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U.S. Bishops Urged To Insist

.enten Reflection

26, 1993

Acceptance Of Church Teaching VATICAN CITY John Paul cannot go

— Pope

(CNS)

stressing that Catholics

II,

own way on

dead rising, haven't you ever read what God has told you? 7 the

the

God of

Abraham,

the

God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is the God of the dead." the

When

heard

this,

faith

his teaching.

Matthew 22:31-33

Life springs from the ruins. Flowering shrubbery

Irishes

among

ruins in

Capernaum, Israel. Photo by JO ANN KEANE

said he hoped the new "Catechism of the Catholic Church"

be followed by other bishops in coming months. The pontiff said his speeches throughout the year would be aimed a* the U.S. episcopate as a whole, and he focused on the bishop's teaching role

>re

some assume

the right to decide

even in important matwhich teachings to accept,

Church teaching ... is incomgood Catholic."

deed, only

and personnel," said Msgr. John J. McSweeney, vicar general and chancellor. "The dedicated effort on the part of these three offices produced material recognized for quality and expertise." "Your Gift Changes Lives," the DSA campaign theme, invited the diocesan

unambiguous and united

veet taste of success. )n

March

12,

The Religious Public

ions Council, Inc. congratulated

on its newest DeRose-Hinkhouse MemoThe diocese receives a cer-

iocese of Charlotte [1,

the

|«vard. f.e

The bishop's task, he said, is to call the whole Church community to

upon

accept church teaching completely. "In-

success with expenses mainlow is another clue to success, low about the success of the mateproduced to induce giving? As opment professionals will attest, ssful campaigns are only as sucul as the promotional material asted with the campaign. And DSAd promotion materials now know

of merit for an outstanding pub-

tations campaign,

he 1 993

some of

DSA-supported ministries. Beryl Beskin, co-chair for the

the 23

DeRose-Hinkhouse Awards good benchmark for others fundraising) to look

at as

parishioners. Tapping the re^s of the Office of TelecommuniKis, the diocesan Development Ofiind The Catholic News & Herald, Sjjges of those ministering and indis helped, came into homes and

46-county dio-

when your teaching will

dehumanizing elements in modern living." The pope did not mention specific teachings that he thinks have been contested by U.S. Catholics, but limited his remarks to the general teaching role of bishops.

praised the U.S. bishops' re-

Spirit's presence

said "there

signs" of the Holy

and action

every

rise

above the clash of conflicting opinions with the forcefulness and power of the truth,"

said.

While

true that the

Church

presents her teaching with varying de-

grees of authority, the sense of "whole-

ness" in

its

jection."

"Like yourself,

clear,

positions needs to be recov-

pope said. "Undoubtedly the greatest service

ered, the

said the

Diocese of Charlotte's submission

are misunder-

stood and criticized at times because of

our efforts to mediate, to clarify and to change of mind and heart where needed," Cardinal

correct, to bring about a

Bernardin told the pope.

The cardinal looked ahead to World Youth Day in Denver this August, saying the pope's presence there would "give vision and hope to thousands of youth who must carry on the work of the Church in the years ahead."

(in religious

a model.

It is

a solid piece of work."

Diocesan Support Appeal

Office of Telecommunications director Gail Hunt Violette submitted the

encourage others involved major fundraising within a religious organization to use both video and print to raise needed funds."

project, "to

DSA used multi-media to

es throughout the

faithful to take a closer look at

prayer and an inner

In a brief talk to the pope, Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago said the bishops wanted to "assure you of our affection and support" and "reaffirm our fidelity to you." The cardinal spoke of the "vibrant spirit and firm commitment" of local Church members in the United States. He said modern society sometimes greets the Gospel message with apathy and even "ridicule and re-

different ministries, collaborating time,

God

spiritual life as antidotes to the

of faith, while ignoring those they find unac-

ways than one. Certainly achiev-

icial

perience of

U.S. diocese.

said that "selectivity in adhering to au-

talent

society, he told the bish-

for themselves,

patible with being a

number one.

modern

many promising

"This award is a clear example of what we have been trying to do with our

nancial success ranks

Despite the inroads of secularization in

coming seven years and

measured

faith in the

are

thoritative

esan Support Appeal

deeper knowledge of the United States.

the

for the

Catholic press should alsojielp build

detriment of souls," he said.

The pope, emphasizing a point he made during his last U.S. visit in 1987,

— Success

endeavor of young and old alike." Likewise, he said, Catholic schools, parish education programs and the

cently approved evangelization plan for

ceptable," he said.

Associate Editor

could spark a "national recatechizing

ops, people today "crave a genuine ex-

first talk.

iocese

:HARLOTTE

relevant to people's real-life

Church to compromise her teachings and her discipline, to the grave

alism,

JOANN KEANE

problems.

in the

ters

the fullness

way that

"In a climate of religious individu-

Wins National Award DSA Campaign Materials

present

the apostolic faith,

The pope made the remarks in a speech March 20 to 29 bishops, most of them from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. They were the first U.S. group mak-

some

>ve:

at this

effort to

dissent, he said.

lics

were amazed at

Church

make every

present these teachings in a positive

The greatest service the bishops can Church right now is to teach the

offer the

He said the majority of U.S. Cathounderstand that the "assent of faith" is necessary and does not contradict the concept of human freedom so important to Americans. "At the same time, the moral, psychological and cultural pressures of life in the United States today are tempting

they

anew

to the

unambiguously and thus end "dis-

on full acceptance of Church teaching on faith and morals.

during this

crowds

harmony and confusion" produced by

doctrine,

ing "ad limina" visits to the Vatican, to

not of the

living,

present time

and beauty of and thereby end the disharmony and confusion produced by teachings on questions of faith, morals and discipline which are at odds with the Church's magisterium," he said. The bishops, he added, should

their

said U.S. bishops should insist

"Now, as for

you can render

A nine-minute video shown during Masses in parishes and missions on Feb. 6 and 7 focused on three ministries. In See Award, Page 3

The 1993 Diocesan Support Appeal, which began Feb. 7, is winding down this weekend. The final appeal, the in-pew collection, is scheduled at Masses March 27-28 at all parishes and missions in the diocese. Bishop John F. Donoghue hopes that this final

appeal

$1,750,000.

will

The DSA

put the drive over is

its

goal of

the major source of fund-

ing for 23 diocesan agencies

and

ministries.

he Catholic

News

Campus By

March

Herald

not cool to admit you're a Christian in college. i

home and

Away from

family for the

most kids/adults amorphous world of academia and begin first

time,

their quest for

indepen-

dence.

Catholic, nine are state and 20 are An estimated 10-

12 percent of the 70,000 students attending N.C. colleges and universities are Catholic.

For many, Campus Ministry

an environment where val-

ues are challenged, college students

at-

"By avocation, they are questioning and reviewing Father

their options," says Je-

Andy Novotney, Campus

Ministry director for the diocese. Hence, it is critical the Church be there for them, not only to provide a Catholic community but also to prevent fallout of young adults from the Church, he says. Moreover, Campus Ministry is a

God's kingdom in the often atheistic academic world. There are 30 colleges in the diocese; one

oasis, a safe place to talk about one's

emerging lifetime goals and

faith, test

whom

decide

tempt to come to terms with themselves, others, church and God.

suit

to trust.

offers respite

from an environment where test scores are more important than spiritual progress and where extracurricular activities often revolve around drinking and sex. The ministry is supported by the Diocesan Support Appeal. "Campus Ministry is one of the few places you can go to where you don't have to deal with the party mentality, where it's OK to talk about faith and know you will be accepted," says Karen

Wake

Vlahutin, a junior at

Forest Uni-

versity.

sign and instrument of

many

"I see so

students

who

students,

Campus

Ministry

a source

of support and clarification.

Ministry has been

"Campus Most of

family."

friends accept

ment with it's

(his involve-

the ministry), but they think

out of the ordinary," he says. "But

who I am.

stand in Christ; that's

Damion Lynch first

Christ" draws Catholic students from

to force

about 10 colleges in North Carolina. For

I'm

in my beliefs then I can talk to people with some sort of meaning." Birge says he tries not to "stray too far" from his beliefs. "That's where I find peace. That's where I know who I

coordinator, Birge

The

DSA,

Andy Novotney, Campus Ministry director, shares a tender moment with Wake Forest student Karen Vlahutin Encounter With Christ

am." Both Vlahutin and Birge were volved

in a spiritual

renewal retreat for

March 19-21

at the

Must Face Personal Risks Italy

(CNS)

by systematic

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Catholic

injustice face personal

because they must speak for the oppressed, said Cardinal Jozef Tomko. The cardinal, president of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, spoke about missionaries killed in the last decade in preparation for an Italian day of fasting and prayer in remembrance of slain missionaries. An interview with Cardinal Tomko was published March 23 by the Milanbased Catholic newspaper, Avvenire. The Italian youth movement of the Pontifical Missionary Societies sponsored the day of prayer and fasting March 24. Cardinal Tomko said some 150 Catholic priests, men and women religious and lay workers have been killed in the Church's missionary territories in the past decade. Twenty-two died in risks

1992, including five U.S. the Adorers of the

members of

Blood of

Christ.

"Where there are situations of strucand violence, the missionaries cannot be silent," he said. The cardinal said missionaries working in such situations, especially in Africa and Latin America, are the most at risk because they live their lives and exercise their ministry with the poor and tural injustices

the defenseless.

says,

"Our

a ministry of presence.

mil

(

God down their thro remind them that God loves th> One day during a snow st( past winter, Father

But at least 10 tromped through the snow to t him. One young man whom he met before stayed for three houi

e Si

Campus Ministry is open t(

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Catholic and non-Catholic in

need of Christ's love

in their

to grips with

Whatever the situation, wh dealing with a broken relations! parent, a major paper coming

Students often

come

themselves. "For many,

it is

their first

self authenticity," says

Benedictine Father Nick Gibilisco, cam-

"They

about vocations.

their faith at the retreat and, therefore,

lege.

Father Lynch.

Mooresville.

glimpse

ift

Lynch was

Belmont Abbey Coland affirmed (at who they are and they

are liked

the retreat) for

Lynch reminds

ther is

students th

with them.

"Campus Ministry is a mor form of church for a

ible

dent," says Chris

LaDew,

coll

a soj Ift

college students

Cardinal Says Missionaries Often

MILAN,

[it

icis

in the rectory.

the

helps students get in touch with

pus minister in-

retreat.

missionaries working in nations marked

About 40 attended. which is funded by

retreat,

God. The experience is so powerful that much of the last day is spent debriefing the students and preparing them for "reentry," says Father Novotney, who is also pastor of St. Therese Church in

sound

Jesuit Father

Vlahutin was the student was a first time par-

this retreat,

Ap-

his peers don't understand.

"My

Catholic Conference Center in Hickory.

The twice yearly "Encounter With

ticipant.

Says Paul Birge, a freshman palachian State University,

ASU campus minister Father Damion Lynch gets together with students for an imi sing-along. Photos by CAROL H

feel

empty because their focus is grades, the Greek life (partying) or boyfriends or girlfriends," Vlahutin says. "The only answer is through spirituality and faith and not external things." For Vlahutin and thousands of other

Clarification

Protestant affdiated.

enter the

Here,

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

It's

Source Of Support,

Ministry

"Their defense of the oppressed not against anyone, but

a strong ap-

peal for the evangelical requirements of justice

the

and peace," he

said.

survival."

awkward."

The retreat stresses that each person

is difficul

LaDew replied, "It's easy to be,

Developmentally, college students are questioning the whole issue of love and what love means, says Father

tian,

They want to know if they are

Gibilisco.

loveable,

but there's

tation of

more than one

what a Christian

is."

True to form, he spoke like student challenging the status

they have the ability to love

the church is loving or monohe says. They are also wrestling with commitment issues and searching for meaning.

and

Consequently, campus ministers are trained to respond to crises in faith,

Beoumi, Ivory Coast. Police had not identified the murderer nor established

demands

a motive for the killing, but they said the

was not robbed. said the mission-

aries' deaths are not useless,

even if they

don't lead to a immediate change in the

and political situations of the nations where they occur. Their sacrifice, he said, "serves to wakes us from social

the sluggishness of a faith of habit lack-

ing energy."

While the life of missionaries may be more dramatic than that lived by most Christians, they are a reminder that living the

Holy Spirit within, Father Gibilisco says.

ported the death of French Missionary

Tomko

asked

Christian in a permissive envii

of Africa Father Adrien Jeanne, who was killed the night of March 14-15 in

Cardinal

When

unique and walks around with the

lithic,

The cardinal's interview appeared same day Italian newspapers re-

priest

ASU. "You hang out witl your own age and you don'l

don't have to be macho or cool or play the games they have learned for social

Gospel requires a

sacri-

Father Gibilisco says. "There are lots of

can lead them away. But walk around with the intuitive sense that there is a more important connection to be made and it goes beyond life on earth." Father Gibilisco says he suspects that

they, like all of us,

many

students are searching for the

higher connection, but they don't an-

nounce it. "I have the privilege of seeing a whole other side of kids that they normally don't show to adults or other kids," he says. The reason they don't reveal their spiritual quest is because "it's not cool," especially considering the "spongy morality" that pervades most

campuses.

fice.

Campus

Their deaths "are not an accident occurring in missionary life nor a form of cynical masochism, but a gift of heroic love offered for the

good of

the

See Risks, Page 3

Ministry

provides

affirmation "over and over again that Jesus' resurrection

that

our

life,"

our resurrection, Father Gibilisco

ASU Campus

ASU freshman Paul Birge puts h touch on a group-made poster.

says.

Minister Father

The Catholic News

26, 1993

Risks (From Page

anciscan Sister Found Slain then

ing a

addened by the murder of Sister Ann Glinka, superior of the iscan Sisters of Baltimore,

finding an anchor in the

and forgiveness, he nun was discovered

in the early

ng March 1 9 bound hand and foot pparently strangled in a convent ay after encountering an intruder.

was very hard

for those of us

t>aw the body," said

iscan

one of the

living

sisters

mouse who asked

the

that her

name

used.

We must bring a sense of God back That takes

city.

all

of us working

—

the churches, the media, the

ians.

We must remember that God

sum of

petty cash belonging to

the convent

and credit cards belonging one of the nuns were stolen. None of the other sisters in the convent, asleep at the time of the murder, heard any screams or sounds of struggle. Among the convent's 42 nuns, to

been deactivated.

many

power of

roes, he said. Their

The convent's alarm system had

door.

Sister

Mary Ann was

usually the

first to

Her

body was found at 5:46. Baltimore Archbishop William H. Keeler rushed to the convent March 19 after he heard the news of the murder of

He prayed

more than an hour. The archbishop told reporters

with

the sisters for

wait-

ger than us."

ing outside the convent that the sisters

anciscan Sister Ritamary Tan, d superior of the Franciscan sisaid it is difficult to make sense of

expressed "sadness of course, and shock"

Mary Ann's Phis is the

violent death.

time that our faith

called into play," said Sister ary. "Sister Mary

deal and this

Ve are s

now

Ann contributed a tremendous

beginning to face the

of forgiveness."

Ritamary told The Catholic v, newspaper of the Baltimore iocese, "it is hard for some of us to e because this person took one of ters. But we begin by praying for ster

March 21, Baltimore City Ported suspect Marvin Jones, chargm with first degree murder and a

ry-

xording to police spokesman, the ;ntered the convent, located in the i

of a 13-acre property, by break-

but they were also "profoundly spiri-

were comforted in knowing Sister Mary Ann died on the tual."

said they

feast of St. Joseph, the patron saint of

happy death. Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke also prayed with the nuns at their convent. He told reporters, "This crime strikes at the heart of so many values in our community we do hold sacred. I

community tragedy." A special Mass for Sister Mary Ann was celebrated March 9 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. During the think

it's

commitment and

their work

knew

that

by working

dangerous

in a

become

area of the country, he could

have their foundation in Christian families and Catholic parishes where self-sacrifice and dialogue with one's neighbors are encouraged. They receive a missionary mandate from the Church and are supported by the prayers and assistance of their religious communities and all the faithful,

one of the many people kidnapped each

the cardinal said.

mission brings."

The

life

year.

"He

did not want there to be nego-

him," Father Rosa said. The Claretian spokesman said that

tiations for

the missionaries in the area have agreed to a similar policy, pledging that all

"we

and the death of missionar-

should be read as the stories of faith lived in an often heroic way. ies

get up in the morning, around 5 a.m.

the 50-year-old sister.

Father Rosa said that Father Blanco

said.

Missionaries are not solitary he-

the

Herak

Church and the world," he

Convent; Suspect Arrested window and unlocking ALTIMORE (CNS) — Shocked

will

assume

the risks that this

all

The 66-year-old Father Blanco has been

in the Philippines for

16 years,

A Spanish Claretian priest, Father Bernardo Blanco, was kidnapped March 18 on the Philippine island of Basilan, where the government has been carry-

working in Africa for 21 years, Father Rosa said. "With his life and with his example, he represents a bulwark of missionary life and we are proud of him," the priest

ing out an anti-rebel offensive.

said.

'The rebels feel very threatened by these incursions and military operations and having a missionary prisoner may give them, at least for a few days, a little tranquility," said Claretian Father Alberto Rosa. Father Rosa, a spokesman for the Claretians in Manila, spoke to Vatican Radio March 23. He said it is well known that Father Blanco is in the hands of the rebels. Father Rosa said the Claretians

working

in the Philippines feel

they are

living through "a providential time, a

special

moment,

moment

of grace."

show our complete solidarity with our suffering brothers and sisters." At the same time, with Father Blanco's kidnapping, "we Their work, he said,

"to

after

Knights Council

Plans Fish Fry CHARLOTTE

— The Knights of

Columbus Council 770

hosting a fish

220 E. Kingston Ave., on Friday, April 2 from 5 p.m. to

fry at the Council Hall,

8 p.m.

The menu

flounder, french

hush puppies, slaw and drinks. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for fries,

children.

For more information,

call

Pete

Mass, Archbishop Keeler said, "We want to pray that we may know a greater peace, so that a message of faith can be

ourselves are the objects of others'

heard."

Parishes, Other Area Churches

Sister Mary Ann, who was a nun for 32 years, joined the Felician order when

she was 19. In 1978, she joined the

(704) 523-5285.

solidarity."

Join Forces

As Bridge

Builders

Franciscan order.

By STEVE UZZELL

CHARLOTTE — Come let us worTd (From Page

ship The

Lord together now

church, then at ours. iotlight

were Crisis Pregnancy,

by Catholic Social Services; nic Ministry; and Faith lion's office of youth ministry. le Catholic News & Herald dedithe bulk of its Feb. 5 edition to on DSA-supported agencies, and related to the annual campaign, addition to the visual and written

the pulpit.

"One of the most important

;ed

of the

aspects

DSA campaign is communicating

with people, and relaying the messages of those helped by the ministries," said

Jim Kelley, diocesan director of development. "This collaborative endeavor

makes the efforts more effective." The Religious Public Relations

diocesan Development

Council, Inc., an interfaith association

sent a series of mailings to pa-

of religious communicators, annually

ges, the

lers

urging

DSA

support.

They

roduced a poster and brochure ally for the campaign, bulletin icements, and encouraged pasfrequently mention the DSA from

Remember His Will In Yours. H I

gives awards in recognition of excellence in public relations and ries

competition.

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

ment to the Church and the community in which we live'.' Bishop John

Donoghue

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

Roman

Catholic Diocese of charlotte the sum of$ (or percent of \e residue of my estate) for its religious, educational "I leave to the

communi-

About 280 entries in 36 categowere entered in the 1993 awards

cations.

God' s blessings flow

your

will find that

truly,

warmly

through every window. A Sunday worship at Memorial Presbyterian Church on Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte had a vibrant air. A blend of music and light filtered through the church. Visiting

members from

St.

Luke

sity

City United Methodist and the

Baha'i

Community were welcomed by

the minister, other smiling faces

friendly handshakes.

The

visitors

and were

ing of relationships through sharing the experience of worship." Participants have realized this goal many times during the past 15 months. Six teams with

members from 37 churches have visited in

worship and

smaller groups for

social as well as cultural

and educa-

tional activities.

Thanks To

St.

Jude

Thanks to St. Jude for prayers answered and favors granted.

AMS, EJT

"It is

always rewarding to meet new

friends and to share in worship with

them," said Willa Izzo of St. Luke. "The fit new meetings into busy lifestyles is a constant. But it's worth

challenge to

it."

Members

are looking at increasing

activities to appeal to others in their

They are concommunity action

respective congregations. sidering social and projects.

The teams

Bridge Builders. The program was started by The Race Relations Task Force of Mecklenburg Ministries. The mission statement is: "To encourage the building of bridges across cultural and denominational lines and to promote the development and deepen-

Luke Church

Hill

gations respectively.

part of Bridge Builders.

Since December 1991, people of various faiths have been sharing experiences and building relationships through

St.

and St. Peter Church in Charlotte in two teams are joined by members from nine and eight other congre-

Catholic, St. John Episcopal, Univer-

\nd charitable works.

more information on how to make a Will that yorks, contact Jim Kelley, Director of Development, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

Members of Mint

are racially and

nationally mixed. is

denomi-

Some members

important to remember

say

will take

time to overcome prejudices and subtle discriminations. These

first efforts

are

seen as the foundation for greater understanding. In that respect, current

mem-

work is probably take more

bers are the stone cutters. Their hard, and they will risks than those

who

will follow.

Although still young, the program is drawing more people every month. As of December 1992, 140 had signed up.

Some 30

years ago, the late Rev.

Martin Luther King said the most segregated hour in America is 1 1 a.m. on Sunday morning. Many efforts have been made to improve the situation over the years. This is one. Listen and look closely. And you might hear and see stone cutters as they work to build a strong foundation for a bridge that will link lives together. Steve Uzzell

Luke Church

is a parishioner at Mint Hill.

St.

he Catholic

& Herald

News

March

Pro-Life Corner

^ $ w & "President Clinton won't have to worry about education. He'

through abortion." Sean Thomas Nadol, 12-year-old philosopher

killing all of the children

Editorial

The Final Appeal Diocese of Charlotte, make a pledge final appeal Appeal. The Support Diocesan 1 993 to the will be made at all Masses this Saturday and Sunday. The traditional in-pew collection on the final weekend of the DSA drive has been a major factor in the success of past campaigns. As Bishop Donoghue noted in a story in last week's issue of The Catholic News & Herald, it was Appeals Sunday which put the 1992 drive over the top. The 1 993 DSA is nearing its goal of $ 1 ,750,000. A strong response to this weekend's appeal should do it. There will be lay presents at the weekend Masses to describe the work of some of the agencies and ministries financed by he DSA. Listen carefully to what they say. Then, if you haven't already pledged, fill out one of the pledge cards which will be available. The DSA is the major source of funding for some of the most important activities of the diocese activities which, in one way or another, can affect all of For most Catholics

weekend

this

in the

the last opportunity to

The Respect Life Office

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

also

want its

dip into parish funds to

same token,

remember

assigned goal,

early

the parish exceeds

its

target,

the

will

receive a rebate of the excess.

Keep The Letters Flowing to a story from Washington in this Freedom of Choice Act is making some progress in Congress despite a massive campaign by

According

When

said

morning Mass March

16 attended by staff

peace

also talked briefly about

bers of the U.S. World Youth

Day during

Day

Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago,

office

and Denver jour-

and photographer Ellen Jaskol of the Rocky Moun-

News and

tain

reporter Vir-

Mass with Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh and Trish Gessner of the World Youth Day office. ginia Culver of the Denver Post attended the

Masarro gave the pope Colorado Rockies and Rocky Mountain News baseball caps, a Rocky Mountain News T-shirt and a pen and pencil set.

{

in the world.

The pope

Reporter Gary Masarro

asked about his expectations for

Youth Day, the pope said he was expecting tho of young people from the United States and all q world to meet him in the Rocky Mountains He said he hoped the experience will give from North and South America "a good rent renewal of hope," which could in turn help thee,

mem-

nalists.

your have to

make up the difference. By

renewal of hope in the lives of young people. The pope talked about the Aug. 11-15 event after an

that, if

will

— Pope John Paul

he hopes the August celebration of World Youth Day in Denver will bring about a

us.

You might

(704) 331-L

The Pope Speaks

—

parish does not reach

Diocese of Charlotte

March

World

C who was ma

3 private meeting with

limina' visit.

Cardinal Bernardin told Catholic

Rome

News Sei

]fl

he mentioned to the pope that U.S people are showing "a growing interest in the C and that youths in his archdiocese were excitei that

Denver meeting. The pope talked about how wonderful th, and 1991 World Youth Day celebrations in Sp Poland were and said he was looking forwan, Denver trip, Cardinal Bernardin said. the

issue, the

groups opposed to it. Thousands of letters and postcards opposing the measure are flooding Capitol Hill offices. But it begins pro-life

to appear that thousands

still

Christian truths

more may be needed.

think the act

unconstitutional but

you

feel.

Special papal teach-

meant to certify and erase doubt, Pope John Paul II is

said. it

way around if it were defeated in Congress. We never know how a court will rule. Write to your members of the House and Senate, urging them to vote against the bill. When they come home for a weekend, visit them and let them know how would be

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"Thanks for your enthusiasm and for the

Peter," he said.

Roman

pontiff enjoys the special divine

to Peter by Christ himself (cf. Lk 2 The pope's extraordinary magisterium

promised

In our catechesis

the pope,

we have

entrusted to the

Church, he passes solemn judgment on

sisters,

on the ordinary magisterium of

seen that the doctrinal mission

Supreme Pontiff

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cised when, as the supreme teacher of the u

Dear brothers and

Communion.

and he taught his apostles to do likewise," tl said. "He loves you and has faith in you. "The pope also loves you and counts on yo you are the hope of the Church, the future society," he told the children. He told them that while they admire th<' lights and glittering decoration of St. Peter's E they should say to themselves, "I want my soul life to shine like this; I want to be a reflectio light Jesus has brought to men and women. "If you do this, you will become true frii Jesus, you will be like trees planted near brimming with water, and you will bear abunc good fruit," he said.

said, "is the certification of the truth to

because

of Peter share in the ongoing gift of the Hoi; which Christ promised would be a spirit of truth and guide the Church, the pope said. Before entering the Paul VI Audience Ha John Paul held a mini-audience for minors' Peter's Basilica. Most of the young people wer<

solemnly

when Pope Pius IX in

The motivation behind teaching "ex cathedra," he Robert E. Gately Associate Editors: Joann Keane, Carol Hazard Hispanic Editor: Sister Irene Halahan

tradition has affirmed that the sue.

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said.

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of the Apostles and to the doctrine of

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said.

1854 proclaimed the doctrine of Mary's immaculate conception and when Pope Pius XII in 1950 proclaimed the truth of Mary 's assumption into heaven, he

Donoghue

faith'

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and morals, the Romai

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The

Notebook

Editor's By BOB

Light

or surprised by the latest turn of events in El (or. It's what I should have expected. case you haven't been paying attention, a United Nations Truth Commission last week reported on its investigation of atrocities during the Central American nation's 12-year civil war. In virtually every case, it blamed the U.S. -backed Salvadoran

ranking officers

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR when one of their own

Catholic

do they know

us. Little

newcomer to

name

the Catholic

the high-

of forgiveness,

what happened? through an amnesty for everyone involved

in the atrocities.

named by the Truth Commission

Nobody

will

apparently will keep

bs.

jtion

and members of opposition parties say the action violates

of the peace accords which ended the civil war and they fear a possible

of the fighting.

iiness as

usual for the Salvadoran military.

question

now

whether Congress will approve any more U.S. military aid

ink the officials

of the Archdiocese of Washington have a pretty good point

ABC

and CBS of exhibiting anti-Catholic bias in some of their its. (See the story on Page 13) ybe it only seems that way, but it sure looks like almost every broadcast of or "60 Minutes" has a segment about alleged sexual misconuct by a Catholic bishop. And usually, they drag up any accusations that they've covered in broadcasts. I don 't recall any of the television evangelists and their scandals accuse

fiat

faith.

shown

of the human person. ..the love of God is our love for the human person." (Pope John Paul

ID Protestant fundamentalists are beautiful people, they are our brothers and sisters in Christ. But they err

when

they claim that Catholics believe they are saved by good

works. Nonsense. This was the Pelagian heresy which was the Catholic Church in the fifth century.

condemned by

believe that Jesus alone

Jesus encouraged our good works. Religion

who says, When

"Lord, Lord," will enter the

this same Not everyone

our Savior, but

more than

lip service.

Kingdom of God. (Mt. 7:21) He was asking for more than the He challenged us to cooperate with Him in

Jesus called us to evangelize the world,

announcement of His Lordship. His redemptive plan. The Catholic bishops continually elaborate God's plan of salvation using the Gospel as their guide. For instance, the document Gaudium Et Spes, written at the Second Vatican Council, emphasized the fact that "Jesus preached a kingdom of justice, love and peace." Paul VI explained the meaning of evangelization in his Encyclical, Evangelii Nuntiandi. Just as Jesus accomplished this proclamation in works as well as words, so is the Church called upon to be a servant as well as a herald of the Gospel. ..thus the church strives always to insert the Christian struggle for liberation into the universal plan of salvation

which she herself proclaims.

Most fundamentalist preachers do not stress the social gospel. Some actually go so far as to say there is no such thing as a social gospel. This is a truncated version

:ountry.

ley

our

Church inevitably finds his or her relationship with Jesus strengthened, not weakened, when they convert. The strengthening comes from a deeper commitment to the social gospel. "Human development must be the logical consequence of evangelization whose aim is the

verbal

right-wing party which controls the National Assembly immediately

spirit

that the love of Jesus is the very basis of

total liberation

public office for 10 years.

Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani proposed testy for all of those named by the Truth Commission. The U.S. Jesuit :nce called that idea premature. Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas of San yc said the Truth Commission recommendations should be dealt with before

converts to the

They judge the Church of Rome harshly and warn their people against

faith.

accused of planning the incidents. Among those incidents were the 1980 assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. The report called for the immediate dismissal of 40 military officers and said three prominent rebel leaders also linked to atrocities should be barred from holding

igious leaders

One Candle

Protestant fundamentalists are not happy

I military for the atrocities. In many cases, it identified by

the military officers

Heraid

GATELY

know why I'm shocked

lon't

much

losing

to proclaim not only His divinity but His servanthood as well.

At the Third International Synod of Bishops in Rome, the bishops together with Pope Paul VI commented on the Social Gospel in this way: "Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world, fully appears to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel, or in other words, of the

Church's mission for the redemption of the human race and

liberation

its

from every

oppressive situation.

coverage.

A Pope

We believe that the Risen Lord lives among us and He challenges us

of the Gospel.

Pre-Cardinal Days

The words of Jesus are there for all to see. "If you love Me keep my commandments." (John 14:15) "Love one another as I have loved you." (John 15:12) The words of Jesus challenge every one of us to be our brother's keeper. (For a free copy of the Christopher

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

News

Note,

EARTH, send a stamped self-addressed envelope Street, New York, NY, 1001 7.) Father John Catoir

group recently discussed some Catholic teachings about the )d the papacy. A question none of us knew much about was: How has e been elected or chosen? We understand that for many centuries there such things as cardinals. So there must have been other ways of g? Can you help? (California) )ur study

TO THE ENDS OF THE

The Christophers, 12 East 48

the director of The Christophers.

Crosswinds minimally complete answer to your question involves numerous areas lers of Church history, and would be far beyond the scope of this column, le basic outlines may be helpful, however. To start with, no official res for choosing the pope, or bishop of Rome, existed for all practical for more than half of the Church's life. 359, Pope Nicholas II decreed that the choice for pope would be primarily in the hands of the cardinals, who, as you said, were at that time something quite new in the Church. During many centuries before Nicholas, popes, as well as other bishops, were chosen in some manner by the clergy and laity of the diocese. Exactly how this happened varied from place to place and time to time. As one would suspect in dealing with positions of such enormous religious and political influence, personal power, family prestige and other kinds of leverage commonly played a significant role in such

^ven a

choices.

Later on, beginning immediately after the death of Charlemagne, the single strongest power in saying who pope was in the hands of the Holy Roman Emperor. For centuries during l)d, diocesan bishops were picked pretty much by the local king or ruler, on piption that he spoke for the people. Ilarly, the emperor claimed to speak for all the people in the Western Church |oice of the bishop of Rome. When these emperors were German, their ijfrom Rome caused them often to cede this power to the local church in

Crosswinds

a series of columns

written by Catholic Social Services staff

members about

their experiences. In

order to protect client confidentiality, the staff members are not identified.

Whether the unemployment

rate

the situation

—

— deserves is

easier for

ate outside influences in the

papal elections.

ne might guess, he didn't entirely succeed in his goal. Father William ioints out in his excellent history of the Church (The Pilgrim Church), "In H-ocess

was simplified because now all the nobles had to do was to influence

tng cardinals!" Fl

elections, of course, will never be totally free

from outside forces as long

consideration. all

Somehow

of us to seek counseling

own

times) than to go the next step of

percent and

publicly acknowledging that a marriage

can feel awful.

when

(although that has

its

blocking, at

and describes the real upset a child is going through as a result of divorce. No matter what the

needs help. Hopefully, our diocese will be blessed with couples taking advantage of this opportunity. At least, hopefully, some of my marriage counselling

say as to the frequency of

clients will, and, just like other self-help

think of this as a counselor,

a parent

statistics

divorce,

sits in

you

office

are the child trapped in

groups will be there to spread message.

its

good

Church exists among nations and cultures and human beings. But it was a step good direction.

as the in a

Nearly 140 years

later, in

1 1

79, the Third Lateran Council required a two-thirds

majority in a papal election. In 1941, Pope Pius XII

hands of the powerful e'of Rome, who naturally used their power to the fullest. This arrangement, L made major conflicts between the rights and powers of emperor and pope s. Finally, in the 1 1th century, Pope Nicholas (1039-1041) moved as I said

cm feel awful.

6 percent or 1 2 percent or even 3 perceent, when you are unemployed it is 100

Dever, this in effect simply placed the choice in the

For this reason alone, the new movement "Retrouvaille" in our diocese a weekend program for hurting marriages

In our

own

made

two-thirds plus one.

generation Pope Paul VI broadly revised the election procedures,

including a provision that only cardinals under the age of 80 may vote in the election of the pope. (Romano Pontifici Eligendo, 1975) Pope Paul's procedures remain substantially in effect today.

(A free brochure outlining marriage regulations in the Catholic Church and explaining the promises in an interfaith marriage is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomingt^n, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the ^ame address.) Copyrignt 1993 by Catholic News Service

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March 26

Herald

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? Can A

Catholic Leave

The

Catholic Church?

By SISTER JEANNE-MARGARET

By JIM KELLEY

MCNALLY

Simply answered, yes, by a. formal act. The formal act of defection from the Catholic Church is not defined in the Code of Canon Law. However, the code does state that those who have left the Church by & formal act are not bound by certain ecclesiastical laws. (1086). These laws affect marriage for the most part. It is presumed that a formal act would be embracing a non-Catholic religion, participating in re-baptism, confirmation, becoming a deacon or minister in that religion. Regular attendance in liturgical services and other church activities would presume ^formal act. Publishing a book advocating atheism would be another example. Leaving the Catholic Church does not have to mean joining a non-Catholic church (c. 1127.2.) Examples given in the Canon Law Commentary include the sworn

communist or

the

Giving Through a Will

member

director of

development for the Diocese of Charlotte, much of

spent talking with people

non-practicing Catholics, just as

am a non-practicing nurse but I still have a license

The

political

scene has a considerable impact on this issue. In places where a

may

person's religion

part of his civic identity, that person

statement that he

not Catholic to avoid certain taxes or

be required to sign a

some other reason. Such The amount of freedom involved must be totally different meaning than a formal act of

a case must be judged cautiously.

considered. Such a situation has a defection.

Where

act of defection.

come back? Yes, of course. This is why we have why we have penance and reconciliation as a sacrament. If grave scandal was involved in the leaving, he/she may have some restitution to do or may even have some penalty placed upon them. The return of the Prodigal is one aspect of "coming home" and a cause for rejoicing not for the person

who

defected

the scripture story of the Prodigal Son;

recrimination.

Mercy Sister Jeanne-Margaret McNally is a licentiate in canon law and a judge of The Tribunal of the Diocese of Charlotte.

Children

Darkness By SISTER

The in

Making

is a basic part of a sound long But I'm often surprised at how people think they don't need a will. Among some

a will

financial plan.

reasons I've encountered: "/ don't have enough property to need a Whether you own a little or a lot, you probably don to let someone else decide who should have your pi after you no longer need it. State laws will gui

distribution of your assets in the absence of a will c legal arrangements.

A wealthy person may have more arrangem make. But a person who has a modest estate powerful incentive to see that what he or she does preserved as

much

as possible for family or othei

ones.

"We own everything jointly." Joint ownership of a home, other real automobile, bank account, investments, and other properties can be a cow way

to see that assets are distributed directly to the intended recipient.

But do you really own "everything" jointly? And are there not pen interests you would like to remember other than those with whom you ha\ ownership arrangements? A will also gives you the opportunity to name a guardian for minor chil

story of

"/ don't

have any heirs." State laws follow a formula for distributing a: absence of close relatives, your belongings may go to a relation you never knew. Wouldn't it be better to name a friend or your parish, a favorite C organization or the diocese to receive what you have instead of leaving the d up to others? "State laws would distribute my property just about as I would, so why with a will? " That may be true if you only want your spouse and other close n to inherit your estate in predetermined snares. But if you want to bequeath a item to a specific person or if you want to arrange for management of assets benefit of a loved one, don't rely on the state. Also, your charitable interests will be unrecognized by state laws. Th certainly other forms your gifts to your parish, other Catholic organization diocese may take, but a bequest in your will is a thoughtful way to make statement about the importance of faith in your life. Anyone who doesn't want to make a will can find reasons not to do so. He the relatively low cost in money and time of planning your affairs will be on best investments you can make. Ask your attorney for help, or call me at the Diocesan Development Offi< 33 1 - 1 709 or 377-687 1 or write to 1 524 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC We'll be pleased to provide more information at no obligation. Jim Kelley is director of the Office of Development of the Diocese ofCh relatives, but in the

BARBARA MAYER

Mewa chronicled in Children of Darkness, a manual on child labor

India by the Rural Labour Cello, sounds like a tale from on of Dickens' novels,

Mewa was apprenticed to a carpet weaver in Mrizapur, when he was eight years old. He was forced to work in a damp, poorly lit hovel furnished with a wooden loom that stood over a pit in the floor. All day long he breathed the irritating wool dust. The weaver punished Mewa whenever his fingers made mistakes in learning the complexities for knot-tying. After a year he was a veteran weaver. He is now prone to the lung diseases, but

a present-day reality.

Uttar Pradesh,

swollen easily

feet, deteriorating

end

his

Mewa's

employment

possibilities

by the time he

30.

carpets bring rich profits to the employers and exporters

coerced to work long hours

who

live in

him work for a pittance. The young are more easily inhuman conditions. Sometimes they are "bonded"

"pay back" loans their poverty-stricken parents make in desperation. Exorbitant interest rates and unscrupulous employers who deduct room and board often ensure that the debt is never repaid. Chronic poverty, unemployment and under-employment, and subsistence wages make working children an economic necessity for many families. India's 1981 laborers, used to

census reported that 13.6 million children were employed, and this

widely

acknowledged to be far below the reality. Although India's constitution bans children from working in factories, mines or other hazardous places, enforcement is virtually impossible.

Aging (CFCA) They work with Salesian and

projects that the Christian Foundation for Children and

assists in India are trying to address this scandal.

Carmelite missionaries who run boarding schools with scholarships to help children of the lower caste have a chance to go to school.

One of the missions they assist is in the village of Manakkal in the state of Tamil Nadu. Seventy-two percent of the people who live in this village are agricultural laborers who are plagued with unemployment six months a year due to inadequate rainfall. Their daily wage is about Rs. 10 (less than 50 cents.) Most of the people live in thatched huts made of mud and stone. Eighty-three percent live below the poverty level.

When

the

eyesight and eventually the crippling arthritis that could

luxury. But he and children like

The

other dependents.

obvious that a Catholic intends to terminate his relationship to the Catholic Church by publicly declaring himself an atheist and where such information would hold up in court, aformal act of defection must be assumed. On occasion a person may write stating they have left the Church and joined a non-Catholic or non-Christian sect and he/she wishes to have his/her name removed from all parish registers and from all lists of Catholics. Such an act would be considered a formal

Can

to exercise the best pc

the diocese, Catholic schools or Catholic organizations.

to practice.

ways

stewardship. Long-range planning turns out to be the key for many Catholics si

of an explicitly anti-Catholic

My experience has been that these people freely identify themselves as

the Church.

are seeking

to balance their family s financial security with their desires to give to their pa

presumed to have left the C\uixc\\ formally Such activities are not the same as one who does not practice the faith. Those who do not go to church and do not receive the sacraments are not considered to have left organization

who

began the mission two years ago, neither the parents nor had proper daily food. They also lacked adequate toilet and bathing facilities. Diseases such an anemia, malaria, tuberculosis and jaundice were common. There was only one ill-equipped government hospital and few doctors. "We have taken this mission as a great challenge to fight against the social the Salesians

their children

See Children, Page

saints

RUBERT WAS A FRANK, ST.ACCORP/NG TO MOST RELIABLE ST. SOURCES. (THOUGH SOME CLAIM HIM AS AN IRISHMAN Nf\tAEP ROBERTA CH). HE BECAME A BISHOP AT WORMS ANP IN ABOUT 697 HE CAME TO REGENSBURG AS A MISSIONARY. HE WAS ENCOURAGEP BV PUKE THEOPO, WHOM HE CONVERTEP ALONG WITH N\RNY OF

THE PUKE'S SUBJECTS.

RUBERT APAPTEP HERTHBN TEMPLES FOR CHRISTIAN WORSHIP BUILT NEW CHURCHES ANP CONVERTEP MOST OF BAVARIA TO CHRISTIANITY. WITH THE PUKE'S HELP HE REBUILT THE OLP TOWN OF JUVAVUM ANP RENAMEP IT SALZBURG. HE BUILT A CHURCH, A MONASTERY ANP A SCHOOL THERE, ALL PEPICATEP TO ST PETER. RUBERT BROUGHT IN MORE MISSIONARIES ANP BUILT A CONVENT AT NONNBERG, WHERE HE APPOINTEP A CLOSE RELATIVE, POSSIBLY HIS SISTER, AS FIRST ABBESS. HE ALSO PEVELOPEP THE SALTMINES IN THE AREA. RUBERT PIEP AROUNP 710 AT SALZBURG. HE IS CONSIPEREP THE TOWN'S FIRST DISHOP. HIS FEAST IS

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John By Paul Lauer

hese days, actor

••Full

John Stamos is Jesse on the hit comedy series House." But the best part

Youth Beat: What do you

John has ever landed is the one he plays in real life. His Catholic upbringing has rooted him with a deep love of God and solid values, and it shows.

get out of

church?

Youth Beat: What's to handle in

your

my childhood, and it's always

the hardest thing

been a base.

line of

work?

God, and

John Stamos: Taking criticism.

set

that

you thing else,

were wrong and they were

Youth Beat: Has your

right.

going back to church, and

me ever since.

any show or concert or any-

always say a prayer.

spirituality

John:

First

thank the Lord and

"Thank you

for letting

my faith is what has always gotten me through. It's kept me

John:

think

say,

me do this.

for the right reasons, not

want

be a

the gifts

from getting too involved in the scene ty to

and being around drugs.

I've

had

him

star,

Let

in the world."

be with

things started to straighten out. really

you

because

want

You gave me and use

do good to

but because

little

helped pull

use

my populari-

Then I ask

me through it.

go, the

charities

My family

dren.

whole

and

lot,

wouldn't

but

now

under-

— I'm more interested

and

don't think

it.

You're involved with

visiting

Why do you do

John:

First of all,

them happy, and

handicapped

chil-

it?

because

that

know

makes

makes me happy.

The more

helps you to be good to help others.

Youth Beat: Do you ever

lot

little

me through. Church

and think good and want

stand a

Youth Beat:

started

love your family, to love others.

life?

reminds you every week to love God,

Youth Beat: What do you say?

helped you deal with the challenges

your

away from my religion. Then

relationship with

has been with

But this day, before

you usually look back and see

up a

my mom

been slipping faith since

understand

do, and

remember going

it all. I

church with

John: had

House"

"Full

think I'm not involved enough, though.

I'm doing

going to

John Stamos: Jesse on

know what I should

bring your

And then, it's payback for all the beautiful things I've received. I know part of God's plan for me is to help others. And I want to do more

of that now. Besides,

you

give,

invariably you're going to get something

friends to church?

One of my best

John:

I've

friends

who had never gone to church startme every Sunday. Sometimes

brought a few.

back

—

always happens.

•• •

ed going with

By Charles Coulombe

life

that the person lived a life of heroic

he or she is called "Venerable."

virtue,

When two miracles involving that person have been verified, he or she is "Blessed."

A third miracle is required

"How Ijout this intercession stuff? My grandmother prays to St Anthony." Your grandmother's smart! Certain saints tend to be helpful

with certain

things that they were connected with

during their lives on earth, so

why

they pray to

France, St.

Who Are

St.

Anthony for lost

Jude for hopeless

"But

that's

Therese for things,

and

cases.

why not go directly to God?"

We do. But just like we ask people on earth to pray for us, we should ask

The Saints? "What

more people we

is a saint anyway?"

A saint is any person in heaven. "How does the Church determine that

And the closer to God we are, the more powerful our prayers. That's why the

certain people are saints?"

saints'

After the person's "cause" for sainthood

should

all strive to

So why not today? »*•

introduced, something like a court case

begins.

When the Church determines

prayers are so powerful. We

to heaven.

saintly

saints in order to start

strangers,

get praying, the better.

being

risks,

fall

victim to your ever-growing fears! Continue to say "hi" to

and help people

— The follow-

:apsule reviews of

movies

re-

>viewed by the U.S. Catholic ice Office for Film and Broad-

The reviews include the U.S. Conference classification and ion Picture Association

Use your common sense. And always pray. Before venturing out, in God's hands, and ask your guardian angel to protect you. With prayer as your shield, and Jesus as your guide, nothing can happen that God and you can't handle together. If we did things his way, there wouldn't be these problems in the first place! ••• place yourself

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contrived situations. Discreet

incident uses imaginative special ef-

emotionally rich story of an ordinary

fects to suggest the alien encounter but

man whose

scene and frequent rough language. The USCC classification is A-III adults.

avoids questions of extraterrestrial

life

him to try to help undo the damage done

by concentrating on the mundane plight of the loggers. A scene of menacing aliens physically abusing the main char-

abused youngsters robbed of childhood' innocence. Subtitles. Veiled references to the sexual exploitation of a minor. The USCC classification is A-II

The USCC classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The MPAA rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be acter.

—

inappropriate for children under 13.

sense of decency compels

—

adults the

and adolescents. Not rated by

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"Married

to It" (Orion)

PTA meeting, three vastly dissimilar married couples (Beau Bridges and Stockard Channing; Mary After a

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& Herald

prayer as simple as breathing?

By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS Catholic

News

Service

Prayer is like breathing. Breathing is the easiest thing in the for someone who is alive. world to do We do not even have to be taught to breathe. One little whack on the behind, and with a loud cry a newborn

All

26,

contents copyright H

—

"Prayer Breathing

infant starts to breathe. for someone Prayer also is easy tuned in to God. Someone who has faith does not have to be taught to pray. It comes naturally, especially after a little

is like

the world to

—

breathing.

the easiest thing

— for someone

who is alive."

whack.

We may not need to be taught to pray, but as in so many areas of life, it

Lord." So wonderful was Hai prayer that it became part of the ration for Mary's "Magnificat' her conception of Jesus.

Hannah's son, Samuel, grebe the prophet who would David king of Israel. For another great moment of we have King David to thank it in the second book of Samuel the prophet Nathan conveys the promise that David will lead

helps to see how others did it. For this, our best resource is the Bible,

people Israel.

where we meet many people at prayer big

resonate with

David was overwhelmed, would be in a similar position, prayer was humble. Everybod Here the

people with feelings

have brought me to this poin even this you see as too little God.... What more can David you?... Great are you, Lord There is none like you!" (2 S

just like us.

Take Hannah at the beginning of the first book of Samuel. Hannah

much wanted

7:18-22).

child.

woman, meant contrib-

At some time or other, become speechless at God's ings. They are apt to make ui der, like David, who we are. V

Abraham. Through her

tainly are not worthy. What coui possibly see in us that would 1> these blessings? Life! It is all blessing and from the air breathed to the lc

For an

Israelite

giving birth uting a new member to God's people and enriching the fam of

ily

it.

how it begins:

"Who am I, Lord God, and members of my house, thf

people, little people,

very

children and her children's children, a woman would live for many generations,

even forever.

But Hannah had no children, at least not yet. Year after year she accompanied her husband Elkanah to the temple at Shiloh where he offered sacrifice, and every year it was the

ceived.

and she prayed from the all

sacrifice

heart, crying

the while. This was Hannah's prayer:

"O Lord of hosts, if you look with pity on the misery of your handmaid, if you remember me and do not forget me, if you give your handmaid a male child, I will give him to the Lord" (1

same.

The

was followed by a

But Hannah's rival, a woman named Penninah, who was blessed with many children, taunted her about having no children. By the time of the feast, Hannah was in tears, refusing to feast.

Samuel

1:11).

In her anguish, Hannah pleaded for God's mercy, and she was extremely generous in return. In the ancient culture, the firstborn male was expected to care for his parents and help with

eat.

One year, after one of those meals, Hannah got up and went before the Lord to pray. Hannah was broken up,

his brothers

and

sisters

when he grew

Even so, Hannah would offer her son to the Lord. In her prayer, Hannah seemed so distraught that Eli, an old priest seeing her from a distance, thought she was drunk. But Hannah was not drunk. When Eli came up to her and realized this, he told her to go in peace: "May the God of Israel grant what you have asked." God granted her prayer. When she returned to the temple, her prayer was all rejoicing: "My heart exults in the up.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Presumably companions are important. But why? the family members, friends or co-workers who spend time with you? What roles do companions fulfill Do companions make you feel less alone? Are companions present to help you think important things through for yourself? Are your favorite companions gifted at bringing out the best in you? Is it for companions to complement your personality by possessing strengths you don't have, while you possess strengths

— — — — — they lack? —Do some companions make you needed, loved? —And what about companions who are "there you" — feel

just

with

for

listening, aiding you, waiting patiently for

you or celebrating

you?

Why discuss companionship here? Because companionship can

be a rationale for prayer. Along with typical prayers of petition or of praise and thanksgiving, prayer can be a conversation with a companion; an acknowledgment of the companionship presence of God. In prayer it is possible to speak with God as a companion, one present or whose presence is made known through others to help you clarify your thinking, to draw out your best, to celebrate with you, to offer compassion and strength, to aid you

—

and 12

—

to await you.

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

David and his prayer bring to another prayer, this time in th< Testament. It is the pray Bartimaeus, a blind man in I Gospel (10:46-52).

Bartimaeus heard from ft around him that Jesus was pass on his way to Jerusalem. Barti knew Jesus was Son of David, for the Messiah, and that Jesus

ilk

help him.

tat

So Bartimaeus cried out, David, have mercy on me!' tried to silence him. There were blind beggars, and they could be ersome. But there was no ke Bartimaeus quiet. "Son of David," he cried out! Jesus heard him. When Jesus called for hir asked what he wanted, Bartu asked to be able to see. Bartimaeus was in great n& wanted to see, and he knew could open his eyes. So he pray

dec

very simple prayer. All prayer is quite simple, Hannah's prayer for a child, Ei reaction to God's blessing or Bartir

"Have mercy on me!" Prayer is as simple as breathi ilk one who is alive. (Father LaVerdiere is a Scri scholar and senior editor ofEmn magazine.) »

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& Heraicl

Bible prayers of non-petition By Father Paul Schmidt Catholic

News

we develop a habit God for others' blessings, we

"If

Service

of praising

Some things we consider curses

may appear in a different light if

we adopt the point of view found

will

in three prayer canticles early in Luke's Gospel.

mind

Each prays in a communal way. Each highly conscious of his or her place among the people of God. Zechariah thinks first and last of the redeemed people, who walk no longer in the dark. Mary remembers the history of Israel back to Abraham. Her blessedness is only one blessing given to all who fear

a frame of

to recognize the

—Speechlessness became a blessings we receive." — —A mysterious pregnancy became a blessing for Mary. — Old age turned out be a blessing for Simeon.

blessing for Zechariah.

Sometimes it is hard for us even to think about God unless we need something. Winning a game, passing a test, getting a job, finding a

CNS

people prayed

Dmi was

She

ner.

life

given.

us find that kind of prayer difficult. If personal prayer when we are alone is self-centered, we will not be in tune to pray communally. It helps to practice the kind of prayer found on the lips of

tiles.

It is no coincidence that our liturgical prayer is primarily prayer of thanks and

had not been

ught relief in Moab; she was a homeless refugee, make matters worse her hushed in Moab. Her two sons marloabite girls, and after 10 years y,

How do

received. If we can do this privately, developing a wider sense of God's tremendous goodness poured out on our brothers and sisters all over the earth, we will be better able to participate in the church's eucharistic prayer. If we develop a habit of praising God for others' blessings, we will be in a frame of mind to recognize the blessings we receive.

She prayed for women: "May the Lord be kind to you were to the departed and to ay the Lord grant each of you a nd and a home in which you will st" (Ruth 1:8-9). was a genuinely unselfish concerned with the well-being IB.

ually,

the primary prayer of

in the Bible

!•

was communal,

li-

Ul.

Israelites were deeply conthat they were, in a unique way, people. But if they were dear to s a people, they were dear also as people, as individuals, '

y praised God. y thanked God.

they sought God's help, espetimes of crisis and stress. Iflerstandably, the Bible is con1

especially with historic figures. ii

little

(Ives, I

about the rank and

their prayers.

historic figures

'eryone else as >e

file,

may

safely

were basically

human

beings,

assume their

may

also begin to recognize the bless-

we receive in the midst of trials. An illness, a failure, an anxiety, a

ings

relate to

terms," Father Senior observes. Jesus'

ot for herself.

And if we grow accustomed to praisGod no matter what befalls us, we

ing

God? Jesus spoke of God in "affectionate way of referring to God affirms "the deep, loyal and loving bond between God and God's children. you

Reflection:

blessed.

Here is a prayer of Jesus from Matthew 1 1 :25-27, quoted in Passionist Father Donald Senior's book, Jesus: A Gospel Portrait (Paulist Press, 997 Macarthur Blvd., Mahwah, NJ 07430; paperback, $9.95): "Father, Lord of heaven and earth, to you offer praise; for what you have hidden from the learned and clever you have revealed to the merest children. Father, it is true, you have graciously willed it so. Everything has been given over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son but the Father; and no one knows the Father but the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."

k about stress! en word reached Naomi that the e had eased back home, she preto return. Her two devoted ters-in-law refused to leave her, ie was reluctant to uproot them heir homeland. 'as a heart-wrenching situation, iaomi turned to God in prayer,

no secret that many

Sometimes we may not feel very But we still can praise and thank God for the blessings others have

that he has seen God's salvation. Each of these persons prays not only for himself or herself. Zechariah is happy about the wonderful birth of his son. Mary gives thanks for what the Almighty did for her. Simeon is personally elated

ons died,

it is

Zechariah, Mary and Simeon when we are alone, counting not only our own blessings but those of our faith community.

ced by a famine to flee her home,

And

praise.

FAITH IN ACTION

not, in our terms, a was a devout Israelite

whom

Simeon looks beyond the glory of the people of Israel to the light of revelation that shines for all nations, for the gen-

Abraham and turned the world upside down. The powerful and the weak have changed places, as have rich and poor. And Simeon's "Nunc Dimittis" proclaims his readiness to die now

biblical

By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service

God.

spouse, recovering health, seeking forgiveness of sins: All these are reasons to storm heaven with prayers. The Bible has many petition prayers. But there are other reasons to pray. The prayers of Zechariah, Mary and Simeon in Luke's first two chapters are wonderful prayers of non-petition. They do not ask a single thing. They only give thankful praise for what God already has

Zechariah, Mary and Simeon sing hymns the church still sings daily at morning, evening and night prayer. Zechariah's "Benedictus" rejoices at the dawn of a new day. God has sent salvation, shown mercy, remembered the covenant. Mary's "Magnificat" also rejoices. God has kept the promise to

photo by Paul S. Conklin

have his dreams fulfilled. But there is more.

temptation may not go away. But in the like midst of it, we may discover Zechariah, whose speechlessness became a blessing that we can still say, "Blessed be God!"

—

prayers were typical. Take the good King Hezekiah, for example. He fell desperately ill, and death stared him in the face. In spite of his royal power, he was as helpless as a baby. Sickness makes all people painfully

aware

of their

ability,

a Scripture

(Father Schmidt is director of Priests Personnel for the Diocese of Oakland, Calif,

FAITH IN THE

and a free-lance writer.)

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weakness and vulner-

and they

the only one

(Father Castelot

scholar, author and lecturer.)

instinctively turn to

who can

sustain them. So Hezekiah cried out, "'O Lord, re-

Has your way of praying changed over the years?

How or

why?

member how

faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was pleasing to you!'

And Hezekiah wept

Kings

bitterly" (2

"It

has because

relationship to

During those peaks and valleys you're just talking to a friend."

...

God has waned and

gets

then gotten deeper.

more spontaneous,

— Bob Killagrew, Indianapolis,

less rote,

Ind.

20:3).

The prophet Isaiah joined his prayers to the king's, and Hezekiah recovered.

How many psalms are anguished pleas of the sick! But these desperate requests are never really desperate. They are shot through with confidence that God will answer. Humility and confidence in God's love were hallmarks of Israelite prayer. And that was how Jesus prayed:

I've gotten much more comfortable with improvised prayer. also gotten more comfortable with praying discreetly in public for example, Jeff Cain, Columbus, Ind. blessing a meal at a restaurant."

"Over the years,

I've

—

kind of withdrew for a while from prayer. But recently a family crisis brought I've seen the power of prayer work. Dolce, Santa Rosa, Calif.

me back into focus and rely more on prayer. My prayer is more like conversation." — Lynn I

God than ever have in my very comfortable talking with God."

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People Son Of Famed Poet Seeks Stamp To Honor Father

Bishop Jarrel Ordained, Installed In Louisianna Diocese

HOUMA,

—

(CNS)

La.

About

1,000 people filled St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Houma for the episcopal ordination Jarrell.

days

March 4 of Bishop Michael

He was

formally installed three

second bishop of the Dio-

later as

cese of Houma-Thibodaux, in the bayou

country of southern Louisiana. Bishop Jarrell, 52,

succeeds Bishop Warren L.

Boudreaux,

who

after serving as

since

bishop of the diocese

was formed

December

retired iast

in 1977.

"Remem-

Bishop Michael, that the title of is one not of honor but of service," said Archbishop Francis B. ber,

bishop

Schulte of

New

Orleans, chief ordain-,

ing bishop and homilist at the ordina-

Mass. He reminded the new bishop that during the ordination rite itself a few minutes later, the book of the Gospel would be opened and "held like a tent above your head." tion

—

Va. (CNS) The son of famed poet and World War I hero Alfred Joyce Kilmer has launched a grass-roots campaign to honor his father with a commemorative postal stamp. The poet Kilmer is best known for "Trees," a poem first published in 1913 that became popular in Catholic grammar schools during the 1920s and '30s. He also was editor of an Episcopal newspaper before converting to Catholicism. During the war, Kilmer was first designated as a chaplain's statistician, but later unit.

requested a transfer to a combat Kilmer was killed in action on July

30, 1918, during a reconnaissance mis-

sion for the 165th Infantry Regiment and posthumously awarded the French Croix de Guerre. He was 31. His son, Kenton Kilmer, a member of St. Mark Parish in Vienna in the Diocese of Arlington, is trying to get widespread support for his campaign.

CRS

Director Named U.S. Adviser On Haiti

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

The

executive director of Catholic Relief

Ex- Watergate Figure Says U.S. Crime Caused By Decline In Morality WASHINGTON (CNS)— The high

special ad-

U.S. crime rate "boils down to" a lack of

on Haiti for the U.S. State Department. Lawrence Pezzullo, 66, resigned

morality and character, concepts that

Services has been

named

viser

March

after 10 years in the

CRS post

assignment with the administration immediately. A former U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua and Uruguay, Pezzullo was the first layman to head the Baltimore-based organization, which is the U.S. bishops' overseas relief and development agency. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said March 1 1 that Pezzullo's appointment was intended to step up U.S. involvement in resolving to take the

Haiti's political crisis. "Haiti

a full-

time concern of this administration and the secretary

wanted

have a high-

level official devoting full time to Haiti,

Ambassador Pezzullo will fill that role," said a statement issued

by the State

Department.

may "sound quaint today," according to Chuck Colson, winner of

the

1993

Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. "The root of our crime problem ... is the breakdown of individual moral character and the resulting erosion of our character as a people. Neither the liberal solution nor the conservative solution (to crime) reaches this deep," said Colson, whose seven-month jail sentence for his involvement in Watergate led him to form a prison outreach ministry. Colson, a Baptist, spoke March 1 1 at the National Press Club in Washington. He was named in February to receive the Templeton for his Prison Fellowship, which has a fulltime staff and a network of 50,000 volunteers who try to help convicted crimi-

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Nun Who Beat Alcoholism Seeks To Help Other Dependent Sisters

LOS ANGELES (CNS)

—

Mayor Raymond L. Flynn has

accep

President Clinton's offer to serve U.S. ambassador to the Holy See,

Sister

Ada Geraghty

ing speculation that the Baptist

the influence." That experience led her

dent might break diplomatic ties the Vatican. The 5 3 -year-old Flynl staunch Catholic and vocal pro-lifel

has personally experienced the stigma of being a nun "under

and her order, the Sisters of the Holy open the doors of a West Los Angeles convent to women religious and lay women in recovery from alcohol or drug dependency. The Center for Renewed Life can house up to a dozen

vocate, announced his acceptance of nomination at a March 1 6 press con

Faith, to

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guests at a time, in addition to the four sisters

who live there year-round.

opened

pr]

Since

August 1992, a steady stream of nuns and lay women have

job."

taken advantage of

Migration Chairman Urges Greater Coordination On Refu;

been

services.

its

filled to capacity since

has

November.

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Kevorkian Calls Suicide Law Immoral, Will Continue Efforts

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WASHINGTON (CNS)— Dr. Jack Kevorkian, the so-called "suicide doctor" who has assisted in 15 suicides in Michigan, says a Michigan law that makes assisting in a suicide a felony is immoral. "I will not obey that law because that law is immoral," Kevorkian said in an interview broadcast March 12 on ABC's "20/20" news magazine. "I

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way would enable

in a unified

church to provide both pastoral

adding the next assisted suicide would probably come "within the next few weeks." If arrested and jailed under the new law, Kevorkian said, "I will said,

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said such coordination

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Campaign Against Freedom

Mail

Of Choice Act Continues WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

"The (congressional) aides think

Catholics continued their campaign of

very big," he said. "Counting

postcards, telegrams and phone calls

cards

Freedom of Choice Act, a House subcommittee voted to amend

has varied widely

the legislation to eliminate

offices.

dren (From Page

Kothagudem,

India.

D-Ill.,

said the postcards sent to her

son, legislative director for the National

office

Right to Life Committee. "The panel even voted to wipe out all parental notification and parental consent laws." The House Judiciary subcommittee on civil and constitutional rights made

R-La., estimated that he received

be powerless to prevent even and their num-

several

amendments

March

18 before sending

to the legislation it

Judiciary Committee, which ice,

the poverty and the ignorance

people," said Father Maria Paul

"We

director of the mission.

200 children in our ;ntary school to educate them well, ive one meal a day. We run the study to improve the standard of tion with special tutors. We have urce of income, relying upon Digathered nearly

^ovidence

who

will surely

come

assistance for this noble cause of

our poor children. The

tion for

now has 58 sponsored gh CFCA."

children

nother mission aided by

CFCA is

d in

Kothagudem

in the state

Pradesh. There the Carmelite

main goal is also education for Because most of the par-

rs'

lildren.

illiterate

jre

many

laborers,

"Slowly

changing through the sponsorship program by CFCA and the dedication of the Fathers," said Lara Neirynck, former CFCA volunteer in Kothagudem. "For example, in the village of Mandalapally, the Fathers are trying to get one child from each family sponsored so they can build a school in the village and at least one family member can receive a education. "Parents are realizing that by getting an education, their children might break the cycle that they and so many generations have been it, that their children might have a chance to be something

more than

a laborer or a beggar.

These children are India's

future.

Spon-

Human

Life

count," said

Mike Taylor, executive

director of the committee,

Second Vatican same infallibilthe whole College of the

o exists in ps when, in union with the Suc•

of Peter,

(cf.

Lumen Gentium,

recognizing that the Holy Spirit the

;

pope and bishops

their

in the exer-

teaching office, the Church

the conviction of the apostles

leir

decisions were

l|fthe

Spirit (cf.

made with

the

Acts 15:28). In this

Spirit of

truth (cf. Jn 14:26), fulfilled at Pentecost, continues to

be realized

in the life

of his Church.

exercises the supreme

ng office

way, Christ's promise of the

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believe very strongly that abortion

wrong."

"We're fighting an support

tivities.

"And people

are

still

ordering

The postcards state that passage of Freedom of Choice Act "would be a

disastrous mistake for our country beit

mandates abortion on demand

The Freedom of Choice Act says

may not restrict the right of woman to choose to terminate a preg-

that "a state

—

life

The postcards were

or health of a

—

distributed in

one for each of the signers' U.S. senators, one for his or her representative and one to be sent to the sets of four

National Committee for a

Amendment

Human

we can

uphill battle

we need

all

the

get."

A parallel campaign by the Knights of Columbus has included a national hot

postcards in a major way." the

Freedom of

ardent supporters of the

Choice Act but

bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Ac-

Life

to track nationwide par-

ticipation.

At least 5 million sets of postcards went out to U.S. dioceses, but getting an accurate count on the number sent to members of Congress has been a major challenge, Taylor said. "Not everyone used the fourth postcard," he said, and getting information from some congressional offices has been difficult. But Taylor's staff has been getting one message loud and clear:

line for callers

who wish

to tell their

senators and representatives that they

oppose the Freedom of Choice Act. Callers to the number, (800) 4359933, pay $7.95 for telegrams to two senators and a member of the House of Representatives. The call is billed on the caller's monthly phone bill or directly by Western Union. Russell Shaw, spokesman for the Knights, said there have been "several thousand" calls on the hot line since it began in late February. But he said that represented only a small portion of the

Knights' work against the legislation,

which also includes a grass- roots effort members letters and phone

to encourage calls to

Congress.

Helen Alvare, planning and information director at the Secretariat for the Pro-Life Activities, said subcommittee's actions March 18 were "grossly out of step with the convictions

of the American people" and showed "just

how extreme

the pro- abortion

movement has become." "Congress should

set aside this di-

visive legislation," she added. "It

time for our nation to begin a meaningful debate on how best to demonstrate concern for the lives of both the pregnant woman and her unborn child."

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60,000 postcards, and Sen. Dave Durenberger, R- Minn., said he got about 37,000. Aides to Wisconsin's two Democratic senators, Herb Kohl and Russell D. Feingold, told the Milwaukee Journal that they received about 100,000 postcards between them. least

ued to count postcards from its National Project Life, which began in January but shows no sign of ending yet. "We have 12 more bags of mail to

Mayer

(From Page 4)

A staffer for Rep. Robert Livingston,

Amendment, a

nancy 1) before fetal viability; or 2) at any time, if such termination is necesi

would not be counted or answered and would be thrown away.

vice

as a national policy."

Benedictine Sister Barbara

aach of the 5,0006,000 received would be logged into the computer and answered, while a staffer for freshman Sen. Carol Moseley Braun,

Catholic pro-life organization, contin-

sors are not just helping one child but

a staff member of the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging.

expected

Meanwhile, the National Committee for a

the country as a whole."

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Guerrero, quien asesora a los

a nuestras vidas y este proposito se logro satisfactoriamente. al

nos enseho que Dios solo quiere m corazon". Ricky Torres sintio que"

radiante de felicidad.

jovenes hispanos abiertos a escuchar al Senor y dispuestos a recibir sus dones; con unos directores espirituales que claramente expusieron su mensaje, manteniendo a los participantes motivados y atentos, logrando su entera colaboracion; con una casa de retiros acogedora y que ofrecfa un ambiente agradable; con unos dfas soleados que permitfan poder salir un rato fuera de la casa; con comidas bien preparadas y abundantes meriendas; finalmente, con la cooperation de muchas personas que oraron por este grupo esos dfas, que dieron transporte, que cocinaron y ayudaron a servir en las mesas y a lavar y limpiar en la cocina. Todas las charlas, dinamicas de grupo, ratos de oracion y de reflexion personal estuvieron centrados en la persona de Cristo, convencidos de que nos ama incondicionalmente. El fin de este retiro era facilitar el encuentro de los jovenes con el Dios vivo que da sentido

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JCU, quedo complacido colaboracion

todos,

compartieron y respetaron los rai meditation. El dijo: "Hubo intercambio de ideas en un ami mtimo y familiar". Jose recordo i las ideas centrales que "Dio; necesita, precisa de nosotros"

Algunos de

los

jovenes

participaban por primera vez, ya asistiendo a las reuniones de los Jd

Catolicos Unidos los domingos, d

6:30p.m. en el Centro Catolico Hi (Independence Boulevard y The F para de allf ir juntos a la celebrac la Misa en espanol a las 7:00 p.m. -

catedral de

San

Patricio.

El grupo de Renovation Carismatica

La Hermana Sagrario Nunez, quien

pui

Noticias Diocesanas ha cambiado de lugar de reunion para el salon en las oficinas de la catedral de San Patricio, que se encuentra detras de la iglesia por la calle Buchanan. Se puede estacionar el carro por esta calle o por el parqueo amplio detras de la escuela. El grupo se reune los martes a las 7:30 p.m. y todos quedan invitados. El retiro anual tendra lugar en Living Waters Reflection Center, en las montahas del oeste, Maggie Valley, del 28 a 30 de mayo, 1993. Reservaciones con Rafael Torres Mora, tel. (704) 5532628. El costo sera de $60 por persona.

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Unidos en el pasado mes de enero, para que participaran en un retiro espiritual, dirigido por la Hermana Sagrario Nunez, Esclava del Sagrado Corazon y Patricia

pude conocerme mejor a mf misn* Dios" dijo Ivy Rodriguez y anadio

dirigio el retiro y Jose Fernandez, asesor adi

grupo juvenil.

ashington Archdiocese Sees as

Network Newscasts

Thanks

—

/ASHINGTON (CNS)

Sipe in 1990 estimated that, based half on interviews with 1 ,000 priests of them in the context of psychotherapy and 500 lay people who were sexual

Offi-

—

Archdiocese of Washington criticized CBS and ABC for what jf the

—

was anti-Catholic bias in sepafws reports that aired March 12. BC's "20/20" news magazine aid

CBS

Evening

with Dan Rather" dealt with people

by the notion

that

God wants

commit a crime, ardinal James A. Hickey of Washin a March 15 letter to CBS

President Eric Ober, said the

all priests

for gift

personally. Their response to the teach-

CBS

book

not anti-celibacy," and emphatically

it's

jzanne T. Shaffer, director of com-

denied that he considers celibacy detrimental to the Church.

ch 16 letter to

ABC News

Cardinal Hickey said that

Presi-

toone Arledge that the "20/20" was "a grievous injustice to priests bacy in these challenging times." le "20/20" segment profiled a West lia

priest

a priest ry for a

who

also inter-

recently

left

active

woman he plans to marry,

aown in shadow so they could not ntified

were a

and three

priest

and his

women who

CBS

—

who openly admitted his

with celibacy.

itself

by interspersing pictures of a priest celebrating Mass "with scenes from Waco and Pensacola," where a doctor was shot to death outside an abortion clinic "failed to distinguish between fanatical individuals and cults and those solid communities of faith whose numberless acts of loving service are seldom seen on this nation's airwaves." Members of a cult led by David Koresh have been holed up in their

commitment

rive to live out their

girl-

compound near Waco, Texas,

said they

since a

seeking to serve a warrant on Koresh. naffer questioned the credibility

"These rapid-fire visual images cre-

Richard Sipe, a psychotherad former priest who has written a in priests and sexuality and who ed in the segment, ithout mentioning names, Shaffer the letter that "very reliable

ated an association between the Catho-

with

whom

Church, widely known for its proand the fanatical acts of violence which have recently dominated the news," said Cardinal Hickey. lic

life stand,

"The Catholic Church in no way condones violence in the name of religion; it consistently and publicly con-

she checked said

as "neither a psychiatrist or psyist

in his

own

right,

demns

nor even a

acts of violence against those

who practice abortion while at the same

cian."

time remaining resolute in its opposition to the taking of innocent unborn

This newspaper

human life," he added. Spokeswomen for ABC and CBS told CNS March 1 8 they were not famil-

printed on recycled newsprint and is recyclable.

The Oratory

would

thank you and the people of the Diocese of Charlotte for this important contribution. Participation in this

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Lenten

program represents care and concern for the poor and the hungry and a way to relieve their suffering.

With our appreciation and prayers for your intentions.

Sincerely,

much

acceptance of God's word

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Black perspective

Catholic

Editor

read with interest the article on

essay published in The Catholic

News

Herald by Rozzelle, 20 years old, a U.N.C. Charlotte student. It was written for an essay contest titled "what it means For some time

News &

Herald.

Very truly yours, Bobbie May Hickory Letters Policy:

We welcome

letters

current issues. Letters must be signed origi-

to be a black Catholic."

now

have been

and must include and daytime telephone number

nals of 250 words or less

studying Black Culture and have been

the address

impressed with the Black Catholics of America. Their plight has not been easy. During August 1991, I gave a Reflec-

for brevity, style and taste and must not

Day

tion

for St. Helen's in Spencer

Mountain. It was a truly exhilarating experience of the Holy Spirit for me

Pope

of the writer. Letters are subject

to editing

contain personal attacks on any person.

Opinions expressed

in letters

or in

guest

columns do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper or

its

publisher.

Calls Reconciliation

Most

Can

Offer

Consoling

Gift Priest

— Sacra-

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

mental reconciliation is one of the most beautiful and consoling gifts a priest can offer the world, Pope John Paul II said in a letter marking the 600th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. John

Nepomucen. The 14th-century Czech

cleric is

regarded as "the patron saint of the seal of confession" because, according to

he refused the orders of King Wenceslaus IV to reveal what the queen

tradition,

said in confession. In a later dispute

between the arch-

bishop of Prague and the king over a local abbey, the saint drew the king's ire for siding with the archbishop. The king flew into a rage and ordered that John

Nepomucen be

tortured. His

body was

Archbishop Miloslav Vlk of Prague, called St. John Nepomucen an example to

1586,

to teach us

To The

The March 1 9 papal letter, addressed

about the generous

to teach us

worship of God. I look forward to many more articles written from a black perspective being publish in The

ment on them.

For Boys and Girls

PO Box

the best out of

ministry.

Lawrence A. Pezzullo

thrown into the Vltava River.

Two

drew

Feb. 28 shootout with federal agents

lad romantic relationships with

me and the music Not only did they welcome the Lord's messages but us as well. The food and hospitality we received was led and encouraged by Deacon Paul and Josephine Watson. How wonderfully welcome everyone made us feel. It was with great pleasure that I read Rozzelle's essay. Please do not wait until Black History month to publish contributions such as this. They have

for

1992.

"is not anti-priesthood,

leral."

ations for the archdiocese, said in

OPERA-

BOWL

1990 interview with CNS, Sipe

In a

said his

gious for our team. Their enthusiasm

amount of $5,380.81

the

celibacy."

Church and religious belief

ings to prayer and scripture were conta-

are in receipt of your check in

TION RICE

celi-

'revealed a shocking bias against tholic

do not practice

any given time. He repeated the assertion on "20/20." Shaffer said Sipe "extrapolates unverifiable conclusions about priests in general. He has rightly been criticized by professionals for not using a random sample and for exhibiting a bias against

bacy

the issue of priestly celibacy,

segment of "The

partners or victims of a priest, that about half of

Herald

Letters to the Editor

Dear Bishop Donoghue:

The Catholic News

h 26, 1993

makes of automobiles, vans and trucks

as well as office equipment to meet your church or business needs.

how

the priesthood brings the gift of

God's love to the world. "Although stained by sin, the world is called to salvation by the will of the heavenly Father," Pope John Paul wrote. "The priest renews the dignity of men and women every time he frees them

people ignore God's laws, they are selfish before their neighbors and they are

"numb

to the sense of sin."

Still

people continue searching for

goodness and truth, for peaceful coexistence and the development of human society, the pope said. The priest, through his ministry and his celebration of the Sacrament of Penance, helps people find the supreme truth and goodness, which is God, he said.

Through the sacrament the priest on the mission of Jesus, "of the Good Shepherd who searches for lost carries

sheep, of the

Good Samaritan who cares who with

for the injured, of the father

love waits for and welcomes the prodigal son, of the just judge

preference soul

among

who shows no

people."

Receiving absolution, the penitent's is filled with peace and one's con-

science

pope

serene, the

said.

The

values of sacramental confession cannot be given by the world, but without

are possible."

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The Catholic News

ch 26, 1993

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World and National Briefs Aid Caravan Embarks journey To El Salvador An aid >AN ANTONIO (CNS) /an of 33 vehicles left San Antonio lanitarian

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10 on a seven-day journey to El

ador with donated supplies to help that nation's war-torn

ild

commu-

5. The trucks took farm equipment,

cal

provisions and school supplies,

70 drivers

and the parish community

St.

Father Sherwood was pastor. Father

Mahony

Sherwood was charged with indecent exposure, a misdemeanor, and with two felony counts, furnishing obscene material to a minor and public sexual indecency to a minor. A 1 7-year-old Tucson boy, whose name was not released, brought the allegations against the priest.

Salvador to deliver the goods. The bnvoy was sponsored by more than

U.S.

willfly

Izen national solidarity organiza-

including Pastors for Peace, United

Salvador Sister Cities, Share

Is/El

Idation and the Central

American

Committee, said Elizabeth

larity

of Pastors for Peace. Since Pastors for Peace has delivered

lery

$5 million to Central America for lding communities.

Committee

Select

»er

Facing Dissolution

WASHINGTON (CNS) e Select

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The

Committee on Hunger,

has the lowest budget of any

committee, but whose backers slivers more bang for the buck, is ;

iger of dissolution in the face of essional zeal for reform.

While the

committee cannot approve legit can draft bills and use its as a bully pulpit on hunger. Catho:lief Services and Catholic Chari^SA have backed a call to extend

To Send Envoy To Haiti, Asks Church To Do Refugee Processing WASHINGTON (CNS) The

—

Clinton administration has said

The U.S. Catholic public policy arm of the

immittee's :rence,

bishops, has stayed neutral,

l's

life.

an internal matter for Con-

House vote

to reauthorize the

one year, tentatively set arch 16 or 17, was pulled from the calendar. The committee will ve March 3 1 if no vote is taken, or littee

ase

for

members vote

out of exist-

—

concern," the bishop said, the welfare of the alleged victim

iiate

March 15 that several of his fellow members repeatedly told him

said

St.

John M. Prock

St.

Dr.,

against physician-assisted suicide and that society

going to protect the vul-

nerable," said Dr. Robert Pancratz, vice

of the Compassionate Healthcare Network of Canada. In a 2-

president

Columbia Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision involving Sue Rodriguez, a 42-year-old who is suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease, which attacks the body's nervous system. ruling, the British

said.

African nation's bishops. "The Church

nearly two decades of war and

end military rule there. Jesuit Father Richard Ryscavage, executive director of the bishops' office of Migration and Refugee Services, told Catholic News

Mozambique cannot abandon its fellow citizens in the new phase of building peace," he told the Mozambican bishops March 12. The bishops were in Rome for their ad limina visits, made

Christians and

ment had asked MRS to contract with the federal government to do refugee

every five years to report on the status of

offers an opportunity for the

processing inside Haiti.

said the October 1992 peace accords

Service

March

17 that the State Depart-

U.S. Resolution Bill

Of Rights

Would Push For

In Northern Ireland

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A reso-

lution urging a bill of rights for North-

ern Ireland united Catholic and Protes-

Republican and Democrat, IrishAmerican and African- American at least for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II, DMass., March 16 unveiled a resolution that would press the British government to adopt a bill of rights for Northern tant,

—

Ireland that

would guarantee civil

ties similar to

liber-

those of the U.S. Bill of

Rights. Flanked by a diverse

group of members of Congress, Kennedy said the system of justice in Northern Ireland frequently is "only as good as the last judge."

Cardinal Says Church Looks To U.S. On Entertainment With LOS ANGELES (CNS) the United States making more of what the world watches on the big screen, Church officials worldwide look to the U.S. Church for leadership on how to

For Leadership

—

Mozambique's fragile new peace means new challenges for the Church, which

Mozambican

people during more than 15 years of war, Pope John Paul

told the

the

Church

in their dioceses.

The pope

were "written with the blood and suffering of an exhausted people" and must be fully respected without delay.

Anglicans, Catholics Eye Panel On Women's Ordination Fallout LONDON (CNS) The Anglican and Catholic bishops of England are considering the formation of a joint commission to deal with fallout from the Anglican decision to ordain women. The commission could help untangle the problems if large numbers of Angli-

—

cans, opposed to

become Roman

women

spokesmen problem concerning Church of England property and finance would arise if whole parishes decide to take what has been described as "the Roman option." A statement from Cardinal George Basil Hume's office said the proposed commission would monisaid.

particular

tor the "pastoral implications" of the

Church of England's decision

women

favor

November the Anglicans' General Synod voted to pro-

priests.

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Minutes from The Arboretum Serving the people of Mecklenburg and Union Counties Steve Kuzma, Director of St. Matthew Catholic Church

and the Knights of Columbus

Synod Outline Says Religions Must Join To Restore Lebanon VATICAN CITY (CNS) After

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Muslims

Last

ceed with legislation that would allow women to be ordained

should join to restore the country as a model of interreligious cooperation in the Middle East, said the outline for the

Lebanese Synod of Bishops. The synod Church to make an "examination of conscience" concerning its own role in Lebanon's divisions, past and present, the document said. The years of death and destruction have left many Lebanese Catholics feeling estranged from each other and from their faith, it said. The outline or "lineamenta" offered a pre-

liminary presentation of synod topics

under the general theme, "Christ Is Our Hope: Renewed By His Spirit, United, We Witness to His Love." The 99-page text was made public at a meeting of synod planners in Lebanon March 13 and was also released at the Vatican.

Radio Said Best Medium For

The Message Out

In Asia, Africa

VATICAN CITY

—

(CNS) Radio most effective and farreaching pulpit in Asia and Africa, said a cardinal from the Philippines and a nun from Ghana. God's word is "transmitted through the air waves to the remotest areas where even the absence of electricity cannot stop what can be heard from a transistor radio," said Cardinal Jaime L. Sin of Manila. The cardinal and Sister Pierre-Elise Gafah of Accra, Ghana, spoke about the Church's is

the Church's

use of radio during the early

— Help-

Church in Eastern Europe develop mass media projects requires more than sending money and ing the Catholic

machinery, said speakers at the Pontifical Council for Social Communications' annual meeting. Professional training, a working knowledge and understanding of the Church and a familiarity with Church teaching about the rights and responsibilities of the media are all needed to make the material investment effective, the speakers said. The pontifical council's plenary meeting was held March 8-12 at the Vatican. Documents

from the meeting were released later. Polish Cardinal Andrzej Deskur, past

communications eas of

life,

field, as

strife,

Lebanon

priests, opt to

Catholics,

president of the council, said that in the

Member

ill

for establishing a specific deadline to

Funeral Service

Lawn

woman. "We are recome down

lieved that the decision has

civil

Williams-Dearborn 3700 Forest

physician-assisted suicide in the case of a terminally

media," the cardinal

leaders

pro-life

suffered alongside the

1401

Groce

H. Dale

Canadian

meeting with Haiti's exiled president, Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide, said he would not back Father Aristide 's plea

Funeral

Asheville,

—

hailed an appellate court's ruling against

on television or in the movie houses, though subtitled, has come from the United States. So they really look to the (American) Church to have a primary thrust in trying to deal with the moral quality of the that "everything they see

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

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council

Church Media In Eastern Europe Has Varied Needs, Conference Says

Physician-Assisted Suicide VICTORIA, British Columbia

Mozambican Bishops Face Challenge Of Peace, Pope Says VATICAN CITY (CNS)

Human na Priest Charged With Misconduct With Minor TiOENIX (CNS) A Phoenix tan priest, Father Wilputte Alanson rood of Chandler, was arrested at Ktory March 1 1 and arraigned the jlay on three charges of sexual |nduct with a minor. Bishop ThoO'Brien of Phoenix immediately him on administrative leave. "My

of Los Angeles. Cardinal Mahony, a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications,

Canadian Court Rules Against

send a special envoy to Haiti to seek a democracy and has asked U.S. bishops' migration officials to begin refugee processing inside Haiti. President Clinton, however, after a March 1 return to

Rights and the European Convention on

Itl

Roger M.

will

Mi,

entertainment industry to moral

responsibility, said Cardinal

back to taited States after spending 10 days

caravan's

call the

Benedict," the Chandler parish where

with other ar-

the failure of communism in

March

meeting of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. "Radio forms part and parcel of our people's lives," Sister

Gafah

said.

Poland Narrowly Defeats Tax On Donations To Church Groups WARSAW, Poland (CNS)

—

Poland's parliament narrowly rejected a proposal by ex-communist and opposition legislators that would have scrapped

the tax

exemption on charitable dona-

The proposal, an amendment to a tax bill, was tabled after it was passed by the lower house of tions to church groups.

It had been approved by an interparty commission of legislators. But the Senate voted the amendment down on March 6 after crit-

parliament, the Sejm.

it would lead to unacceptable involvement in the Church's financial affairs. Proponents said the

ics said

state

Eastern Europe in

amendment was aimed at fraudulent use

ated

of the exemption. Opponents said

are

would have established intolerable state interference in Church affairs.

some ways "has cremore problems than it solved." In many cases, the cardinal said, the media still

in the

hands of those

who

the Church, although they have their political label.

hate

changed

The Catholic News

Herald

March

Pope Says Fluctuating Market Conditions Threaten Farm Life VESCOVIO,

Italy

(CNS)

— Farm

grave danger because of fluctuating world market conditions controlled life is in

by multinational companies, said Pope John Paul II. "Farm work, despite its unarguable and vital importance, risks becoming increasingly marginal," he said March 19 to about 5,000 people. The pope traveled to the farming community of Vescovio, in the Sabine Hills about 35 miles northeast of Rome,

March

19 to

commemorate

the Feast of

St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus. St. Joseph is also the patron saint of workers, and the pope normally travels to a. different part of Italy each year to ad-

dress labor groups.

Farm work

undergoing a

"diffi-

because of the mechanisms of "a world market where the choices of major economic and financial multinational groups, often guided by a purely

seem not

new economic

affected by

Common

European

Crusader Corner 1

Every situation, every pitch offers some kind of strategy. With plenty oft between pitches, fans, players and officials can wonder what would be good stratt Baseball is the only sport that has this. True, you can guess pass or run in footl j but that's only

farm products

an effort to maintain have complained that these quotas mean they have to lower production on many traditional products, cutting into farm in-

In the second

Social ethics require that economic

and

political planners

policies to

develop adequate

meet farm problems, said the

pope.

promote higher moral standards in family and public life. "I wish to encourage you to con-

"The Second Vatican Council called on the laity to make combined efforts to remedy institutions and conditions which are customarily an inducement to sin, so that society may more and more conform to the norms of justice and may

tinue in this endeavor,

knowing that the you can render to oth-

favor the practice of virtue rather than

greatest service

hinder

young, is to teach and promote a way of life in harmony with our dignity as God's beloved chil-

The pope also thanked the Knights of Columbus for its commitment to the

March 20

members and for the organization's sup-

ers, especially to the

dren," the pope said during a

it,"

the

pope

said.

material and spiritual well-being of

its

audience.

port of the Church's mission in fidelity

The U.S. Knights' Lenten pilgrimage to Rome included some 1 50 people. They were led by Supreme Knight Virgil

to the pope.

Dechant and Bishop Thomas V. Daily of Brooklyn, N.Y.

The pope said that as committed lay Catholics, the Knights and their families are

well aware of society's need for

"clear and courageous witness to the

trailing 3-2

who had doubled. Chris Bates, the number two hitter was coming The tension was mounting. Mt. Olive was one of e the winning run on second in Perry Spivey,

teams to make the NAIA College World Series, and nov Abbey was one hit away from beating them. Whether oi Abbey coach George Conner had a play on, it didn't ma Both umpires huddled and decided that it was too dark to play, and the game w> be completed on Sunday at 1 p.m. This gave Conner and assistant coach Chris McMullan 19 hours to mull o\ solution. How do you get the tying run in, much less the winning run. Both coaches stayed at the Abbey until nearly 1 a.m. while contemplati strategy and doing laundry (remember, this isn't NCAA Division I, coaches d( laundry.) The possibilities were endless. Do you pinch-hit, do you squeeze the runner in, do you look for a fly ball? v if Mt. Olive walks Bates to get to the next batter Heath Branch? The coaching came up with a plan.

The butchie-boy play. is where the batter gets ready to bunt and at the last second, he butcher cm

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game, the Crusaders were

inning (bottom of the seventh.) With only one out Crusaders had the tying run on third in Chad Carpenter last

come.

choices. Baseball has a myriac

Last Saturday, everyone who attended the Belmont b bey-Mt. Olive doubleheader had their chances at plaj manager.

said.

certain price levels. Italian farmers

Iwo

possibilities with every pitch.

The new rules assign national quotas on

Pope Thanks Knights For Work (CNS) Pope John Paul II thanked members of the Knights of Columbus for their efforts to

FRANK MERCOGLIANO

nature.

rules of the

Market, he

to assure to the

VATICAN CITY

One of the absolute best things about the game of baseball is its "cat and moig? farmer opportunities for development and stability," the pope said. Speaking in an open field surrounded by newly planted hillsides, he noted that much of Italian agricultural production is done on family farms, which face "a loss in competitiveness" causing economic problems for the country and a drop of living conditions on the farm. Italian farmers are also adversely

cult crisis"

profit motive,

26,

This

at the ball, trying to hit

up the middle.

When

the fielders see bunt, they roil

leaving the middle of the field open.

Sunday continuation finally re-starts. Bates steps up and has orders to makf aki n j He shows bunt, fielders start scrambling but its ball one. Mt. Olive then tries their own play. They fake a pickoff to third and preten the ball got away. Fielders are scrambling but the coach McMullan never saw the* and instructed Chad Carpenter to stay put. After this little episode, they intentior walk Bates. The next pitch over the plate would have been the butchie-boy pla; coach Conner can save it for another occasion. The walk now brought up H Branch with the bases loaded. Branch is the Abbey's leading hitter with a .406 average, and he showed drilling the second pitch up the middle for a clean single. Spivey raced home second and easily beat the throw in from center field, giving the Abbey a h first pitch.

stopping 4-3 victory.

you of my gratitude for the many ways in which these noble ideals have been realized in the abundant good works of your order, particularly in your

All that thought, all those scenarios thrown and bandied about in the lau room, and in the end the plan was simple; get a hit, win the game. Why did Mt. C walk the bases full for our best hitter? They should have gone after Bates, who is but not the same as Branch, and then walked Branch to go for Jon McBee, who a

concern for the needs of your brothers and sisters throughout the world and in your defense of the sacredness of God's

"I assure

gift

life," the

pope

good

but not as good as Branch. Second guessing. Armchair managing. What a wild ending,

hitter,

Baseball.

another day

at the park.

Frank Mercogliano

said.

iii

sports information director at Belmont

Abbey Co

moral values taught by the Gospel."

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