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Fleming is "Andy Griffith she works in the town of

often reminded of the

Nussbaum funeral

Show"

standing room only

Belmont. She compares herself to the that she feels like a fixture in the town's everyday life. Even as a Northern transplant, she says that the citizens have treated her as one of their own, and she and her neighbors have grown to respect and admire one another for the gifts all have to offer. It is because of her dedication as a parish nurse to the health and wellness of her adopted community that she was honored as the Belmont citizen of the year. For more than 30 years, the Belmont Chamber of Commerce has chosen a person who "has contributed to the well-being of the Belmont community through leadership of service roles" to be named as the citizen of the year. The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors sift through nominations advertised in the town's newspap 01 to find tlie person who fits the characteristics, and this year, Fleming's w ork stood out from among the rest of the entries. "She (Fleming) definitely fits all those categories," said Beth Rutledge, Chamber of Commerce director. "She is a very caring person who is well-worthy of the title because she does so much for Belmont by helping people who cannot afford private or personal nurses. An award such as this makes people aware of the type of people who live here and what we are doing for our community." Reverend Dr. Richard Boyce, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, was one of those who nominated Fleming for the award. "She (Fleming) has dreamed a great dream of the churches mobilizing to help their members be better stewards of their health and to help us as a community reach out to those who do not have access to health care. She is a real servant of Jesus Christ, and we are proud to call her our citizen of the year and claim her as our parish nurse not only for our congregation but also for this community." To say that Fleming was more than a little surprised would be an understatement. "I was shocked and amazed. I had no idea. I didn't take it so much as it being just an award for me. I took it as an affirmation of the program and the work I do. It is really bolstering to have had this happen because you know you

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"Ask and

will

be given to

are on the right track."

Fleming has followed

you; seek find,

and you

will

knock and the door

be opened to you."

Matthew

a track that

she says

God

Through

a series of what she calls

incidents,"

will

Western North Carolina

the Diocese of Charlotte

BY ALESHA M. PRICE

BELMONT— Cheryl

her

life

has

mapped out

Fleming says

for her.

"God-

that everything

has been in preparation for her

ministry as a parish nurse.

Her training and experience

as a

medical and surgical nurse and an inten-

Belmont nurse recognized for

community work sive care nurse in her

home of Pennsylwork at Hos-

God

pice of

Gaston County, a

minally

ill

patients. After

as a

duties involve constant interaction with

moving first

volunteer, then as a patient care and

nursing coordinator. pice,

ing.

but

"I felt

called to

Hos-

also felt called to parish nurs-

Father Richard Hokanson, pastor of the Apostles Catholic Church,

Queen of

offered to lend

the

money

from coast to coast over the past several years, and their

facility for ter-

North Carolina, she worked

directs you."

Parish nurses have become

vania prepared her for her

for the

and then an anonymous donor provided the money for my classes. This is an example of one of those 'God-inci-

visible in dioceses

the

community and involvement with

those

who may

not have sufficient medi-

cal attention otherwise.

"Parish nursing is recognized by the American Nursing Association as a subspecialty in that you have to take a

classes,

course that teaches die core curriculum.

dents.'

structured program and shouldn't be confused with home health services,"

believe that

you are

called to

various professions, and you have to

ten with your heart and

spirit.

Moreover,

chis

not

loosely

lis-

Then,

See

PARISH NURSE,

page

Photo by Alesha M. Price

Let the good times

roll

Three-year-old Clare Lohrmann sits for a face-painting session from Corrine Rupp, family life coordinator, at the Mardi Gras International Dinner held at St. Philip the Apostle Church in Statesville on Feb. 25. The afternoon gathering included games, grab bags and mask decorating for the younger parishioners and bingo and a potluck dinner including ethnic dishes for the adults.

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The World

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Brief

Rural life summit charts strategies to influence 2002

farm

bill

WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

Rural

bill.

widely as

to influence the

whether the men can be imprisoned indefinitely if there is no country to which they can be deported. In oral arguments before the Supreme Court Feb. 21, attorneys for Kim Ho Ma and Kestutis Zadvydas argued that even people with

ton.

Morality in Media official decries end of L.A. porn 3-2

"handed the hard-core porn industry yet another victory," said the president of Morality in Media. "It is also clear that marriage, children, public safety and health, and a decent society were the losers not just in LA. County but also in communities across the nation," said Robert Peters in a statement after the Feb. 20 vote. Morality in Media, a New York-based group founded by a Jesuit priest, had spearheaded a campaign to keep the county supervisors from dismantling the commission, which had existed since 1964 but was without county funding in recent years.

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Cardinals to hold 'extraordinary' meeting on church's future VATICAN CITY (CNS) Only

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days after creating 44 new cardinals, Pope John Paul II has convened a meeting in May of the entire College of Cardinals for a wide-ranging discussion on the church in the third millennium. The encounter, called an "extraordinary consistory," will cover issues raised in the pope's post-jubilee document, "Novo Millennio Ineunte" ("At the Beginning of the New Millennium"), which outlined

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Editor:

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Reverend William G.

Staff Writer:

the church's path in the 21st century, the

Vatican announced Feb. 26.

Keane

questions.

death after

abortion (CNS)

PHOENIX

—

Charlotte,

NC 28203 NC 28237

now-closed A-Z Women's Center in Phoenix, was convicted of manslaughter Feb. 20 in the death of a woman who bled to death following an abortion there in April 1998. In addition,

Carol Stuart-.

Schadoff, former administrator of the facility, was found guilty of negligent homicide in the death of LouAnne Herron, a 33-year-old mother of two who died from a punctured uterus

abortion

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In a

that critics are calling unjust and

new

president of the Univer-

of San Francisco has dismissed the directors of a 25-year-old academic prosity

gram

that emphasizes traditional Catholic values and Jesuit teaching methods. John Galten, director and cofounder of the St. Ignatius Institute at the Jesuit-run university, was ordered by Jesuit Father Stephen A. Privett, university president, to vacate his office Jan.

Also fired was assistant director John Hamlon. Paul V. Murphy, an institute professor who was named the new direc20.

3 HICKORY

— The Diocesan

Catholic

Committee on Scouting is meeting this morning at 10 a.m. at the Catholic Conference Center, 1551 Trinity Lane.

The

committee serves to promote diocesan scouting and related religious activities, and one of those upcoming events is the Catholic Camporee, held the weekend of

March 30-April 1. For more information, call Henry Wallace at (704) 382-

CLEMMONS

—

Holy Family

Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd.,

celebrat-

ing a charismatic Mass tonight at 7:30 p.m. with Father Frank O'Rourke, pas-

The sacrament of reconciliation is being given at 7 p.m., and the laying on of hands is taking place after Mass. The next Mass takes place on April 7 with Father John Putnam, pastor of Sacred tor.

Heart Church

tation orders, that action automatically

severs any constitutional protection he might otherwise enjoy by virtue of being in the United States. U.S. priest in Kenya sees hope in generic AIDS drugs

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS)

—

Last Dickson and Georgina lived close to death. Georgina, 4, shook with pneumonia and could barely stand up straight.

year,

Five-year-old Dickson's cracked face

was

so plastered with lesions and blisters that visitors could not bear to look at him.

But

months there has been a miraculous transformation. Georgina springs from the arms of her nanny and bounds down the path. On Dickson's face, in the last six

an irrepressible smile has replaced the festering viral infection.

The difference?

$9 daily cocktail of generic AIDS drugs they have been receiving at Nyumbani, an AIDS orphanage run by a U.S. priest on the outskirts of Nairobi. Now the tiny institution is taking on the might of global drug titans in an effort to bring life-saving drugs to millions of other dying Africans. "I'm sick and tired of saying funerals," the director,

Jesuit

D'Agostino,

said.

"So

Father Angelo now we are going to

try a different way."

(336) 778-0600 or Jim Passero at (336)

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by the Constitution from being locked up indefinitely. But an attorney for the Justice Department maintained that when an immigrant receives final depor-

information, call the church office at

Diocesan

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Dr. John

Biskind, an abortion practitioner at the

March 4

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was suspended

Arizona doctor convicted of

manslaughter

Hispanic Center, Charlotte

Charlotte,

li-

an abortion in June 1998, and StuartSchadoff had both been charged with manslaughter. University's firing of Ignatius Institute directors called unjust

3 7 p.m. Confirmation

Secretary: Jane Glodowski

whose

cense to practice medicine in Arizona

21-24. Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga said the encounter would no doubt touch upon internal church issues and broader social justice

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late-term abortion. Biskind,

nearly full-term baby while attempting

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ZAPATISTA RELEASES DOVE AT START OF MARCH A Zapatista commander releases a dove during a rally in Oaxaca, Mexico, Feb. 26. The rally marked the start of a Zapatista march to Mexico City to meet with members of Congress on conditions for peace in the state of Chiapas,

Episcopal, j calendar

HERALD

orders of deportation are protected

final

mission on obscenity and pornography

in-

portation resoundingly disagreed about

summit, was one of the dozen sponsors of the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, held Feb. 25-28 in Washing-

Supervisors to abolish the county com-

and an"

among

—

conference, which sponsored the

—A

sides

organize opposition

WASHINGTON (CNS) An immigrant certainly can be deported for committing a crime, agreed the parties in two cases being reviewed by the Supreme Court. But the government and attorneys for two immigrants facing de-

said Holy Cross Brother David Andrews, who heads the National Catholic Rural Life Conference. The ru-

LOS ANGELES (CNS)

and e-mails from both

Court weighs constitutional rights of deportable aliens

2002

vote by the Los Angeles County Board of

way we view

a flurry of let-

stitute alumni.

The 1996 farm bill, known the Freedom to Farm Act, has

commission

2001

see this as the end of the

The moves prompted

effort to

long been derided as hurtful to family farmers. 'We want a farm bill that is fair and just, and kind to the environment,"

ral life

but that's not the

ters

advocates from around the nation gathered in Washington for a Feb. 23

summit on how

"Some

institute, it."

life

farm

tor, said,

in Salisbury.

For more

998-7503.

—

Churches in the 7 CHARLOTTE Charlotte area are having cancer support group meetings for survivors, family and friends on the following days: St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., this morning and evfirst Wednesday at 10 a.m. in room 104 of the parish center and St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., on March 12 at 7 p.m. in the ministry center library tonight only because of the upcoming parish mission. For more information, call: St. Matthew - Marilyn

ery

Borrelli at (704) 542-2283 and St. Gabriel - Eileen Cordell at (704) 3525047, Ext. 217. For further information, Bob Poffenbarger, Sr., coordinator, at

call

(704) 553-7000.

GREENSBORO

— The

Greensboro

Council of Catholic Women is having its annual mini-Lenten retreat at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen

Creek Rd.,

at the 10 a.m.

Masses starting

March

2001

The World

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Brief

Religious ed congress to be

Vatican

summons 37,000

'clothed in love' Calif. (CNS)

ANAHEIM,

— The

days

37,000 people, including 12,000 teen-

who

official

condemns use of

force against Iraq VATICAN CITY (CNS) after

US-British

the Vatican's secretary of state

attended the Feb. 15-18 Reli-

— Three

airstrikes against Iraq,

means of bringing "Maybe some think

condemned

force as a

stability to

gious Education Congress at the Ana-

region.

that the prob-

heim Convention Center were invited

lems can be resolved widi

agers,

clothe themselves in the love of Christ

See thinks

and to share that love witli their parish communities and the world. It is, they were reminded, a call that is challenging

Sodano

8 Gospel reading. "This

flies in

but die Holy

Angelo

differently," Cardinal

told reporters Feb. 19, according to

ANSA an Italian news agency. Witiiout ever specifically referring to the

and difficult, as indicated by Jesus' words to "Love your enemies" in the Feb. 1

force,

the

Feb. 16 raids by

U.S. and British warplanes against Iraqi air

defense installations, the cardinal said the

Vatican hoped

the face

tiiat

continue. If

geles Cardinal

Roger M. Mahony in his "One only has to turn on the television news for a few moments, any night, and we see

prepare for peace." Iraq said

homily

were

at the closing liturgy.

killed

do not you have to two civilians

violent "metiiods

of popular understanding," said Los An-

you want

peace,

and 20 injured

in die

attack

Czechs urged to declare themselves Christian in census WARSAW, Poland (CNS) The

—

revenge and vengeance. Our culture, our society is filled with the opposite of God's calling." Age limit for WYD 2002 participation lowered to 16 with

A chinook salmon struggles to make its way up rapids on the Washougal

Church in the Czech Republic has launched an advertising campaign to persuade citizens to declare themselves Christians in an upcoming government census. A spokeswoman said die aim was to

that

the age limit for participants to attend the

River along the Columbia River drainage in Washington state. The chinook salmon is a threatened species in Washington, Oregon, Idaho

and

international Catiiolic celebration has been

and California.

part of society." In a statement, circulated in

TORONTO

(CNS)

—

Officials

World Youth Day 2002 announced

Catiiolic

CNS photo by Michael Wilhelm

CHINOOK SALMON STRUGGLES OVER RAPID

lowered to 16 years. Students and young people in the 16-to-35 age group are eligible to attend the event,

health insurance. "This

an unprec-

edented alliance of the Catholic nity," said Patrick

annual

celebrations have been

to attract

8 years old.

The

World Youth Day is expected more than 500,000 young

people from 150 countries to Toronto. In addition to prayer, pilgrimage, confession,

expression and the celebration of the

faith

an "integral

said the nationwide census offered

scheduled for

World Youth Day 17tli

reassert the church's place as

January and February, the Catholic bishops

now

July 18-28, 2002, in Toronto. Previous limited to those at least

uphold the country's "Christian character"

21, 2000.

Those who are

eligible

must

chance to "acknowledge

commu-

apply by April 30. Catholic agencies in the

state,

Cacchione, vice presi-

Sacramento Diocese and elsewhere began

results

dent of advocacy and communications for

as early as

the Carondelet Health System and chair-

understanding requirements of the

man

law and

of the Children's Health Matters

steering committee.

December

to assist clients in

new

agencies spread word on short-term immigration change

faith."

Czechs a

adherence to

They added

tiiat

of the census that was to begin

March would be

die

in early

"significant for the state"

and help the country's churches "prepare their organizational plans."

the application process.

peace conference to draw speakers from five countries More LOS ANGELES (CNS)

Japanese church council denounces US. sinking of fishing boat TOKYO (CNS) The Japan Catiiolic

Justice,

Charities'

nation and

tiieir

—

Eucharist with Pope John Paul II, the 2002 event will include several opportuni-

—A

than 1,500 Catholic leaders will partici-

Council for Justice and Peace denounced the

principal concern at Catholic Social Service

pate in a daylong forum at a local college in

works

agencies and other venues throughout

March, making

and the country is the Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act of 2000, passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton last December. The legislation restores for a four-month period section 245i of the Immigration and Nationality Act that allows some of those in

parish social action leaders ever sponsored

"war mentality" ofthe United States in a letter to President George W. Bush after a U.S. submarine rammed and sank a Japanese

ties for

young people

to take part in

of charity and social sendee.

NCEA joins

—

tional Catholic Educational Association

has joined other Catholic organizations

promoting the availability of Medicaid and other state health insurance programs

The

NCEA

will

work with

Children's Health Matters, a nationwide

advocacy and enrollment project of Catholic

Charities agencies

and Catholic hospi-

tals

that helps eligible families obtain

this

morning and continuing March

21, 28

and April

The

Calif:

(CNS)

California

promoting better health coverage for children WASHINGTON (CNS) The Na-

for children.

SACRAMENTO,

14,

ladies ask that

the United States illegally to apply for

green cards without leaving the country. To qualify, candidates must have a close family member or employer sponsor them and must be able to prove they were physically present in the United States on Dec.

NW Hwy. 25/70,

House of Prayer, 289 is hosting "A Day Set

Aside: Preparing

the largest gathering of

by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Justice and Peace Conference III takes place March 17 at Loyola Marymount University, a conference co-sponsor, and will feature three cardinals and internationally recognized activists from the Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam, Honduras and the United States. The theme of the conference, 'To Reconcile God's People," will examine experiences of reconciliation and forgive-

fishing vessel off Honolulu. Signed by

ness as an integral part of creating a just

die

family potluck.

21 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Living

Waters Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane. The retreat concludes with a Eucharistic celebration at St. Margaret Church, 1422 Soco Rd. For details, call

and experience of the Eucharist. The session includes quiet time for parents and children, lunch and a closing liturgy at 4 p.m. To register by March 1 and for more information, call (828) 622-7366

the center at (828) 926-3833.

or e-mail vpaul@madison.main.nc.us.

Mercy

nings of reflection; involving dinner, a Lenten conference and faith sharing; are

preparing for First

—

taking place this evening and on

9 MAGGIE VALLEY

— The Knights

of Columbus Father Michael Murphy Council of Maggie Valley and Waynesville, are having a K of C weekend retreat presented by the Augustin-

Sister

for parents

Peggy Verstege,

and

director;

who are Communion and

their children

CHARLOTTE

—

A charismatic being held at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, this afternoon at 4 p.m. with prayer teams at 3 p.m. and a potluck dinner at 5 p.m. in the 1 1

Mass

call

For more information, Dan Hines at (704) 5^4-6665 or

Aliceann

Coon

CHARLOTTE

group

— The

March room at

Rd. For further details, call the church 364-5431.

office at (704)

—

The 50+ Club of 14 CHARLOTTE John Neumann Church, 8451

St.

having a meeting

CHARLOTTE

fol-

lunch in the parish center. Donations are being accepted during the meeting.

lowed by a school of leaders on the following dates and times: St. Vincent de

For more information, call Louise Brewer at (704) 366-8357 or Gloria

HOT SPRINGS

—

The

Jesuit

—

Churches

the

CHARLOTTE — St.

Gabriel Church,

Grief," about the differences in the

way

men and women grieve and mourn. The program is for those grieving as well as bereavement ministers.

For

information, call BJ Dengler at

(704) 364-8431, Ext. 212.

Please submit notices ofeventsfor the Dioc-

esan Planner at least 10 days prior to the

Idlewild Rd.,

Charlotte area are hosting ultreyas

liit

sliip.

publication date.

morning

call

USS

Greenville, a nucleai -powered submarine,

26 from 7-8 p.m. in the family St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence

school cafeteria. For further information,

groups. For further information, (828) 926-3833.

board, sank off Honolulu Feb. 9 after the

loss of a parent meets tonight and

contact Josie Backus at (704) 527-4676.

weekend through March. open to all Knights of Columbus, both individual and council

Maru, a

support

for adult children grieving the

ian Friars this is

in Thailand. Eliime

Japanese fishing vessel with 35 people on

at (704) 540-8696.

The

event

UCA News, an Asian church news

agency based

3016 Providence Rd., is hosting a program, "Masculine and Feminine

serves as an opportunity for parents and

5 p.m. This day; led

reported

Silipigni at (704) 821-1343.

children to deepen their understanding

Law

288-6022 for more information. Twilight eveMAGGIE VALLEY at (336)

"We refuse to ac-

cept diis simply as anodier accident at sea,"

Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., from 7-8 p.m. tonight for adults only with

March

after the last gathering. Call Janet

from 10 a.mby Diane Sepsy and

for First Eucharist" today

"needless" tragedy, saying,

society.

shared snacks; St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd., from 1-2:30 p.m. on March 15 with childcare and a family potluck and St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., from 1:30-3:00 p.m. on March 25 with childcare and a

attendants bring hors d'oeuvres to share

Kimura Kenzo, secretary-general of die counthe mid-February letter deplored the

cil,

1 1

a.m. with a

this

program and

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Nussbaum funeral standing room only By JIM SCHLOSSER News & Record

—

GREENSBORO knew no one

Nussbaum

Vic

him here

The

a half century ago.

Indiana native got acquainted

and made an impression and impact. Tuesday, hundreds of admirers overflowed die long sanctuary at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church and stood on the lawn outside to say farewell to Nussbaum. fast

Before his death Sunday at 81, Nussbaum served on the City Council from 1973-81 and as mayor from 1987-1993. Southern Foods He started a business that employs 300 people and headed almost every

civic

opened when the casket

was rolled down the center aisle, part of the procession led by the bishop, fellow priests and Nussbaum's family. The audience sang "Amazing Grace." At the end, as the casket was carried out, they sang, "On Eagle's Wings." Curlin was assisted by the Rev. Anthony Marcaccio, Nussbaum's priest at St. Pius, and the Rev. Mark Lamprich of Our Lady of Grace.

The

—

service

Rev. Craven Williams, president

of Greensboro College, and Michael

Nussbaum, a

"We

cause in Greensboro.

all

son, presented eulogies.

knew he was

In his free time, he

a great man,"

Williams

"but he

said,

He saw

raised a family of nine chil-

did not.

dren and devoted time to

as a servant of God."

Tor

me,

found him

showed the same graciousness and respect to

most humble

liam G. Curlin, the bishop

the

of the Diocese of Charlotte

citizens as

who

who made up

presided at the 90-

minute service. said Curlin life

electoral

and

Williams presided a

few years ago when

and

Nussbaum married the former Pat Austin.

home-

fight racism

knew

"that

what

member

of the Knights of Malta, a

Vatican appointment that

the highest

honor a Catholic lay person can

The

achieve.

whose diocese includes come to Greensboro 10 days ago to perform last rites on Nussbaum, who had cancer. bishop,

the Greensboro area, had

ready for whatever

Bishop," Curlin quoted

God

Nussbaum

wants,

as saying.

"Christ touched us through this one

good man," Curlin

said.

first wife,

1989.

The

the Pius sanctuary

held at the 450-seat sanctuary.

small, the funeral

was

Our Lady of Grace

Mourners squeezed

into every

pew, stood along both walls and bunched together in the open space in the back. A

herself,

and she speaks to groups

about health care and makes phone refer-

rals.

traveling around disadvantaged

neighbor-

Fleming's

the

home

Reverend

parish;

Kenneth

terian Church;

Alexander,

First United

pastor

Church South

and

Moriah Bap-

Point

Baptist Church

and

Services, Fleming parish for the

the

nurse

tist

Church,

she

became

acquainted

with the support of Gaston

Mount

Methodist

Cheryl Fleming, the parish nurse for the Belmont community, works on one of her cases. Fleming is sponsored by four churches in the area to take care of the needs of the community.

Belmont

with the citizens that she helps today. "I

wheel.

community and surrounding

areas.

persistence and dedication and the desire to serve her community, Fleming rallied for this ecumenical effort after completing the parish nursing program a couple of years ago, sponsored by Presbyterian Hospital, at Queens College. Although a parish nurse is limited in his or her functions, the duties seem endless, and Fleming is constantly busy with several endeavors. "You can't do any-

help.

just

my spokes out to the people who can

reach

Through

liken

myself to the center of the

stay in die center, see

what the needs

are and put people in touch with the re-

sources they need," said Fleming. 'The

churches were once centers of healing, and I

think they need to return to promoting

healing of mind, body and this

spirit. I

think

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of the City Council sat as a group. Former

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Michael Nussbaum said his dad managed a busy life by allocating his time in "small segments" to many endeavors. The segments added up to something signifi-

standing outside.

members

Fleming

hoods in Belmont with

people.

Greensboro

Keith Holliday and

On the average, Fleming makes over 80 monthly visits to those requiring care. She also coordinates programs, like her recent "Healthy Heart Fair," where participants had their cholesterol checked and were treated to healthy foods prepared by

city.

sound system carried the service to those

Mayor

nurse

Church,

expand the Greensboro Coliseum and build a new main library were made when Nussbaum was mayor, and the city was named an AllAmerica City. Many observers believe his greatest legacy will be the push he made for affordable housing for low income

The four roles of a parish

Apostles

decisions to

ing His children about die evils of racism,

The bishop said he and Nussbaum had talked often through the years about faith and the meaning of being a Christian. He told how Nussbaum would accept a point by saying, Til buy that." Nussbaum started each day attending early mass at St. Pius X Church. Because

one parish nurse per church, but in this case, several churches banded together to pay for the nurse's position. I am one nurse for the whole community of Belmont plus wherever the churches have members, like Charlotte, Davidson and Gastonia." Sponsored by four -area churches, Queen of the

whose signature

graces projects throughout the

being accomplishment he valued most mayor, building a business, winning civic honors Nussbaum replied, 'My faith in Jesus Christ, my love of the church and my believe in the Eucharist."

to have

thing that requires a doctor's orders, like

cant.

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He said Nussbaum lived his faith and made God something tangible in his life. He said when he asked Nussbaum what

—

involve education, resources, referrals and

Williams called Nussbaum Greensboro's "biggest cheerleader,"

Nussbaum

bishop revealed that

would have been inducted next September as a

Nussbaum's Terry, died

Nussbaum

Vic

and

to be a Christian."

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"the rec-

his

work, tried to feed

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means

he did those

that

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the poor, shelter the less

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belonged to the city's elite, Williams said he

one of the most noble Christian men I have ever met," declared the Most Rev. Wil-

private

himself

While Nussbaum

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the mourners.

barely heard of the city until a job brought

Parish Nurse, explained Fleming. "The idea

Nussbaum the first time Nussbaum ran for mayor in 1981, and Jim Melvin, one of Nussbaum's closest friends, were among

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CHARLOTTE Capuchin Father Martin Schratz had his topic prepared for a recent meeting with a group of local Catholic men. But a discussion on the sacrament of marriage wasn't really on the minds of the fellows gathered that night. They wanted to talk about the Courtesy photo

St.

ARDEN — in

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Arden brought dads and daughters of

all

ages together Feb. 9 for an

evening of dancing. Amidst a decor of hearts and balloons, those in attendance danced to music spun by disc jockey Joe Martone. Highlights of the evening included traditional dances such the "The Hokey Pokey" and "The Locomotion Train," Valentine's Day baked goods and souvenir photos of the fathers and their daughters. _ Father Roger Arnsparger, pastor at St. Barnabas, congratulated the fathers on the example they set for their daughters that night and encouraged the building of community by church members getting to know one another better at activities such as this. The evening's events were sponsored by the Family/ Community Life Commission at the parish.

Please allow us to introduce

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man

people called the Intimidator.

hours.

"We

do that with death and dying; and we process them," he said, adding that the opportunity to talk about death gives

talk about these experiences

people the chance to bring faith into the

death of NASCAR champion driver Dale Earnhardt Feb. 18 during

fold as well.

the final lap of the Daytona 500

process of dying, about

The

left

the

The impact

racing world heartsick.

49-year-old Earnhardt's death

still

of re-

verberates, particularly in the area around Charlotte, the heart of Carolinas' racing where the driver grew up, and,

where he sped into racing fame. Father Schratz, an avid fan of

later,

NASCAR,

said the

an example of how a nifies

Earnhardt tragedy celebrity's death

mag-

"NASCAR

drivers

"We know

call

whole

how you don't hour that God is

you," he said of the meeting.

'What we can

learn from tragedies

we must be prepared. Sure, we don't know the day or the hour, but at the same time we should live our like this is that

lives to the fullest. Let's

not be afraid to come our way,

accept the challenges that

but at the same time,

become part of

people's families," said Father Schratz,

started talking about the

the day or the

going to

God

the grieving process for millions.

our family." Father Schratz,

always keep

let's

number of races

who

has been to a

in his years

of following

parochial vicar at St.

the sport, said faith plays an important

Church and

Thomas Aquinas residence at Our Lady of

role in the

Consolation Church. "They're in your home every single Sunday for more than 30 weeks each year, you see them interviewed and you

ecumenical organization called Motor Racing Outreach provides chaplains who pray with drivers and their spouses before each race, and group prayer services are common during race weekends. The priest recalled the vivid scene of

see their families interviewed," he said.

"People

who have

been into

for

NASCAR

community.

Earnhardt winning the Daytona 500 in 1998. Before the champagne showers and high-fives hit their crescendo, Earnhardt prayed with a chaplain in

homes every Sunday," he added. 'They

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won't see the interviews; they're not going to hear him with his family. It affects people because they have that real

And while the record books speak to Earnhardt's efforts on the track, Father Schratz said the stories about the racer's

attachment."

benevolence in the community that are

A hero to fans and an icon of success in

the racing community, Earnhardt

was

now

surfacing are tributes to his quiet

and giving manner off the

track.

self-made success story from

"He was giving

millions to charity in

town northeast

different situations,

and he was saying,

Kannapolis, a small mill

of Charlotte. His aggressive driving style on the track earned Earnhardt the nickname "the Intimidator," but fans and friends

remembered Earnhardt dedicated to his

faith, to

man

the community,

and certainly to his craft. Earnhardt was buried Feb. 21 at an undisclosed location after a service attended only by his family at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Mooresville. Conversations about the deceased

anybody. This is between you and me,'" Father Schratz said. "I think that's the kind of person he was. He enjoyed reaching out; he was 'Don't

tell

for

But at the same what he believed in.

the

way he thought he

living his faith quietly.

time, he stood

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ian

told Italian police

investigators that the safe contained about

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$1 million worth of jewelry, about $15,000 in U.S.

and

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Italian currency,

in travelers checks cards, a police

News

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Pope

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deceased cardinal's

hails

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eight

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John Paul

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of 81 -year-old Cardinal Jose Ali Lebrun Moratinos of Caracas, Venezuela, and said

located in 1998 with the intent of con-

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structing a development of luxury homes. The demolition shocked preservationists, who said a hearing had been

lence Feb. 22, the pope recalled the cardinal's "selfless pastoral activity

applying the doctrine of the Second Vatican Council and promoting church

imminent on the cottage's proposed designation as a landmark by the New

renewal in

York City Landmarks Preservation

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Corinne "Lindy" Boggs, the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican since late 1997, had a farewell meeting with Pope John Paul II Feb. 24 at the Vatican. Neither Boggs, appointed by former President Bill Clinton, nor the Vatican provided details

about the meeting;

it is

who

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the United States

March

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were greeting U.S.

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about,

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behalf of released drug dealer LOS ANGELES (CNS) Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony said he "made a serious mistake" in

—

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attack, according to El Universal, a

Venezuelan

Before

daily.

Warren Brown

—

travels throughout the country 35 weeks a year conducting parish missions, speaking at conventions and workshops, and giving concerts greets his audiences by giving time for them to meet and greet one another. "There is nothing that I'm going to say that is more important than what you are about to do welcome each other and make each other feel at home," he said. T believe that we never sit in the house of God as strangers because we are brothers and sisters in the Lord."

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From the Cover cert ministry, performing at parishes, youth conferences and other events where he could relay a message through

Christian musician

his tunes.

After directing music at his parish for three years, he took a job in a public

reaches out in song

high school teaching choral music.

The

hectic schedule of juggling his

everyone," he said.

experience

teaching and building up his music min-

began to wear on Walton, though

istry

really like to get in

and allow kids to get a taste of a spiritual experience with the Lord and encourage them in a radical way to realize that faith isn't just part of our cultural identity. This stuff is real; I've experienced it, and I want to give them an opportunity to

the

own

in their

context."

Walton has recorded two albums; first is called "Stealing Moment," and

JIMMY ROSTAR

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

— With

his songs,

contemporary Christian musician Greg Walton said he has found a creative way to encourage people to seek and accept God's profound love. Walton, a Catholic who has devoted himself in full-time concert ministry for the past three years, said his message to

—

audiences based on his

—

especially youth

own

experiences and faith

journey. "Holiness of life has no limitations except for that of having none," said Walton. "I really try to bring that home to the kids, to give them the opportunity to get

down

with

God and

give him any

part of their lives they haven't given in his hands."

Walton performed Church

at St. Gabriel

Charlotte Feb. 27.

Photos by Jimmy Rostar

His shows are part music concert, part worship service a testimonyladen experience that calls on audiences

"We're going to invite the Spirit of God to be with us tonight to revive us, to renew us in our commitment to Word, to living out his truth, to living out our faith," said Greg Walton at the beginning of his Feb. 27 concert at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte. The Tennessee-based Catholic singer-songwriter said music has been a catalyst for sharing his faith with others. Walton has released two albums and is at work on a third. He is a tireless performer at parishes, concerts, festivals and worship events. He also stays busy leading worship music for conferences and retreats.

—

recommit

'We

their lives to

living out his

God.

slam in with high energy," said Walton of his youth concerts.

really try to

"And

after that,

just

weave

personal stories and Scripture that reinforce

what I'm talking about

calls

songs."

During

his

shows, Walton

the audience to prayerfully and

com-

—

it.

God

Rewind... St.

Ambrose, who said Christians come upon two conversion opportunities in their lives, Walton spoke about experi-

student and young musician, Walton had to decide what God wanted from him. "In high Earlier in

ences that the faithful encounter.

"A 'conversion by water' comes

God made it pretty he wanted me to be in

clear to

that

ministry

—

Walton, alluding to a conversion experience he had in his teens. Heeding that call, Walton entered the University of Illinois-Champaign and pursued a degree in music education. He graduated, was hired right away by his home parish on the outskirts of Chicago and began directing music at the parish. On weekends, he'd pursue his con-

choosing us, and where we become part of the Christian family," he said. "But Ambrose goes on to say that there is a necessity for a second conversion, and that is in the tears of a repentant heart. I think that a lot of Catholics are just cultural Catholics, and they never get to that second conversion, that 'contears.' is

school,

contemporary music,"

tian

first

hope to be

life

concert ministry in particular, in Chris-

the sacraments, in the church, in Christ's

a part of the faith journey

find difficult to manage. Quoting from the teachings of

"What

wake

wants more of us."

many

version by

Christ, to kind of

people up and say there's

pletely "surrender to the universal call to

holiness"

Body of

to the

an alarm clock

he said the experience of leading six an extracurricular gospel choir choirs

—

among them

—

in the school

was

re-

warding. "I found it fit in really well with me because they had a strong appreciation for contemporary Christian music, and I couldn't get away with doing a concert without covering at least two Kirk Franklin tunes," he said with a chuckle, referring to the popular African American gospel

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Fast-forward... Though inspired by the high school youth he taught, Walton said he still felt that pull toward full-time music ministry.

my music

ministry really picked up and advanced, it was like working two jobs," he recalled. "I was kind of a jack of all trades and a master

"As

of none."

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He met Greg Menza, "a contempowho had a

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Walton

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said

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has been a strong catalyst for his faith. "We are made in the image of God,

and I think we have a spirit that likes to just as God was creative be creative with the world," he said. "We are all wired in different ways for that creativity to be expressed. "For me, it seems like the outlet for that has been music. It allows me to really interact with the Spirit of God,

—

and I'm hopefully creating something that goes beyond myself"

as dc Talk and the Newsboys. While Walton prayed about his future, Menza added some encouragement. Walton left the school after the

Walton said his favorite moments come when he realizes his message has

1997-98 school year to follow the path he said was truly meant for him. He moved from the Chicago suburbs to Columbia, Tenn., near Nashville, and Menza became Walton's ministry coor-

see that, as a Christian,

dinator.

song,

Strengthened in his love for young people as a teacher, Walton has a special affinity for performing for youth. "My own conversion experience happened around junior high and high school, and it's really a pivotal time for

and

had a positive

effect

"In writing,

bility to

ideas

make

on someone.

really feel challenged to

art that

have a responsi-

— from production

song

all

craft,"

going to write a song, going to be a Christian want anybody to be able to listen

said. "If

especially if I

excellent in

it's

say, 'that's a great song'

be affected by what

—

as well as

say."

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Jimmy Rostar

by calling (704) 370-3334 or e-mail jtrostar@charhttediocese.org

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Finding ways to invite youths and young adults, the fastest growing group of Hispanics, to participate in

Hispanic ministry can serve

In brief

— Getting second and

MARIA FAULCONER

Catholic

News Service

COLORADO SPRINGS,

—

Colo.

(CNS) According to census reports, by the year 2050, 86 percent of U.S. Catholics will be Hispanic.

But this will mean little unless Hispanic ministers are trained to serve the entire church, said Ronaldo Cruz, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs. "If we, as Hispanic ministers, are not trained and formed to be ministers to all Catholics, we will be a majority in numbers, but we will not be leaders in the church," he said during a symposium for 60 national and regional Hispanic ministry leaders. The Feb. 14-17 symposium in Colorado Springs was organized by Bishop Arthur N. Tafoya of Pueblo, Colo., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Hispanic Affairs, to refocus Hispanic ministry given the growing multicultural and multilingual nature of the U.S. church. New circumstances "require that we find new ardor, methods and expressions that will promote a more

and welcoming church," said

inclusive

the bishop in opening the meeting. "In the very near future there will be no

majority populations."

The symposium was

a follow-up

Encuentro 2000, a jubilee event sponsored by the U.S. bishops in Los Angeles last July which celebrated the cultural and ethnic diversity of the to

church. Sister

Marie Vianney Bilgrien, diNorthwest Regional Of-

rector of the

Hispanic Affairs, said that parishes are challenged to become homes for a wide diversity of Catholics. This involves changes in styles of prayer and singing in the liturgy, in how people are selected for leadership fice for

roles, in

what

social activities

offer

suppers served, said the nun, a School Sister of Notre Dame. The challenge is to create parishes that are intercultural, not just multicultural, she said. Parallel church structures for English-speaking and Spanish-speaking in parish

Catholics

must not be kept

alive,

she

said.

Carmen Aguinaco,

member of

the executive board of the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Minis-

Hispanic ministry must help people think from the perspective of other cultures. "The role of Hispanic leaders in the church today is to help the church think in Spanish, as well as in other languages. To think in Spanish is to think from and within Hispanic culture," she said. try, said

"We must

also

to think in English

aim for the ability and in many other

cultures," she said.

Sister Jane Hotstream, program director of the Mexican-American Cultural Center in San Antonio, said ministry also includes putting many descendants of immigrants in touch with their lost cultural roots. "When their ancestors came to this land the immediate task was to assimilate and to put behind anything that would cause them to be different from the dominant group that was already established," said Sister Hotstream, a Religious Sister of Mercy. "Processes that call for naming and getting in touch with one's cultural roots can be very frightening for this group because they are afraid that they do not have a cultural heritage," she said. Other ideas discussed at the

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Western Europeans did when they came to this country. "We had many similar values, the trap that

value of family, the language. When each generation got incorporated into

what was then the norm, the melting pot,

lost

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WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

Prepar-

ing for visits to Capitol Hill the next day,

Catholic social activists armed thempelves with talking points Feb. 26 on

domestic and international policy priorities

The Catholic News & Herald 9

the News

targeted by the Catholic Church in

Catholic activists

aspect of the death penalty debate

repeal of the death penalty, aid to sub-

Dan

identify issues for

Saharan Africa, and the lifting of Cuban economic sanctions. Briefings on the issues were part of the

Capitol

office,

lobbying

Hill

which drew more than 500 social Washington Feb. 25-28. Addressing wage and tax issues, the U.S. Catholic Conference identified three priorities: a rise in the minimum wage, expansion of the earned income tax credit, and a doubling of the child ining,

come

Sen.

in the

wage workers, penalty, aid to lifting

mum

two kids at the $3,000 below the

single parent with

minimum wage poverty

level,"

Shellabarger, a

USCC

said

tax cut

billion a year.

Thomas

domestic policy

analyst.

make

that

meaning

that

like to

tax credit fully refundable,

many more low-income households making $25,000 a year and less

— —

would get that $l,000-per-child benefit even if they don't owe the federal government any taxes.

Deepak Bhargava, director of the National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support at the Center for Community would add up to another

Change, said

$22

a year to Bush's tax-cut

billion

wage

hike,

he added,

workers currently making between $5.15 and $6.65 bring their pay upward. will also help

you made it fully refundable," Bhargava said, "you would lift 2 million children out of poverty as soon as it was phased

Expansion of the earned income tax would allow low-income families with three or more children to more easily qualify for the credit. Currently,

about one-half to two-thirds of

said,

those

who qualify for the credit receive it.

said the

on the death penalty

in."

Saharan Africa. Even another $1 billion in assistance would bring the United States last place among industrialized nations into a tie with the secondfrom-last nation, according to Horner.

The United

is also dead last percent of its gross national product in overseas develop-

by giving

ment

assistance, trailing Italy's 0.16

percent.

Protection Act.

The

bill,

early March,

allow use of

due to be introduced

would require

DNA

evidence,

states to

would

set

Horner

Christian Family Living Center

than three times that of other indus-

She

sarcastically called the aid pro-

gram "more of us, Another

for

years.

While

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The

of Congress,

said.

from

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and the

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A minimum

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unlikely to be approved by Congress. But the Innocence Protection Act, which had bipartisan support when introduced is

Horner

Cuban economic sanctions.

would be doubled from the current $500 per child to $1,000, costing about $22

$6.65.

sub-Saharan

Senate by

would take the national miniwage from the current $5.15 to

D-Mich.

a place to start, particularly

increase development assistance to sub-

proposals, the child income tax credit

Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and House by Rep. David Bonior,

a total ban on capital punishment

repealing of the death

bills

in the

when

international policy adviser Frances

Under President Bush's

have been introduced

tions

Top issues are wage and tax help for low-

tax credit.

Compatible minimum wage

Misleh, policy adviser to the

domestic social development said any bill that helps end execu-

in the last session

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March

Read ings

2001

Book Review

New World

"The Book

offers cardinal's gift

of Faith"

Word to Life

of theological insight March

BRIAN

OLSZEWSKI

members profess. While one can jump from

its

News Service writing "The New World of Catholic

Faith," Cardinal

done

Avery Dulles has

who

a big favor for all Catholics

have not had the opportunity to be taught by him or who don't have the theological background to understand his earlier works.

"The

New

World of

Faith,

by Cardinal Avery Dulles,

Sunday

topic,

impact of what he writes. This is definitely a history book a narrative of Catholic history, with extensive use of Scripture to emphasize each point. It is a story of where Catholics are, where they have been, and where they are going. In the midst of that journey, Carthe

S.J.

Our

—

elements of Catholic life: the Trinity, saints, sacraments, evangelization,

ecumenism, church structures, and

nent Jesuit theologian says he

wrote "The

World of for

New

after death. He's

ing for a book to read and study as a group would do well with

JnLJD

NEW WORLD

"The

OF FAITH

New World

Faith."

Its

combination of Scripture and history and

Faith"

—

"primarily

the scholarship of the author

Christian believ-

—

ers," for " inquir-

extends beyond

provides answers to questions Catholics often ask about

the limited circle

their faith.

of professional

also will inspire readers to live their faith and to be en-

ers about Christianity,"

and for

an "audience that

theologians."

There is no need to worry that Cardinal Dulles, who was

DENTON

By JEAN Catholic

observed daily

visit to a rural

vegetables, fruits, grains, breads and

News Service life

even a

country in the Western Hemisphere,

was much like the of the people in the day when

realized that this lifestyle

Jesus walked the earth. Probably 85

percent of the people in Haiti live with-

out any of the modern conveniences

we know

American

culture.

They

have no electricity or running water in their homes; their clothing is modest but minimal; sanitation is difficult. There is dust everywhere or mud

—

Without much motorized

trans-

walk miles and miles to work, to market or to visit friends. They live mostly by subsistence. The portation, people

general situation I

Haitian people.

The Old Testament

ing the "first fruits" of the soil to God, who provided them, and celebrating

goodness I

little,

what they had received and keenly aware that it had come through the favor of a loving God. After Mass, all the gifts were brought to the parish rectory. Many of them were immediately cooked or put on the dinner table where they were shared at a festive communal meal with the priests, our group of American visitors, lay leaders and tiiankful for

many

who

parishioners

joined us.

by members of

Moses: "Then you and your family, together with the Levite and the aliens

who

live

over

all

among

you, shall

make merry

these good things which the

We,

the aliens

parish to

among our

Haitian

much about God's

hosts, learned

goodness and the true gratitude and and

love of his most faithful people it

was

certainly not

—

on bread that we

thrived that day.

QUESTIONS: What

you proof these, can you what way) to God in

are the

duce in your

in his presence.

recalled the scene during a previ-

visit

they had very

reading from Deuteronomy reminded me of them, too. It talks about bring-

ous

brought

even tiiough they were deeply

Lord, your God, has given you."

impoverished.

read today's Gospel,

thought of my friends in that country, because if anybody knows that man does not live on bread alone, it is the

his

families joyfully

their best offerings because

did just as the Lord had instructed

after a rain.

When

live chicken.

The poor

a recent

area of Haiti, the poorest

Reading,

—

knowing their faith, this is an owner's manual that can be read when one has specific questions about can be read page by page in order to gain a better understanding of the church and the faith it

—

"first fruits"

life? JVhat,

present (and in

gratitude for his favor?

has

and living is

comprehending "The New World of Faith" most Catholics

as close as

will ever

get to having been taught by Cardinal Dulles. They ought to take advan-

tage of the opportunity.

terested in

the church, or

produce from their own small plots of land not just a few symbolic baskets, but everyone contributing to an overflowing amount of freshly picked

10:8-13

promised.

Paul II Feb. 21, has diluted his gift of theological insight so that a mass audience could comprehend what he has to say. It takes effort and faith to read this book. For Catholics genuinely in-

—

people processed to the altar bringing

about

thused

what God

made a cardinal by Pope John

our "twin" parish in Lascahobas, Haiti. During a feast-day Mass, the

3) Gospel: Luke 4:1-13

full

thorough, but relatively easy to understand. Those look-

2000). 175 pp., $14.95.

Romans

the order they are written so as to get

life

In the intro-

best to read the chapters in

dinal Dulles explains topics that are

Visitor (Huntington, Ind.,

duction, the emi-

it is

Sunday of Lent

Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Psalm 91:1-2, 10-15

topic to

4, First

C Readings:

Cycle

Olszewski

editor

and general man-

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Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Mar. 4 - 10, 2001 Sunday of Lent, Deuteronomy 26:4-10, Roman 10:8-13, Luke 4:1-13; Monday, Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18, Matthew 25:31-46; Tuesday, Isaiah 55:10-11, Matthew 6:7-15; Wednesday (Sts. Perpetua & Felicity), Jonah 3:1-10, Luke 1 l:29-j 32; Thursday (St. John of God), Esther C: 12, 14-16, 23-25 or 4:17, Matthew 7:7-12; Friday (St. Frances of Rome), Ezekiel 18:21-28, Matthew 5:20-26; Saturday, Deuteronomy 26:16-19, Matthew 5:43-48 First

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Entertainment

"3000 Miles To Graceland" a visually assaulting film By

ANNE NAVARRO

the background. But don't be misled,

News Service YORK (CNS) Had "The King" been watching this film, he would have left the building and Catholic

is no comedy. Greed leads to savage complications soon after the $3.2 million holdup (upping the body count), and the film switches gears to become a lethal road movie. Murphy chases

as this

—

NEW

•

—

quickly.

Director Demian Lichtenstein's vicious "3000 Miles to Graceland" (Warner Bros.) is about a group of excons led by Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell who pull off a Las Vegas casino heist dressed up as Elvis impersonators during International Elvis Week. Not exactly the kind of film that would bolster support for prisoner re-

Michael,

off"

chip to manipulate Michael and outwit him for the millions. Her late-in-the-game concernedact is unconvincing. One extraneous scene has a pretty nymphet in a flowery dress running off with Murphy who has just killed her greasy lover then being handed over to some Hell's Angels-like bikers.

CNS

—

Brendan Fraser stars in the feature film "Monkeybone". The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

—

Buried deep in the plot is the underlying detail that both Michael and

any moral

Video reviews By CATHOLIC

Murphy are illegitimate sons of Elvis. The narrative hints that since they

or legal consequences to their actions.

Brandishing exaggerated sideburns, Costner plays Thomas Murphy, the Elvis-obsessed mastermind behind the casino robbery. Second in command and freshly out of prison is Michael Zane (Russell),

haven't been recognized as blood rela-

—

Prominently dangling around is a gold charm with the

Russell's neck

"TCB." The

stand for Elvis' favorite expression, "taking care of business." If only filmmakers would have taken care of business and made initials

is Courteney Cox Arquette as Michael's love interest, Cybil Waingrow. He just happens to pick her up at the sleazy roadside motel where they are both staying and then can't seem to get rid of her. And, oh, Cybil has a young son (David Kaye) whose sticky fingers get him

videocassette reviews from

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for

them.

play of testosterone

home

they need to rob in order to af-

also an Elvis fan, as are the rest of the

In the middle of this savage dis-

ing are

ford the kind of lifestyle their hip-

swaying pop would have wanted

gang members, who include David Arquette, Christian Slater and Bokeem Woodbine.

NEWS SERVICE

NEW YORK (CNS) — The follow-

the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for

tives,

letters

Because of excessive violence with gore, a few explicit sexual encounters and situations, some profanity and recurring foul language, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O morally offensive. The Motion Picture

into all kinds of trouble.

Association of America rating

Television commercials for the film show the group dressed to the nines in polyester bell-bottomed jumpsuits with colorful beading and high collars. The Elvis terrorists even seem to have a sense of humor exchanging quips as Elvis songs blare in

restricted.

Navarro

rating. All reviews indicate the appropri-

ate age

group

for the video audience.

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"Butterfly" (2000) Moving drama set in 1936 Spain just

compassionate and

phonograph, motion

plumbing and automobuoyed American confidence in the future. Narrator David McCullough then crisply recalls the 1900 presidential campaign and such issues such as racial tensions, environmental problems and our role as a world power, problems which we still confront a century later. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (PBS Home Video)

—

rewarding

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tures coming-of-age life

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fuels the film's

momentum. One

unique and

our

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fairly

vivid sexual encounter with rear nudity

and fleeting crass language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification

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adults.

The Motion

of America rating

A-III

Picture Association

—

restricted.

"The Contender" (2000) charged drama in which a Democratic senator's (Joan Allen) vicepresidential confirmation is derailed by the discovery of an alleged sexual misadvenPolitically

ture in her past by a vengeful Republican

congressman (Gary Oldman). Director Rod Lurie's left-leaning, wordy thriller has some engrossing moments, but it loses its

fails

on physical beauty while

selfish actions

with an implau-

Implied promiscuity result-

appeal in

its

portrayal of politically conser-

ing in an illegitimate birth, an instance of

vative characters as caricatures. Brief,

rough language and

vivid scenes of sexual encounters with nu-

fleeting profanity.

U.S. Catholic Conference classification

A-III

—

adults.

The Motion

Association of America rating

parents are strongly cautioned.

may 13.

Picture

—

PG-13 Some ma-

be inappropriate for children

dity

and recurring rough language. The

Catholic Conference classification

— Motion R—

A-IV

adults,

with reservations.

restricted.

(DreamWorks)

(Columbia TriStar)

"Bedazzled" (2000) Mediocre comedy in which a socially inept computer technician (Brendan Hurley) in exchange win the love of his

for seven wishes to

beautiful

co-worker

(Frances O'Connor), but the 'wishes don't

The

Picture Association of America rat-

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Fraser) sells his soul to the devil (Elizabeth Like our ministries,

in a boy's

as the tension of pre-fascist Spain subtly

sible ending.

terial

Campus Ministry Summer Camp

debut

Luis Cuerda's intelligent film aptly cap-

relevant statements about

dull, Sally Field's directorial

make any

liberal school teacher

(Fernando Fernan-Gomez). Director Jose

Illi-

dedicates

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various ministries:

Youth

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before the eruption of the Civil

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under Parishes

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The

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society's fixation

Rome by St. Philip Neri in

humor

and a few instances of crass language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (Fox)

War about an extraordinary relationship between a shy, young boy (Manuel Lozano) and his

inventions as the telephone,

electric light,

nois girl (Minnie Driver)

virtue

innuendo, occasional sex-related

opti-

"Beautiful" (2000) Drab comedy about a small-town

turn out quite the way he intended. Although the twists on the requests are cleverly conceived, director Harold Ramis' tiresome film emphasizes makeup and costuming more than humorous substance. Some drug content, brief comically intended violence and homosexual

mistic state of the union a century ago

a better movie.

photo from 20th Century Fox

'MONKEYBONE'

mother

in the end, criminals literally sail

—

in a ferociously in-your-face

Ruthless Cybil uses her child as a

into the sunset, without

shown

bargaining

—

And

after

manner.

not so much in telling a coherent story but in creating a visually assaulting film. Violence not Elvis is king here. Extended scenes of brutal gunfire exchange, with the body count piling high, are shown in slow motion. Blood flows like water.

—

he thinks has gotten

both Michael and the cash. Little of this makes narrative sense, but all of it

habilitation.

Lichenstein's focus

whom

away with the money. Cybil

the cathouc communication campaign

12 The Catholic News & Herald

Editorials St. Patrick's

March

& Columns

enduring appeal

think of March, the first thing that comes to mind is St. Patrick, the great apostle to Ireland. He is remembered as the leader who fought crime and injustice in this land, not with anger and vengeance, but with love and led the people to

Speaks

Bottom

—

faith in

POPE JOHN PAUL

Line

God. Patrick's extraordinary

St.

life

was

2001

The

When we

The Pope

glowing

witness to what can happen to a person who opens his or her life to Christ and remains forever faithful in this union. This year I began thinking about St. Patrick back in January when I got a letter from Chuck

ANTOINNETTE bosco

CNS

Columnist

Thompson

of Houston, Texas, a longtime reader of column. He sent a flyer he produced called "St. Patrick Notes." The notes focused on St. Patrick's

Pope tells

cardinals,

families consistory was

new page in By

history

JOHN NORTON

News Service (CNS) Meeting with family members and friends of 44 cardinals created in a Feb. 21 consistory, Pope John Paul II said the event marked a "new page in the Catholic

—

VATICAN CITY

church's history."

Speaking alternately

in 10

languages

in the

Vatican's audience hall Feb. 23, the pope said that induction into the College of Cardinals tied

new

the

cardinals and the 27 national churches

they represent more closely to Rome. Among the pilgrims were hundreds of Americans, in Rome to witness the elevation of Washington's Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick,

New

York's Cardinal Edward

M. Egan, and

Cardinal Avery Dulles, a Jesuit theologian. The pope said his pastoral visits to Englishspeaking countries, including the United States,

unselfish love.

"The love that St. Patrick gave is celebrated everywhere. His good work had a sublime effect not only on the Irish, but upon the world. His successful mission was a world event," Thompson said. Patrick certainly would be a saint for our times, considering all he went through. He had a good life living with his Christian family on the western coast of Britain until he was 16. Then, Irish raiders attacked, around the year 406, and in the midst of the fighting, the fire and confusions, Patrick saw his sister dragged away by them, as he himself was kidnapped and then brought to the strange land of Ireland where he was made a slave. "I was chastened exceedingly and humbled every day in hunger and nakedness," he later wrote. It was six years before Patrick was able to escape and begin the risky journey back to his family. But, remarkably, those years did not throw him into anger and despair. "He bore the scars of a terrible ordeal, but also the zeal of a profound faith. In the light of this faith, he was convinced that both his sufferings and his deliverance had been ordained for some divine purpose," Robert Ellsberg wrote in his award-winning

book "All Saints" (Crossroad). That

belief led

him

back to the country that had treated him so unjustly, and the rest is history. "The Gospel drove Patrick to return to his oppressors that he might devote his life to their peaceful conversion and the cause of their salvation," Ellsberg wrote. "But the spiritual conquest of Ireland followed the prior victory of love over the anger and bitterness in his own. heart." Sadly, the peace and love that St. Patrick brought to Ireland became uprooted down the centuries because of political, cultural and religious rivalry. While we celebrate his feast day, it should also be a day to beg his heavenly help in gaining a permanent peace in Ireland. "If the memory of this dimension of St. Patrick's life had long ago become a feature of his feast day celebration, it might truly be said that there are no 'serpents' left in Ireland," concluded Ellsberg.

had afforded him a glimpse of the "immense riches of the cultures from which you come."

"Now still

the

new

cardinals place these riches

more generously

at the service

versal church as they are

closely united

with the successor of the Apostle Peter in the task of proclaiming the Gospel to all nations,"

Guest Column

said.

The pope

told

creation of four try

work in eastern N.C. Johnny leaves behind his wife and 9-month old daughter, in the home at the edge of Don Salvador's property that Johnny built with the money he earns at minimum wage in N.C. If they are caught, they have to start all over to ride to their

of the uni-

was

new

German

pilgrims that his

cardinals from their coun-

a "sign of esteem" for the

German

church, which has had a sometimes tense rela-

FATHER PAUL BRANT, SJ

tionship with the Vatican in recent years.

Speaking to Ukrainians, he said that the elevation of two of their countrymen to cardinal's rank should be "a sign of the universal church's gratitude for all the priests and faithful in Ukraine" who remained faithful to Christ and the pope throughout Soviet persecution. The pope is scheduled to visit Ukraine in June.

Guest Columnist

Improving the immigration system I'd like to

happened on

begin with a retelling of something that

recent visit to Mexico.

ranch overlooking a favorite tourist Don "Salvador" and I finished began the round of goodbyes loading the minivan. to his family gathered around; only 8-year-old Marisol had tears in her eyes this time. His wife, four small children and six adult children, their wives and his his family

spot in central Mexico,

Pope

hails

deceased cardinal's

implementation of Vatican

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Pope John Paul

II expressed sorrow at the death of 81-year-old Cardinal Jose Ali Lebrun Moratinos of Caracas, Venezuela, and said he faithfully implemented Second Vatican Council reforms.

In a telegram of condolence Feb. 22, the pope recalled the cardinal's "selfless pastoral activity

applying the doctrine of the Second Vatican Council and promoting church renewal in fidelity to Christ and to the successor of Peter." Cardinal Lebrun, retired archbishop of Caracas, died Feb. 21 in a Caracas hospital after suffering a heart attack, according to El Universal, a Venezuelan daily. Before Cardinal Lebrun's retirement in 1995, he served nearly 40 years as a bishop in four Venezuelan dioceses.

grandchildren and a bunch of cousins were accustomed to this scene.

months

Don

Salvador would return

in six

or seven

and corn which others will sow. He and I were leaving to travel 38 hours by car to our work in eastern N.C. He works with a hog farmer, and I am his itinerant pastor. My flock and I travel a lot. Some of them more than I, under vastly different to harvest the beans

circumstances.

For example, his son "Johnny" leaves about now, from ranch to U.S.-Mexican Border, on a bus. Then under cover of night, he and several relatives will "go over the mountain" on foot, crossing the border. They will hide outside by day from the Border Patrol with their binoculars and infrared detectors, surveillance helicopters and motorized patrols. The Mexicans move

commandos 12 miles a night. After five days of this cat-and-mouse leapfrogging, eating the minimum like people in flight, they will arrive at a safe house 50 miles inside Texas where they will eat and rest, meet the van like

again. Last year, cousin Alberto didn't hide well enough, and was returned by his "migra" interceptors to the Mexican side. The whole group of seven brothers and cousins was delayed for two weeks while Alberto made a successf ul crossing. They are accustomed to the crossing, and pay only about $500, Texas to N.C. Others who depend on hired "coyotes" who are more or less reliable pay them an average of $1,800 for their crossing, which may be more or less rapid, more or less secure from Border Patrol detection, more or less safe from extreme hunger and cold, snakes and scorpions and exploitation by the same "coyotes." Women entering this way, and many do, are even more at risk. If successful, Johnny will arrive to share an old trailer with eight- 15 other men, get work within six weeks, work for 50 hours a week until next November, spend $300 a month on himself send $200 a month to his wife and save the rest. He will pay all his debts and probably have savings of a couple of thousand dollars when he returns. His employer, not knowing that he is undocumented and working with counterfeited papers, will have deducted at least the mandatory 9 percent of his salary for Social Security and Medicare contributions which Johnny is not entitled to. His employer will he shows up be very satisfied with Johnny's work every day unless he is too sick to move, works hard, and

—

doesn't complain.

Salvador rode in style with the "padrecito" and son Johnny crosses like a hunted animal. WHY? Salvador has a visa and Johnny can't get one. WHY? The problem is not with these essential workers like Johnny or with the jobs they fill; the problem is, as many, including the American Catholic Bishops, have said, that

our immigration system

See

out of date.

GUEST COLUMN,

page

Our

March

2001

Editorials

Light

of the ways people live. Even the most seriously deprived American cannot compare to the utter poverty known by the people she served in a small town in Ghana. Gina also came to see that it was not the grand gesture, the huge food shipment or major charitable gift that mattered to people on a one-toone basis. It was, instead, the little things done to

One

Candle

MSGR. JAMES

youngsters. Bothering to struggle to learn the local language as a sign of respect for their culture.

Guest Columnist

Instruments of peace two months into his new Kennedy brought That was the date when the

1961, not

administration, President John F. a

dream

into reality.

Peace Corps was launched. In his inaugural address, Kennedy had proclaimed: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." But the next sentence suggested that his vision was universal. "My fellow citizens of the world," he continued, "ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."

Kennedy

when he

what Pope John XXIII meant

realized

said that "peace begins with development."

"developed" nation, then, has food for its people, a stable yet growing economy, and the wherewithal to exist without total dependence on other nations. It is a country with real possibility. And so he initiated the Peace Corps.

Throughout

priesthood, I've

met many of

who have

served in this great volunteer organization. Each came to a number of new understandings about people through their experience of giving.

those

One

woman named

in particular, a

that her

life

Gina, told

was forever changed by the two years

she served in the Peace Corps. First,

Gina

told

finally,

help was, in

fact,

connected with the

needed, these folks never truly For others, like Gina, there

locals.

was a connection. These were the volunteers who carried with them an attitude of gratitude. They were grateful for the chance to enter into the lives of the people they met.

make

They

appreciated the chance to

a difference for the better. "People,"

Gina

told

me, "can usually read your hearts. Especially the poor. They don't want to be an object of your pity. In fact, they resist even accepting charity they desperately need when it's given from a haughty heart. But when you give with gladness, when you give with recognition that it's your privilege to serve, it makes the giving and the response not a deed of social activism. It

makes

true friendship."

The Peace

Corps, forty years old this year, was a brilliant concept. Sargent Shriver, its first director, described it this way: "The Peace Corps is thousands

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

of human beings at peace with themselves, their fellow man, with the world. Why? Because they saved their own lives. How? By giving themselves away." Whether in your own neighborhood or halfway around the world, try giving yourself away. You may be surprised at how much you get back.

broadened her knowledge

Organ donation

Question

pkase explain the acceptability deceased body through organ harvesting. after deat/i,

Corner

of disturbing the Following my wife's death at Cabrini Hospital, I was asked to agree to an organ donation to another patient. I did not agree. Since then I have wondered whether I allowed my sorrow to interfere with lier lifetime ofgenerosity. Wliat do you

who need

those organs

brother or

sister.

Even more,

therefore,

is it

an act of charity to allow

a living person to enjoy a healthy or longer

life

receiving a heart or an eye or other body part from one

who

matter of Christian generosity, he said. "No solution will be forthcoming without a renewed sense of human solidarity," based on Christ's awaiting transplants.

It is a

example, which can "inspire

men and women

make

great sacrifices in the service of others" (address of April 30,

CNS

Columnist

1990).

Uniform Donor Card providing for the gift of body to a living person who needs it, or all of one's body for education research, may be obtained from Living Bank, Box 6725, Houston, Texas 77265. part of one's

Phone: 713-528-2971. Also,

many

states

now

provide organ donor forms

is the finest human being I have few days later I had a similar another customer introduced him-

experience, as

and spoke with deep regard for my father. 'Your father makes being a Christian seem easy," the man said. Forty-eight years have passed by, but I still remember as though it was yesterday what those men said. And I still have a deep pride and love for my father who made "being a Christian seem easy." self

The is

fact

moved

is,

not easy.

to the city

sake of

all

know

that being a Christian

gave up a

father

and worked

mother,

who

life

as a farmer,

in factories for the

despised farm

life.

parents raised seven children during the Depres-

and saw the home that they had been paying from them. My mother died when I was eighteen years old, and my father carried on the responsibility of raising his children. I was able to purchase my store thanks to my father's willingness to mortgage our home. (It took two weeks for Dad to make this decision, as he weighed the risk of losing a second home against my ability to make a go in the business world. In the end, love for his son won out over any fear that I might fail). sion

for nine years taken

Lent."

father.

remember that I am would benefit from a

a time to still

mean

did not

that a

monk

should be

cheerless and constantly crying over his sins (though sorrow for sin certainly has its place), but

on the reverse side of, or attached to, driver's These forms must be filled out and signed.

licenses.

rather that anyone

who

claims to be following

Christ needs to be living out daily the conversion

And,

Benedict's day, at least,

most

Obviously, it is wise to discuss plans for organ donation with loved ones beforehand. Among other things, it allows those who are left behind to know the personal wishes of the spouse or other family member who has died, which is, of course, an important moral

process.

concern.

kept a continuous Lent. I suggest that all who read these words can easily recall a deceased loved one much like my Dad. Why not take a few minutes today and write

has died.

Your comment about your wife's past generosity is worth thinking about. Over a lifetime of love and sacrifice, we all in one way or another give our lives, to other people. If something that has been ours can still do good for someone else after we die, why not? Pope John Paul II repeated this position some time ago, speaking of the shortage of donors for patients

plant.

change of heart that would make me more like my Dad. St. Benedict, in his Rule for Monks, says that monastic life, which is a recommitment to our baptismal covenant, should be a "continuous

Father John Dietzen

approved and

advocated often in Catholic circles today, including recommendations by the pope himself. The tradition and present teaching of the Catholic Church strongly support the principle and practice of giving an organ of one's body to another. This is true even when the donor is alive, as, for example, when one family member gives one of his or her kidneys to a

GE.

the

every met!"

Lent, for me,

A. Sharing organs of deceased relatives with people living

Lenten Thoughts was twenty-three years old at the time, about a year into owning a small neighborhood grocery store, the Maple Avenue Dairy, in Niles, Ohio. A man came into the store to purchase some items, and when I mentioned my name, he said, "Oh, you're Jim Shelton's son. I work with him at I

not yet

think?

still

Guest Columnist

to people she

Q. In reference to your recent colum n concerning the status

of the human body

Father PATRICK SHELTON, O.S.B., VF

Gina told me that nothing meant met than a volunteer's disposition. When some Americans arrived, they'd act as if they were saviors to the downtrodden. Much as their And,

Lenten Reflection

communicate true caring. Holding a baby for the mother who was barely able to handle her two other

LISANTE

March

The Catholic News & Herald 13

& Columns

Shroud of Turin Q. IVhat

is tire

Catholic Church's present teaching about

Shroud of Turin? Is it now accepted as tfie cloth in which Jesus was wrapped after tlie. crucifixion? A. The so-called Shroud of Turin, which bears the image of a human person and is alleged by some to have been wrapped around the body of Our Lord, apparently came to Europe sometime during the Crusades. The Archdiocese of Turin has possessed the shroud the

for centuries. In 1988, officials there authorized a car-

bon-dating of the cloth by three

Christians only thought about conversion during

have no doubt that if St. my father he would have embraced him as a monk's monk, a man who the Lenten season.

Benedict were to have met

down one

or two of that individual's Christ-like become part of

qualities, qualities that are yet to

your Lent

life.

And

then resolve to do your best this

at entering into a personal conversion that

memory. This may be you think. You will not Your loved one will be with

will be true to that person's

easier to accomplish than

be alone in the

effort.

you every step of the way.

scientific laboratories,

working independently.

The tests indicated a 95 percent certainty that the cloth was made between the years 1250 and 1390. These findings have been disputed by certain other Church has no official position

experts, but the Catholic

on the origin or age of the shroud.

FatJier Patrick Shelton, O.S.B.,

James parish

Hamlet,

N.C

pastor at St.

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Priest

from page 5

shortage

fertility

all

E. Kozar, a priest of the Diocese of Pitts-

has created a labor

burgh, has been named the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Soci-

over the country.

United States. Included are the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Society of St. Peter Apostle, and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. They are part of the Vatican Congregation eties in the

for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Father Kozar was appointed by Cardinal Josef Tomko, head of the

Evangelization Congregation. The aannouncement in the United States was made by Bishop Joseph A.

doors.

The problem

will

not go away.

Fiorenza, President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a

It is

not short-term. Demographics show that over the next 20-30 years, a large percentage of our work force will retire. will replace

them?

How

can

February 16 letter to Father Kozar. Father Kozar's term is effective immediately. He succeeds Auxiliary Bishop William J. McCormack of New York, who has been national director of

ensure that they work legally?

Readers who are affected by the problem, either as employers or out of the solidarity they feel with people like

In announcing the appointment, Bishop Fiorenza congratulated Father Kozar and expressed the congratulations of Cardinal Tomko, Archbishop Marcello Zago, O.M.I., secretary at the

hear experts from industry, government, education, churches, foundations and the

Evangelization Congregation, and Gabriel Montalvo, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States. Bishop Fiorenza added that Archbishop Montalvo wished Father Kozar to know of the Nuncio's desire to cooperate with him "in this most impor-

discuss viable alterna-

Archbishop

improve the current immigration system and suggest ways to make

tives to

them happen.

Among

the sponsors of the

are the Diocese of Raleigh, the

Forum

Maryland

Province of the Society of Jesus, the

North Carolina Legal Immigration Coalition and the Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs.

tant

work of the Universal Church." In a separate letter, Bishop

McCormack

Fiorenza thanked Bishop

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around the world. Through

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Bishop

McCormack

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efforts

trust have been well

placed in you."

Father Kozar, 55, was ordained a priest in 1971. He received his bachelor's degree from St. Meinrad

Seminary College in Indiana and his master of divinity degree from St. Mary Seminary and University, Baltimore. As a seminarian he worked in a Peru mission on a summer assignment. Prior to the appointment as national director, he was administrator of St. Mary's Parish, Aleppo Township, and

They

in the

are inspiring in their generosity

and prayer for the missions. The two patrons of the Church's missionary work, St. Francis Xavier, who traveled to

to Asia to spread the Gospel,

Therese of Lisieux, religious

life

and

St.

who

spent her entire in a cloistered Carmel

praying for the missions, show the wide range of missionary work, which includes prayer and personal sacrifice." "The greatest missionary act of the Church is the Mass," he added. The Society of St. Peter Apostle invites individuals to support the education of candidates for the Catholic priesthood in the developing world and to support the formation of men and

director of the Pittsburgh diocesan of-

Propagation of the Faith, the Holy Childhood Association, and Catholic Relief Services. fices for the

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March

Living the faith

Cardinal Egan says martyrdom relevant to modern Catholics By JOHN THAVIS News Service Celebrating Mass ROME (CNS) on the spot where two early Christians were beheaded for their faith, Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York said martyrdom and sacrifice are still relevant to modern-day Catholics. The cardinal said that "giving powerful witness" is something Christians can do in a prison, the workplace or a family home, and it inspires the rest of the world Catholic

much today

—

Cardinal Egan spoke during a liturgy Feb. 23 in the Basilica of Sts. John and Paul, a church near the Colosseum that was symbolically placed under his pastoral care as part of his elevation to cardinal.

The same

day, Cardinal

Avery

Dulles, a U.S. Jesuit theologian, took pos-

Rome, the Church of the Most Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington will celebrate Mass in the Church of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus later in the year, because it was session of his titular church in

under repair at the time of the consistory.

Cardinal

named diers

after

who

reli-

who give themselves totally to pastoral service, and many others.

their

Egan's church was two retired Roman sol-

lived in the third century in

a complex that has been excavated be-

neath the fifth-century basilica. They were beheaded when they refused an imperial order to return to military service, which at that time would have

meant renouncing Christianity. Cardinal Egan said Americans sometimes think that the witness of martyrs

belongs to the past. But he recounted meeting several current cardinals who

give,"

what

a powerful witness

parishioners for 22 years, and began to

men? Rose-

that

permanent

York, he

band

important to me. I

my hus-

After praying the rosary in a chapel, the

realize that

there to support him."

director asked

trip's spiritual

"My

wife

much

his department moved again, he

became a part-tune

as she

chaplain

Kingsleys'

journey began

New York

met and began dating, at a time when Rev. Mr.

other road in his

Kingsley, a cradle

peaked

away

late

teen years, but

when

life

met

and he wanted mid

was rekindled She was instrumental faith

Mrs. Kingsley asked two things of her they begin attending

church weekly and that they have the sacrament of reconciliation administered once a month. Regular Mass attendance and penance is sometimes difficult for

many

Catholics to undertake, but for Rev.

Mr. Kingsley, love for the woman who would become his wife conquered any fears

"Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert

tempted by the devil.

He fasted for forty

days

God and

lose sight of the purpose for

In fact,

command that

these stonesbecome loaves

bread." He saidinreply,

"It

written- 'One does not

by bread alone but by

word

tliat

comes

forth from the moutli of

priest

he had thought about a voca-

which, Rev. Mr.

Kingsley replied in a surprised tone,

engaged to be married." So, that idea was left in the confessional, but it remained in the back of his mind. Marriage, family and a career with Westinghouse as a draftsman, and later, as a technical sales engineer soon followed, and when the company decided to move its division to Asheville, the Kingsley family

was a more difficult transiMr. Kingsley than his wife. "It took me a while to become acclimated to the environment and culture, especially going to a place where Catholics were in

followed

suit. It

tion for Rev.

white

tables,

We got my

TV and put

two

plates,

son's old black

two and

on one of the boxes."

After receiving his degree, he came back

Rev. Mr.

Kingsley was given a glimpse into his

tion in the priesthood.

and

visits that

future in an ordained ministry.

asked him

boxes that served as forks, etc.

was, during one of these

monthly confessional

wards he was hungry. The tempter approached

we weren't young," said Rev. Mr. "We had mattresses on the floor,

Kingsley.

andforty nights, andafler-

said to him, "Ifyouarethe

ence, living like a couple of college kids even

though

marriage," he said.

the

enough household supplies for the two of them. It was as if they were re-living their early years together. "It was a neat experi-

"Many young

folks today lose dedication

master's in theology program at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. He began attending classes apart from his wife, a miserable time for him. "We were on the phone one night and I said, 'this won't work' So, she moved up there with me." They found a small house and brought

or uncertainties he had about his religion. to

t<|

he decided

90s,

enroll

my wife.

tiiat

classed his curiosity^

learn more. In tha

in that."

husband-to-be:

life.

said that his for-;

mation

him-

self slipping

deacon led Rev. Mr. Kingsley down anJ

af-

ter they first

Catholic, found

St.

Becoming

soon

Joseph's Hospital.

from his faith. 'The Lord was not a part

Z00\

he had ever

ond diaconate class. He applied and was ordained in 1988. After retiring from Westinghouse after

St.

The

thought about being a deacon. The thought grew into reality when he saw an!

can with me."

told those in attendance.

permanent diaconate

for the diocese's sec-

does as

Photo by Joann S. Keane

idea of the

attends the Masses

1946,

God'"

The

and homebound and

supportive of

merly held tide to the church, presented it to New York's Cardinal Francis Spellman. Excavations and restorations on the basilica were financed by Cardinal Spellman and his successors, Cardinals Terence J. Cooke and John J. O'Connor. "I'm sure from heaven, Cardinal O'Connor, Cardinal Cooke and Cardinal Spellman are saying, 'Make sure you never lose this church,'" Cardinal Egan

live

to understand that Jesus loves me."

advertisement in the

ministry, and she

every

Barnabas Church in Arden at which her husband

York cardinals going back to when Pope Pius XII, who had for-

sai<

was a mrning point in his life. "It (Cursillo) set my heart on fire for the love of God, and it was a total re-awakening for it

diocesan newspaper

care of New

gether in 1979, and Rev. Mr. Kinsgley

band, visits the sick

entrusted to the

commu-

their Cursillo

ration with her hus-

assists.

on ofGod,

made

Mrs. Kingsley.

Mrs. Kingsley teaches Baptism prepa-

York."

to be

in their Catholic

couple

was replanted into Rev. Mr. Kingsley's mind while on a pilgrimage to Fatima.

important because

the deacon, and

can turn the world around."

The basilica has been

diaconate," said

"His ministry

Catholics witness their faith daily,

The

nity.

of matrimony was the foundation for die

New

become involved

and the How can they share in the perma-

careers, education, children

supporting one another, and the sacrament

the "414th parish of the Archdiocese of

New

road hand in hand. Since the

mary Kingsley says that she considers it to be as much her vocation as her husband's. 'Part of the marriage vows involve

More than 800 well-wishers who accompanied Cardinal Egan to Rome attended the two-hour liturgy. The cardinal joked that while the New York newspapers had been forecasting that he would be closing parishes in cost-cutting moves, "we just opened one"

—

However, they found a home in St Barnabas Church, where they have been

nent diaconate, a vocation for

"we can achieve what the martyrs achieved

— we

traveled

life's

diaconate.

said.

In the Archdiocese of added,

Rev. Mr. Art Kingsley

beginning, they have shared everything

—

remembered Rev. Mr]

Kingsley.

Rosemary have

his wife

down

"It isn't always easy. There are ups and there are downs. There are good days and dark days, good years and dark years. But if we stand strong and make clear that our commitment is never in ...

—

ARDEN and

life

the minority,"

Staff Writer

He said that same spirit can be shown Christians: married couples who

gious

ALESHA M. PRICE

all

struggle to stay together, priests and

2001

enriched by wife's support

had suffered greatly in communist prisons with a martyr's spirit.

question

did centuries ago.

Deacon's

North Carolina to his job as hospital worked at a crisis agency

chaplain and also

downtown Asheville. He is now the pastoSt Barnabas and was named vicar of the Asheville and Smoky Mountain in

ral associate at

Vicariates in

June of 2000.

With 39

years of marriage, 3 children

and 1 1 grandchildren to reflect upon, Rev. Mr. Kinsgley would not change a thing. '1 would do this all over again providing I would have my family's support. The diaconate has enriched my life tremendously, and looking at it from the point of

commitment of and

diocese,

service to parish, church

enjoy

ministry."

The permanent diaconate

one of the

life-giving ministries supported in part by the Diocesan

Support Appeal.