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Duties

CSS

Office

CAROL HAZARD

By

Associate Editor

WINSTON-SALEM

David

Harold is the new director for the Winston-Salem office of Catholic Social Services. The office serves the Greensboro and Winston-Salem vicariates. Harold, a former team leader and social worker for Forsyth-Stokes Mental Health Authority, succeeds Rose-

mary Martin, who left CSS eight months ago. Connie McVey, a CSS program director, served as interim director.

Trinitarian Sister Frances Sheridan,

CSS diocesan director, said the position was harder to fill than expected. "We wanted a

good person for good work

really

office to continue the

that that

was being done," she said. The search committee was looking for a Catholic person with a high level of

ed Bishop Michael :nts

Begley reads the book, What's Claude Doing? to first grade at All Saints Catholic School in Charlotte during National Reading is Fundamental J.

Guest "readers" entertained children

;.

all

week with

selected readings.

Photo by

JOANN KEANE

exican Cardinal, Others Die

Gun

ross-Fire Of Airport MEXICO CITY (CNS)

— Mexi-

^ardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo [killed

May 24 in

•tout at

the cross-fire of a

the Guadalajara airport that

rch sources say

may have been

In

Battle

education, experience in

management

and enthusiasm for the mission and vision of CSS, said Sister Frances. That mission, she said, is "to respond to the hungers of the human heart." The committee was made up of Sister Frances, Ron McLoughlin, president of the Winston-Salem board, and board members Mary Brown and Lee Accetullo.

bishop Girolamo Prigione,

who was

from Mexico City. An employee at the apostolic delegation in Mexico City confirmed to CNS that Archbishop Prigione was en

flying in

"We

feel

we

hit

upon the

son," said Sister Frances.

right per-

"We feel

for-

tunate."

Harold said he accepted the posiwas interested in work-

DAVID HAROLD ence in physics. divinity

He earned

a masters in

from Yale Divinity School

in

1970.

He began working for the

Forsyth-

Stokes Mental Health Authority in 1 975 first as a social worker for various pro-

grams and then as a rehabilitation services team leader. As a team leader, he was responsible for program development, supervision, fiscal monitoring and

tion because he

planning.

The

ing for a small, efficient non-profit

asked not to be named, said the Mexican government's Interior

agency. What' s more, he wanted to work

and vice president of the

Secretariat later telephoned the delega-

of working closer to the Church

ican bishops' conference died of as

tion to assure the staff that the shootout

pealing to me," he said.

From 1971 to 1972, he worked as a community mental health specialist for Hamden Mental Health Services, Hamden, Conn. From 1970 to 1971, he was a group therapist for the Connecti-

d to the recent upsurge of druged violence in Mexico. The 66-year-old archbishop of dalajara

y as 14 gunshot

wounds to the chest

throat while being driven

parking

lirport

;un battle

lot,

through where much of

took place.

Mso killed was the cardinal' s driver, tified as

33-year-old Pedro Perez

landez by archdiocesan er

spokesman

Adalberto Gonzalez. According

route to Guadalajara at the time.

employee,

was not connected

bystanders were also killed, in-

ing

an unidentified

woman and her

nitial

reports said the shootout

around 3 p.m. between

ted

In Mexico City,

government sources

maintained virtual silence while Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari flew to Guadalajara on the evening of the shooting to pay his respects to the slain cardinal at the city's cathedral.

In a brief statement at the city's airport, Salinas called the

murder a "rep-

rehensible act" and said that "the

life

of

man was

taken in a criminal act."

"This act cannot be accepted, there

rival

no

merits

;s

inside the terminal at the interna-

is

il

departures counter.

our widest condemnation," Salinas said.

ihe

It

spilled out

.

assault

were found in vehicles believed to

gang members. Cardinal Posadas was the

ig to

third car-

ta die violently in this century, inal ;o,

Emile Biayende of Brazzaville,

was

and Cardinal Juan Soldevilla of was murdered by an-

ugoza, Spain, |

sis in

nitial

1923.

accounts from official sources

}

Cathoews Service that the cardinal and fiver were killed as they came to the |)rt to await the arrival of the Mk's delegate to Mexico, Arch-

it

(and)

it

the day.

Martin Rabago of Guadalajara told Mexican television that Cardinal Posadas had returned to Guadalajara from Mexico City earlier in the day.

On

ap-

new position, Harold, 48, will CSS

services

— counseling, adoption,

preg-

the afternoon of the shooting,

President Salinas sent a brief message to

Pope John Paul

II

expressing "deep

sorrow" and offering the condolences of Mexican people and government on

the

the cardinal's death. Salinas said in his

cut Mental Health Center,

New Haven,

Conn., in outpatient and day programs for adolescent and adult clients with

dependencies on

street drugs.

In addition to his fulltime work,

Harold was a

clinical consultant for a

from 1982 to 1989, and programming trainer from 1987 to 1992. Moreover, he has conducted numerous training sessions private practice

a neurolinguistic

troubled teens.

in psychotherapy, crisis intervention,

Harold said he hopes to establish close links to the parishes. "We need to know what they need and we need their support in terms of volunteers and coordination," Harold said.

personality disorders and case

Harold, a state certified clinical social

worker, graduated from

versity in

Duke Uni-

1966 with a bachelor of

manage-

He is also an instructor in Tai Chi

ment.

Chuan.

He and his wife, Madeline, have two children, Jacob, 15, and Rachel, 1 1 The Harolds are parishioners at Our Lady of Mercy Church.

sci-

Summer Schedule letter to the

pope

that the country

was

indignant over the killing and consid-

Auxiliary Bishop Jose Guadalupe

Mexican press reports were contrary , but Father Gonzalez told

justification for

panied on the flight by Archbishop Adolfo Suarez Rivera of Monterrey, president of the bishops' conference, who had been in the Mexican capital for a meeting with other bishops earlier in

slain in tribal violence in

is

nancy support and basic needs intervention as well as programs unique to the Winston-Salem office. These programs include the Hand To Hand Program, a volunteer mentor program for pregnant teens, and Host Homes, a crisis house and counseling service for

The Mexican president was accom-

parking lot with police in pur-

Hand grenades and AK-47

In his

"The idea

oversee a staff of 1 2 and direct core

a good, a clean and a generous

g son.

for a spiritually based agency.

to the delegate's trip

to Guadalajara.

exican television news reports, five r

who

ered the violent circumstances under

which he died "a grave affront" to all Mexicans. Jalisco state Gov. Carlos Aceves said during a press conference that state law enforcement authorities were "carrying out an in-depth investigation in coordination with the federal attorney general's office."

He said police report-

edly have two suspects in custody.

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Members Of 3 Parishes By MARION CARDOZA WADESBORO — "We gather to-

sabbatical

from East Africa, joined

evangelization of the entire world," said Father Kohler.

tion to the reality of Jesus present in the

In his homily, Father Kohler re-

Eucharist," said Spiritan Father Edward

counted the words of Jesus. "Unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up on the day. For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink." (John 6:54-55) The devotion was in preparation for the 45th International Eucharistic Con-

"Theology of the Eucharist is cento evangelization," he said. "The

to support

and reawaken our devo-

Vilkauskas to about 75 people who gathered May 23 at Sacred Heart Church.

The

Eucharistic devotion

was

for

Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Monroe and St. James Church in Hamlet as well as Sacred Heart in Wadesboro, a mission of Our Lady of parishioners of

Lourdes. Father Vilkauskas both parish and mission.

is

pastor of

the celebration.

gress that will convene next

month

in

Spiritan Father Martin Conroy pas-

Seville, Spain. "Concentration (at the

and Spiritan Father Girard Kohler, a missionary priest on

congress) will be on evangelization and

,

tor of St. James,

$

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day

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the re-evangelization of ourselves

...

tral

ers of their responsibility to shares

with the world.

must reveal

"We who receiveagj

Jesus.

We

must

reve,

t

fullness of Jesus in the revelatin

Eucharist is a sacred transforming of the

sacrament to those who have never ;a

usual to the unusual. Jesus, Himself,

We

have something very beauti give to our neighbors."

is

the sacrament of

with us,

still

Almighty God. He's not as He was back then,

Although evangelization is a

but in a different form.

monumental task, Father h assured his listeners to press for "We could easily get discourage said. "But we must not do this, t with us. The Holy Spirit is with u

ingly

"The power of God is in the unity of God. The power of the Church is in the unity of the Body. We are all one ... We manifest this oneness in the Eucharist." The Eucharist is the same sacra-

same Almighty God that was w

was for those who preceded us, he said. "Our ancestors are ment today very

still

as

it

much

with us

...

very

The prayer service was foll<

much

Breaking the bread together

alive.

a covered dish supper.

Marion Cardoza

to-

we are in unity with those present at

day,

with us today."

is

is

a parishk

Our Lady of Lourdes Church.

the Last Supper. In an historical frame

children and grandchildren

Why

Is

Daily

©

of reference, we also have unity with our

Eucharistic Reflection

Communion

Important To You?

those not yet born. us

all

...

and

all

The Eucharist binds

together."

Father Kohler reminded his listen-

By JUANITA

THOMPSON

The only way to write this is by telling you from experience just how important the Holy Eucharist is to me

and what effe cts have taken place in my heart and soul as well as in

my life. Communion sustains me from day to

day and the absolute essence of my

is

life.

To me, it is very evident that the Holy Eucharist is the ultimate gift to humanity from God the Father. Think about it. The host is not just a symbol me, although others may think differently, because, you see, I know the presence of the Lord in the Holy Euto

charist

This

is

which I

and am testifying a gift from Him

to that fact. to

me.

One

truly cherish.

On one

occasion at work, I was

very tempted to do what I thought

OK even though

it

it,

so could

moment of temptation,

One of

HIGH POINT

— Poor Servant

Sis-

Lucy Hennessy, administrator of Maryfield Nursing Home, announced Miriam Williams of High Point as the recipient of the Melva T. Price Volunteer of the Year at the home's Long

Term Care Facility. The award was established in memory Melva T. Price who died in December 1991. Mrs. Price founded Maryfield' s first volunteer organization

and served as chairman of the advisory council and finance committee. Williams is retired associate gen-

is

before receiving Communion.

You would think with all of the deceptions in our world today, Satan must be laughing his head off. But the joke is on

Effective

him.

Rev. John F. Parsons, Parochial Vicar,

With daily Communion, our Lord will enable you to see sin for what it really is, and He will put an end to deception on the spot.

The

effects

of Holy Communion

section of Maryfield.

Serving as Ethics Committee chairman and as a member of the Advisory Council, Williams invested 320 hours as a volunteer for Maryfield during the year. In addition to her work at Maryfield,

1,

through September 1993 St.

Lucien Church, Spruce Pine,

1993

Rev. Vincent J. Donovan, C.S.Sp., Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Loi Church, Monroe, N.C.

June

1993

Effective

Rev. Joseph

W. Mack from Parochial Vicar,

pourforth His tranquility ofpeace, but me to the brim. The cup ofmy heart and very soul overflows. There is no beginning and no end to what the Lord will do for you. Can you imagine what this world would be like if you would give Jesus a real chance in your life by

to Pastor,

Joseph Church, Asheboro, N.C.

St.

14,

fills

receiving daily

Communion

Juanita Thompson at

is

at

Mass?

a parishioner

Our Lady of the Assumption Church,

Charlotte.

-

Williams serves on the board of trustees of Shepherd' s Center in Greensboro, on the finance council of St. Pius X Parish in Greensboro and on the advisory committee of Greensboro Vicariate Outreach Network. She has served on a number ofdiocesan task forces and committees and chaired the 1986-87 diocesan synod. Speaking of Williams' dedication and spirit, Sister Lucy said in making the presentation, "Miriam has been a constant at Maryfield. She volunteers not only for the personal satisfaction but

make

a difference to Maryfield.

Her

ease in working with residents, with

home

June

28, 1993

in

and

retirement

Effective

May

heart and soul are profound and everlasting. Not only does our Lord

my

to

a resident of Maryfield Acres, the

The Most Reverend John Donoghue, announces the following appc ments in the Diocese of Charlotte: His Excellency,

not necessary

eral counsel for Burlington Industries is

Official

the biggest deceptions is

thinking confession

Miriam Willliams Honored For Volunteer Service To Maryfield ter

cyclable/.

I.

was

was wrong. Simply

because everyone else did

Right? Wrong! Ifound out that, at the sin did not register as being a sin because of the many layers of disguises Satan had put upon it to fool me. Does the word deception ring a bell? Well, it should.

This newspap printed on rec newsprint and

and with professionals in the community makes her an invaluable resource to us. We are grateful to have someone of her expertise investing their time and energy with us." staff

Effective

June

20, 1993

- July 6,

St.

Gabriel Church, Chari

m

1993

Rev. Joseph R. Valentine, newly ordained, Parochial Vicar, Holy Church, Clemmons, N.C; (effective July 6, 1993), Parochial Vicar, Church, Winston-Salem, N.C. Effective July 6, 1993

Rev. Msgr. Joseph S. Showfety, V.G., from Pastor, St. Leo Ch Winston-Salem, N.C. to Pastor, St. Benedict Church, Greensboro, N." Rev. Francis T. Cancro from special assignment to Pastor, St. Ei Church, Asheville, N.C. Rev. Peter J. Jugis, JCD, from Parochial Vicar, St. Leo Church, Win Salem, N.C. to Pastor, Holy Infant Church, Reidsville, N.C; he contim K Judicial Vicar for the Diocesan Tribunal h Rev. Conrad L. Kimbrough from Pastor, St. Benedict Church, Greensl to Administrator, Holy Spirit Church, Denver, N.C. Rev. James K. Solari from Pastor, St. Eugene Church, Asheville, N. Pastor, St. Leo Church, Winston-Salem, N.C. Rev. John J. Tuller from Administrator, Holy Spirit Church, Denver, to Parochial Vicar, St. Michael Church, Gastonia, N.C.

August 1993 Rev. M. Joseph Kelleher to Chaplaincy, Bishop McGuinness High Sc Winston-Salem, N.C, continuing as Pastor of Holy Rosary Church, Le Effective

ton,

N.C

August 2, 1993 Rev. Francis X. Maguire, CM., Pastor, St. Mary Church, Greensboro,

Effective

Effective July 6, 1993 Vicars Forane Charlotte Vicariate - Very Rev. Edward J. Sheridan, VF Albermarle Vicariate - Very Rev. Thomas P. Clements, VF Asheville Vicariate - Very Rev. John W. Schneider, VF Boone Vicariate - Very Rev. Richard T. McCue, VF Gastonia Vicatiate - Rev. Msgr. William G. Wellein, VF

Greensboro Vicariate - Very Rev. John D. Hanic, VF Hickory Vicariate - Very Rev. Paul Q. Gary, VF Smoky Mountain Vicariate - Very Rev. James Cahill, VF Winston Salem Vicariate - Very Rev. M. Joseph Kelleher, Rev. Msgr. John

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ay 28, 1993

telmont

Abbey Seminar To

Sociologist

Curb

ionor Late Atlanta Archbishop BELMONT, NC

By

A

seminar,

riendship and the Spiritual Life," June )

at Belmont

late

st

Abbey College will honor

Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan, the

archbishop of Atlanta.

The Paul

visiting associate professor of theology

Hallinan Seminar will

J.

Wadell of tholic Theological Union. Father idell will talk on "Friendship as a unter-Cultural Reality: Its Role in Moral Life." He is the author of a tnber of books on friendship, includ-

iture

Passionist Father Paul

Friendship and the Moral Life;

of God: Virtues and Gifts in uinas and The Primacy of Love. David A. Stosur, a magna cum laude duate of Davidson College, will speak "Relational Presence and Liturgical mpanionship." A doctoral candidate he University of Notre Dame and a eran of workshop presentations, his rk has appeared in various publica'ends

is.

Mercy

Sister

speak on "Grace of Friendship, Ground of Feminism." Sister Mary Aquin, the director of Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women, is a will

Mary Aquin O'Neill

Notre Dame. Jay B. McDaniel, associate professor of religion and the director of the Steel Center for the Study of Religion, both at Hendrix College, will talk on the at

"Friendship with the Earth."

to school?

Surprised that

You

shouldn't be, said Ira

Hutchison, a sociology professor at UNC-Charlotte. Not when American culture

feeding and nourishing

is

its

addiction for aggression, he said.

"We're a sick society and getting and we don't want to take the

sicker,

to get better," said Hutchison.

Hutchison, a Catholic, was the speaker for a

earlier this

vision for

Addiction To Violence

kids are shooting kids and bringing guns

Church

America and his far sighted the American Church in the

Says America Must

Associate Editor

Hallinan for his contribution to the in

Dialogue series at St. Peter Church month. He also made a pre-

on family violence

sentation

at a

recent

world.

Charlotte Area Clergy Association meet-

Ordained to the priesthood in 1937, he was appointed bishop of Charleston in 1958. He was elevated to archbishop and moved to Atlanta as the first archbishop in 1962 when the see became an

ing.

archdiocese.

He

died in 1968.

If Americans don't

swallow the bitand take steps to wean themselves from their addiction, they won't get better and probably even ter reality pill

will take hundreds of thousands of people doing little things and then we can make

"The outrageous abuses reported by media are the tip of the iceberg," said Hutchison. "Most family violence takes place in relatively normal families ... Most child abusers go to church. Most abused women go to church ... And most use Scripture to justify hitting

a difference."

their spouses or kids."

"I

want

to see us as a society, as

individuals and as churches turn this

around and I think we can do it," Hutchison said. "It's not something politicians or policemen will solve. It

ope To Visit Jamaica, Mexico >n August Trip To Denver

IRA HUTCHISON increase, he said

worse, said Hutchison.

For more information on the seminar, call (704) 825-6672.

the

They

Parents can start by using less physi-

1

I

I

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Pope

n Paul II is scheduled to pay a makeup tto Jamaica and the Mexican Yucatan ore arriving in

Denver Aug. 12

for

Youth Day. The Vatican released the itinerary the pope's August trip May 24, but

•rid

not release a detailed schedule of nts. lis

The pope's Aug. 9-16

60th papal

trip

trip will

outside of Italy.

According to the Vatican itinerary, pope will arrive in Kingston, Jaca, Aug. 9, arrive in Mexico Aug. 1 in Denver Aug. 12. Jamaica and the Yucatan originally been on the pope's itinerary for an ober 1992 visit to the Americas to k the 500th anniversary of the tinent's evangelization, which bewith missionaries who accompai Christopher Columbus. The October trip was limited to :brations and a conference of Latin erican bishops in the

Dominican

mblic after the pope underwent ininal

surgery in July to remove a

cancerous tumor from his colon.

The pope e capital,

will arrive in the

Merida, Aug.

1 1

Yucatan and will

Remember HisWII In Yours.

Y

cal force to discipline their children,

spend part of the day in Izamal, site of a 16th-century convent that was an early missionary base. It is now run by Franciscan monks. The trip will mark the pope's third visit to Mexico, but his first visit to the Yucatan peninsula. It is also his first trip to Mexico since the Vatican and Mexico re-established diplomatic

As the Vatican announced earlier when it published the official World Youth Day schedule, the pope will arDenver Aug. 12 and be welcomed by the young people in the afterrive in

noon.

The May 24 Vatican itinerary said that on Aug. 13, when the pope has no youth day activities planned, he will go Malo Retreat Center in Estes Park in the mountains outside Denver. He is not expected to spend the night at the center, which is owned by the Archdio-

to St.

cese of Denver.

He

be back with the young people Aug. 14 and Aug. 15, when he celebrates the closing

Mass

for

World

Youth Day. Departing Aug. 15, the pope will arrive back in Rome Aug. 16.

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

ment to the Church and the community in which we live'.' Bishop John

F.

Donoghue

Roman

Catholic Diocese of percent of Charlotte the sum of $ (or the residue of my estate) for its religious, educational

and charitable works. For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Director of Development,

Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

he

"We totally embrace physical dis-

said.

and best way." The a child who is spanked

cipline as the right

problem 30 times

is is

that

much more likely to become

an abuser or be abused than someone

who was spanked

If the

trend continues, there

take out of context, for ex-

ample, passages about wives being sub-

husbands or sparing the rod and spoiling the child. "Can you imag-

ject to their

ine Jesus hitting kids?" asked Hutchison. "If Jesus is our role model,

how do we

justify it?"

The Church, unfortunately, has been

four times, he said.

Another suggestion: "For God's sake, and I don't say that lightly, we need to quit buying toy guns and weapons for little boys," Hutchison said. Toy guns may have been acceptable 40 years ago, but not any more, he said. Back then, "there was no was no connection between toy guns and our reality at the time. TV and movies weren't violent and we didn't hear about murder and rape on nightly news reports." Consider this: "Mary Poppins" was the top grossing movie in 1 964. In 1 99 1 the honor fell to "The Terminator" with Arnold Schwarzenegger who plays a robot that kills people like there's no tomorrow.

will

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte. Simply have the following statement included in your Will: "/ leave to the

ties.

Htv.v

CAROL HAZARD

CHARLOTTE

medicine

The seminar honors Archbishop

Its

&

too quiet about the problem of family violence, said Hutchison. "Pastors need to say

something from the

pulpit.

They

are the only ones with the moral authority."

James Devereux, pas-

Jesuit Father tor of St.

Peter Church, said family

violence will be the subject of one of his

homilies this year. Although

it'

s

talk about," family violence

is

far

prevalent than

is

"sad to

more

commonly thought, he

said. Moreover, it effects not just the person but the next generation. Father Devereux said he likes to

preach about "happy things" like God's love, but issues like family violence can not be ignored.

may not

In addition to fami ly violence, speak-

be much of a tomorrow. Research shows a direct correlation between violence on the screen and violence in society. What' more, child experts, psychologists and sociologists like Hutchison, who spe-

ers for St. Peter's

cializes in family violence, are begin-

the Gospel tells us about the sanctity of

ning to see screen violence as a serious

life

public threat.

ther Devereux.

Instead of harnessing aggression,

American society

is

"fertilizing, feed-

ing and watering" the instinct, Hutchison said.

The

ramifications for the family

Dialogue series have addressed issues such as living wills,

"We

abortion and euthanasia.

are re-

spectful of a divergence of opinions, but at the

same time we

are faithful to

what

and the primacy of love," said FaFamily violence is a serious life he said. So, it has to be addressed. "The Church has to preach the Gos-

issue,

pel in the context

we

are living in at the

human

are "terrible," he said. If something isn't

moment, and respect

done about it, incidents of spousal abuse, child abuse, sex abuse are likely to

includes respect for every stage from

beginning to end," he

for

life

said.

2 Seminarians Receive Graduate Degrees ST.

MEINRAD, Ind.

— Two semi-

to the priesthood

on June 5

at St. Patrick

narians for the Diocese of Charlotte

Cathedral in Charlotte.

received masters degrees from St. Meinrad School of Theology on May

resented

13.

degrees from Benedictine Archabbot

Deacon Joseph Valentine received Master of Divinity degree. His home parish is St. Leo the Great in Winston Salem. Thomas Williamson his

from Springfield, Va., received

his

Master of Arts degree.

Deacon Valentine

Seventeen other dioceses were rep-

be ordained

students received their

Timothy Sweeney of

St.

Meinrad

Archabbey, chairman of the seminary's board of trustees. Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis gave the convocation address.

will

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Pro-Life Corner The National Project Life Sunday event, in which our diocese participated, was very successful. Several million postcards nationally were sent to Congress opposing the "Freedom of Choice" Act (FOCA) and government funding of abortion. As a personal follow up, you are being asked to phone your U.S. senators and represen

0

tative with the following message: "Please

oppose the 'Freedom oi Choice' Act (HR25, S25) and please support the Hyde Amendment and other abortion funding restrictions." Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121. Sen. Jesse Helms Sen. Lauch Faircloth Rep. (If you do not know your representative, call your local Board o; Elections. When you call, request a written response from youi

Editorial

FOCA

legislator.)

The Pro-Life Corner on this page is urging calls to members of Congress in opposition to the so-called "Freedom of Choice" Act (FOCA), which would ban

The Respect Life Office

Diocese of Charlotte

on abortion. This is a particularly opportune time to make such calls because the act, which President Clinton has promised to sign if it is passed, is slowly making its

(704) 331-17:

virtually all state restrictions

way through Congress. The measure has been approved by committees in both the House and Senate but it is uncertain when it body for a vote. A Senate committee approved an unamended version of the bill will reach the floor of either

The Pope Speaks VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

the floor within a

mas Foley

say they hope to get

it

The munity

to

calls. There is nothing like personal contact to impress legislators. Most members of Congress make frequent visits to their districts. Take the opportunity to

them while they are at home. measure is passed and signed by the president, the only remaining hope will be the courts. And we still think there is a pretty good chance that the

pope said

May

law of

first

at

a

indi-

rela-

them," he

said.

The example

offered by Christ, the "good shepherd"

who

took a

(CNS)

— Here

Pope John Paul EE's remarks weekly general audience May 19.

text of

is

the Vatican

in English at his

courts will strike

it

down

as an unconstitutional usur-

pation of the powers of the states.

Dear brothers and

Continuing our catechesis on the ministry of priests,

community. As sharers in the mission of Christ, the head and shepherd of the church, "priests gather the

God

in the

name of

fellowship of living unity and lead the Spirit to

The Cathoijc

News & Herald Volume Publisher:

Number 37

Most Reverend John

F.

strive to

with "that charity that is simple and habitual, hum yet constant and generous," he said. The priest sho m

make it clear that the Church shows greater attentioii a preference toward the poor, the weak and the sic! Pastors should also devote much time and ene to

young people, who represent

the

hope of the

cc

cern for the local community should naturally

:

o>i

flow into an authentic missionary zeal for the need Church throughout the world. In the end, all the priest's efforts must be direc

of the Eucharist. As the cow teaches, "no Christian community can be built with roots and foundations in the most holy Euchar' {Presbyterorum Ordinis, 6). The Eucharist is, in f the living source of all the Church's activity, an !

must be the every

inspiration

and strength for the ministr

priest.

spiritual

and ecclesial his care, help-

effective witness to the Gospel and service of G<

promote the

I

Upon

ing the faithful to discover their specific vocations and

people.

bestowed by the Spirit. The priest' s pastoral ministry must especially seek to foster the practice of charity, both in everyday life and in giving practical assistance to those in need. His con-

visitors, especially those

all

the English-speaking pilgrims

from England, Hong K(

Indonesia and the United States, I invoke an abunda ;

of divine blessings.

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— The memory of

Sts.

Cyril and Methodius, honored by European Catholics

and Orthodox, can be a source for greater understanding and respect among Christians on the continent, Pope John Paul II said. "The work Sts. Cyril and Methodius undertook in the era of unity between the East and West renews in each one of us the desire for full communion between our churches," the pope told a delegation of Greek officials. The officials were in Rome to mark the saints' feast day, which the Eastern churches celebrate

May

11.

delegation, which met the pope May 21, was by Constantinos Cosmopoulos, the mayor of Thessalonica, the city where Cyril and Methodius were

The

led

born.

SI

1

community entrusted to

to use wisely the gifts

Donoghue

A

the priest should always

am pleased to welcome the Marist Brothers members of the General Chapter of the Si: Faithful Companions of Jesus. May you be stren; ened in your religious consecration, for an ever n

God

maturity of the 2,

through Christ in the Father" (Presbyterorum Ordinis,

In carrying out his pastoral ministry, the priest

28, 1993

life,

the

must

May

the bishop into a it

6).

(So)

In his personal

i

life.

to the celebration

sisters,

we now turn to their function as pastors of the Christian

family of

applying the virtue of charity to social

favor

the

talk to

If the

II

munity, the pope said.

personal interest in His followers, he said.

VATICAN CITY

among the church community,

ian initiatives

19.

tionship of friendship with

.

his faithful to live unselfishly, he said.

a climate of unity and respect for differences,

edge of people and a

phone

and urge

!

!

vocations and use their gifts

"The

is

priest should demonstrate charity in his

obligations of charity include encouraging humanii

vidual pastoral care is knowl-

convince them that a majority of Americans do NOT

The fact that the House committee had to accept some amendments would seem to indicate that at least some House members are aware of the public sentiment. We need to make more of them aware of it. We would like to suggest going a step beyond the

to maturity, at the

general audience

slowing its progress. That slow progress provides more time for pro-life supporters to step up their campaign against the act. The follow-up calls to members of Congress may help

The

com-

same time helping individual members to discover their wisely, the

amendments

support unlimited abortion on demand.

priest's goal is to

bring the local church

is

to

example of Christ, who never wan impose His authority from the outside, but tried form the community through the inner action of Spirit, the pope said. to

few weeks. However, Speaker Tho-

says that the squabbling over

In their care of local congregations, priests shot

tual

March and it still is not scheduled for a vote. A House committee approved it last week after accepting amendments which would allow private hospitals to refuse to perform abortions and would allow states to enact some parental consent requirebill

In carrying out their

also follow the

in

ments. Supporters of the

must be attuned to the spirineeds of the community and individuals, Pope John Paul II said.

pastoral ministry, priests

The brothers, known as the Apostles to the Slavs,

preached the Gospel throughout Central Europe in the late ninth century when the churches of Rome and

Constantinople were

still

united.

Metropolitan Spyridon Papagheorghiou of Ver the spiritual leader of

Greek Orthodox

in Italy,

l

j

celebration of the feast May 20 at the Catholic Bas of St. Clement in Rome, the church where St. Cyi buried.

The metropolitan prayed

peace to Balkans.

all

that

God would

the peoples in Central Europe and

The pope told the delegation the next day that profound desire for unity today marks not only! churches, but all of European society." All Christ of the East and West must jointly contribute to ma % that desire a reality, Pope John Paul added. The pope prayed that the example of Sts. CyrT Methodius, who preached one faith in several guages, respecting various cultures, would be "a sc of better mutual understanding so we can find tog< new ways of common witness."

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28, 1'993

The Catholic News

Notebook

Editor's By BOB appears that "Dr. Death"

t

is

Light

GATELY it

A

again.

Vhen Michigan passed a law making assisted suicide a felony, everyone figured that would either put an end to Dr. Jack Kevorkian helping supposedly terminally people kill themselves or would get ! him some time in prison if he persisted. Kevorkian said he I would ignore the law and would be willing to go to jail. " * Now, it seems he has found a way to help people die and, at the same time, stay out of the slammer. He was arrested May 1 6 after he was found at the side of a bone and lung cancer victim who died by breathing carbon monox-

more than 30 years ago, on Oct.

1 962, the largest and most Church was convened in Rome by Pope John XXIII. The Second Vatican Council produced two dogmatic and two

little

pastoral constitutions, nine decrees and three declarations.

one

suicide. Apparently the

have a witness see Kevorkian actually help the victim put on the mask, or turn 2 gas or perform some other overt act. I have a feeling that witnesses are going few and far between. The May 16 suicide was the first at which Kevorkian did ave any assistant present. )f course, for the present, the whole issue is moot because a circuit judge in lit ruled the assisted suicide law unconstitutional on procedural grounds. I to

le state officials will either appeal the ruling or ask the legislature for a

new

m of the law more acceptable to the court. that will

iut,

still

leave the question of how to put Kevorkian away. In the past

was charged with murder in connection with two of the 1 5 earlier suicides which he assisted. But, in both cases, authorities had to drop the charges. rkian

>ne thing

about the judge's ruling bothers me. In it, she affirmed what she called and said the court "cannot envisage a more fundamental right than

ight to die"

ght of self-determination." /ell,

bishops.

What

a change this represented. Only a few decades Pope Pius X described the relationship between the clergy and the laity in more narrow terms: "The Church is essentially an unequal society comprising two categories of persons, the pastors and the flock. ..since the pastors alone possess authority, the one duty of the multitude is to allow themselves to be led, and like a docile flock, to follow the pastors." In other words, pay, pray, and earlier

obey.

Thank God the council brought forth a deeper vision of ministry. The essentials of our faith have not changed, but the manner of participating in the church' s mission certainly has.

Body through baptism and strengthened by through confirmation, the faithful are assigned to the apostolate by the Lord Himself." (DAL, N.3) In other words, the laity are not to be "Incorporated into Christ' s Mystical

the

power of the Holy

Spirit

Church in their own right and not simply by delegation from the hierarchy. Their mission pertains "primarily but not exclusively to the realm of family, culture, economic affairs, the arts. ..(and) politics." The Holy Spirit has elevated our understanding of what it means to be Church. Papal authority, once viewed as an absolute monarchy, is now characterized as a collegial service. Change is always taking place within the living Church. The Second Vatican Council committed all future popes and bishops to listen to the signs of the times. "The Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the gospel." (Gaudium Et Spes, N. 4,

mere

spectators; they share directly in the mission of the

as baptized Christians,

maybe she's correct in her belief that people have a right to die if they wish, making it a crime to help someone

don't see what that has to do with a law ,iit

nine decrees, the

that has

of the Laity. This decree picked up a theme announced in the Dogmatic Constitution On The Church, namely, that the laity are full members of the People of God through their union with Christ their head. In other words, the laity, though subject to authority, are equal in dignity to the pope and

at his Detroit real estate office.

when someone commits only way to prove a crime is

Of the

had the greatest impact on the day to day life of the average lay person is the Decree on the Apostolate

Kevorkian's attorney maintains that his client didn't break the new law. He said that it's not a crime to be present

11,

representative council in the history of the Catholic

1

mask

One Candle

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

going to get away with

ide through a

& Hera;

suicide.

cannot imagine any judge seriously contending that anyone has a right to help one else die. That would come pretty close to saying there is a right to commit r.

par. 1)

Today we have a wide

Friday Abstinence Experience

3

every baptized Catholic

is

variety of ministries

open

to the laity, but

more than that, which

called to participate in the mission of the Church,

an expression of the mission of Jesus Christ, in whom "we live and move and have our being." (Acts 1 7:28) All of God's people are invited to become carriers of the Holy Spirit, using their gifts and talents to help bring about God's Kingdom of Love. To help make this a better world, and to prepare for the next, the Lord needs in turn is

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN In a recent column the questioner asked about interfaith Communion hoped our rules don't end up like no meat on Friday; "all who ey it are condemned to hell," unless they outlive the rule. In your answer aid that her remark about "condemned to hell" was another whole in. You are sadly mistaken if you think we were not told by the priests and in the '30s and '40s we could be condemned to hell because it was a mortal eat meat on Friday. And I can produce a dozen classmates who can verify s all very well for you young zealots to come forward now and tell us all beral stuff about what's with the church and what's not. But I assure

)j

aid she

the help of everyone.

(For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, TO THE ENDS OF THE self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48

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lat

you have no idea of what we lived with. I suggest you investigate more. (Ohio)

Crosswinds

A. Thanks for your compliment. But judging from your letter, I'm older than you are and have the same experience of Catholic schools of those years as you do. I agree with what you seem to imply. In many ways

some explanations of Catholic what

is

rules, especially

about

a mortal sin in such matters, were distorted.

What sinful circumstances and evil intentions, for example, could conceivably be present to make eating a cheeseburger or a steak dinner on Friday begin to be, even objectively, a serious sin? We would, I think, ask such questions more readily and realistically today. you remember, there were three conditions neceson the fact that what llioing is a major sinful act, which if I do it means that I am rejecting God; and consent of my wijl (knowing all the consequences and free to act otherwise ish, I do it anyway). hese heavy requirements for mortal sin should move us to tread carefully when about serious sin, then or now. nother reason for the moral weight then placed on Friday abstinence was that Name, for many years, a major symbol of Catholic identity, even more than fly Mass. Other Christians, after all, did go to church on Sunday, remember well a mother of several children, most of whom were at one point kor over a week. She was exhausted from being up 24 hours for three days,

Crosswinds

a serious sin: 1) serious matter; 2) sufficient reflection

members are not

identified.

Through

If

flor

a series of columns written by staff members of Catholic Social

is

Services. In order to protect client confidentiality, the staff

many all

do

CRISM

(Catholic Retirees Invited

retirees holding in all

our

lives,

common

To

Special Ministries),

but for a period of years don't-realize

am personally

we meet we

an awareness that they are aging (something it).

have crossed the line to where I am "aware." I have found it helpful to listen, especially to one woman who shared with me how the nursing home scene really depresses her. "But," she adds, "it does help me to 'let go' and be more open to the fact that my days are indeed counted and there will be a moment when it would be great if I were willing to move on." It is

a process

I

attentive to, for

I

The reality of the nursing home allows her to hold onto life with a lighter grasp. "The options are not that great," she comments and then adds, "and I am confident that it is all part of God's wisdom to help folks like me 'let go.'" Another day, this same woman updated me on more of her observations. She had

Iping sheets in the middle of the night. he asked a well-known priest acquaintance if she could eat on Friday only the $he had in the house canned chicken soup. He said no, that wouldn't be fir for a Catholic. She tells me today she doesn't know who is sillier, the priest h answer or she for asking. Nearly every Catholic of those times could tell

noticed how the various props that helped her be supported in life at times get removed. She feels there has been a replacement, however, and that replacement has been "aging grace," a closeness she feels with God that has grown in proportion to

Ar stories.

facing things now, living without significant family

—

'hen

Pope Paul VI revised the Church's penitential practice in February 1966, made dear that his action was to emphasize the

H constitution Poenitemini, he e ial

e

role of self-denial in our lives.

meant

to

push people

to

examine more deeply

their lives

and

their faith, to

SeeDietzen, Page 6

her losses.

"Yes,

no

it's

hard to explain," she acknowledges, "but

real animosity, just at times a bit

the last of life for

which the

first

of relief that

was made."

I

am

doing things now, friends and I feel me be prepared for

members and

God

is

letting


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Why bring this up in the pages of The Catholic News & Herald? Because we want you to know about several ways in which you can arrange a supplemental income while you make a gift to your parish, Catholic schools, other

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You or whoever you name receives the income payments for life or for a pre-set period of years (whichever you decide).

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28,

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the director of the Office of

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estimated will

is

How Does Canon Law Affect Us? The Eastern

Catholic Church

By SISTER The Eastern Orthodox

And Norms On Marriage

writers called the use of certain

Milash,

who published

the Eastern

Church in

1

Law for 890, admitted that he did not know the first edition of Canon

What is the nature of oikonomial It is not a dispensation. It makes provision for unusual circumstances in the law. This applies only to human law for divine law cannot be unjust.

It

is

not a privilege or indulgence nor an

abrogation of law. Yet oikonomia

The Orthodox

is

no more than two, and

later three,

marriages were permitted.

After extensive study of the use of okonomia and

tradition

5)

discover more genuine signs of their Catholic identity with Christ.

"The service of always bearing the Lord's 'mortification' in body and becomes an intimate part of the entire life of the baptized at all times and

spirit

in all

second marriages

Church

if

when

the

American bishops abrogated the obligation of

Friday abstinence except during Lent, they followed the Holy Father in stressing the

importance of Christian mortification. Without making it a law, they even recommended abstinence from meat on all Fridays as a voluntary (not obligatory) act of self-denial.

In other words:

Go back to the command

of Christ, "If anyone wishes to

justification,

Cath

Catholic theology could be induced to see that Christ gave

a special, vicarious

power

granted were he present in his

to grant relaxations

human body

been proposed

that

of the Church in second marriages, unable to have their is

h

since the 9th century rejected oikonomia.

for the sake of clarity, a relaxation has

receive the sacraments. This

which Christ would

today.

known

as the Internal

would permit meml

first

marriage annullee

Forum solution which wil

discussed following our next article by Father Carr on the use of oikonomia

Mercy Sister Jeanne-Margaret McNally is a The Tribunal iocese of Charlotte. of

fhe

come

me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me" (Luke 9:23), and ask what, if anything, it means for you! As all of us remember who lived through the 1960s and '70s, many Catholics were angry and confused and had no idea where to start looking for this deeper

after

licentiate in

canon law and a ju

saints u

^raiAofcwii

BORN NEAR SP0LET0, ITALY IN 1381 OF ELDERLY PARENTS, SHE WAS MARRIED AGAINST HER WILL WHEN ONLY 12. THEY HAP TWO SONS ANI AFTER 18 YEARS OF AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE, HER HUSBAND, WHO HAD TREATED HER CRUELLY, WAS KILLED IN A BRAWL.

TWO SONS

aspects," he said. later,

its

writers concluded that perhaps the principle of oikonomia could be a solutioi

marriage in the Orthodox churches.

against law.

does not distinguish between valid and invalid acts which are unlawful. This tradition knows only condemnation of heresy or schism and rejection of its baptism and sacraments. Such acts are forbidden and non-existent. Should the Church take a second look, the Church could show mercy and condescension and retract the rejection, accepting the person or the institution. This rejecting and later accepting is an example of oikonomia. This can be applied to the question of remarriage after divorce. While not denying the indissolubility of marriage as proclaimed in the Gospel, the Eastern non-Catholic churches recognized simultaneously new and incongruously according to Catholic understanding

PIED,

WHEN

HER

SHE TRIED TO EM£

THE AUGUSTINIANS ATCASCIA THREf^ TIMES BUT WAS REFUSED EACH TIME, AS ITS RULE PERMITED ONLY VIRGIN! to BUT WAS FINALLY ALLOWED TO

BECOME A NUN THERE IN 1413. SHi WAS KNOWN FOR HER PENANCES AN HER CONCERN FOR OTHERS, AND h BROUGHT MANY BACK TO GOD WITr HER PRAYERS. SHE HAP A VERY PEEP DEVOTION TO JESUS' PASSIO % SHE EXPERIENCEP VISIONS AND 1441 RECEIVED A THORN WOUND Of HER FOREHEAD, WHICH SHE SUFFER TO THE END OF HER LIFE. AFTER HER DEATH IN 1457, Mflr> * MIRACLES WERE ATTRIBUTED TO Hi RITA WAS CANONIZED IN 1900 \ AND IS VENERATED AS RATRONES j OF IMPOSSIBLE AND DESPERATE CAUSES. HER FEAST IS MAY 2Z. I

identity.

A story made the rounds in those days of one woman who exclaimed, "If the pope and the bishops want on Friday."

to

go

to hell that's their business, but

I'm not going

to eat

meat

More than a few, it seems, are still lost. They keep searching for some other law commitment that will securely identify the "real, loyal" Catholics. In some ways, and with certain serious precautions, there may be nothing wrong with that. The Friday abstinence experience, however, makes us want to be sure we're

or practice or

searching in the right place.

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marriages entered by members. However, the church placed a limit on this princi

The Western or Roman Church

this term.

Nine months

III)

JEANNE-MARGARET MCNALLY

powers oikonomia (economy), which meant the exercise of extraordinary means of a prudent and loving parent in the unusual circumstances of his children into which they fell because of human frailty. The term oikonomia was used to explain certain "arbitrary" changes.

Dietzen (From Page

(Part

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1993 by Catholic News Service

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CAMERON By Marguerite Ozburn

a

1

16, §he'§

one of

Hollywood's busiest

young

actresses.

Her down-to-earth and bubbly portrayal of

DJ. Tanner on

helped

make

that

show one

of

her brother,

Youth Beat: What's the key to success of

"Full

show.

TV heart-

watch

it's

so positive.

The kids

like

it

it

something

with. Luckily, everything

at the time?

with them. The cast gets along

help others, especially serious-

Youth Beat: Have you

and

I

think you can

on

tell.

ever had to

have a

I

all

really

of them.

House"

"Full

I

see Kirk

them deal

worked out

after. It

with any kind of religion. But

some

got separated,

and

when

to church. It's easy to forget that

weeks

there and not

addictions. She's successful.

"Full House." In the original script, the

Youth Beat: Your

But humble. She's famous. But

writers

reject certain parts as

children and kids with

prove

wanted

me to drink some beer to

my friends that it wasn't a big

to

like the girl next door. deal for

an actress?

D.J.,

even though she knew

wasn't the right thing to do. think that

I

it

didn't

my character would do that. In

for dinner.

God's

parents separated

make time

God's

Him. But

for

One who keeps me know He's there for me,

definitely the

always

and then got back together again.

going.

How did you

and He's someone I can always turn

CC:

rated.

But

handle

it?

It

was

really

weird and very sad.

learned to accept that

I

to

don't feel like talking to anyone

I

else. It's a

very special thing that

I

have

with Him. •••

wasn't any

it

I

when

was twelve when they were sepa-

I

they

friends brought us

Chelsea [Kirk's wife] every couple of

ill

would

We weren't brought up

have helped.

CC: Once, about three years ago on

ly

for

Did you have your faith

CC: No. That happened

good relationship

My sister Bridget works with me; she's my

on the show.

stand-in

let

by

was

It

the best.

get along

Youth Beat:

with

it

that

with your brother Kirk and your sis-

CC:

really well

flips out.

ters?

moms and dads sit down and

used her celebrity status to

we just

the revised script, D.J. sees her friends

drinking and

Youth Beat: How do you

a family

It's

A lot of families enjoy watching

because

and the

throb Kirk Cameron, she's

the

House"?

Conduce Cameron:

longest-running series on TV. like

to stick

both parents and not take sides.

the most successful and

And

We learned

of us kids' fault.

ABC's "Full House" have

By Paul Lauer

Clueless.

Membership over

worldwide (every human dues.

I

mean, no

five billion

being).

No

do's.

What to do. When? Why? Where? How? What? Huh? Club Clueless to the max. What we never realize is that right

smack dab in the middle of the

Club there's an emergency ing to the land

of.

.

God's

.

"God's will?" Yep. As

exit leadwill!

in,

Club

By

Muth

Erin

Clued-In, where we're in sync with

God and

his plan. Perhaps you've

never been a In?

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member of Club Clued-

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requires do's.

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And

means doing

things

God's way.

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Loners and popular people,

in

your life?

have

been betrayed

at least

most popular guy in school

that I've got a crush

ing me.

Or perhaps my

a

and darkest

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toward God,

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Have you ever thought there is

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How men and women practice By Dolores Leckey Catholic

Few

News

Service

people these days argue (at

least publicly) in favor of the inequality of women and men. Intellectual assent abounds to equality in principle. The trouble arises when individuals or institutions

examine their

actions.

Then the discussion's focus is usually on women, since, historically, men held dominant positions in our various social arrangements. How are women treated? How do men behave? What, if anything, needs to change? Family life is not exempt from such examination. An important document of the U.S. Catholic bishops, "A Family Perspective in Church and Society," presents a vision of family life in which a primary task is to serve life, which in-

cludes developing member's potential.

each

family

goal of natural family planning, which requires the joint responsibility of husband and wife, is to deepen dialogue about the meaning of marriage and the participation of both spouses in shaping a vision for 'this' family. Creatively sharing power does not end with the birth of children, however. Deciding which traditions and values will be passed from generation to generation is another example of

sharing power. Perhaps in the man's family Christmas Eve is a time of feasting and gift giving; Christmas Day a time of relaxation and rest. Perhaps in the woman's family Christmas Eve has the quality of a vigil, impatiently awaiting the next day's celebration. How these two "views" of the holiday get blended will say much about that family's practice of equality. Other decisions also are important. The underlying question: How will important decisions be made?

Obviously this relates to children's education and spiritual formation. It also relates to men's and women's changing roles. In the span of one generation, we saw a movement of women from the home into the workplace, motivated not by economics alone. As women became more educated, they expected to

While it is widely accepted in Western cultures that marriage is a partnership, (a covenant, says the church), it is, I believe, a unique one. Our teachnot ing calls for mutual submission of each dominance by either partner to the other. There is enormous free-

exercise their professional skills. Add to that motive the pressures of a global economic slowdown and one sees why two incomes became the norm in so many households. With that came struggles over the dimensions of shared responsibility at home. functional equality of men and women became more evident as men grew more adept at caring for small children, preparing meals, doing laun-

ter to the Philippians says about how to relate to one another in community also applies to families. "There must be no room for rivalry

A

dry.

But the equality of men and women reaches deeper than household duties. It is about how power is shared and influence felt. These questions are probably the source of much of the tension in many contemporary marriages.

In Christian

marriage

life

— power

is

— and Christian viewed through a

special lens. Creativity infuses the idea of power in marriage.

Generating new life and bringing human persons to birth is a distinctive mark of this creative power. Catholic tradition regards this as a sharing in divine creativity. It is one area where equality is tested. How will decisions about family size

be determined, for

example?

A

dom and power in this. What the second chapter of the Let-

Look to each and not just your own. Let your bearing toward one another

and personal

vanity....

other's interest

arise out of your life in Christ Jesus. For the divine nature was his from the first; yet he did not think to snatch at equality with God." Such mutuality does not come easLife together at home reveals our flaws and emotional neediness, and will require ongoing reconciliation, whose value holds a lesson our world dearly needs. Christian discernment is needed so that submissiveness does not become one-sided, slipping into oppression on the one hand, pasor even abuse sivity on the other. The U.S. bishops' committee on women condemned using Scripture to condone abusive behavior toward women in a 1992 docuily.

titled "When I Call for Help." It said: "Even where the Bible uses traditional language to support the social order common in the day, the image presented is never one that condones the use of abuse to control another

ment

"The equality of men and women reaches deeper than household duties. It is about how power is shared and influence felt.... Equality

differences and helping each other

person."

Every marriage

means reverencing the

develop personal

gifts."

is

be characterized by physical and likely to

psychological differences which result in different interests

and

talents. Equality

traits,

means

reverencing the differences and helping each other develop personal gifts. For example, many women testify that their husbands encouraged them and provided practical support at home when they returned to school to pursue educational goals. Attention to equality in marriage also is important for children. A spirit of respect and responsibility at home helps boys and girls believe in thenown worth and that of the other. Furthermore, practicing equality at

home reaches beyond

to ne hood, parish, city and nation, erything is connected and, as S mas Aquinas taught, love

j

self.

Thus, at home we have a practice a way of life that ult <

honors society's

common good!

(Ms. Leckey is director of th \ bishops' Secretariat for Family, Women and Youth.) \

FOOD FOR THOUGHT a big difference between a house and a home. People can buy or rent a house or apartment, it takes more than money to make a home. A home is the creation of people who make such a large "investment" of themselves that the "place" wf 1 reflects the very people they an whatever place, since they might move from time to time they live J

There

is

where the heart longs to be. Why? Because the welcome it offers is unconditional. come to communicate comfort and challenge; values; love; a sense of identity.

Home

is

I'm not talking

about

interior

Its

very wii

decorating here.

What want to ask is whose job is to make a house a home. sense that this is a basic question abc equality of men and women at home. could just as well ask who ought to nurture children, or tend the sick person, or keep the spir it

I

I

I

communicate faith or lead prayer at home. Making a house a home is no one's role, believe; rather, it is the role of all who reside there. excluded celebration alive on holidays, or

I

— neither husbands nori

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lay 28, 1993

home: theory

Equality at

What

women

and practice F.

Catholic

Augustine Pierce News Service

carries out the garbage? Who ;s the laundry or puts the kids to bed?

Who

easy questions require y a sense of fairness and love beien husband and wife to resolve. Where the family lives, who works what job outside the home, what cipline and education children re-

eae relatively

how responsibilities to church society are fulfilled: These are the gh calls that test the notion of

ve, I

in the home. Equality between a husband and e is an absolute: They are either al or they are not. They cannot be lost equal or equal in theory but not lality

ractice.

mean huswife think the same, do the ie things or become the same perThat would make equality a limitrather than liberating concept. Uquality means that each person ors the other, that each person's ds, desires and opinions are as im;ant as the other's, that both parti do their fair share of work, of ring a living, raising a family, ping a household and being inJut equality does not

d and .

'ed in Tiat's

church and community. the theory. It's the daily car-

Kathy, and

I

"My wife and

Kathy

child rearing,

she

s

and

to disagreeing, we have found, is to continue to respect each other and to "fight fair." This is where the concept of equality is helpful. Precisely because we believe we are equal, Kathy and I are able to work through disagreements, to compromise or to give in as the case may be, and to accept decisions we come to. One final issue involves our children. Kathy and I are committed to

lir's

not

judgment mean giv-

h each other a |k check, how-

For example, I opinions about

"All

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our home be run and has a right

involved in

would

cially if it involves

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What moves a person

to accept, for the first

consequences of his or her actions?

like to

gender stereotypes)

If

you

write: Faith Alivel

By Father John News

Catholic

J.

He

Castelot

(Pierce is oo-publisherofACTA Publica-

the author of "Human Work Reader in the Spirituality of Work ")

and

was one

of the first members of the Christian community St. Paul founded at Philippi. She was a resourceful businesswoman, "a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira," an Asia Minor textile center. Once baptized, she prevailed upon

A

Paul to make her home his base of activity (Acts 16:14-15). A take-charge type, she gives the impression of one who played a leading role in the com-

munity after his departure. While Paul was in Philippi, he championed the cause of a slave girl exploited by her owners. Her extraordinary insight led her to recognize Paul and his companions as "slaves of the Most High God" (Acts 16:17).

Her noisy enthusiasm proved rather embarrassing, and Paul had to calm her down. But there is not the slightest indication that he rejected her.

In theory and practice, Paul held women in high regard, working shoulder to shoulder with them in ministry, contrary to the view of some who paint him as a vicious sexist. When Paul moved on to Corinth, he stayed with a devout couple, Aquila and Priscilla, whose prominence in the Christian movement had led to their expulsion from Rome. At Ephesus, a brilliant Jew named Apollos had been strongly attracted to Christian teaching and preached it effectively, "although he knew only the baptism of John."

that

Mimi Forsyth

each person honors

do

share of work, raising a family, ... being involved in church and community."

that both partners

their fair

received

Aquila,"

Service

A remarkable woman named Lydia tions

Paul

Apollos needed further instruction.

in the Christian concept of equality at home and at work, in church and in society.

the other, that each person's needs, desires and opinions are as important as the other's,

we keep each other informed,

edition asks:

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my major choices

daughters and daughters-in-law are working now, so their husbands are more ... in the basic work around the house. For example, one home one day a week to take care of the children." Lois Sinner,

time, responsibility for the

must be made on

ing work,

my

An upcoming

to respect deci-

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helping out a lot son-in-law stays Casselton, N.D.

housework

of

Wash.

have been

"Equality each

Ind.

treating

spot

SJespecting

Dan Robinson, Muncie,

I

The key

makes around the home.

h

share a job so one of us could always be home with the same amount of time taking care of the children."

up, my mom was the primary one taking responsibility for education. With my own family take responsibility for my children's religious education, answering their questions, even helping out with their religious education classes. My wife and work together at this." Jim Bobst, Castle Rock,

7e both, assume the other will ac-

decisions that when there m time for consul-

to

the

put

I

rightfully expected

fair share of

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my

my

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my religious

bis raises all kinds of issues. I Kathy to respect judgment ((business decisions, for example. to do

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in

children.

cie.

|iwise,

grandfather came home, he expected hot food on the table. When Dominick Cerrato, dinner Isn't on the table, start cooking."

Steubenvllle, Ohio

ried eight years. Both of us would ify we have worked hard to achieve ality at home and that we have i acceptably successful. Not that it been easy. 'irst, we have three preschool chill, and they complicate any equality iation. For example, we both deId that Kathy would stay home li the children, at least until they fall in school; I work outside the

Ited

men and

your household?

if

cult.

ly wife,

In

"When my come home,

asking each other's opinion, discussing options. Talking seems to be the primary tool for ensuring that the theory of equality gets worked out in practice. It doesn't always work. When we fail to keep each other informed or completely disagree on something, we fight. Fighting inside a marriage is not pleasant but is necessary if there is to be equality.

out of the ideal of equality that's

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a sign of the changing roles of

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The Catholic News

it

and she,

from

"Priscilla

and

significantly, is given

top billing (Acts 18:24-26). Later, in his letter to the Philippians, Paul appeals to Euodia and Syntyche, two women, to patch up

their quarrel, and he asks the community's other members "to help them, for they have struggled at my side in promoting the Gospel, along with Clement and my other co-workers" (Philippians 4:2-3).

toward the end of his Romans, he recommends

Still later,

letter to the

"Phoebe our sister, who is (also) a minister of the church at Cenchrae.... She has been a benefactor to many and to

me as well" (Romans In

all this,

16:1-2).

Paul was putting into

practice his basic principle of equality in the Christian community, as enunciated in a key text of Galatians: "There is ... neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female, for you are all one (person) in Christ

Jesus" (3:28). His attitude was that of Jesus,

who

acknowledged in word and deed the dignity and personhood of women, a personhood denied them by society at large.

In fact, this societal pressure led later members of the Pauline communities to compromise Paul's ideal and to express this compromise by interpolating into one of his letters, for instance, a passage enjoining silence on women in churches (1 Corinthians 14:33b-36).

(Father Castelot

is

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

FAITH IN ACTION give whatever it takes to make the other's life easier and better," Guide forNewlyweds (Liguori Publications, One Liguori Drive, Liguori, MO 63057-9999. 1 992. Paperback, $4.50). The author tells of a marriage in which a woman adjusted her expectations of her husband when his work schedule became overdemanding, and the man pitched in "as much as he could to make it easier for her" when she decided to finish her college education. Ms. Bartkowski says that in the most successful marriages it is not a question of giving 50 percent by both spouse; rather, they "give 100 percent of their love, concern, energy, talents and total

"Balance states

in

a

relationship

Renee Bartkowski

is

in

possible

if

both partners

With This Ring,

A

will

Practical

selves to the relationship." Reflection:

The give-and-take of marriage

also suggests that each spouse ask: "Do

is

seldom

if

ever

we expect too much

— perfectly or constantly equal, cautions Ms. Bartkowski, who of each other?

Do we expect enough from ourselves?"


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acholic

1

May

& Herald

News

People University Of Scranton Catholic Teen-Ager Who

SCRANTON, Nicols,

To Honor Has Aids

Belluno and Feltre said the pope would return to Lorenzago July 9-16, Vatican

Radio reported. The July vacation

Henry (CNS) a 19-year-old with AIDS, will Pa.

be the pope's third stay

receive an honorary bachelor of arts

degree

at the

ern Italian village.

in the northeast-

He was

30. Jesuit Father

A. Panuska, university president, will confer the unique honor in response to a request by the senior class. Students

there last

J.

Professor From Pittsburgh Catholic College To Head Catholic League YORK (CNS) William A. Donohue, a professor at La Roche Col-

NEW

were touched deeply by Nicols' courage and commitment to educating others about AIDS and the virus that causes it

lege in Pittsburgh since

1

977,

is

the

new

AIDS Aware-

president of the Catholic League for

was delighted

Religious and Civil Rights. The League

with the desire of the senior class to recognize one of their peers for the sacrifices he is making and the work he

announced May 13 that Donohue will succeed John P. Puthenveetil, who served from October 1991 to October 1992. Marianist Father Philip K.

during Scranton' s

Week

ness

first

last year. "I

doing to help educate others about this terrible disease," said Father Panuska in an announcement from the univeris

Eichner, board chairman, told Catholic

News Service said that the board picked Donohue May 7

sity.

the issues

and

the issues well

To

tion."

Bishops' Doctrine Post

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— Father

knowledge of

his ability to "articulate

Dominican Theologian Named .

for his

The News

Woman Who Aided Jews

and with great convic-

YOUNGSTOWN,

Ohio (CNS)

Father Hehir On War In Bosnia: 'Just Cause' Not Only Issue WASHINGTON (CNS) There is

just cause for international military in-

is

nine months each year,

I

nothing."

ft

Mrs. Opdyke, a 70-year-old Catholic woman, not only tells groups what she saw during the war, she also shares how she hid at least a dozen Jews in a Nazi's house. Recently in Youngstown and Philadelphia, she said her story must be told to counter the claims by some people that the Holocaust never

Exponent, newspaper of the Youngstown Diocese, Mrs. Opdyke said she

began hiding Jews from their persecutors when she was 17. During the war,

ulty.

carry out and execute the strategy."

North American College Rector's Medal Goes To Catholic Daughters ROME (CNS) —The North American College

in

Rome

has presented

for

"selfless dedication to

gets a

n

id!

IRENE OPDYKE (CNS photo by Robert

S.

Halvey)

f •far

m Jews during those days," she said, "and many perished for it." Mrs. Opdyke said that when she was growing up she m was taught "we all were in God's family and we all had to help one another." to She took the advice literally when as a young nursing student, she was captured by the invading Nazis and forced to work in a munitions factory k and then as a housekeeper in the town of Ternopol in what is now Ukraine. She watched soldiers mistreat Jews, the

lie

lit

ofi

The posted signs were not threats; she said she recalls

idle

watching a

|l

Polish family with two small children

in particular, "tearing little children

being hanged in the marketplace because they had hidden a Jewish family.

their mothers'

"Many, many people

head-first

from

arms and throwing them

on the ground."

tried to help

See Opdyke, Page

1

former director of the U.S. bishops' Department of Social Development and World Peace, was lead speaker on moral

its

issues for a

forum

at the

Washington

National Cathedral titled, "Human Rights and Military Intervention: Bosnia as a Test Case."

of the Americas to thank the group its

whoever helps a Jew

sentence of death.'"

oi

society at Harvard Divinity School and

Rector's Medal to the Catholic Daughters

!

people that we must unite in love because hate breeds hate and accomplishes

Jew-free;

Father Hehir, a professor of religion and

i

travel to tell

to

is not the only issue that needs be resolved, Catholic ethicist Father J. Bryan Hehir said May 12. "There are reasons for the international community to say what is happening there is intolerable," he said. "My problem is not with the cause. It's whether you could

$

my mission," she said. "For

but that

Bosnia,

Sis

psa

"This

Walsh, who recently completed his fiveyear term in the office and has returned to a pastoral assignment in the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. Father DiNoia, 49, has taught at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington since 1985 and is a full professor on its theology fac-

in

ji

(if,

caust.

such an act often led to death. As she recounts, "There were street signs on every corner that read, 'This town is

tervention to halt the ethnic cleansing

in i

u>

Because Polish-born Irene Opdyke does not want people to forget the atrocities of World War II, she travels around the United States talking about the Holo-

existed.

and human rights violations

Says

Holocaust Story Must Be Told

In an interview with the Catholic

Joseph A. DiNoia, a theology professor and Dominican priest, has been named director of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Research and Practices. He succeeds Father Michael J.

28, 1993

will

August as part of his convalescence after undergoing abdominal surgery.

University of Scranton'

commencement May

In

1

and sup-

port of the priesthood." Presenting the at a dinner in April, Msgr. Edwin O'Brien, rector, praised the Catholic

ill

If

mobility

a problem

is

award F.

Official

Daughters' "spiritual, moral and financial

Of Pro-Vatican Chinese

Bishops' Conference Dies

HONG KONG (CNS) — Auxiliary

support" for the U.S. seminary in

Rome. He said the organization had made a $250,000 gift to the college's endowment fund. Edna Jane Nolte, na-

Bishop Paul Liu Shuhe of Yixian, China,

tional regent of the Catholic Daughters,

May 2 while

accepted the award before more than

bishop died in Kangzhuang, in northern China's Hebei province, reportedly of a heart ailment, UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand,

sti

secretary-general of the pro-Vatican

underground bishops' conference, died

300 people.

Pope Plans 10-Day Alpine Vacation VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope

John Paul

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reported.

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Bishop Maffeo Ducoli of

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2,

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religious affairs bureau said

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IOME (CNS)

— Slavery,

ethnic

deportation and forced con-

army are ongoing reSudan, said exiled Bishop jam Max Gassis of El Obeid. ;In the face of these crimes against inity, I remain horrified and sadinto the

jtion

schools, "and in

j in

seeing Christian nations silent

cases they are

physically punished or thrown out of

school

if

they resist."

In feeding centers "the

in

Is

some

most vulner-

women

able groups such as children,

and the aged are forced to learn the Koran if they want to receive their ration of food."

ous and ethnic persecution exists," udanese bishop said,

In the bishop's own diocese, the Catholic charity office tried to send food to hungry people in Abu Gibeha,

bishop Gassis visited several

Ital-

but "the security forces confiscated

first

the

:ven hesitant to admit that a true

mid-May

ities in

mark

to

the

ersary of the beatification of Sister

former slave and rst Sudanese to be beatified, he text of his speech in Brescia, was released by the Comboni onaries in Rome. Bishop Gassis is nboni priest. 'he bishop said Blessed Bakhita' hers and sisters are oppressed, en-

ihine Bakhita, a

and religious reasons ;gime which has decided to Islamd Arabize the entire non-Arab and Muslim population with the force apons, using even food, genocide d for ethnic

thnic cleansing against those

who

this outrage."

thnic cleansing

is

a term that has

ne familiar from the conflict in

where it is used to describe the removal and possible extermi1 of one ethnic group by another, ivil war in Sudan has pitted the nment, which draws its strength the Arab Muslims of the North, st the black Christians and anifrom the South. ishop Gassis said Pope John Paul bruary stop in the Sudanese capias not meant "to legitimate the it regime, nor to approve a system vernment which has robbed the y of its citizens, but it was a pas-

la,

)le

visit

tragic hour."

a

is

"human and sacred mission"

Church

denounce violations of and to promote freedom,

to

n rights

when entire populations,

ially

and animists in southern i, are in "extreme danger." \s pastors, we cannot be silent

we see our children taken into 7 and sold like Mother Bakhita he said. ishop Gassis said Sudanese teenare forced to study Islam in the

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region, "there exists a concentration

camp for Dinka children and teen-agers from Mujlad and for Nubian children from Kadugli and Tulisci waiting to be deported

in trucks" to a remote area near Libyan border. He said the Church is always ready to engage in dialogue withjthe government and with the Muslims if such a dialogue were based on justice, honesty and truth. But, the bishop said, the fundamentalist Muslims in Sudan refuse to repeal the Islamic law imposed on non-Muslims and to repeal the Missionary Societies Act of 1962, which limits the freedom of the Church to care for Sudanese

the

Catholics.

Bishop Gassis prayed

Sudanese would see the end "of our Calvary to be able to enjoy the joy of the

Two

Resurrection."

Nimule

southern Sudan.

in

as

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me.

that

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survive to help others escape," she said.

hide and say that

better than in past days, although she

"My

happen."

still has rib pains. She will continue to convalesce in the convent," said the spokeswoman for Rome's Salvator

helped

Mundi Clinic. The 82-year-old

Jews

feeling slightly

is

nun, winner of the

1979 Nobel Peace Prize, fell May 12 as at one of the Rome residences of the Missionary Sisters of Charity, which she founded in 1949. She was admitted to the clinic the next morning. "We are watching her carefully because in a person of her age and her general condition this type of injury can lead to complications," Dr. Vincenzo Bilotta said. He noted that Mother Teresa has had heart problems in recent years. she walked to chapel

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'(^mtmiquemonoj Mayo Honra a Maria

Mayo Celebra

Santisima,

el

Dia de las Madres

Madre de Todos Jesus instauro

la

maternidad uni-

Madre Maria, de caracter espiritual, ademas de su maternidad Cuando le biologica y sociologica. cuentan a Jesus que su madre le andaba buscando, el lanza el reto de la "maternidad espiritual" al decir: "Todo versal en su

el

que hace

la

Jesus, quien dice: "Ahftienes atu madre" (Jn. 19:26).

voluntad de Dios, ese es

mi hermano, mi hermana y mi madre" (Mc. 3:35) y desde luego, Maria estaba preparada para ello desde su inicial respuesta al angel de la Anunciacion

cuando le manifesto: "He aqufla esclava del Senor" (Lc. 1:38). Es por eso que

muchos teologos afirman que,

sin

Madre con

sus tres hijos, en Nuestra Sefiora de las Americas, Biscoe.

negar

la gradiosidad de la maternidad biologica

de Maria, lo mas grandioso en ella fue su maternidad espiritual. La maternidad espiritual de Maria se hace patente cuando Jesus nos la deja en su testamento dictado desde la cruz antes de morir. Maria sera Madre de la Iglesia y por consiguiente, Madre de todos los cristianos, desde el momento en que el apostol Juan, representandose a todos nosotros, acepta el regalo de

Para Que Tengan Vida (Continuation del mensaje de Juan Pablo II con moti vo de la Octava Jornada Mundial de la Juventud.) Existen tambien maestros que situan el sentido de la vida exclusivamente en la busqueda del exito, en el acaparamiento de dinero, en el desarrollo de las capacidades personales, sin preocupacion por las exigencias ajenas ni

respeto a los valores, ni siquiera el

fundamental de la vida. ^Quien, sino Aquel que siendo el Autor de la vida, puede colmar la esperanza que el mismo ha puesto dentro del corazon humano? El se acerca a cada uno para proponerle el anuncio de una esperanza que no engaha, del camino para eiitrar en la vida. Solos no podemos realizar aquello para lo que hemos sido creados. Existe en nosotros una promesa, para cuya materializacion nos descubrimos impotentes. Per el Hijo de Dios, venidor entre los hombres, ha asegurado: "Yo soy el camino, la verdad y la vida" (Juan 14:6). De acuerdo con una elocuente expresion de San Agustih, Cristo "ha querido crear un lugar en el que sea posible a todo hombre encontrar la vida verdadera". Este lugar es su Cuerpo y su donde toda realidad humana,

Espfritu,

redimida y perdonada, es renovada y divinizada.

En

.

.

misterio de su cruz y de su resurreccion, Cristo ha destruido la el

muerte y

el

pecado, ha abolido

la

y destinada a la muerte, un camino hacia la eternidad; en el sacramento de la Penitencia que renueva continuamente la vida divina gracias al perdon de los pecados; en la Eucaristfa "Pan de Vida"

Gabriela y Aldo Sevillano con su hija Gabrielita, familia peruana de Charlotte.

(Juan 6:27), que alimenta a los "vivientes" y hace firmes sus pasos en la

punto de permitirles decir con el Apostol Pablo: "No soy yo quien vive, es Cristo quien vive en (Gal. 2:20). La vida nueva, don del Senor resucitado, se irradia a todos los ambitos de la experiencia humana: en la familia, en la escuela, en el trabajo, en las actividades de todos los dfas y en el tiempo libre. peregrination terrena, hasta

mf

comienza a florecer aquf y

Ella ahora.

Serial

de su presencia y de su

crecimiento es

la caridad:

"Sabemos

que hemos pasado de la muerte a la vida afirma San Juan porque amamos a los hermanos" (1 Juan 3:14) con un

efectivo y en la verdad. La vida si a los demas,

amor

Noticias Diocesanas

el

Cursos Para Formar Catequistas y Ministros Laicos Todos los Hispanos Adultos y Jovenes Estan Invitados a Conocer Mejor Nuestra Fe. El Padre Aurelio Ferrin ofrecera cursos de 1 2 clases por los tres meses del

verano en distintas ciudades, qada semana las sesiones seran de dos horas. Las temas interesaran a todos y se adaptaran a cada comunidad hispana. Las clases se daran por las noches, de 7:00

-

9:00 p.m.

Lunes 7 de junio en adelante todos los lunes, en la comunidad de Saint Joseph, Newton. Encargado: Edward

florece en la entrega de

Acosta,

vocation de cada uno: en el sacerdocio ministerial, en la virginidad consagrada, en el matrimonio, a fin de que todos pueden, en actitud de solidaridad, compartir los dones recibidos sobre todo con los pobres y con los necesitados. Aquel que "nace de arriba" se capacita asi para "ver el Reino de Dios" (Juan 3:3) y para comprometerse en la edification de estructuras sociales mas

Los martes el Padre Aurelio visitara varias comunidades de la diocesis de

segun

la

Los miercoles, comenzando por el 2 de junio, las clases seran en Holy Cross, Kernersville. Encargada: Vicky Utsman, tel. (919) casa 996-3126 y oficina 9965604.

Los jueves, empezando en 3 de junio, seran en Pius X, Greens-

las lecciones

resurreccion y la vida-proclama- que cree en ml, aun cuando muera, vivira y

amenaza de muerte. Queridos jovenes, vosotros os

que vive y cree en mf, no morira

convertis en interpretes de una pregunta:

eternamente" (Juan 1 1:25). Cristo realiza todo esto otorgando su Espfritu, dador de vida, en los sacramentos: en particular, en el bautismo, sacramento que hace de la existencia recibida de los padres, fragil

^Como y donde podemos encontrar esta vida, como y donde podemos vivirla?

todos.

La respuesta podreis encontrarla en

recibido

la

nueva vida en

el.

la

el

vosotros mismos, si intentais permanecer

fielmente en 15:9).

.

el

amor de

Cristo (Juan

.La proxima Jornada Mundial de

tel.

Hermana Na

la

Juventud en Denver nos ofrecera una

ocasion propicia para reflexionar juntos sobre este tema de gran interes para .Os encomiendo a la Virgen Santisima, por medio de la cual hemos .

Autor de la vida, Jesucristo, Hijo de Dios y Senor nuestro. A todos os bendigo con afecto. Del Vaticano, 1 5 de agosto de 1 992. al

vidt

Los

viernes,

comenzando

el

»

[ot

junio, el Padre Aurelio ensenara

e

etc

Centro Cristo Rey, Yadkinvl In Encargada: la Hermana Andres Ink « OSF, tel. (919) 463-5533. Los sabados el Padre Ferrin p visitar otras

comunidades de

la diot

de Charlotte.

Los domingos

el

Padre Aui

celebrara en el Centro Catolico His]

de Charlotte la Misa a las 10:30 a las 7:00 p.m. en Saint Patrick.

a. ft

Renta de un Cuarto Buscajoven bispanaparacomp condominio, llamar a Maria, tel. ( 527-6 1 23 casa o (704) 349-92 1 2 ofi en Charlotte. el

Retiro Para Matrimonios Los ministros laicos, Angel

£

27 de junic Waters, Maggie Va Inscripciones con el Padre Jose W;

este retiro del 25 al

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la

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28,

shops Face Wide Variety Of sues At New Orleans Meeting VASHINGTON (CNS) —The U.S. bishops will discuss major

Dlic

is-

ranging from clergy sexual abuse nors to national health care reform

New

they meet in

i

Orleans June

).

making

it

Eagle Scout Projects...

available directly to parishes.

— Approval

to spend an additional $2 million from NCCB-USCC reserves for this summer's World Youth Day in Denver, which will feature a visit by Pope John Paul II.

— A formal request

of their second day, June 1 8, devoted to an extended discusand series of workshops on men

English-language eucharistic prayers for

vomen

eventual approval and use in U.S.

/lost

je

religious.

to the

Vatican

two

original

for authorization to write

dore than 120 of the bishops will

churches.

Dn after the meeting

Approval of a proposed theme, purpose and format for the bishops' 1994 special assembly.

over for a wig workshop June 20 on impleing the new "Catechism of the is

Church" in their dioceses. 400 diocesan, school and parish ous education leaders from around

They

Dlic

1

>untry are also expected to attend,

meeting of the National Con-

lie

ce of Catholic Bishops and U.S.

Conference will also include a and discussion on the Inional Commission on English in

)lic

ntation

iturgy.

items to be decided by the

:Ction

ps are:

The age of confirmation

-

in U.S.

ses.

A

-

revamping of the Catholic

ommunications Network of expanding

ica,

its

services and

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Local congregations across the United play a crucial role in the social

of the country, according to a

re

iational

study by Independent Sec-

said religious congregations them-

give a substantial

amount of their

nd money to meeting social needs, addition, Independent Sector said, studies show that over and above they give and do through their egations, churchgoers give more iividuals to community-service

i

ties

than their fellow citizens

who

go to church.

t

ongregations devoted an estimated illion

and

olunteer s

1 .5

billion hours of paid

work

in 1991,

new confer-

Nation's Social Welfare

>le In

l

also are to elect a

ence secretary to complete the remaining year and a half of the term of Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez, who recently resigned as archbishopof Santa Fe.N.M., after allegations of sexual misconduct. Public business of the NCCB-USCC is to be completed in the meeting's first two days. The final day is devoted to meetings in executive session, with reporters and staff excluded. The meeting is to close with a concelebrated Mass at St. Louis Cathedral Saturday afternoon, June 19, marking the 200th anniversary of the establishment of New Orleans as a diocese.

Churches Play Crucial

udy:

to social

and civic

according to the study.

They contributed

to services rang-

from health and welfare to arts and culture, from family counseling to adult education, from environmental protection to civil rights, from refugee resettlement to overseas development aid and disaster relief. Independent Sector is a Washington-based organization that promotes ing

community

service. Its

new

study,

funded by a Lilly Endowment grant,

is

"From Belief to Commitment: The Community Service Activities and titled

Finances of Religious Congregations in the United States." It was based on in-depth surveys in 1991 of a representative national sampling drawn from the nearly 258,000 U.S. religious congregations listed in

gave no breakdown by denominations, saying that denominational comparisons were judged inaptelephone books.

Relaxing Cruise

It

propriate for a study of this kind.

Highlights of the report included:

To

Individual financial contributions

to U.S. religious congregations in 1991

lorthern Alaska

A grotto and bell

tower

and Jason Miller

(first

Miller, Spiritan

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and

third

FOCA Approved

Committee But Floor Action May Be Slow —

In

WASHINGTON (CNS) The Freedom of Choice Act was headed for a vote by the full House after the Judiciary Committee May 19 narrowly rejected Republican attempts to amend the bill to give states more power to

originally protected only individuals

regulate abortion.

amendments would necessarily affect how the law was applied. "We're not

The

would prohibit most

bill

limits

from having to participate in abortions. It was amended to allow private hospitals to

refuse them.

Mazzoli seemed frustrated that the discussion seemed to imply any of the

on abortion through the point of fetal viability, which is not defined, or at any time throughout pregnancy "if such ter-

protecting a thing here, we're just leav-

mination

Rep. Henry Hyde, R-I1L, said his bill represented the sentiments of the American public. "We're not voting on Roe vs. Wade," he

is

necessary to protect the

or health of the

life

woman."

ing it up to the states to protect," Mazzoli said.

attempts to modify the

The committee accepted amendthat would allow private hospi-

ments

"This is a federal abortion law that preempts and supersedes Roe. Legislation that was permissible under Roe is meaningless here." The 1973 Supreme Court ruling le-

refuse to perform abortions and would permit some parental notice requirements. The final committee vote was 20- 1 5 Several supporters of the bill acknowledged that they would have preferred passing it without the amendments but that would have made it less likely to survive a vote on the House

said.

floor.

bill is to

tals to

.

Although advocates of the

bill

said

they hope it reaches the full House within a few weeks, Speaker Thomas Foley, DWash., has said bickering over amendments is slowing its progress. The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee passed an unamended version of the bill in March and has not scheduled

galizing abortion at least

acknowledged

a state interest in protecting prenatal life,

Hyde

said.

"The only

effect of this

invalidate regulations that are

favored by three-quarters of the American people," he said.

Marks Anniversary.

discussion by the full Senate. In

See Giving, Page 16

Tel.

& Herald

narrow votes, the House commit-

tee balked at Republican-led efforts to

allow states to require the following: waiting periods; provisions for discussions of medical risks and alternatives to abortion; limits

on third-trimester

abortions; regulations against non-physicians performing abortions

and more

stringent parental consent laws.

During debate about an amendment and private medical institutions to refuse to perform abortions, Rep. Romano L. Mazzoli, D-Ky., questioned whether the bill should conto allow public

C.A.

Zxtrimer, Inc.

sider the possibility of a "corporate con-

science" opposed to abortion.

The

bill

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at

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29.

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Diocesan News Briefs Spring

Fling...

Mercy high schools

are invited to the

annual meeting of the CCHS Alumni Association Tuesday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the school library, 3100 Park Rd.

The agenda

will include the elec-

and discussion of plans for the coming year. For more informa-

tion of officers

tion,

call

CCHS

the

Office,

Honorable Mention

Inner Child Healing

at

Charlotte Catholic High

Therese in Mooresville, won honorable mention in the Scholastic Art Awards national competition in New York City for her drawing, "Looking into the Future." Her entry was one of 700 to receive a national award and one of 200,000 entries

at St.

submitted.

in Asheville attended

a clown face-painting session at the Junior Youth Spring Fling at Immaculate Conception Church in Henderrsonville. With them is youth coordinator Bea Lambe. Photo by VERONICA DISARRO

Job Support Group

GREENSBORO — A Job Support

Group meets Thursday from 5:30 p.m.7 p.m. at St. Joseph's House. If you need assistance with job search methods, tech-

niques or resume development, call

Kathleen Martinek, (919)275-3605. Volleyball

Camp

Educational Program

CHARLOTTE

meeting at Charlotte Catholic High School for people interested in Lim-Ex is Saturday, June 12 at 10:30 a.m. LimEx is an educational program facilitated through Loyola University of New Orleans. The course may be taken for masters degrees

CHARLOTTE— Volleyball Camp for rising 5th-9th grade girls will be July

12-16 from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.

at St.

Ann. For

— An information

in religious

education

or pastoral studies or for a certificate.

For more information,

call

Barbara

Martin, (704) 847-0178.

information, call Bettie Berry, (704)

AIDS

372-8310.

Ministry

CHARLOTTE

Hurting Marriage Ministry CHARLOTTE Looking for a way to become involved? Retrouvaille, a ministry for hurting marriages, is coming to the Charlotte Diocese. If you are

interested in serving, call Scott or Eliza-

beth

Thomas

at

(704) 875-1535.

The Regional Network, RAIN, is sponsoring an informational luncheon for clergy and other interested people at Myers Park Presbyterian Church, 2501 Oxford Place, on Friday, June 4 from noon to 2:30 p.m. The lunch is free. Information will be presented about organizing an AIDS ministry in churches, funding and using community resources and how to relate to a

AIDS

Interfaith

person with AIDS.

Upcoming

To

Diocesan Events

Warren

Rev. Deborah (704) 358-9386.

register, call the at

RAIN,

Alumni Meeting May 30 Harambee

Celebration Our Lady of Consolation, 11 am Fr.

Cecil Tice

(704) 375-4339

CHARLOTTE — All

graduates of

Charlotte Catholic High School and the

former O' Donoghue and Our Lady of

HICKORY

You" Living Waters, Maggie Valley Sr.

926-3633

June 5 Priesthood Ordination for Rev. Mr. Joseph R. Valentine St. Patrick Cathedral, Fr.

11

Frank 0'Rourke (704)

am

June 6-14 Diocesan Pilgrimage

45th

International Eucharistic Congress/Seville, Spain

Led by Bishop John F. Donoghue Fr. Richard Allen (704) 523-4641

1 1

.

Directors are Father Richard Fat

individual to inner healing throu discovery of the inner child withiifB)

pancy. Reservations are needed byfci

Box

$85 for each

is

session.

Also, volunteers are needed as youth

counselors (18 and older) for one or both sessions.

For registration forms, call Father William Pentis at the Oratory (803) 327-2097 or Dominique May in Belmont at (704) 825-9244.

15.

To

register,

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— The Rock

send a $50 non-rel

on

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NC

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World and National Briefs On Pennsylvania Law Set For Aug. 23 PHILADELPHIA (CNS) Debate

for including abortion as part of world

the Pennsylvania abortion law that

rejoin the United Nations' family plan-

consent, a 24-hour

period and informed consent continue in court, a Pennsylvania

ning agency. Speaking for the Clinton administration May 11, former Colorado Sen. Timothy E. Wirth told a U.N.

has ruled. U.S. District Judge Kiel H. Huyett III decided May 12 in /or of allowing a new challenge to the 89 law, which has never fully taken feet. He set a hearing date of Aug. 23

meeting that the administration is committed to "stabilizing world population growth through a comprehensive approach to the rights and needs of women, to the environment and to development."

which was brought by anned Parenthood of Southeastern nnsylvania. Gov. Robert Casey said felt certain the law would be upheld

He said the administration supports "reproductive choice, including access to

Hearing

jew

jbortion

j

fer

lic

|quires parental

population programs and U.S. plans to

jiiting ;11

leaders have criticized U.S. support

iige

rthe challenge,

safe abortion." Wirth

added that final were being worked out for the United States to rejoin the U.N. Fund details

ain and called the ruling "outrageous."

for Population Activities.

Black Catholics Meet Increase 'Power Within'

S. »

Priest Says Healthcare Rationing

HOLLYWOOD BEACH, NS)

— About 200 Catholic

Tough To Take But Necessary

Fla.

NEW YORK

priests,

igious and laity from around the coun-

met

in

Hollywood Beach

priest

At the sixth annual storing workshop sponsored by the tional Black Catholic Congress May speakers combined the Beatitudes :h African- American culture, centeron the seven principles of the "Nguzo oa" (awareness of the power within), nerican culture.

Consultation Group in Berkeley, Calif.,

;

— pur-

unity, faith, self-determination,

d

to Jesus'

Sermon on

as they re-

Mount.

the

urch Leaders Criticize U.S. For U.N. Population Program WASHINGTON (CNS) Catho-

ins

late labor leader left

behind. According

to Arturo Rodriguez, the union's

issues remain the same. Those are just and safe working conditions for the workers who bridge the gap between field and market, protection against sexual harassment and child labor abuses, and access to health care. "It is a shame that in 1993, we face what we do today even with a new (U.S.) president," said Rodriguez to some 400 participants in the National Conference on Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers May 12 in Denver.

would take the natoward the Oregon approach,

Catholic Public School

Teachers

Team Up For Support (CNS) An

WASHINGTON

or-

all teaching a vocation and thought Church ignored public school teach-

ered the ers,

Teachers'

Teams has

thrived in

other countries since the 1940s. But

its

in the

.

Sharon Whitehead, a math teacher at Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Ariz.

Archbishop Tutu Urges Apartheid De Klerk Apology CAPE TOWN, South Afpca (CNS)

Vicitims: Accept

— South Africans should accept

is

annual seminar for theology features Fr. Kenan Osborne of the Franciscan School

Theology of Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, ristology and the development of the sacraments. is

1993

update

is

Calif.

He

brings expertise in

designed for laity, religious, clergy and teachers. Sessions will be in the

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year courses are offered on the world of Spirituality, spiritual classics, issues of

binan formation and the theory and practice of spiritual direction. Faculty is ccomposed

from the Institute of Formative Spirituality and The Oratory. This year, |>fessor Carolyn Gratton, PhD, of Duquesne University will lecture on "The Art of iritual Guidance" and Father Carl Arico of Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., will speak fjpersons

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Church

mid-April, in a

Archdiocese of Cape Town. "I think it would be churlish not to accept his apology," Archbishop Tutu said in a

column written for a Cape Town newspaper. At an April 29 meeting in Cape Town which launched the ruling National Party's campaign for South first

non-racial general elec-

De

which was wrong

official said. In

move widely welcomed

by Polish and foreign Jewish groups, Bishop Taduesz Rakoczy of BielskoZywiec, the diocese where the former Nazi death camp is located, released the text of a letter from Pope John Paul II confirming it was the "Church's will" that the Carmelites should move. The pope's letter cited a 1987 international Catholic-Jewish agreement on the convent. But Father Ignacy Urbaniec, a senior priest in the Bielsko-Zy wiec Diocese, told Catholic

News

Service

14 that it remained to be seen of the nuns would

move to

May

how many

a convent at

a nearby interfaith center or choose to

Poznan, Poland.

motherhouse

Catholic Prelates Protest Closing Of Jerusalem

JERUSALEM prelates in the

in

Catholic (CNS) Holy Land have protested

Israel's recent closure of

Jerusalem to

Palestinian residents of the

Occupied

Territories. In a statement, the nine patriarchs,

archbishops and bishops of

Latin and Eastern

rites called the Israeli

action to close Jerusalem since April

"a violation of

human

rights."

1

The

prelates said that Jerusalem "is also a

crossroad and a socio-economical center

of towns and villages of the entire

area."

in its past."

Growing Money Requests Reflect Growing Churches, Official Says VATICAN CITY (CNS) The growing requests for money by churches

in Ej:h

return to the order's

that

Monday, July 12 - Friday, July

Presi-

Klerk said he "deeply regretted" the misery apartheid had inflicted on fellow South Africans. He said the National Party wanted to "break from

The Oratory

burnings

killings,

and the expulsion of people from their homes." Addressing both sides, he urged them to do all in their power to immediately end the hostilities.

ogy for the country's racist rule, even though it was "qualified" repentance, saidNobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, head of the Anglican

tion,

Visions in Faith

Croat-Muslim fighting has been

said

marked by "crimes,

dent Frederik W. de Klerk' s recent apol-

Africa's •

Cardinal Kuharic, archbishop of Zagreb,

tion, a Polish

lics

United States has been spotty since the concept got its U S start

16,

Bosnia-Herzegovina to stop fighting among themselves and end their "crimes against humanity." The cardinal's plea came as Croatian and Muslim militias, formerly allies in the war against Serbian forces, pounded each other's positions near Mostar in Herzegovina. The text of his message was released by the Vatican.

decision regarding her preferred reloca-

is

known

growth

Wednesday, June

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

Croatian Cardinal Franjo Kuharic appealed to ethnic Croats and Muslims in

who teach in public schools. Started by Father Michel DuClerq, who consid-

The unusual pairing with the

tion

Kenan Osborne, O.F.M.

Croatian Cardinal Appeals For End To Ethnic Fighting In Bosnia

system of support networks for Catho-

education.

.

Fr.

1 993 allocations during a May 14 Vatican press conference.

agencies'

being sought to help the group as Teachers' Teams expand its

nation's largest association for Catholic

five years ago, said national coordinator

Sunday, June 11

Propagation of the Faith and

Peter the Apostle, spoke about the

Carmelite Nuns Still At Controversial Convent WARSAW, Poland (CNS) None of the 14 Carmelite nuns residing in the controversial convent outside the Auschwitz concentration camp has announced plans to leave or made a firm

years ago may soon reach American public school teachers through the

National Catholic Educational Associa-

VISIONS IN FAITH

St.

ganization started by a French priest 50

said current trends

THE ORATORY

eties for the

new

president and Chavez's son-in-law, the

tion

whether or not President Clinton succeeded in his efforts for health care reform. Under Oregon's plan, the state decides it will not pay for some medical services such as bone marrow transplants, and will redirect money to services given a higher priority, such as prenatal care and immunization.

ailyhood, creativity, and collective

rk and responsibility

who played a key role in develop-

everyone. Father John D. Golenski, founder and president of the Bioethics

),

stunned by the death of Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers union is moving forward to meet the challenges the

Jesuit

ing the

jnding spirituality with African-

se,

—A

Oregon health care plan said in New York that he did not like the rationing involved, but that it was necessary if coverage was to be broadened to include

to explore

ey discussed the principles

(CNS)

Farmworker Issues Remain The Same, Chavez's Successor Says DENVER (CNS) Although

mission territories reflect the fact that

Thousands To Gather In Rome To Focus On Family Issues ROME (CNS) Thousands of

families from dozens of nations are pre-

paring to gather in

Rome

in

June to

those churches are growing up, said a

discuss the joys and troubles of family

The

to build pastoral centers, retreat houses

with thousands of other families around the world. Familyfest '93, sponsored by the New Families branch of the Focolare movement, is to conclude with

and schools of theology, said Msgr. Bernard Prince. The Canadian priest,

Paul

secretary-general of the pontifical soci-

participants

Vatican

official.

initial

of the faith has occurred in

preaching

many

lands,

and now the churches are asking for help

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life

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Mass II

celebrated June 6 by Pope John in St. Peter's Square.

The 14,000

from 80 nations who are

expected to gather at a Rome stadium June 5 will have a two-way satellite link with other participants meeting in New York; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Hong Kong; Melbourne, Australia; and Yaounde, Cameroon.


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Winding Down...

Stock Car Driver Allison Draws Strength From Catholic Faith By FATHER DALE

GRUBBA

Depressed? Stock car driver Davey Allison had reason to be by last season' end. He won the Daytona 500 in February and everyone talked of his being the first to lead the series points race from the beginning to the end. But it didn't turn out that way. First he suffered through a wreck at Bristol, Tenn., that left him wearing a

upon his return to protect his

flak jacket

broken

ribs.

In April, his grandfather,

Allison, passed away.

"Pops"

The Allison fam-

close knit one that brings a cry of

ily is a

"here comes everyone" to victory circle

whenever

has produced a winner.

it

Davey had grown up with

his paternal

grandparents living across the street on

Hueytown, Ala., compound. It hurt to lose him. Davey s luck continued to turn bleak his father, Bobby's,

'

DAVEY ALLISON

as he headed for a major race in South

Photo by

Carolina.

FATHER DALE GRUBBA

The Junior Youth Group and coordinators from Our Lady of the Highways, Thomasvil unwind after the long drive from the Junior Youth Spring Fling in Hendersonville. In I

Drivers refer to Darlington Speed-

way

"Lady

as the

way

Black" because of

in

which it treats them. Davey had a chance at winning $1 million offered by RJ Reynolds Tobacco the fickle

Company

in

he

if

won

three out of four

races at Daytona, Talledega, Charlotte,

and Darlington. He won the first two and finished fourth at Charlotte. To win the $1 million he had to win at

He was

Darlington.

place on lap 298

(1-r) it wasn't going to work out. Ernie had a flat tire. Rusty Wallace got by him and I didn't. I was sixth at the time and capable of running better. I said to myself, 'Well this is what has been waiting for me.'"

premonition, a feeling that

smile on his face and twinkle in his

brown eyes speak

fifth

does. lanta,

Rain delayed the race. It was never restarted and Darrell Waltrip was struck.

Speedway during

a practice ses-

sion. "It hurt I

tremendously.

cried an awful

gether when

lot.

We

I

was

upset.

weren't to-

we were growing up. There

was a rivalry. He wanted to do it his way and it didn't lend to a smooth relationship. Both Clifford and I had changed in the last two years, but there were a lot of things left unsaid."

Then Davey went into the final race of the season leading the points race by 30 points and lost the title when he got caught up in a wreck with Ernie Ervan.

"When I woke up that Sunday morning before the race in Atlanta,

had a

I

Photo by

Garcia.

is

depressed?"

pital,

I

thought of all the past

NASCAR

champions and the price they paid to get thought of

my

thought about Richard Petty and a long list of there.

I

dad.

and what they had to endure and overcome. They could have quit, but they didn't."

"The year taught me something my faith. I was raised Catholic. I

about

went to Catholic elementary school. I have always attended Mass, even when I'm on the road. But it was a habit and my prayers just recited. Being in the hospital has challenged

me

to bring

meaning into my prayers and faith life." "I shouldn't have lived through that wreck at Pocono. Others have died in wrecks not as violent. I began to appreciate life more. I had been caught up in doing things for myself. I am going to travel less and spend more time with my family.

My

dad had

I don't have to." were never to race or win again, I have had a good life. I have 18 victories at the age of 32 and have been involved in two championship battles. I have won the Daytona 500, but most important, I finished second to my dad

"If I

Daytona." Father Dale Grubba is a priest of the Diocese of Madison, Wis. Father Grubba, a photojournalist follows the at

WASHINGTON cials

team its first loss in two years 1 8 to end the Cougars bid to repeat

tennis

May

'

as state

1A/2A champions.

The

8-1

defeat in this year's

was Charlotte Catholic's since a loss to Union Pines in the

quarterfinals first

1991 state

finals.

Last year, Catholic

beat Union Pines for the state

end

title.

to

but one singles match and

all

Pines in the final singles match.

The victory left Union Pines a hea favorite for the

In individual tennis competiti

under the previous

Airy defeated Catholic's Ryan Degn 6-3, 6-1, in the state semifinals. Sh then lost to Mount Airy teammate Ah Athar in the championship match. T Union Pines team of Kelly Cooper a Walt Hammond won the doubles chai

playoff setup, probably would have met a third time for the championship. But a

realignment by the North Carolina High

School Athletic Association moved

Union Pines

into the

same bracket with up last week's

the Cougars, setting

CCHS

Girls

Bow

Round Of Soccer SKYLAND — Charlotte Catholic, 2A school playing against teams from

larger schools in only

its

third year of

competition, made it to the second round

of the

soccer state playoffs before

girls'

bowing

to

3A

Skyland-Roberson

May

19 at Skyland.

Sky land Roberson downed the Lady Cougars 2-1 on a goal by Jennifer Armstrong at 39:35. Nikki Webber put Catholic ahead 1-0 at 6:32 but a penalty kick by Lynae

pionship.

Second

In

King

at 3

1

:46 tied the score.

East Mecklenburg. Melissa Moser

Cougars with three goals, bringi her total for the season to 2 1 Elizabt Bender scored the other Catholic go the

.

It

was

teams

won the a

the third meeting of the

first

tie.

circuit.

13) tions.

to $39.2 billion.

— Congregations used some $6.6

or aiding health can properly be labeled

billion of that in direct expenditures for

is

futile, if the patient desires

the care

— or

community

service: almost $4.7 billion

denominational organizations and

About 43 percent of that

gregations for

live..."

ued

$27.7 billion.

Right to Life

Com-

mittee spokesman Burke Balch. "Only

else denial of 'futile care' will

servi

valued at more than $8 billion, v devoted to human services. Clergy and other paid employ ' of congregations devoted nearly million hours, valued at about $7.7

billion hours of volunteer service, val-

fully," said National

t'

East Mecklenbi while the second ended

must not impose death on people who want to

must be defined very care-

It

this season.

care costs, the United States

"Futility

loir

Catholic had reached the s round with a 4-0 victory over 4A pov

director, said, "In a rush to reduce health

(JAMA) could lead to the deaths of who want life-saving treatments

II

Playoffs

to continue.

in the Jour-

8

T

patients

tion

an editorial

American Medical Associa-

weekend

May 1 9 at Raleigh, Derek Slate of Mot

to

nal of the

title in this

Elon College.

become a means of involuntary euthanasia." David O'Steen, NRLC executive

"futile care" in

bcj

The only bright spot for t Cougars was Russ Kratzer's 7-5, 6 victory over C.W. Matthews of Unij

doubles.

A tennis teams

in the state and,

a

In the quarterfinal clash Union Pin

took

finals at

ineffective in preserving life

care that

quarterfinal meeting.

The Cougars and Union Pines probably are the two best 1 A/2

amounted

Offi-

that a call for an

Union

Position on 'Futile Care'

of a leading pro-life organization

have warned

A/2A Tennis Champ I

Pines handed Charlotte Catholic' s boys'

Giving (From Page

JAMA (CNS) —

Pro-Lifers Hit

1

CHARLOTTE — Old rival

to travel a lot to

make ends meet, but

NASCAR

Repeat As

I

others,

VERONICA DISARF

Charlotte Catholic Loses Bid To

after the race in At-

I

"When I was in the Allentown Hos-

a death defying crash at

Pocono, Pa. put him in an Allentown hospital only one room away from where his father, Bobby, had suffered with injuries that ended his career. "I told the doctors to do whatever it took to get me back in the race car the next week at Talledega. They said I would never be able to do it. I told them I would be and I was," said Davey. Being in the same hospital where his father had been and then being released with horrendous bruises and long scars covering two plates holding one arm together had to be depressing. But the darkest cloud to drift over the 1992 season was the death of his brother, Clifford, at Michigan International

answer before he

was hunting deer in Faunsdale, Ala. Does that sound like someone who

declared the winner.

Then

"Two days

the

Sama

Caswell; in rear(l-r) are Elsie Galan, Phillip Galan, Ismael Galan, Alan Sherman and MaiJ

Davey Allison was depressed. The

when the Lady in Black

running in

are Heather Corron, Veronica DiSarro, Xandria Porter, Katie Luther and

human

services.

charities, $1.3 billion to other charitable

lion, to

organizations in the community, and

$654 million in direct assistance to indi-

paid program exper tures for human services within con£

viduals.

gations were added on, the total e

— Churchgoers donated about at

$19.2

billion, to their

1.8

congrega-

— When

mated contributions of religious c community services

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