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May

1998

Teens Celebrate Cultural Diversity At Youth Conference By

MIKE KROKOS Editor

CLOVER,

—

never really gave cultural heritage much thought until today," said Brian Heaton. The IrishGerman-English senior from Bishop McGuinness High School responded to a workshop on cultural diversity in much the

same way

S.C.

as other teens in atten-

dance. Cultural diversity was but one

workshop conducted during the 21st Annual Diocesan Youth Conference April 24-26 at

lot

Camp

of times,

someone, you can't

Thunderbird.

when you look tell

where they are

from," said 16-year old Ricardo Martinez

of St. Barnabas Church. "This (workshop) gave us the opportunity to learn more about each other. It is important to try to understand everyone's cultures and

Student responses demonstrated

day."

a cultural diversity that

of the teen-

North Carolina. Logan, an African- American who is also part Cherokee Indian, added every culture makes up God's family. Members of the Diocesan Youth the advisory board of Council (DYC) teens for diocesan youth activities chose "Were our hearts not burning within us?" as this year's conference theme. Taken from Luke 24:12-35, the theme focuses on the "Road to Emmaus" passage, where Cleopas and another dis-

—

moved

—

immewas with

ciple of Jesus did not recognize

United States four years ago, and the first two

them on

years here, I was in a shell," added Martinez, describing life as a Cuban immigrant. Slowly, the St. Barnabas parishioner adjusted to life in a new country and made friends at school and in church. Now, he is an active llth-grader who takes pride in sharing his heritage and learning about others. "We're all one body in Christ and part of the church," said workshop leader

roads

family

many

agers did not realize existed in western

diately that the risen Christ

traditions.

"My

Andrea Logan, youth minister at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Winston-Salem. "We've got to love all people for who they are every day, not just on Sun-

to the

their journey.

"Jesus walks with each of us on the

we travel daily. Yet how often does 'something prevent us from recognizing

DYC

him?,'" members said in their 1998 mission statement. "Like Cleopas and the others,

are invited to find

him

Andrea Logan, youth minister at Our Lady of Mercy Church, demonstrates a Cherokee dance during a workshop entitled "Cultural Explosion." More than 400 teens attended the 21 st annual Diocesan Youth Conference last weekend. one another, prayerful expressions, and workshops designed to deepen their faith. Workshop presenters focused on

is unique because is totally run by teens, said Paul Kotlowski, diocesan director of youth

the youth conference it

in the

various subjects, including the Trinity;

ministry.

breaking of bread and by overcoming our

Appartions; Saints AHve!; Jesus Behind

prejudices and opening our hearts."

Bars; Myths;

Kerry Waldrep, a parishioner at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Winston-Salem, was presented the Bishop Begley Award.

special people of Christ, the

420

teens taking part in the conference were

Heaven

Hell,

In Be-

tween; The Right Choice; and

Would

offered opportunities for exchange with

Jesus

The

What

Do?

See Youth Conference, page

largest annual diocesan event.

Bishop Who Led Quest For Truth Found Murdered By PAUL JEFFREY GUATEMALA CITY (CNS) — The

who

Guatemala's Catholic Church in a quest for the truth of what happened during this country's civil war was murdered April 26. Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera of Guatemala City was killed by an unknown assailant at about 10 p.m. bishop

led

as he returned to his

home at St.

Sebastian

1,400-page final report,

Guatemala during

36-year

civil

its

war.

Ronald Ochaeta, director of the Archdiocesan Human Rights Office, said he had "no idea about a motive" for Bishop Gerardi's killing. "We can't conclude yet tliat it came as a result of the historic

memory

project,

and speak the truth." Alfonso Portillo, runner-up

1996

presidential elections, said: "Logic says this

was not common crime. I hope I'm wrong about this, but it's obvious that some sectors are not very happy about the truth." Ochaeta said Bishop Gerardi's ing "strengthens our rights office.

His

work

spirit

in the

kill-

human

of conciliation will

continue to inspire our work, inspire us to

Ochaeta said, acknowledging that the style

the bishop

His killer reportedly struck the bishop twice

of the killing was similar to the assassina-

tinue our work."

tion of political activists during the war.

Bishop Gerardi was bom in Guatemala Dec. 27, 1922. He was ordained a priest in 1 946 and first served in the Diocese of Vera Paz, from 1967-74. There he laid the groundwork for the Indigenous Pastorate. He was transferred to the Diocese of Santa Cruz del Quiche, where he helped shepherd the Guatemalan church through the worst attacks on religious during the war. He escaped an assassination attempt in 1980, and in June of that year closed his diocese to protect priests and religious who were in danger. At least 20 priests and hundreds of religious were killed during the violence. After government authorifies denied him re-entry to the country in 1982, Bishop Gerardi lived in exile for two

head with a chunk of cement,

disfig-

uring his face. Church officials said the killer left the

scene of the killing, changed

and returned to a site near the crime 10 minutes later. The bishop's body was found around 1 1 p.m. by the parish vicar, Father Mario Orantes, whose suspicion was aroused when he saw that the house lights were

his bloodied clothes,

still

at that hour. laid in the

metropolitan cathedral for public viewing until his funeral April 29.

be buried

in the crypt

The bishop was to

under the cathedral.

Bishop Gerardi coordinated the activities

of the

Human Rights Office of the

Archdiocese of Guatemala, as well as the church's Project for the Recovery of Historic

Memory. On

Ochaeta said his office had received of support from throughout the world. Guatemalan bishops were to meet April 27, and that the bishops would

calls

said the

"decide how the church

going to respond.

This is too grave a case for the human rights office to handle alone."

Many

Guatemalans, accustomed to way of life,

political assassination as a

Bishop Gerardi's body was

Guatemala City.

its

that characterized

but public opinion could be saying that,"

in the

during presentation of a human rights report on Guatemala's civil war. The bishop was brutally murdered April 26 in

public

assigning blame for the rampant violence

downtown Guatemala City. The 75-year-old archbishop was alone.

Parish in

Guatemala City Auxiliary Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera is shown April 24

made

April 24, the project

believed the timing of the killing

— two

days after release of the rights report, was more "Guatemala: Never Again"

—

than a coincidence. "It seems like some people haven't changed their way of thinking or acting," said Carmen Pena, a lawyer for the Conference of Guatemalan Religious. "Death still follows those who denounce violence

work for peace. The martyred blood of is

an incentive for us to con-

years, before returning to

as archbishop in 1984.

Guatemala City

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May

1998

Mercy Sister Receives National Counseling Award INDIANAPOLIS

— Mercy

Sister

Mary Thomas Burke of Belmont was honored March 31 by The American Counseling Association (ACA) and named recipient of The Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for Humanitarian and Caring Person at the association's 1998 national awards reception. Because of the scope of the criteria and requirements for this award, the ACA governing board designated that the individual honored be named the ACA Counselor of the Year. The Counselor of the Year honor is determined by concrete illustration of both social action and personal caring. Nominees must express concern for social injustice or sordid societal situa-

of counselor education and dean of

North Carolina

graduate studies at Our Lady of Holy

Sister

a pro-

cation in the Department of Counseling,

mas "a champion to suffering people

Special Education and Child Develop-

New

and organizations."

lina at Charlotte, received her bachelor's

nominating Sister Mary Tho-

"Her energy seems as inex-

mas. Miranti added

haustible as her

degree from Belmont Abbey College, her master's degree from Georgetown University and her doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel

Mary

those around her. She is the kind of human being who reflects the values of the Wrenn Caring Person Award," Barret said. Sister Mary Thomas was noted for her commit-

Hill.

ment

presented by

letter

that Sister

Thomas

commitment

"has influ-

enced the profession of counseling

through her leadership in professional

organizations at the local, state, national

money, ex-

and international level," including

who

of the Association for Religious and Values Issues in Counseling; president of Chi Sigma Iota, an international honor society for counselors; and president of North

are starving, abused, imprisoned,

fessor and coordinator of counselor edu-

Mary Tho-

Orleans, La., in her

Cross College,

emplary behavior and true concern for change to improve the lives of those

tions through time, effort,

Mary Thomas, who

Sister

Charlotte, called

Mercy

service as president

Sister

Mary Thomas Burke

to social ac-

tion through such

ment

at the

She

University of North Caro-

the recipient of

many

other

honors and awards, including the Excellence in Teaching Award from the College of Education at UNC-Charlotte; the Humanitarian Award, presented by the National Conference of Christians and Jews; the Leadership Award, presented by Metrolina AIDS Project;

Woman of the Year Award in Charlotte,

WBT

and the Col. Francis

Radio, Charlotte; J. Beatty Award,

programs and efforts as To Life, a grief counseling and support agency she helped establish; the American Cancer Society, which she has served by estab-

presented by Catholic Social Services

lishing a volunteer counseling service

tions, including "Ethics

to our

Carolina Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (ACES). Another nominator. Dr. Bob Barret,

youth," said Judith Miranti, a professor

a fellow professor at the University of

discriminated against or powerless. "Her time has been spent feeding the poor, comforting the sorrowing, healing the sick, counseling the drug addict, providing for the

AIDS

patient,

supporting the elderly, encouraging the

downhearted and reaching out

Bishops To Gather For Ecumenical Dialogue In May HICKORY — The annual Bishops' Ecumenical Dialogue hosted by the Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran, Episcopal and United Methodist bishops serving western North Carolina will be held at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory May 12-13. The 1998 conference will focus on the theme "Is Your Parish a Grace Place?". It will examine the elements of parish life that

make

the local congrega-

tion a place of wellness fostering healthier relationships both in the parish

and

in homes. Leading the program will be the Rev. David Ludwig, chair of the psychology department at Lenior-Rhyne College in Hickory and an ordained pastor in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The Rev. Ludwig is a licensed clinical psychologist, author of books and articles on family life, a member of the board of the Lutheran Family Association and chair of the Faith and Life Commission. He is an experienced director of semi-

nars,

workshops and

retreats in the

United States, Canada and Australia. "The topic of this year's conference is a natural sequence to last year's

theme," said Father George Kloster, ecumenical officer for the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and pastor of St. Michael Church in Gastonia. "In 1997 we examined the wellness needs of clergy and the importance of recognizing the stress that is a part of pastoral ministry today. We talked about how a parish can minister to

its

among

AIDS

other ways; and

Project, for

"This year we are extending the to the congregation itself and the dimensions of a healthy parish environ-

ment that contribute to the spiritual, menand physical well-being of the parish community." The dialogue is designed not only for

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School Looks To Future With Acquisition By

JEMMY ROSTAR Stajf Writer

CHARLOTTE

— The

capital

barely a

nizers believe

its

month

By CINDY

success will help con-

—

working commission" to discuss common concem. Vatican announcement said the commission will meet periodically and "will have the task of studying and defining together matters of mutual interest, including bilateral agreements, with a view to strengthening and developing further the official cooperation" begun in 1994. The commission was established by the Vatican and by the Palestine Libera"bilateral

issues of

The campaign goal

$405,000,

which will repay costs associated with the Charlotte diocese's purchase of the property last January.

The

only re-

site is the

maining undeveloped piece of land adjacent to the existing school campus. "This (campaign) is very important for us because it gives us an opportunity to look at our present and future needs, and to see how to best utilize the land," said Mercy Sister Paulette Williams,

tion Organization "in

working

rently faces the difficulties of housing

grams in the midst of constant student body growth.

in the

capacity as the

and

name of and for the benefit

of the Palestinian National Authority."

Sister Paulette said the school cur-

academic, sports and extracurricular pro-

its

representative of the Palestinian people

Charlotte Catholic principal. aerial

The Vatican announced

photo and

had agreed with the

mid- Janu-

PLO on the

inset illustrate the

ary that

2.5 acre property

importance of estabUshing a working group

new

acquisition by Charlotte Catholic

Possible uses of the addition include

on the rights and Cathohc Church in

to formalize agreements responsibilities of the

High School.

the territories

academic and athletic facilities. Diocesan and Charlotte Catholic development officials are now appealing to families and friends of the school and the Catholic community to meet the goal by late May. The campaign officially began

now under the control of the

Palestinian National Authority.

"The commission's fiondamental goal will be to seek a juridical status of the CathoUc Church in the Palestinian territories,

taking into consideration the various

aspects of service which the church car-

Campaign committee members currently solicidng pledges

are

from Char-

The 16-memheaded by Mike

student population. Following a successful building

campaign, a new state-of-thesouth Charlotte opened

lotte Catholic supporters.

art facility in

ber committee is Mulvaney, chairman, with organizational assistance provided by Debbie Huffman, directors of development for Mecklenburg Area Catholic Catholic Schools, and Jennifer Sheely, director of development for Charlotte Catholic High

doors to 671 students in the

School.

since 1995.

WOODEN

Vatican April 27 to formally establish a

years to come.

site

PLO Members

Meet To Discuss Joint Working Commission VATICAN CITY (CNS) Vatican and Palestinian authorities met at the

old, but orga-

tinue fostering faith through education for

April

Vatican,

cam-

paign that will finance the addition of 2.5 acres to Charlotte CathoUc High School's

campus

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1994-95, the school's previous

— now

the

campus of Holy

Catholic Middle School

inadequate

Trinity

— had become growing

in its service to the

Summer projects

its

of 1995.

facility to

accom-

capacity for 1,110 students.

projected 850 students will attend

the high school during the 1998-99 school year, an increase of more than 25 percent

"This land purchase stone to

much

a stepping

understand the importance of

tunities for

young people. That's what

Charlotte Catholic

about."

Charlotte Catholic

High School

one

counting on the support of

ries out

—

cial," the

spiritual,

educational and so-

Vatican said Jan. 15.

The PLO representative to the Vatican, Afif Safieh, said at the time that the commission would focus on "the status, privi-

of three Catholic high schools in North

leges and immunities" of holy sites and

Carolina, and one of two in the Diocese

Catholic institutions in the

It is part of Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools, a regional system established in the fall of 1992 that now

of Charlotte.

comprises the high school, middle school and five elementary schools.

bigger things for the fu-

ture," Sister Paulette said. "Charlotte

Catholic

who

Catholic education and providing oppor-

since then have fo-

cused on readying the

modate

fall

its

those

To offer support in Charlotte CathoHigh School 's new property campaign, call Debbie Huffman, MACS director of

West Bank and

Gaza, and also in East Jerusalem, whose annexation by Israel has not been internationally recognized.

The Vatican had a similar working group with Israeli government officials, leading to bilateral agreements several years

lic

ing

later.

The Vatican said the April 27 meetwas led by Msgr. Celestino Migliore,

undersecretary for relations with states at

development, (704) 370-3303.

the Vatican Secretariat of State, and

Emile

Remember

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ou can express your commitmeni to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte or to your parish. Simply have the following

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Roman

(

Rector: The Very Reverend Paul Gary

Jarjoui, leader of the Palestinian

delegation.

and charitable works."

For more information on how lo make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, l^iocese of Charlotte, Office of Development, 1123 South Church St., Charlotte, NC 28203, (704) 370-3301

its

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1998

The Pope Speaks

CPro^/oife

Pope John Paul

Corner

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Here

Pope John Paul II's remarks weekly general audience April 22.

text of

the Vatican

in English at his

Pope Condemns Murder Of Bishop Gerardi, Offers Condolences

VATICAN

Partial-birth abortion

a form of infanticide. Write your legislators in Washington to express to this

Dear brothers and sisters, In our catechesis on the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, we reflect today on the second coming of Christ at the end of time. While Christians look forward to it in hope and work for its reaUzation, that final event has already begun with the historical coming of Christ. Through Christ's passion, death and resurrection, humanity has entered into a new relationship with God, characterized by the offer of salvation. Christian

that has cost the life of a true servant of peace."

He offered "heartfelt condolences" to Guatemala and said he had been deeply moved by news of the bishop's slaying.

eschatology

procedure.

already begun and

lence,

Since Jesus said nothing about when the end would come, attempted predictions are baseless and mislead-

existence and offends the sentiments of this beloved

ing.

The Honorable U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, D.C. 20515

be understood as a historical process moving toward its fullness.

work reaches

nation," the pontiff said in a telegram.

described Bishop Gerardi,

April 26, as a

through the preaching of the Gospel. The Son of Man is the divine judge with a human heart who desires to give life to everyone. Only impenitent attachment to evil can prevent him from bestowing this gift. Our hope is therefore firmly placed

mony among

who draws

all

The Honorable

peoples to himself to grant them the abundance of grace

U.S. Senate

and eternal

See Postcard story, page 12

denounce in the strongest way this act of viowhich represents an attack against peaceful co-

a universal dimension

in Christ, the center of the universe,

Washington, D.C. 20510

only assures us that the end will not take place

before his saving

life.

warm welcome to the board of directors Women Religious of the United States, and through you I greet all the members of your communities. I welcome the students from the universities of Tromso and Oslo, and the Ansgar group from Goteborg. Upon all the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors, especially those from England, Canada, the United States, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan, I cordially invoke an abundance of divine blessings. I

extend a

of the Major Superiors of

man who all

who was murdered

never tired of working for har-

and who life and episcopal mission Guatemala) and the defense of

sectors of the population

"generously dedicated his to the pacification (of

human

rights."

The pope

said he

hoped the murder would demon-

of violence and help convince people to adopt dialogue. He said dialogue was the only way to settle differences and assure the victory of peace strate the uselessness

and justice over "any obstacle or provocation." The pope added that he hoped the killing would not interfere with the application of peace accords in

"In these sad circumstances,

Guatemala.

fervently pray to the

he may concede eternal glory to this zealous pastor and faithful son of the church," he saidBishop Gerardi was killed by an unknown assailant at about 10 p.m. as he returned to his home at St. Sebastian Parish in downtown Guatemala City.

Lord

that

Jubilee 2000: Year Of Forgiveness

Episcopal Gafencfoj

Joanne Kennedy Frazer

Bishop William. G. CurlimL will take part in tKe folowing events:

International Forgive the Debt

- May 6 Knights of Malta Pilgrimage Lourdes, France

April 29

Campaign

Book of Leviticus (25:8-12), Pope

and the U.S.); multilateral institutions (such as the

future of

many

debt which

literally threatens the

nations.

The crushing burden of

foreign debt

forcing the

poorest governments to spend more to repay creditors

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Reverend William G. Curlin Editor: Michael Krokos Associate Editor: Joann Keane Publisher: Most

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World Bank); and commercial banks (such as Citibank).

Why

Oxfam reports that millions of people are affected: • In Mozambique, debt servicing for 1996 was double the allocation for health and education; yet 25% of children die before age 5 as a result of infectious disease; 66% of the population is illiterate. • In Zambia, for every $1 spent on health, $4 is

some

cases

more than 100%. Because these

countries

development becomes With debt repayments representing more than double their spending on health and primary eduare so highly indebted, further

cation, sub-Saharan African

improve ties

governments are unable to

their living standards, educational opportuni-

or environmental quaUty.

What

being done? Millions of people and hunnow calling for debt relief for

dreds of organizations are

heavily indebted poor countries. Caritas Internationales,

because of the declining provision of health care,

a coalition of international Catholic reUef agencies, is calUng for the cancellation of unpayable debt by the year

clean water and sanitation. In Ethiopia, debt repayments equal four times the

public budget for health care, yet over 100,000 children

annually from easily preventable and treatable diarrhea. •

a problem?

yet infant mortality rates are

spent on debt servicing,

•

is it

For the most highly indebted countries, interest payments on their debt consumes on average 40% of GNP, and in

impossible.

financial data.

rising

Intermonetary Fund and the

than they do for basic services for their people, such as

longer view the international debt crisis only in terms of

& Herald ^§ May

credi-

industriahzed coun-

(such as Great Britain

proposing the Jubilee Year 2000 as an

right, the international

means that the debt crisis wears a human face, and the Cathohc call to be in solidarity with all peoples means we can no

News

tries

appropriate time to reduce substantially, or cancel out-

John Paul

food, water, health care and education. This

The Catholic

from three groups of tors: the

In the spirit of the

Conedera of Guatemala City as an "abominable crime

your opposition

Write to:

Charlotte,

CITY

—

(CNS) Pope John Paul II condemned the murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi

In Nicaragua, debt repayments exceed the total

2000. The United States CathoUc Conference is working on a legislative proposal for debt reduction which

should be introduced into the U.S. Congress soon.

What can

individuals and parishes do? Reflect

75% live below the poverty line,

the origins of the Christian Jubilee in Leviticus 25, Isaiah

25% of children under five suffer nutritional deficiency, and 35% of the population is illiterate.

61 and Luke 4. Call the Office of Justice and Peace for a parish packet on debt reUef. Join the Voices for Justice Legislative network to stay abreast of legislative

social sector budget, yet

• In Bolivia, debt repayment in 1997 was triple the budget allocated for rural poverty reduction, yet 90% of the highland population lives in poverty, and 84% have

no access

to safe water.

What is the international debt? It is $250 bilUon borrowed by the governments of developing countries

efforts.

Joanne Kennedy Frazer and Peace.

Office of Justice

diocesan director of the

May

The Catholic News

1998

Light

One Candle

Father Thomas

For What

We Have Done And What

We Have Failed To Do

on Pope Pius XII. There has long been controversy over

this time Jews obDay of Remembrance for the marand heroes of the Holocaust. Places of entertainment close in Israel and public ceremonies welcome school children

Every year about

serve a

tyrs

who

are taught about the Holocaust. In

1998, even more than usual, Christians, too,

have

much

to consider.

In March, after tion, the

1 1

years of prepara-

Vatican Commission for Religious

Relations with the Jews released

its

14-

page report, "We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah." As part of the Catholic response to the Holocaust,

this "call to peni-

tence" represents Pope John Paul vent hope

to heal the

...

El's "fer-

wounds of

past

misunderstandings and injustices."

While expressing remorse for the cowardice of some Christians during the Holocaust, the document prompted a mixed reaction from both Jews and Christians. Central to the criticism is a clause

how much he did

—

McSweeney

same courage was needed in

this

Jewish lives. Rabbi Marvin Hier was quoted in Time, asking: "There is no denying that Pope Pius Xn did wonderful work to rescue the Jews of Rome in late '43 and '44, but where was he when he could have made a difference in saving the lives of six million Jews?" Where was he? Supporters say Pius worked quietly and constantly to protect Jews and Catholics. Critics argue that he never clearly condemned the Nazi evil that sentenced the Jewish people to near extermination. Supporters or critics, religious leaders or laypeople, Jews or Christians, we all need truth. If Jews are to reach their children about the Holocaust, they need the whole story. If the Third Millennium of Christianity is to experience healing based on reconcihation with God and neighbor, the

and

did not do

—

to save

theologians are

—

world sixty years ago in every age even now

when

religious and racial

arly study

has been a revolution in the attitude of the Catholic Church toward the Jewish roots of Christianity and toward its repudiation of antiSemitism. Indeed, since Pope John XXIII there has been a resurgence of fraternal dialogue. But because the Jewish-Catholic relationship is dynamic and changing, it is important to look at the most recent Vatican statement from a "process" view that is, to see it as one more act in a

many Vatican

documents have been made available, the opening of wartime archives to independent scholars would do much to serve the cause of truth. There is every reason to hope that full disclosure will be forthcoming. Pope John Paul H, like all of us, understands that disclosure solutely necessaiy

risky but ab-

when seeking forgive-

ness and healing.

At this stage, however, there is much be said for the conscience of a church

—

sequence of actions designed to strengthen

ready and willing to pray "for a shared

mutual respect.

mutual respect, as befits those who adore the one Creator and Lord and have a com-

Today Catholics stand a little closer by asserting that

to their "elder brothers"

mon

Abraham."

father in faith,

the very magnitude of the crimes of the

Vatican's appeal for forgiveness for sins of injustice, must

political philosophers, psychologists

with courage. This

needs to be

still

done." While

its ugly head. Since Vatican II there

the reality

Much schol-

of the Shoah

hatred rears

trying to

all

more about

learn

Holocaust raises many questions still in need of answers: "Historians, sociologists,

start

& Herald 5

and

Father Thomas

McSweeney is diand a CNS col-

rector of the Christophers umnist.

Question Corner Father John Dietzen

Mass Offerings

leave for Masses, but a few thoughts

We live in a small town with no resi-

Q. dent pastor since last summer. I planned

$1,000 in my will for Masses. With no priest, however, Fm considering changing that part, and helping in some other way, perhaps to do goodfor a to leave

priest in need.

Having Masses said for oneself or another is still correct, isn 't it? What is a good amount to leave for Masses? And what does it mean when the priest announces that a Mass is being offered for a particular person ? I don 't want to seem like I am trying buy my way into heaven. But I could use some help on the way. Any insights you have will be appreciated. to

might help you decide what to do. For centuries, more than 1 ,000 years in fact. Catholics in

A. Your questions are good ones. I'm

how much money

parts of the

tion, as the first offering

world have followed the custom of Mass offerings for the church's ministers and other needs of the Christian community. This custom obviously continues here in the United States.

Jesus on Calvary.

At the same time, however, the church has carried on an almost continu-

fion effectively

ous struggle to avoid any appearance of commercialism about the Mass, and misunderstandings about the meaning of such offerings. They do not "buy" a Mass. One common problem has been language which is at least open to misunderstanding.

The example you give

good one.

We not about to suggest

some

Canon Law: A Text and

Every Mass has the same reach, therefore, the same universal saving inten-

our

Commentary, page 668).

Thus, a statement such is being of-

"This Mass

as,

Eucharistic

Prayers and other parts of the

Mass make clear, each offer-

name

in the Eucharistic

Prayer,

is at

embraces not only the whole church, but the whole human family, living and dead. This is the context in which the church makes it lawful for a priest to accept an offering to apply the

Mass according

to a

(Canon 945).

As one canon law

expert put

it,

Mass

offerings can be understood as "gifts to the church or

its

believe that the eucharistic sac-

some

intention,

rifice is a representation, a re-offering,

quest

of the one perfect sacrifice of our Lord.

in the

ministers on behalf of

much

least inappropri-

ate.

ing of this sacrifice of salva-

definite intention

or including the

fered for

particular intention

an announcement of a is

desired, a theologi-

and liturgically proper one could be, "We are remembering John Doe especially this Mass." at Perhaps these considerations help. Whatever you do, you can be confident your requests and offerings will be honcally

ored, either in your parish or elsewhere. Priests are

under serious obligation to be

sure that happens.

as a donation or be-

made to any charitable institution name of some person" (Code of

Father John Dietzen

CNS

col-

umnist.

Family Reflections Andrew & Variety

The Essence Of

Life

can't

live together," there

seemed a

sense of hopelessness in our failure to

we had eight guests in our home, people we had never met before, but who share a common concern. That

rise

concern

apple pie: the purity of "whiteness."

Last night

the evident poor race relations

in the south

suburban metropolitan area

of Chicago in which

all live.

The

above racist attitudes in our community. Those attitudes come from a racist paradigm that is as American as

Any

deviafion from this "standard" in our

communities

perceived as a negative.

purpose of our gathering was to simply break bread and share our stories stories that distinguish and connect us, stories that shape our identities. Sponsored and organized by the South Metropolitan Regional Leadership Center at Governors State University,

Though we may value racial diversity, too much of it is not desirable. People of color are seen as "spice" that makes us more "flavorful." However, too much

some 500 people took

sity

—

part in such "di-

versity dinners" hosted in area

homes

our group of four blacks we began by introducing ourselves, and telling why we chose to be part of this conversation. Asking the perennial question, "Why

spice spoils the meal.

To challenge this racist paradigm, we must begin to look at racial diververy differently. People of color are

rather an entree essential to the meal,

means

that night. In

not a spice.

and

purity paradigm and opening ourselves

six whites,

letting

go of the

being different because of each oth-

ers' differences.

This demands a kind of hospitality

Terri Lyke is grounded in the fundamental belief that we are all created equal and equally valued in God's eyes. It is trying to see our community and the people in it through the eyes of God. As we shared our stories, it became apparent that we who are open to talking about racism are but a small part of the solution. The attitudes, even in our own families, seemed so overarching. Then our 16-year-old daughter, Andrea, joined our conversa-

Our hope is in a world in which our children and grandchildren will see clearly that "there is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and

that

tion.

Her personal dedication to challeng-

female; for in Christ Jesus.

And

all

Christ, then [we] are

of [us] are one

[we] belong to

Abraham's

(Galatians 3:28-29)

help bring about such a world

by teaching our children

that

comes

our of

to race relations in

ing racism in her interactions with oth-

nity, variety is not the spice

and gave us hope. It dawned on us that our hope is in our youth whose world is much more racially diverse, and who are less bound to limiting

the essence.

ers inspired us

paradigms

that blind us to

as children of

God.

our true worth

off-

spring, heirs according to the promise."

Bon

Andrew & umnists.

when it commulife, it is

appetit!

Terri Lyke are

CNS

col-

6 The Catholic

Holy

News

& Herald

May

Week Event

Walk For Justice & Peace

KATHY SCHMUGGE

Justice set out to unite the sufferings of

Eight Appalachian State Univerwho had spent some time America also joined in prayerful support for Hispanics. On Good Friday, the group recited a modified version of the "Way of the Cross" at the North Carolina state Capi-

Christ with the suffering of His people.

tal.

tice.

Correspondent

a show

Hickory to Raleigh in support of the people of Central, South, and North America. Francisco Risso, Hickory event coordinator at left, listens with others individual

reasons

sity students

During the

that Christians throughout the world contemplate the Paschal mystery,

the Interfaith

marched from

—

week

participants

for

participation in the

walk.

On Palm tists,

Committee

for

Worker

Sunday, Catholics, Bap-

Methodists, and members of other

denominations joined hands to walk from Morganton to Raleigh to give hope and to pray for those who endure injustice, persecution and poverty. "Look for God in your own pain and your own suffering. This is where God will come to you. If you suffer with God, you will rise with God," said Fa-

Ken Whittington,

in Central

"We had each station represent one

of 14 issues

we were focusing on this who added the ma-

year," said Phares,

for poultry workers

welcoming environment

Aloysius' youth group during the students' scheduled faith formation class.

Francisco Risso coordinated the Hickory involvement and gave a brief

ticipants of the pilgrimage to Raleigh.

After graduating from Lenior-Rhyne College, he became active in the Carolina Interfaith Task Force while work-

are going to

walk

pastor of

this

week,

call-

ing attention to the sufferings of Christ

and the suffering of the people of this state and throughout the world," Father Whittington said to the visitors and the hundreds of Guatemalans who normally attend this

Sunday

service.

After the Mass, the 60 participants of the walk from Morganton to Hickory shared their personal intentions for this year's journey, a tradition begun at the initiation of the Pilgrimage for Justice and Peace's "Way of the Cross" eight years ago. The event, sponsored by the Carolina Interfaith Task Force on Central America, was led by organizer Gail

presentation for the youth after the meal.

ing in Raleigh.

"We must show our solidarity with the people of Central, South and North

America. We need to be willing to help those in need who come to this country and still suffer the plague of poverty," said Risso, who sees the annual walk as a spiritual and political journey.

Dignity

Phares.

Affordahiliiy

"I have been actively involved in peace and justice issues in Central America since the 1980s. I just got back from Mexico where I assist on both

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for Hispanics

and communities. While still in Hickory, those who walked shared their spiritual concerns and political positions with St.

in the churches

St.

"We

traveled from Chicago in support of the poultry workers in Valdese. She is the project coordinator for Poultry Worker's Justice and a member of the National Interfaith Committee for Worker's Justice.

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Entertainment The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Officefor Film and Broad-

Each videocassette is available on VHSformat. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience. casting.

Videos

Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion

Picture Association of America rating

woman suffering from amnesia (Ingrid

sparkles with lavish pageantry and

portrays the emigre scene with

—

enough

conviction to sustain interest in the growing mystery of the woman's true idenbut most memorable are the scenes between the spunky yet vulnerable Bergman and Helen Hayes as the regal dowager empress whose compassion tity,

leads to an emotionally satisfying con-

'Hie Object of My Affection" Is Painfully Charmless By HENRY

NEW YORK nant social worker

HERX

(CNS)

—A

falls in

love with a

preg-

classification

age.

real life is purely coincidental.

tion" (Twentieth Century Fox).

pass and a set of characters whose moti-

Nina (Jennifer Aniston) counsels troubled youngsters at a Brooklyn community center and her boyfriend Vince (John Pankow) is a lawyer. George (Paul Rudd) teaches fu^st grade at a posh private school in Manhattan and is living with literary critic Robert (Tim Daly). Crushed when Robert ditches him for another young man, George by happenstance moves into the spare

vations have no rationale

Meg Ryan) who

room

Nina's apartment.

tion.

Directed by Nicholas Hytner, the actors

go through

their

paces without any

recognizable emotional complexity, ex-

cept Hawthorne's for pained cheerfulness.Though played for humor, the situations are too contrived and

He's such a nice guy, Nina begins falling for

The script views love as something which has nothing to do with marriage and sex as a trivial expression of affec-

sexual relationship with boorish Vince.

When Nina becomes pregnant, she ditches Vince and turns to soul mate

George to help her raise her child. George happily agrees, then disappoints her by falling for Paul (Amo Gulinello), the young protege of aging British drama critic Rodney (Nigel

ma-

nipulative to be amusing.

him while continuing her

Clueless about the real values of love, sexuality

and family, the

result is

painfully charmless.

Because of its benign attitude toward sex outside of marriage, numerous sexual situations, rough language and

survives the Bolshevik Revolution to grow up in an orphanage with only faint memories of her family, then meets a handsome con man (voice of John Cusack) who takes her to Paris where her one surviving relative lives. Directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman turn history into a fairy tale with the enchantment of lush animation and spirited musical numbers. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I

classification

O — morally offensive.

The Motion Picture Association of

Hawthorne). Vince causes some nasty confrontations, Nina and Rodney console one another for their lost loves and the

America

movie suddenly ends sunnily with ev-

Broadcasting.

lic

rating

—

restricted.

Herx is director of the U.S. CathoConference Office for Film and

— G—

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is general patronage. general audiences.

"Dersu Uzala" (1978) Russian production about the friendship that grows between a tum-of-the-

century explorer in Siberia and his guide,

an aging Tungus hunter whose name its tide. Japanese director Akira Kurosawa concentrates on evoking the vast remoteness of the Siberian wilderness, a world the Russian finds forbidding but one in which the hunter gives the film

profanity, the U.S. Catholic Conference

Motion Picture

"Anastasia" (1997) Appealing animated musical about

concocted a plot without any moral com-

plot devices.

— general patron-

the

the czar's youngest daughter (voice of

Scriptwriter Wendy Wasserstein has

beyond that of

A-I

Not rated by

Association of America.

Paraphrasing the usual disclaimer, any similarity between this movie and

homosexual teacher who only wants to be her friend in the phony romantic comedy, "The Object of My Affec-

The U.S. Catholic Conference

clusion.

erybody, including Vince, being friends.

perfectly at

home.

Subtitles. Finely

acted, beautifully photographed,

it is an admiring portrait of a man living in harwith his fellow mony with nature and hunters. The U.S. Catholic Conference patronclassification is A-I general age. The Motion Picture Association of

America

rating

— PG — parental guid-

ance suggested.

"Doctor Zhivago" (1965)

MOVIES ONLINE

Boris Pasternak's novel has been turned into a romantic epic of the Rus-

and its effects upon various individuals (Julie Christie, Omar Sharif and Alec Guinness) struggling to sian Revolution

Can't

remember how a

classified by the

was know

recent film

USCC? Want

whether to let the kids go see it? Now you can look film reviews up on America Online.

Once you're connected to AOL, just use the word online

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keyto go to Catholic News Service's then look for movie reviews.

parental guidance suggested.

who somehow

escaped the 191 8 Bolshevik massacre of

—

British epic of Imperial Russia

tutored by a

the royal family. Director Anatole Litvak

Scott Bakula stars as manager Gus Cantrell and Eric Bruskotter is catcher Rube Baker in "Major League: Back to the Minors." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-lll adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-1 3 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

"Nicholas and Alexandra" (1971)

czar's youngest daughter

Cr<

White Russian

general (Yul Brynner) to pass as the

Bergman)

Morgan

—

"Anastasia" (1956) Absorbing drama from Marcelle Maurette's play set in 1928 Paris, where

survive in difficult times. Adapted by

Robert Bolt and directed by David Lean, the revolution serves as a rich backdrop for a bittersweet love story reflecting the

disruption of lives and values caused by the turmoil of the time. Restrained treat-

ment of violence. The U.S. Catholic

larger-than-life characters but misses

the historical context explaining

why

couple were the last of the dynasty. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, the focus is on this

Romanov

the domestic lives of Tsar Nicholas

(Michael Jayston) and Tsarina Alexandra (Janet Suzman) with occasional fragmentary scenes indicating the revolutionary events that were to sweep away the entire epoch. Grandscale

romance

set against a turbulent

but fuzzy background, with only Rasputin's rampant sexuality to give children pause, though all will wince at his brutal murder. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The Mo-

—

tion Picture Association of rating

America

PG — parental guidance sug-

gested.

"One Day

the Life of Ivan

Denisovich" (1971) British screen version of Russian

novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn's account, based on his

of what daily

life

of a forced labor

own experience,

meant

to a prisoner

camp

in the Soviet

penal system. Directed by Casper Wrede, Tom Courtney excels in the title role, conveying the feeling of a prisoner trying to survive each day by keeping alive the hope of freedom. A powerful indictment of Soviet oppression, it is filled with gloomy images of human suffering and hardship but it

also details the

little

which The U.S.

victories

lessened the pain of injustice.

Catholic Conference classification

—

adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of

A-II

America

rating is

G — general

audi-

ences.

"A Slave

Love" (1978) Movie company in the Crimea of

grinds out melodramatic romances

seemingly oblivious to the Bolshevik revolution sweeping across 1917 Russia. In the end, the company's emptystar (Elena Solovei) joins her cameraman in smuggling out film of czarist atrocities in the area. Gorgeously photographed and engagingly acted, director Nikita MikhaUcov's nostalgic tribute to the silent movies and their age of innocence is an enjoyable experience in spite of perfunctory Soviet propaganda. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

headed but beautiful

—

The Catholic News

& Herald

May

1998

To clone or not to clone

human beings add to human misery. To other believers the pursuit of all knowledge is a good and necessary undertaking. By explor-

will only

By Father Robert Catholic

News

Kinast

Service

k-/he is the most famous sheep in Almost everyone has seen her

ing

and knows her name: Dolly. As the first adult mammal ever

history.

picture

cloned, Dolly has taken cloning to a level and raised unprecedented questions in the process.

new

It is

what

cloning? a scientific procedure that non-

First of all,

sexually reproduces one organism from another. The key to cloning is the extraction and implanting of cells. In Dolly's case a mammary gland cell fi-om- one ewe was implanted in an-

and

understanding

God's creation more fully, are able to draw closer to God. The real question in this case is what society will do with the information science acquires about human cloning. That leads to a second set of issues: the moral questions.

Assuming that scientists could clone a contains all of an human being, should organism's genetic information, it had they? The initial reacnot been possible to utilize adult cells tion to this question in cloning that already were specified, has been almost unifor example, as skin cells or organ versally negative. The cells. But the scientists in Scotland reasons take two forms: who cloned Dolly overcame that probIt is intrinsically wrong lem. to clone human beings, This immediately raised a second and there are immoral question: Can humans be cloned? In one sense the question is premature. Everyone admits that if human cloning is possible at all, it won't happen for a long the photo seen around time. This is actually a blessing because it gives everyone the world Dolly appears to time to think through the isbe staring at the viewer, sues involved. One issue is scientific. Is confused by everything human cloning a proper subother ewe's egg.

Although each

use

cell

gate?

—

To a skeptic this is a moot question because sciencontinue to study cloning no matter

that happened to her.

Human

cloning also creates the likelihood of producing human clones for the

purpose of harvesting cells or genetic material to use in further research or for the

who control the cloning doesn't have to an alarmist to see the evil in this scenario.

benefit of those (or

It is

At present no one knows

human being a

time to consider

Wouldn't the cloned person be a reproduction of an existing person? It is too early to tell whether the sameness would extend even to per-

but

—To —

Many religious believers see cloning as an invasion of God's domain in order to seek knowledge that humans don't need and shouldn't possess. To these people, human cloning is the latest example of sinful human pride and

What kinds

individuality or distinctiveness.

sonality development

the implication."

sources for something which may never work. To theorists the question is whether scientists ever will acquire the knowledge to clone a human being.

of questions

being bypasses the human, sexual union and directly violates God's intention in creating males and females. A person is, you might say, manufactured, a laboratory product. In addition, males would not have to be involved as fathers at all. The nucleus of a woman's cell implanted in

a woman's egg would be sufficient to clone a

human.

One question about cloning concerns the destructive effect it would have on

and

life

choices,

surely would minimize each

person's individuality. The second set of moral issues relates to the consequences of human cloning. Of great moral concern here are questions such as these: Who has the power to use cloning? How will they use it? What will the long-term effects be? The ability to clone a human being brings with it the power to determine completely another person's genetic makeup and to do so without his or her

consent. Should anyone have such power? And, if so, who is qualified to

do teachers in Catholic high schools hear from young people

about the relation of faith and science? "I've never had anyone approach me with the question of how what we study in physics raised questions about their faith, and I've even taught science in a seminary. One time ... a student, ... after studying physics, said things were too complex to be random and that it confirmed his faith in God." Larry Russell, St. Louis, Mo.

—

"In the younger high school students, I think the questions we hear are how and why a theory of evolution might fit into their idea of how God created the universe, but by the time they are seniors they've internalized their concept of faith and have fewer of those kinds of questions." Sister Veronica Beato, ASCJ, St. Louis, Mo.

—

"One question is on a personal level: How can you be a scientist and believe in God too? The second question often revolves around how does the church view evolution because often there is an assumption that the church has trouble with the concept of evolution." James Warren, Los Angeles, Calif

—

An upcoming "comfort" one

Fourth

edition asks: Those

who mourned?

St. N.E.,

who mourn

you would

will

like to

Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

may be abnormal developments, mutations and other physiological mishaps that mg. There

what.

a pragmatist it is a question of allocating limited re-

for)

One

the long-term effects of clon-

cannot afford the same reaction to

human cloning.

can pay

process.

tists will

human

Parents? Doc-

Human

T In

ject for scientists to investi-

it?

tors? Scientists? Public officials?

be comforted, it is written. How did you or your parish respond for possible publication, please write: Faith Alive! 3211

no one is prepared to handle. These unknown, unforeseen consequences lead to a third set of issues with cloning that touches on human life's meaning. A human being is a complex creature who weaves together the many experiences of life in forming a distinct self Genetic makeup is a very important part of this process. But will

someone who has been predetermined by others to have the same genetic

makeup as another person be able to form an adequate sense of self or develop a distinct personality? And to what extent will a cloned person feel the self-determination which underlies human freedom, creativity, responsibility and moral character? In the photo seen around the world Dolly appears to be staring at the

viewer, confused by everything that happened to her. Human beings cannot afford the same reaction to human cloning. It is time to consider the implications.

(Father Kinast is the director of the Center for Theological Reflection, Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.)

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contents copyright

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1998

Sometimes

Beyond the technological imperative

science fiction

doesn't seem like fiction anymore. We're given lots of opportunities these days to feel that we've joined

gious scholars these days in returning to serious conversation with science. Also,

the cast of "Back to the Future." After the cloned sheep Dolly

more and more scientists seem to feel the same way about a dialogue with reli-

made

the news, talk quickly turned everywhere to the

human

JL 0 raise a question about the relationship of religious belief and science is a modern way of posing a longstanding question: What is the relationship of faith and reason? Catholic tradition supports the compatibility of faith and science. This is because of the Catholic conviction that God ultimately is the source of all truth. At different stages of history there have been disputes over what counts as true knowledge and what methods can reliably be employed in obtaining knowledge of the world. Yet, despite such controversies and the occasional moral alarm sovmded over

— likelihood? — of

possibility

The

cloning.

topic

seemed

—

Hollywood's mill subject material for entertaining like grist for

But I couldn't help

films.

How

wondering: until

long will

...?

I'm not being humble when I say that one of me is surely enough. I doubt my family would know what to do with three or four cloned versions of me. Do they want to meet me coming and going?! Dolly was cloned just when my youngest child was learning all about the genetic code in school. I felt it was a mighty-mature project for ninth grade, but

some

need

"We must avoid what has been called the technological imperative': the idea that

we can do something we

specific aspect of

Pope John Paul II has spoken to scion a number of occasions and has hosted conferences on scientific topics. He also has been a strong supporter of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Polls have shown that, as a group. Catholics express higher confidence in science than do Protestants. Evangelical Protestants, in particular, are often sus-

I think, we're

understand the

—

contribute to public discussions about whether human cloning should be done at all.

picious of science and its implications for faith. But Catholics are taught that the

David Gibson Editor, Faith Alive!

ongoing interest groups which meets regularly at the annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America.

should do

it."

Again, a recent issue of the

entists

science of something like cloning how it works so that we can

—

I think it is noteworthy that a fair of books were published in the past decade under the general heading of "religion and science." And "Theology and the Natural Sciences" is one of the

plines of science.

to others.

More and more, going

gion.

number

a scientific finding or experiment, the church maintains there is good reason to support the disci-

essential. For in this back-to-thefuture age, I doubt it will work simply to leave scientific

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findings of science do not threaten belief in God's existence or God's plan for creation.

There

renewed interest among reli-

New

York Review of Books contained a large ad announcing a conference on "Science and the Spiritual Quest." It is true that some scientific findings lead theologians to reconsider how God acts in the world and how we might interpret various biblical passages. But science does not really pose a challenge to Catholic belief in God or the conviction that God created the universe for the sake of love and is still at work to bring creation to its proper end. So, when we who are Catholics find

ourselves thinking about the relationship of religious commitment and science, it is often due to moral concerns rather than doctrinal tensions. That seems to be the case with the unexpected news that a British scientist had cloned a sheep. Even more startling was the bizarre announcement by an American that he would clone a human. Now, the benefits and contributions modern science has made to human welfare are hard to overestimate. Our lives are safer, healthier, more enjoyable and enriching due to the vast array of scientific insights we have experienced. Nonetheless, we must avoid what has been called "the technological imperative": the idea that if we can do

something we should do

it.

Catholics are not unique in asserting that humans have a capacity for evil, intentional or imintentional, which can demand that we refi-ain fi-om certain even if we can do them. things Does that caution apply to cloning human beings? Today, most, possibly all. Catholic moral theologians would say, yes. But theological criticism of cloning is not based on a behef that science is inimical to faith; instead, it is because some scientific advances are

—

more harmful than

beneficial to

human

beings.

(Father Himes is a Franciscan priest and professor of moral theology at Washington Theological Union.)

Put yourself in Job's shoes faith,

we turn

very different ways.

to the Bible.

Should we believe what the Bible

we believe science? lot of people ask that. Often their question says, or should

0 understand God, Creator of the

we would have

be God.

to be the Creator. That lesson of the biblical Book of Job.

would have

We the

Job had great faith. He also had wonderful powers of observation and reasoning.

And he was an extraordinary poet. we would call him a Renaissance

Today,

focuses on the first chapter of Genesis. Did God create the world in seven days? Today, we know that the universe has been around for millions of years! And how about evolution? Can a good Christian beheve in

evolution? Bible says

ated the

Job understood that God, creation and evil belong to the realm of mystery. But Job did not grasp the enormity of the mystery before him. After hearing Job probe the mystery as far as he could go with his fiiends, God spoke to him: "Who is this that obscures divine plans with words of ignorance? "Gird up your loins now, like a man; "I will question you, and you tell me the answers! "Where were you when I founded the earth? "Tell

me,

you have understanding"

(Job 38:2-4).

man

The

God

cre-

first

hu-

beings!

Biblical faith tells about the mystery behind scientific explanations. The Bible's inspired human authors believed in God, a living, uncreated God, revealed in the life of

their ancestors.

"We today are much

That God

like Job.

understand awesome things uith the

respond that help of science, but we are not God." faith in the Bible and science are not contradictory. We can believe in God's the source of everything we word in the Bible, and we can hold on to see, explore or study, even with scientific methods. scientific discoveries. But, in explaining such a position, some Science approaches the people tend to reduce the Bible to a quasiworld from the point of view scientific book. For example, they might reof reason, using controlled observation present each of creation's seven days as an and experimentation. era, thus attemptmg to show that the Bible For people of faith, science gives a does not contradict science. glimpse of how God created the world. The Bible and science, however, When I read about DNA, for example, I are not on the same level. Both acpraise God for the wonders of the life count for the world's origins, but in God created.

Wc lodav arc much like Job. We understand awesome things with the help of science, but we are not God. (Father LaVerdiere, a Blessed Sacrament priest, is a Scripture scholar and senior editor of Emmanuel magazine.)

God was showing that Job was not God.

God remains a great mystery, as does To probe these mysteries in

creation.

iyright®1998 by

CNS

x" Nutshell Assuming scientists could clone a human

being, should they? Initial reactions to the question have

been almost universally negative.

What will society do with information

science

may acquire about the possibility of human

Often we turn attention to faith and science because of moral concerns, not because faith science are inherently incompatible.

cloning?

and

10 The Catholic

News

May

Herald

People In The Pope To Stop

In St.

Louis After

Jan. 22-25 Mexico Trip LOUIS (CNS) —Archbishop Justin F. Kigali of St. Louis announced April 23 that the Vatican has confirmed that Pope John Paul II will visit St. Louis following a planned Jan. 22-25 trip to Mexico. "It is a great joy for me to announce that the Holy See has confirmed this morning that His HoUness, Pope John Paul n, will be able ST.

come to St. Louis next January, after his

visit to

Mexico," the archbishop said in pre-

pared remarks. Vatican officials confirmed

two days earher that the pope would go to Mexico to issue a document on the 1997 Synod of Bishops for America, and said that St. Louis was still being considered as a stop on the same trip. Priest Travels To Guatemala 'Out Of Love' For U.S. Parishioners

MARYDEL, Md.

—

(CNS) Most way to help

1998

News

Derventa, about 100 miles to the north, in Serb-controlled territory. to lead

He had intended

more than 600 Bosnian Croat refu-

who had

20 buses from Croatia, in a Mass at the partially destroyed St. George Church on that saint' feast day. It was to be the first time a Mass was held there since the start of the 1992gees,

arrived in about

95 war. Instead, an estimated 1,000 local Serbs blocked most of the buses with felled A crowd then surrounded the church and tried to set it ahght. Judge Says Killers Of U.S.

trees.

Churchwomen Could Be Released SAN SALVADOR (CNS) Five ex-

—

national

guardsmen convicted of murder-

ing three U.S. nuns and a lay worker could

be released from prison "at any moment" under El Salvador's new penal code, said a judge.

The new penal code, which came

into force in late April, allows early parole

who have

Catholic pastors will go a long

for prisoners

their parishioners, but

few would go as far Marydel pastor Father Christopher LaBarge did. Father LaBarge's flock at

sentences and have proven good conduct.

The former guardsmen

Immaculate Conception Parish includes 1,500 Guatemalans hving in a trailer park about a mile from the church in this small, rural town on the Maryland-Delaware border. To enhance his relationship with these parishioners, Father LaBarge trekked to their homeland "out of love" for them, he said, to study their culture and language. During his three-month sabbatical in Guatemala, Father LaBarge lived at the rec-

served half their

are currently serv-

ing 30-year sentences after their 1984 con-

1980 rape and murder of Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missionary Jean Donovan. victions for the

Seminary Enrollments Down; Diaconate, Lay Ministry Up WASHINGTON (CNS) U.S. CathoUc seminary enrollments went down

—

slightly this year, but the

numbers

Gilbert Ortiz and his wife, Emma, of Cheyenne, Wye, display letters from Mother Teresa and her successor Sister Nirmala. He wrote Mother Teresa 17 years ago. The nun responded quickly, but her letter was misplaced and Ortiz did not receive it until last month.

Mother Teresa Letter Airives 17 Years But Just In Time

1^ —

By SCOTT FARRIS

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (CNS)

—A

let-

"When I read that letter I hit the roof. Maybe I hit heaven," Ortiz said, adding

diaconate and lay ministry formation pro-

ter from the late

grams

rose, said the Center for AppUed Research in the Apostolate. The biggest

to a

8 feet tall."

nine weeks of his stay, the priest studied

increase

and just at the right time on the very day he learned he had serious health prob-

Spanish six hours a day, five days a week.

v/here reported enrollment rose 15 percent,

lems.

Cardinal Urges Council To Reject 'Life Partners' Bills PHILADELPHIA (CNS) —Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua went before the Philadelphia City Council April 22 to urge rejection of five bills that he said would give unmarried homosexual or heterosexual "life partners" the same rights as

fi-om 20,28 1 in the 1996-97 school year to

Mother Teresa, who died Sept. 5 last year, seemed to anticipate that her letter would not arrive until Ortiz needed it most.

tory of the cathedral in a

known

Mayan

village,

colloquially as Xela. For the

married couples. "I

first

testifying in per-

son so that the members of council, as well as the public, will hear the Catholic

Church's true positions on marriage, the homosexuality and the proposed life partners' legislation," he said.

traditional family,

The city

bills

before the council would allow

employees to designate anyone as their

pension beneficiary; exempt "Ufe partners"

benefits to "Ufe partners" as are of-

fered to employees and their spouses; and

allow homosexual or heterosexual couples to register with the city as

"domestic part-

ners."

Stone-Throwing Mob Traps Cardinal, Faithful In Bosnian Church

DERVENTA, Bosnia-Herzegovina A mob of stone-throwing

(CNS)

—

in lay ministry formation,

23,333 in the current year. CARA estimated total enrollment in permanent diaconate programs at about 2,600. For the first time since the 1993-94 school year,

Cheyenne man arrived 17 years

—

late

Gilbert Ortiz, a retired barber, had written to

Mother Teresa in 1 98 1

make

others in need.

Mother Teresa wrote back

worn

off.

"I'm

only 5-foot-5," he said, "but I feel like I'm

What made the letter so special is that

a small donation and ask for prayers for

"Pain, sorrow, suffering

but the kiss

of Jesus," Mother Teresa wrote.

you have come so close

sign

him

that

enrollments were up in both high school

ceived the reply.

and college seminaries, but losses in theology the post-college years closest to

One day

he can kiss you. May God give you all the courage to accept your cross with resignation and love in union with the pas-

—

ordination

—

outstripped the gains at the

lower levels. CARA, an independent Catholic research agency based at Georgetown University in Washington, reported and analyzed the new enrollment data in "CathoUc Ministry Formation Enrollments, 1997-1998: Statistical Overview."

Pacem In Terris Award DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS) In

Ortiz said. "I

was down, man,

really

—

Sis-

Prejean accepted the 1998 Pacem

Peace and Freedom Award in Davenport as "a mandate to keep on working, to keep on talking against the death penalty." A Sister of St. Joseph of MedaUle

who is best known

as the author of

"Dead

Man

Walking," Sister Prejean said she wanted to be a positive force for changing

way people think about capital punish-

—

in fact.

One, dated Nov. 28, 1981, was fi-om Mother Teresa. The second was from Mother Teresa's successor as superior of the Missionaries of Charity, Sister Nirmala Joshi, who told Ortiz that Mother Teresa's response to his letter somehow had been found among some other papers delivered to the order's house in

York

New

nal does not get put to death,

away from the area in armored cars, NATO spokesmen and various media reported. Cardinal Vinko Puljic of Sarajevo had tiraveled that morning to

mean he will go free, she added. Iowa is one of only 12 states that does not have a

Mother's signature." For Ortiz, the letter was more than a

does not

death penalty. Legislation to reinstate it was

successfuUy blocked again this year.

like to

have the

collector's item.

you."

Mother Teresa have given

him an extraordinary inner peace. While his health is failing, "now

letter since

bears

Where moments before now filled with

he had felt despair, he was joy and peace.

don't care what happens to me," he said. "If Christ

wants to take me, I'm ready to

Now I know I've got somebody pray-

ing for me. Now when I get to heaven, I have somebody I have to meet and it's

Mother Teresa." At Ortiz's church, St. Joseph's in Cheyenne, the pastor, Father Michael Carr, read Mother Teresa's letter to the congregation on Easter Sunday, April 12. Father Carr, a Cheyenne native who received haircuts from Ortiz as a boy, said he felt Ortiz's story was the perfect Easter story,

"an Easter story

full

Although he admits he

"Although the content of the letter may not be important or relevant to you now, nearly 17 years later," Sister Nirmala wrote Ortiz, "we thought that you might

for

God bless

Ortiz said the personal reply and

in February.

working to keep the death penalty out of Iowa. "I'm like a prism and I want to let the light come through me to the people behind me," she said April 14. People need to understand that if a crimi-

ment and

sion of Jesus.

blessing from

go.

Then Emma went to the mailbox and two letters,

found an unexpected letter

in Terris

the

their home in silence, contemplating the impact of the news, "I was feeUng bad,"

down."

Death Penalty Foe Sees 'Mandate'

ter Helen

March, the 70-year-old Ortiz had just returned home from the doctor's office, where he had been told he had failing kidneys and an inch-long aneurysm on his aorta. As he and his wife, Emma, entered this

Bosnian Serbs trapped the archbishop of Sarajevo and dozens of the faithful in a church for more than seven hours and tried to set fire to the building. The April 23 incident ended without injuries when police and NATO-led peacekeeping forces escorted the hostages

that the effect has not yet

almost immediately, but Ortiz never re-

from the realty transfer tax; require businesses and the city government to offer the

same

was

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

of hope." curious to

find out what future medical checkups will

show about

Ortiz's health, the priest said

Ortiz already has had one miracle and

the best one

—

the gift of peace. not for me to pronounce miracles," Father Carr said, "but this is more than a coincidence. What else could it be? The timing could not have been is

"It's

precise."

May

The Catholic News

1998

Employment Opportunities —

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Our Lady of Grace School, a K-8 Catholic school Assistant Principal for the 1998-99 school year.

Greensboro, NC,

Applicants must possess the following qualifications:

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to:

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Father laquinta calls charismatic re-

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—

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Greenville,

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in Greenville, S.C., will

be the keynote

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The Catholic News

May

Of Postcards Sent

Millions

NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN WASHINGTON (CNS) — U.S.

BELMONT — The

public sentiment that this

must be

horrible procedure

banned once and

senators received millions of postcards against the partial-birth abortion proce-

Sen.

$150,000 to Belmont Abbey College in support of the college's Millennium Campaign. The gift, to be made over five years,

Dan Coats, R-Ind.,

"overwhelmed with postcards, faxes and calls

to dioceses in April.

The National Committee for a HuLife Amendment, which sponsors

man

will increase the

endowment of Belmont

against this terrible proce-

Abbey's Bradley

dure."

of Christian Culture. In particular, the

campaign along with

am encouraged to see

that our national support

the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life

Dickson Foun-

dation of Charlotte, N.C., has pledged

for all."

said his office has been

dure as part of this year's pro-life postcard campaign, according to a follow-

the annual postcard

Dickson Foundation Pledges $150,000 To Belmont Abbey College

Abortion

Partial-Birth

up report sent

Opposing

1998

Study

Institute for the

promote the development of

gift is to

ethical values within the professional

more than 14 million

growing," Coats added.

postcards were ordered by dioceses or other Catholic organizations wishing to

"We are close, but not quite

community. The Bradley

More postcards, more calls, and more personal

former college President Father John P.

Activities, said

there.

participate in this year's campaign.

The postcards asked

meetings with

senators to sup-

port an override of President Clinton's

sional colleagues

second veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. Although there are suffi-

this

congres-

the

sionals, clergy

way

named

topics to

and others interested in and philosophical their effects on soci-

examine

ety.

Michael Taylor, execu-

"This generous

bring added and alenhanced program-

gift will

tives to override the veto, three

tive director of the National

stability to the Bradley Institute

votes are needed in the Senate to achieve

low us

who

Committee for a Human Life Amendment, estimated that more than three-quar-

already oppose the partial-birth proce-

ters of the 181 Latin-rite

who have voted to uphold the president's veto. The official dates for distribution of the postcards in Catholic churches was Jan. 24-25, but

Catholic dioceses in the United States participated in the postcard campaign, with other dioceses supporting the cause in different ways. Taylor said his organi-

a two-thirds majority.

Postcards went both to senators

dure and those

some dioceses chose

other dates.

In the follow-up report. Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mo., said the postcards "rep-

zation

"still

continues to

CNS

photo by Al Stephenson

Sen. John Ashcroft, R-Mc, displays some of the millions of pro-life postcards received by U.S. senators this year. The cards asked for an override

fill

of President Clinton's

second veto

of the Partial-Birth

and "show Americans understand the value of life and disaster of abortion." He cited two reasons for their

postcard orders and will do

that the vast majority of

so until the votes occur or

our stock is depleted." Override votes have not been sched-

cards to follow them up with a

importance.

uled in either house of Congress, but are

gress. "Just sending a short handwritten

expected before the end of 1998. The legislation vetoed by Clinton would have banned a procedure used in late-term abortions in which the unborn

note has a strong impact,"

resent

more than

just mail"

"First, there are

some who only go by

'head counts,'" Ashcroft said. "But second, there are also

members who, when they

campaign

provoked to look at the facts. And when you look at the facts of partial-birth abortion, you simply cannot condone the procedure." see a

Sen.

like this, are

child

Abortion

Ban

partially delivered, feet first, be-

fore surgical scissors are stabbed into the

base of the infant' s head. The child' s brain

Wayne Allard, R-Colo., said the

postcard campaign "has not gone unnoticed" in the Senate.

then removed by suction, allowing for

Act. letter,

or e-mail to their representatives in

The organization

also

said.

fax

Con-

offering for

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Dr. Rajive Tiwari

Wins Faculty Award At Belmont Abbey BELMONT — Dr. Rajive Tiwari, assistant professor of physics at

Belmont

Abbey

College, is the recipient of the Adrian Faculty Excellence Award for the 1997-98 academic year. He was chosen from among faculty members nominated for this honor by students and colleagues. Dr. Tiwari,

who joined the Abbey

faculty

in 1994, earned his master's degree

and

doctorate from Rutgers University.

The Adrian Award was estabUshed by Marilyn Adrian and the late Herbert M. Adrian

Jr.

to recognize

and reward out-

standing performance by faculty at the college.

Among

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members

the criteria for the

skill in

imparting un-

derstanding of course material, a pro-

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"In a faculty where so many colleagues are worthy candidates for an

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onstrates the leadership and

compassion

of retired Bishop Michael

J. Begley, the bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte. Brian Heaton was also recognized for his dedication to youth ministry. The Our Lady of Mercy parishioner received the Eagle and Cross award, an honor presented by the National Federation of

first

Editor's Note: Stoiy contains some graphic language.

The

ethicist

wrote that an injection,

for example, leaves a

man

feeling that

LYNNE WEIL ROME (CNS) — A church-affiUated

"he is not the protagonist, and the woman does not feel herself to be the cause of

bioethics scholar spoke of his approval

the erection, and therefore feels 'used.'"

of a

new

anti-impotence

pill

months be-

it went on sale in the United States. Antonio Spagnolo, who teaches at the Cathohc University of Rome, said in the Italian journal Medicine and Morals in late 1997 that clinical trials conducted on the pill now known as Viagra had produced "encouraging results." Viagra, introduced into the U.S. market in early April by the Pfizer pharmaceutical company, was to reach Italy and other countries later in the year. Although some women have taken

fore

the drug, as well as healthy

men

inter-

ested in improving their sexual stamina,

men

said the

same was

true of pros-

theses and surgical implants.

The impotence hand,

emotional and

af-

fective intimacy of the couple, as well as the naturalness of the preliminaries

and affective gestures," Spagnolo wrote. Noting that the pill itself did not raise any ethical questions, Spagnolo said further studies of

effects, including po-

its

tential side-effects,

make

were

still

needed

laboratory research

com-

plete.

with problems achieving or maintaining

Pfizer spokesmen said they had received "Vatican approval" for Viagra,

erections.

but Spagnolo told Catholic

Viagra' s principal users have been

Spagnolo wrote that taking the drug

was better from an ethical standpoint than a number of other impotence therapies.

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seen in the

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—

Catholic belief.

The heavy emphasis on building harmony in the world, he said, "tends to

avoid the question of truth or to

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second place."

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News

May

1998

Diocesan News Briefs Concert & Workshop ASHEVILLE — Liturgical composer, author and recording artist

Grayson

Warren Brown performs in concert at St. Eugene Church May 8 at 7:30 p.m. A freewill offering will

be collected.

On May 9

from 9 a.m. -3:30 p.m.. Brown leads a workshop on the topics "Can My Church Really Sing?" and "The Role of the Choir and Music in the Liturgy." The workshop cost is $25, which includes lunch. Please see our ad elsewhere in this edition for a registration form, or call

(828) 254-5193 for

Chuck

Taft at

more information.

Basilica Tours

ASHEVILLE Basilica of St.

— The docents of

Lawrence provide

weekend Mass. Masses

are at 5 p.m.

on Saturday, and 9 and 1 1 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday. Spanish Mass is 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Fastiion Sliow "A Fiesta for BELMONT Josephina" is the theme of the 1998 American Girls Fashion Show in Curtin Hall on the Sisters of Mercy Sacred Heart

—

Campus May

15 at 7:30 p.m..

May

10 a.m., 2:30 p.m., and 7 p.m., and

May

17 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18, and admission includes the fashion show, door

bag and Mexican fiesta treats. Proceeds will benefit Holy Angels, which

prizes, a gift

provides residential, developmental, so-

and other services and programs to children and adults with mental retardation and other disabilities. To purchase cial

(704) 825-0417.

50+ Club

CHARLOTTE

—

The 50+ Club of John Neumann Church meets May 13 at 10:30 a.m. for a covered dish luncheon to honor five couples in the group celebrating their 50th anniversaries. For further information, call Joanne Halgas at (704) 535-3745. Respite Training St.

CHARLOTTE — A respite training

workshop for those involved in the disABILITY with H.O.P.E. ministry, those wanting more information about starting

the

free

tours of the historic church following ev-

ery

tickets, call

such a ministry

at their parishes,

and those caring for loved ones who are elderly,

ill

and 12 from 7-9:30 p.m. the St.

is May 1 Room 102 of

or with disabilities in

Matthew Church parish

center.

$5 fee for materials can be shared at the workshop. Reserved accessible parking is available with registration by May 8. For more information, call the church office at (704) 543-7677, ext. 43, or Kathy Tetu at (704) 846-3219.

Natural Family Planning Course

CHARLOTTE

— The Couple

Couple League begins a four-part course on natural family planning May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Matthew Church. For more information and to register, call Alex or Maria Munoz at (704) 849-0891, or Rich-

Cashman at (704) 552-1334. English Class Information

ard or Carmen

CHARLOTTE — An

informational

session on a planned "English as a ond language" class for immigrants

In this Lenten photo, Marian Father Waldek Ziolowski, far right, shares his Polish heritage with members of the eighth-grade class at Our Lady of Grace School by crafting a Palm Sunday ornament of pussy willow, grass, dried flowers and ribbon. Father Ziolowski is a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Grace Church in Greensboro.

Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 4207 Shamrock Dr., May 14 at 7 p.m. If someone you know would like to learn English, Maralee BattagUa, (704) 921-1818, after 2 p.m. call

Norwegian Adventure

sec-

Allen, pastor of St.

is at

five-day

Cost

Perpetual Adoration eucharistic adoration

is at

the

Belmont Abbey

Chapel, located behind the abbey church and monastery. For more information, call (704) 827-6734.

— —

CHARLOTTE Perpetual eucharistic adoration is at St. Gabriel Church. Contact Kathleen Potter, (704) 366-5127, for more information. HIGH POINT Perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is at the Maryfield Nursing Home chapel. For details, call Joe or Mary Lanham, (910) 454-4551. School News

CHARLOTTE — Elizabeth John,

a senior at Chariotte Catholic

High School,

is among the 400 high school seniors chosen as recipients of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholai'ships. Each recipient will receive a $20,000 scholarship loan from the state, payable in $5,000 increments. The full loan is forgiven after the Fellow has completed four years of teaching in North Carolina public schools. John is the daughter of Richard and Barbara John of Charlotte. They are parishioners of St. Gabriel Church. WINSTON-SALEM Fifty-four students and teachers at Bishop McGuinness High School spent their Easter vacation in London and Paris. In London, students complemented their classroom studies by visiting Stonehenge and Westminster Abbey, attending a theater production at the Criterion Theater in Picadilly Circus, and taking a walking tour of the city's east end. A smaller group traveled to Paris on Easter, visiting Notre Dame Cathedral, walking along the banks of the Seine River and ending their day at the Arc de Triomphe.

—

ASHEVILLE

—

Secular Franciscans Meet The Order of Secular Franciscans meets

air,

five-day cruise, land, taxes and

For information and a brochure, call Jean Ponischil at (704) 375-2366 or write to 1614 Dilworth Rd. E., Charlotte, NC 28203. Space

to share in

com-

Gospel the second Saturday of each month at Justin Center. For information call Helen Turek,

(704) 684-1533.

—

limited.

Bishops' Dialogue HICKORY The annual Bishops' Ecumenical Dialogue, hosted by western

—

North Carolina's

Roman Catholic, Evan-

gelical Lutheran, Episcopal

HICKORY The Fraternity of Brother Francis meets the second Sunday of each month from 2-4 p.m. Inquirers are welcome. Call Bill Brockhoff at (704) 464-51 13 or Herman Thoni at (704) 294-0347 to confirm the date and location of the next meeting.

and United

Methodist bishops, is May 12-13 at the Catholic Conference Center for ordained clergy, parish staff members and parish lay leaders. Lectures will

ements of parish

examine the

life that

el-

make congre-

gations places fostering healthier relationships in the parish and in homes. Cost

GREENSBORO

— Franciscan Fa-

Greg Gebbia of the Franciscan CenGreensboro leads "Beyond Sham-

ter in

rocks and Other Understandings of God,"

an adult education discussion on a ChrisMay 19 at 7:30

tian understanding of God,

is available by calling Joe Casacchia, (336) 632-0729, to

p.m. Baby-sitting R.S.V.P.

Living Waters Retreat "Everyday

MAGGIE VALLEY

—

Mystics" is a May 11-17 retreat discerning and celebrating mystical moments of peace that are achieved through child-hke faith.

Franciscan Father Thomas Vigliotta

facilitates.

Ahve"

Cost

May

$260. "The Hills are 22-28 nature retreat fo-

cusing on the experience of God's love

mountain setting. Dominican Father Martin lott facilitates with Dominican Sister Jeannette Stang. Cost in a springtime

$260.

To register,

get

information, or

receive a retreat schedule, write to the

$70, which includes accommodations and

Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane, Maggie

three meals; a shding scale exists for lec-

Send registrations to the Rev. Gilmer Miller, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, 1406 Harper Ave., Lenoir, NC

tures only.

28645.

Pentecost Conference

GREENSBORO

— "Pentecost

North Carolina: Springtime for Christians," a statewide

conference celebrating

Holy

Spirit in preparation

for the millennium, is

to the apostolic life of the

the Basilica of St. Lawrence's St.

Church, leads a

Norwegian adventure July 16-25.

$2,847.10 per person, which in-

the year of the

mitment

Ann

Steinkamp, (336) 476-9717, or Joyce Brown, (704) 547-1836. Adult Education Series ther

Richard

meals. Travelers will depart from Charlotte.

BELMONT — Perpetual

cludes

Around The Diocese

— Msgr.

CHARLOTTE

information and to register, call Bette

Auditorium

May

15-17 in Odell

Greensboro College.

Speakers include Father Patsy laquinta, chairman of the National Service Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, and Franciscan Father Paul Will-

Anthony of Padua Greenville, S.C. Music will be

iams, pastor of

St.

Church in performed by Hearts of Fire and Keith, and child care will be provided. For more

Valley,

28751,

call (704)

926-3833,

or send a fax to (704) 926-1997.

Estate Planning Seminar St. Therese MOORESVILLE Church hosts an estate planning seminar

—

May

14 in the multi-purpose room at 7:30 p.m. Focus will be on a properly drawn will as one of the most important docu-

ments you will ever

sign.

Vacation Raffle SYLVA St. Mary Church

—

con-

ducting a raffle for an all-inclusive, weeklong vacation at a Sandals resort. Tickets are $5 each or six for $25,

and are on

sale

May 30. The drawing will be held May 3 1 For tickets or more information, until

call or write to St.

Mary Church

586-9499, 22 Bartlett 28779.

St.,

at (828)

Sylva,

May

World And National News

Blagozenter Pediatric Hospital was a project

report addressed the escalating use of the

Angelini and funded by the Knights of Malta

death penalty, the effects of race and eco-

on who receives death sentences, political influences on judges and prosecutors, fairness of jury selection and international law prohibiting execution of those convicted of crimes committed

cese of Augsburg, Germany. Inaugurated

status

LONDON

(CNS)

—

British church

leaders and pro-lifers say British govern-

Germany and by

proselytism, but of sincere, fraternal love

an April 15

letter to Clinton, Jo-

seph DiPasquale, the CathoUc War Vetcommander, urged Clinton to sign a bill banning the procedure. "Mr. President, we cannot believe that you

erans' national

would want

the cruelty of partial-birth

abortion or infanticide to be practiced in

the United States," DiPasquale said.

DiPasquale said the Catholic War Veterans unanimously agree that partial-birth abortion is "an instrument of destruction for both mother and child." Meeting earlier in April, the group affirmed its support for a nationwide ban. Asian Catholics Do Not Want Western Catholicism, Says Cardinal

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— The

Catholic faith will not be intelligible or

Asia if it concopy of the CathoWest, said Taiwan Car-

attractive to the peoples of

tinues to be a carbon lic

Church

in the

Shan Kuo-hsi. Outlining the topics for the Synod of Bishops for Asia, Cardinal Shan said, the church's mission of love and service must begin with "a genuine regard and respect for all the peoples of Asia, their religions and cultures." The cardinal, bishop of Kaohsiung and the papally appointed dinal Paul

the inauguration.

Confiscated Church Bells Subject Of High-Level Talks CHEYENNE, Wyo. (CNS)

—A

a firmer legal basis to living wills, or ad-

Senior church leaders in Britain and Ire-

Philippine President Fidel

land have urged the British government

about them during an April 10 meeting in

modify the proposals. Turn Cardinal Permits Lifting Of

Washington. The Philippine government has requested that the bells be returned to the Philippines this year in honor of the 100th anniversary of independence from Spain. But some veterans' groups have

...

"We wish the case to be conand the only way in which it

can be is for the state (El Salvador) to recognize its responsibility," said Father Jose Maria Tojeira, rector of Jesuit-run Central

American University. More than eight

years after the murder of the university's

most prestigious leaders by an

elite

army

unit trying to pass as leftist guerrillas, the

university's authorities are

making

a fresh

Among

was giving

the proposals

Excommunication For Abortion TURIN, Italy (CNS) In connec-

—

Shroud

attempt to reactivate the case.

tion with the public display of the

Immigrants Food Stamps Caught In Funding Tussle WASHINGTON (CNS Support-

of Turin, the city's cardinal has given

all

Ramos

objected to the return.

and disabled immi-

the confessional that they have had an

grants and refugees in an agriculture ap-

abortion can be given absolution "with-

ended up

A coalition of religious,

out the obligation of further recourse,"

for their

and social service organizations hopes to persuade Senate leaders to advance a bill that would restore $818 million worth of food stamp benefits to certain categories of immigrants that were eliminated in the 1996 welfare restructuring. While a House-Senate conference panel agreed to fund the restoration of benefits for 250,000 legal immigrants. Senate leaders have blocked the agriculture bill to which the measure is attached. "By placing a hold on this bill and targeting the money to pork-barrel highway projects. Senators (Trent) Lott and (Phil)

said Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini of

The cardinal announced that he was broadening priests' ability to lift the excommunication normally reserved to the bishop and to a few priests appointed by him as part of a series of

settlement reached April 10, prisoners

spiritual provisions in effect April 18-

a broad but cautious

June 14 while the shroud

inclusion of early release of

ers of immigrants' rights

—

hope

to con-

vince Congress to restore food stamps for children, elderly

propriations

bill.

cultural

Gramm

excommunication incurred by women who have had an aborlift

the automatic

tion.

Women who

tell

a Turin priest in

Turin.

—

on display.

Cable Network At Crossroads On 10th Birthday Interfaith

NEW YORK (CNS) — Odyssey, the

interfaith cable

York, finds serves

its

network based

itself at a

crossroads as

in jail serving prison

who belong

to paramilitary

groups that

sign the Northern Ireland peace agreement

will be released within

two years. In

Northern Ireland, the settlement received

welcome, but the

some 400 become an emotional issue. Archbishop Report On Progress

prisoners has

On Common Ground Initiative NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Arch-

ob-

bishop Oscar H. Lipscomb said April 15

10th anniversary, key leaders

that

he hopes discussions resulting from

Common Ground Initiative

gious communities involved in the net-

will continue to "illuminate

recording secretary of the Asian synod,

ecutive director of the National Asian

more firm

opened

Pacific

work, including a number of Catholic groups, have not been able to come up with funds to produce enough programs of good quality, they said. If Odyssey is to continue to compete for acceptance by cable operators and advertisers, it

April 20. "The mission of Jesus Christ is to

give the fullness of

life to all

peoples," he said. But most Asians will not appreciate the message unless they

see

how

cultural

it fits

into their already

deep

and religious values.

Salvadoran Jesuits To Take 1 989 Murders Case To OAS Commission SAN SALVADOR (CNS) Salvadoran soldiers' murder of six Jesuit

American Legal Consortium at an April 20 press conference. U.N. Report, Execution Turn World's Eye To U.S. Death Penalty

WASHINGTON

—

(CNS) When Virginia executed Angel Francisco Breard of Paraguay April 14, more Para-

housekeeper and her teenage daughter will be taken before the Human Rights Commission of the Or-

guayans than Virginians probably cared. For that matter, almost any time there's an execution in the United States it may well be that more people abroad are distressed about it than Americans. In an April 3 report, a United Nations special investigator on extrajudicial, summary or

ganization of American States, said Je-

arbitrary executions

—

priests, their

recommended

that

reli-

must find new resources, participants in a meeting of "stakeholders" at a New York hotel were told. So talks are under

way

that

may

lead to bringing another

partner into the operation.

Catholic Children's Hospital

Moscow MOSCOW (CNS) — A new Catholic Inaugurated

hospital for children in solidarity,

sentences

own brand of political patriotism

Northern Ireland. Yet under the peace

New it

The

—

reported at a meeting April 20.

working sessions

talked

Irish Pact's Call For Prisoner Release Draws Mixed Reaction BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNS) Some of the men killed, others planted bombs or housed weapons, but all of them

)

priests in his archdiocese permission to

are saying they value pavement over people," said Karen K. Narasaki, ex-

the synod's

all

—

vanced medical directives, in which people spell out how they wish to be treated should they become incapacitated.

adults.

tion. In

a concrete demonstration that

—

suit leaders.

photo from Reuters

—

believers and non-believers, Orthodox and Catholics are searching for truth and unity," Cardinal Angelini said at

people

cluded

CNS

in Aznalcollar, Spain, April 26. A massive blamed on a local mining company, flowed into the nearby threatening a national park and seven villages.

of toxic material,

head of the Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America has asked President Clinton to oppose partial-birth abor-

Catholics in the Dio-

Phihppine bishop has assured his counterpart in Wyoming that if one or both of the "Bells of Balangiga" confiscated by U.S. troops nearly 100 years ago are returned, those bells will ultimately be installed in the Catholic church from which they came. Bishop Joseph H. Hart of Cheyenne welcomed the news, saying it removed one more potential obstacle to the return of the bells. Discussion of the fate of the bells reached the highest levels recently, when President Clinton and

Toxic sludge surrounds a Marian shrine

War Vets Urge Clinton To Oppose Partial-Birtii Abortion ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CNS) The

Building the

wiU be run by the ApostoUc Administration for European Russia. The hospital "is not meant to be an instmment of April 22,

ment proposals to allow hving wills would be a major step toward the legalization of euthanasia. The government minister in charge of the proposals said there is no move to sanction euthanasia and that the government's position against euthanasia is "well known and unqualified." At the end of March, the government concluded a three-month consultation process on the legal status of mentally incapacitated

said.

coordinated by retired Cardinal Fiorenzo

aimed

Church Leaders Say Living Will Proposals Promote Euthanasia

Catholic

tion.

can assure the death penalty is administered fairly and impartially. The

while juveniles.

River,

Pope John Paul

the United States stop all executions un-

nomic

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Moscow is a call for

hope and ecumenical coopera-

the Catholic

the

and make

common ground we

community in our pardioceses and the nation." The

as the Catholic

ishes,

Mobile, Ala., archbishop,

who picked up

the torch as director of the initiative af-

death of Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin in 1996, spoke during the April 14-18 convention of the Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council ter the

Development

New

address. Archbishop

Orleans. In his

Lipscomb

said the

essential element of the Catholic

mon Ground

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Youth Ministry Volunteers Sought

Visitors Pay TributeTo 'Unforgettable Rescuer' By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

JERUSALEM

1998

—

For Traveling Teams

(CNS) The cemtwo heaping piles

etery caretaker points to

ST.

of rocks near the grave of Oskar Schindler

PAUL, Minn. (CNS)

— NET

in Jerusalem's Catholic cemetery.

Ministries, an international Catholic

Every day, says caretaker Amjad Jabhe has to clear the rocks off the tombHe has to clear off memorial candles and flowers, too. Jabber says. According to Jewish tradition, placing a rock on a grave is a symbol of respect and remembrance. Schindler' s tombstone, which bears

youth ministry based

in St. Paul, is re-

ber,

cruiting volunteers to serve on

stone.

eling youth ministry teams

the legends

"A righteous man among

unforgettable rescuer of

Jews"

German,

Each year some 100 men and

women between

the

all

the

left

smooth surface over the years. When he died in 1974, Schindler, a CathoUc who had made more than 17 trips to Israel to visit many of the Jews he saved, was buried in Jerusalem as he had

German businessfor many people become a

actions of the

man, who has symbol of righteousness during the Holocaust despite his personal overindul-

gence, were dramatized in Steven Spielberg's movie, "Schindler' s List." "In a place where there were no men, he tried to be a man," said Natanel Baram, quoting a Talmudic saying. The 18-yearold religious Jew had come with two friends to pay his respects to Schindler on April 23, Holocaust Memorial Day. "All the high and powerful people ... were silent. It was somebody simple, a regular person like Schindler who did something. Jesus also came from the simple people," he said. By placing a rock on the grave, said Baram, he was signaling that Schindler belonged to the land here, that he was a part of the Jewish people. Sometimes, said Jabber, up to 100 people a day mostly in tour groups come to visit the grave. Some days there are only one or two people, but

—

Schindler' s grave

the most-visited in

the cemetery, he said.

schools and parishes.

"These young people are

Schindler comes to the grave almost every Saturday, said Jabber, 20,

who

took

sacrific-

ing one year of their lives to bring the

Gospel CNS

Young women

photo by Debbie

Hill

the grave of Oskar Schindler on iVlt. Zion in Jerusalem. Rocks are placed on the tombstone as symbol of respect and remembrance of the German Catholic businessman who saved more than 1 ,000 Jews during the Holocaust. visit

over the caretaker job from his father and

let

two years ago. me about Oskar Schindler and what he did, but this woman she told me how he helped her and how

older brother

"My

father told

he saved 1,200 Jews," said Jabber, a Palestinian from the village of Silwan. "They still remember him and tell their children. Schindler will continue living in this world." Josef Bau, today 77 years old and ing in Tel Aviv, Israel, the grave of the

too

liv-

frail to visit

man who saved him from

But all around him in his crowded art studio where he has drawn and made animated films for over 40 years, he has daily reminders of the man to whom he owes his Hfe. Bau, who worked as a draftsman in one of Schindler' s factories in Czechothe hands of the Nazis.

slovakia,

still

where he kept

has the Uttle brown case

and paints during the war. He also has a map he drew of the Nazi concentration camp of Plaszow and a tiny book where he clandestinely wrote poetry and sketched drawings. After the his pens

all three to him. Bau, whose concentration camp wedding to wife Rebecca was depicted in an embellished version in the movie, won't

war, Schindler returned

One woman who was rescued by

United States and

Canada. The National Evangelization Teams, or NET, travel to Catholic

the

The

the ages of 18 and 30

retreats across the

,200 persecuted

marked from

trav-

its

from Au-

1999.

receive five weeks of training to lead

people of the world" in Hebrew and "The

rocks and stones that have been

May

gust 1998 to

"Schindler-Swindler." "It is not important who he was. When nobody else was saving, he saved. He was not afraid that (the Nazis) could kill

What

and vibrant J. Flynn Paul and Minneapolis, which su-

a sign this presents of deep

hope," said Archbishop Harry of St.

pervises the nonprofit ministry.

Since

a bad word be said about Schindler.

doesn't even like to recall that Schindler at the time was nicknamed

to their contemporaries.

founding

its

in 1981,

NET

Ministries has reached

more than

million youth during

retreats

For more information, contact

NET Ministries Inc. at (612)450-6833.

him," said Bau.

Schindler would call Bau to let him know he was coming for a visit and when

Schindler arrived at the airport, there a thousand people wait-

would be nearly

LoyMniffryPioiib

ing to greet him, said Hadassah.

After the war Schindler failed in his

business ventures and his marriage

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He eventually left his wife, Emily, who now lives in Argentina. The Jewish fizzled.

people he rescued became his family and in the end, said Hadassah, they would send

him money every month so he could live. A group of young Mormons studying at the Brigham Young Center in Jerusalem came to Schindler' s grave. They took a few pictures and stood by the tomb, talking among themselves. "We're not all perfect, we all fall short in certain areas," said

21, an

Michelle Driggs,

American from Dallas. "But there we do in our Uves. We

are great things

have

look

those things."

Diocese of Charlotte

T^jinkmg of Vmstl^oobl God Calls each of us in a variety of ways. If you or someone you know feels drawn to priesthood, please write or call to find out more about serving in the Diocese of Charlotte. For

more information:

Rev. Eric

Houseknecht

Diocese of Charlotte 1123 South Church St.

NC 28203 704-370-3353

Charlotte,

E-mail: elh(§)dnet.net

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