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Western North Carolina

Serving Catholics in

in the Diocese of Charlotte

Volume 5 Number 24- May

24, 1996

Slovenian Youths Jog Papal Memories

During Birthday Celebrations By JOHN THAVIS LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (CNS)

— The

"My familiar,

wooded East European mountains helped set the mood. So did the sound of a Slavic language not so from his native Polish. But most of all, it was the presence of young people that stirred up memories for Pope John Paul II on his 76th birthday. In the middle of a three-day visit to Slovenia, two meetings with youths a small group and a very large offered an aging pope a few rare moments for one different

—

public reminiscence.

Gathered

in the courtyard of his residence in

May

Ljubljana

18,

100 schoolchildren sang an early-

morning "Happy Birthday." They offered a few homemade presents. They hemmed and stammered through memorized poems.

Who

party.

destruction," he said.

resist

St.

Ann School in Charlotte places a band of flowers

on a statue recent

of the

Blessed Virgin Mary during a

May crowning

celebration.

Diocesan Support Appeal Exceeds Goal By

There was "fear of bombardments, fear of

was

old, too,"

deportations and fear of reprisals," said the pope,

who

spent most of the war years as a student in a clandestine

seminary

Krakow.

"Unfortunately,

know what it's like to be afraid,"

said.

His remarks came in response to a question from young people about handling fear. His point was that when young people are afraid, they tend to close in upon themselves and close out hope. Today, this often takes the form of escapism the

—

toward drugs and alcohol, for example, he said. The only real answer to this kind of fear is faith in

See Pope Birthday, page 16

Thomas Aquinas

Group Makes By

Editor again, parishioners

Connection

Spiritual

diocesan history. "It is very humbling for me, as bishop, to witness such an outpouring of love for our sisters and in

The

DSA ministries are a response embrace a ministry of God' s people, a manifestation our diocesan commitment to

to the gospel challenge to

service to

reach out to the least in

our midst," said Bishop William G. Curlin. "Such exceptional generosity of

Catholics throughout western North Carolina is an outstanding expression of faith in action." As of May 17, pledges totaled $2,638,181,

See DSA, next page

MIKE KROKOS

from

throughout the diocese have demonstrated their generous support of the local Church. As a result, pledges exceeding the $2.6 million mark make the 1996 Diocesan Support Appeal the most successful

brothers in Christ.

was 20 years old when World War II broke

a storm over Europe and the world, sowing death and

MIKE KROKOS

CHARLOTTE — Once

campaign

You know,

he told the kids, glancing appreciatively at a book of drawings they gave him. "But today I'm celebrating my 76th year, at five o'clock this afternoon, give or take a little," he said through a translator. The children crowded around the beaming pope, and he hugged a few of them. His years showed in the stooped pose and the small, somewhat halting steps through the courtyard. But his wide grin seemed to come straight from the pope's own childhood. The youngsters sang another song, accompanied by a flute, two violins and two guitars. The pope halfclosed his eyes and listened: "I'm a child of Mary,

St.

II,

old are you? Seven, 8?

once 8 years

Photo by JOANNKEANE

clear,

fear."

"How

— Eleven-year-old Mary Gross of

engaging in a little nostalgia? who watched from a secondfloor balcony before coming down and joining the could

Not Pope John Paul

May Crowning

path

"For the angels of heaven "Are always near." The pope said he was happy his birthday fell in May, a month dedicated to Mary, a mother for all. "In this moment, I have to thank my own mother, who gave me life," he said, almost as a prayer. His mother died when he was 9 years old. That afternoon, meeting on a green slope outside Postoj na with some 50,000 teen-agers, the pope briefly revisited another chapter of his private life as Karol Wojtyla: his "underground" years during the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II. The pope has spoken often about the war's effect on his country, but rarely about its effect on his own psyche. At this second birthday party, though, he called it an "unforgettable experience of danger and

second Saturday each month from 7:30-9 a.m.

Editor

Brian

Lockhart spends one Saturday each month on a 50-mile trek for spiritual enrichment. Getting up at the crack of dawn and making the drive from Indian Trail to St. in northeast Charlotte is

Thomas Aquinas Church

something Lockhart actually

looks forward to each month. "It's great to

come here

and have guys, especially older ones, share their insight," he explained. "It's like they say, I'm going to offer it to you, not because I'm better or smarter than you, but because I've been there.'" "It's nice to hear some balanced perspective," he added. "You can trust their insights and observations." '

Lockhart

at the

church.

referring to the St.

Thomas

Aquinas Men's Group that has met at the church for nearly 1 1/2 years. The group, which consists of both married and single Catholics, talks about things like the mystery and worship of the Eucharist and other Catholic ideology. Members of the group are not only from St. Thomas Aquinas, but from other area churches as well. They meet the

The meetings begin with

prayer, breakfast and a

presentation by one of the group's members, then

breaks into smaller discussion groups. The meetings close with petitions and prayer.

With

the blessing of Bishop William G.

Curlin, the group started with five

attending the

first

men

meeting. Since then,

attendance has consistently increased. Some meetings have drawn as many as 35 men. "The concept has taken off in the past six months," said Chris Hardin, a member of St. Thomas Aquinas who helped establish the group. "Men are looking for something like this to help them in their lives." The group has five goals: To love and obey Jesus Christ by loving their families and following Church teachings; to act as a support network for men and an

extension of

pastoral care for the parish; to allow

Pope John Paul

group

way

such a

and Bishop Curlin that their

to guide the job as shepherds is

See Men's Group, next page

& Herald

The Catholic News

May

Response To PSA Exceeds putting the campaign at

$2,363,000

the

"The year

this

way of life,'

Curlin.

Rohrman, associate director of development, and director of the DSA. "They see what they have as God's gift and want to return it in service to others." DSA funding allows 36 diocesan

He remembers those petitions at

16,328 households donated to the campaign. Each parish and mission was assigned a specific goal for the DSA. Once achieved, 100 percent of funds over and above the goal are returned to the parish. Missions and parishes that fall short will be assessed the difference

and missions throughout

multi-cultural ministries are

new

DSA-

supported this year, including the

from

Hmong, Montagnard and Native

DSA operating expenses make up about 4 percent of the overall campaign goal, a low percentage compared with other dioceses whose costs are as high

American Ministries. Seminarian education

being funded for the

first

time as well. "There was a great outpouring on the part of people, especially for the education of our seminarians," Rohrman said. "We received a lot of positive feedback on pledge cards and letters saying parishioners were really pleased

weekly offertory

The appeal

collection.

handled by

the diocese, not an outside organization.

Raising

money

component of

DSA

campaign, but that is not the appeal's only purpose, said Jim Kelley, diocesan director of development. "While we're grateful people have been very generous in their response, we're even more thankful thousands of lives will be changed as a result." the

involved in educating the seminarians." The diocese currently has

men

preparing for the priesthood Prayer is a big part of the DSA

campaign as

their

as 10 percent.

to be 18

More than 3,000

well.

their targeted goals. All told,

ministries to offer services to individuals in the parishes

from page

To date, 53 parishes and missions have exceeded their goals. Another 1 have reached more than 90 percent of

said Barbara

the 46-county diocese. Several

Men's Group,

daily Mass.

making

strong indication that people are

stewardship a

people sent in prayer requests to Bishop

12 percent of

goal.

overwhelming response

2.3 Million Goal, from page

The

St.

Photo by MIKE

Thomas Aquinas Men's Group.

of Charlotte "excitement about Jesus" by helping to start men' s groups in other parishes; to spread the truth of the easier; to assist the bishop

Fred Berretta of St. Matthew Church in Charlotte agreed. "There's a spirit of

unity that pervades at the meetings," he

Church to other Christians and the world by setting good examples as family men and workers. Capuchin Father Ignatius Zampino, pastor of St.

Thomas Aquinas,

said.

The group willl sponsor a diocesanwide men's conference Dec. 6-7. They expect 200-400 men to attend. The Catholic men's group will also be represented at the Promise Keepers Conference in Charlotte June 21-22. Promise Keepers is an ecumenical gathering of men. The St. Thomas Aquinas Men's

attends

most of the meetings. "I am impressed by the way the Spirit is moving them," he

said.

Like Lockhart, Dan Ohlhaut of Holy

Church

Spirit

Denver said being a

Group will take a hiatus over the summer months but will resume their meetings in the fall. For more information, call

Married last fall, Ohlhaut attended his first meeting May 1 1 "It was a great shot in the arm," he said. "It's great for men to get together and talk about the .

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May

Church, County Negotiate Over

Taped Confession Heard By

Priest

always easy, but I'm getting more as give more to the Church," he said.

to live the life of Christ in the spirit of

Maryanne Vancura joined the Greensboro fraternity two years ago hoping to increase her spirituality.

St.

Francis in our daily contact with

family, friends and co-workers," said

He and 1 9 other Catholic women were professed into the Secular Franciscan Order May

Frank Massey lay men and

5 at the Franciscan Center.

was drawn to the idea of sharing

Christ with others, the spirituality of

Francis and the good works he performed. He was a simple man who St.

The profession was attended by

lived the Gospel in a counter-culture

way. He didn't worry what society thought about him. I wanted to do something like that with the support of a community," she said.

celebrant for the Mass.

"To be to

a Secular Franciscan

live

not

Massey

religious

freedom

president, Catholic

for

Roman

League

Catholics."

for Religious

By JOHN ROSCOE PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS)

—

— William Donohue,

and

Civil

everyone in the group has grown

are to be lived in

the marketplace,"

their purpose and

said Massey.

mission.

recording of conversations inside jails

the destruction of a tape recording of a

do not exempt sacramental confessions. Only conversations between a prisoner and his attorney are specifically exempted in the law. Auxiliary Bishop D. Kenneth Steiner, administrator of the

sacramental confession.

archdiocese, asked Harcleroad to destroy

Lane County secretly taperecorded an April session in which

the tape and any information prosecutors

Lawyers for the Archdiocese of Portland were in negotiations with the Lane County Sheriff's Department for a settlement they hoped would result in

Jailers in

Conan Hale,

murder

a 20-year-old

suspect, received the sacrament of reconciliation from Father

Mockaitis, pastor of

St.

Timothy

Paul Parish in

Eugene. Both were unaware they were being recorded. Oregon law exempts clergy from being questioned about private conversations, but District Attorney Doug Harcleroad said laws allowing

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and investigators obtained from it. "In response to the civil authorities' shocking disregard of our religious practice, I have asked (Harcleroad) to destroy the tape and to guarantee the future integrity of the sacrament for the incarcerated," Bishop Steiner said. The district attorney had not formally responded to the request by May 20, but he has said repeatedly that investigators acted legally.

See Confession, page 6

The

of the fraternity have studied the life and spirituality of St. Francis

two

Visitation

years.

this

They

PamKinlaw, a Secular Fran-

ciscan from Winston-Salem, believes the order has a real

purpose

Secular

Corinthians

1 2:

12-13 John 20: 19-23 3-7,

MARY COYNE WESSLING

Tom and

Marianne Boyle make professions by candlelight.

the ranks of

some 20,000

lay Catholics in the U.S.

who have

me to see how the

of this order allows

with what

footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi.

as a Catholic."

fits in

I have learned Kinlaw added, "The

increase of Secular Franciscans can be

world, following in the path of the monk

seen as part of the fruition of Vatican

no small task. Doug Roberson has been a Secular Franciscan for many years and is the regional minister. For him, the call is both a blessing and a

challenge. Dissatisfied with being a

will

"Sunday Catholic," as he called himself, Roberson gave up a lovely home in the

from outreach ministries for victims of domestic violence, people with AIDS, pregnant teens, the homeless and others in need. They will strive to bring more peace and simplicity to their lives and lives they touch. As Father Canino put it, "If there was ever

simplicity that St. Francis lived.

It is

not

which called the laity to find

Peter 1: 3-9 Mark 10: 17-27 1

way of

choose work

spirituality

his

Peter 1: 10-16

Mark

10: 28-31

Wednesday:

1 Peter 1: 18-25 Mark 10: 32-45

Thursday:

Peter 2: 2-5, 9-12

Mark Friday:

Saturday:

10: 46-52

Zephaniah 3: 14-18 Luke 1:39-56 Jude 17:20-25 Mark 1 1 27-33 :

own

In answer to their call to follow the

Franciscan

life,

the fraternity

in the

community

needed,

The feast of the Visitation is May 31 and marks the occasion of Mary's

St.

when

it is

all

the

Francis and

peace-making

reverence for Tuesday:

its

voice."

a time in history

Monday:

respecting nature. St.

Francis understood that. Being a part

world

In today's fast-paced, high-tech

interest

their

dedicated themselves to follow in the

Today, he lives with his family in a rural area outside Chattanooga, Tenn. "I have found that peace, joy and

1-11

renewed

a Photo by

city to seek a simpler live in the country. 2:

today's world. "There has been

Franciscan

women join

not only

well."

faith

North Carolina. These men and

"St.

have to take care of each other, but God's creatures and our planet as

community. The group is one of a half dozen

fraternities

that

have also studied Scripture and Church teachings on their journey to

form

understand

Francis taught us

Assisi for the past

Rights

said

monastery or convent. Our lives

The members

the sanctity of the confessional, a central exercise of

friends and family of the candidates.

Franciscan Father Louis Canino was

20 Professed Into Order Of Secular Franciscans MARY COYNE WESSLING GREENSBORO — "Our challenge

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The Catholic News

24, 1996

and

creatures

now."

Massey and who were professed included: Aubrey Arthur, Annette Benson, In addition to

Vancura, those

Judah. "When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and

visit to a relative in

'Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

Marianne Boyle, Tom Boyle, Ginny Dunigan, Marilyn Dura, Deene Kennon, Larry List, Betty Micca, Rich Pohlman,

And how

Rhonda

Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,

cried out in a loud voice

does

said,

this

happen to me, that the mother of rny Lord should come to me?'" (Luke

and

L. Rosser, Georgette

Schraeder, Jennifer Smith, Jan

vSj

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CNS

Graphics

MARY COYNE WESSLING

Betty Micca, Frank Massey and Larry List profess their order at the Franciscan Center.

Sullivan, Rie Vaessen, Mary Jane Wheaton, Julie Whichard and Kandice Weglin.

4 The Catholic News

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May 24,

1996

The Pope Speaks

(Pro-Life Corner

Pope John Paul II

Pope Says Mary Born Without Sin

—

VATICAN CITY text of

(CNS) Here is the Vatican Pope JohnPaul IPs remarks in English at his

weekly general audience

May

her very conception.

Andrew of Crete saw in

15.

Mary's

birth the

new

origin of the

Dear brothers and sisters, The words of the Angel Gabriel at the Annunciation "Hail, full of grace" have led the church from early times to venerate Mary as the all-holy and sinless Mother of God, conceived without stain of original sin. Mary enjoys a perfection of holiness which extends back to the very beginning of her existence, her

creation and the

conception.

grace upon the world.

— If we

can work to

save the eagles, the whales, and the

The dogmatic proclamation of Mary s Immaculate Conception was the fruit of a long doctrinal development which began with the Greek Fathers. The Bishop Theoteknos of Livias in Palestine was the first

The church's

why can't we

seals,

—

work to save our

Mary, because of her election as the Mother of the Savior, had to be pure and spotless from to teach that

own human babies?

first

of the divinization of mankind accomplished by Christ. St. Germanus of Constantinople and St. John Damascene present Mary' Immaculate Conception as a personal privilege which marks the beginning of the outpouring of Christ's fruits

reflection has

made

—

explicit the

—

profound meaning of the words "full of grace" spoken by the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin of Nazareth. Mary's holiness is thus the supreme model of Christ's gift of sanctifying grace to all mankind.

Guest Column Gerard Perseghin The Respect Life

Diocese of Charlotte

Office

There

(704) 377-6871

Is Still

Time To Stop

inaccuracies appear in the

News Service article Dr. James R. Jones of New York, said, "I can' t think of any situation where you would have to carry out a specific, direct attack on the fetus." He is chairman of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the New York Medical College. He called partial-birth abortion "simply

veto of the partial-birth

another elective abortion" and said

recent Catholic

Partial-Birth Abortion

piscopal Calendar

movement

following events

6 p.m. Confirmation St. Michael, Gastonia

May 26 12:15 p.m.

Mass Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte

7 p.m.

Joan of Arc, Asheville

June

10 a.m. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte

May Volume

nation's largest non-Catholic religious body, issued a

there, pointed out that "partial-birth abortion" is the

statements.

passed by Congress. He called "intact dilation and extraction" a "pseudo-medical term" that the NRLC couldn't find in any of its medical

The fact is, partial-birth abortion is a horrible, unnecessary procedure that should be banned. The Tarrance Poll, one of the studies done for the U.S. Bishops, showed that 7 1 percent of Americans support banning the procedure. But those who favor abortion are afraid of the consequences of losing their right to kill the unborn under the label of partial-birth abortion. They feel it will begin to whittle away at their legal

in the bill

But then a rose by any other name would

smell the same. In this case the procedure, no

•

watches the struggling

Number 34

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

Maybach

Hispanic Editor: Luis Wolf

vacuum tube

That's what the abortion lobby would

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partial-

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have saved

cities.

The Catholic News

said the procedure

women who

when he vetoed

the

ban

who knows how many lives.

stood with that

would

gave us the

impression his veto would help save the lives of other women like them. Wrong. Two days after the veto on April 12, one of the women admitted in a radio interview that her procedure

and those of all the other women at the White House were elective. The NRLC sent out a bulletin offering tapes of the radio broadcast.

done on

fully

"never an indicated" one.

makes little reference to enormous body of non-Catholics against allowing Fourth, the Post article

partial-birth abortions, pointed out Johnson.

million

member Southern

The

15.6

Baptist Convention, the

strong statement favoring a ban on the procedure. The National Association of Evangelicals representing

some 45,000 churches and the 2.6 million member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod all issued strong

right.

like the

formed children late in their mothers' pregnancies. He

all

Inaccurate reporting, said Helen Alvare, continues myths about abortion. Since the veto of the

the

president

(who once

safe, legal

and

rare),

said he

wanted

make abortion

Congressional leaders have been

holding hearings on partial-birth abortions in the House The votes are there to override the president' s veto, sa House members. Now what is needed is for those who believe the procedure

public to think. There

make a hole,

body go dead limp, and

little

Wrong.

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A child is almost born.

suck out the brain content, thus collapsing the head for a convenient removal. All this labeling is an attempt to make it sound acceptable. Like sealing it in plastic wrap. Second, the article said the procedure is used "only rarely, and mostly in cases when the woman's life is at risk or the fetus is seriously deformed." then inserts a

Publisher: Most

Staff Writer: Elizabeth

stinks.

it,

inside the mother, a physician sticks

a pair of scissors in the back of its neck to

24, 1996

"practically

Abortion Ban Veto. All of a sudden, partial-birth abortion was being called something distinctly more antiseptic "intact dilation and extraction." Wrong. The National Right to Life Committee didn't miss the new name. Douglas Johnson, the legislative director

With its head still

News & Herald

was

the

dictionaries.

The Catholic

conference that inaccurate labeling favors abortion proponents. Then there it was in the April 30 article in The Washington Post: Religious Leaders Back

matter what you label

Now the

wake of President Clinton' abortion ban, at a time when

infanticide" since this procedure

still

Charlotte,

the pro-life

should be concerned. We can still rally support to override the president's veto. Only last January, Helen Alvare, the U.S. bishops' spokesperson on pro-life matters, told a press

term used

Thomas Williamson Ordination St.

way

portrayed by the secular press.

—

May 29 St.

May 25

St.

has only been a few months since a prolife leader

protested about the inaccurate

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the

But a number of physicians had already pointed out that partial-birth abortions are not necessary. In a

wrong to lobby their senators,

who voted with the president. Ask them to change their vote and vote with those who want to stop the killings of the almost-born through partial-birth abortions. This opinion was originally published in The Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., and is reprinted with permission. In the Diocese of Charlotte, the only senator to support the President:

Melvin L. Watt 1230 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 E-mail: melmail@hr.house.gov

May

The Catholic News

24, 1996

Light

& Herald

One Candle

Father John Catoir

The

Internal

Forum Of

blessed by God, even though

Conscience Jesus said, If you love Me, keep My commandments. To love God is to avoid

doing anything that would offend Him.

But

that's precisely the question.

What are the things that really offend Him? What about areas of doubt? How does conscience come into play? Conscience helps a person to discern the course of action to take in any moral dilemma. In the seminary they taught us the principle:

"When

in doubt, follow

freedom." You can't be bound in conscience unless your conscience accepts something that is truly offensive to God. This is Church teaching. Is it reasonable to apply this principle in a serious matter such as

divorce and remarriage? Yes,

if the first

marriage is dead and there is reasonable doubt of its validity. For example, suppose a couple in an uncanonical marriage

marriage was

felt that their

was not

approved by Church. In such cases, a thorough discussion with a prudent spiritual director can free a person from much unnecessary fear. If the prior marriage does not bind in conscience, the marriage in possession does. No one is excommunicated for being divorced or even for remarrying outside the Church without the benefit of an annulment. That penalty was revoked retroactively years ago.

regards the

The Church

new marriage

as a sinful

union, unless the first marriage is proven

be invalid. It is important for Catholics in such situations to try to obtain an annulment to have their present marriage validated. If for some reason that is not possible and there is still reason to believe that the earlier marriage was not valid, a serious conflict of conscience will exist. It might be expressed this way: "Do I trust the external law which is designed to

universal

there were psychological problems

application and

or a lack of true consent, the marriage

which does not

might be invalid. People not only have the right but the duty to follow

for

take account

all

A great deal of mystery surrounds these marriage cases. That's why annulment cases

the particular

their conscience.

circumstances of each marital

situation, or

are so complicated.

God and my own sense

trust

flow of justice? The couple should weigh all the facts, keeping God's law in mind, and try to come to a decision based on their best sense of what is right and wrong. We are always bound to follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ as it is authentically interpreted by the Church' Magisterium, but this obligation is not the

same

as getting the facts straight in

a complicated marriage case.

solemn teaching

A simplistic legal

answer does not always

marriage is indissoluble, but the question here is whether or not this particular marriage was a true marriage in the first place. If that a true

reflect the

mind of Christ. People need to have the courage of when they make decisions of conscience. St. Thomas Aquinas once wrote, "It would be better to be excommunicated than to violate their convictions

one's conscience."

For a free copy of the Christopher Note, "Make Peace With the

News

Past, " send a stamped, self-addressed

envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th Street, New York, NY. 10017.

Family Matters Eileen

—

And Praying Good For The Soul

Playing They're

parents,

The rainstorm is imminent, yet my Bobby and Teresa and three of

children

their friends plead with

mother

me and another

spend just a few minutes

their school playground. Their play-

ground

a magnificent

wooden

struc-

and towers, spend most of

ture of connected tunnels

but the children

seem

have

crates of the

far too

many

plastic

more expensive toys

that

children think they want. But after

the novelty wears off (usually after a

few hours) they go back

Marx dream dreams

their

soothe

their

—

tumes from Grandma's attic, the dominoes from Grandpa, a fort made from blankets, a sandbox, paints, chalk, build-

—

souls.

Many

to the toys that

challenge their creativity and inspire their imaginations the box of cos-

dandelion even when you're told a thousand times by an adult that it's a weed. It is to question all the mysterwhy does a robin ies of the universe

and

have a red tummy, where does a spider keep its poison and how do flowers know it's time to start blooming? Playing and praying actually have

today's children are growing up in a

world where

a lot in

their play time is structured

and

their

excavating

for a child's playful spirit, they are

play" that was an integral part of

nies, studying squirrels or

for dinosaur bones.

essentials for a child's intellectual

a gentle mist begins to settle

the kids, they run over to the swings

which

all

have monster

mud

puddles

underneath them following a week's worth of rain. With their stomachs on the swings

and

their feet kicking

back

like mules, they squeal with delight as

mud plops into their hair and faces. Their clothes and bodies look like they've been dipped in chocolate cake the

and

today's frenetic and sometimes fright-

Author Ellen Ruppel Shell, writing in Smithsonian magazine (July 1994), describes what makes a playground a success from a child's point of view. "The idea that creative play fulfills a vital need in children has been battered around by theorists for more than a

ening world, a child' s need to play freely and creatively is more important than

become

ever.

To be close to a child at play is to be When we look at our

child,

it is

needles,

Americans tend to underestimate the importance of play, to consider

as five little children are soaring through

the mud

A steady rain is now falling and, and muck, they raise their heads

ligh as if to salute the skies for this

unexpected pleasure. Their excitement is contagious and, as they drink up the raindrops, I can't lelp but think, "What joy! What fun! What freedom! What a lot of laundry!" As I glance over at the mother of ...

six-year-old Matthew, she

seems

enjoying this moment as much as her son even after I dutifully mention the

mess we have ahead of us. With a mischievous grin of her own, she already cnows what the rest of us may need to discover mud is good for a child's

—

soul.

In an age of electronic toys, elabo-

playground equipment and sophisgames, it's reassuring to see that children still prefer to spend most of their time playing with mud, water, sticks, rocks and sand. Like most

rate

ticated video

States.

to truly believe that elves live

made by the falling pine even when you've never seen

in the holes

part of mainstream thinking in the United

batter.

many

of our childhoods has vanished. But in

emotional development.

century, but has only recently

elf. It is to

embrace the beauty of a

much easier to give thanks to God for

the exquisite details in nature, the re-

markable beauty of our world and the of five monster mud holes in the middle of May.

gift

Letters

as discretionary rather than essential

development." Roger Hart (an environmental psychologist who edits the quarterly journal Children 's Environments) says, "We all know that children need water, sand and loose parts to build with, as tools of communication and interaction. Yet most playgrounds have little beyond pieces of manufactured exercise equipment selected form catalogs. Kids don't need equipment, they need opportunity." Creating a stimulating play space for children in today's world carries a

truly

world through the eyes and heart of a

sonal secretary and chauffeur. The "free

ing blocks or a musical instrument.

close to God.

schedule of activities requires a per-

only are these toys and activities good

edge of the woods

In prayer

though we've never seen God. We embrace the beauty and uniqueness of all God's people, even when an adult may tell us a thousand times that some people and some things are inferior. In prayer, we're always questioning God about the reasons for all the good and bad that comes into our live and our world. Funny how when we crouch down on our knees like a child busy at play it'

Not

digging for treasure, inspecting ant colo-

their time at the

common.

believe in a creator of our world, even

to child

real urgency.

An estimated 33.5 million

Americans live in poverty, many of them children, and each hour four American infants die. A child who is poor goes without toys and often their playgrounds, if

they exist at

all,

are terrifying places

Yet these children at risk have the greatest need to escape to a safe haven where they can create their own world,

to be.

When Bill Clinton was a candidate for president he said he believed

being of the patient (Doe v. Bolton). The abortion doctor alone determines the

abortion should be safe, legal and rare.

physical or mental reasons for abortion,

he became

which can be simple financial problems or distress or inability to cope with

However, three days

after

president he issued executive orders to: Lift the

ban on

fetal tissue research; lift

another child.

the ban on abortion counseling in

President Clinton's rhetoric about

federally funded clinics; begin the

protecting certain social programs from

process of approving the importation

budget cuts that would affect the poor, minorities, the elderly and the handicapped seems hypocritical in view of the fact that he vetoed the bill to ban the partial-birth abortion. Could it be that the unborn, the most innocent and defenseless citizens in our country cannot vote, but that their mothers as

of the abortion-inducing medication RU

486 and provide funds

for abortions in

military hospitals overseas.

President, he has consistently

voted pro-abortion. Recently he vetoed legislation that would have outlawed partial-birth abortion.

He reasoned that

the bill did not contain an exception for

the

woman's

"health."

The Supreme

Court has defined health of the as: all factors

...

woman

relevant to the well-

well as the poor, the minorities, the elderly and the handicapped can?

Nadine Fitzpatrick San Antonio, Texas

6 The Catholic

News

& Herald

May

Confession, from page 3 meantime, special areas at the have been designated for priests to In the

jail

hear confessions for inmates in the future. Officials also have posted signs informing

"This

not ultimately about

Roman

Michael Father Catholicism," Maslowsky, director of pastoral services

Dorothy Celebrates Season

Forbid Breaking Seal Of Confession

visitors to the jail that conversations they

have with prisoners over phone handsets might be recorded.

St.

Canon Law Codes

24, 1996

Interpretations of civil law regarding the recording ofajailhouse confession may be a bit murky, but there 's

room for confusion

little

canon law, the Catholic Church's legal code.

for the Portland Archdiocese, told the

Portland daily, the Oregonian.

freedom of religion." Bishop Steiner sent

"It' s

about

letters to

all

parishes in the archdiocese after the

was made public May

incident

explaining the circumstances and

WASHINGTON

assuring Catholics that the confidentiality

of the sacrament

"complete and

absolute."

And not only are confessors who violate the seal of confession subject

Hale has been implicated in the murders of three teen-agers whose bodies were found in December near Springfield, Ore. While Hale was in jail on related burglary and theft charges, investigators learned of his request to speak to a priest and arranged to record their session. The incident has drawn expressions of outrage from across the country and attracted the attention of the Vatican,

which has not issued a formal comment. Religious and civil liberties organizations have volunteered to help keep the tape recording out of the criminal case. The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has called for an investigation of Harcleroad's office by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and by Congress. "At stake

excommunication

penalties, so is

the sanctity of the

confessional, a central exercise of

freedom for Roman Catholics," league president William Donohue said in a statement. "For over 200 years this sacrament has been afforded a confidential status by the state and has been enshrined in law by several U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The sacrament ... cannot be compromised for any religious

reason."

anybody

other

else

who

attempts to gain information from confession.

The question of just how sacred and private

the sacrament of

reconciliation arose

when

jailers in

Eugene, Ore., secretly tape-recorded a confession between a prisoner and a

at the

no exclusion

for sacramental confession in Oregon

Photos by MIKE

KROKOS

Several hundred people turned out to take advantage of the food, fun and entertainment provided at St. Dorothy's third annual fund-raiser May 18. An unusually hot spring day made snow cones a popular treat.

laws that permit the recording of conversations. Only conversations between lawyer and client are specifically exempted.

inmate

As far as canon law is concerned is invio-

lable.

absolutely

"It is

confessor in any

way

wrong

for a

to betray the

penitent, for any reason whatsoever,

whether by word or

any other

Canon 983 of the Latin-rite code. The penalty for a direct fashion," reads

violation of the sacramental seal

excommunication. The same applies to any interpreter whose services may be needed for the sacrament. "The confessor is wholly in confession to the detriment of the

even when

penitent,

disclosure

Service of Others

petting zoo was a popular place at the third annual SpringFest May 18. Besides this python, the "zoo" included a goat and several dogs.

The

The Lane County district attorney has contended there

forbidden to use knowledge acquired

PUT YOUR GIFTS

Besides traditional foods like hot dogs and hamburgers, there was an Hispanic flavor Church's SpringFest '96. According to Father Richard Farwell, organizers hope the fund-raiser will generate close to $10,000 for the church. at St. Dorothy's

Catholic priest.

the sacramental seal is

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The

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canon law codes of the Latin-rite and Church Eastern-rite Catholic explicitly forbid priests from using knowledge acquired during the sacrament of confession in any way.

all

danger of

excluded," reads

A Parish Profile of St. Dorothy is featured in this issue on page 16

HOLT LAND

Canon

984. In the Eastern-rite code, efforts to

get information from a confession are explicitly addressed.

Consider

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"One who has attempted

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in any gain information from

confession, or

who

has given such

information to others, shall be minor punished with a excommunication or suspension,"

Canon 1456, paragraph 2. a wave of criticism of the county after the taping incident was made public, Lane County jail

reads

Amid

administrators agreed to post signs

warning

that conversations

might be

recorded and to set aside a private area for confessions to be heard by clergy.

The Archdiocese of Portland continued to pursue attempts to have the tape destroyed and all information from

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Entertainment

& Herald

NEW YORK (CNS) — Following are capsule reviews the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting of movies on the Vatican's list of top films of the century. The list ofmovies deemed to have special artistic and religious merit was released last fall by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications to help mark the 100th anniversary of cinema. It includes 15 movies in each of three categories: religion, values and art. Most are available on

from

Someone Else's America

Vid GOS

Immigrants Struggle With

videocassette.

Streets Not Lined With Gold

"Modern Times" (1936)

Two

struggling immigrants from

Europe share

different corners of

friendship and hardship in Brooklyn in

"Someone

the appealingly bittersweet

Else's

America" (October).

Spaniard Alonso (Tom Conti) is the more fortunate of the two; he has a green card and his own neighborhood bar,

although it customers. letters to a

so dingy

sees few

shyly composes love

young Syrian woman in the been engaged to another

area, but she's

since childhood.

Alonso fares better granting

his

(Maria Casares) dying wish to leave Brooklyn for her native village once more. She is too ill to travel, so he joins forces with his illegal alien pal, Bayo (Miki Manojlovic),

Conti and Manojlovic each give naturalistic performances that underscore the melancholy humor their characters display in dealing with continual adversity. With their world-weary expressions and middle-aged resignation, their rock-solid friendship

all the immigrants are human, Trifunovic as the opportunistic Luka brings a good deal of dimension to his character, leaving viewers intrigued by the clashing layers

backyard complete with goat and convinces

mama she's arrived home

—

way on the plane. More of the story centers around weary Bayo, who fled the former Yugoslavia. To send money home to his after sleeping all the

aging mother (Zorka Manojlovic) and his three children, Bayo takes menial jobs, including sweeping up Alonso' bar for room and board.

During his family's long, roundabout journey to join him, tragedy strikes, claiming his younger son. Inconsolable, Bayo blames the accident on ambitious older son, Luka (Sergej Trifunovic), who quickly sizes up what the Brooklyn neighborhood has to offer

as very

of his personality.

The black-clad

vs.

machine centers on the

of industrialized society and the anxieties caused by the Depression as Charlie dances his way through the hazards of an assembly-line job. A model of silent comedic technique and refined artificiality

humor, the movie marks the last appearance of the Little Tramp character as Charlie takes his final walk

elderly matriarchs

anyone who can remember just such a stalwart figure in their family tree.

Luka's wedding reception in the bar humorous blend of Chinese decor, flamenco entertainment and Slavic dishes, once again a visual reminder that different cultures can co-operate, a message this Serbian director is interested in promoting, given the devastation that has torn apart his homeland. "Someone Else' s America" is not an inspiring tale of the

American dream

come

like a genuinely

warmhearted and occasionally whimsical

movie whose characters

Due

ring true.

to brief violence, occasional

rough language and minimal profanity, the Catholic Conference U.S. classification is A-III

—

adults.

The

Motion Picture Association of America rating

R — restricted.

Schreck) who leaves his sinister castle in the Carpathian mountains to sail on a doomed ship bringing him to 1838 Bremen, where his dark deeds are undone by a brave young woman and the first light of dawn. Directed by F. W. Murnau, the German production is most notable for its eerie portrayal of the

— G—

$19.98)

"Napoleon" (1927) Epic silent chronicle of Napoleon Bonaparte (Albert Dieudonne) from his student days at a military academy through his rise as an officer during the Revolution and Reign of Terror until ending in 1796 when the Directory puts him in command of the army invading Italy. Directed by Abel Gance, the episodic narrative is heavily melodramatic, yet the sheer exuberance of the actors and the monumental staging of the action carry viewers along in richly visual experience made memorable by Gance' s innovative use of portable cameras and triple screens. This reconstructed print runs 235

vampire

images which seem to

personify evil and dread in a movie

even more remarkable for having been filmed mostly on location rather than in the controlled confines of a studio.

Stylized violence and menace. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not

—

rated

by the Motion

Picture

Association of America. (Nostalgia, $19.95)

"Stagecoach" (1939) Western classic, a cowboy (John Wayne) wrongly wanted by the law joins an odd assortment of passengers (Claire Trevor, Thomas In this

two pals dust

Donald Meek, John Carradine and others) on the stage to Lordsburg in the midst of an Apache uprising. Directed by John Ford, the characters are a microcosm of frontier types, each

make

reacting differently to the dangers of

Mitchell,

As Bayo and

grapples with accepting his

mother

starts

to see the old country again

Alonso' s

mama had

—

the

weeping

— much

off their goat-and-well routine to

her feel

"Nosferatu" (1922) Silent horror classic loosely based

adds an element of freshness to the fashioned romance. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is general audiences. (CBS/Fox,

him. his loss,

Universal, $29.95)

on Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula" centers on the vampire count (Max

the

true, but

—

rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. (MCA/

the long empty road, this time in company of Paulette Goddard, who

down

plot' s old-

are real heart-tuggers, especially to

man

minutes, with music composed by Carmine Coppola. Stylized violence and brief sexual innuendo. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not

slapstick

Although

shown

blind, elderly mother's

constructing a stone well in their shabby

comes across

as soulful tragicomedy.

Charlie Chaplin's insightful fable

the journey played out against the

home.

Luka, as well, keeps the old woman )usy cooking tasty ethnic meals to revitalize Alonso' s bar. Quick to chase the American dream, unlike his less resourceful father or meek Alonso, Luka is soon courting a Chinese woman who very conveniently has a green card, making her eminently marriageable in his pragmatic eyes. Other relationships will heal or unravel before Alonso and Bayo learn to smile and accept life's unpredictabilities in their adopted home. Quirky charms are abundant in director Goran Paskaljevic's sweetnatured movie about many nationalities coping with streets not lined with gold. His characters are generously observed as ordinary people with flaws aplenty, but

adrift in

Monument

Valley,

with a brilliantly staged Indian attack and a final showdown on the streets of Lordsburg bringing the story to a rousing finish. Stylized violence. The U.S.

Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not

—

by the Motion Picture Association of America. (Warner, rated

$19.98)

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who have their hearts in the

and reach out to help others an unfamiliar land, whether they be Asian, European or Latin American.

right places

majestic vistas of

photo from Miramax Zoe

Oliver Martinez is runaway Italian revolutionary Angelo Pardi in "The Horseman on the Roof." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.

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the 'Amen'

around

(and) accent t(;e

meanl ifct

recognize the bread transformed into Christ's body

as the body) of Christ?

That

am willing

body of Cbrist that surrounds mel The

to be the

body of Christ in the

...

(anb)

nw(d

formula implies all of these th'masl" All

The formula asks for an "Amen" as a response. What does the "Amen"

By Father Lawrence E. Mick Catholic News Service

mean?

— — — Christ in the world? —That am willing

—

That I recognize the bread transformed into Christ's body? That I recognize all those around me as the body of Christ? That I am willing to be the body of

—

body of Christ that surrounds me?

You might not ever experience an actual martyrdom, but you are called to a daily martyrdom. It may occur in family life: Someone's heart is broken there, and his lifeblood is spent. It may occur in community activi-

tine chastised his congregation for trying to "decapitate Christ," for wanting to have the head (Jesus) with-

to accept the

parent is called to give ties:

than she thinks she can bear.

—

may

oc-

cur at work: A caring person's energy is drained trying to do what is right.

This daily

dom

the

martyrof loving

mean

body was broken and his blood poured out in love for all people. Are we willing to be broken? Will we pour out our lifeblood in service to others?

ministers at

Mass are

asked to say four simple words: "the body of Christ." And I find that this official formula makes me think

—

deliberately or fortuitously,

"the body of Christ"? It

in the bread, to be sure, but it is also in the person in front of you and all the people around you. CNS

The formula implies things! I recall that

all

of these

childhood training focused almost exclusively on the fact that the eucharistic bread was the body of Christ and that Jesus came into my heart in Communion. There is nothing wrong with either of those points, and they deserve our continued belief. The problem is that my training stopped there. It did not focus on the body of Christ surrounding me at the Eucharist.

The problem

not a

new one

for the

church.

Paul had to take the Corinthians and drinking at the Lord's supper without sharing with others in the community. And in the fifth century St. Augus-

to task for eating

joined in baptism.

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Christ. to

do that more completely

at the Eucharist, I will also find it easier to embrace, in Christ's love, all the people I meet on my journey of life. I will find it easier to be the body of Christ for

them. (Father Mick

a priest of the Archand a free-

diocese of Cincinnati, Ohio, lance writer in Dayton.)

When

we approach the Lord's table, we seek to enter into cominto munion, union

with

who members of

those

communion time?

St.

The Eucharist that we celebrate makes us more

share Communion. It is much easier sometimes to swallow the host than to swallow some of the people around me. But I must swallow the whole body of

As I learn

That simple fact may be a helpful key for each of us as we seek to deepen our sense of what "Communion" means.

^nmen

— —

Where

cannot have one without the

/I What does your

(

Christ's sacrifice. It also helps us find the deeper sharing in meaning of Communion at Mass: His Christ's body and blood

that it is, complex.

We other.

body of Christ that we

those around us and reaching out in Christ's name. And this is what it means to share in

Communion

out the body (the church).

fully the

more of herself

24, 1996

THE MARKETPLACE

What

your prayer as you

receive the body of Christ?

all

"Sometimes my Communion

are his

body.

That

FAITH

no easy task. Joining with is

others and linking our lives to theirs requires a great gift of self. It demands that we overcome our tendency to selfishness and reach out to those around us.

This is part of the way we share in the sacrifice of the Mass. To share in his sacrifice means to love as he did, to reach out to others as he did, to embrace the cross as he did. I need Christ with me if I am to live this way. I need Christ the head, and I need Christ the body. Our communion with one another in Christ can be an important support as we seek to live the Gospel way of life. Of course, sometimes the pain comes right in the midst of the body. I may find it difficult to accept some of the members of my own parish with whom I

offered for a dear close triend in need of that extra prayer, as well

as prayers

for

peace

—

our

Carol troubled world." Federico, Garfield, N.J.

"My

response is one of The next prayer pray

first

gratitude.

the prayer of St. Francis for discernment and the next is the peace prayer. The other thing that runs through my prayer is remembering special people who

need

prayer.... Finally,

remember all

to include in

the people

who

try to

prayer

feel left out,

separated from God's love."

Ann

Francis Monedero,

—

OSF,

Paso, Texas "For me Eucharist is a commuexpression, and at that moment I'm not praying a particular prayer. Instead focus on how the community is the body of Christ in the world, how we are united in the body of Christ in the nity

celebration of the liturgy." Wacker, Erie, Pa.

— Mary

photo by Frank Casella

ask for forgiveness for the have done or need to change. ask to be brought closer to my path with God, with my "I

things

don't pray the same thing every time. Many times it's a prayer of praise and thanksgiving for being able to accept the body

family.

and

of Christ

for Christ's sacrifice

also pray for awareness Natalie of God's plans for me."

for us.

—

Wood, Houston, Texas "I

any

don't say I

Afterward silence thanks,

specific prayer

Communion. have a moment of

when go up

and give a prayer of and ask for help in being a I

wife, mother, working person. ask God to help me through the week as wear my Mimi Orr, various hats." Louisville, Ky.

good

—

An upcoming edition asks: Briefly, of a time when forgiveness made a big difference for you or someone you know. If you would

teli

like to

respond

for possible

publication, please write: Faith Alive! 3211 Fourth St. N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

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1996

24,

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

An image that

bolsters

By consuming the

real trenches, though, are not quite so easy to see: the trenches of pain, fear, loneliness, in which many of

I am writing because I just realized that we missed each other by a mere four days. You entered eternal life April 10, 1955, and four days later I entered this world. It

would have been nice to claim that we shared some of

sort

"When began I

to discern the

space.

Four

decades later I find in you a

companion in

my service as a eucharistic

who

minister to parishioners

homebound care

who reside

are

at long-term-

facilities.

My thoughts turn to you every time I walk down the aisle of church with a pyx containing consecrated hosts. So I feel at ease writing to you, an eminent paleontologist and Jesuit priest. confess, however, that

not a

Teilhard de Chardin scholar. What I cherish is one most special image from your works. in my undergraduate days at Mary's University of San Antonio, Texas, your book,

Back

—

our relationships improve through this form of nourishment? Strengthened harm our relationships. Furthermore, eucharistic nourishment deepens the bonds among the church's people, forming them into Will

charity certainly won't

"one body" (No. 1396).

Among the gifts of Communion then are renewed life, strengthened charity and stronger bonds with others. seems safe to say that this is nourishment that really does build up our overall health and well-being. David Gibson It

the pyx"

separated from Jesus, wealth of world ...

says.

1394).

always think back on how you marveled that only the "thin gilt of

For example, the Eucharist "preserves, increases and renews" life for us "the life of grace received at baptism," that is (No. 1392). And just as other food "restores lost strength," the Eucharist "strengthens our charity, which tends to be weakened in daily life," according to the catechism (No.

this ministry. I

weight of the shiny new pyx ... was immediately transferred to ... the trenches of pain, fear, loneliness, in which many of our parishioners are trapped."

air

spiritual life,"

our parishioners are trapped. I struggle with the hurts and needs I encounter. I ask questions of God and myself after I leave some sad situations. I can identify with your struggles over the near-yetdistant God that you held in your pyx. Your words help me see the beauty of

Chardin,

you "the

Editor, Faith Alive!

the the

source of life."

You called the Eucharist in your pyx "happiness in a sealed receptacle." Jesus, the source of happiness, is shared with me by various patients who truly are overjoyed to be able to receive Communion and to actively take part in the life of the church for a brief moment. We all go to such great lengths and expense to find happiness and yet I am privileged to carry happiness, but I do not always fully appreciate this gift. I am sorry we missed each other by four days, but I am grateful that we met in the lecture hall and library, and

multifaceted mystery

By Father John Catholic

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Castelot

Service

The Gospels don't tell us how the disciples reacted to Jesus' astounding statement at the Last Supper: "This is my body.... This is my blood." My guess is that they were somewhat puzzled. After all, they hadn't always grasped the significance of Jesus' actions immediately during his ministry. After multiplying

St.

loaves and fishes to feed a large crowd, Jesus was exasperated by the disciples' failure to

Hymns

of the Universe, was mentioned in a class. Later, I picked up a copy of this thin volume, where I discovered your story of the priest who

grasp the significance of what had

recounted his mystical encounters with Christ in a painting, a monstrance and a

occurred. He fired a series of impatient questions at them, the last of which

Pyx-

That priest was you, wasn't it? That question can be left for scholars to debate. All I know is that my imagination has been captured by this priest standing in the mire of a trench at the height of World War I, contemplating the Eucharist, which he carried in a pyx near his

was: "Do you still not understand?"

(Mark

8:21)

After the Last Supper, the disciples proceeded to fall asleep during Jesus' agony in the garden. Then, when Jesus was arrested, "they all left him

heart.

story came to mind during one of my first rounds of Communion calls to parish shut-ins. When I began to discern the weight of the shiny new pyx tucked safely in my shirt pocket, I immediately was transported to that trench on the Avocourt plateau. You met Christ in a no-man's land, crisscrossed by barbed wire and ripped open by trenches. Some of my calls take me into contemporary

The

CNS

photo Irom

KNA

and

fled"

(Mark

14:50).

now you accompany me through rough streets and antiseptic wards. Thanks for sharing your sense of wonder and reminding me to be awed by the Lord of happiness inside the pyx in

But

that

the disciples weze shocked

into silence at the Last Supper, they were far from silent after the resurrection.

The Scriptures

give

ample

evi-

dence that they progressively came to understand the mystery of the Eucha-

my pocket.

rist.

see how faith enlightened them after the resurrection when two utterly dejected disciples recognized

director of communications for the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, Ruma, III.)

(Konieczny

urban battlefields marred by gang graffiti and burned-out shells of buildings.

people today hope to maintain good and strength, and improve their

level

The

Dear Father Pierre Teilhard de

energy

chances for a longer life. Even human relationships improve when the nourishment we consume builds up our overall health, we are told. To understand how holy Communion nourishes people, compare with the nourishment gained from other food, the new catechism suggests. "What material food produces in our bodily life, holy Communion wonderfully achieves in our

contemporary battlefields By Stan Konieczny Catholic News Service

right kinds of food,

health, feel good, sustain their

Jesus "in the breaking of the bread" (Luke 24:35) after he had explained the Scriptures to them. The mystery of the Eucharist is multifaceted, with two rich dimensions:

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The vertical dimension: union with the risen Christ. The horizontal dimension: union with each other. The horizontal dimension's importance was seen when, in the Greek city of Corinth, St. Paul reprimanded a group of Christians for callously disregarding the Eucharist's social aspect. They had been acting selfishly, "without discerning the body" (lCorinthians 11:29).

The body they failed to discern was body as it is incarnate in the community's neglected members his

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people this group offended by their conduct in the eucharistic assembly. In the preceding chapter Paul had reminded the people: "Because the loaf of bread is one, we, though many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf (10:17).

That the vertical dimension of the Eucharist was deeply appreciated can be seen in John Chapter 6, for example, where a bread-of-life discourse shows the bond between the recipient

and Christ. "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him" (6:56). The Eucharist gives the communicant a share in the very life of God. Jesus goes on to say: "Just as- the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me" (6:57). Guided by the Holy Spirit, the disciples grew and disciples ever since have grown in their appreciation of the mystery that the Eucharist is, source of individual and communal

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life.

FAITH

ACTION (Father Castelot

the presence of God. This is one way it is a mystery. "In holy Communion the faithful are at the same time brothers and sisters of the saving Christ and worshipers of the transcendent holy one," the U.S. bishops say in The Holy and Living Sacrifice, Directory for the Celebration and

The Eucharist leads

to a

sense

of familiarity with the Lord but also to

a sense

awe

Reception of Communion Under Both Kinds (U.S. Catholic Conference, 321 1 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017. 1985. Paperback, $2.95). In holy Communion, the bishops stress, the faithful are joined both "to Christ and to one another." Reflection:

Our strengthened

relationship to the Lord strengthens our relationships with others in the church.

implications of this? Are there individuals

Does someone

my community need me

worship with who need to

less hurried,

to listen to

attentive?

them,

welcome them,

What are the appreciate them?

scholar, author, teacher

a Scripture

and

lecturer.)

10 The Catholic

News

& Herald

May

People

Knights Present Awards At State Convention

The News Catholic Daughters Of America

Gather At Annual Convention —

DURHAM, N.C. "Through Mary to the Glory of God" was the theme of the 21 st annual convention of the North

BOWLING

By CHARLIE

—

FAYETTEVILLE The Knights of Columbus 76th annual awards luncheon was May 18 at the state

Carolina Court of the Catholic

Daughters of the Americas

convention.

(CDA) April 19-21 at the Hilton

All 84 councils from North Carolina

were represented The members' hard work over the past year was acknowledged as nearly 600 Knights listened as speakers praised their good

Hotel.

works.

at the

Through

The Most Reverend

Raleigh, delivered the address

LAMB." LAMB

in five categories: council,

community and

family.

stands for

A. Gildein of Clemmons receives the Knight of the Year award from State Treasurer John Harrison.

James

The winners

church, youth,

Hope

in the

community

were Raleigh Council 2546 for their Special Olympics Superball golf tournament; Franklin Council 8363 for their Christmas dinner for the handicapped and Greensboro Council 1 1 101 for their walk-a-thon at High Point activity category

Mills

Council 8857 received the Supreme Service Program Award, Distinguished Council Award and the State Deputy's Award for building a major addition to Good Shepherd Church in King. Their efforts included fund raising for the planninng and project as well as performing the physical labor involved in the

City Lake.

Top honors in the family activity category were awarded to Raleigh Council 2546 for their family appreciation picnic, Morehead City Council 8143 for their ecumenical dock picnic and Garner Council 11266 for

church's constuction.

Family of the Year honors went to the Robert and Karen Watson family of Wilson Council 4660.

James A. Gildein of Clemmons Council 4660 was recognized as the Knight of the Year. Golden Knight of the Year was awarded to Father Robert T. Lawson of Pinehurst Council 1 1 103. Top winners in the council activities category were Greensboro Council 939

their family Oktoberfest celebration.

Day radio broadcast; Wendell Council 10892 for their rummage sale fund raising project and

Football Player Killed In Crash Remembered By Detroiters San Diego DETROIT (CNS) Chargers running back Rodney Culver was remembered in Detroit as an exemplary father, an outstanding athlete and as someone "close to being perfect." Culver, 26, and his 24-year-old wife, Karen, were among the 1 1 0 people aboard the ValuJet airplane who were killed

"The

—

Church.

for making a portable altar for the Elon College Catholic campus ministry Hope Mills Council 8857 for their dedication ceremony of the church addition they built and Edenton Council 11180 for their neighborhood Mass they organized. In the youth activity category, the top three winners were Garner Council 1 1266 for their bicycle safety program; Wilmington Council 1074 for providing ;

making

Duaghtry, a National Director of CDA, brought greetings from the Board of Directors. Reverend John Forbes, pastoral associate at Immaculate Conception Church spoke Saturday evening. State Regent Lucile Kroboth, Charlotte; First Vice-Regent Doreen Warren, Elizabeth City; Second Vice-Regent Joyce Rachid, New Bern; State Secretary Maryann Grabasky, Greensboro; and State Treasurer Rosemarie Carney, Lenoir, were all re-elected to second terms. Education awards were presented to the winners of the state essay and poetry contests. First place awards in Division I (grades 7-9) were presented to Laurie Smith in poetry and Jordan Wood in essay. First place awards in Division II (grades 4-6) were presented to Lauren Blaire Dagenhart in poetry and Brandy Albracht in essay. Five courts participated in a baby item competition for hand made articles. The winning set was a bonnet, sweater and booties made by Rosmarie Carney of Court St. Clare. All the entries were sent to Room at the Inn in Charlotte. Court Michael A. Irwin won first place in the newsletter and scrapbook competition. Court Durham won the award for best scrapbook for small courts. Winners of the state raffle were Mary Turne, first prize and Virginia Sutton, second prize. Court Michael A. Irwin received a certificate of appreciation for the most tickets sold. Court St. Clare was cited for contributing the most tickets per

member. Reverend Michael Shugue, chaplain at Duke University, celebrated Mass on Sunday and conducted the installation of officers ceremony. The Catholic Daughters of America is the largest organization of Catholic women in the Americas. Its members participate in the religious, charitable and opportunity for

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Second Vice-Regent Joyce Rachid, First ViceRegent Doreen Warren; Regent Lucille Kroboth, Father Shugrue; CDA National Director Maureen Daughtry; Treasurer Rosemarie Carney and Secretary Maryann Grabasky were installed as

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The Catholic News

24, 1996

On Catechumenate

MATTHEWS — Voices for Justice,

Institute

a Catholic legislative network of the di-

HICKORY — An Echoing God's Word

sponsored by the Diocese of Charlotte and the North American Forum on the Catechumenate is July 1 2- 1 4 at the Catholic Conference

Josuha Smith (center) with fellow Boy Scouts work to complete a meditation trail on the grounds of St. Luke Church in Mint Hill.

Institute

Center.

This three-day institute offers a

method

catechumens into between our lives, the Scriptures and the Church's teachings and is designed primarily for ministers for inviting

Photo by

STEVE UZZELL

the conversation

involved with the Christian Initiation of Adults. It will also be particularly helpful to catechists and homilists

who

Eagle Scout Project Adds

Beauty To Church Grounds

focus on the Sunday Scriptures as the starting point of catechesis.

Participants will explore the period

through of catechumenate presentations, reflections, skillbuilding experiences and celebrations of the minor rites belonging to the catechumenate. A major focal point of the institute will be on the relationship between faith, theology and doctrine. The North American Forum on the Catechumenate is an international network of pastoral ministers, liturgists, catechists, musicians and theologians united to share the vision and experience of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults.

Forum has offered

By STEVE UZZELL MINT HILL Sixteen-year-old Joshua Smith is a young man with a

—

mission.

This spring he has been driven to accomplish his final merit level as a Boy Scout. If his project report is approved by senior Scout officials' Eagle Review Board, Joshua may receive the rank of Eagle Scout at a ceremony this summer. Since planning began last September, Joshua has worked on his project at St. Luke Church where he and his family are members. The finished product is a 200foot pedestrian meditation

beside

trail

the creek on parish property.

"Josh began in the fourth grade with

of the catechumenate since 1982 and

Cub Scouts and worked his way up," said

was a key contributor to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops'

Trip Smith, his father.

pastoral plan of implementation

the

1988 edition of the

rite

when was

Joshua has worked with a relaxed, yet determined style through the project stages.

While designing

his

work

plan,

he received support and encouragement

mandated. Participation

by parish teams

encouraged through a special tuition rate. To register, contact Sheri Wilson, 1084 Whitaker Rd., Winston-Salem, N.C. 27106, (910) 765-3499.

from troop members, parishioners and his parents. "I told

him

through the

many

the project.

The

hours of work during

chief task of an Eagle

Scout candidate during his project is to perform as the "project manager." As a result, the scout gains a great deal of experience with research, planning, design, directing, decision-making and supervision.

He learns how to best utilize

materials and personnel to get quality

results in a job that efficiently

and

would forever

'haunt'

he did not complete his Eagle Scout rank after coming this far," said his mom, Sandy Smith. Josh has really proven himself if

"This is a hard one," Josh said as he and his friends spread mulch over a mesh screen along the pathway corridor. "But it' s not quite as hard as my friend Mark' project when he helped put on a blood

As his project unfolded, Josh

iiicrri-uisic "MORE THAN JUST A CAMP"

TlittKEKLAKE -A

SUMMER OF FUN, BUILDING

CONFIDENCE & MOTIVATION"

offices in Raleigh.

Child Advocacy Day is sponsored by the Covenant with North Carolina's Children. The Covenant was formed during the 1995 session of the North Carolina General Assembly to serve as a unified voice for children and families. The membership includes a diverse group of organizations and individuals that strive to put the needs of children first in public policy debates.

"Build a Rock-Solid Foundation for Children" is this year's theme, focusing

on the need for a firm foundation

port, child care, nutrition, health care,

safe communities, protection from abuse.

Child Advocacy Day is just one of many activities planned by the Covenant

on children during the 1996 session of the General Assembly and beyond. Its purpose is to convene

to focus attention

parents, professionals, business leaders,

youth, and other interested citizens to

speak up on behalf of children. The administrative board of the United States Catholic Conference, in its

recent statement,

Call to Political

together," Joshua said of the project.

least

The

finished product

of Life, Protecting the Least

Christians to participate in the political

arena and speak out on behalf of "the

a path that

winds gently through trees and along a creek on the parish grounds. It balances the natural setting between a reflection pool and garden on one side and a picnic pavilion on the other. Future plans include

Among Us,

and Pursuing the Common Good," urged

among

us."

Voices for Justice legislative

network

become involved cacy

at state

a parish-based

that helps Catholics

in public policy

and national

ing out on behalf of those who are poor or

lack political power.

Members

resource manual and "Action Alerts"

trail.

that set the stage

development of outdoor

spaces around the church," said Father

Joseph Mulligan, pastor of

St.

Luke.

The meditation trail project is a great Luke parishioners from

inform them about key social justice and

issues, suggested legislative action

pertinent Catholic social teaching. If you would like to attend Child Advocacy Day or receive information on

Voices for

Justice, write

or call Scott

7037 High

Spivak, coordinator,

Eagle Scout-to-be Joshua Smith.

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CCHS All

& Herald

May

24, 1996

Students Donate Time To Church, Community

Charlotte Catholic High School students participate

service

projects as part of their religious studies curriculum, performing

nearly 14,000 hours of service each year.

By JAY OSTENDARP CHARLOTTE — An integral

"They facet

of the mission statement for Catholic education is to "develop young people who strive to live by Christian values and

make

and society. environment central,

seeks to

which these values are thus forming a faith community in

Many community agencies do not have the funding or manpower to provide some important yet non-essential services. Volunteer support helps to fill the gaps and make things a bit easier.

to the person of Jesus

Individual service hours are also a

daily activities as well as in

part of the required curriculum for

relationship to the wider Catholic and is that

students' daily religion classes. Beginning with the second semester of

service

ninth grade, every student

which witnesses Christ in its

Church provide an

a positive contribution to

are such a large group and they always get a lot done. The agencies are always highly pleased and excited to have them back."

its

civic communities." Nowhere mission more evident than in the

program

Charlotte Catholic High

School. All Charlotte Catholic students participate in service hours

and service

projects as a required part of the religious

studies curriculum.

From class-wide

service days once a year to individual

service projects, CCHS students cumulatively perform nearly 14,000 hours of church and community service each year. Mercy Sister Carolyn McWatters, chairperson of the CCHS Religion Department, is in charge of coordinating the service days for all classes. "One of the most important elements of Christian living is service to one another," Sister Carolyn said. "We are striving to help students understand this through our service hour program." Sister Carolyn works closely in that effort with "Hands on Charlotte," a local organization which creates, manages and leads a wide variety of community service opportunities. Charlotte Catholic students

have worked with a number of local community agencies including the Metrolina Food Bank, Johnston YMCA,

it,"

really

enjoyed

Lawing said. The senior added she may have never

done anything

like volunteer service if it wasn' t required, but now plans to continue volunteering after graduation when she has spare time. "I think it makes you feel better about yourself as a person for

helping people," Lawing said, "especially

also organized volunteers for Catholic

In addition to the individual and class

community projects such as Holy Angels Nursery, House of Mercy, Catherine's House and Catholic Social Services. "The service days give students exposure to these organizations which

service projects at Catholic, many student

opens their eyes to the plight of so many people in our community." Students often go on to volunteer further at some of these organizations because of the rewarding experience it provided them, "It is

obvious that many students are

touched profoundly by their own actions,"

Carolyn continued, "and I think those experiences always stay with them in their hearts in some way." Sister

class service days, all students

from one grade 1

level travel to as

many as

5 separate agencies to perform volunteer

services.

when you work with

a typical day, they will

kids or for your

parish."

organizations coordinate service projects as well. For example, every Christmas

the

CCHS

Student Council

—

manages a program where each homeroom adopts a member of a needy family. The family's entire Christmas is provided for, including Christmas dinner.

Through

gifts

and a

careful study and self-

streamlined every year to

become more

and rewarding. For example, Sister Carolyn would like to see more preparation of students and chaperones before they perform the services. "Ideally," Sister Carolyn said, "we would love to have a service coordinator who would have more time effective, productive

to coordinate

more extensive projects for

children or senior citizens. "Charlotte

Catholic students have provided us with

include

to reading

and spending time with

two program

a great deal of support over the past years," said Paige Addicks,

coordinator for "Hands

Charlotte."

(right)

spend time with

Eli

Employment Opportunities St.

Anne's School

Principal Position Available: If you are an experienced administrator, enthusiastic about Catholic schools, and able to work well with a highly qualified and dedicated staff, we would like to hear from you. Serving grades pre-3 through 6, St. Anne's is seeking a principal beginning with the 1996-97 school year. The candidate must be Catholic, have a master's degree and be certifiable in Virginia. Nestled in the mountains of southwest Virginia, St. Anne's is fully accredited and serves approximately 200 students. Salary negotiable according to experience and qualifications. Send resume and letter of introduction before June 30 to: Search Committee, St. Anne Catholic School, 300 Euclid Ave., Bristol, Virginia 24201.

Bookkeeper: work part-time in 500+ family size church Rev. Carl DelGuidice, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 4 Fortune Cove Rd., Brevard, NC 28712. Full charge

bookkeeper wanted

with retirement benefits. Send resume

to:

After School Enrichment Program: MACS After School Enrichment Program now hiring assistants for the 96-97 year. If interested, call Ellen

Buening

at (704)

school

523-8018.

Director of Faith Formation: Holy Cross Church of Kernersville is seeking the services of a full-time director We are looking for someone who is well grounded in the knowledge of the Catholic faith, a practicing Catholic and relates well with other people. The person should hold a Master's Degree in religious studies or in a related field. Please contact our office from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at (910) 996-5109 or after 2 p.m. at (910) 996-3649. of faith formation.

Charlotte Catholic High School Building Faith Through Education: Positions open for the 1996-97 school year: Full-time: English, French/Spanish, Religion, Science and English/Social Studies teaching positions and Counselor. Part-

time: Religion teaching position (50%) Counselor (50%) and Teacher Assistants (25 hrs.per wk.) Interested candidates should call or write for an application: 7702 Pineville-

Matthews Road, Charlotte,

NC 28226,

(704) 543-1127.

CCHS service program is

the church and civic communities." She added possible future considerations for the program could

anything from yard work and cleaning,

freshmen Stacy Pascucci (left) and Ellen Ludes England at the Adult Care & Share on Idlewild Road.

cooperation with Catholic Social Services

evaluation, the

she added.

CCHS

seemed forced on me at first as a required part of the curriculum,

Alexander Children's Center, Crisis Assistance Ministry, Loaves & Fishes and the Bethlehem Center. They have

help others," Sister Carolyn said, "and

Photo by Jay Ostendarp

required to

perform five hours of service each quarter, totaling 20 hours per academic year. At least five of the 20 hours must be performed for the student's parish. "Most of us lead very comfortable lives," Sister Carolyn said, "and exposure to those whose lives are far from comfortable is sometimes what it takes for us to become aware of those who need our help." Many times that can be an eyeopening experience. Alison Lawing, a senior, has volunteered her services quite often during her four years at Catholic. She has worked with the Children's Theater at Christmas as well as with Crisis Assistance Ministry and various projects for Our Lady of Assumption Parish in Charlotte. "Even though it

weekend

and

summer

opportunities for interested students.

Diocesan Director of Faith Formation: Administers the diocesan office. Collaborates with the four regional coordinators formulation and implementation of catechetical goals and objectives, programs and services. Responsibilities include: to oversee leadership training, catechist certification and the employment of catechetical curriculum guidelines for parish programs including in the

sacramental preparation and the RCIA. Candidates should possess a masters degree in Religious Education or theology and experience in catechetical leadership on the diocesan level. Send letter of application, resume and transcripts by June 7 to: Rev. James Hawker,

Vicar for Education, 3104 Park Rd., Charlotte,

NC 28209.

Youth Minister Director: Growing parish in western NC looking for staff member to oversee total youth program. Plan and coordinate catechetics, social programs and service programs for preparation. Prefer at least undergraduate training in youth ministry or experience. Search, St. Eugene Diocese offers generous benefits package. Send resume to: Parish, P.O. Box 8160, Asheville, NC 28814.

May

The Catholic News

24, 1996

tewarddiip

Golden Jubilees At Sacred Heart Convent BELMONT â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Five Sisters of Mercy commemorate

the an-

niversaries of their reception into the

Mercy Community

Sisters of

at a cel-

ebration May 25. Bishop William G. Curlin is

celebrant at aEucharistic Liturgy at

2 p.m. at Sacred Heart Convent in Cardi-

Adjunct ChapCare Department of Gaston Memorial Hospital and plays the organ at the Motherhouse. She also gives piano lessons to 27 students. Two sisters celebrate their Golden Jubilees Sister Maureen and Sister Jeanne Marie both continue to serve through their service to God, the Church, the community of Sisters of Mercy and the world community.

Gaston County,

Sister

Inc., is

lain in the Pastoral

Jeanne Marie, born

in Port

Prince, Haiti, holds a bachelor's degree in

English from Belmont Abbey College. 1 969, she received her master' s degree

Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has

practice of stewardship began as a child instilled in her strong Catholic values

and adminis-.

Josita entered the

tered as principal in several schools

cipal at St. Gabriel School in Charlotte in

community of Sisters of Mercy at age 24. She began her commitment of caring for

within the Diocese of Charlotte, in Florida and in New York. Since retiring

before returning to Belmont as Director

the sick in 1938 in the dietary department

from teaching, she has been involved House of Mercy, a facility dedicated

Gibbons Chapel followed by a recepThree of the sisters celebrate Diamond Jubilees for 60 years of service and two will observe Golden Jubilees. The sisters honored include: Sisters Mary Josita Shaw, Josephine Maria Thomas, Mary Cecilia Lewis, Maureen Dees and Jeanne Marie Kienast. nal

tion.

Philadelphia native,

Jubilarian Sister

Mercy

Mary

Diamond

Hospital, where she remained

Sister

Maureen worked within

the

Catholic Elementary Education System

from 1951-93.

graduate of Belmont

Abbey College with a bachelor's degree in education, she taught

through 1947. She then moved to Asheville to work in St. Joseph's Hospital where she remained for 23 years,

caring for people in the final stages of

ascending to the top position in the di-

housing for homeless

etary department.

dren.

"One of the St.

things

enjoyed most

Joseph' s was working with the young-

who came

sters

work part-time

department after their school day," Sister

Mary

Josita said.

Since her retirement, she

a familiar

face at the Motherhouse reception desk

demand as an integral part of the community support staff. Since 1936 when Raleigh native Sister Josephine Maria was received into the Sisters of Mercy community, she has and

is in

AIDS. Currently, she is working at Catherine' s House providing transitional

women and

chil-

"In my years of teaching and now through the House of Mercy and Catherine's House, I have tried very

hard to put into practice the charism of our foundress, Catherine McAuley

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

loving compassion to those in need.

very important to remain in contact with friends made through these

believe

ministries," Sister

Maureen

1960 where she remained for

six years,

of Novices for the Sisters of Mercy. Sister Jeanne Marie was appointed to the position of Dean of Students and also taught theology at Sacred Heart College. For two years, during her tenure at the college, she served as coordinator of religious education at St. Michael Church in Gastonia. In 1976, she was appointed Diocesan Director of Religious Education for the Diocese of Charlotte.

She currently

Pastoral Associate at St.

Matthew Church in Charlotte and is codirector of the Mercy Associate Program for the North Carolina Regional

Com-

munity.

said.

The Belmont Abbey College graduate has served as Superior, princi-

Institute,

Wake

Appalachian State University. She served as principal at Sacred Heart Academy and, later at Sacred Heart College in Belmont. During her 34 year tenure at the school, she

worked

in a variety

of posi-

music department. She has also taught music in Wilmington and Charlotte and has served as member or officer of numerous fine arts committees, councils and associations. She is now active in Hospice of tions including chairperson of the

fact,

she has the

Maria even thought about a vocation But those thoughts changed when she met Jeff Davidson and they began their life as a couple. Maria's stewardship journey was accompanied by sound principles that were handed down to her from her mother. Maria was a talented designer. She had the God-given ability to put her ideas and visions on paper for others to enjoy. Her mother always nurtured that talent, and prayed that someday Maria would be able to use it for the Church. That dream turned into reality when Maria was asked to do the design and graphic work for Stewardship News, a newsletter of the Office of Development. Maria and Jeff had just opened their own family business, Davidson Design, and were eager for the work. However, in the process of designing Stewardship News, Maria remembered that road to girl.

in the religious life.

discipleship she started as a child in

Princeton and decided to make the publication her personal stewardship project. their

treasure to

new

business venture,

God.

source of joy entered Maria and

life on April 23, 1993, when they were blessed with a son, Matthew. However, the next day they were devastated to learn that Matthew had a congenital heart defect and would require

Jeffs

extended hospital stays, repetitive surgery and constant care. In spite of new demands on her time and energy, Maria never

wavered from her commitment

stewardship. She always found time to

do Stewardship News and never complained about the added work load.

Mary

Forest University and

and practices. In

Her mother

through Stewardship News. As a grateful steward, Maria discovered the joy of returning some of her time, talent and

Salisbury.

Jubilarian Sister

Virginia.

for the opportunity to give of herself

and Regional Superior in Guam and has taught and functioned in administrative positions in Gastonia, Belmont, Salisbury, Charlotte and Wilmington. She was named principal and Superior at Newton Grove in 1948. She opened a school in Dededo, Guam in the early 1950s and became director of junior professed at Tai Convent, Guam in 1960. In 1963 she was appointed principal and Superior at a school in Greenport, Long Island, New York. From 1969-73, Sister Josephine Maria served as principal and Superior at St. Gabriel School in Charlotte. Today she is Media Resource Director at Sacred Heart School in pal

was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She has academic credentials in the field of music from Manhattonville College, Catholic University and Mundelein College. She also studied at Peabody

West

distinction of being Princeton' s first altar

With

actively sought continual educational op-

Diamond

in Princeton,

Maria and Jeff found that their monthly income fluctuated greatly. Yet Maria was committed to giving a portion of that income to the Church and was thankful

portunities.

Cecilia

Maria Davidson' s understanding and

done post-graduate work in theological studies. She has served as Diocesan Vocation Director for Women and has been active in the Diocesan Cursillo movement, though her focus has been on education. She has served as principal at Sacred Heart Campus School and St. Benedict in Belmont and at Santa Barbara School and Convent in Guam. She was named Superior and founding prin-

Stewardship Profile

Five Mercy Sisters Celebrate Diamond,

of North Carolina

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Maria and Jeff were grateful to God Matthew, who brought so much joy into their lives and the lives of others. However, shortly before what would have been his third birthday, God

Monsignor Anthony Kovacic, diocesan director of the Propogation of the Faith Society, attended the National Meeting of the Propogation of the Faith and Holy Childhood in San Diego April 17-19. Shown left-to-right are: Most Rev. Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., chairman of the Committee on Missions, NCCB; Most Rev. Charles A. Schleck, C.S.C., D.D., international president of the Pontificial Missionary Societies; Msgr. Kovavic; Most Rev. William J. McCormack, D.D., national director of the Propogation of the Faith and Holy Childhood; and Rev. Francis W. Wright, C.S. Sp., consultant and Holy Childhood board member. A total of 120 directors attended this interesting and instructive meeting. As soon as the texts or tapes of various talks become available, Msgr. Kovacic will inform readers via The Catholic News & Herald. "I would like to thank all pastors and parishes for their very generous response to the 1995 Missions Sunday Collection," Msgr. Kovacic said. The collection totalled $62,675.66. The Mission Cooperative Plan in the same year from 50 parishes and missions appeal resulted in $96,617.61 being

for His gift of

collected.

stewardship for

called

Matthew

Him. Even

after

Matthew's death, Maria continued the stewardship that had become the essence of her discipleship. The Davidsons asked that, in lieu of flowers, charitable gifts be

made to the Pediatric Cardiology Fund at Carolinas Medical Center in Matthew's

name. In that way, another child, perhaps many years from now, might also benefit from the joy brought into this world by Matthew Davidson. Maria Davidson is a model of true all.

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The Catholic News

May

24, 1996

Diocesan News Briefs Poker Nite

Student Exhibits Art

CONCORD — An evening of card games is Friday, June 7 from 7- 11p.m. at St. James Parish Center. Admission is $20 and includes pizza and snacks. Must be

18-years-old to participate.

at least

CHARLOTTE — Robert Gurdian, a fourth-grade student at School, was one of 65

And Leaders' Schools

CHARLOTTE — Ultreya meets the

last

St.

Thursday each month at 7:30 p.m. at Gabriel Church. Leaders' School

follows.

SALISBURY/ALBEMARLE

—

Ultreya meets the last Friday each month at 7:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church.

Student Applications Accepted St. Leo WINSTON-SALEM

—

School is accepting applications for rising seventh graders for the 1996-97 school year. Call the school office at (910) 748-

8252

50+ Club Meets

GREENSBORO — The 50+ Club of

exhibit

St.

artwork

Saturday, June

the

Paul the Apostle Church meets 1 at 8:30 a.m. for a trip to the North Carolina Museum of History. Cost is $30. Call Rose Ammirati at (910) 288-2144 or Mary Violante at (910) 282-

First

Union Atrium.

4099

Robert is a student at o n a r t

work of

in the exhibit featuring the

local school children.

Social

—

Cultural

6 p.m. at Rock-Ola Cafe on Muir's Chapel Rd. For reservations, call Deb Slate at (910) 282-1348.

WINSTON-SALEM — Our Lady of

eight Catholic students from Mexico with

Mercy Church Catholic Young Adults

by June 30 for the 96-97 year. For information, call (800) 633-8233.

group meets Thursday, May 30 at 7:15 p.m. at Ernie Shore Field for an evening

families

of baseball. Meet at the third base line

Caring For Older Parents

GREENSBORO — A support group for people caring for older parents

concession stand. Contact Liliana at (9 1 0)

659-8314

for information.

meets

Centenary United Methodist Church Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. For information, call (910) 275-3101. at

the fourth

Mass ASHEVILLE in Latin the first

In Latin

— Mass

celebrated

Sunday of each month at

the Basilica of St. Lawrence.

Services

And Solutions

GREENSBORO

— Speakers from

Piedmont Triad Area Agency on Aging and American Health and Services present a forum to discuss the needs of seniors, "Services and Solutions," Wednesday, June 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the

St.

Foster Caregivers Needed Couples and BREVARD

—

individuals are needed to help children in the

community by giving them

care. Call

Trend Mental Health

884-2027

to help.

BELMONT

—

devotions are June 2

Saturday Belmont Abbey

First at

beginning with the rosary at 9:30 a.m., confessions at 10:30 a.m. and Mass at 1 1 :30. For information, call Terri or Phil at (704) 888-6050.

Christian Life and

Witness classes to

train volunteers to

in Charlotte are

Holy

CHARLOTTE

—

Deacons Keith

Kolodziej and Jim Hamrlik will facilitate a seminar on living in the Spirit Mondays June 3-July 29 from 7:30-9 p.m. at St. Matthew Church. Cost is $5 for materials. Call (704) 541-6765 for information.

a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at

Viewmont Baptist

Church.

ASHEVILLE

— Exposition of

Needs Volunteers

CONCORD

—

Volunteers are

needed for the Promise Keepers National

Conference at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on June 21-22. To register as a volunteer, call (704) 598-5455. For information, call (704) 535-0881.

(704) 891-2920.

—

Vacation Bible School at St. Eugene Church is June 1721. Cost is $15 per child. Contact the church at (704) 254-5 193 for information. Vacation Bible CHARLOTTE School at St. Vincent de Paul Church is June 24-28 from 9 a.m.- noon for children in grades K-5. Cost is $5 per child. Call Peggy Pohlheber at (704) 588-731 1. Vacation Bible School at St. Gabriel Church is June 17-21 from 9 a.m.-noon. For information, contact Mary Ellen Paine at (704) 366-2738. GREENSBORO Vacation Bible

—

School at Our Lady of Grace Church July 15-19 from 9 a.m. - 12 noon.

Gula of

St.

Patrick Seminary presents

"Visions in Faith" June 16-19

— A reception

Conference For Separated And Divorced Catholics

SOUTH BEND,

Ind.

— The

and Divorced Catholics is July 4-7 University of Notre Dame.

for

needs caring volunteers to assist in family waiting rooms, the gift shop and with patient services. For information, call Nancy at (704) 379-5806.

Inner Healing Retreat

BELMONT —

"Healing the Child Within" is a May 3 1 - June 1 retreat led by Father John Putnam and Bobbie May. Cost is $108 for two nights at double occupancy and $115 for two nights at single occupancy. For information, call (704) 327-8692.

Echoing God's Word

HICKORY

—

"Echoing God's Word: Catechesis and Preaching Based on the Liturgy of the Word" is a July 12-

—

St.

Scriptures and daily

Francis of Assisi

Church needs volunteers to help serve in the Soup Kitchen weekdays. If interested, call Rita Morweiser at (704) 728-2269. Retrouvaille Session Begins

CHARLOTTE

—

Retrouvaille, a

Wilson

life.

Living Waters Retreats

VALLEY

MAGGIE

"Contemplation and the Prayer of the Heart" is a June 17-23 contemplative retreat in the spirit of

Thomas Merton

program for couples who want to improve their troubled marriage, works to build relationships between husbands and

directed

wives. Retrouvaille is a Catholic program,

retreat of silent prayer to

but

open

to people of all faiths.

next program begins July 12.

The For

Amazing Grays Picnic St.

Patrick

Amazing Grays will meet for a

School Has

Cost

by Rev. Sidney

Griffith, S.T.

$225.

"Come to the Quiet" is a June 24-30

—

WINSTON-SALEM Our Lady of Mercy School has added picnic tables and umbrellas

campus courtesy of funds provided by the Annual Fund Drive for the Beautification of the School. The picnic area will be used for middle school lunch

deepen the by

relationship with the Spirit directed

Father William Fickel. Cost

"Let

God"

...Let

$225. a July 5-7

retreat for those interested in is

possible

"Smoke On The Mountain"

through the "twelve steps" directed by Rev. Edward Flanagan, OFM, Reverend

CHARLOTTE

Emmett Murphy,

—

St.

Ann Church

presents the musical "Smoke on the

New

Call Sheri

(910) 765-3499 for details.

weekend

periods and classes.

For

— Mercy Hospital

CHARLOTTE

the spiritual growth that

to the

at the

Needed

Hospital Volunteers

2230.

new

1996

International Conference for Separated

Blum at (800) 877-5456 for information.

— The

at the

Oratory for people interested in pastoral leadership. Call The Oratory at (803) 327-2097 for information.

14 symposium that addresses the

Volunteers Needed

the

Promise Keepers Conference

Series

In Faith"

information, contact Nick and Irene Fadero at (704) 544-0621 or (800) 470-

Cathedral

Blessed Sacrament is the first Saturday each month from 2-4 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc Church.

"Visions

ROCKHILL, S.C. —Father Richard

those interested in Catholic higher education is Wednesday, June 5 at 6 p.m. at Charlotte City Club. Call Kathleen

CHARLOTTE Blessed Sacrament

ASHEVILLE

Graham Crusade Tuesday, June 4 at 1

CHARLOTTE

Seminar

Payne

participate in the Billy

Christendom College Reception Spirit

information or to volunteer, contact Leslie

LENOIR

—

HICKORY

Bible School Barnabas Church is July 22-26. For

(704)

Witness Classes Saturday Devotions

at St.

foster

Paul the Apostle Church. First

(704) 523-4641.

Vacation Bible School

ARDEN — Vacation

May 28

must place

inter-cultural understanding,

Mountain" Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25 at 7 p.m. The off Broadway comedy features blue-grass gospel music and a talented cast. For information, call Terese Pedalino at (704) 599-2806 or

information, call (541) 963-8089.

Exchange Foundation, a

June

24-28 at Holy Trinity Middle School. For information, call Bettie Berry, Charlotte Catholic High School coach, at (704) 521-0721

Greensboro

Single Catholics meet Tuesday,

non-profit organization committed to

Groups Meet

GREENSBORO

for information.

Student Exchange

for rising sixth-ninth grade girls

Robert Gurdian

Two

of his drawings are

for information.

Volleyball Camp CHARLOTTE — Volleyball camp

Drawing School.

Leaders' School follows.

Gabriel

students chosen

Ultreya

St.

covered-dish picnic at Lake Norman at 1 1 a.m. For information, call Virginia Williams at (704) 334-2733.

Thursday, June 6

Picnic Area

OFM

Jackie Brinker. Cost

and Ken and

$85.

To register, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd. Maggie Valley, NC 28751. For information, call (704) 926-3833. The Catholic News & Heralc welcomes parish news for the diocesan news briefs. Good photographs, preferably black and white, also are welcome. Please submit news release and photos at least 10 days before the date of publication.

May

& Herald

The Catholic News

24, 1996

World And National News Briefs continue using self-destructing mines indefinitely in war zones such as Korea

while seeking a permanent worldwide

ban on land mines. A few days before the announcement, Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, head of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference, asked Clinton in a letter to "offer strong, unmistakable and

deficit," Father Parker said in a letter to

Dodd. "Nevertheless, the decision to return this donation was made by me and the dedicated Sisters of Charity of

convincing leadership in the global effort to ban anti-personnel land mines."

—

Carolina

jij-

Families, Friends Of Plane Crash

Our

Lady, Mother of the Church, who staff our school." He returned the $5,000, plus an additional $218.27 that had been earned in interest.

Victims Try To Cope With Loss MIAMI (CNS) Ever since the

—

ValuJet plane crashed in the swampy Florida Everglades May 1 1 Father David ,

Smith and other chaplains have spent most of their time listening to victims' families. "You listen to the stories and the anger, much of which is directed at God," said Father Smith, a Catholic chaplain from Jackson Memorial Hospital. "God can deal with that anger. It is not my position to try to even defend God. All I can do is listen and answer that God is walking with them," he told CNS

photo from Reuters

BIRTHDAY FOR POPE —Slovenian children surround Pope John Paul on his 76th birthday May 1 8. The children sang "Happy Birthday" and "Holy Father We Love You" II

in their

native language.

Archbishop Urges Health Care Workers To Remain Steadfast

NEW YORK (CNS) — Archbishop

30.

A new Mass

recorded each

Wednesday with a new homily and Mass readings for the following Sunday.

It is

Thomas

J. Murphy of Seattle called on people engaged in Catholic health care to

placed on the Internet on Thursdays.

maintain their commitment to the

flash Of Church Fires Stirs Congregations, Law To Action CHARLESTON, S.C. (CNS) A dramatic increase in the number of

principles of Catholic social teaching

challenges coming from government and society. He said those principles included "the life and dignity despite

human person, the recognition of human rights and responsibilities, the of the

call to family

and community, the dignity

of work and the rights of workers, the

and a call to solidarity of all people." Archbishop Murphy made his remarks May 19 in delivering the keynote address to the preferential option for the poor

annual Catholic Hospital Administrative Personnel Program, a one-week course for administrators of Catholic facilities. It is

held at

St.

John's University in

New

—

torchings of black churches has led South

Carolina religious groups and law enforcement agencies to band together. Thirty-seven churches in South Carolina have been burned since 1 99 1 including two so far this year, six in 1 995 and seven in 1 994. Of those, 1 6 had primarily black congregations, and 1 3 of those fires were

—

ruled as arson, according to State

Law

Enforcement Division spokesman Hugh E. Munn. Although there's no proof the fires were racially motivated, law enforcement agencies and church leaders

York with co-sponsorship by the Catholic

are taking the sheer

Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens.

sign of possible racial conflict. The Florence

New Meaning

Morning News reported that Attorney General Charlie Condon was forming a

Internet Site Gives

To 'Mass Communication' RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS) Father

—

John Ranalli says that being a pioneer is "second nature" to him. So he was not

weekly Mass

as a

WASHINGTON (CNS)— The head of the U.S. bishops' International Policy

Committee said he was "deeply

do new things,"

disappointed" that the land- mines policy

said Father Ranalli, vocations director

announced by President Clinton May 16

desire to be creative and

for the Raleigh Diocese.

"We're new and

proclaiming the Gospel in different ways that fit our day." The Raleigh Diocese is believed to be the first in the world to broadcast a weekly Mass on the Internet. The first Mass was videotaped by a crew of Cardinal Gibbons High School students under the direction of Thomas Szypulski, and was made available on the World Wide Web April

would continue

to allow

some U.S.

military use of the weapons.

"We believe

must

an example as our nation seeks to persuade other countries to abandon these weapons," said Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester, Mass., in a May 17 statement. "We deeply regret that this opportunity has been missed."

the U.S.

set

Clinton announced a that

would permit

new policy May

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archbishop wrote.

first

placed on the Internet. "This

newspaper of Miami. Among the families he talked to were the parents of David Neftaly Quinones, 19, of Dallas, who would have been the first of his MexicanAmerican family to receive a college education. Quinones was one of the 110 people killed on board ValuJet Flight 592 that was flying to Atlanta when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Miami, killing everyone on board.

discussion and action by Catholics," the

Bishops Disappointed At Continued Use Of Land Mines

Celebrating 15 years of serving the Carolinas

Catholic, the archdiocesan

bodies cry out today for reflection,

hate-crimes division to investigate.

surprised in late April to find himself

celebrating the

number of cases

The Florida

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Priest

Who Supports Abortion NORTH GROSVENORDALE,

Senator

Conn. (CNS)— Father George H. Parker, administrator of St. Joseph Parish in North Grosvenordale, has returned a donation of $5,000 for the parish school because it came from a U.S. senator who supports abortion.

The priest said he sent

check to Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, D-Conn because of the senator' s support for legal abortion and his recent vote against a bill that would have banned the

partial-birth abortions.

dire financial

need and

"Our school is

operating

THE

apoiN]E

DEALERSHIPS SERVING CHARLOTTE WITH INTEGRITY FOR OVER 33 YEARS! Frank LaPointe, President

Member of

St.

Gabriel Church

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May

24,

1996

Dorothy Church

St.

LINCOLNTONâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;

St.

Dorothy parish began in 1944

who met Sunday Mass in an old funeral home. At that time, a

with four families for

St.

Dorothy

148

St.

Benedictine priest would travel to Lincolnton from Cherryville to celebrate the

Mass. Later, St. Dorothy became a mission of St.

Dorothy's Ln.,

NC 28092

Lincolnton,

Therese parish

in Mooresville.

Dorothy got

St.

(704) 735-5575

home when

its first

a 1,200

square foot rectangular building was built on North

Gastonia

Vicariate:

Photo by MIKE

KROKOS

Aspen Street in 1958. The Mass was celebrated in his

building had living quarters for a part-time priest and

Pastor:

The parish was then named St. Dorothy, in honor of the deceased wife of an anonymous benefactor from another state. living room.

Father Richard B. Farwell

By the mid 1970s, the church building had been enlarged to make room for the 90 families that attended. The parish was now a mission of Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte and two Sisters of the Order of the Daughters of the Church were dividing their time between St. Dorothy and their community in

Mass schedule: Sat: 6 p.m.; Sun.: 9 a.m.; Spanish 12 noon;

Asheville.

7:30 p.m.

Vigil:

The 1980s and

early 1990s

were a time of continued growth for St. Dorothy. St. Dorothy Lane, membership in the parish

In addition to a new church building on

Number

of parishioners:

Number

of families

had grown considerably, especially the Hispanic population. In 1991, Father Richard Farwell was appointed pastor of the church. In August 1 994, a new church building was dedicated, creating room for today's 187 parish families. According to Father Farwell, a large number of parishioners participate in Quest, a program from the Archdiocese of Hartford that encourages spiritual growth among Christian communities as a continuation of the Renew program. Deacon Edwin Rodriguez of Charlotte and Father Lawrence Willis of Belmont Abbey assist with the Spanish liturgy. St. Dorothy is also known for its SpringFest held each year. It includes a barbeque and auction, and is the church's largest annual fund-raiser.

491

(households): 187

Pope Celebrates 76th Birthday, from pagel That was true for him 50 years ago and is true for young people today, he added. The youths cheered his words, delivered in Slovenian, and waved banners that read, "Long live Karol." They gave him simple gifts of cheese, wine, oil and herbs, and strung a 12-footlong flower chain around his neck. They sang "Happy Birthday" in English ("I didn't know you were American," the pope joked) and then in Slovenian ("It was just at this hour," he mused, glancing Christ, he said.

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obvious that his body doesn't respond like it did when he was elected at age 5 8 But his capacity to lead the church and the Curia with plans, ideas and energy "It's

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He said the pope' s "creative machine" was still working just fine. The pontiff has laid out detailed plans and programs stretching over the next 12 years and is

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