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May 28,
1993
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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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
J.
VF
McSweeney, Chan
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s,
1
The Catholic News
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.
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CHARLOTTE
medicine
The seminar honors Archbishop
Its
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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
when
athohc
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News
May2'8,4'9t'
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
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Most Reverend John
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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.
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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
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
'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
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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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28,
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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?
It's
member of Club Clued-
Club Clueless.
It
requires do's.
don'ts. Getting in
And
means doing
things
God's way.
So what's God's will
\uedttV?
c AreV oU
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
secrets.
friend
Whatever
club clueless
toward God,
right into the land of
Club Clued-In. Virtue and holiness lead you out of yourself to
Have you ever thought there is
God and
you know it, the Light your life, and your mis-
made
new
Or maybe she even
will shine in
might
why
Nothing can happen unless God allows
come ness
of
Plus, with that patience,
it.
may be
The main thing
is, I
have
to
few things
it
or her
be careful
for
Remember: Jesus was betrayed,
moral disintegration in a dehumanizing Much rough language
pressure cooker.
friend will
do
classification is
is
A-III
— The MPAA
R — restricted.
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IjCatholic
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that
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is
rating
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— adults. The MPAA — restricted.
"Intervista"(1992) In this Italian production, director
"Hoffa"(1992)
of moviemaking at the famed Cinecitta
Key moments in the career of Teamsters Union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Jack
Studios near
Nicholson) are recalled by a longtime aide (Danny DeVito) as they wait for a meeting with a powerful crime lord
Rome.
Fellini's leisurely
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all
but
is
"La Dolce Vita"
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action, equally willing to use his fists or
classification
cut a deal to achieve his ends, but pre-
rated by the
which ultimately 4 James Foley's movie delivers performances with blistering ijJesperate acts
while depicting the characters'
the last day of
what they were and what Hoffa wanted out of life remains an enigma.
is
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is
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ences.
"Tom Sawyer" Mark Twain
Celeste Holm. Directed by
classic with Johnny Whitake, Jeff East, Jodie Foster and
it
Don Taylor, misses the wit and cultural percep-
tions of the original but the cast suc-
memo-
and production numbers excerpted from Hollywood rable dance routines
in
being continually engaging.
Young viewers
"That's Dancing!" (1985) Sparkling compilation of
(1973)
Pleasant musical adaptation of the
ceeds
cisely
Some
what
best energized in scenes of
a reunion with his
owy nudity, some vulgar references and minimal rough language. The USCC
some deals,
A & R get the best of me. A &
Produced by Jack Haley Jr., the goes by quickly and enjoyably, though dance fans may yearn
production has its center in Nicholson's convincing performance as a man of
fpd unless they close
let
historical survey
Also directed by DeVito, the
Harris Arkin) who, under threat of
my forgive-
come around. And
musicals from the 1930s to the recent
their lives.
ft
First, there's patience.
this betrayal occurred.
R
i|irry
tmmon, Al Pacino, Ed
my deepest
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(1961) stars, Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. Subtitles. A flash of shad-
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all
the ultimate betrayal!
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the thing that
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"best" friend and told her
stole
be, there are only a
In time, the reason will be clear
others. Before
that
it
Maybe my best
once in their lives by their friends.
He wants you to become holy and two choices will lead me closer to God?" And then choose the path
life
all
told the
good. Ask yourself, "Which of these
something you should be doing in
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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
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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
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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
o
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
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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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all our children equally, and teaching our two sons and one daughter that men and women are equal. We encourage our children to pursue their talents, to try things that might not initially attract them (espe-
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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
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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
I
"When was growing
my
my
chose
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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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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
ig
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,
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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,
—
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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
II
reported.
plans to spend 10 days in
An
in hiding.
official
died on
Bishop Maffeo Ducoli of
May
2,
Id
The 74-year-old
1
of the provincial
religious affairs bureau said
early July resting and hiking in the Italian Alps.
.are
we can
Bishop Liu
but he refused to reveal
further information.
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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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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
Mother Teresa Out Of Rome Hospital ROME (CNS) — Mother Teresa of
Opdyke
(From Page
was released from the hospital more than a week after being
raped by Russian soldiers,
made
admitted for treatment for broken ribs
question God, she said, but
it
Calcutta
May
21
,
she suffered in a
woman
fall,
a hospital spokes-
said.
That experience, as well as being
newed her "I felt
"Mother Teresa
her
also re-
faith.
it
was predestined that I would
Opdyke told the Catholic some people have called her a "dirty Jew lover." But she is not afraid. "God is with ceived. Mrs.
Exponent
me.
that
He was then and he is now. I will not
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
faith
me
was always very
strong.
It
survive and to help others
So
The young woman hid in the cellar
the group of
of this did not
to
groups of young
people, to impress upon them that the
of the Nazi officer's
Holocaust was a
When
Andrew
where she worked.
all
for the past five years, she has
spoken primarily
survive."
real event.
Lipkin, director of the
one of the women became pregnant, Mrs. Opdyke insisted that the woman keep her baby, even though abortion seemed to be the only way to keep their identity
Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, accompanied Mrs. Opdyke on her Ohio stops, including a visit with Youngstown Bishop James W. Malone, who
secret.
has had a longtime interest
villa,
As the war was ending, she took the
months
later,
Red Army
with the invasion of the
March 1944, they were
said.
in
"In 50 years there will be revisionist
free.
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that insist the
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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.
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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
—
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to U.S. religious congregations in 1991
lorthern Alaska
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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
Deacon Joe Schumacher of Our Lady of Mercy, Winston-Salem
,
will celebrate his
10th anniversary as a deacon will be
honored
at
May
29.
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Herald
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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,
ROCK
HILL, S.C. is
— The Rock
send a $50 non-rel
on
Catholic Church to the church, 460-c, Lincolnton,
NC
For more information, May, (704) 327-8692.
2809:f A!
call
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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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Fr
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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-
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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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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
i
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