March 4, 2005

Roman

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

Year of the Eucharist Understanding the Mystery of

Mass, Part 10; Eucharist

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The Eucharist: Leading the way

Abortion harms, exploits women,

Hundreds of youths

says speaker

gather for pilgrimage by

KEVIN

E.

MURRAY

EDITOR

CHARLOTTE

—

JOURNEY SHOULD LEAD TO ETERNAL LIFE, SAYS BISHOP

"The

Feminist Case Against Abortion" was recently presented in the Diocese of Charlotte.

"Abortion is contradictory

by

BELMONT — The threat of rain did

president of Feminists for Life of

about the remarkable

who

women

Washington

from high schools and colleges across the diocese followed Bishop Peter J. Jugis as he led the eucharistic procession

since

1994, spoke at three locations around the diocese in February. The diocese, diocesan Catholic

around Belmont Abbey Col-

was part of the diocesan Youth Pilgrimage to Belmont Abbey, themed "Come, Let Us Adore Him," Feb. 27.

"You've come here from lege. It

Cam-

pus Ministry and Belmont Abbey sponsored her visit.

T am

asked if Femian oxymoron, but there's nothing more consistent than supporting women still

nists for Life

many

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in

who gathered Photo by Kevin

E.

Murray

J.

Jugis carries a

MOVING INTO THE FUTURE

by

KAREN

EVANS

A.

STAFF WRITER

GREENSBORO Fearing society is becoming "spiritually bankrupt," one priest taught a group of young people to embrace their Photo by Karen A. Evans

heritage for a better future.

Verbite Father Charles Smith speaks to high school and college

students during the Black History Celebration at

St.

"

Mary Church

Verbite Father Charles Smith was the invited speaker at St. Mary Church

See PILGRIMAGE, page 6

GIVING THEIR HEARTS AWAY

Black history celebration inspires Catholic youth

Greensboro Feb. 26.

Abbey Ba-

a part of something bigger.

monstrance during a eucharistic procession with hundreds of youths as part of the diocesan Youth Pilgrimage to Belmont Abbey Feb. 27.

Bishop Peter

in

in the

before the procession.

'You really get a sense of being silica

1972, Femi-

See ABORTION, page 6

different parishes," said

Bishop Jugis to the youths,

and children, rejecting violence and exploitation," she said.

Founded

the

has served at

the pro-life organization based in

dampen

behind the Eucharist.

Approximately 250 youths

why you

be pro-life and pro-women."

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to

spirits

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will see

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of hundreds of young pilgrims walking and praying

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examples, the

set the first

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to feminism," said Serrin Foster,

America. 'The more you

KEVIN

in Greensboro, where young people gathered to celebrate black history and black Catholicism Feb. 26-27.

For the annual Black History Celebration, organizers decided to focus on the young people of the multi-ethnic parish black,

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reaches of the

diocese recently gave

away

their hearts.

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students gathered in

Belmont

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The Catholic News & Herald

March

2005

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Current and upcoming

In Brief

topics from around the

world to your

own backyard

Cardinal says feeding-tube removal

—

couild lead U.S. down wrong path part because of her Catholic CLEARWATER, (CNS) —

UNITED FRONT

in

Fla.

Facing a new court deadline of March 18 for removal of the feeding tube that keeps Terri Schindler Schiavo alive, the parents of the brain-damaged Florida woman found in the words of a Vatican cardinal new support for their fight against removal of the tube.

Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, told Vatican Radio Feb. 24 that if Terri's husband, Michael, "is legally able to provoke the death of his wife, this would not only be tragic in itself, but it would be a serious step toward the legal approval of euthanasia in the United States given the weight which court decisions have in the formation of laws in that country."

Michael says his wife would want the feeding tube removed. Her parents say their daughter would want to live,

beliefs.

Cardinal Martino recalled a recent message from Pope John Paul II to the Pontifical

Academy

for Life, in

which

the pope reaffirmed "that quality of life

cannot be interpreted as economic efficiency, beauty or the enjoyment of physical life, but it consists in the su-

preme dignity of the creature made in the image and likeness of God." Pinellas County Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer ruled Feb. 25 that Michael Schiavo could order doctors to remove the feeding tube

March

18.

Terri Schiavo, 41, has been impaired for the past 15 years since she collapsed because of what doctors believe was a potassium imbalance. Her brain was. deprived of oxygen for several minutes. She can breathe on her own but requires nutrition and hydration through a feeding tube.

Courtesy Photo

and United Kingdom members

U.S.

people from pro-life organizations United Nations calling

in

New York as

of a pro-life

team, which involved around 30

members worked on a Feb. 18 declaration human cloning practices. The pro-life team was

U.N.

on member states to outlaw

all

NEW YORK

—

more than

human digof human life."

"they are incompatible with

The

Feb. 18 declaration, introduced

by Honduras and supported by the United

on countries to "prevent the exploitation of women." Cloning requires harvesting eggs from women.

The previous deadlock was caused by countries seeking approval for cloning research. The United Kingdom, Belgium and Singapore led the opposition States, also calls

against a total ban, insisting

it

should

apply only to "reproductive cloning" that allows the cloned

human

to live,

drugs to produce sufficient quantities of eggs, with projections of 800,000 women likely to be affected by serious medical complications as a result.

ban at the United Nations were supported by a pro-life team involving around 30 people from an interEfforts to pass the

national coalition of pro-life organizations.

Dr. Martha Shuping of Winston-Sa-

lem was

—

used for research that would

kill

the so-called "clone and

process also

kill"

them

referred to as "therapeutic cloning." insistence of delegates

developing countries who feared their women would be turned into "egg

you have a

would

like to offer

prayer for others' needs, please call the Rosary Chain at St. John Baptist de La Salle Church. The Rosary Chain is a sizable group and all requests and volunteers are in

welcome. For

details,

call

Marianna de

members

believed their

presence influenced the passage of the dec-

members were involved

laration. Several in contacting

thousands of supporters with

prayer requests to

stall

Members the

when

negotiations began

with talk of "no action." credit the final result to

power of prayer,

948-1678.

— The

CHARLOTTE

Vietnamese Cursillo of meets the second at 2:30 p.m. at St. Thomas

Charlotte School of Leaders

Sunday of each month Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd. For more information, contact Nam Le at (704) 549-1525.

—

G.E.M.S. Daily is a prayer/ support group for mothers of children with disabilities. The group meets the second Wednesday of each month, 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. at St. Luke Church, 13700 Lawyers Rd., to share concerns, praise and prayers. For details, call Michelle Roth at (704) 321-1717.

CHARLOTTE

—

A

reunion for Charlotte

High School, O'Donoghue School and Our Lady of Mercy School classes of 1954- through Catholic

is

being considered for Fall 2005. E-mail

Crawford Chartier at madeleine@harpermachinery.com or call Joyce Hartis O'Keefe at (704) 536-5049 if you are Madeleine

CHARLOTTE

VICARIATE

ter will present "Dealing with the years that follow" March 16, 6:30-8 p.m., at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. While attention

Coalition

more

information, call Elizabeth Spytkowski at (704)

1965

Lachica at (336) 667-9044.

CHARLOTTE — St. Gabriel Ministry Cen-

is

usually focused on persons

who

are griev-

first year after a death occurs, the needs of grieving persons go on. Spiritual friendship, care and concern are still needed, regardless of how much time has passed since the loss. We will explore some of these feelings and ways to cope, as well as signs that may point to the need for specific grief work.

The presenter will be Janice Olive of Hospice of Charlotte. For more information, call BJ Dengler at (704) 364-5431, ext. 212.

ing in the

interested in celebrating Charlotte Catholic

High School's 50th anniversary.

CHARLOTTE —The

Young Widowed Group on the second Thursday of each month in the Fellowship Hall of St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For more information, contact facilitator Sister Therese Galligari at (704) 362-5047, ext. 216. meets

at 7 p.m.

—

CHARLOTTE

The 50+ Club of St. John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., meets the second Wednesday of each month at 1 a.m.

1

with a program and lunch in the parish hall, for reservations and more information, call Lucille at (704) 537-2189.

said Shuping.

In the United States, anti-cloning

Act

— was

—

the Cloning Prohibition

introduced in both the Sen-

farms," the declaration calls states to introduce

Bush, but

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ate

it

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Senate approval.

However, there

is

an

anti-life

bill

of eggs that would be needed, inevitably

the House. Cloning legislation

cloning

being considered in the Senate and in is

also

inflicting painful,

currently under consideration in several

sive procedures

individual states, including Missouri,

Massachusetts and Arizona, which may be helped by the standard set by the United Nations.

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has failed in the past to gain

be targeted to extract the vast numbers

dangerous and invaon vulnerable women.

If "clone and kill" research were continued, millions of women would be needed to take high doses of fertility

If

special need for prayers, or

United Nations. Coalition members helped educate U.N. delegations about adult stem cell research, which makes unethical treatments with embryonic stem cells unnecessary.

and the House the same week. This legislation has been passed twice by the House and is supported by President

on member measures to prevent the exploitation of women. Delegates expressed concern that poor women would

VICARIATE

NORTH WILKESBORO your time

be celebrated at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., on Palm Sunday, March 20 at 3:30 p.m. in the Daily Mass Chapel.

MINT HILL

Huntersville to participate in pro-life educational efforts at the

legislation

from

by the DioMark Church in

partially supported

cese of Charlotte and St.

while permitting cloned embryos to be

At the

will host a

(828) 232-5024.

BOONE

CHARLOTTE — A Polish-language Mass will

Reconciliation will be offered at 2 p.m. For

— UNC-Asheville

Asheville's Center for Diversity Education at

After

United Nation's legal committee, by a vote of 71 to 35, accepted a declaration calling on all nations to enact laws prohibiting all forms of human cloning.

The United Nations has called on member states to adopt urgent legislation outlawing all cloning practices saying

and the protection

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talk on "Catholic Social Teaching" by Father David A. Boileu of Loyola University March 14 at 7:30 p.m., at UNC-A's Highsmith University Union Swannanoa Room, 1 University Heights. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call UNC-

forms of human cloning

three years of deadlock, delegates to the

nity

ASHEVILLE

ASHEVILLE

United Nations passes declaration

ban

—planner

several countries, draft a press release at the

in

present to advocate against cloning.

to

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FROM THE VATICAN

Vatican highlights pope's e-mail

confident about

Israeli official

Vatican accord on legal, tax matters can be handled by court rather than ForROME (CNS) — The a

Israeli

man

eign Ministry's point

gious

for interreli-

Nimrod Barkan,

affairs,

said he

is

confident an Israeli- Vatican agreement

on

and

legal

financial matters will be

sealed in the next four months.

who met

Barkan, diplomatic

officials

with top Vatican

was

Israeli stances, said there

through

on the

The new

Cabinet of Prime Minister Sharon has approved the proposals presented to the Vatican, which should clear Ariel

way

for a finalization of the

new

within "three or four months," he

treaty

what types of prop-

erty disputes involving the church

—

1

— A candlelight prayer

vigil in

observ ance of the scheduled execution of Will-

iam Powell and der victim

in

respect for the family of mur-

Mary Gladden

will

be held

March

10.

This event, which is sponsored by the Gaston Coalition for a Moratorium Now (GCMN), will begin at 7 pm. at the Martin Luther King Memorial Monument, 330 N. Marietta St. 's mission is to urge the N.C. General Assembly to reform the capital punishment process through educational forums and legislative advocacy.

For more information, call George Burazer (704) 822-6350.

GCMN

BELMONT

"We

have informed the Vatican that

be resolved to their full satisfaction once the other issues have been dealt this will

Barkan

with,"

said, refusing to

—

A Lenten Supper-Study Series conclude in the Kovacic Center at Queen of the Apostles Church, 503 N. Main St.. March 9.

A shared meal begins at 6 p.m., and catechesis begins at 6:45 p.m. The theme is "The Eucharist as Way of Life." Free and open to all no fees or will

Asked about

allegations that Israeli

police did not protect Melkite Catholics

of

—

inquiry.

The government, he Israel

said, is commitmaking sure every human life in

is

Carmen Wood

formation, please contact (336) 545-9266.

SALISBURY

—

A

Support Group for

Have Lost a Child of any age meets the second Monday of each month at 7 Parents JVho

As office

in the past, the Vatican's Internet

added the e-mail link to the

home page

Pope John Paul was hospitalized Feb. 24 and underwent a tracheotomy

him breathe. Five days later, Pope John Paul II was able to say Mass in his hospital room, meet with aides and continue initial sessions of speech to help

therapy, the Vatican said.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who brought the pope some papers to work on, told reporters March 1 that the pontiff was "able and alert," and had spoken to him in two languages, German and Italian.

—

spokesman

and that he had spent

annual Lenten

cial in

each nior

not

know how many

had received since undergoing the

cheotomy because the Internet

"really just a transit point" for the

Vatican Secretariat of State.

Each message in the secretariat.

is

read by an

He

official

prepares a sumthe the

Honoring an advocate

luck dinner. Call Barbara Daigler at (704)

662-9752

SMOKY

for details.

MOUNTAIN

WAYNESVILLE

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— The

Catholic

Women's

Catholic Community meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the church hall. For more information, call the church office at (828) 456-6707.

Circle of St. John's

FRANKLIN

—

The Women's Guild of St Francis of Assisi Church, 299 Maple St., meets the second Monday of each month at 1

p.m. in the Family Life Center.

The meetings

feature guest speakers and special events pe-

For more information,

call

Claire

your parish or school sponsoring a

open

Members

Workers pay tribute to U.S. Dame de Namur, during a meeting in Brasilia Feb. 28. The 73-year-old nun, an outspoken advocate for Brazilian peasants, was shot several times in the chest and head Feb. 12. of Brazil's Federation of Rural Agricultural

Sister Dorothy Stang, a

member

of the Sisters of Notre

to the general public?

Please submit notices for the Diocesan Planner at least 1 5 days prior to the event

date

in

writing to

Karen A. Evans

at

kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax to (704) 370-3382.

Rome's Jewish leaders lead prayers at hospital in honor of pope ROME (CNS) — Leaders of Rome's breathing problem.

24 John Paul

in thefollowing events:

March 13-14 USCCB Committee on Life and Ministry

Priestly

— 4:30 p.m. Mass

Camp Barnhardt,

mes-

sages, which are forwarded to the

ages 55 and up

Baltimore, Md.

Camporee Baden

tra-

office is

complete texts of a few sample messages.

hospital.

II

and try to get some firsthand

information about his condition.

Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, the chief

Catholic

he did

Rome's Gemelli

rabbi of

March 12 Boy Scouts

1

e-mails the pope

month following the 5:30 Mass for SeGames Night, featuring games and a pof-

Bishop Peter.J. Jugis will participate

— 11 a.m. Presbyteral Council

office.

mary of the messages and forwards summary to the pope, along with

Hospital Feb. 25 to offer prayers for Pope

Pastoral Center, Charlotte

the Vatican's Internet

Father Vergez said March

to ease a

Feb.

March 8

18 birthday.

another peaceful night, but did not say the pope would remain at

how long

Jewish community went to the Gemelli

Episcopal calendar

May

But even when the address was not easy to find on the Web site, when the pope was hospitalized Feb. 1-10 he received between 40,000 and 50,000 email messages, said Legionaries of Christ Father Fernando Vergez, an offi-

are invited to St. Therese Church, 217 Brawley School Rd., the second Saturday of

Is

will present its

the pope's

School Rd. We draw strength from others' experience of loss and grief. For more information, call Joy at (704) 664-3992.

free event

Mini Retreat at the Franciscan Center, 233 N. Greene St. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. followed by coffee and light refreshments. The retreat dates are Thursdays, March 10 and 17.

Feb. 25 without

fanfare or public notice.

p.m. at St. Therese Church, 217 Brawley

questions.

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their

Messages may be sent to the pope by clicking on a link in English titled "Best Wishes for the Holy Father" on the Vatican's homepage: www.vatican.va.

Because of the volume of e-mail the pope receives when the address is highlighted, the Vatican usually gives it prominence on the home page only on special occasions such as Christmas or

VICARIATE

MOORESVILLE

Barnable at (828) 369-1565.

GREENSBORO — The Greensboro Council of

him

greetings and promises of prayer.

Joaquin Navarro-Valls told reporters the same day that the pope's recovery was "com-

This is an opportunity for all of us to do something extra during Lent. For more in-

riodically.

Women

public e-mail address so

Vatican

respected and protected."

Teall-Fleming at (704) 825-9600, ext. 26 or e-mail teallfleming@yahoo.com if you have any

Catholic

Maghar when

they were attacked by their Druze neighbors in mid-February, Barkan said the government has launched an

pre-registration necessary. Please call Dennis

GREENSBORO

explain

further.

ted "to

II's

that well-wishers can send

Vatican's

exempt.

MOORESVILLE — Seniors

VICARIATE

GASTONIA

exempt from local property taxes hundreds of years continue to be

John Paul

pletely normal"

CHARLOTTE Thank God It's Friday (TGIF), a weekly support group for separated and divorced women, meets every Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the New Life Center building, room 114, of St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., including a potluck dinner.

Divorced men are invited every third Wednesday of the month. TGIF is a healing ministry sponsored by Catholic Social Services, Charlotte Regional Office and St. Matthew Church.

For details, call Karen Wepasnick at (704) 54189 1 after 3 p.m.

GASTONIA

church's insistence that church institu-

in the Galilean village

said.

Barkan said he was confident an agreement could be reached on the taxation of church-owned vehicles, on the percentage of income tax churchowned businesses have to pay and on a description of

issue in the cur-

rent negotiations, he said, has been the

"a break-

in the Israeli position"

negotiations.

the

by the government.

The most difficult

for

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) The Web site has highlighted Pope

Vatican

tions

Feb. 22 to explain

address for well-wishers

March 20

— 11 a.m. Palm Sunday Mass

Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Charlotte

Rome,

told reporters,

"We

prayed and recited a psalm to show our solidarity and to send our best wishes."

Rabbi Di Segni and Roberto Cohen, vice president of Rome's Jewish community, said they did not get in to see the pope, who underwent a tracheotomy late

Cohen

said they recited

Psalm

139,

which professes God's intimate knowledge of and care for those who trust in him.

The Jewish community wanted to

acknowledge how much Pope John Paul had contributed to improving CatholicJewish relations, he said, adding that the

community was not afraid that difficulties would return if he were no longer pope.

"By now the centuries of darkness have passed and there is no risk of going back,"

Cohen

said.

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March

4,

2005

AROUND THE DIOCESE

Volunteer honored by governor

Discussing Jesus

for outstanding service CHARLOTTE — Don Saravalli, a

parishioner of

Gabriel Church in

St.

Charlotte, has been awarded the 2004 North Carolina award for Outstanding

Volunteer Service.

Saravalli,

who

received a congratu-

latory letter and certificate from Gov.

Michael Easley in November 2004, is one of more than 15,000 volunteers from North Carolina who have received this award since 1979.

In the letter, Gov. Easley said Saravalli's service "is admirable and your contributions to the state are immeasurable. Thank you for all that you do."

Saravalli's volunteer work began 12 years ago as an Emergency Financial Assistance interviewer for Crisis Assistance Ministry in Charlotte, which proCourtesy Photo

vides assistance and advocacy for people in financial crisis.

He

has been volunteer-

Bishop Emeritus William

ing in the organization's business office for the last six years.

Courtesy Photo

His primary responsibility

is

enter-

Don

generation of 300-400 rent or utility checks per day. With little exception, the 46,000 hours of volunteer service that

Gabriel Church,

provided by volunteers work one morning a week. is

"Don is

is

more

because of his

like a staff

many

"Ice

Age

member

years with Crisis

commitment to Crisis Assistance Ministry was exemplified

in

Shelby, hosted by Council

11946; and May 14

at St. Patrick

hosted by Council 2838. Both retreats run 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., with noon lunch and 2:30 p.m. Mass. For more info, call (704) 487-7697. in

Fayetteville,

Diocese to hold blood drive CHARLOTTE

is

also active in his parish,

having served as stewardship chairman and pastoral board vice-chairman, as well as school board vice-chairman.

Having worked for a candy manufacturer for 37 years, Saravalli and his wife, Camilla, will soon celebrate their 50th

Charlotte

during a snowstorm Feb. With the beginnings of 16 inches of snow falling on the ground, only seven of the 50 staff members his actions

April

Forty percent of

CAM'S

6.

drive is open to both diocesan employees and the public. All eligible donors are encouraged to attend.

To give blood, donors must be 17

comes

labor

from volunteers. For more

info

on

form a

Raphael

at (704)

371-3001,

life-saving

"One person's

WANT TO DONATE? The

be donated once

community

Vanessa Garcia, human resources

drive

April 6, 11

will

be held Wednesday,

a.m.-3 p.m. Donors must

and complete a medical hisand mini-physical. For directions

bring ID tory

or information, call (704) 370-3357.

service,"

vol-

unteer opportunities, contact Melissa

arrived and one volunteer, Saravalli for work. Saravalli was subsequently honored with the organization's first

may

Charlotte

donation can save up to three lives."

Some medical conditions may permanently or temporarily disqualify people from donating.

The blood

10 pounds. Blood

in

clerk with the diocese.

every eight weeks.

"Donating blood allows us to per-

WANT TO HELP?

—

said

hosting a blood drive at the

diocesan Pastoral Center in Charlotte

1

26, 2004.

is

— The Diocese of

years of age or older and weigh at least

wedding anniversary.

Saravalli's

—

Mary Church

Church

Volunteer" award.

Saravalli

Assistance Ministry."

by

pictured with his wife,

Volunteer Service.

a rare volunteer in that he

is

St.

who

hours per day," said Pete Bondi, Crisis Assistance Ministry's director of fi-

"He

is

of

their wives in Raleigh Feb. 26.

Don recently received a 2004 North Carolina Award for Outstanding

here five days a week for three to four

nance.

parishioner

a

Columbus and

Camilla.

annually benefit Crisis Assistance Ministry

Saravalli,

conducts "A Personal Relationship with Jesus" of

Knights and spouses are invited to attend future retreats with Bishop Curlin: May 7 at St.

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G. Curlin

more than 70 Knights

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led

by Father Smith, Church

priest-in-residence at St. Rita

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in Indianapolis.

Hispanic, Asian and white.

The weekend celebration, titled

"Moving On: Embracing the Future," consisted of workshops for high school and college students, a gospel Mass and dinner on Saturday and concluded with Mass on Sunday.

"We wanted to motivate the we youths in the Catholic Church have so many young people that leave the faith," said Kathy Jefferson, a parishioner who coordinated the celebration. "We try to keep them faithful to the Catholic religion and active ...

in the church."

Many high school and college students leave out of boredom, but return to the church once they have families of their own, Jefferson said.

Migdalia Ortiz, director of faith formation for St. Mary Church, said the leaders of St. Mary Church are trying to make the Catholic faith more appealing to young people.

"Youths want to be more active in the church, but leadership is needed," Ortiz said.

One of the goals of the workshops was to draw out young leaders from youths of the parish.

About 60 youths attended the

In small groups of six to eight youths and an adult moderator, the students discussed a variety of hypothetical scenarios involving issues such as the death penalty and abortion and tried to come up with solutions.

The groups found that solutions to such complicated issues were hard to

come

by.

Most recommended

for-

giveness, repentance and prayers for

guidance for the characters

in their

scenarios.

"My main task is to get young people to understand more clearly and precisely the values and doctrines of the church," Father Smith said.

Father Smith said American society is at risk of becoming "spiritually bankrupt" people value material possessions to the point that they have lost their identity, vision and

—

gospel heritage.

"I'm a firm believer that Catholic morality, when used by people in everyday life, will redeem (those people) and society," said Father Smith. "If we practice justice, peace, charity and morality at work, school and home we will have a better world."

If diverse groups can sit and dialogue as Christians, they can become a model for the world.

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FROM THE COVER

Feminist case

Youths gather for

against abortion ABORTION, from page 1

nists for Life

is

PILGIMAGE, from pagel

a national grassroots orga-

nization that continues the efforts of the

American

early B.

feminists, including

Susan

Anthony and Elizabedi Cady Stanton,

abortion by facilitating practical solutions. is

international spokesperson for pro-life

of "Great Speeches

her speech, Foster addresses 200 years of pro-life feminism and

how the modern women's move-

ment came

The stories

on both

of horror

is full

sides of the issue," she said.

"Coercive and unethical counselors lie

women and

to vulnerable

pressure

them. This has happened in some abortion clinics as well as

some pregnancy

care centers," said Foster.

"Women

have

died from botched abortions, both before

abortion was legalized and

after,

when

choice/ pro-life spectrum."

"What it does not do is help women, which was what the original feminist movement set out to do," she said.

The now-revered feminists of the 19th century were strongly opposed to abortion, said Foster, because of their

worth of all humans. In Anthony's newsletter, The

beliefs in the

Revolution, abortion

was described

"child murder," "infanticide"

Elizabeth

cide."

and

as

"feti-

Cady Stanton, who

in

1848 organized the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., classified abortion as a form of infanticide.

Anti-abortion laws enacted in the latter half of the 19th century were a result of advocacy efforts by feminists who worked in an uneasy alliance with the male-dominated medical profession and the mainstream media, said Foster.

The early feminists understood that,

much

like today,

women

is

more than

"Rarely

we would

aimlessly.

We

mind," he

said.

The is

set out traveling

goal of a pilgrimage, said the to that of a sacred place "where

we want to go and spend some time with the Lord, separate from our daily

"The goal of our

how young life,"

or old we are, is that of he said. "To get to eternal

we go on

life,

a pilgrimage."

"During the Year of the Eucharist, we come to this sacred place one of the

—

first

what

churches in

is

now

the Diocese

of Charlotte," said Bishop Jugis, calling the basilica, which was built in the 1 890s, a "testimony to the Catholics who

came

before us." is

a reminder of

resorted to abor-

on as a family of God, a pilgrimage through the pilgrimage that the church

is

history to God," he said. "This

is

"This is our time now. We are on our way, marching to our eternal home," said Bishop Jugis. "That is a pilgrimage that we never want to lose sight of."

The pilgrimage was one of numerous activities scheduled throughout the diocese to observe the Year of the Eucharist, proclaimed by Pope John Paul II. During the year* which runs through October 2005, a series of programs and

observances

is

scheduled to take place,

including eucharistic adoration in vari-

ous parishes and the diocesan Eucharistic Congress in Charlotte Sept. 23-24.

"The youth pilgrimage was a wonderful privilege to commemorate and devote ourselves is

more faithfully to Our Lord, who

truly present in the holy Eucharist," said

zation for

Women (NOW)

as the

led

said.

"In the 1960s, certain factions of the

a drastic

about-face," said Foster.

"Ironically, the anti-abortion laws

worked so hard

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to

a small

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The eucharistic

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of youths

Father Roger Arn sparger, pastor of St. Barnabas Church in Arden and head of the diocesan planning committee for the Year of the Eucharist "To gather the youth from around the diocese in the Year of the Eucharist, to adore our Lord in the sacrament, is a tremendous opportunity for grace," said Paul Kotlowski, director of diocesan youth ministry. "Hopefully, this experi-

The youth pilgrimage also included remarks by Abbot Placid Solari, abbot of Belmont Abbey; Benediction; and an informal bring-your-own supper.

ence will lead to greater appreciation of

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YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST

Structure of the Liturgy of the Word

Pope

Understanding the Mystery of the Mass, Part 10

of Christian

We know how

by that the

Mass

teaches us

to pray. According to the structure

of the Mass, prayer has the following form: humility and repentance, praise

and adoration, and petition and interThese aspects of prayer particularly involve our words; that is, we speak to God. But perhaps more important than our words, our need to address our Heavenly Father, is his desire to speak

Guest

so both in prayer

and in the holy sacrifice of the Mass, which is the highest form of prayer, we

must

listen to the voice

of the Lord.

We

are seated to listen attentively to the

Good Shepherd who leads life; we must be receptive to Our Lord, who is called "Rabbi," the great teacher, who said, "I am the Way, voice of the

us to eternal

the Truth, and the Life," for he

is

the

Word

of the eternal Father.

Several weeks ago, we discussed the Mass as a sacred ritual, whose parts and prayers are selected, inspired and

Column

centuries. In other words, the selected

readings at the

Mass

are part of this

divine plan of revelation, so that through the seasons of the church year, the mysteries of Christ's birth, life, teaching and miracles, and finally his passion, death and resurrection are unfolded each year. From week to week, the life of our Lord is unfolded, revealed again and again, so that we can penetrate these mysteries and receive the fruits and graces of these mysteries.

Since these readings are pre-selected and handed down to us, they are not subject to the whim of the celebrant.

The readings maintain the universal character of the church it does not matter which Catholic church you attend the country, language, local customs, etc. the same readings are provided everywhere in the world. The celebrant does not have the authority or the freedom to select his favorite read-

—

—

—

ings or discard his least favorite.

nity

FATHER

right to hear the voice of

God

speak to

us in every reading.

And so, the church offers us a threeyear cycle of readings for Sunday Masses and a two-year cycle for weekday Masses. As you attend Mass each week, almost the entire canon of sacred Scripture, almost the whole of the Bible, proclaimed every three years. And if you attend Mass every day, you will hear almost the entire canon of sacred

two

Scripture every

The Sunday

years.

readings follow a very

simple three-year cycle: year

A

concen-

on the Gospel of St. Matthew, year B focuses on the Gospel of St. Mark and year C on the Gospel of St. Luke. These three Gospels are very similar in structure and content and are trates

as the Synoptic Gospels. Since

the Gospel of St. John contains material is

not found

these three Gospels,

in

John's Gospel

proclaimed at specific times of the year and at specific feasts, such as Christmas and Easter.

St.

On

is

Sundays and Solemnities, three

readings are provided.

The

first

read-

ing comes from the Old Testament and is

show

selected to

the Old Testament

foundation for the Gospel. The Old Testament foreshadows the New Testament. The New Testament completes the Old Testament.

In the words of Archbishop Fulton Sheen: "The New is in the Old concealed, the

the is

New

in the

And

is

Old

is

in the

New

its

mission,

Bishop Corti said that Jesus, during the Last Supper, gave the faithful a

new

commandment, "Love each other

as

in

the

New

Christian people," said the pope's written

message released Feb. 19 by the Vatican.

The annual Lenten retreat was attended by members of the Roman Curia, but sources said Pope John Paul did not participate this year; instead he followed

the Feb. 13-19 proceedings via a video

from his apartment. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican's secretary of state, substituted for the pope at the link

Feb. 19 closing Mass. participants prayed that the

pope remain a "vibrant image of the goodness and mercy of the heavenly Father" and asked that "he be loved and listened to by all with brotherly affection."

Bishop Corti dedicated his weeklong series of meditations on the theme, 'The Church at the Service of the New and

"In this simple verse pel, all

we

from the Goslaw and

find a synthesis of every

the prophets," he said in

comments

"All Christians should have at heart" Christ's

commandment

giving the church a "brotherly

of love,

face," said

Bishop Corti.

"If one wants to pay witness to communion, one must learn to see in the other not just what he has gotten wrong, but also that which is good (in him) and to learn to have esteem for him," he said.

In another of his retreat reflections, the Italian preacher said that Christians must ask themselves how they can help "build a world that has signs of hope."

"Today hope is very difficult, and many people say they do not have it," he said.

The church needs to be the first place where hope resides, he said.

Those who

believe in Christ, the

mankind, must put themselves at the service of hope by being at the service of people "who suffer, who are alone, so that they can have reasons to be consoled, encouraged and overcome dif-

hope

for all

ficulties," said

the bishop.

explained."

hope that

first

reading

is fulfilled

in the

Gospel.

The together.

first

reading and the Gospel go Responsorial Psalm is a

The

response to the message of the Old Tes-

tament reading. One psalm

is

selected

out of the 150 psalms of the Old Testament. The second reading comes from

one of the New Testament Epistles, or letters, of one of the Apostles.

Throughout the

year,

we

hear the

inspired accounts of St. Paul, St. Peter,

James or a few others. These second readings often do not follow the pattern St.

established by the first reading and the

Gospel, but they offer specific instruc-

on living the Christian life.

Next week we will take an even closer look of the Liturgy of the Word. tion

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Bishop Renato Corti of Novara addresses cardinals gathered Feb. 19

in St.

Peter's Basilica during the conclusion of the Vatican's annual Lenten retreat. The

pope followed the Feb. 13-19 retreat

"LAST KISS"

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Bishop Renato Corti of Novara, the preacher who led the Lenten retreat, the pope thanked the prelate for underlining the need to keep the Eucharist at the center of daily life.

"At the heart of the church, we have gathered around the mystery of the altar" in which lies "the pulsating heart of the communion and mission of the entire

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YOUTH

IN

4,

2005

ACTION

Special Olympian receives special sendoff by

DEACON GERALD POTKAY CORRESPONDENT

GREENSBORO — any ordinary pep

It

was

from

far

rally at St. Pius

X

Greensboro.

The school gave Anne Kessler, a Special Olympian with multiple scleroSchool

sis,

in

a special sendoff Feb.

selected as one of

North Carolina

two

18.

She was from

athletes

to represent Special

Team USA in Alpine skiing at 2005 World Winter Games in

Olympics the

Nagano, Japan Feb. 26-March Courtesy Photo by Jennifer Garifo

Youths from around the diocese help sort clothes at Crisis Assistance Ministries Charlotte as part of the "Give Your Heart Away" service weekend Feb. 11-13.

in

A

member of

went on in the group.."

At Urban Ministry Center

in Charan interfaith organization that assists the poor and homeless, students ate lunch with and baked cookies for home-

vice

weekend Feb.

11-13.

The

retreat

sponsored by the diocesan Catholic

was

Cam-

which runs Catholic campus ministry at colleges and universities throughout western North Carolina.

Approximately 60 students from nine colleges participated in the repus Ministry

treat,

Office,

held at the

McCarthy

Spirituality

Center on the Sisters of Mercy campus.

"This is the second time I've been on this retreat, and it is a really awesome experience," said Sid Mursten, a student at Appalachian State University.

The students spent the retreat working in groups at several area organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Urban Ministries, House of Mercy, Crisis Assistance Ministries, Catherine's House, Holy Angels and Shining Hope Farms.

'The retreat was a great reminder of what Lent and life are about loving others, helping those in need and working for God," said Caroline Bond, a student at Appalachian State.

At Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit Christian housing organization, the students helped shingle a roof on one house and painted rooms in another.

"While we weren't able to meet the owner of the house, all of us understood that our work would be appreciated," said Nick Dellaripa, a student at Wake

—

Forest.

'The best part was the bonding

The experience offered new perspectives on life.

less people.

students

the

Students also spent the day sorting clothes at Crisis Assistance Ministries in Charlotte, painting room s at Catherine's House and working with residents and Holy Angels and Hous of Mercy in Belmont.

Bishop Peter J. Jugis celebrated Mass for the students and joined them for dinner at the

McCarthy

Center.

"There are a lot of exciting programs taking place on campuses through Catholic Campus Ministry," said Bishop Jugis. "The students are filled with faith and love for Christ."

"I

am

impressed also that people are

away from "It is a pow-

willing to take their time off

Bishop Jugis. expression of faith."

studies," said erful

public relations chair

for Appalachian State

University's Catholic

Campus

held

rally

36

is

in all kinds of sports.

Anne

participated in

Anne, who works at a local supermarket, is a member of the ARC of Greensboro and both the GuilfordGreensboro Athlete Council and steering committee. She has served, as a Global Messenger since 2002 and on the SONC Board of Directors since 2004.

She said Special Olympics have given her a chance to travel and compete

During that time, Anne has com, peted in Alpine skiing, ice skating,

"I've met a lot of friends in Special Olympics," she said. "It's a wonderful dream come true to compete with other

aquatics, golf, soccer, softball, basketball,

athletes across the world."

bowling and cycling. In 1995, she was selected to represent the Kentucky delegation of Special Olympics

During the pep rally, Msgr. Anthony Marcaccio, pastor of St. Pius X Church, blessed Anne for her successful and safe journey to the games.

"I love this," said Anne. "It's going to

the Special Olympics for the last 18 years.

athletics,

Team USA

in aquatics at the Special

Olympics World Summer Games in Connecticut, where she was awarded

be really cool to see Japan."

three gold medals.

was amazing

"It

"This year, Anne won a gold medal in downhill skiing in Boone during the North Carolina state winter games," said

pics," said

David

the

Kessler.

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also attended a training

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for Special

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Colorado

December. In addition to

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it

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opportunity to go to the

'We

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fourth-grader Claire Hudak.

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of our prayers and

(she needs)."

After the pep

parents

Anne got that World Olym-

rally,

Anne and her

for a banquet in Raleigh .

before heading to Los Angeles.

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9

ACTION

Service and sacrifice Teen-agers participate in by

KAREN

A.

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STAFF WRITER

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HIGH POINT

Can hunger

When

serve a higher purpose?

30-Hour Famine

teen-

agers voluntarily go without food for 30

churches decided to participate St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Greensboro and First Methodist Church and Covenant United Methodist

hours, the answer seems to be an un-

Church in High Point.

"The kids (who participated

equivocal "yes."

years) look forward to the fellowship

More than 200

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and the community

in past

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service," said

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Aiken, director of youth ministry at Im-

World

Mary Church.

According to World Vision's Web site, groups raise money

boro-area churches participated in

30-Hour Famine at Christ United Methodist Church Feb. 26-27.

Youths from Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church have participated in the famine for the past nine years. Three years ago, Christ United Methodist Church and Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church joined the Vision's

already successful project.

For the 2005 famine, three more

maculate Heart of

through donors and sponsors to help millions of starving and hurting children in some of the world's poorest countries.

Photo by Karen A. Evans

During the famine, participants went 30 hours without food so they

Students make their mark during the 30-Hour Famine held

could have a real taste of what hunger

27. During the famine, students performed community service projects and collected

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In 2003,

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In a

new

book,

warns that despite the ideologies and tragic lessons of the

Pope John Paul

II

20th century, modern society still acts as if it can determine good and evil without reference to

God^

That represents

a threat to entire

groups of people, including the unborn, the pope says in the book, "Memory and Identity: Conversations Between Millenniums."

"If man can decide alone, without God, what is good and what is evil, then he can also decide to exterminate a category of human beings," the pope wrote.

The 228-page book was unveiled at a Feb. 22 press conference in Rome. It is due out in English later this year.

Based on conversations between the pope and several Polish academics, the

book

is

essentially a papal reflection

on

the ideological struggles that played out

Europe over the

in

100 years and

last

their significance for the 21st century.

With

the advance of the

communist

revolution, the rise of Nazism, the out-

break of World

War

II

and the

installa-

tion of the Soviet regime, the pope views

the 20th century as a stage

the forces of

good and

evil

upon which engaged in

sharp combat.

He is convinced that good has triumphed, but worries that not all the •

lessons have been learned.

For example, the pope noted that means to open the way aggression against other European

Hitler used legal to

countries, the passage of racial laws, the

promulgate such laws should be aware that they are abusing their powers and remain in open conflict with the law of God and the law of nature," he said.

If in the past

it

was

forms, this

basic

human

nasia, genetic manipulation, contracep-

and divorce, he said.

The pope said one egregious example was the recent legislative push to have homosexual unions recognized as an "alternative form of family."

At the book presentation, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation, said the pope was not putting the Holocaust and abortion on the same historical level, but was tion

noting that modern democracies are not immune to evil, including the destruc-

human

which in some forms can even be supported by the majority.

The book is autobiographical in the sense that as a young man the pope lived in a country that found itself in the midst of Europe's ideological struggles. He writes movingly of what people knew and did not know after the Nazi invasion of Poland, saying the true extent of Nazi tion of

evil

life,

was evident only

after the war.

The book has the tone and freshness of a dialogue, but the substance

is

meaty.

It

introduction of the so-called "final solu-

roots of Europe, the relationship between

tion" to eradicate the Jewish race.

the faith and the Enlightenment in 18th-

The pope then connected those historidevelopments with worrisome signs in

modern Europe and elsewhere, and he warned of a dangerous detachment from traditional moral and religious values.

'The most immediate association of ideas that comes to mind are the laws on .

abortion," he said.

and the emergence of the ideals of freedom and equality in democratic states.

Key to the pope's vision is the belief that the

have an opening for nist.

ence.

memory

of one's

own

his-

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old friend was clearly in

He was dizzy, unable to stand without help. His breathing was shallow and labored. His fingers and lips were beginning to take on the bluish tinge that warned of oxy-

It

is

us to himself in the church.

It is up to the church then, to

all

of us who comprise the family of faith, to cooperate in his work by untying

one another. We must undo the bonds that impede our freedom injustice,

—

envy, selfishness, complacency, coldness of heart.

In these last weeks of Lent, may Christ make of us liberators.

his children

rushed him to the hospital. It was a relief to all his anxious family and friends when, many hours later, the doctors reported that the emergency surgery had succeeded.

However, he would need lots of

Questions: How can I assist someone preparing for Easter baptism tofeel more welcome in the church? To whom might I turn for help in "untying" bonds that are keeping

was told. He would be weak for a long time, and his recovery would be slow. Having rejoiced when the crisis was averted, his family now help, the family

me from fully

living

my faith?

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH

6-12

Sunday of Lent), 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13, Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9:1-41; MonSunday day (Sts. Perpetua and Felicity), Isaiah 65:17-21, John 4:43-54; Tuesday (St. John of God), Ezekiel 47:1-9,12, John 5:1-3,5-16; Wednesday (St. Frances of Rome), Isaiah 49:8-1 5, John 5:17-30; Thursday (Lenten Weekday), Exodus 32:7-14, John 5:31-47; Friday (Lenten Weekday), Wisdom 2:1, 12(Fourth

22,

John 7:1-2,25-30; Saturday (Lenten Weekday), Jeremiah 11:18-20, John 7:40-53.

SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH Sunday (Fifth Sunday Weekday), Daniel

13-19

of Lent), Ezekiel 37: 1 2-1 4,

Romans

13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62, John 8: 1-11;

21:4-9, John 8:21-30;

Wednesday (Lenten Weekday),

and

(St. Patrick),

8:8-11

,

John 11:1-45; Monday (Lenten

Tuesday (Lenten Weekday), Numbers

Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92,95, John 8:31-42;

Genesis 17:3-9, John 8:51-59; Friday

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March

Perspectives

A

collection of columns,

editorials

and viewpoints

together to build continent's future WOODEN

CINDY

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Editor's note: pitalization,

opportunity to

Pope John Paul stability

the Media

telephone rang at 6:40 in the

Taking

calls at

odd focused on the sin and crime of sex abuse. But the ongoing coverage of

The one where a reporter gives me some bad news about the pope? the The caller was a reporter

more

—

Can I give a short interview about what it all means to the Catholics of the Dio-

pope was back

in the hospital.

cese of Charlotte? A few minutes later another reporter calls, and then another.

Thanks to the Internet, bad news encircles the globe in an instant. Often it can be summarized in a single

word

—

"illness,"

Then

"tsunami," "earth-

news media begins its repetition of the facts that are combined with analysis, comment and background information. The calls

quake."

the

from reporters are invariably cordial and they represent a great opportunity to step up to the megaphone that is the media and talk about the Catholic Church.

The same people who were calling a year ago to talk about the sex scandal are calling again. This time it is about the condition of the Holy Father. Oddly, as news stories go, the health of the Holy Father and the sex scandals have a few things in common. Both stories commanded a great deal of attention and both present us with what

moment" lighten a

like to call a "teaching

I

—

an opportunity to enfriend, a co-worker or anyasks you a question with an

one who answer that

is

faith based.

In the sex scandal, that an institution as

we

learned

mighty

as the

Catholic Church can falter, just as

we

do, and when it does it must seek forgiveness. The papal health crisis teaches us that we have a pope who demonstrates the triumph of the spirit over the weakening flesh of advancing age, and there are a great many non-Catholics who love and respect John Paul II.

humans

The media

—

In a message

pope's

the

health

has

been

far

positive.

This

is not to say that the faltering health of the Holy Father is good news. But it is a good thing when we read and hear stories of people in prayer and the amazing resiliency of the Holy Father. These stories reinforce the faithful and perhaps introduce the church to many who are seeking faith. Both stories also show that when the church faces a crisis, it turns first to prayer.

As the events unfold in Rome, all of us are going to be in a spotlight.

This is still a mission diocese; there are a lot of people who have legitimate questions about our church.

When asked, we should use the questions as an opportunity to teach, to talk about our faith or the power of prayer, or even the connection between the Holy Father and Jesus Christ through the appointment of St. Peter. The list could go on.

A television reporter, a nonCatholic, who was earnestly trying to understand how Catholics feel about the Holy Father's declining health, recently interviewed me. She asked me, "Are Catholics praying for the pope?"

"Of course," I answered. "In addi-

tion to private prayers,

we pray

for

the Holy Father twice during every Mass, once during the Intercessions and later in the Eucharistic prayer."

"What does prayer do?"

she asked.

It is a

brief question that begs for

a long answer.

know

But from experience

I

that television reporters don't

have time for an answer longer than about eight seconds. I paused and prayed for a worthwhile response.

"Prayer makes the world a better place,"

I

The

Speaks

II

ability

The

II

said the future peace,

of Africans to

work together.

said that in calling for a

ning committee was dated Feb. 23, the day before he was taken to Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he underwent a tra-

cheotomy

The

to relieve breathing difficulties.

text of the pope's

rejoice at the

"I

merous

message was

released Feb. 25 by the Vatican.

ment

in the continent's countries," the

pope said.

But more needs to be done to face the "terrible scourges" of "armed conflict, persistent poverty, diseases and their devastating consequences beginning

—

with the social drama of AIDS

pope

said.

build a prosperous

mitment, generosity and

Reaching

DSA goal will benefit parishes,

St Teresa of Avila said, "Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands but yours, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes through which the compassion of Christ must look out unto the world.

Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless his people."

These words of St. Teresa of Avila are just as true today as they were in her day, as we bring to a close this initial phase of the 2005 Diocesan Support Appeal, themed "We are the hands of Christ." The ministries funded through DSA contributions are the outreach

DSA

the

is

almost halfway to

the goal of $3,950,000. A total of $1,929,086 has been received in pledges from 8,088 donors during the month of February. Thirty-two parishes have pledges exceeding 50 percent of their target amount.

The in-pew effort on Appeal Sunday often results in more than half of our parishes reaching their assessed goal.

Any money received over the parish goal is

own use. during the DSA, I hear of

returned to the parish for year,

many ways

RCIA Commission

its

the appeal has touched

The catechumens and canmy own parish felt a great

zation in the diocese.

their participation in Catholic Social Ser-

Marriage Preparation.

These are just a few of the ways a DSA-funded ministry has made a differvices

ence

in the lives

of our parishioners.

By the time the DSA comes to a close at the

end of 2005, nearly 20,000 parish-

know what

ioners will

church when

all

of the reporting was

David Hains

ofcommunicaofCharlotte. Contact him

in director

at dwhains@charlottediocese.org.

it

means

to be the

hands of Christ through a gift to the appeal. More importantly, over 100,000

know what it means to refrom someone who serves as

people will

the hands of Christ.

tionsfor the Diocese

seniors of the

Sandra Breakfield, director of diocesan Elder Ministry. A young engaged couple spoke of the many ways their marriage will be enhanced thanks to

sense of belonging to the universal Catholic Church when they attended the rite of election, under the direction of the

vidual reporters were out to get the

The

the "Spring Fling," under the direction of

didates in

It may seem news organizations and indi-

of Office of Faith

Formation.

diocese are already looking forward to

to

and sisters in faith good works and blessings.

As we approach Appeal Sunday, 3,

GADDY GUEST COLUMNIST

They

ways of reaching out

1

BARBARA

our brothers with compassion,

sands of people here in our diocese.

March

Column

Parishioners at St. Joseph Church in Asheboro benefited from the Lenten reflections and evening of prayer led by Frank Villaronga, director of evangeli-

ministries that touch the lives of thou-

are

people

Guest

like

of a teaching moment.

sacrifice.

'Hands of Christ' working in many ways

the value of any story.

on

and stable

needs all its children and their joint efforts," he said.

The pope prayed that African Catholics would become clear witnesses for their neighbors of how much can be accomplished with comsociety, Africa

ceive help

officially neutral

— wide-

spread insecurity and corruption," the

people's lives.

is

commitment of nuurgent work of

faithful in the

evangelization and to social develop-

'To

pope's letter to the synod plan-

Each

said.

reporter smiled; the sure sign

POPE

JOHN PAUL

and development of Africa depend

take several years to prepare.

hours is part of my job. Lately I've been getting a lot of them.

Was this the call I've been dreading?

this

of Bishops for Africa he hoped to "deepen and prolong" the energy and commitment African Catholics brought to the church and society following the first African synod, which was held in 1994.

Pope John Paul announced in November that he was convoking a new synod, although he did not announce a date for the gathering. Generally synods

GUEST COLUMNIST

recently.

pope's hos-

new Synod

&

DAVID HAINS

My

to the

no coverage

signed before he went into the hospital,

enlighten the world

morning

is

VATICAN CITY

The pope

Catholics

Due

there

The Pope

week of his weekly audience.

on the

Catholics have

2005

Pope says Africans must work by

The teaching moment

4,

Barbara Gaddy

is

associate director

developmentfor the Diocese of Charlotte.

of

March

4,

The Catholic News & Herald 15

2005

Holy Week It

seems to

me

is

about 'unclogging the

gious people." And yet he has the good news for the same people: I have come to lift the heavy burden you are carrying into your worship experience. I

that "repentance"

has been the key word for the whole season of Lent, and it reaches its apex

Guest

during the Holy Week, which is by all standards the most important week

Column

of the year.

We have heard many times during our liturgical prayers, "If you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts." The voice of the Lord

AURILIA,

have an answer by unclogging the arteries rather than going on with the hardness of heart. Sometimes, we are unaware of our stony hearts by being agnostics or non-authentic, by being Mr. or Mrs. Perfect, by being mercenaries rather than volunteers.

The word "agnostic" means somebody who does not know or somebody who claims he or she does not know. The early church suffered a great deal about this illness that plagued society for many centuries and there is still some "left-over" to-

claim to be Jesus' followers walking in the light of love, but our lifestyle does

not really reflect this, we are liars, as the Apostle John bluntly wrote. cannot ignore our brothers

We

and

of the claims of the agnostic people was that Jesus was not real and once they acquired that knowledge, they could live as they pleased and do anything they cared to do.

The result of this mess was a very low standard of morality and values. know by experience that "if anything goes, nothing comes." Then

We

comes

into play.

If

we

sisters,

whom we see, God, whom we

and pre-

tend to love don't see.

The cost of discipleship is not free nor is the gift of God. It does not mean that we buy the gift or we bribe God for it. It simply means we must meet certain requirements to receive his

The

have come to lift the heavy burden you are carrying into your relationship with God and one another.

Not the external letter of the law, but the spirit "within" should be the basis of our approach to God and others. Therefore, change, turn, unclog your arteries and open the flow of love and grace. It's OK to change the status quo into the status

other John (the Baptist)

tells

The New Testament, speaking

of

FATHER JOHN

not the brain.

The

truth

is

physically have a very healthy

CNS COLUMNIST

heart and a very weak mind. Jesus goes to the heart of the matter: He goes to our thinking and our feeling.

Repentance basically is "change."

recent response to

may

on

us.

Forced repentance, forced

in terms.

The genuine

love,

followers of

Christ are volunteers and lovers.

make

see ourselves as

am

I,

so

let's

the best of our flaws!

If a priest or minister is preaching the Word of God, would you agree that he should be free in this country to say what needs to be said in order to apply that Word of God to the circumstances of our times?

That's exactly what Martin Luther King, Jr. thought, and he said this the night before he was assassinated: "It's all right to talk about the new Jerusalem, but one day, God's preacher must talk about the new New York, the new Atlanta, the new Philadelphia, the new Los Angeles, the new Memphis, Tennessee."

The Second Vatican Council also defended the freedom of the preacher in these words in the Pastoral Consti-

tution on the Church in the Modern World: "... At all times and in all places, the Church should have the true freedom to teach the faith, to

proclaim its teaching about society, to carry out its task among men without hindrance, and to pass moral judgment even in matters relating to politics, whenever the fundamental rights of man or the salvation of souls requires

it"

But

(GS

in

was

is

pastor of

Church

in

Hendersonville.

freedom

that tax-exempt groups could not intervene in political campaigns. said

This amendment to the tax code was inserted without hearings or debate; it was done literally within a few

threatened when Lyndon Johnson introduced an amendment into the tax code to protect himself from anticommunist groups that were threatening his re-election. Johnson was not

popular assumption that all laicized wicked abusers. You didn 't mention that a priest can be laicized after walking away from the priesthoodfor a number of reasons which do not involve abuse.

As the daughter of a laicized priest who left the priesthood in the tumultuous 1960s, I can say you should have thought harder before responding in such a cold way. After 30 years away, he returned to

Mass almost

daily

and

ministers- are confused and intimidated about "preaching about politics," to the point that some church attorneys even gave legal advice in the last election cycle saying that churches should not quote the president talking about the "Culture of Life," because, after all, he was running for re-election.

A piece of legislation has be reintroduced in Congress to restore some sanity to the situation. The Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act (HR 235) will protect the contents of the sermons and religious teachings delivered in our nation's churches by insuring that such content does not become the basis for challenging a church's tax-exempt a bedrock of

our republic. It takes on an even greater dimension when considered context of churches. Those who preach and teach the Word of God are carrying out a mission not given

to his

list.

(Missouri)

A. Perhaps you didn't notice that the questioner in that

Guest

cally asked

Column

against Catholic law."

column

specifi-

about a priest who is "laicized because of grievous offenses it

seems you did

I

took, that, as

referring

also, as

especially to the current scandals of

FATHER FRANK PAVONE

bishops, priests and

is

society.

a loaded statement that makes

is

the

added

minutes.

Freedom of speech

This

the church, goes to

targeting churches, but his action affected them, because the amendment

Now, many

members of civil

Catholics or

prays for himself family and friends, the church and other priests. You should be

status.

76).

1954, this freedom

religious

"designed to protect the rights of everyone victims, the offenders and other

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; any

priests are

Capuchin Father Aurilia

Immaculate Conception

was offended by the tone ofyour "What does laicization mean?" You said the laicization process is Q. I

You

Free speech in church Sermon content should be protected for

DIETZEN

we

that

are not perfect, neither

Mr. or Mrs. Perfect.

Not by accident, Jesus uttered the harshest words to the so-called "reli-

Question

Greek mentality, which believed that the heart was the center of our being,

The problem with some of us we never can get the business of repentance started because we may that

meaning Corner

forced forgiveness are contradictions

surgery.

of response

the "hardness of heart," refers to the

us that repentance is a change of heart; in modern understanding, we talk about heart-transplant or bypass is

Clarification

fidei.

We know that change cannot be forced

free gift.

One

authenticity

Cap.

must

calling to repentance, therefore,

!day.

FATHER JOHN

OFM

arteries'

sexual abuse by priests. The response I gave was in that context.

It

GUEST COLUMNIST

is

worth noting, however, that

may

several possible circumstances

explain a priest's being dismissed from

the clerical state, or laicized.

Some

are

punishments for wrongdoing, but oth-

them by an earthly authority, but them by the King of kings and Lord of lords.

The content of a sermon or relito

ers involve dismissal with the priest's

rather entrusted to

own

gious teaching, therefore, has to be protected in order to insure that religion can be freely and properly exercised, that the preacher can fulfill the sacred duties to which he is solemnly committed, and that the congregation can receive the clear and robust teaching of their religion, free of distortion, dilution, or apology.

That's why each of us should contact our representative in Congress and urge support for 235, the Houses of Worship Free Speech Res-

HR

consent or at his request.

Canon law provides that dismissal from the clerical state may occur through a declaration that the ordina-

was

tion

invalid (similar to the decla-

ration of nullity of a marriage);

it

may

be imposed as a penalty; or it may be granted for "most grave causes" to priests who request it (No. 290).

As you say about your father, it is rash to judge Catholic priests who left the ministry, especially in this third

way.

Many

are living

full,

active and

faithful Catholic lives. It is a

to

mistake

assume otherwise.

Questions for this column should be Father John Dietzen, Box 3315,

toration Act.

in the

sent to

Father Frank Pavone director

of Priests for

Life.

is

national

Peoria,

III.

61612,

jjdietzen@aol.com.

or

email

March

4,

The Catholic News & Herald 16

2005

PARISH PROFILE

Family of faith:

St.

Gilfillan's direction, the parish

Joseph Church

serves Catholics in

come

Catawba County

Trained parishioners also are involved in a ministry to the sick. Community outreach programs include support of such

organizations as Eastern Catawba Cooperative Christian Ministry,

ST.

The Corner Table soup

kitchen and

the Pregnancy Care Center.

JOSEPH CHURCH

720 West 13th

has be-

active in prison ministry.

The parish

St.

strongly illustrated

emwhen

its

Newton, N.C. 28658

brace of ecumenism in October 1996

(828) 464-9207

Vicariate: Hickory

St Joseph Church celebrated five years of dialogue with Beth Eden Evangelical Lutheran Church. The festivities included

Pastor: Father James Collins

the signing of a historical- covenant be-

Deacon Scott Deacon George McMahon

Permanent Deacons: Gilfillan,

Number

tween the two churches, outlining an agreement to work together toward unity as they approached the millennium.

of Households: 500

That

relationship continues today

as both churches continue to

work

to-

gether for Christian unity. This past January, Bishop Peter J. Jugis went to Joseph Church to participate in the Christian Unity Service along with representatives of Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyt St.

Week of Prayer for

and Church of Christ churches.

Joseph Church experienced a dev astating fire on Feb. 28, 2002, the rest rian.

St.

of a candle

Father James Collins

left

burning

*'

in the church's

While the majority of the strucmechanical and electrical damage

chapel. tural,

was contained

to the chapel, the sanctu-

ary received extensive smoke damage.

Photo Br George Cobb

warm welcome,

as its

been paid

in full

even before that

Mass was

celebrated.

mortgage had

Although established St.

Joseph Church

in

Newton has served Catholics

in

Catawba County

for

more than

30 years.

NEWTON

—

gene Livelsberger, then-pastor of St. Aloysius Church, saw the Catholic population in his Catawba County region grow. In 1977, ground was broken to begin construction on a new church in Newton, which was dedicated in Octo-

In the late 1800s, Catholic priests visited the Hickory area to

do missionary work. They continued

to celebrate

1928,

when

Mass

periodically until

Benedictine priests began

celebrating weekly Masses in Hickory's St.

Aloysius Church.

While

ber 1978.

Catholics

in

Then-Bishop Michael

Catawba

County had been gathering to attend Mass from time to time for almost a century, it took until 1965 for land to be purchased on which to build a mission church in Newton.

During the

early 1970s,

to offer

Parents

Mass

The new

Msgr. Eu-

Now Your

J.

Begley

served as celebrant of the dedication Mass of St. Joseph Church, after which Msgr. Livelsberger and his pastoral associate, Father John Murray, continued

Can

for Catholics in

Newton.

Catholic Church received a

Live At

first

as a mission

church of St. Aloysius Church,

St.

Joseph

experienced -rapid growth. Bishop Begley, in turn, installed Father John Hoover as its first resident priest in December 1979, thereby granting parish status to St. Joseph Church.

The tion to

parish quickly turned

expanding outreach

its

atten-

efforts.

The

pastoral council voted to build a parish

We Build Friendships With Families

congregation turned the tragedj

proving and enlarging the church. The sanctuary was expanded and classroom^ were added to alleviate overcrowding.

During the 13-month rebuilding project,

Mass was

ish hall.

celebrated in the par-

The newly renovated church

saw its first celebration of Mass on Holy Thursday in April. Then-Bishop William G. Curlin rededicated the church on June

15,

2003.

In June 2004, the

Alma Mae Hoover

center for faith formation and social ac-

Carpenter and Charles Harold Carpenter

tivities. Named Holy Family Hall, it was completed in the fall of 1982.

St. Joseph Church has continued to welcome all seeking to share in the Lord's grace. Father Richard Hokanson was pastor from 1991 to 1997. Father

Endowment Fund for the Benefit of St. Joseph Parish was established through the Foundation for the Diocese of Charlotte. Interest generated from the $200,000 endowment, donated by parishioner Charles Carpenter, assists in non-budgeted needs of the parish.

Although it is less than 30 years old, St. Joseph Church is the product of decades of Catholicism's presence in western North Carolina. From its beginnings as a mission church to a thriving

Gordon

Pillon served as administrator

from 1997 to 1999.

Father James Collins assumed the pastorate of St. Joseph Church in 1999.

Home!

The

into an opportunity for rebuilding, im-

Community is a staple of the Newton church. In addition to a variety of active parish commissions, St. Joseph

parish

parishioners volunteer their time to such

to be an active family of faith.

Knights of Columbus; Prime Timers, a retiree group; and youth and Hispanic ministries. With Deacon Scott

uted to this

community

today,

it

has proven

efforts as

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