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16,

1997

Announced For

Northern Mecklenburg County By

JOANN KEANE

one of the

—

HUNTERS VILLE Explosive growth of the Diocese of Charlotte was further evidenced this

Cobb.

With

week with the May

in

growing areas

this in

in

North

mind, the diocese opted

to utilize a 2 3 -acre tract

on Stump town

Rd., land purchased by the diocese in

13 proclamation: Establishment of the

newest parish

fastest

Carolina," said Planning Director George

Associate Editor

1990.

western North Carolina.

A recently purchased home across

Announcing St. Mark in Huntersville as a parish, Bishop William G. Curlin said, "St. Mark parish will help meet the

from the property

needs of our parishioners residing in northern Mecklenburg County." The bishop named Msgr. Joseph Kerin as pastor of the new parish community.

zip codes 28078, 28031 and 28036,

Mark

In a letter to registered Catholics in

faith

The decision

for St.

Mark comes

Msgr. Kerin issued an invitation to join the new faith community. On June 1 the first Mass for St. Mark will be offered at Northcross Lanes at the Lake, located on ,

af-

Highway

and reflection of information prepared by the Office of Planning. Along with the bishop, Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor, and members of the presbyteral council reviewed an extensive feasibility study outlining growth trends and ter consultation

population shifts

in the

will serve as the St.

parish rectory.

21, off 1-77 at exit 25.

In the foreseeable future, the

ing center will be

home base

bowl-

for the

people of St. Mark, with Masses scheduled Sundays at 9 and 1 1 a.m. "We plan to take

our time to organize the parish

and form community, then assess our (facility) needs," said Msgr. Kerin. "Any building program will develop as a re-

area of northern

Mecklenburg County. "This area (along with southern Iredell County) is sited as

sult

of that procedure."

Parish boundaries for St.

Mark begin

at

the northeast corner of

Mecklenburg County and proceed west along that boundary reaching the waof Lake Norman; proceeding southwest in the main channel of the lake until the until

Photo by

JIMMY ROSTAR

"Esse Quam Videri.To be, rather than to seem...." Noted author and television veteran Charles Kuralt addresses the graduting class of Belmont Abbey College May 10.

ters

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and proceed north along the Mecklenburg County

Msgr. Joseph Kerin and the sign noting the location of St. Mark, the newest parish in the Diocese of Charlotte.

Address Belmont Graduates BELMONT During the 119th annual commencement exercises of Belmont Abbey College and the solemn academic Mass that preceded it, a pair of native sons and a diocesan shepherd conveyed a message of hope and advocated the virtuous, simple life to the graduating class of 1997.

Charles Kuralt, musician-composer Loonis McGlohon and Bishop David B. Thompson of the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., addressed the 216 undergraduates and graduates, along with families and friends, from the Belmont Abbey Church

line,

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Briefs

10-11 12

May

10.

"There is such a thing as a conspiracy of good people," Kuralt reminded the audience. "They know one another when they meet, and they do all the important and lasting work of the world.

"My fondest wish for you on graduation day is that you so live your life as to become one of these good people." print

whose television, radio and media work has taken him to the

most

distant reaches of the globe, has

made

a.career out of profiling such folks.

Kuralt,

spent 37 years with the CBS television network, yielding 13 Emmy Awards, three Peabodys and a variety of other recognitions along the way. His most recent publication, Charles Kuralt 's America, continued the native Tarheel's celebration of people, unaffected pleasures and, as he said under the spires of Belmont Abbey Church, "the standards of the graceful and worthy

He

life."

He

suggested that the students seek

the interconnectedness of living with

purpose and the graces that result from serving others. "Your companions on this earth need you," he said, "and you must put your talent and aptitude at their service if your own life is to have meaning."

Conferred an honorary doctor of laws degree during the ceremony, Kuralt counts himself as owing a "debt to the older generation." He said he tried to repay that contribution with renowned

composer and musician Loonis McGlohon back in 1984 by writing North Carolina

is

My Home

in corn-

See Graduates, page 3

2

The Catholic News

& Herald

May

New Archbishop To Chicagoans: Am

By BILL BRITT CHICAGO (CNS) — "I am Francis,

keeper from Portland; Mary Jo Tully, a former Chicagoan who serves as chancellor of the Archdiocese of Portland; and a number of Chicago archdiocesan

your neighbor," Archbishop Francis E. George told Chicagoans May 7 at his installation as new archbishop of Chi-

officials.

a city of neighborhoods"

the 60-year-old Chicago native said in a

homily

in

which he paid homage

to the

Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin and

late

others

who preceded him

Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan,

4

cago. is

1997

Francis, Your Neighbor'

'I

"Chicago

16,

apostolic pro-nuncio, officiated at the

of installation.

"I pray that you will offer a good, happy, long, fruitful benefit to society," he told Chicago's new archbishop. "This rite

as archbishop

moment

of Chicago.

is

His greeting as "Francis, your neighbor" evoked Jesus' call to treat every-

of the church."

During his homily, Archbishop George spoke honestly of his surprise at being named archbishop of Chicago.

He recalled that when he attended the funeral Nov. 20 for Cardinal Bernardin, he never imagined he would be in the cathedral May 7 "taking on his

one as one's neighbor and Cardinal

when he

Bernardin's greeting

Chicago 17 years your brother."

earlier, "I

arrived in

am

Joseph,

The new archbishop introduced himself as a

man who wishes

to help ease

who harmony among all

the city's racial tensions and one

wants

to create

people.

CNS

"Cardinal Bernardin said it also at the end of his days, and he truly was your brother and brother to

many

said.

others as well.

As

the

new

archbishop entered the

holy space, the entire congregation greeted him with a standing ovation.

Archbishop George smiled, waved and nodded to the congregation that had

explained to the priests last night (at vespers)," he said, "I cannot, I should not claim such intimacy now.

come

"But since Christians are to look on everyone as a potential neighbor," he

ognizes the city's

"As

I

said, "for starters, if

you, I will say that neighbor."

The

I

it

to

welcome him.

Archbishop George Chicagoan he reclong history of neigh-

In his homily,

said that as a native

borhoods and

which were read

namese and English.

Catholics in the Chicago Archdiocese

number about 2.34

Francis, your

they tend to separate people.

"What does the bishop bring to the

Arch-

neighborhood? In any place, at any time, the bishop has to see to it that the whole church makes visible the gifts that Christ wants his people to enjoy," he said.

A church that is faithful to the Lord must transform the neighborhood, he

a corporation, neither a club nor a seminar.

Illinois

Gov. Jim Edgar and his wife, Brenda, and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and his wife, Maggie.

Dozens of women and men religious and laity, as well as members of the Greek Orthodox community, Jewish community and other religious communities, also participated in the celebra-

tion.

The procession entered the cathedral against the musical backdrop of Poulenc's Concerto in G minor. Twentyfive U.S. archbishops processed in, followed by 91 U.S. bishops.

Then came Chicago's Auxiliary Bishops Raymond E. Goedert, John R. Gorman, Thad J. Jakubowski, Edwin M. Conway, Gerald F. Kicanas, George V. Murry, John R. Manz, Alfred L. Abramowicz and Timothy J. Lyne.

Cardinals Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, James Hickey of Washington, William Keeler of Baltimore, Bernard Law of Boston, Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, Adam Maida of Detroit, John O'Connor of New York and Edmund Szoka (now a Vatican official) walked immediately in front of the new

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ployees.

The congregation included

Diocese of Charlotte

added.

"The church

After the Eucharist, he thanked Pope John Paul II for his confidence and for selecting him to replace Cardinal Bernardin. He also thanked the civic leaders, the leaders of other faiths who shared in the celebration, his family and friends, the priests of the archdiocese and Bishop Goedert for his work.over the past months.

two percent are of European background; 3 1 percent are Hispanic; 4 percent, African-American; and 3 percent, AsianAmerican.

Gift bearers for the offertory in-

archbishop, as well as civic leaders, church officials and archdiocesan em-

us in force today."

million. Sixty-

cluded the archbishop's sister and brother-in-law, Margaret Mary and James Cain; his secretary and his house-

and then entered the cathedral.

Inside the aisles overflowed with friends, family and well-wishers of the

"But then, coming occasionally as a and seeing Cardinal Stritch in this sanctuary, I never imagined that I would someday be his successor too," he added. "If surprise is a sign of God's presence, then God is with lad to this cathedral

in six languages:

their important place in

installation liturgy for

to celebrate the universal-

mission."

Spanish, Polish, Tagalog, Korean, Viet-

residents' lives, but he noted also that

bishop George at Holy Name Cathedral began with a lengthy procession that started outside a couple of blocks away

archbishop.

sions,

right with

is all

am

photo from Reuters

Archbishop Francis E. George receives the offertory gifts during his installation as the eighth archbishop of Chicago May 7 at Holy Name Cathedral. The former archbishop of Portland, Ore., told the people of Chicago, "I am Francis, your neighbor."

"In his first days here, Archbishop Bernardin often said that he was Joseph,

your brother," he

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16,

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Christ,

generations by the

of God and moving forward, as a pilgrim people, according to the mission she has received from her Lord," he said.

"In the church, every racial and cultural difference must be made public so that everyone can come to know how Christ can be black or white or brown or yellow or red."

Dear Friends

in Christ:

Spirit

Archbishop George said that the church must work to create a neighborhood in which everyone can be at home.

Those themes of racial justice, equality and multiculturalism were visible during the ceremony's general interces-

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Graduates Urged To Join "Conspiracy Of Good People "from our faith

we must

is

not enough;

practice

it."

commended with

com-

the 1997 recipient of the Adrian Faculty

mencement, said Christ himself celebrated the

Excellence Award "not only for her enthusiasm in the classroom, but also for the care and concern with which she calls her students to accountability and responsibility," according to Benedictine Father Placid D. Solari, academic dean, who presented the award.

Dean of Students Dr. Michael McLeod bestowed the Abbey Person of the Year honor to Heather Eileen Smith, president of the Student Government

letters at the

baccalaureate Mass, first

homily

baccalau-

to his stu-

dents, the apostles.

"He gave them then three pieces of advice:

'Learn of me, abide in me, love one another,'" the bishop added. "All of us, whether we are believers or not, should learn about Jesus Christ.

(He) was the tenured teacher for the apostolic college.

He is the tenured

teacher here for you.

Bishop David B. Thompson of the Charleston Diocese Please do not graduate proceeds with Charles Kuralt following the 1 1 9th annual yourself from him." commencement exercises at Belmont Abbey College.

"If you take these three pieces of advice memoration of their home state's 400th from our Blessed Lord, the divine master and teacher ... you have a fix on life birthday.

McGlohon, who also received an that will lead to you success and fulfillhonorary doctor of laws degree, per- ment," he said.

Bishop Thompson concelebrated the formed a selection with Kuralt from their liturgy with the Right Reverend Oscar tribute during the commencement. Their collaboration first appeared as a sound Burnett, abbot and chancellor of Belmont recording, then later as a book, stage Abbey, as well as other Benedictine and show and television program. In addi- visiting clergy.

At the convocation, Bishop Thomption to his work with Kuralt, McGlohon

ily,

community and state.

"Esse Quam Videri. That

motto," Kuralt read, with

is

our

McGlohon

at

keyboard behind his long-time friend.

"They are Latin words, but they suit us.

'To be, rather than to seem.'"

At the baccalaureate Mass earlier in the morning, concelebrant and homilist Bishop Thompson extolled virtues similar to that of the North Carolina slogan.

"Knowing Christ is not enough; we must follow him," the bishop said. "Knowing a

commended

for his

more than

45 years of priestly dedication. Abbot Burnett, presenter of the bishop's degree, lauded the South Carolina shepherd for his

commitment

nity relations

Dr. Kimberly Robertson, Belmont

mane

reate

son was

humane

Abbey College

giving the

was noted during the ceremony for decades of devotion and service to his fam-

Rita of Cascia

conferred the honorary degree of doctor of hu-

first

JIMMY ROSTAR

a doctorate in

1

letters.

Bishop Thompson,

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to education,

commu-

and vocations, the

latter

bishop in 1990.

Also receiving an honorary degree was Benedictine Father Terrence G. Kardong of Assumption Abbey in North Dakota, whose work as monk, priest,

associate professor of

recreational studies,

was recognized

as

was born in 1381 in Italy. She wanted to join the religious life, however her parents arranged a Rita

marriage. For 18 years she bore the abuse of a brutal husband. After the deaths of her husband and their two sons, Rita became an Augustinian nun. She had a deep devotion to the Lord's passion, and she received on her head a wound of a piercing thorn. She died a

who "in many ways ... repwhat Belmont Abbey College

Association,

recluse in 1450. She

resents

is

hopes

patroness of impossible and desperate causes.

accomplish with all of its students" through her mature responsibility to her community and fellow stuto

Her

feast is

May

22.

dents.

Throughout the ceremonies, the

Scripture

graduates were reminded of being rather

than seeming, and of learning and abid-

^Readings for tlie week of

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JKay

another. In her senior address, Class of

1997 President Erin Margaret Egan re"We have seen many changes since we have been at Belmont Abbey," she said. "We have been influenced by

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Pope John Paul II

Veneration Of Mary Brings Faithful Closer To Jesus, Pope Says

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) Here is the Vatican text ofPope John Paul lis remarks in English at his weekly general audience

May

more

Killing mostly-born infants

way of salvation

7.

with a pair of scissors.

We're debating

this?

The Diocese of Charlotte Respect

Life Office

704.331.1720

Dear brothers and

sisters,

In our catechesis

on the

the Blessed Virgin Mary,

Mary

motherhood of seen that Jesus, on

spiritual

we have

to the

—

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ciple,

may

homes

all

Christians receive

Mary

into their

own

Jn 19:27), sharing with her the concerns and events of their lives. Thus they will appreciate ever (cf.

&

piscopa/Gafencfcar

Amy

take part in the following events: St. Patrick

May 21

May 18

Prejudice? In

— 7 p.m.

Confirmation

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Newark, N.J.

— 9:30 a.m.

St. Patrick

St.

Cathedral

Aloysius

Church

Hickory

2:30 p.m.

May 24

Confirmation

Confirmation

St. Patrick

St.

Cathedral

— 5 p.m.

Joseph Church

Charlotte

Kannapolis

May 19 — 9 a.m.

May 25

Mass and May Crowning of Mary

Trinity

Sunday Mass

St. Patrick

Cathedral

Charlotte

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plauded the efforts of church authorities from throughout Europe who had gathered in Rome to share insights on religious vocations. Urging the assembled cardinals, bishops and experts on vocations to work for a new blossoming of interest in consecrated life and the priesthood, the pope reminded them May 9 that "it is, therefore, urgent that a great movement of prayer sweeps across the ecclesial community of the European continent, countering the wind of secularism."

scribe

cern

You know, we're

attend our school? they

They then designed a

flyer for recruitment pur-

What about gender

my

school were recently asked to de-

any racism or ethnic prejudice they could

among

dis-

their classmates.

piped up without hesitation. "After all, we only have a couple of black students, so there's no one here to be prejudiced

"Oh, there

any," one

isn't

girl

against."

Strange logic.

woman

Welborn

poses.

It

took a few minutes, but the young

eventually understood that her example

was

probably strong evidence for the presence of prejudice,

reotypes?

couple of

and emerged with a program for the student body in which successful businesswomen would be invited to come and speak on their experiences, giving all, male and female alike, examples of what women achieve in the work world.

Another group of students came up with a whole series of flyers they'd distribute to the students, a series to

be

titled

"The Truth About

— drama — and ended with

prejudice.

ance.

— Athletes — Cheerleaders — Boys drama music must be — Academic achievers

kids, cheerleaders, the al-

sometimes

cure about their

difficult for

own

gay.

were tackle one

the students

given an assignment: Devise a strategy to of these problems. It has to be realistic and specific.

The results were imaginative and specific.

Some students addressed the problem of a rather homogenous student body. Why don't more minori-

young people, so insebe open-minded and

identities, to

and prejudge than to take the risk, get to know another person and perhaps find yourself changed in the process.

As one boy said to me: "I feel better just hanging around people who are like me. Why do you want to force me to be around people I don't have anything in common with?"

It's not a matter of forcing anyone to be friends or best buddies with anyone else. No, it's simpler than that. The real world is a big and complicated place, much bigger than your own neighborhood, school or church.

how

learning

is

You

to get along in

can't hide in a shell forever.

Besides, aren't you a

little bit

fascinated that there are so

are nerds.

a plea for toler-

tolerant of others' differences. It's easier to laugh, joke

that diverse world.

are airheads.

What can be done?

After a week or so of discussion,

It's

crowd

Part of education

are stupid.

or

ternative

..."

flyer presented facts about various groups

within the school

Hispanic students regularly are referred to as "wetbacks" and "orange pickers."

Students reluctant to spend their money are called "Jews."

And in this enlightened age, the infamous "n-word" is by no means a thing of the past. Its pervasive use in rap music doesn't help.

Some students revealed that their parents have forbidden them to date across racial lines and have instilled a wide variety of fears and judgments in their minds.

Prejudice isn't just a matter of race, ethnicity or gender, either. Stereotypes run wild in the high school world, a fact that makes it really hard for kids to be themselves. Do any of these sound familiar?

stegirls

grappled with those tensions

Each

it.

A

Once past that, students were quick to present examples of everyday speech and actions expressive of

in

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ties

right.

rather than against

— 11 a.m.

school?

Christians.

Students in

Charlotte

my

After all, we're a Catholic school.

King

Confirmation

visitors, especially

from England, Indonesia, Japan and the United States. Upon you and your families I cordially invoke the joy and peace of Jesus Christ our savior.

asked.

Yeah,

— 7 p.m.

speaking

the pilgrims

My School?

In

Never.

Good Shepherd Mission

May 22

Mass

Prejudice?

School

Charlotte

Ordination for

Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Capuchins) the

wel-

to all the English-

Guest Column

Bishop William G. Curlin will

17

in Christ.

warm

extend a

come

Apostle John to be the mother of all his disciples. Jesus' words "Behold, your Mother!" (Jn 19:27) help us to see that the church's devotion to Mary is based on the Lord's own will that all his followers should share his filial love for his Mother. As the history of Christian piety makes clear, Mary is the way which leads us to Christ. The veneration of Mary increases and perfects our closeness to her son, our savior and lord. It is significant that Jesus entrusted Mary to his disciples at the hour of his death on the cross, at the supreme moment of his redemptive mission. Like St. John, the beloved disCalvary, entrusted

fully her role as ex-

ample and guide along the I

Priestly

1997

The Pope Speaks

CPro^/Bife Gorner

May

16,

many

curious? Aren't you

different people with

such varied life experiences out there? Why would people want to limit themselves in such a world, closing in rather than opening up to the richness that every person offers?

Amy

Welborn

is

a

CNS columnist.

"

May

16,

The Catholic News

1997

One Candle

Light

Father Thomas

Mother's Day: Making Life Meaningful

A man

stood over his baby's crib,

down room and

His wife entered silently watched him. She the saw in his face a range of emotions: wonstaring

intently.

must not keep us from coming to terms with the power of the imagery the force of emotions associated with such a day. Motherhood remains one of the most elemental images. Some feminists

argue that the mystique of mother-

der, doubt, admiration.

hood restricts

Deeply touched, she moved closer, put her arms around him and said, "A penny for your thoughts." He blurted out: "For the life of me, I can't see how anybody can make a crib like that for

may

$39.95!"

That may be a fun "father" story, but if we reversed the characters and tried to make it a fun "mother" story, it just wouldn't work. Images of dad handing out cigars to total strangers and pressing his

nose against the nursery window

at

the hospital have a certain universal appeal. But, oh,

how we

love the image of

mom cuddling her newborn Our merchandising knack

for

infant.

culture has a

making Mother's Day nearly

collapse under the weight of sentimentality

and idealism. But fear of unreality

—

—

the

ways

in

which

women

find fulfillment. Yet, while ac-

knowledging the mystique, we dare not abandon the mystery.

Neither test-tube babies nor any other modern scientific "breakthrough" can be substituted for the ancient and ongoing mystery of the human "bond-

ing" in the parent-child relationship.

And

more than a biological or legal fact. To be a mother in the fullest sense requires more than the ability to have babies: A woman becomes a mother and an infant becomes a child when the relationship is sealed and celebrated in love and responsibility. Hubeing a parent

man

life

is

clearly

has innate value. But

it

takes

the love, the importance attributed

parents and

& Herald 5

by

community to bestow a sense

of individual worth.

J.

McSweeney

In the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion, Justice

Blackmun,

erly

be precious

in the

human

ingful ist in

life"

mean-

—

our

sight.

account of the final day of

ex-

judgment, when the wit-

months

nesses called to testify for or

may

the last three

in

Remember Matthew's

majority opinion, suggested that a "potential for

and frail, or in some other these must

way vulnerable

of pregnancy. What a tragic missing of the point! What a dangerous

against us will be the most

On that day, when history when government takes upon itself finds its fulfillment in the Kingdom of the right to decide when human life is God, your life and mine will be found meaningful and when it is not! Are we meaningful only if we have, in love, bevulnerable?

thing

God's children because our lives are meaningful? No. Our lives are meaningful because God, in love, has declared us to be His children! The difference is all important. It is precisely the work of love to make meaningful the life that seems to possess the least meaning.

A healthy society, shaped by this moral tradition and built upon the Mystery of Love, is marked by its concern for

its

unborn

most defenseless members.

An

handicapped toddler, a

child, a

teen-age mother, someone

who

is

men-

tally retarded, or desperately poor, or eld-

stowed meaning on others.

Mother's Day is not a day sentimentality. In celebrating

for it,

cheap

we

seized by the world's greatest reality the transforming

power of

love.

are

—

Even

if

one day out of the year, Mothers' Day helps explain what life itself is all about.

"Mother" is another word for Love.

For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "All In A Mother's Day, write to The Christophers, 12 East 48th for

St.,

New

York,

NY.

10017.

Father Thomas

J.

McSweeney

is di-

rector of the Christophers.

Question Corner Father John Dietzen

New Vatican

St. Paul insists that genuine Christian love is patient, not pompous, and "does not rejoice over

something objectively sinful is wrong.

It is a cosmic leap to a ever, to deliberately attempt

I

Cor 13).

Wrongdoing must some-

will attempt to respond as well as pos-

times be identified and ad-

the church s teaching on artificial birth

Guidelines for

Confessors Q. Our Catholic newspaper recently reported on the new Vatican guidelines

control?

They might not want to believe it. But that

not invincible ignorance.

's

wrongdoing"

for confessors, mostly about birth conA. Yours

seems.

trol, it

What disturbs me

is

the statement

is

a

good question, and

however, something very much bothers me in the mail I'm receiving about this. Perhaps it's worth some prayerful reflection. " I have the strong impression that ment.

In such cases "it is preferable to let many writers are angry mostly because penitents remain in good faith rather another person is doing something we than create a situation in which they believe is wrong and getting away with " it. There seem to be an almost anxious would begin formally to sin.

How could any Catholic beyond the need and desire to prove someone else age of reason be invincibly ignorant of is committing serious sin. a confessor is not obliged concerning sins committed in invincible ignorance of their evil or due to an inculpable error ofjudgthat, generally,

sible in this short space. First,

"to investigate

far different

(1

wrong, how-

change that objective wrong into a subjective, perto

dressed and exposed, but only with humility and sadness over the sinfulness.

To be happy that we can declare someone in mortal sin, that we can transfer them into a state of sin when (because of some ignorance or moral disability)

To do this unnecessarily and without extremely serious reason, to do it for example just so others don't slip by without the punishment we think they deserve that is

they are not,

ship between an individual soul and God.

love of

is

a terrible sin against the

God and

—

evil, a prideful intrusion into the relation-

Contrary to what you and others as-

neighbor.

Instructing the ignorant spiritual

sonal alienation from God.

is

still

a

See Dietzen, page 9

work of mercy. And doing

Family Matters Eileen Interfaith

Friendships

students.

A few weeks ago, my husband, Joe, and

I

watched the Rugrats Passover '

Special on the Nickelodeon channel with our 7-year-old son, Bobby, and our 5year-old daughter, Teresa. After the pro-

gram, Bobby asked, "Aren't little bit

one of

Jewish,

we

just a

Mom?" I told Bobby that

Jewish and two of his cousins are part Jewish, but he is Catholic. "I know I'm Catholic, but I really want to be Jewish, too," he said.

Bobby's desire to be Jewish not only his uncles is

comes from

I

can't help but think

the traditions, customs

ebration of diversity.

I've heard

his close friends

and

his

former

it

more than

a

few

exposure can con-

weaken their faith. It's some people feel this way. Aren't we confident enough in our own religion

the

where people have been persecuted and wars have been

waged over religious and intolerance.

bombing

We

hatred

When

I

in the

Middle East or

I

find

read about an-

my

son's inter-

est in other religions refreshing ful.

expose our children

lieve?

Do we

lack

to what others beknowledge of our re-

and hope-

We have a ways to go not only in the

of the faith? Do our children see that our faith is at the center of who we are ers

and what we're about?

When

children

of our world, but in our local

collaborative efforts

among

different

our religious differences can still divide us. Many of us don't know a whole lot about what Jews, Musfaith groups,

lims, Protestants or

too well that

among groups our own religion can in-

terfaith disagreements.

far corners

ligion or fail to live out our roles as teach-

all

within

world

live in a

all

the ruptures

communities as well.

Although there have been significant advances in interfaith dialogue and in

poems about Christmas, Hanukkah, Los Posados and Kwanza, reflecting the wonderful diverof religions and cultures of

be just as divisive as our

We

other faiths isn't accurate.

fuse a child or

to

sity

other faiths.

ten

too bad

kindergarten teacher are Jewish. During his school's winter sing-along there were songs, stories and

We know

other

said on

all this

what we know about

have a strong understanding of their faith, they won't be confused about their faith but there's a good chance they will be curious about

Northern Ireland, occasions that

two of

and beliefs of dif-

ferent cultures and religions. I know that most of today's Catholic schools have non-Catholic students and children of many cultures. While Catholic education is taught and Catholic values and beliefs permeate the school, there is a respect for other religious traditions and a cel-

the fact that his favorite car-

—

fortunate

my children are to have this exposure to

toon characters are Jewish or that he can spin a mean dradle but also because he attends a public school where

—

how

Marx

Hindus believe. Of-

are fortunate in our

country that we don't live with the daily fear of being physically

harmed because of the religious labels we wear. But we have our subtle ways of allowing the stereotypes, the mistrust and the judgments to take root in our hearts and divide us. We have a responsibility to speak out whenever our religion is being attacked or unfairly depicted in the media or by others. But we also have an enormous responsibility to teach our children to love and respect people of other religious traditions and

See Marx, page 9

News

6 The Catholic

& Herald

May

16,

1997

Catholic Scholar Urges Humans To Take Responsibility For Holocaust JOHN STRANGE NC Catholic Staff

war

By

— All of humanity must

RALEIGH

criminals

keepers," said Sister of Mercy Carol

from responsibility.

Those who ran the death camps claimed they were only following orders, like "decent Germans."

Meanwhile, those at

Rittner, professor of religion at the Rich-

the top of the hierar-

accept responsibility for the Holocaust, a Catholic scholar said in a North Carolina

May

memorial service

society's "moral fabric"

"We were ters'

4.

Otherwise,

is lost.

not our brothers' and

ard Stockton College of

New

sis-

Jersey.

"And

I say 'we' because even though most of us were not there, we must share

in the responsibility.

We

Sister Carol, co-founder of the Elie

Wiesel Foundation for Humanity and a doctor of higher education administration, said that the sheer number of victims and the time passed since the Holocaust has led to a kind of numbing of hu-

Policy 1933-1939 Anr

MX turn* o* me

1 '

£s*4^l\

said.

The United

and other counimmigration quotas, forcing Jewish refugees to remain in Europe. "It was a war we wanted to win," Sister Carol said, "not necessarily

Germans to distance

lives

we wanted

strict

to save."

The Catholic Church

themselves from responsibility because of the political and social organization that comes with to-

made accords

also bears re-

While the Church

sponsibility, she said.

to protect its interests,

little

was done publicly

Jews.

Of 80 French Catholic bishops,

to protect the

she

only four spoke out.

Without accepting responsibility,

said,

talitarianism.

was

States

held fast to

tries

Sister Carol said

were able

have,

and justice must be done, even if it is years after the crime was committed, and even if the criminals are old and frail."

Churches, organizations and governments also do not go blameless, she

•

one." that the

because

now frail old men.

"But human justice is all we

they are

chy claimed they had "never killed any-

carry the con-

sequences of the words and deeds of those who came before us."

their lawyers argue for leniency

THE "JEWISH QUESTION";

struggled to escape

like a

human beings have "no chance of

The Holocaust's six million deaths "numbers that have been all too familiar" have had a "numbing effect on hearts and minds," which also led to an

many-layered onion,

rethreading the moral fabric," she said.

with the leader

"And even if we never regain that moral fabric, we are not free to desist in that

almost casual acceptance of deaths in Cambodia in the '60s and '70s, and more recently in the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Zaire.

Today, she said, it is common to hear

others, so that every-

man

responsibility.

—

—

"It

center.

at the

The layers

serve to buffer the

never-ending task."

The service, held

one is implicated, but no one feels responsible."

that a war, conflict or other incident led

That system served the Nazis

to "'only' less than a million deaths, or

well, she said, so that

,000, or less than 100. Evil casts

even today accused war criminals deny

less than

1

a long shadow."

Sister Carol explained that the chal-

lenge

is to

move

past the

numbers into itself. But to

the victims of the Holocaust

name every for each

victim, taking three seconds

at

Meredith Col-

marked the first day of the weeklong "Days of Remembrance," a statewide remembrance of Holocaust victims lege,

and survivors.

NC

John Strange is editor of the NC newspaper of the Diocese of

Catholic photo by John Strange

Catholic,

Remembrance.... An unidentified woman examines an exhibit at Raleigh's Meredith College May 4.

Raleigh.

on the Holocaust

responsibility, and

Estate Planning Workshop Held At St. Gabriel Church

name, would take 5,000 hours,

By STEVE UZZELL CHARLOTTE "Do I really

or 208 days, she said.

Germany did more than They destroyed records,

Further, Nazi kill individuals.

and other documents, expunging the very history of their victims.

"Some victims will never be named," she said. "There are names we will never know, because everyone who knew the victims were killed as well. Nazi Germany obliterated the fact of their exist"We'll never know

all

the lives lost,"

we did, we would weep, we would howl, we would cry to heaven." she added. "For

She said

if

that

from the days of the

death camps' liberation,

from German soldiers ers in other countries

human beings

—

to political lead-

— have been

The answer

caust.

There was

initial

shock, Sister Carol

such acts could be Christian Europe, in the

said, at the fact that

performed in shadows of universities and cathedrals.

But there was also some initial responsibility, as U.S. and Allied military

is

a simple one:

Yes.

"You need one

much as possible."

Hodgens discussed effective

death taxes as

to ensure that

your wishes are carried out after your death," said Jim Kelley, director of development for the Diocese of Charlotte, at a seminar for will and estate planning at St. Gabriel Church April 24. More than 125 parishioners and friends attended the special workshop offered by the parish in response to a growing need expressed by families and individu-

ways to use trusts for asset management and reasons of privacy. Various power of attorney arrangements were also noted as effective ways to affairs.

A financial handle downstrearhing of assets to children and grandchildren, an unlimited marital deduction and a strategy in

planning

and

als.

Attorney Don Hodgens addressing participants If you don't create a will before at the Estate Planning Workshop.

try-

ing to avoid responsibility for the Holo-

life

need a will?"

letters

ing at all."

"The tax collector is a partner for and is also an heir in your estate," warned Hodgens. "Individuals must consider and plan for the tax collector in estate planning to minimize

—

your death, your estate will likely be faced with unnecessary taxes and other costs, Kelley said.

"Did you know that in the absence of any close relatives, the state could even give your property to a distant relative you never met?" he added.

Ed Sheridan, St. Gabriel passhared how he came to ready his own Father

topics

on

gift

deductions for family

institutions

were discussed as

well.

Kelley said a well-prepared will allows you to control the distribution of assets and can serve as a tool for pro-

wills.

Don Hodgens, an estate planning attorney and member of the board of the Foundation of the Diocese of Charlotte, shared valuable insight on wills, including current information about tax laws

viding

life

income

for loved ones.

It

also

enables you to serve others by a gift to your parish, Catholic school, Catholic

agency, the diocesan Foundation, or the diocese

He reminded

"A

itself.

commanders ordered camp guards to help bury the dead, and nearby town officials and residents to tour the camp as witnesses to what had happened in their

tor,

ordination, he noted.

you to continue your legacy of good stewardship even after not for the deceased, and that the cost of your death," Kelley noted. obtaining a will is much less than the cost

neighborhoods.

Kelley talked about the importance of thinking about loved ones and planning ahead for their benefit. He also presented a video which examined general

of not having one. He recommended that individuals have a formal will prepared by an attorney and that it be reviewed and updated regularly.

"Germans were forced

to face the

consequences of their actions," she said.

But in the Nurenburg Trials, accused

will. All priests

must have a will ready two months of

for the diocese within

and planning

strategies.

participants that a will

is

will allows

for the living,

For more information on tate

will and es-

planning seminars, call Kelley at

(704) 331-1709, or 377-6871.

c omuniquemonos Ministerio Hispano Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald

16 de

Nuevo edificio para la Diocesis de Charlotte debido al crecimiento de la comunidad catolica

Pentecostes Ano ano

tras

la Iglesia se

-

dispone

a

Diocesis de Charlotte esta en negociaciones para

celebrar

el

comprar un nuevo edificio que acomode

Ella nacio en la

crecimiento consistente de la

su nacimiento ante el

CHARLOTTE La

aniversario de su nacimiento.

Viernes Santo; pero manifesto mundo el dfa de Pentecostes, cuando los Apostoles fueron "revestidos del poder desde lo cruz

el

poblacion catolica. En los ultimos 10 afios la

El soplo oxigenador del Espfritu ha venido a despertar en la Iglesia energfas escondidas, a levantar carisma adormecidos, a difundir aquel sentido de vitalidad y de alegria que hacen joven

el

doble.

El edificio de tres plantas esta situado en

calle Church, a menos de dos millas

y actual a la Iglesia, dispuesta para anunciar su eterno mensaje a los hombres y mujeres de los tiempos

la

de

la

el

alto".

Diocesis de Charlotte

ha aumentado casi

presente oficina

central de la diocesis.

nuevos.

El edificio de 57,000

"Como el Padre tambien los envfo

pies cuadrados dara

cabida a 95 empleados diocesanos que se encuentran actualmente regados en cinco diferentes localidades en la ciudad de Charlotte.

"Este cambio nos traera una mayor

una localidad central podremos servir mejor a la comunidad catolica del oeste de Carolina del Norte".

Actualmente los servicios y

eficienciaaljuntartodoslos ministerios

a traves de la ciudad.

en una sola localidad", dijo el Obispo William G. Curlin, pastor de los 46

administrativas actualmente estan en el

condados que comprenden la diocesis de Charlotte. "Nuestro ministerio en la fe puede ser mas efectivo a traves de una colaboracion mayor con todos de empleados trabajando mas cercanamente".

"Nuestra inquietud es

la

de

satisfacer las necesidades crecientes

de

nuestras

escuelas,

nuestros

ministerios, nuestras parroquias y nuestros feligreses", dijo el Padre

Mauricio West, Vicario General y

"Y todas esas necesidades literalmente han acabado nuestra presente localidad. Teniendo Canciller de la Diocesis.

Arzobispo

ministerios de la diocesis estan divididos

Las oficinas

Centro Catolico, situado en la calle East Morehead. Tambien hay oficinas diocesanas en Park Rd., Eastway Dr.,

Buchannan St. y First St. "Despues de un estudio cuidadoso, hemos llegado a la conclusion de que el tiempo y la situation son adecuados para hacer esta compra", dijo Bill Weldon, administrador fiscal de la diocesis. "Este edificio no solamente es perfecto para nuestras necesidades, sino

que esta situado en una zona ideal".

Weldon dijo que la diocesis usara financiamiento interno que hara posible el pagar el edificio a traves de recursos existentes. Esta decision financiera

califica

de bendicion a

decision sobre ley de aborto SAN SALVADOR (CNS) — campana por parte de

la Iglesia,

Monsenor Fernando Saenz Lacalle, Arzobispo de San Salvador, manifesto su satisfaction por la decision del Congreso salvadoreno que ilegaliza a casi todas las formas de aborto en la nation centroamericana.

Monsenor Lacalle dijo el 27 de abril que era "una bendicion de Dios el que el Congreso hay a adoptado esta medida".

El dio las gracias a la poblacion de El Salvador por ser "protagonistas importantes" del asunto durante la lucha

de

la Iglesia

Catolica contra el aborto en

aquel pais.

A

mayo de 1997

continuation de una intensa

significa que no sera necesario recaudar fondos para comprar el edificio.

"El proximo ano la diocesis tendra dinero en efectivo de lo que ahorraremos en alquileres y gastos extras de los locales que actualmente

ocupamos", dijo Weldon. "Tambien planeamos vender el Centro Catolico en Morehead, lo que ayudara a costear esta compra".

Los empleados de la Diocesis de Charlotte ocuparan los ultimos dos pisos del edificio.

La

diocesis espera

mudarse a

este edificio en el otono de

este ano.

Los ocupantes actuales

primer piso.

"Este cambio es para dar un mejor

continuaran rentando

el

servicio y ministerio a la comunidad de la diocesis", dijo el Obispo Curlin.

"No

un servicio por el simple hecho de dar servicio, sino una manera de hacer llegar la fe y el amor que pueda ayudar en nuestro mundo". es solamente

me ha enviado,

asf

Reciban el Espfritu Santo". El Espfritu Santo es el regalo que nos envfa Cristo resucitado.

Es la gran promesa del Padre. Hoy el Espfritu Santo quiere continuar su obra en la Iglesia, pero a traves de nosotros.

El es el alma y la vida de todo cristiano.

Somos los cristianos que debemos ir por todo el mundo y proclamar las maravillas de Dios. De un Dios que nos ha creado, que nos ama; que nos ha enviado a Jesus, que lo ha resucitado; que nos llama a todos a la vida plena. yo....

Reafirmemos hoy nuestra fe y confianza en la action del Espfritu Santo; esto es, en seguir a Jesus que

camina

con nosotros.

Propongamonos con decision firme tomar muy en serio todos los compromisos de nuestra vida diaria y de actuar siempre animados por la fuerza y vitalidad del Espfritu que hemos recibido.

En mensaje previo a visita, Papa insta a terminar divisiones en Libano CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) "Conffo en que ustedes en — Una semana antes de su historica amor a su energfa necesaria para hallaran

60 de

84 miembros del Congreso votaron 26 de abril a favor de un nuevo Codigo Penal que ilegalizara todas las formas de aborto inducido en El los

visita al

el

dijo

Salvador.

La nueva legislation, que entrara en vigor en enero proximo, sustituye a una ley existente bajo la cual una mujer puede abortar a un feto en circunstancias excepcionales, incluyendo la violation o cuando este en peligro la salud de la madre.

Cada aho se realizan 3,000 abortos ilegales en El Salvador, segiin dicen los grupos de los derechos humanos.

el

tierra la

que

Lfbano, el

el

Papa Juan Pablo

II

esperaba que su presencia

superar las divisiones y veneer todos los

obstaculos que puedan aparecer", dijo

el.

ayudaria a propiciar la reconciliacion

El Papa hizo notar que el presentaria

nacional y a poner fin a las divisiones.

El Papa dijo que su viaje, en los dfas

Libanesa, los resultados de un Sfnodo de

10 y 11 de mayo, "tenia un proposito humano profundo", y lo compare con la visita que hizo Cristo a las mismas tierras hace cerca de 2,000

religioso y

afios.

"Conffo

al

Todopoderoso la marcha

valerosa del pueblo libanes por el camino

de la reconciliacion y de la reconstruction social, en una unidad y cooperation cada vez mas fuertes", dijo el en un mensaje fechado el lro. de mayo.

un documento importante sobre la Iglesia Obispos especial efectuado en 1995. El encaminaba tambien, de modo especial, a los enfermos y los que sufren en el Lfbano, un pais que trata de recobrarse de 1 6 afios de luchas civiles.

El Papa ha deseado durante mucho tiempo hacer la visita al Lfbano, su primera visita a un pais del Oriente Medio. El se propone celebrar Misa, reunirse con varios grupos catolicos y hablar con dirigentes dijo que su visita se

polfticos y

musulmanes durante su estada.

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News and Herald

16 de

mayo de 1997

Tercer Mandamiento "Santificar los dias de fiesta" TODOS LOS DIAS DE NUESTRA VIDA pertenecen a Dios, pero de modo particular y especifico debemos dedicarle el las

domingo y

la

resurreccion del Senor, inaugura la

nueva creacion y su serena y

Actitudes equivocadas.

con

principalmente

dedicado al Senor, pero su sentido religioso

la la

Eucaristia.

Desde sus

origenes,

la

Iglesia

sustiruyo la santificacion del sabado,

relacionada con

por

la

Antigua Alianza,

la

santificacion del domingo,

relacionada con Jesucristo,

la

porque

Nueva Alianza en el

domingo, dia de

es

el

dia

viene culpablemente estropeado por quienes, en ese dia, sin una justa causa, siguen en su acostumbrado ritmo de trabajo y, sin verdadero impedimento, rehusan dar a Dios ese culto externo, visible y publico, segun lo manda la Iglesia. Y es peor todavia cuando alguien

—

feo.

El chisme es agresion; es el instrumento intimo de informacionperjudicial

de un grupo, con o sin una deliberada intention de malicia, es una forma oculta de agresion y normalmente lleva un prejuicio: «tu sabes que no le deseo ningun mal a nadie, pero...» Despues de este «pero» los chismosos proceden a hacer lo que decian no querer hacer.

El chisme necesita, por lo menos, tres personas: el chismoso, el oyente y la persona o grupo de la cual se chismea.

El chismoso, motivado por la envidia o el enojo de los exitos de otros, logra en el momento de chismear, un sentido de poder sobre la persona de la cual se esta chismeando. La persona que recibe esta informacion, no solo comparte este poder sino que tambien se siente privilegiado de que el o ella es confiable para escuchar tales noticias. La amistad o alianza entre los dos el interior

es asi reforzada.

En

breve, un

chismear,

el

hambre por poder,

chismoso y

el

es el corazon del chisme.

Actitud cristiana. La santificacion domingo caracteriza a los autenticos

cristianos. Para estos es el dia

mas

importante y mas bello de la semana. Es el

dia del Senor, es el dia especial de

liberacion del diario quehacer para

entero.

El domingo es un dia excelente para realizar alguna obra de caridad, aunque sea pequena, que siempre

ayuda a

santificar este dia.

En

fin,

a

un sano esparcimiento, que de alguna forma ayuda tambien al descanso de nuestro cuerpo y de

disfrutar de

nuestra mente.

dedicarse con serena tranquilidad a las

cosas de Dios; a escuchar y reflexionar sobre su Palabra, fuente eterna de

verdadera paz y felicidad; a celebrar, junto con los hermanos y hermanas en la fe, esa suprema action de gracias y de

Comentario al Catecismo de la - Edition Espanola con permiso de los Padres de la Sociedad de San Pablo.

Iglesia Catolica

deportar inmigrantes centroamericanos

CM.

En este mes de mayo, como los primeros apostoles, nos preparamos juntos con Maria para recibir los siete dones del Espiritu Santo. Uno de esos dones es el don de la caridad, del amor. Uno de los primeros frutos de la vivencia autentica del amor es el respeto hacia uno mismo y hacia los demas. El amor no busca controlar, dominar o manipular al otro. El amor hace que uno reconozca lo bondadoso que ha sido Dios para con uno mismo. Entonces, uno se acepta como hijo de Dios, como valioso y aprende a aceptar al otro asi.

Como dice San Pablo, el amor no es envidioso ni rencoroso.

Al preparamos para la solemnidad de Pentecostes, tenemos que reconocer que necesitamos recibir mas profundamente el Espiritu de Amor. Nuestra vivencia del amor es a menudo envidioso y rencoroso. En dado momento buscamos controlar o manipular a otro, todo bajo la apariencia del amor. La herramienta que mas usamos en este sentido es el chisme. Hoy deseo compartir con ustedes unas reflexiones sobre el chisme.

Chisme: Es hablar acerca de personas que no estan presentes. Es una de las mas poderosas y a la vez mas complejas formas de la comunicacion" humana. Como caracteristica de todas las culturas, el chisme es para destruir, para arruinar la reputation de un individuo o de un grupo. Es un camino de traicion de los secretos y un obstaculo serio para el cambio. Satisface la envidia que los chismosos sienten hacia otros, denigrando los lazos de estos; da a los chismosos un sentido de poder sobre la gente y un sentido temporal de comunion con sus oyentes.

Las personas que hablan acerca de otros en una forma negativa, evitan el tener que enfrentar asuntos serios dentro de ellos mismos o en el grupo. El chisme dice: «Otros tienen problemas, no nosotros». El chisme es una confesion personal de malicia o de estupidez, el chisme es un negocio muy

en

del

alabanza a Dios que es la Eucaristia, fuente de gracias divinas, para las personas, las familias y para el mundo

Arzobispo insta a Estados Unidos a no

Mensaje del Padre Rev. Vicente H. Finnerty,

o para juntarse con malas compafiias o para acudir a espectaculos pecaminosos.

El

domingo

en de

satisfacer

este dia con cosas indebidas o en excesos

actos de culto externo,

participando celebracion

domingo para

consagracion a Dios por parte de todos los redimidos.

dejando nuestro trabajo diario para honrarlo

el

sus pasiones, ocupando precisamente

de guardar,

fiestas

aprovecha

total

En

el

receptor de la informacion sienten, por lo

acto de

menos

temporalmente, la satisfaction de quitar el poder o destronar a la persona o grupo del cual se esta hablando. Ademas, el chisme es la forma mas segura de manipulation de poder o de agresion para sus perpetradores, por dos razones: primero, el chismoso declara que solo esta compartiendo una informacion y rehusa tomar la responsabilidad de ello, y segundo, todo se hace en una atmosfera de secreto. El dano se hace sin que se haya llamado a alguien que pueda testificar sobre la validez objetiva de la informacion.

Hermanos y hermanas, en esta temporada de Pentecostes, pidamos al Senor, el don del Espiritu Santo, el espiritu de amor, de verdad, de valentia.

Y con ese amor, esa verdad y esa valentia, seremos capaces de respetarnos a nosotros mismos y al otro, llegando a ser autenticos testigos de la Resurreccion de Jesus, del amor de Dios vivo en medio nuestro. Y el dano destructivo del chisme sera condenado a la muerte para siempre.

Cientos de personas, algunas de ellas llevando cuadros de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe y del finado dirigente de los trabajadores agn'colas, Cesar Chavez, desfilan a favor del derecho de sindicalizar a los trabajadores de las fresas el 13 de abril en Watsonville, California. Monsenor Sylvester D. Ryan, Obispo de Monterey, ha ofrecido su

apoyo a

los

recogedores de fresas,

diciendo que algunos patrones y cultivadores infringen constantemente los derechos de los trabajadores.

Foto

CNS

de Reuters

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNS)

— El director del Consejo Episcopal de la America Latina (CELAM) ha pedido a los Estados Unidos que no deporten a millares de inmigrantes centroamericanos a tenor de una nueva ley de los Estados Unidos.

"Estas deportaciones en masa nos entristecen, porque la gran nation del norte fue edificada por inmigrantes. La inmigracion no es algo malo, no es un peligro", dijo Monsenor Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, Arzobispo de » Tegucigalpa, presidente del CELAM. El Arzobispo hizo sus comentarios durante una conferencia de prensa en Tegucigalpa el 1 1 de abril.

Monsenor Rodriguez dijo que los estaban dirigentes del preocupados porque los inmigrantes de la America Latina se hayan convertido en chivos expiatorios de las dificultades economicas de los Estados Unidos.

El Arzobispo agrego que el

CELAM

CELAM,

y Natural izac ion (INS). Aunque los funcionarios del INS han dicho que los nuevos reglamentos, que entraron en vigor el lro. de abril, no resultaran en deportaciones en masa, los funcionarios

de los gobiernos de la America Central dicen que las deportaciones procedentes de los Estados Unidos han aumentado en las semanas recientes.

Los presidentes de la region han puesto el asunto en el programa de trabajo de una reunion con el Presidente Bill Clinton, senalada para mayo en San Jose, Costa Rica.

Es

dificil precisar la

cantidad de

inmigrantes centroamericanos en los Estados Unidos, pero los observadores de esa region estiman que hay cerca de 330,000hondurenos,336,000salvadorenos,

185,000 guatemaltecos y 60,000 niparagiienses viviendo en los Estados

Unidos que podrian

estar sujetos a la

deportation inmediata.

Tal acontecimiento "produciriauna la economia, con mayor desempleo, menos divisas extranjeras y

que es una dependencia administrativa y coordinadora de 22 conferencias episcopales de la America

debacle en

Latina, habia manifestado sus puntos de

Exterior de Guatemala, Eduardo Stein.

vista a los obispos catolicos de los

Los dolares que en vian a sus familias en la America Central los inmigrantes de esa region en los Estados Unidos desempenan un papel indispensable en las economias de las respectivas naciones. En 1996, los inmigrantes enviaron cerca de $400 millones a Honduras y mas de $ 1 ,000 millones a El

Estados Unidos, de quienes dijo que ellos habian compartido sus preocupaciones.

La corriente de inmigrantes de la America Central hacia los Estados Unidos aumento considerablemente durante la violencia politica en el decenio de 1980. Hasta abril, muchas de estas personas estuvieron protegidas por una exencion especial de los reglamentos del Servicio de Inmigracion

mas

delincuencia", dijo

Salvador

— una

el

Ministro del

cantidad de divisas mayor

que cualquier otra producida por cualquier actividad economica en ese pais.

8

La Sabana Santa se expondra en Turin en 1998 y en

el

2000 "Junto a la pregunta sobre el saldo de los danos -continuo- y sobre el grado de perdida o de recuperation de los bienes artisticos danados por el incendio, esta en particular la de la Ostension de

Sabana Santa, que estaba prevista el periodo pascual del proximo ano: tendra lugar aun la Ostension o se

El Cardenal Giovanni

Saldartni anuncio conferencia en la

el

24 de

abril

en una

Oficina de Prensa de Santa Sede que la "Santa Sindone", o la

Sabana Santa, conservada en la Capilla Guarini de la Catedral de San Juan en Turin hasta

el

reciente incendio, se

expondra, como estaba previsto, en 1 998 y tambien en el 2000.

El Arzobispo de Turin y Custodio

Sabana Santa estuvo acompanado por Don Giuseppe Papal de

Ghiberti,

la

Decano de

la

Facultad

Teologica de Turin y Vicepresidente de la Comision para la Ostension de la

—

—

Sabana Santa; Gian Maria Zaccone,

trajeron a Turin.

de Umberto

de Sindonologia; Ugo Perone, Asesor para los recursos culturales y las

comunicaciones, ciudad de Turin; Walter Giuliano, Asesor para los recursos naturales y culturales, provincia

de Turin; Giampiero Leo, Asesor para la cultura, region de Piamonte.

El Cardenal explico

el

dano que

sufrio la Capilla Guarini, la Catedral de

Turin y una parte del Palacio Real contiguo, debido al incendio que se origino durante la noche del 1 1 al 1 2 de

"La Sabana Santa, que se conservaba en una teca en el coro de la abril.

,

En 1 983, tras la muerte de Saboya, la posesion de la Sabana paso a la Santa Sede, de acuerdo con su voluntad.

La Sabana, en el griego de los II

Evangelios y tambien en

latin,

se

pronuncia "sindon" y significa pieza de tela o lienzo funebre.

El Cardenal Saldarini comento que la conferencia de prensa de hoy fue convocada por la Santa Sede "para informar sobre la situation casi dos

semanas despues del incendio y para comunicar los proyectos que planean las

autoridades religiosas y civiles para

los

proximos meses".

Roma

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO

—

El 20 de abril IV Domingo de Pascua, conocido como el "Domingo del Buen Pastor", Juan Pablo II ordeno sacerdotes a 3 diaconos de la diocesis de Roma en la (VIS).

,

sus testigos valientes, ministros

el

domingo

1

y se organizaran itinerarios turisticos y culturales en la ciudad. Habra una exposition sobre la imagen de la Sabana y otra sobre la iconografia artistica de esta.

Por su parte Walter Giuliano indico las Ostensiones de 1998 y del 2000 «serviran para hacer un examen de conciencia personal y colectivo, capaz de individuar y trazar un futuro de esperanza que consienta construir un proyecto de sociedad que no prescinda de los valores de solidaridad y de paz entre los hombres".

incansables de su Evangelio".

"La mision pastoral de Cristo una mision universal, que no

dijo- es

se limita a los hijos e hijas de Israel,

sino que en virtud del sacrificio de la

Cruz, abraza a todos los hombres y a todos los pueblos".

El Papa se refirio

postracion en

al rito

el suelo,

de

durante

la el

canto de las Letanias de los Santos, y les dijo que "la Iglesia pide para vosotros no solo la gracia del

Sacramento del sacerdocio, sino tambien la santificacion, para que podais, a su vez, santificar a los

demas. Este es un momento decisivo de vuestra existencia, que se os quedara grabado para siempre en la mente y en corazon, como le sucede a cada sacerdote".

Comentando Salmo: "Bendito

nombre

las palabras del el

que viene en

el

del Senor", el Santo Padre

indico que "nos introducen en

el

misterio eucaristico, que desde este

momento y para

todos los dias de

vuestra vida sera vuestra particular

portion y vuestro don espiritual (...).

Cuando nosotros pronunciamos en su nombre, 'in persona Christi Capitis', las palabras de la consagracion que El dijo

en

mismo

el

Cenaculo, es siempre

el

Cristo, quien a traves de

nuestro ministerio, hace presente

el

de la Cruz".

Los nuevos sacerdotes proceden: 17 de Italia, 3 de Filipinas, 2 de Colombia, 1 de Rumania, 1 de Zaire, 1 de Uruguay, 1 de Francia, 1 de la India, 1 de Honduras, 1 de Venezuela, 1 de Espana y 1 de Corea. sacrificio

que

Proxima ordenacion

sus propietarios desde 1578, cuando la

Vicepresidente del Centro Internacional

sacerdotes a 31

debera suspender o posponer?".

"Deseo responder a esta pregunta desde esta posicion privilegiada como Custodio Papal de la Sabana Santa», dijo el Arzobispo de Turin. "Es firme la intention de todas las autoridades responsables de hacer la solemne Ostension de la Sabana Santa en Turin el proximo ano en el tiempo y el sitio ya

restauraran numerosas Iglesias de Turin

senalo fue salvada de las llamas y se traslado a la casa del Arzobispo". Anadio que "una comision de investigacion esta trabajando para identificar las causas del incendio". El lino fue previamente danado en un incendio en Francia en 1532.

La Sabana es una tela de lino que mide 4,36 por 1,10 metros, y lleva la impresion de un hombre de tamano natural, que segun la tradition es el lienzo funebre en el que Jesus fue envuelto tras ser bajado de la cruz. La posesion de la Sabana cambio a traves de los siglos. Los Saboya de Italia fueron Catedral

ordena

Basilica Vaticana, y les alento a "imitar a Cristo, convirtiendoos en

de abril y el domingo 14 de junio de 1998, en la Iglesia Catedral. (...) Este empeno esta visto como una serial de confianza en la divina Providencia y una 'apuesta por la esperanza'".

Dijo que "cuando a Juan Pablo II, el propietario de la Sabana, se le pregunto si la Sabana se expondria en 1998 o en el 2000, respondio: 'Por que no en ambos?'".

El Cardenal comento que la ultima vez que se expuso la Sabana Santa fue del 26 de agosto al 8 de octubre de 1 978, el IV centenario de su presencia en Turin, y durante ese periodo la visitaron unos 3 millones de peregrinos.

"La solemne ostension de la Sabana Santa tiene una finalidad exclusivamente pastoral y no presupone ninguna toma de posicion con respecto al debate cientifico sobre este misterioso y sugestivo hallazgo antiguo", termino el Cardenal Saldarini.

Ugo Perone dijo que con ocasion de la Ostension de la Sabana Santa se

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los rehenes durante toda la crisis

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como

resultado del rescate.

El Padre Juan Julio

que

el

Wicht

S.J. dijo

Magistrado Carlos Giusti, del

"No hubo involucracion personal ninguna. Siempre tuvimos una comprension muy clara de que ellos eran nuestros captores y de que estabamos privados de nuestra libertad por ellos", dijo el.

El sacerdote agrego que la experiencia de ser uno de los rehenes fue una oportunidad para "volver a descubrir las prioridades de la vida y tambien para una conversion espiritual

para muchos de mis companeros", pero rehuso dar mas detalles debido a que, segun dijo el, "eso involucra al nucleo de mi ministerio

profunda

sacerdotal".

hombre de valor y un catolico de

de los rebeldes asistian periodica y respetuosamente a las Misas ofrecidas dentro de la residencia. Uno de los rebeldes se identifico a catolico desde el el

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De regreso en su comunidadjesuita, en el distrito de Miraflores, Lima, el 23 de abril, sin afeitarse pero ya banado despues de cuatro meses sin tomar una ducha, el Padre Wicht hablo sobre el Magistrado Giusti, un abogado prestigioso nombrado por el Presidente del Peru, Alberto Fujimori, para reformar al sistema judicial del Peru.

El Padre Wicht y el Magistrado Giusti estaban entre las 72 personas que, despues de permanecer dentro de la residencia del embajador japones, controlada por miembros del MRTA durante 126 dias, fueron objeto de un rescate efectuado por tropas militares

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Durante la Audiencia General del 23 de abril en la Plaza de San Pedro, el Papa prosiguio su catequesis sobre la Virgen Maria y comento las palabras de Jesus en la Cruz dirigidas a su Madre: En mensaje previo a visita, Papa insta a terminar divisiones en Libano "Mujer, ahi tienes a tu hijo" y a San Juan: "Ahi tienes a tu Madre".

"Estas palabras, particularmente

conmovedoras"

dijo el Santo Padre,

"constituyen una escena de revelation' '

revelan los profundos sentimientos de Cristo que

muere y encierran una gran

riqueza de significado para

y la espiritualidad cristiana". Recordo que "las palabras de Jesus que muere, en realidad revelan que su intention primaria no es la de confiar a su Madre a Juan, sino la de entregar al discipulo a Maria, asignandole una nueva mision la fe

materna".

Juan Pablo II subrayo que «la nueva maternidad de Maria en relacion con el discipulo constituye del gran

el

Calvario, este

amor

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El Papa termino poniendo de relieve que "Jesus en la Cruz no ha proclamado formalmente la maternidad universal de Maria, sino que ha instaurado una relacion materna concreta entre Ella y el

recupera en

la

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discipulo predilecto.

del

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The Catholic News

1997

& Herald 7

rEntertainmentFathers' Day

Williams

The following are home videocassette reviews from and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHS format.

Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience. the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film

Videos

And

Comic

Crystal

Exchanges Highlights Of Film NEW YORK (CNS) — Robin Wil-

The

liams and Billy Crystal team up to find

to locate

a 16-year-old runaway, each believing

his disenchanted girlfriend but he wants nothing to do with the two overeager baby boomers who claim him as their own.

boy to be his biological son, in "Fathers' Day." The lightweight plot is essentially silly the boy's desperate mom the

—

(Nastassja Kinski) separately

tells

long-

ago lovers Dale (Williams) and Jack (Crystal) that each is the real father not her husband (Bruce Greenwood) of missing Scott (Charlie Hofheimer), in hopes they will find the teen.

— —

Of course,

the

movie contrives

Hope and Bing Crosby from

their

"Road" movies of yesteryear.

This is good because the two comedians are in their prime and appear to enjoy working off one another and trying to crack each other up. But that isn't quite enough to result in a worldclass

comedy when the plotting

is

slack

and the tone overly sentimental. And so "Fathers' Day" ends up an amusing, often pleasing

of

its

star

comedy

that falls short

potential considering

its

comic

power.

Making a decidedly odd couple

are

disciplined lawyer Jack, in his third childless-by-choice marriage, (to Julia-

Louis Dreyfuss in a small role), and leftover hippie Dale, a failed writer hoping to connect to anyone as a reason to go on.

The prospect of a son intrigues Jack but positively elates Dale, and even

when

the

two strangers discover

their

former girlfriend told each of them the same thing they decide to pool their resources and find out the truth once they get Scott

home.

is

—

is

a

weak sub-

which Scott is being sought by two dopey drug dealers whose money the boy has stolen to buy his sweetie a diamond necklace. This goes nowhere and plot in

is too serious a matter to blend into featherweight comedy.

Throwaway comic exchanges

be-

tween the two would-be dads form the high points of the movie as it moves predictably to an upbeat end where both men

seem

"The Comedians" (1967)

actually not too difficult

he's trailing a rock band with

Bloating the narrative

to

have the two potential pops meet, agree to team up in the hunt and hit the road.

Speaking of the road, the movie, directed by Ivan Reitman, lets Williams and Crystal ad-lib in the style of Bob

lad

—

in a better position to truly

Multileveled tragicomedy about a man (Richard Burton) who finds himself in the

middle of a plot to overthrow a

ruthless dictatorship in Haiti. Strong cast

"Night Train to Munich" (1940) Classy British caper in which a Czech inventor and his daughter (Margaret Lockwood) are snatched from England by a nasty Nazi agent

(Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Elizabeth

(Paul Henreid), then rescued from a

Tyson and James Earl Jones), thoughtful script by Graham Greene from his own novel and assured direction by Peter Glenville result in a powerful movie about personal commitment in the context of political

heavily guarded

Taylor, Lillian Gish, Cicely

injustice.

Some brutal violence and much

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America tension.

—

become

"The Funeral" (1996) Depression-era tale of how two

fathers.

The tone

German

—

ian-American gangster brothers (Christopher Walken and Chris Penn) avenge the murder of their younger brother (Vincent Gallo). Director Abel Ferrara sluggishly probes the dark psyches of

this film inappropriate for

impression-

brothers trained as killers by their father

but constantly rebuked for their crimes

anyway, an enraged father (Mel Gibson) spurns the FBI's advice to pay the ransom money and offers it instead to anyone who can identify

routine and,

by

the abductors (led

fesses

able teen viewers.

The

direction

is strictly

memimpression. One

outside of the two leads, other cast

bers barely

make an

would almost conclude

would be a funnier, tighter comedy if it was structured as a two-man show, allowing Crystal and it

Williams to describe the situation in their differing sassy and manic styles.

As

it

stands, "Fathers'

Day"

Because of intermittent comic violence, several sexual references and humorous treatment of past sexual escapades, the U.S. Catholic Conference clas-

—

adults.

The Motion

Picture Association of America rating

PG-1 3 that

— parents

some

is

are strongly cautioned

material

may be

under

devout Catholic wives (Isabella

their

Rosellini and Annabella Sciorra).

Some

gory violence, a sexual encounter with much rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America nudity and

—

rating

is

R

—

restricted.

looks

unlikely to produce any offspring.

sification is A-III

Ital-

inappropri-

13.

"Hobson's Choice" (1954) Amusing British tale set in 1890s Manchester, where a smug shoe store owner (Charles Laughton) gets his comeuppance when his eldest daughter (Brenda de Banzie) marries an uneducated but talented shoemaker (John Mills) and they open a rival shoe shop.

Directed by David Lean, the story of a wise daughter outsmarting her foolish dad has plenty of ironic humor, a zestful music score and a grand comic performance from Laughton. Period sexism and romantic complications. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is AIII adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

—

Dreary comedy talk

in

"Ransom" (1996) Fearing his kidnapped son will be killed

by Gary

he races against time boy. Director

tion

Ron Howard's taut actwists and turns

thriller

suspensefully, although its pointblank violence is disturbingly realistic. Several gory killings, deadly menace to a child, frequent profanity and much rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations.

The Motion Picture Association of

—

America

rating

is

R

—

CNS

photo from Columbia Pictures

"Seconds" (1966) Hudson) fed up with tion to provide a

finds his

new

new

life

—

which a trashy TV

adults.

The Motion

Association of America rating restricted.

R

identity but

—

he

pected.

Directed John by Frankenheimer, it's intriguing mystery with a troubling ending, but there's a sexually exploitive sequence. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is O morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R re-

—

stricted.

Picture is

deadening

not what he ex-

show host (Rodney Dangerfield)

A-III

his

routine pays a mysterious organiza-

Southern governor (David Ogden Stiers) whose family-values speeches are hurting his ratings. Director Peter Baldwin's low-budget, poorly edited movie is an appropriately shabby vehicle for Dangerfield's leering one-liners. Much crude sexual humor, brief nudity, some comic violence and an instance of rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is

restricted.

Middle-aged banker (Rock

tries to discredit a

Bruce Willis (center) stars as Korben Dallas, a New York City cab driver caught in a futuristic adventure in "The Fifth Element." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-1 3 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 1 3.

Sinise) as

to locate the

—

"Meet Wally Sparks" (1997)

—

by a

is all soft and cuddly as up and everyone learns actual blood ties aren't necessary to form warm human bonds. Past promiscuity on the part of the characters is treated as simply cause for comic banter, making

mom

ate for children

—

train

daredevil British operative (Rex Harrison). Director Carol Reed paces the cat-and-mouse thriller with some twisty plot turns, comic byplay (notably Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as woolly English travelers) and suspenseful action, including a shoot-out atop the Swiss Alps. Stylized violence and mild romance. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents.

Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

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May

1997

16,

People In The News Actor Assante Calls Himself

A

'Healthy Catholic'

Employment Opportunities

WASHINGTON (CNS) — He lost 40 pounds

to play his latest part, but that's

why actor Armand Assante, who

not

NBC

in the

declared, "I

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"The message which the Most Holy Virgin sent to all humanity on this occasion continues to resound with force, inviting

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—

that Bishop Kenneth E. Untener is back from a sabbatical, "home" will once again be in a parish in his Saginaw Diocese that has invited him to hang his hat. "I ended up doing in San Francisco just what I do in Saginaw," joked the bishop. "I con-

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John Paul

1997-98 school year.

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benefits and salary

stars as

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for

sins, it's

a profound thing to meditate upon."

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call

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with television writers to promote the show. The New York native, who began his acting career 30 years ago on the stage and took to the screen 20 years ago, ticked off the touchhis stones of his Catholic upbringing grade school, his high school, the church where he was wed. "The very fact of Christ his works, his teachings - -mean a great deal to me," Assante said. "To think that this

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Health Effects From Communion Study Finds No of LODI, (CNS) — People who Also included were more than 200

Dietzen,

III

incidence

N.J.

Communion run no more risk of infection than those who don't, accord-

people, Christian and non-Christian,

by New Jersey microbiologist Anne LaGrange Loving.

Health effects do not change if the communicant receives daily or only occasionally, or if the communicant takes consecrated wine as well

or received

receive

ing to a study

who

during the study never attended church

Communion.

Besides standard demographic data and their weekly worship and Communion practices, they were asked to record each week any medications taken and

as the consecrated bread, CNS

she said.

photo by

Bill

Wittman

sume, ignorance of the law, which you one of many and received the sacraments as often as varieties of invincible ignorance. There daily, and some consumed the 'dregs' of may also be ignorance of the fact that I the consecrated wine after all parishio- am bound by the law, whatever that law ners had sipped from the chalice," she is. reported.

For instance, if individuals exercise "No significant differences were all the reflection, faith and prayer they found for any of the health problems be- can reasonably manage in the circumtween those in religious life compared stances, and if they still cannot see they to other respondents."

called invincible ignorance.

I'M

MdTX, from page 5

pared weekly health reports over a 10-week period by 681 New Jersey residents who participated in the study.

She said that in more

to gather with other Christians united in

I

over the possible re-

Communion Cup

between reception of Communion and first re-

my heart. But

I know many people of different faiths who love God and their church as deeply

lationship

diseases,

love the Catholic Church and be-

lieve her teachings with all

than 100 years of research

was the

bond of Jesus.

the

and debate among scien-

hers

— A new study by microbiologist Anne

LaGrange Loving shows that receiving the Communion host and cup does not increase risk of illness.

as

Seven years ago

became

I

friends

We discovered

how

or general illness problems they experi-

important faith was to both of us and to our families. For the first time, I

with the actual health history of a large

enced.

experience a friendship that was founded

number of people over

"There were no differences in ported illness between those who

a period of time.

She delivered a paper on her study May 7 at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Miami Beach, Fla., and later made it

News

Working with her on

health

much about our

attended but did not

among these groups," she

said, "it

was not necessary to determine which method had been used by an individual to receive the wine sipping from a

Lisa Wolf, a psychology professor at Kean College of New Jersey in Union.

—

Study participants included churchgoing Catholics, Protestants and Ortho-

common

dox whose practices ranged from daily worship and Communion to occasional worship, with or without

on

re-

and those who never attended church," Loving reported.

"Since there were no differences in

was

cup, separate cups, intinction,

etc."

She said she also tested "to determine if those in religious life had a higher

Communion.

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As

a less sensitive example,

great non-Catholic theologians in Catholic doctrine.

St.

Philip

recited.

Drive

Catholic

some

and phi-

They know well

the

the years,

we

shared so

different faiths

and reflechowever, they have never come to see membership in the church as a personal moral imperative. They know the In spite of all their study

tion,

"law"; they just cannot in conscience perceive that the law applies to them.

According to the church's

traditional

teaching on moral responsibility, they are (again in the embarrassingly disrespectful

phrase) invincibly ignorant.

Finally, these thoughts, reflected in

the guidelines, are not

They

new or revolution-

are simply part of the church's

life.

ary.

During the many conversations I had with Fran over the years at our kitchen table, in hospital rooms, on the beach or over the phone, I often felt that God was smiling on us, pleased that we tran-

traditional criteria for evaluating respon-

scended the stereotypes and instead focused on what united us in our faith. I am a better Catholic because of Fran's love and example.

For me, having Catholic

is

a friend

a bit like putting

on

who

is

a pair of

sibility

and culpability for our moral ac-

tions.

A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the sacrament of penance

is available by sending a stamped self- addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61 701.

Questions for this column should be

same ad-

old shoes. They're comfortable.

They We've walked on familiar and common ground together for years.

sent to Father Dietzen at the

feel right.

dress.

Meeting a friend who isn't Catholic may be more like buying a new pair of shoes.

At first they might be uncomfortable.

They may be a style or color that we normally wouldn't buy. We're unsure how they'll look on us. I believe God is telling us we need to wear both kinds of shoes on our journey of faith. We need the loving and mutual support of our family of faith its beliefs, traditions and values we have known and loved for years. But we also need the richness of

Correction: The April 25 edition of The Catholic News & Herald incorrectly gave the dates for liturgist/musician Dan Schutte's concert and workshop in Rock

—

other religions and cultures that reflect

God created.

The most effective way we can work toward the unity that God wishes for all the diversity of the

the world's people

world

is

ample of God's love all

to

be a shining ex-

in the

way we

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(celebrated in Latin according to tke Missal of

Over

re-

receive,

Service.

the study

who

ceived, those

"Summa Theologiae Moralis, De

Principiis," 1952.)

woman in my neighborhood church's teaching about necessity of mother of three children who membership in the Catholic Church.

any respiratory,

systemic

Heinzel

with Fran, a

and the happen to be Protestant. intestinal, skin,

Their action may be objectively wrong, but they are not sinning because they cannot see that they are acting wrongly. (Those serious about understanding this may see almost any of the classical moral texts, for example, Nodin-

losophers have been, or are today, experts

love mine.

I

corded study that compared actual churchgoing and Communion practices

available to Catholic

bound to a particular obligation, they what is, somewhat indelicately,

are

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communicable

reject in this case, is only

are in

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tists

pages

reported illness."

"These individuals attended church

Loving teaches microbiology at Felician college in Lodi. She

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Diocesan News Briefs Vacation Bible School

—

GREENSBORO

St.

fourth

Paul the

Apostle Catholic Church and First Lutheran Church co-host Vacation Bible School June 16-20 for children ages 3 through fifth grade. Call (910) 294-4696 for information.

Wednesday from 6-7 p.m.

at St.

Peter Church. Gather at the rear entrance to the sanctuary.

For

details, call

David

Women's Guild Auction ASHEVILLE The Women's

—

Moms Group Meets CONCORD — The Moms Group of

SPLUNGE (Special People Living Uniquely Nourishing Growthful Expe-

hungry and those with special needs.

Participants will broaden their underthrough experiences, and will be exposed to different cultures and lifestyles while discussing, exploring and living the Gospel challenge. Previous participants may not attend. Space is limited to the first 25 applicants (five from any one parish). Early registration fee, due by June 5, is $150 per person. From June 6- June 30, the cost is $160. A $75 non-refundable deposit is due by June 30. For a registration form and more information, call the Diocese of Charlotte's Office for Youth Ministry, (704) 523-2118. standing of inner-city

life

St. James parish meets the first and third Thursdays and second and fourth Fridays each month from 9:30-1 1 :30 a.m. at the church. For details, call Michelle Fehlman, (704) 784-3691.

Ultreya South Charlotte every fourth Sunday of

area Ultreya the

month

is

in the St.

—

Matthew parish

Fel-

MOUNT HOLLY — Father John Vianney Hoover of New Creation Monastery, Boonville, celebrates the 21st

anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood on May 25 at St. Joseph Church, Highway 273. Mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m., followed by a bringyour-own picnic. Call (910) 699-4005.

CHARLOTTE — The

Grief Group

meets Monday evenings from 7-8:30 p.m. in the St. Gabriel parish Family

Room. Anyone who has

lost a

information.

p.m. in the

Women

—

Hope and Love" is a May 7 retreat in Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall from 1

10 a.m. -6 p.m. For registration and in-

formation, call

Vema

Cancer Survivors Day

CHARLOTTE — Presbyterian Cancer Center on Caswell Road between 4th and 5th Streets hosts a Cancer Survivors Day Celebration June 1 from 4-7 p.m. on the center grounds. Anyone dealing with a diagnosis of cancer, including families, friends and healthcare provid-

attend the carnival-at-

cesses that lead to inner healing through ing, a healing service, music, prayer

and Mass. The sacrament of reconciliation

— The next Engaged

and individual spiritual direction will also be available. Cost is $115 per person, and registration deadline is May 19.

For more information or to register, call

Encounter is Sept. 5-7 at the Catholic Conference Center. Cost is $150 per couple. For reservations and more information, call Mario Wallace, (704) 3311720

(704) 327-8692.

Marriage Encounter Weekend HICKORY The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is Sept. 19-21 at the Catholic Conference Center. To register,

First

—

—

Fatima Pilgrimage The 12th Annual Pilgrimage

"Viriditas:

$200.

"Be

The Widow/Widowers Bereavement Group meets Thursdays from 12-1:30

Father

St.

Gabriel parish Family

month. Call for location.

For more information, contact Dengler, (704) 362-5049.

B.J.

Eucharistic Adoration The Basilica of St. Lawrence welcomes all to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament daily from 6 a.m.9 p.m. For information, call the parish office, (704)

—

252-6042.

— Perpetual adora-

HIGH POINT tion of the Blessed

Sacrament

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details, call

Joe or

is at

the

chapel. For

Mary Lanham,

and

Know that I am God"

a June 23-29 nature retreat directed by

vited.

Room.

The Men's Bereavement Support Group meets the second Tuesday of each

Still

Dan Havron, OFM, and Sister Fran Grady, SCL, focusing on hearing the voice of God in a peaceful setting.

Cost is $250.

"The Psalms: School of Contemplative Prayer" is a July 1-7 retreat directed

by Father Sidney Griffith, ST, focusing on the psalms as the prayer of ancient Israel, the prayer of Jesus and the prayer of the Church. Cost is $250.

To register, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, N.C. 28751. For information, call (704) 926-3833.

Inner Healing Retreat "Inner Healing

BELMONT

—

(Healing the Child Within)"

is

a May 23-

25 retreat directed by Father Peter Jugis,

National Charismatic Conference STATESVILLE A bus has been chartered for travelers from Statesville and Charlotte who will attend the 30th anniversary commemoration of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Pittsburgh, Perm., on June 27-29. For reser* vation, accommodation and conference information, call Michael An, (800) 882-

—

a

June 14-20 retreat directed by Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene LaVerdiere focusing on the origins and development of the Eucharist as explained by Luke.

Cost is $250.

is in-

3004.

Adult Study Group

CHARLOTTE

— An

adult study

group meets the second and fourth Thursdays of each month to discuss The Catechism of the Catholic Church and sacred Scripture at 7:30 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church in the Faith Formation Building. For details, call Mary Dore, (704) 393-7563 (home), or (704)

365-5490 (work).

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news

Good photographs, preferably black and white, are also welcome. Submit news releases and photos at least 10 days before the publication date. briefs.

(910)

454-4551.

mosphere event.

Contemplative Prayer Group

CHARLOTTE

— A contemplative

prayer group meets every second and

7Uw freatcm

Young Adults Bible Study ASHEVILLE A study of the Gos-

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aged young adults

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to

Fatima under the spiritual direction of Father Edmund McCaffrey, pastor of Holy Family Church in Hilton Head, S.C., is July 21-Aug. 5. Cost from New York is $1,499, which includes airfare, meals and accommodations. For information and reservations, call Kathleen Potter in Charlotte, (704) 366-5127.

Greening Power" is a June 9-13 nature retreat directed by Sister Jo Anne Murphy, OSF, and Sister Jane Schmenk, OSF, focusing through a hands-on experience of the mountains on Hildegard of Bingen, who believed that Christ brings vitality to those in need. Cost is is

—

Lourdes parish first annual barbecue is May 24 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Call (704) 289-2773 for details.

Tom or Emilie Sandin, (910) 2744424. For information, call Steve or Peggy Geiger, (910) 845-5081.

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lowship Hall from 1-3 p.m. Potluck lunch, meeting and Leaders' School are included, and baby-sitting is available.

Call Teresa Sanctis, (704) 541-6850, for

of Faith Retreat "Women of Faith,

Mrs. Bobbie May and Rev. Mr. Hugo May and designed to illustrate the pro-

Joan of Arc

Living Waters Retreats

Bereavement Support Groups

CHARLOTTE

at St.

teaching, reflections, meditations, shar-

Ohio, July 13-19. The inner-city service experience provides youth ages 15 and up with the opportunity to serve the poor,

Cincinnati

May

Engaged Encounter

riences) will take place in Cincinnati,

in

in

Church. For time and other (704) 255-0149.

Brown, (704) 535-3684.

Guild of St. Eugene parish auction is July 10. Proceeds benefit the parish expansion fund. Donations of auction items (no clothes) and food are needed. Call Charlotte Novak, (704) 258-8393, for details.

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World And National News Both Volunteers, Governments Seen Needing In Aiding Poor Some PHILADELPHIA (CNS)

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not either/or," according to John Carr,

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Jesuit Says U.S. Hiding Evidence

world peace at the U.S. Catholic Conference in Washington. "We need a lot more creative community initiatives, and

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNS)

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better

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The Catholic Standard and Times, newspaper of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.

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Gnrist tlie JCing GAurcJi was born.

With the acquisition of the property

parish

714 Stone

March 19

The church buildings and

were purchased

repair.

center

St.

Vicariate:

Gastonia

Pastor: Father Carl Kaltreider

of parishioners:

Number

of families:

1965, the apostolic training

was relocated from Kings Moun-

and the church family reverted to mission status. Having sold what they could of the church grounds structures in 1 973, parishioners began searching for a new, permanent spiritual home.

Local Episcopal and Lutheran congregations welcomed their Catholic neighbors to use their church facilities for Masses through the 1970s. With Bishop Michael J. Begley, shepherd of

Masses: Sun.: 8:30 a.m.

Number

By

were suffering from dis-

tain,

Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086 (704) 739-3214

90

the

newly founded Diocese of Charlotte,

the mission continued to search for a site

KINGS MOUNTAIN

40

on which

— While

to build a

new

church. Having

petitioned St. Joseph since 1960, his-

tory of a Catholic presence in the Cleve-

land County town of Shelby dates back

around 1884, it took until the mid19305 for Mass to be regularly celebrated in local residents' homes. The first Catholic family in the Kings Mountain area, southeast of Shelby along Highway 74, is said to have settled there in the mid- 1930s. Today, parishioners of Christ the King Church in Kings Mountain can reflect on the evangelical spirit of their faithful predecessors that brought a Catholic church home.

For a quarter-century, Catholic families living in Kings Mountain had to travel to Shelby or Gastonia for Mass and catechetical instruction. As that number of families neared 20 by 1960, Father Thomas Clements, then pastor of St. Mary Church in Shelby, began celebrating Mass in the Kings Mountain American Legion Hall.

The following year, Bishop Vincent Waters of Raleigh established an apostolic center in town for training newly to

—

instant obstacles for the

earlier,

when

from the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart arrived to teach CCD sisters

classes,

980s.

—

of land decades earlier, a pair of Mission Helpers sisters had buried a medal of St. Joseph on that same piece of property, echoing the hope of local parishioners that a Catholic church would someday be built in Kings Mountain.

The congregation received financial assistance from the Catholic Extension in 1981, four acres in town.

Two

CCD classes

and other catechetical and social activities. A wall hanging of Christ the King was placed on the large brick wall in the sanctuary.

added

The pastor also

to the landscape a statue of

Jesus which he had obtained from a

Wilmington movie studio while serving as pastor on the Carolina coast years earlier.

Father Carl Kaltreider was installed as pastor of St.

Mary and

friends,

new church

faith

and ground was broken for the in September 1982. Present at the ceremony were Father (now Msgr.)

Felix Kelaher, pastor; and the Reverend Gerald Weeks, former pastor of Resurrection Lutheran Church, where the Catholic mission had celebrated its lit-

community, church life is highby the presence of the Ladies

lighted

Guild, various faith formation efforts, the parish council and a

newly devel-

oped Knights of Columbus joint council.

urgies for a time.

The contemporary-style Christ King Church continues to open

The first Mass in the new Christ the King Church took place in July 1983.

the

Forty-three families were registered as

ful in

its

doors to resident and visiting faith-

Kings Mountain. Memories of

The church was

the fervent missionary efforts of

dedicated on the feast day of Christ the

Cleveland County Catholics to establish a church on their eastern border remain strong. And somewhere in the surrounding soil, perhaps, still lies a medal of St. Joseph, the saint whose

parishioners at the time.

— Nov. 29 —

that year.

Much development occurred during

congregation continued to call on the intercession of

thus allowing space for

Christ the King churches in June 1996. In addition to its strength as a

Society, the diocese, parishioners and

King

the

1

the feast day of St. Joseph

congregation.

decades

Church

On

came almost

other edifices, having been constructed

Christ the King

tron into the early

the pastorate of Msgr. William Wellein,

who

arrived to minister in Shelby and

Mountain beginThe lower level of the King facility was completed,

was

upon

the mission in Kings

intercession

the universal

ning

hopes of establishing a new church.

Church's pa-

Christ the

in late 1984.

called

in the

ordained priests. On the one-acre property stood a former Associate Reform Presbyterian Church, along with other buildings to be used by the Catholic congregation for worship, educational and social purposes. A new Catholic

Priest Slain; Witness Said To Ignore Cries For Help ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. As mourners gathered

—

(CNS) Mass

at a funeral

for a retired Catholic priest

murdered

along a New Mexico highway, questions continued about reports that several witnesses failed to respond to the priest's cries for help.

Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of Santa Fe celebrated the May 8 Mass for 62-year-old Father Armando Martinez

at

Anthony Church in Questa, the priest's home village in northern New St.

ties

were fighting along the roadside, even though a much younger man was striking an older man.

An 1 8-year-old woman stated in an affidavit that she and five friends were driving along the highway when an older man in bloodstained casual clothes dashed in front of her car and waved his arms. When she stopped and rolled her window down a few inches, the man yelled: "A man is trying to kill me."

a younger

The woman

Mexico.

Several passers-by apparently wit-

nessed Father Martinez being chased and

beaten by his assailant May 3 along Highway 4 in the Jemez Mountains.

One purported witness told a local television station that he did not stop his

was scared and drove away

vehicle because he thought two drunks

said the

man

continued

shouting: "Please help me. I'm a priest.

gave him a ride from Jemez Springs and he just got out of prison. He's going to kill me. You must believe me, it's my I

life, it's

my

life."

However,

the

woman

told authori-

she

man approached

after

her car and

drunken friend.

While the car sped away, a passenger reportedly turned around to see the younger told her to ignore his

man

hit the

older one.

Father Martinez's nude body was found along the highway the next day.

Investigators said he died from head injuries caused by blunt force. His car and belongings were missing.

Shortly before the funeral, murder

suspect Dennis Carabajal, 38, allegedly surrendered to police after a $ 1 ,000 re-

ward had been offered seeking information regarding his whereabouts.

Carabajal, a

New Mexico native, was

paroled in July 1996 after being sentenced to three years in the state prison

for attacking a

woman and slashing her He has a his-

face with a carpet knife.

tory of violent crime and drug abuse.

Law enforcement officials said a posaw Father Martinez and Carabajal during a May 3 traffic stop outside the town of Jemez Springs.

Archbishop Sheehan described Father Martinez as a gentle and friendly person and speculated early on that the priest had been murdered during a robbery after picking up a hitchhiker.

Father Martinez had worked in the archdiocesan Marriage Tribunal and in many parishes throughout the state. He was ordained in 1961 at St. Therese lice officer thought he

Church

in

Albuquerque.