a great sense of community," said eighth-grader T.J. McClurg.

"My whole family feels welcome here," said Missy Wheaton, school secretary and a non-Catholic parent with one student in the school. "It's

"There's a spirit here you can feel your heart," said Joy Cunningham, parent of one student. "It's still the same great Mercy spirit that we had

the best school our daughter has ever

Murray

"We

are at a bigger school building now, but the building does not

make

OLM

a better school

though the building

is

— even

nice,"

said

—

been

in,

and we plan to keep her

in

want

in

in the old school."

Contact Acting Editor Kevin E. by calling (704) 370-3334 or e-

mail kemurray@cJiarlottediocese.org.

1

10 The Catholic News & Herald

March 21, 2003

Readings

Book Review

A Bible handbook, and lessons on Reviewed by

MITCH FINLEY

Catholic News Service There are many excellent Bible reference and study resources for anyone who wants a Catholic perspective, but few of them can measure up to "The Essential Bible Handbook: A Guide for Catholics" when it comes to being both complete and concise. In one small volume you get not only the basic information you need to read the Scriptures without abandoning either your intellect or your soul. You

a biography

love

Sunday Scripture

fender of and apologist for the Catholic faith. Fleeing war in France six week's

Readings:

after Hilaire's birth, his parents re-

March

turned to his mother's gland. Then,

when

sacraments and suggestions for with praying

The

Essential

get

was

several Scripture

that

with dignity and wit as it was with

keyed to the

another provides a scriptural rosary. Finally, you get a glossary of biblical terms

and a

list

The

of references and resources.

Bible-study sections of the

book give you virtually all the information the average person would ever want about both the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures (Old and New Testaments). Father Santa's explanations of the important historical and cultural information you need in order to read the Bible with your brain in gear are clear and devoid of technical jargon.

St.

Jerome, the

first

of the early

church's Scripture scholars, once said that

if you're

ignorant of Scripture you're

ignorant of Christ.

Anyone who

reads

volume need have no concern about being ignorant of Scripture. this small

One of influential

the most important and English-speaking Catholics

of the 20th century, Hilaire Belloc, was born in France in 1870. Poet, essayist,

and historian, he wrote from the Roman Catholic viewpoint.

Among his more than 150 books are the very funny verses of "The Bad Child's Book of Beasts" and "Cautionary Tales for Children," as well as more serious works such as "The Path to Rome." He was friends with the satirist,

other great English Catholic apologist,

Chesterton, and with him founded the New Witness, a weekly

G.K.

newspaper.

This new biography, "Old Thun-

political

A

you Belloc's story in an informative and captivating manner. The title of the book is Belloc's mother's affectionate nickname for him, a reference to a terrific thunderstorm that occurred at the

der:

Life of Hilaire Belloc," tells

time of his birth.

Belloc's mother converted to Catholicism following a conversation with Henry Manning, the future cardinal-archbishop of Westminster, and Belloc became, himself, a dedicated de-

if

we

that, yes,

B

1

Readings:

has rules, but rules to help us

will

HENSLEY

if

make

sense to us:

"The law of the Lord

News Service

perfect,

is

refreshing the soul; the decree of the

Lord

just finished reading a long, au-

I

we have the we have examples

at peace,

And

of happy, loving people around us who are both talking and living a good game in living out their Christianity, then the lines in today's psalm

Corinthians 1:22-25

Catholic

and

right picture.

3) Gospel: John 2:13-25

By JEFF

begin with the idea of a way of life

loving Father offering us a

tobiographical essay by George Orwell (author of "Animal Farm" and "1984") dealing largely with his maltreatment growing up in a boarding school that at least pretended to be

is

Lord are

more

wisdom

trustworthy, giving

to the simple....

The

ordinances of the

true, all of them just;

they are

precious than gold, than a heap

of purest gold; sweeter also than syrup or honey from the comb."

Christian.

It

Orwell, having experienced only a

start

unreachable theology and failing to see any lived Christianity among those who surrounded him, abandoned faith. Pity.

makes

personal

distant,

quite a difference

from believing

God who

if

in the love

you of a

cared enough to

especially the

misinterpreted or most used to batter

cism. Belloc died in 1953.

faith

the

and discernment. Another section helps you to pray with major personalities of the Bible, and yet

Third Sunday

some who spoke

misinterpreted rules of the Christian

faith,

as

forgiv eness, death

23,

a surprise to

afterward.

dedication as an apologist for Catholi-

OLD THUNDER

and

themes such

was

me

send his Son to redeem us from sin and then go to the law rather than beginning with the part of the law we or most find most objectionable

litur-

gical seasons

as filled

to

Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm 19:8-1

2)

Ave

prayer

services

1)

Belloc's childhood

Scripture.

You even

Cycle

Maria College in Ypsilanti, Mich., leads the reader on a fascinating tour through

Handbook

2003

live happily

age of 42.

and into a life that included soldierfriendship ing, with Chesterton, marriage, deaths of two sons in wars, government service, an old age

this

23,

ofLent

Belloc became a British subject in 1902, and from 1906 to 1910 was a Liberal member of Parliament.

tion that relates Bible

in Enwas 2 years

Pearce, writer-in-residence at

March

But

home

the boy

old, his father died at the

also get informa-

the Bible to the

Word to Life

and along

way -a

When

lifelong

—

are

the rules

all

—

we see,

it's

—

—

and mistreat us by foolish people and try to figure it out from there.

Sorry, George. I truly am sorry.

hard for us to

see the loving Person behind the rules

Plow through

the plethora of sappy books on 'love" and you'll find only more of them. 'The Book of Love: A Treasury Inspired by the Greatest of Virtues" is not like the countless books on 'love" that give you little more than superficially romantic stuff. This book really will teach you about the truth of love the kind of love that is hard as nails, even when it's romantic.

The brother-and-sister team of Father Greeley and Durkin launch little

—

their anthology/commentary on love by reminding us that God is love therefore, this is no plaything of a book. It's about a serious topic

— —

even when it laughs with joy.

The co-authors maintain Father Greeley's affection for using feminine references for God, even though Scripture never refers to God as "she," is plenty of poetic support for it, and it's good for the imagination to move beyond

"her," or "mother." Still, there

the images set by conventional boundaries. For God is, if nothing else, far greater than our metaphors.

"The Book of Love" celebrates love from 12 perspectives, including "Family Love," "Falling in Love/ Young Love," "Married Love," "Friendship," "Senior Love," "Love of Nature" and "Love: The Divine/Human Encounter." In each case you get insightful quotations from writers of poetry and fiction. In each case, too, Father Greeley and Durkin add their commentary and in all cases their thoughts shed light and evoke under-

—

standing.

This is no ordinary book on love. It's a great book on love. It will make an

wedding or anniversary gift. It will make excellent reading no matter what the situation, because who ever knows enough about love?

and

his intent.

Many

years ago

prayer-group leader,

when I

I

was a

once gave a

Question:

on the Ten Commandments, pointing out that they were offered us for our good by the One who

Have you experienced your obe-

brief teaching

knows

many

us best.

I

am

still

dience to the laws of God as a way he has expressed his love for you, saving

you from actions you would have

surprised

years later to have found that

re-

gretted greatly?

Weekly Scripture Scripture for the week of March 23 - March 29 Sunday (Third Sunday ofLent), Exodus 20:1-17, 1 Corinthians 1:22-25, John 2:13-25; Monday (Lenten Weekday), 2 Kings 5:1-15, Luke 4:24-30; Tuesday (Annunciation of the Lord), Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10, Hebrews 10:4-10, Luke 1:26-38; Wednesday (Lenten Weekday), Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9, Matthew 5:17-19; Thursday (Lenten Weekday), Jeremiah 7:23-28, Luke 1 1:14-23; Friday (Lenten Weekday), Hosea 14:2-10, Mark 12:28-34; Saturday (Lenten Weekday), Hosea 6:1-6, Luke 18:9-14 Scripture for the week of March 30 - April 5 Sunday (Fourth Sunday ofLent), 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23, Ephesians 2:410, John 3:14-21; Monday (Lenten Weekday), Isaiah 65:17-21, John 4:43-54; Tuesday (Lenten Weekday), Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12, John 5:1-3, 5-16; Wednesday (Lenten Weekday), Isaiah 49:8-15, John 5:17-30; Thursday (Lenten Weekday), Exodus 32:7-14, John 5:31-47; 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

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'Bread' By

is

ANNE NAVARRO

Catholic

News

mostly sweet two

are his

pleasant ro-

My

brothers, Eddie (Billy Mott),

man and

a ladies'

Pino (Schuler Hensley), a genius with pies but slow in every other respect.

neighbor.

marry her prodigal daughter Lucca

The

story's intentions are

many

good and

endearing moments

on the heartstrings. It also makes a beautiful statement about seeking out and appreciating the goodness in others and doing selfless acts, even if they seem silly. that pull

The

disappointment

is

that the pre-

and stereotypical characterizations hold it back from being truly

she

has such a sentimental

ity for a film that

Domi

Bella confides in

big fun

is

that

dying, he impulsively decides to

is

(Kristin Minter).

But

he must find con-

first

Lucca, bring her back

home and

vince her to give her mother the American wedding she has dreamed of for her

daughter since the day she was born.

The story from here on out is about what one would expect from this lightweight confection.

Written and directed by Melissa

dictable story

moving. Also, there is a surprising amount of coarse language and profan-

Big Movie'

aspiring actor, and

Sweet" (Panorama) is a likable story in which an Italian-American businessman tries to grant the wish of his dying elderly

When

'Piglet's

Domi

with

live upstairs. In the kitchen

Service

— The

NEW YORK

mance "The Bread,

the film has

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Entcrt ammen

Martin, the film

is

a bit contrived.

"The Bread,

theless,

freshing in that heart on

its

My

it isn't

None-

Sweet"

afraid to

is

re-

show

its

sleeve.

Because of a sexual encounter, inter-

heart.

At the center of the story set in Pittsburgh is Dominic (Scott Baio of "Happy Days" fame), a mergers-and-acquisibetween

tions executive torn sional ambitions

and

Somehow, Domi,

his profes-

his love of baking.

as he

is

known

the

USCCB Office for Film & Broadcast-

—

is A-III adults. Not Motion Picture Association

ing classification rated by the

of America.

affec-

tionately, finds time to

run a bakery

owned by an

elderly couple,

previously

mittent coarse language and profanity,

(Rosemary Prinz) and her grouchy husband, Massimo (John Seitz), who Bella

Navarro is on the staff of the Office for Film Broadcasting of the U.S. Cofference

&

of Catholic Bklwps.

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gone mad, from killing innocent people. Director William Friedkin deftly builds white-knuckle tension in this assassin

language.

The USCCB

Office for

Broadcasting classification

The Motion

adults.

of America rating

"Willard"

—&

Picture Association

R — restricted.

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(New Line Cinema)

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mother and overbearing

by a harridan

boss,

who

be-

violence and menace, a depiction of a char-

— R—

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Editorials

Catholic Church supports death penalty moratorium

The Pope

The

Guest Column

moratorium received renewed notice in the media earlier this year as Governor Ryan oflllinois granted clemency to all on deatii row in his state. That several death row inmates had been proven to be innocent was enough reason for the governor to ques-

Speaks

topic of a death penalty

tion the fairness of die death penalty process.

who

Even those

favor the use of capital punishment have been

JOE PURELLO

shocked that over 100 innocent people have been released

from death row across our nation

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

in recent years after

The

evidence exonerated them.

new

Director, Office of Justice

CSS

and Peace,

execution of even one

innocent person would stand as a tragic perversion of a

system

tiiat is

supposed to seek justice.

"Increasing reliance us and

is

on the death penalty diminishes

a sign of growing disrespect for

human

life."

Bishops pastoral letter Responsibility, Rehabilitation and

As

U.S. attack nears,

pope prays

for

VATICAN CITY

seriously questioned before

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working and praying for a conversion of hearts and minds on this issue. Criminals must answer to

(CNS)

society for the

March

—

square, have been

In the final hours

19, the

deadline of a U.S.

ultimatum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and or face war. The day also

his sons to leave Iraq

marked die least of St Joseph, patron of the universal church.

His voice shaking with emotion, the 82-year-old "man of peace that he

pontiff prayed that St. Joseph,

humanity, especially for the

peoples threatened in these hours

The pope

and

by war, the pre-

peace."

evildoers,

repeated the phrase twice with in-

during a summary of his remarks to English-speaking pilgrims.

2,000 people were gathered in a sunny and breezy St Peters Square for die audience, the

About

1

held outdoors this year.

once they are safely

separated from society,

Paul

II

is

not the

in

custody and

way to justice. Pope John

has spoken of the "unnecessary recourse to the

when other bloodless means defend human lives against an aggressor

Among them was

may have led to the killing of innocent people, must be

penalty

is

ranks

fifth in

the nation in the application of

A

moratorium would involve appointing a commission of learned and experienced individuals who would study the death penalty system. Let us challenge our public

review how we, as a have been arrested, charged with

officials to critically

who

society, treat those

and condemned to death. If you believe that the death penalty system needs a closer look I encourage you to contact your state legislator and ask his or her support for a moratorium. Even death penalty supporters do not want the innocent executed. A moratorium is a first step to ensuring tiiat horrendous miscarriages ofjustice do

may cut

it

about the death

short a sinner's path to redemp-

We

rejoice in

Luke when the prisoner crucified next to given Paradise; as the Body of Christ we should

Jesus

is

and pray that all have the chance to rejoice eternally mercy and love.

Let us pray for the victims of violence and their families, and continue to seek avenues that lead victims to some measure of recompense and peace. Especially during Lent as we reflect on the Lord's suffering at Golgotha, let in Christ's

Our state

that

the Gospel of

are sufficient to

(Ecclesia in America, 1999).

further applied.

tion (Revised Catechism, sec. 2267, 1997).

desire

and to protect public order and the safety of persons"

it is

One of the church's primary concerns

death penalty [in America]

serious crimes

creasing intensity in Italian and again in English

first

upon these

wrong they do, yet state-sanctioned violence

die death penalty.

cious gift of harmony

irrevocable, that has

continues to target almost exclusively poor people, and

who are "threatened by war."

The pope made his remarks during the weekly

all

is

that

the populations

was, obtain for

use of a punishment that

ing the support the death penalty retains within the public

of a U.S. countdown to military strikes against Iraq, Pope John Paul II ofFered an impassioned prayer for

general audience

The

too often been applied in a racially biased manner, that

far

Restoration, 2000) Faith leaders across the nation, realiz-

those 'threatened by war*

By JOHN NORTON Catholic

not take place.

(U.S.

us also remember in prayer those who suffer in prison (and we know they exist) who are innocent of wrongdoing.

Such men and women are walking die same road as Jesus

who, though innocent of any crime, was imprisoned,

falsely

charged, and then executed by the authority of the

state.

For information on how you can

support a morato-

North Carolina, contact the Office and Peace at (704) 370-3231 or

rium on executions

of Justice

in

justicepeace@charlottediocese.org.

a

pilgrimage group carrying a "torch of peace" from

New Norcia Australia, to die Italian town of Norcia The pope

by an

told the group, headed

Italian

archbishop, that he hoped their initiative "will con-

Letters to

tribute in these hours of trepidation for peace to

reviving in people a decisive desire for

harmony and

the Editor

reconciliation."

Following the U.S. ultimatum to the Iraqi leader, the Vatican issued a statement March ]8 warning that those who give up on peaceful solutions available under international law will have to answer for the decision to God, their consciences and history.

Archbishop Renato Martino, head of the and peace office, said the United committed a big mistake" in abandoning U.N. diplomacy and moving toward war.

"We are at risk of a blaze that could spread across the Middle East sowing hatred and enmity against Western civilization, perceived as an invading force," he told the Italian daily La Repubblica.

Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he spoke witii the Vatican foreign minister, Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, March 18 and told Vatican's justice

States 'has

him,

'We understand the pope's concern."

'We understand the Holy Father's concern,

sometimes avoided issue,"

...

issues

come

but

before us that cannot be

and we firmly believe

this is

one such

Powell told reporters from international news

agencies, according to a transcript

Department's

on the State

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'There are

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cases in history

where when

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said.

Powell said

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This basketball game featured the Harlem sadors playing a team of local stars.

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Light

One

Or

days.

he seemed to

at least

now

Fast forward

longer well. In

Candle

fact, he's

dynamic young

Our

MSGR. JIM LISANTE

And blood HIV/AIDS virus. That life-

also just minutes

Banishing anger Look around

the globe.

Wars or the threat of war can be

found everywhere. Sometimes the causes are related to politics; at other times to ethnicity;

nots,

is

still

others focus on religious

Economics, the battle between haves and have

also a central site of conflict

division

and

anger

conflict is

—

But fueling so much of the

the

human energy that turns

So

let

me

share with you a

My

beautifi.il

story of anger

seminary classmate Richie was an ex-

—

traordinary man someone universally loved because he was direct, filled with simple goodness and kindness. We were ordained together and then assigned to different parishes. Like most new priests, we quickly overextended

busy to get together as often as

ourselves, too

was asked

have. Early in his ministry, Richie

summer assignment on an in that small holiday

island off the coast

community loved him,

we

should

to take a

The people He was

too.

immediately accepted and appreciated.

One

awoke with a pain in his side that wouldn't go away and became worse with each passing day, Richie

A

smart parishioner correctly sized up the difficulty as a bad case of appendicitis. In fact, his appendix had hour.

already burst.

With

little

time to spare, Richie was helicop-

tered to a local hospital,

some ten

miles away. There,

doctors ordered a blood transfusion. Between surgery and

new

blood, Richie

was back to normal

in a

whom

I

in

those dark months as the

shared residence decided that

from a

home which was

fine Catholic hospital. Richie

The bishop arranged for Richie to travel to the Our Lady of Lourdes in France, where many believe that Mary, the Mother of God, appeared to a young peasant woman named Bernadette. With renewed special gift.

matter a several

hope

for his physical well-being, Richie agreed to go.

Arriving in Lourdes, he entered the pool of water consid-

He came back a different man. No, Lourdes away the AIDS virus. But something holy

ered blessed. didn't take

happened.

You

You

could

could see

feel it in his

it

in

the peace written

on

his face.

serene demeanor. Somewhere, the

anger had disappeared. Richie had been "cured."

The Lourdes visit happened in October. Richie lasted until the following February 1 1, when he died surrounded by his praying family. He passed into eternal life on the feast

of Our Lady of Lourdes.

we pray for peace. Maybe we should start by I've come to believe that God can transform the human heart and mind. He can quell the anger that causes so much human misery and pain. And a world without anger, I suspect, will be a world in which we all can live in peace.

So

often,

praying for an end to unjust anger.

Where

did votive candles originate?

When and where did the custom of lighting personal candles in church originate? What is the reli-

Question

A.

It will

this

help

all in

context that

first to

discuss briefly

why

we can

It's

CNS part, Christian use

who

my

probably expressing some sort of continued existence Light, especially a living flame, signified joy, divinity,

courage

—

in other

life,

hope,

words, nearly every-

human beings consider good and beautiful.

Some of this may be sensed from the fact that

thing

the

Lucernarium, the ceremonial candle early Christians lit for Vespers (named after the evening star Vesper), developed into our paschal candle. These lights were burned for funeral ceremonies, before the tombs of deceased Christians and before images of martyrs and other saints.

They symbolized then what they still do for us: life, hope, resurrection and faith.

Another ancient and nearly universal pre-Christian religious practice was the giving of votive offerings, from the Latin word "votum" (promise or desire).

Sculptured legs or hands, or sometimes animals, were placed in pagan Greek or Roman temples expressing

light (Christ),

thanks or petition for cures of diseases or deformities, much as crutches are left today in Lourdes and other Catholic shrines of healing.

adult years as a missionary in India, a

sanity, health or

bad habits. instructions,

my

—

shared with me:

of the most powerful sentences possible:

Thank

you' and

Familiarity:

contempt," writes

The Old Testament, particularly the psalms, refers to offerings made in the temple, either to ask a favor of God or to respond to a promise made if a favor was granted. In Psalm 56, for example, the writer prays,

am I

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ago, pagan peoples

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The practice is, however, part of a much larger human tradition. The natural symbolism of light has been recognized by nearly every religion in human

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FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

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For the most

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still

had the same kind nature, but just below the surface, there was an anger that would not leave. Is it right or fair of God, he wondered, to take a healthy man dedicated to ministry and saddle him with a killer disease? No one, Richie knew, deserves illness or death, but this was particularly unjust.

"All I wanted to do was help people. How. does getting this disease make any sense?"

Another local bishop, perhaps recognizing that Richie was becoming increasingly angry, decided to give him a

Q.

some, like

a death sentence for

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differences.

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"I

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fulfill."

With the background of this tradition, and since they symbolize Christian sentiments about light, candles also came to be used as votive offerings. In offering the living fire of the candle, Christian faithful

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SCHOOL PLAN,

children in diocesan schools and posted

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from page 1 neighborhoods. Each school

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Around the Diocese

Tales of Wonder' told

They can't quite hear it, but from mouth of a child comes the answer: 'When we make music together."

in Asheville

the

The

By JOANITA M.

NELLENBACH

sparkling snake, with red eyes that light up, is placed on a rock, where it sits throughout the performance.

Correspondent

ASHEVILLE der"

is,

of

Won-

The

said director Rita Pisano, a "cel-

ebration of tells

— "Tales

God

who

the storyteller,

The

ration

again."

Then

Eugene Players presented 'Tales of Wonder" in St. Eugene Church Feb. 27-28 and March 6-7. The more than 60 cast members, ages 3 to over 70, were from St. Eugene and the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville, St. Barnabas Church in Arden, and St. Margaret Mary Church in Swannanoa. Music rehearsals began in November, with stagSt.

Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach

Dancers celebrate new hope

March

come

—

in

our

own

we who must

Yes, Pisano

we see Scripture The Old Testament is

said, "if

the story of the beginning of our

The

be-

soldiers,

faith."

formed the cast, so Pisano featured more romance "because that's where the kids

members carry

moves

.

singing,

"I

say Yes,'

my

own

"I

in the

their

However

in

En-

have

our light

a

visualized, the audi-

Anne Bergeron

said.

the age difference,

all

who go up on

the people

the stage to sing," Jerry

Bergeron said. "That's what's so great about Rita: she gets people involved."

by teams must answer the emcee's question: 'When do feel like

was

times, represented

a television quiz show.

you

fun,"

"I liked

midst of darkness." tone turns upbeat as the story

modern

it

ence seemed to enjoy 'Tales of Wonder."

"It shows you can be spiritual and

The

to

have a basic idea of I let them un-

said. "I

pack the story. To me the definition of church is the people of God, not the hierarchy. The people really have to have a part in telling the story."

who turns us to each other in the circle of light," a narrais

new

Two

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costume, to represent people

they en-

Lord," in

Eugene

the St.

various walks of life.

Pisario calls it "unpacking" the story, and she lets the cast members help to do that.

glish

tor says, "yes to Christ,

time, she had a multigenera-

much," she

and the cast join

time, teenagers

program, but with fewer members.

Each cast member chose his or her

soft light.

candles, the audience

clouds streaming silvery "rain," colorful birds and fish, a bright sun. The

Next

tional cast, as in

the audi-

While they are lighting

Eugene's sanctuary, the altar and tabernacle having been removed before the performances. After the Feb. 28 performance, the crew tore down the set and reinstalled the altar and tabernacle, which were again removed for the next performances.

"Tales" begins with Creation. Cast

The first

are at that age," she said.

the great vigil of Easter, the church be-

glow with

differ-

shooting at each

tered the church. Slowly, reminiscent of

gins to

program

ized the cantata-style

ently each time.

kill a child by mistake.

After this tragic moment, the church darkens, but hope will not be destroyed. A boy in an alb, holding a lighted paschal candle, walks down the center aisle, followed by another boy with a basket of smaller candles. The cast members process up to accept candles from the basket, which they light from the paschal candle.

players presented 'Tales" in St.

in springy tree branches from which hang puffy

rights, the storytellers

passing on from our generation to the next the stories we have come to know and, hopefully, internalized."

St.

are told in words,

They in turn light candles ence members received when

storyteller?

as God-inspired.

"Thus, this production is not merely about biblical parables, it is also about how we, the church, are affected by them. is

6-7.

God, the

"Each person inyolved ... has brought with them their own relationship to God, the storyteller," Pisano wrote in the program notes.

it

in

"Tales of Wonder," presented at St. Eugene Church Feb. 27-28 and

Marty Haugen's music, such as "Gather Us In" and "Shepherd Me, O God," is familiar in hymnals. Haugen composed "Tales" for a male and female storyteller and a dancer, with a chorus in the background. Pisano, St. Eugene's director of children's youth, music and drama, adapted it for a larger cast.

ultimately,

Creation; the perfect,

other,

ing rehearsals starting in January.

For

— —

Pisano had already directed 'Tales" when she was director of music at Barnabas in Arden she has visual-

twice,

and Job, representing sepa-

and death song and dance.

the stories to us and asks us to pass

them on

stories

living world;

cast sings a triumphant "Alle-

luia" as 'Tales" ends.

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March 21, 2003

Living the faith

Mercy Sister Mary Joan

End of prison term marks return to

Faller dies at 96

prayerful protest for nun, By

Nun remembered for her faithfulness and devotion BELMONT — Mercy

Sister

Mary

Joan Faller, 96, died March 16, 2003, at Marian Center at Sacred Heart Convent in Belmont. She was in her 72nd year as a Sister of

Mercy.

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of"

19 at the

1964 she was asked to maintain the archarge of the Regional Community

Archives until her retirement 30 years

Aug.

later

6,

1994.

morial Chapel with burial

following at the Belmont

Abbey Cemetery.

Sister

Mary

Joan was

born April 13, 1906 in Roxbury, Mass., which is now a part of Boston. Her birth name was Eleanor Smith

Faller; she

name

Sister

served her

took the

in other

Sister

Mary Joan

Sunday school teacher at St. James Church in Concord. In 1962, she

was named- Secretary of the Board of Trust-

at-

Mercy Sister Mary Joan Faller

College and earned her bachelor's degree in botany and mathematics from the College of Mt. St. Vincent-on-Hudson in 1940. In 1947,

the University of Notre

in

she

to let

new

educational tech-

niques pass her by, she returned to school in

Raleigh during the 1960s to remain

College and remained until

She was also a member of the Board of Trustees of Holy Angels Nursery in 1968. Following her retirement, Sister Mary Joan moved to Marian Hall and later to Marian Center, where she remained active in her prayer ministry until

math and

returned to school again

the early

1970s to complete her

agement of

in

certificate in

man-

She maintained an active teaching certificate through 1978.

She taught at numerous Catholic schools throughout North Carolina during her long academic career. A versatile instructor, she taught geometry, algebra, biology, mathematics, chemistry, microbiology, zoology and botany from 1932 through 1966. Institutions where she served include the Catholic Orphanage in Nazareth; St. Mary's School in Wilmington; Holy Redeemer School in Newton Grove; O'Donoghue School in Charlotte; Sacred Heart Academy and Sacred Heart Junior College in Belmont; and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing archives.

Sister Kathleen, a 64-year-old Sister

in Charlotte.

Beginning in 1952 and continuing through 1972, Sister Mary Joan began her ministry at Sacred Heart College in the Alumnae Relations Department. In that capacity she handled public relations, supervised the news bureau and maintained responsibility for publication

out the motto inscribed in her ring, "Jesus, Mary."

Sister Mary Joan was well known for her faithfulness and devotion. Her community certainly benefited from her years of managing the archives and pre-

who

Providence

Day

months

six

at the Federal Prison

nonviolent protest to

Army

call for

shouldn't have to be," she said. "Seventy percent of them are mothers. As one

woman tives is 'It

"I've

was an emotional departure for nun as about 50 women inmates surprised her by gathering in the It

been crying

wave and shout goodbyes.

parking lot Sisters of Providence and some Eighth Day Center staff members. The group prayed for justice and peace as well as for the inmates incarcerated at the federal prison camp.

During her incarceration, Sister Kathleen wrote weekly letters to the Sisters of Providence at St. Maryof-the-Woods,

morning, thinking about

all

coming

compassion and friendship are

spirit

wonderful

The goodness

of the

women

far

outweighs any mistakes they made."

Sister Kathleen said she plans to speak out about the need to reinstate the Federal

Parole Board and re-examine

minimum

sentencing regulations.

was

Incarceration

difficult at times,

make

life

what

it is

wherever you are" and

that includes looking for positive experi-

ences even inside the prison system.

After visiting Nicaragua, Colombia, Iraq, Sister

said the people's stories

Kathleen

of suffering in those

beleaguered countries inspire her to speak

out on their behalf

"Our work has been causes of the

human

to look at the

rights violations that

U.S. policies have created, such as the

School of the Americas," she

Now known

said.

Western Hemi-

as the

sphere Institute for Security Cooperation,

a "government sabbatical" and her incar-

the Fort Benning facility trains from Latin American countries

ceration as an "Advent" time of waiting.

insurgency

She

frequently lamented unfair conditions in

been convicted of torturing and murdering priests, nuns and their own people.

"So you have to do something," Sister

the federal prison system.

Kathleen

Ind., that

described her federal sentence as

also shared inspiring stories about

friendships with other inmates and

women

The

captives are

many

of the

that are nonviolent offenders

are there for many,

many

who

years that they

tactics.

said. "I

Some

soldiers in anti-

graduates have

think there's a point at

which you have to step over a line. Why did I do it? I stepped over the line, but it was the government that put me there."

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women. Their goodness, wel-

Guatemala, Haiti and

in the prison

Mary

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prison camp's outdoor recreation area

Waiting were several

what justice is was very hard

Sister Kathleen said, but she believes "you

the

to

but I'm not 12-

said, 'I'm guilty,

and-a-half years guilty.' Freeing the cap-

closure of an

school at the base.

munity. She also possessed a memory for dates that ranks close to legendary status.

sisters,

Camp-

She was sentenced for trespassing on government property at Fort Benning, Ga., during a November 2001 Greenville.

serving the invaluable history of the com-

ceased by two

of

ministers at the Eighth

Center for Justice in Chicago, served

her death as she continued to live

Sister

— Minutes

a federal, prison

friends outside the prison gates.

"...

current in the study of modern

111.

from

for women March 7, Sister Kathleen Desautels was praying and peacefully protesting again with

1971.

she went to

Dame where

ees of Sacred Heart in that position

earned a master's in zoology and botany.

Not one

well.

1952, she served as a

tended Sacred Heart Junior

New York

community

forms as

From 1947 through

1936.

3,

her

Aside from her ministry duties, she

Mary Joan

vows Feb.

site in

honor.

upon entering the religious order of the Sisters of Mercy June 6, 1930. She professed her first vows Jan. 6, 1933 and her perpetual

At that time, the community dedicated the renovated Archives Department in her name and affixed a plaque at the

Service

camp

ministry, in

chives for her community. She remained in

was held Cardinal Gibbons Me-

Christian Burial

News

GREENVILLE, after her release

of the college annual, the Gradatim.

As an outgrowth of that

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