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Volume 6 Number 37 • May

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

30, 1997

Catholic News Heralds National Awards —

DENVER The Catholic News & Herald was recognized for excellence in journalism with recognition in the form of three press association awards during

dren presenting flowers to Mother Teresa during her visit to Charlotte in June 1995;

the national convention of the Catholic

while an inset photo showed Bishop William G. Curlin during a solemn moment of a priestly ordination. Judges said

Press Association.

there

Associate Editor Joann Keane was presented two awards for excellence in editorial writing,

and shares a third with

designer Jeff Rothe in the category of best use of art and graphics.

were announced

23 at the annual CPA convention in Denver. Keane received second place honors for best editorial on a local issue for You Oughtta Know, a focus on the raw lyrics found in the songs of Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Alanis Morisette. Judges said the editorial "serves as a warning to parents, urging

them

who

to help their children find artists uplift rather than offend."

Keane

also

won

an honorable men-

tion in the category of best editorial

on a

national or international issue for her

tongue-in-cheek look at

Olympic Games

logo was also well done."

The awards

May

last

summer's

Atlanta.

The

unofficial® Guide To The Summer Games® focused on the crass commercialism surrounding the 1996 Olympiad. Photography by Keane and design by Rothe were awarded third place in the best use of art or graphics category for the cover of the newspaper's 1996 Di-

ocesan Support Appeal edition. The Catholic News & Herald competed with all diocesan newspapers in the U.S. and Canada in this open category. The cover included a poignant photograph of chil-

—

was "Great use of color here the deep blue conveys both warmth and dignity. The cover illustration, carefully cropped, struck an evocative tone. The

who

Keane,

also serves as director

of communications for the Diocese of Charlotte, received a 1996 Certificate of Merit from the Catholic Communication Campaign for A Celebration Of Faith With Mother Teresa, and top honors with her 1994 best of show award from the Extension Society for photography. The Catholic News & Herald, which serves 46 counties in western North Carolina, has a circulation of approximately 39,000. The diocesan newspaper now holds seven CPA awards in its six years of publication. During the 1993 convention, Keane accepted two awards for photography. In 1994, The Catholic News & Herald was recognized with writing honors for best personality profile

and best feature writing categories.

CPA membership includes 167 diocesan newspapers, five U.S. Catholic newspapers, 13 Eastern-rite publications, eight diocesan newspapers in Canada, two Canadian national newspapers, and four other Canadian diocesan newspapers. It also includes 250 U.S. magazines, and 22 Canadian magazines. Circulation for all U.S. and Canadian publications is

26,790,289.

Matthew Parishioner Views Ministry As Answer To Calling

St.

By MIKE

KROKOS

area of youth ministry.

Editor

CHARLOTTE — In an era when the average career of a youth minister year and a half, Bill Martin

exception.

The St. Matthew Church member, who oversees the

Diocesan Youth Conference,

Curlin's fortieth anniversary to the priesthood.

where he received the "For God and For Youth" Award, a national honor bestowed on adults who have dedicated themselves to God and His Church in the

Bishop William G. Curlin carries Peter Alexander Kotson following the baptism of the ten-month-old inside St. Patrick Cathedral. Peter and his parents, John and Mary Margaret Kotson of Helena, Montana, were in Charlotte for the celebration of Bishop

...For

ited

gram, has been consistently involved in youth ministry since 1958. Martin was recently recognized for his untiring commitment at the annual

New brother in faith.

service on

Matthew

was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you vis-

parish's Confirmation pro-

Photo by Joann Keane

base

25:31-47:

...,"'

Martin said. "I

elieve that (passage) says

People are always waiting for things to do, and there

all.

much right here

in front

of us."

"Through our baptism, we are all called to serve," he added.

A See

native of Pennsylvania, Martin

Faith,

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2 The Catholic

News

& Herald

May

30, 1997

Vocations Update Father Frank

Greetings and peace! Prevalent among my thoughts today is

the privilege of inviting, encouraging

O 'Rourke

ing to his native

Asheville to ex-

pand

hear the call

A man who

of the Spirit to say "Yes" to the priest-

hood. It is a beautiful ministry that challenges me to be what I hope to call oth-

has had interest and participation in a journey of

ers to be: servants of the Lord.

faith all his life,

and supporting those

who

especially privileged to an-

nounce that two of our seminarians will soon be ordained into the priesthood for the Diocese of Charlotte. They are Rev. Mr. Arturo DeAguilar, who attended St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Fla., and Rev. Mr. Walter Ray Williams, who completed his studies at the North American College in

Rome.

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state.

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of our seminarians, their

through

tor, it is

life

the

middle

experiences are varied, yet

special joy to join

Bishop

Curlin in inviting you to participate in the ordination of these two dedicated

school, high school, col-

men on

lege and one

June 14

at St. Patrick

Cathedral

He then took some time away

Summer

Seminarians'

ogy.

from the seminary. That period of exploring other possibilities and broaden-

him to the United States, where he worked at and later helped manage a horse farm in ing his experiences brought

During

that time, Arturo realized the call to

priesthood and began

a dialogue with the Office of Vocations for the Diocese of Charlotte.

This year, our seminarians can be found working in parishes, hospitals, diocesan ministries, universities and enrichment programs that equip them for special ministries. The following appointments are made with the approval of Bishop William G. Curlin:

David Brzoska and Frank Seabo Trinity Church and Hispanic

— Holy

Ministry, Taylorsville

A summer

Dean Cesa

—

St.

Charles Borromeo

experience working with Father Joe

Church, Morganton

Waters, pastor of Holy Trinity Church

Christopher Davis and Shawn O'Neal Clinical Pastoral Education

in Taylorsville,

exposed him

to the great

need we have for priests in this diocese. Being bilingual enables him to serve as a bridge between English- and Spanishspeaking communities.

Through his variety of ministerial work as a seminarian and transitional deacon, he has revealed himself to be a capable leader who approaches ministry

—

(CPE), Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem

Joseph Long Dinh

— CPE

Caroli-

nas Medical Center, Charlotte

Due Duong and Tien Duong

—

UNC-Charlotte Christopher Gober Media Center and Tribunal, Catholic Center, Char-

—

lotte

Brad Jones

with an openness and respect for others.

—

St.

Francis of Assisi

Church, Lenoir

— Aloysius Church, Hickory Bryan Lamberson — CPE, Tampa General Tampa, Matthew Leonard — of Lawrence, Asheville Charles Messier — Meinrad Seminary, Meinrad, Luis Osorio — Francis of Church, Jefferson Peter Pham — Joan of Arc Church, Asheville Joseph Tran — Development Of-

Walter Ray Williams

Matthew Kauth

Ray's call

St.

Hospital,

to the priest-

Fla.

Basilica

have

been most in-

St.

teresting.

Ind.

St.

Baptized and

Assisi

St.

raised in the

Episcopal

St.

Church, he earned his undergradu-

Calling, from page

Man To Youth

began his youth ministry service while at Kings College in Wilkes-Barre. Over

moved

to Charlotte in 1985, initially at-

tending fore St.

St. John Neumann Church beMatthew parish was formed in

September of that year. Msgr. Joseph Kerin, pastor of St. Mark parish in northern Mecklenburg County and former pastor of St. Matthew, worked closely with Martin for 1 years. He said the youth minister demonstrates a commitment to Christ and the Church. "When St. Matthew was formed, Bill

helped with the religious education

program and later helped start our confirmation program," Msgr. Kerin explained.

"One of his joys

in life is read-

are

more challenged and threatened, and

much

less secure,"

structure.

what

the

"We want them to understand Church is," Martin added.

Msgr. Kerin called Martin a "unique person"

who

Martin,

faith for his lon-

thirst for learning and enjoys calling youth to a higher learning."

received encouragement from

While Masses for the new parish were initially held at the Tower Place Cinemas on Highway 51, the first catechism classes were taught in the rectory. "There were six to eight kids, and we all sat on the floor," Martin recalled. Since those early days at St. Matthew, Martin (who received a master's degree in pastoral studies through the Loyola Institute of Ministry program in New Orleans) has continued to be active in youth ministry, teaching catechesis and continuing to oversee the parish's confirmation classes with a team of adult facilitators. A few years ago, Martin also established a peer ministry program through which young adults who have been confirmed make a commitment to return and assist the confirmation class the following year. Many peer ministers

wife,

Barbara, and our five kids," he said. "She is

woman of deep spirituality, and defimy rock."

nitely

"You must put your trust in the Holy he added. "Everything mately up to Him." Spirit,"

is ulti

Love One Another

Jesus said to his disciples, "As the Father loves me, so I also love you.

Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in

my love, just as Father's

have kept

commandments and remain

worked

marketplace.

150 students being confirmed have committed to help next year. In his four decades of ministry work, Martin has seen America's youth evolve. "Kids are much more aware today. They

settlement camp in Austria before return-

and

gevity in youth ministry. "I've always

Matthew Buettner, Stephen Doering, Matthew Ritter and Brandon Schmitz will spend their summers working in the

a refugee re-

will turn 61 in July,

ing theology and Scripture. Bill has a

University in Greenville, S.C., spent more than a half-dozen years in Nepal teaching English as a missionary, and at

who

credits his family

that

months

al-

assistance)."

in his love.

for six

has a special gift that

lows him to connect with youth. "Bill has a good understanding of young people and a perpetual optimism," he said. "When there is a crisis, it's amazing how many kids will go to him (for

ing trained. This year, nearly half of the

and Tribunal, Catholic Center, Char-

said.

Christ," not just another organizational

lead discussions in the classes after be-

from Bob Jones

The most rewarding thing as a youth minister, he noted, is watching young people grow in their understanding of the Lord and "having kids see the Church as the people of God and the body of

lotte

fice

ate degree in history

Ministry

cluded assisting parishes in Maryland, New Jersey and North Carolina. He

Plans

southern Florida.

depth of his

Living Faith Leads

the years, his call to ministry has in-

10 a.m.

year of theol-

hood

looks

priesthood

and

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forward to returning "home" to be a par-

it was the same Voice they heard calling them into priesthood. As diocesan vocations direc-

life

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Unite your prayers with mine for Arturo and Ray as they take another step

In his na-

for

ish priest.

Arturo DeAguilar

ied

Diev. JKr.

September 1990.

home

CPri'es/Iy Orcfi'nah'on

into

His desire to invite others to a deeper faith experience and a conviction of the truth found in the Catholic Church are at the heart of Ray's vocation. With family roots that have grown deep into North Carolina's soil, Ray has a great love for his

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have

told

you

this so

my joy might be in you and

your joy might be complete. This

my commandment: love one another as I love you.

(John 15:9-13) O

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May

The Catholic News

30, 1997

Child Holocaust Survivors

Remember Catholic Rescuers

By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY JERUSALEM (CNS) — When they were children during World War II, Dina Wardi's grandparents were saved by a group of Italian priests and nuns. Wardi, an Israeli psychologist, spoke of when her grandparents took their children and grandchildren back to Italy to meet the people who had saved their lives. The nuns gave Wardi and her older sister charm bracelets with images of saints. As soon as they left the convent, her sister took off the bracelet, said Wardi. "To me it looked pretty, but I took it

"Then my grandmother told us she used to go to church and pray, and I asked her if she was say-

Wardi

off, too,"

said.

When she told me she was saying the words to Jewish prayers I felt relieved she hadn't believed in the Catholic prayers. It is not a rational feeling," she said. In recent years child survivors of the Holocaust have begun to make their stories public. Some speak of gratitude and a feeling of connection to Catholicism, keeping medals of saints that remind them of people who rescued them. ing Catholic prayers.

CNS

photo by Debbie

Hill

Shlomo

Breznitz, professor of at Haifa University in Jerusalem, wrote a book about the time he and his sister spend hiding from Nazis at a Slovakian convent of the Sisters of

psychology

St. Vincent.

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"A very

'Readings for

l/ie

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mains

forms," said Wardi,

who now

serves as

senior supervisor of

AMCHA,

an orga-

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Tuesday:

Genesis

24: 3-8

Hebrews

9. 11- IS

14: 12-16,

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12:

4: 13-5:

church. Within a short time after their

"They never

Thursday

always a part in them

"The mother superior was a very

which does not really belong. They remain in between two worlds because

special person, very courageous," recalled Breznitz,

they don't belong in either."

the time. Despite several searches

ish people; there

As with

all

Matthew

1-7

2 Corinthians 5:

18-22

Tobit

3: 1-11,

they feel they betrayed their religion,

all this

their parents and their family, said Wardi. For some of the survivors' children and grandchildren, like herself, it is hard to accept that their grandmother prayed to the Virgin Mary or their grandfather was an altar boy, she added. "Nobody talked about these child survivors, but everybody knew they existed," she said.

his childhood.

Mark

12:

Matthew

18-27

more open on there

Tobit 6: 11,7: 1,9-14,

8:4-7

Matthew

20-26

28-34 2 Corinthians 4: 7-15

1,3-4,8-9

Matthew

Ephesians 3:8-12,

27-32

Saturday:

19:

2 Corinthians 5: 14- 21

Mark

Matthew

Luke

"At some point, I was devastated by and sought comfort in religion, and I became a very devout little Catholic. I did everything we were supposed to do and even volunteered for things. I was an altar boy. I was trying to be as devout a Catholic as I could in order ... for my parents to come back and to survive," said Breznitz, who has three grown children whom he has told about But when his mother came back, he he quickly slipped back to his former norms and "everything changed." He no longer felt the need to go to 5 a.m. Mass. Still, for a while after the war he would run after Jewish boys in his village, taunting them with chants of "Jew,

said,

the collective level.

an indirect connection to

and are

(feel less hostility)

it is

many

not easy

Jew."

mother has been keep-

He said he later joined a Jewish youth group and was very comfortable there, "although the first year or so I must have been quite mixed up. It all depends on the context you are in. I was fortunate that my mother came back and she was very warm and accepting. I felt very secure, protected, loved," he said. "The one thing that still is with me (from that period) is that I love choral music more than anything else," he added. "I don't know if that thrives on those memories, but that is the music I love the most."

director of the

AMCHA in

38-44 or

just

now

to the forefront

psychology at Haifa University, wrote a book, "Memory Fields," about the years he and his older sister spent in a Slovakian convent of the Sisters of St.

31-37

Tobit 12- 1,5-15, 20 12:

over the Jewish children hiding there during the first Nazi search, he said.

Shlomo Breznitz, now a professor of

14-19

John

On the other hand, a nearby Carmelite convent immediately handed

because many of the child survivors have finished raising their families, are reaching retirement age, have more time to reflect on their past and are finally opening up.

coming

17-19

2 Corinthians 3: 15- 4:1,3-6

11:

now

"In general, Israeli society

Sima Weiss,

Acts 11: 21b-26, 13: 1-3

33-37

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nun never turned over

care.

for having survived

ing a cross for 50 years."

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Monday

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pangs of guilt and not having gone through the concentration camps. Many also have guilt feelings because, for a time, they practiced Catholicism, and

tian institutions experience

Psychotherapist and social worker

13-17

soldiers, the

9 years old

the four Jewish children entrusted to her

1-12

Matthew

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Friday:

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Jewish child survivors

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of the Holocaust, those rescued by Chris-

to accept that their

1-9

Mark

12:

stop going.

they belong only here, only to the Jew-

20-35

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Tobit 2: 9-14

Mark

mother's return, however, they chose to

feel completely like

of the second generation,

her children,

caust survivors and their families.

Tel Aviv, said this subject Wednesday:

sister that she did not force

especially her daughter, to stop going to

willing to talk about this. But for

3: 9- IS

Corinthians

Mark

22-26

1-12

12:

His mother was so grateful to the nuns for having saved Breznitz and his

nization that provides support to Holo-

— people

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survived

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The Pope Speaks Pope John Paul II

Fur a

Jesus May Have Met Mary After His Resurrection, Says Pope

of repentance:

spirit

That we might turn from deadly

and

selfishness

wonders of the

life it

embracing the

sin,

God

to the

gives us

and

living

The Diocese of Charlotte Respect

Life Office

704.331.1720

piscop af (Ja/en cfar

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events:

May

— 6 p.m.

Church,

June Mass

Charlotte

the Apostle

Baccalaureate

Bishop 1 1

a.m.

Mass

Mc Guinness

High School Holy Family Church

Cathedral

St. Patrick

— 7:30 p.m.

June 7

Statesville

—

the Vatican text

English at his weekly

Dear brothers and sisters, In our catechesis on the Blessed Virgin Mary, we have seen that she was intimately associated with her son in all the events of his life and mission. On Easter morning, the risen Lord first appeared to the women who had stood by him faithfully at the foot of the cross. While the Gospels make no mention of an appearance of Jesus to his mother, Christian reflection and piety have lovingly described such an encounter. Because Mary was perfectly united with Christ in his sacrifice on Good Friday, it was also fitting that she should be

People" for their presence and for their generosity in donating the proceeds of their performances in Rome to the construction of a hospital in

ease.

Albania for children suffering from heart

also

welcome the participants

sored by the

them

dis-

in the course spon-

NATO Defense College, and I encourage

in their efforts to support international security

and peace. Upon

all

the English-speaking visitors, in-

cluding the pilgrims from England, India, Indonesia,

Canada and the United States, I cordially invoke the joy and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Virgin

Pope Emphasizes Rediscovery Of Bible As Key To New Evangelization VATICAN CITY (CNS) Rediscovery of the

in the

Bible

the first to experience his Easter glory.

Confirmation St. Phillip

— Here

full;

We pray to the LORD.

p I)

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

of Pope John Paul IPs remarks general audience May 21.

Mary was a privileged witness and participant whole Paschal Mystery: from her son's death on

Calvary

work

The Blessed

(cf.

Jn 19:25) to the completion of his saving

in the outpouring of the

Holy

Spirit at Pentecost

(cf. Acts 1:14). May Mary's joy at the Resurrection, with its promise of hope for all humanity, ever find an echo in our hearts! I thank the young men and women of "Up With

—

the key to the church's

efforts in

modern

society,

new

evangelization

Pope John Paul

II said.

"There are too many faithful who remain deprived of a vital encounter with sacred Scripture and who fail to nourish their faith with the richness of the Word of God," the pope told Italian bishops May 23.

Clemmons

Charlotte

— 11 a.m.

June 8 2 p.m.

Retirement of Parish

Confirmation

Debt Ceremony

Cathedral

St. Patrick

St.

Charlotte

June 3

Guest Column Amy Welborn

John Neumann

Church, Charlotte

— 7 p.m.

Taking Stock as the School Year Ends

5 p.m.

Confirmation

Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Monroe

St. Peter

Church

Charlotte

Another year over and done with. Another school year of hundreds, maybe thousands of algebra problems, hours that add up to days of athletic practices,

June 4

— 7:30 p.m.

June 14

Baccalaureate Mass

Priestly

— 10 a.m.

Ordination of

Charlotte Catholic

Rev. Mr. Walter

High School St. Gabriel Church

Williams and Rev. Mr.

Arturo

Charlotte

St. Patrick

Ray

Aguilar

Cathedral

Charlotte

—

10 a.m. June 6 Dore Academy Graduation

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Herald

May 30,

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1997

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laughing, crying, sleeping, eating.

How did it go? You might have

started the year off with a lot of

confidence, high expectations and hopes for yourself. is the year I'm going to get organized," you said. "I'm going to set my priorities and feel good about myself for once instead of always having regrets about not doing my best." Perhaps you're one of the lucky few who met or exceeded your own expectations. But more than likely, you're like most others in being a little bit disappointed * with what you've accomplished. Your grades may not be what you thought. Chemistry was harder than you ever imagined. And the socalled "logic" of geometry never made a lick of sense to you, while the reading in English class just kept multiplying page after page of words. Maybe you had every intention of keeping good notebooks this year, but you'd lose papers and leave things at home when you needed them at school or forget worksheets at school that you were supposed to do for homework. Everyone tells you that if you just organized your time better, you could get everything done, and you really meant to do that this year. Get home, relax, study, eat, then study some more. No fun stuff until you had your work done, you told yourself. But there you'd be at the end of your day, 10:30 at night, looking at books yet to be opened. What happened? You didn't mean to watch all of that TV show, but it got so interesting that you just had to see what happened. You were only going to go onto one website to check out some information on Mayan civilization, but you ended up surfing instead. Then one of your friends

"This

—

called,

and by the time the

conversation ended you were too wiped out to do any seri-

ous work. If you're even a little disappointed in your performance this year, take a minute before summer starts and consider the following things: You may not have met your ideal, but I'll bet you've improved from the year before this. It may not seem like it, but you probably are just a little more mature, self-disciplined and serious. You're not where you should be, but take heart by looking at how far

you've come. Don't give up. strides,

You may

but that doesn't

pletely.

Keep up

not have made huge mean you should give up com-

for

and don't lose you make the choice

that determination,

hope. Next year will be better

to be.

OK, you made a few But you're still a person of good humor, warmth and compassion. Your friends appreciate you, your parents love you (and in case you didn't know it, that's what their nagging means: They love you!) for everything your are. Finally, take it all to God. Let God reassure you how much you're loved. Your grades or wins-losses record don't define you as a person. (God defined you as a person and wants you to use the gifts and talents you've been given to bring peace to your own life and light into the lives of othFocus on your good

qualities.

less-fhan-stellar grades.

ers.)

But God knows that you are much, much more than your grades and doesn't want you to get discouraged. So take heart, have a good summer, learn from yOur mistakes. Never give up!

Amy

Welborn

CNS columnist.

May

The Catholic News

30, 1997

Light

One Candle

Father Thomas Style,

Substance And New Ideas

years as a priest and univer-

sity teacher,

a fair share of

been spent trying

time has

to capture the atten-

have

tion of a congregation or class. I

spent

more time

as a listener, a

member

of the audience with a personal and professional interest in communications.

After a "speech or sermon,

dered

how some

have won-

grab attention while others never touch you,

let

alone

move

you.

can still remember one of the first to make an impression on me while I was growing up. He was the archbishop of my hometown diocese in Erie, Perm. John Mark Gannon. I was 1 1 years old the first time I heard him speak to a large gathering of diocesan school children in I

—

St.

that time,

of the

in vogue.

down

was The archbishop processed

you

caught

will

become

—

a doctor, or a fireman, or

star. I'll

surely marry and have if I

don't

become a

priest or a religious.' All very fine, yes,

very fine and good. But after that, I ask you, what will you do?" This time the

the aisle in the full regalia of a

prince of the church

"What is it that you will do once you have finished grade school?" And then a long silence, as he peered into the congregation seemingly expecting each of us to respond. He continued: "You might be thinking, 'Oh, I'll go on to high school and then maybe college.' Good, that would be very good. But then what will you do?" Again the intense silence. "Perhaps you are thinking, 'Then

children of my own,

pomp and

courtliness of pre- Vatican liturgy still

bishop Gannon had presence, eloquence and magnetism. And he had something else: a powerful idea. He made each of us consider something that had just been a strange, vague concept our own mortality. Style

a movie

much

long pause was deafening. Six-hundred

a 15-foot red silk

McSweeney

youngsters sat hushed and without a clue about where he was going. "Well, let me help you. You will, my dear children, become an old person and, like all who come to the end of life,

Peter Cathedral.

capa magna with ermine collar trailed behind him and was lifted at the edges by six pageboys. Talk about making an entrance! Standing in front of the main altar without the benefit of microphone or manuscript, he proceeded to hold his young audience in the palm of his hand. He began simply with a rhetorical question:

speakers reach out and

& Herald 5

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will die."

young

listeners

were now riveted

was

imagination, but

the substance of this

earth-and-soul-shaking no-

to a

thought that none of us had yet consid-

tion of life, death

walking slowly toward the altar, the archbishop pointed one finger to the heavens and whispered, "Then what will you do?" Silence. Dropping his hands to his sides, he gave us one last look, and crossed the sanctuary to his throne and sat with his head bowed. Theatrical? Decidedly. Effective? You bet! Here was a man who knew his audience. His personal presence and eloquent style took a few words and held 600 young souls suspended in the midmorning air of a sacred space. Arch-

ered. Then,

and eternity

that stayed

my memory.

Oliver Wendell Holmes said that a "mind stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original dimension." I think good speakers and listeners would

—

agree.

For a free copy of the Christopher

News Note, "Make Your

Voice Heard,

write to The Christophers, 12 East 48th Street,

New

York,

NY.

Father Thomas

10017.

McSweeney

is di-

rector of the Christophers.

Question Corner Father John Dietzen

Conditions for Marriage

Annulment Q. Two local

politicians are at-

tempting to obtain annulments. Both of these characters are divorced and remarried out of the church, and apparently are trying to legalize their actions. I have reviewed the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Code of Canon

Law and can find nothing about annulments. Yet

we know annulments

exist.

each bishop's prerogative? Or do they still come from the Vatican? Is this

nership of the whole of

often about disposal of rosa-

canon law and the catechism speak of

ries,

marriage.

Monastery

commitment to their partner, willingness

be, ever existed.

have children, total fidelity to one's spouse in sexual and other areas of their life together, freedom from any force or fear that could make a free and voluntary marriage impossible, and so on. In addition, marriage consent must be a "human act." This means an act that is conscious and emotionally mature, a genuine human commitment to a "part-

life," as

When

A. Both of these individuals seem have had tragically messed up lives. I assume you are happy and grateful that, at whatever late date, they are trying to heal what can be healed and somehow return to the practice of their faith. cat-

pictures and other reli-

gious

The Franciscan

articles.

Washington has an outlet for these items and welcomes whatever you may

any of these

essentials are lacking,

says the catechism, the

send.

church can declare a

Joseph, OFM, Franciscan Monastery, 1400 Quincy St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017.

marriage null. No true, valid marriage, as we

understand marriage to Procedures for

However, your reading of the

echism and canon law, I must say, leaves a great deal to be desired. If you're as knowledgeable as you say you are, you know that a declaration of nullity by any diocesan tribunal (normally not the Vatican) means that something essential for a valid marriage was missing from the beginning of that marriage. The catechism spells out very carefully what those essentials are: They include intentions for a permanent life

all this

are spelled out

The address

is:

Brother

A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about Mary, the mother of

canon law. As you see, the catechism not only speaks of what makes a marriage null and

Jesus,

void, but addresses directly the church's

Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N.

process for granting annulments. (see es-

Main

pecially Nos. 1625-1654)

Dear Readers:

receive inquiries

available by sending a stamped,

self-addressed envelope to Father John St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same ad-

dress.

Family Reflections Andrew Family Role Models And Heroes Earlier this month Andrew's cousin

great-great-grandfather. Gilbert

Gilbert celebrated his 80th birthday. Gil-

teel

bert tree.

on a remote branch of our family

We're not

sure, but

believe that

Gilbert's great-grandfather is

Andrew's

1^"

Send Letters Td The Editor

Ndw

& a

Listening to the tes-

scrappy, muscular man with a wide, gen-

timonies, we remembered another gathering in Belleville six years ago to celebrate Gilbert and Doris' 50th wedding

smile and

full

head of hair. Doris

an energetic, loquacious woman whose looks defy her 70-plus years by at least 1 5 years. They have been part of our lives for only seven years. Yet, Gilbert and Doris have become important family figures for us. Their story has become part of our story. We drove down to Belleville, about five hours away, for the celIt was a rich gala affair began with a Communion

ebration.

Via E-Mail

CNHNEWS@ADL.CDM

that

prayer service with family

mem-

bers and close friends. At the end

of the service, friends and family

gave testimony to Gilbert. One man shared how, growing up

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Terri Lyke

without a father, Gilbert was a fa-

him and other kids neighborhood.

ther figure for in the

—

a gift to

Six years

later, the sto-

we brought our

ries continue.

As they posed

anniversary.

them,

were about a helping hand, a compassion listening ear and Christ-like charity. We heard from many that Gilbert and Doris have been role models for them.

camcorder and conducted interviews with dozens of guest at the gala. A remarkable thing occurred during these interviews. Though we didn't know Doris and Gilbert well at the time, we came to know their essence through the many stories people shared with us. We discovered through these stories that Gilbert and Doris are heroes. Listening to story after story, we gained a sense of who they are. There were many stories of Gilbert's younger days as a professional boxer. However, most of them

for snapshot together, Doris threw her leg over Gilbert's. There was a glimpse for us of a younger who love each other passionately. As Doris gently

kissed Gilbert on his cheek,

clear that the fire

was

still

alive.

was Then

got a glimpse of ourselves decades

from now.

Though we

can't

seem

remem-

ber where our branches connect on our family

tree, Gilbert

and Doris Lyke have

made a direct connection with us as family, role

models, and heroes.

6 The Catholic

News

& Herald

May

Charlotte's Mint

Museum Of Art To

the fresco project,

most rejected the pro-

posal."

took the interest of an Episcopal Hodge, in a surprising corner of the world, Beaver Creek in the North Carolina mountains, to find a taker on the fresco offer. From his initial North Carolina fresco, a modest 6 1/2 by 3 feet It

minister, Faulton

work

entitled

Mary Great with

Child, to

the three 23 by 18 feet frescoes serving as a triptych in the lobby of the corporate headquarters is

ofNationsBank, Long

fueling a revival of

buon

affresco, or

true fresco.

The North Carolina Frescoes of Ben Long, organized by Charlotte's Mint Museum of Art, will present the drawings and studies employed in the creation of Long' s frescoes at five sites within the Tar Heel state. The exhibition, June 14Aug. 24, is sponsored by NationsBank. Selected drawings, oil sketches and cartoons include scenes from The Mystery of Faith (1975) at St.

Mary Episco-

Church in Beaver Creek; The Last Supper (1980) at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Glendale Springs; The Agony in the Garden, The Ascension and The Pentecost (1988-89), a 35 by 44 foot fresco for St. Peter Catholic Church in Charlotte; the NationsBank Corporate Center triptych (1992) and the fresco in pal

tribute to police in the

lobby of the Char-

ground earth pigments with pure water, applied to a still-damp lime plaster sur-

—

hand

as fresco

less forgiving

The end

result is

an artform that offers expressive depth and power that is not found in other forms of painting. "Most of my preliminary sketches come from my imagination," stated Long. "As I begin to mentally focus on them, I decide on a certain type or individual that I might hink perfect for a particular figure within a composition. I do not hold myself to the absolute reality of the model." "I am always interested in the tension that exists between a figure and the

space that surrounds it," said Long. "I am also fascinated with the amazing and

friendly.

nal layer, of lime and sand plaster.

True fresco involves the mixing of

worked

well, at

itself."

On June

will follow the presentation.

didn't."

a marvelous medium because it is so grand," remarked Long. "It is the highest form of public art. It lives on with the wall, becoming a living part of it. It has its own special light, an inner glow that comes from the medium

"Fresco

A question-and-answer session

projects.

15 at 3 p.m.,

artist

Ben Long

and fresco painter Chuck Kapsner, an associate of Long's since 1973 when they first met in Florence while studying under Pietro Annigoni, will illustrate the fresco process through slides of seven

Ben Long

frescoes produced in North Carolina as well as frescoes the pair

The Mint Museum of Art is located 2730 Randolph Road, 1 1/2 miles south of downtown Charlotte. Hours are Tues. at

10 a.m.- 10 p.m., Wed.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 12-5 p.m. Admission is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 students and free for children 12 years old and younger and Mint members. Free days include Tuesday evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and the second Sunday of each month. For taped highlights, call (704) 333-6468 or call the museum at (704) 337-2000. Email address is News2@mint.uncc.edu. The Mint Museum of Art's home page is http ://ww w mintmuseum. org

p.m. and Sun.

Our Lady of Knock Shrine: Story Of Mary's Visit Draws Pilgrims KNOCK, Ireland (CNS) tion of Mary, St. Joseph

and western village of Knock.

— On Aug. St.

21, 1879, 15 people witnessed the appari-

John the evangelist on the gable of the church

in the

In the center of the wall, a

lamb

commissions were considered "trustworthy and satisfactory."

hope

that

makes

In the 1960s, Italian sculptor Ferri created white marble statues of

the apparition

The

ing to the public

by Polish architect Andrzej Wejchert in 1979. A small part of the original wall of the church in Knock remains intact and is inset on the Apparition Chapel wall. Eighteen individually carved holy water fonts are situated in front built

coming in so they won't

feel frightened."

As do all figurative artists, Ben Long struggles with presenting art in any

of realism that

form

not "just a rehashing of

something done extremely well in the past."

"You really try to find an aesthetic and present it with the proper amount of honesty and power so that it reads and carries its own weight and is, in fact, an art form," said Long. "These days, I think that when an dealing with realism

artist is particularly

ful not to

work you have

be care-

illustrative or too particu-

my own work, I have long been interested in the great scope of

human ambiguity

—

quality that deals with

the ruthless,

that

how

feel

an ambiguity that expresses an uncaring emotion and yet also at the same is

hopelessly caring. If it has enough

of a magnetism to

it,

the viewer will be

able to respond to a

strict.

tremely

control the

difficult. I still

medium

ex-

pay attention

the undying rules within the

Pope John Paul II visited Knock 1979 during his visit to Ireland. Shortly after the papal visit, government authorities built an internain

statue of Our Lady of Knock, donated in 880 by a woman thankful for the recovery of her eyesight, rests on the grounds behind 1

the basilica of the shrine

pared to 4 millions

who

Knock, Ireland.

visit the

tional airport to service pilgrims vis-

Knock Shrine. More than 1.5 million pilgrims journey to Knock each year, comiting

Marian shrine

Lourdes, France.

about

for things.

It's

time

of the chapel.

ambiguous I

modern regard

from Carrara marble. housed in a new

statues are

chapel in Our Lady of Knock Shrine,

the

Law Enforcement Center more welcom-

lines within the art of true fresco are

fi-

other times

Renaissance painters attempted to do. For the secular tribute to the Charlotte police, Long stated, "Paintings have always enhanced communities. The police fresco is meant to be community

the rough plaster surface, are the final step prior to painting the intonaco, or

Sometimes

Kapsner served as crew

nesses by two separate official church

drawings to be transferred to

full-scale

in the design. Cartoons,

there.

Italy.

chief for Long's North Carolina fresco

Church in downtown Charlotte, Long hoped to inspire people to pray, as the

work with his or her own thoughts and reactions. "The guide-

employed

and

painted in

stood in front of a large cross on an altar, while angels shrouded in bright light hovered overhead. Testimonies taken from wit-

larly narrative. In

cepts

cannot be betrayed without jeopardizing your picture," said Long. "On occasion, I have tried to stretch it technically here

ephemeral qualities of gesture and movement and person and place." With each fresco comes a purpose. For the fresco at St. Peter's Catholic

fresco process with

four layers of lime

of mistakes. Errors are cut away and the process started again.

or figurative

its

the plas-

absorbed pigment is chemically sealed within a layer of calcium carbonate that encases the pigment within a durable surface. The chemical reaction also contributes another unique characits glow. The teristic of true fresco fresco surface not only reflects ambient light, but appears to contain its own light within the plaster and pigment. The quick drying plaster dictates that the artist must work with speed and a ter dries, the

lotte-Mecklenburg Law Enforcement Center (1996). Also featured will be a cutaway panel demonstrating the true and sand plaster and the techniques, tools and brushes involved. A fresco begins with preliminary drawings made with pencil, charcoal or cont e on paper. Numerous sketches of elements within the proposed design are often produced. These lead to creating watercolor and oil studies to explore con-

face or wall, and absorbed.

resolute

Exhibit North

Ben Long June 14-Aug. 24

Carolina Frescoes Of Consider the following offer: Fresco artist willing to create large scale project for free; only cost is the price of the materials. Apprenticed seven years under master artist Pietro Annigoni. Experience includes painting frescoes for the chapel of the ancient Dominican Monastery at Monte Cassino and other churches in the Florence area of Italy. Contact: Ben Long. Dialing Ben Long's telephone number today would assuredly produce a busy signal, as the North Carolina native is as well-known and in heavy demand for his oil portraits and frescoes in France and Italy as in America. But in 1972 what wasn't the case. "It took me two years to secure a fresco site in the United States," stated Long. "The first problem was that no one knew what a true fresco was. The second problem was when you described the complexity of what was needed to begin

30, 1997

medium that

Diocesan School Board Openings: The Diocese of Charlotte School Board has four board member positions to be filled. The term is for three years. The Board is responsible for proposing policies to Bishop Curlin to enact in governing 17 schools. The Board meets monthly from Sept.-June on agreed upon dates from 6:30-9 p.m. The Board meetings are held in a different school each month. Interested applicants should send by June 20 a letter and resume detailing parish and/or school involvement and state why you would like Bishop Curlin to appoint you to serve on the Diocesan School Board. Please send information to: Dr. Michael Skube, Superintendent of Schools, 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207.

May

30,

The Catholic News

1997

& Herald 7

The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

"Addicted to Love" heartbroken astronomer (Matthew Broderick) and a vengeful photog-

(Meg Ryan) join forces to wreck romance between their ex-flames (Kelly Preston and Tcheky Karyo). Di-

rapher a

Dunne's overly contrived romantic comedy has a distinctly dark side, but relies heavily the appeal of the rejected pair as they predictably turn to each other. Brief comic violence, fleeting shadowy nudity and references to pre-marital affairs. The U.S. Catholic

rector Griffin

—

Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.

—

"Brassed Off" British production set in a depressed

1992 Yorkshire mining town where the mine's band leader (Pete Postlethwaite) insists the group carry on with their music sessions in hopes of winning a national band contest. Writer-director

Mark Herman's CNS

Characters study the movements of cloned stegosaurs kicking off

summer movie

The

"The Lost World: Jurassic Park," the Steven Spielberg sequel

U.S. Catholic Conference said the film has

new

special effects but

classification

rating

is A-ll

largely

— adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association America USCC — parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate children under 13.

uninspired. The

PG-13

releases.

photo from Universal Pictures

for

overboard in

its

cial policies,

but

spirited

drama goes

indictment of Tory sois

otherwise a winning,

warmly human story of a working-class community coping with economic ruin. Brief sexual innuendo, fleeting locker-

The Lost World: Jurassic Park NEW YORK meaner than

(CNS)

— They

room

nudity, minor violence and inter-

mittent rough language. are

around the dinosaurs don't seem to have as much bite in the so-so sequel, "The Lost World Jurassic Park" (Universal). It's been four years since the original was released and quickly became moviedom's all-time top money ever, but this time

mathematician Ian Malcolm, Jeff Goldblum is only willing to return to the danger zone because his paleontologist girlfriend, Sarah (Julianne Moore) is already there, alone, unconvinced she is in mortal danger.

been individualized beyond good-guy, bad-guy. Ditto for the dinos; they have no personality, only appetites. As the endangered child, Chester appears to be in a state of shock, which is scarier to see than some of the animal attacks, and should remind parents this

The U.S. Catho-

—

Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association lic

of America rating

—

restricted.

"Ponette"

Steven

Ian arrives to rescue her, unaware his young daughter (Vanessa Lee Chester) has smuggled herself along for the ride. A photographer (Vince Vaughn) and

Spielberg to direct Michael Crichton's

operations specialist (Richard Schiff)

well-staged (the occupied trailer teeter-

sequel novel, and the technological ad-

complete the quartet who promptly find Sarah happily studying noncarnivorous dinosaurs on the island's relatively safe

ing over a cliff to oblivion, and raptors

French production in which a 4year-old French girl (Victoire Thivisol) whose mother has been killed in a car crash is confused by adult attempts to comfort her with platitudes about heaven because she adamantly expects her mother will return to her. Writer-

a tin hut where Sarah and the

director Jacques Doillon convincingly

child are trapped inside) but the sus-

captures a toddler's innocent perspec-

perimeter.

tained sense of tension and excitement

tive but the film's

Out of the skies, however, arrives the theme-park corporation's band of mercenaries determined to capture and exploit the fabulous animals for gain. They do indeed snare and cage a few, but when

does not register as strongly in the se-

the tearful child's abject misery be-

quel.

comes tiresome.

Unlike the original, this time a mad mama dino and her baby do arrive stateside in most dramatic fashion, on board and a ship with all hands on deck nothing else. Needless to say, the giant reptile makes quite an impression as unfortunate citizens of San Diego get underfoot during its tour of the town. There are some nasty maulings and

ideas about

grosser.

Universal

persuaded

vances in special effects and computer imaging are evident on screen. Scenes with the beasts and their human prey together look more believable. But the novelty of the original premise that dinosaurs can be genetically re-created from fossilized DNA now seems old hat, and the revelation that another, previously unmentioned colony of dinos was thriving on an uninhabited neighboring island is just a simple way of getting the story back in an identical groove: humans arrive, dinos attack.

—

Resuming

his role as sardonic

Sarah releases them, the expected occurs: rampage! Now the hunters are the hunted and the only communication equipment lies in the center of the isle, deep in tyrannosaurus rex and velicoraptor territory. Getting off to a serviceable start in idealistic

which

surrounded by chicken-sized dinosaurs when the family yacht stops on the deserted isle, the movie plods along for a good while bea little girl is

fore jolting the audience with the

numerous

attacks

first

by the vicious crea-

The

narrative

a formula presenta-

which terrified humans dash or are devoured by the marauding monsters. In between tion of these action set-pieces in

THE CATHOLIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN

far too intense for sensitive

younger children.

Some

clawing

of the scenes of danger are

—

occasional gore, but

much

is left to

the

imagination, but with ear-piercing sound effects that

make

the off- screen deaths

seem even more horrific. The movie is sure to draw

in a

huge

audience, but its paltry characterizations

and formulaic narrative make

a largely

uninspired sequel.

tures.

there

movie

dreary dialogue, but the charac-

terizations remain bare-bones, so

one

does not desperately care about the individuals' fates since they haven't really

Because of recurring violent deaths and much intense menace, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is Aadults and adolescents. The MoII tion Picture Association of America rating is PG- 1 3 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inap-

—

propriate for children under 13.

preoccupation with

Subtitles. Conflicting

God and

the afterlife.

The

U.S. Catholic Conference classification is

A-II

—

Not Motion Picture Association

adults and adolescents.

rated by the

of America.

"Sprung" Mindless low-budget sex comedy about an African-American couple (Tisha Campbell and Rusty Cundieff) who move in together, then break up because of nasty friends (Paula Jai Parker and Joe Torry), but ultimately get back together. Also directed by Cundieff, there is nothing original or amusing here and, though there's occasional talk of love, the action is focused mostly on sex. Exploitative sex scenes, explicit sexual references, rough language and profanity. The U.S. Catholic morConference classification is O ally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R re-

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stricted.

The Catholic News

& Herald

May

30, 1997

A house for the church dressed in special clothes and seemingly in charge, is the one whose

By Father Paul Schmidt Catholic News Service

.any priests have had their ego boosted when a toddler greeted them in church with the startling words: "Hi, God!"

house it is. Eventually we learn that the God we meet in church is invisible and slightly more awesome than the pas-

—

tor!

For Catholics, the place known as

the house of

all

God's children, open

and welcoming" (No. 1186). How sad that modern barbarity and vandalism often make it necessary to lock the doors. The building we call a church is also a place where the church, which is the body of Christ, assembles to pray and celebrate. This is the meaning of the expression "a house for the church." We who believe in Christ are the church. The four walls around us

merely "signify and make

visible," in

the catechism's words, "the church living in this place, the dwelling of

God with people reconciled and united in Christ" (No. 1180). We come to church to be initiated

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church is a symbol of the Father's house toward which the people of God is journeying and where the Father 'will wipe every visible

tear from their eyes'" (No. 1186). The church is a kind of "heaven on earth."

To make

this point, medieval ca-

thedrals had a sculpture of the Last Judgment at the front door to serve as a reminder that the person entering would have a foretaste of heaven amid the stone and stained glass inside.

The church building is God's house and our house. It is an out-ofthe-ordinary place, yet very close to

"Architecture and art help

us sense the holiness of the place.... You might say

us.

The church

home

— one that

relates to our ordinary homelife; one related, as well, to the home where we hope to spend our eternity.

the building itself should

pray

— on the exterior

and the

interior."

(Father Schmidt is the director of Priests Personnel for the Diocese of

Oakland,

FAITH into the

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community by baptism and

confirmation; nourished with the bread of life; married and buried. So the church building becomes a treasure house of memories. Sociologists tell us that the parish church of our childhood leaves us

with experiences and memories and sometimes which we cherish

—

Calif.)

—

all our lives. That's why the rue destruction of a church by fire or earthquake or wrecking ball is so

painful.

Think

a church build-

ing that you treasure.

What about

this place

moves you? my own parish Casimir's It was my father's church, the church I grew up in, where my children attended the parish school and I'm still a member.... The church has statues and relics from Poland which are meaningful not only spiritually but also for the sense of roots they give me." Linda Shulor, Kenosha, Wis. "It

would be

church,

St.

—

CNS

photo Irom Sunrise

Trinity

Children learn at an early age that the place their parents take them on the weekend is "God's house." It is perfectly logical that the person they see every week,

a church includes the presence of Jesus, God's Son, in the tabernacle.

Architecture and art help us sense the holiness

lno

Nutshell

A church building is "a house for the church." Its role becomes clear when the church community gathers.

Medieval cathedrals had a sculpture of the Last

Judgment at the front

door — a reminder that the person entering would have a foretaste of heaven amid the stone and stained glass inside.

The church building is a place for holiness.

of the place. In the words of the Cat-

echism

of the Catholic Church, they "show Christ to be present and active in this place" (No. 1181).

"The church building that

moved me most was a simple church built in the 12th century in Salzburg, Austria. It had lovely stained glass, and on the Christmas Eve I was there it was lit entirely by candles, and the music was harpsichord. There was no heat, and we were bundled up in our coats. It was a beautiful Mass, an experience I Ann will never forget." Synan, Iowa City, Iowa

—

the church I'm attending altar and the crucifix are the focal points that help create (a) prayerful space. It's an "It's

now....

The catechism adds, "A church must also be a space that invites us to the recollection and silent Church of the Year 2000. Rome. Italy, by Jock Pottle/Esto Photographies prayer that extend and internalize the great prayer of The building may or may not have architectural merit. The living the Eucharist" (No. 1185). church of people may have moved So, you might say, the building itself should pray on the exterior out of the neighborhood long ago. Yet the building holds so many and the interior. memories that we can hardly bear to If the building serves many uses, see it go. it should provide some space for The catechism mentions another quiet and prayer so that we can come meaning of the church building, its to church to say hello to God. For, as "eschatological significance." "The the catechism says, "the church is

—

The

open space, full of light." Freund, Kenosha, Wis.

An upcoming edition

asks:

— Bob

Why do

you think the Bible, which is ancient, can still connect with your modern life? If you would like to respond for possible publication, please write: Faith

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A holy place called a church elsewhere have chosen to be married here, not simply because of the church's beauty, but because it is the "place where our family celebrates" these

By Father Herb Weber Catholic News Service teen-age boy started a fire in the servers' sacristy of St. Peter's Church where I am now pastor on Thanksgiving 1991. While it was fortunate that the fire was contained to that section of the building, smoke damage throughout the rest of the

events.

For others, the sense of a holy place is that it provides comfort and solace. Although the servers' sacristy (and any other place that might invite an arsonist) are locked all day, St. Peter's is

open from morning until evening.

parish assembles there. The church building's role becomes clear when the church community gathers. A full church and a festive liturgy have a special power for any participant.

I reflect on the special ownership of church building by this parish, I also think back to St. Thomas More, the university church where I spent 10 years. St. Thomas More was as different as

this

church was extensive. That was a couple of years before I was assigned to the parish in Mansfield, Ohio. But from many discussions with parishioners, I can attest to the

fire's

for a confusing time in their lives. Sunday celebrations had a special joy

and

festivity as people enthusiastically

gathered around the eucharistic table. I recall the night the Persian Gulf Operation Desert Storm. War began Someone came to my office to say that there were students in church and that maybe I should see if they needed atten-

—

found 15 or 20 young men and scattered around the church. Some were huddled together in muted prayer. Others sat alone. A few were I

impact.

crying.

When folks finally returned to the

church building, there was incredible and excitement. For many it was like seeing a long-lost friend again.

were huddled together in

muted prayer. Others alone.

an opportunity to review the importance of any church building. What they said could be summed up

place?

CNS

For some, the church is holy because of the holy events that have taken place in it. Those holy events primarily con-

Dozens of people stop by to pray and meditate. For them the building

reconciliation.

find

amazing how many sons and

daughters of the parish

who now

live

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Walls have

ears,"

it's

been

But do walls also speak?

said.

If church walls spoke, they'd tell

what kind of "place"

this is

—a

place where:

—A community of God's people

photo by

Bill

a quiet place offering refuge from the outside world's craziness. The building also stands for a commitment to faith. In repainting and cleaning the church after the fire, the present generation had a little taste of what their ancestors went through in constructing the building. in money and enThe price paid ergy to provide such a building is itself a symbol of commitment to faith. Yet again, this church building is regarded as a holy place because the

—

Where the

— Young couples celebrated the new together. — Priests helped to re-ignite

—

and

permanence and beauty,

the message

convey

—

number

of them,

possible in architecture

and decor from

too was a holy place. There were no statues or paintings there except for a modernistic carving of St. Peter's.

But

ward, some continued to stay in the holy space because they simply didn't want to go back to their rooms. That was a reminder to me of how much people need a holy place to come to. Certainly the church body is greater than the building, and without a doubt people will always have differences regarding the types of buildings that in-

Jesus on the cross. Instead of stainedglass windows, there was tinted glass with no images. The seats were moveable chairs, gathered around the altar. It was not a place that attracted tour buses look-

ever, is that the church building is called to be a place where one can dwell

ing at art, as happens at St. Peter's.

in the holiness that is experienced as

Yet young folks prayed there night and day. Many times notes were left in the petition book by

humans encounter God.

troubled college students, indicating their joy at finding this safe haven

spire them.

What can

be said universally, how-

(Father Weber is pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Mansfield, Ohio, and a freelance writer.)

early Christians worshiped

life

hope for individuals in crisis. For while a church is a building a physical structure with strength,

Wiltman

gathered with the grieving parents of a child who died. start of a

A few were crying."

After talking to a

this building a holy

cern celebrations of sacraments: baptism, marriage, first Eucharist, even

sat

invited all to the altar for prayer. After-

in these words: "It's a holy place."

What makes

found 15 or 20 young

men and women scattered around the church. Some

St. Peter's was built in the early part of this century, a mixture of Romanesque and Renaissance architecture. With brilliant stained-glass windows, artistic paintings throughout and white marble statues, it is a place regularly visited by people of all religions. The fire gave St. Peter's parishioners

isn

design and art "only" a building. its

Church walls would have stories to tell about:

— Newly arrived search of welcome. — People with a

people in troubling

situation who simply sought support and understanding, and Those whose roots here nourished them with happiness. The walls of this building would echo the sounds of the silence people often want when earnestly seeking God. And they would echo the clamor of teens

—

setting out together to serve the

poor and the loud noise of the

Sunday community singing out the Eucharist's "Great Amen.

David Gibson 22

women

joy

contents copyright

tion.

For nearly six months Sunday Masses were held in the school auditorium.

All

Editor, Faith Alive!

prayed.

By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service

.f there was one thing early Christians did not have to worry about, it was church architecture. A distinctive building would have called unwelcome attention to themselves. In the Jewish culture where Christians originated, they were shunned as intolerable heretics. In the Roman world in which the Christians later flourished, they were an illegal sect that refused to worship the gods of the state. As such the Christians were liable to capital pun-

ishment. early Christians worshiped in the privacy of their own homes. Actually this was not too bad. Their congregations were small, and the people got to know and love each other. The atmosphere was intimate, conducive to

strong community bonds and to the sense of belonging. Gathered around a common table all social

They felt involved

what took

Far from being mere spectators,

they actively participated in the

lit-

urgy. In Rome, the early Christians were quite literally an underground movement. They gathered in catacombs, which were subterranean cemeteries. This may seem like a morbid setting,

but

was

not.

Were the catacombs churches? Well, they were places the Christian

community assembled.

Many

of the people buried in the

catacombs had been martyred because of their faith. These heroic men and women were now feasting at the heav-

And for those who now gathered there, the Eucharist joyfully anticipated what awaited them. This means that the early Christians felt close to their victorious brothers and sisters who had died. A strong sense existed of what we call

enly banquet.

The

where

place.

and economic

distinc-

tions vanished, the early Christians

the communion of saints, the fellowship of all the baptized, alive or dead. When in the fourth century the emperor Constantine became a Christian, he legalized Christianity. Then the

Christians no longer had to hide. Constantine and subsequent rulers donated royal palaces, basilicas, for worship. This was not an unmixed blessing. Of course, the religious freedom was greatly welcome. But gathering in these

huge and often awesome buildings, some worshipers tended to get lost in the crowds; the sense of community, getherness, was sometimes dulled.

Today, newly built churches

to-

fre-

quently try to reflect, through their architecture, Vatican Council II's emphasis on the church as the pilgrim people of God. Pews often are grouped in a semicircle around the altar to aid the people's active participation in the liturgy and their sense of community. Together in this place, people listen and respond to the word of God. Together they share in the gifts transformed into the body and blood of the risen Christ.

Inside a church, people are a vibrantly alive, personally involved community of worship.

(Father Castelot

scholar, author, teacher

Scripture

and

lecturer.)

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30, 1997

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1997 Greenville

M arian Conference — August 1st & 2nd

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Dear Friends, Our Lady is calling a second Marian Conference to Greenville, and we give praise and thanks to Jesus for this great grace! The conference will be at the Peace Center for the Performing Arts in Greenville, in the main concert hall, on August 1 and 2. Hours on Friday are 4:30-9 p.m. On Saturday, the conference hours are 8:30 a.m. -10 p.m. Speakers, vocalists, the Mass and rosary are part of each day. David Parhes, the well-known singer from Ireland who's pro-life song, "Let Me Live," is heard all aver the world, returns as Emcee for the conference. Fr. Stephen Barham, one of the most sought-after Marian conference guests in the U.S., is our Friday night keynote speaker. Fr. Barham developed four programs for KNXT-TV in Fresno, California, and has appeared regularly on EWlN. Jane Rice, renowned vocalist, also from California, returns to delight and soothe us all with her clear, angelic voice as she sings many of our treasured Marian hymns, as well as her own composition, "Padre Pio, Your Children Love You." Greenville's own Fr. Paul Williams, OFM, will celehrate the opening Mass on Friday. We love his down South'ern homilies, and you will soon understand why his Sunday Masses are heing broadcast on radio!

Who

'An Evening for Our Lady" at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church? She accompanied Matthew Kelly, one of 1995 Greenville Marian Conference when Matthew returned for his second speaking engagement in South Carolina in May of 1996. Donna, coming to us from Auhum, Washington, will again lead us in Our Lady's Musical Rosary. Larry and Mary Sue Eck, editors of Medjugorje Magazine, and organizers, for years, of Marriage Encounter weekends, also return. A number of people who were very moved by Larry and Mary Sue's "Hands of a Priest" original poem, which they shared with us at our last conference, called afterwards to inquire about getting copies of their beautiful poem. doesn't

rememher Donna Cori Gihson

the dynamic and captivating speakers from the

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this year will be Char\knce, coming in from Louisiana, and also among the most sou ght-after of Ma nan may best be described as the "Erma Bomheck" of the circuit. Inspire you, she will, but scheduled as the late Saturday you may well find yourself chuckling all through our dinner hour. Char's powerful, moving, and as she tells it, humorous, conversion

to the Greenville

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conference speakers. She

afternoon speaker, story,

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television's

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acclaimed "Marian Apparitions Explained" audiotape. Bud,

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Bud McFarlane, Jr., May

Robert Faricy, SJ, is a professor of spirituality at Gregorian University in Rome and is widely respected as a lecturer, author and theologian. It is a and honor that Father Faricy has accepted the invitation to travel from Rome to attend this conference. Fr. Faricy will be the main speaker Saturday evening and will conclude the conference with a healing service.

Fr.

special grace

There will be an Adoration chapel during the conference, as well as opportunities for confession. The Peace Center will not provide food vendors and food cannot be brought into the concert hall. Therefore, conference packets will include information about nearby food establishments for lunch and dinner, or you may choose to bring your own food and picnic on the grounds outside the Peace Center.

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win hearts and souls for her Son. It is something that must be experienced I had only known what it was, I would have been there!" Please pray about supporting this effort about support this effort with your presence, and as a conference patron. Conference patrons may be an individual or a commercial business who makes a donation of $200 or more to the conference. Individual patrons receive mention in the program and reserved seating, may request up to four tickets and will be given PATRON conference pins. Commercial business patrons may have one-quarter page ads printed in the program (similar to those in Sunday bulletins). Donations to MMIC, Inc. are tax deductible. I

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May

High Schools Prepare For

Stolen Religious Vessels By J.J. SMITH

Commencement Exercises Graduating candidates of the Diocese of Charlotte's two high schools will attend baccalaureate Masses with Bishop William G. Curlin presiding and will be conferred their diplomas during upcoming commencement exercises in Charlotte and Winston-Salem. For the graduating seniors of Charlotte Catholic High School, Bishop Curlin will preside as principal celebrant

and homilist at a 7:30 p.m. Mass on June 4 at St. Gabriel Church.

The CCHS commencement ceremony will take place the following evening, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Ovens

Auditorium. Class valedictorian Kristen Grauman and class salutatorian Lorraine Elliot will address the graduates in speeches. Mercy Sister Paulette Williams, principal, will present the graduates while Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor, and Dr. Charles LeBlanc, superintendent of the Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools system, will confer the diplomas. On June 7 at 7:30 p.m., Bishop Curlin will celebrate the liturgy for the

graduates of Bishop McGuinness High

School at Holy Family Church Clemmons.

ice bases

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HAMBURG,

N.Y. (CNS) Possible legal ramifications have stopped a small suburban Buffalo police department from giving stolen chalices and other religious vessels, recovered two years ago, to the Diocese of Buffalo. Hamburg town attorney Richard G. Boehm is going to the state court for some guidance on how it should deal with the property, said Det. Sgt. Thomas Biersbach of the town's police department. Boehm needs to do that because the American Civil Liberties Union has threatened to sue the town if it donates the items to the diocese, Biersbach said.

May

Hamburg police seized 200 religious artifacts from Gary A. Heinaman, 58, when he was caught In

1995,

breaking into a Franciscan

friars' resi-

dence.

The

artifacts,

valued

about

$240,000, were found in a car being used by Heinaman, who had escaped from a

South Dakota prison where he was serving a 10-year sentence for burglarizing

churches there. All the items were believed to have been taken about a month before Heinaman' s capture when he was breaking into churches and synagogues in New York and Pennsylvania, according to Biersbach. Police recovered chalices and chal-

May Face

— many — ciboriums and ciborium

and stems

with names

inscribed

covers, patens, 31 silver plates, plus Christian and Jewish artifacts from the

U.S. Military

Academy

Heinaman, who

West

Point.

serving a 7- to 15-

year sentence for the latest thefts, has refused to cooperate in returning the items, Biersbach said. When his sentence is complete, Heinaman will be returned to

ter in

graduation speaker is Father Jim Scherer, a marriage

and family therapist and cer-

tified clinical social

worker from the

Archdiocese of Atlanta who currently works in Greensboro. Officiants will be Father West; Dr. Michael Skube, diocesan superintendent of schools; and

In the

two years Hamburg police

George Repass,

principal.

at this time,"

would hate

for court instructions, rightful

owners

can claim their property, Biersbach

said,

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In 1972 the Diocese of Charlotte

1025 College Ave. SW Lenoir, N.C. 28645 (704) 754-5281 friars ar-

Vicariate:

was

which lasted until 1960, a number of western North Carolina Catholic communities were ministered to, among them the congregation that came to be known as St. Francis of Assisi Church in Lenoir. Bishop William J. Hafey invited the Franciscan Fathers of the New York Province to provide missionary resources in the western half of the Raleigh Diocese. Property in central Lenoir was purchased in December 1932, and the house which resided on it became St. Francis Friary. their pastorate

from the Raleigh Diocese. The church underwent renovation work during that period to conform to the

Hickory

new Pastor:

Father Michael

Buttner

St.

Masses:

Francis parishioners volunteer at the

Sun.: a.m.

8, 11

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soup kitchen as well as at the Yokefellow Christian Service Center.

A variety of parish organizations

a friary was established in 1940.

structure five

months

later,

under the patronage of

Francis of

for various social

and ministerial

and programs provide parishioners of various age groups with service and social opportunities.

Ecumenism

a highlight of parish

life,

also

as St. Francis

of Assisi Church joins with local Episcopal and Lutheran churches in Advent

activi-

summer

services and

school sessions for children and adults.

Attempts to establish a parochial school in Lenoir were realized, albeit

With parish growth in the 1960s came a change in pastoral duties. At that time, diocesan priests assumed pastoral

Franciscan Sis-

responsibility in Lenoir, thereby ending

Assisi.

years as well, establishing stations in

Blowing Rock, Boone and the Wilkesboro

briefly, in the late 1950s.

area.

placing

ary-housed school until 1959, when they were recalled to another assignment. A building originally intended as the new school was built, but its rooms would later serve as the parish office and spaces ties.

half-dozen other counties in those early

In Lenoir, the friary chapel soon be-

resi-

185

5:30

p.m.;

church property was purchased in the mid- 1930s, and ground was broken in May 1936. Bishop Hafey dedicated the

more than

new

households:

Sat.:

friars traveled to

Francis of Assisi family during the

dence for its pastor acquired in 1996. Expansion of the parish has also included ministerial outreach. The Lenoir Soup Kitchen, founded decades ago at St. Francis of Assisi, now exists as an independent service to the community. A number of St.

Caldwell County. Later that month, Bishop Hafey assigned the Franciscans to ministerial work in Statesville, where

The

by the

Council.

past 25 years, including a

came too small to accommodate the growing congregation. The present

Mass

With continued parish development have come new additions for the

Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. Ronald Caplette

missionaries gathered in the friary tion to celebrate the first

liturgical standards set

Vatican

In January 1933, three Franciscan

chapel with a four-member congrega-

established, and ministerial care

of St. Francis of Assisi Church shifted

rived in Caldwell County in 1932.

Through

ters

St.

of Allegany, N.Y., staffed the

fri-

the Franciscan ministry

vacation Bible

Appointed pastor in July 1994, Father Michael Buttner ministers to the

185 families Church.

which had ex-

at St.

Francis of Assisi

Attention Adults Over 60 and their Caregivers Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Charlotte Office cares about the wants and needs of adults over 60 and their caregivers. To help us establish and improve services to meet those needs, please complete the survey below. If additional space is required, please attach a separate sheet.

Adults Over 60:

Caregivers: What

What

service or ministry has helped

the greatest challenge you face as a caregiver?

you?

What

If it

What

service or ministry would help you

most

if it

was

the greatest challenge you face as you

transportation

needs does your 60+

relative

age?

you become unable to live on your own, how important would be to live in a Catholic facility?

available?

Looking ahead, what services and ministries from your parish?

What

may you need

have? Looking ahead, what services

may you need

from your

community?

Who What

providing

it?

transportation

needs are

likely to

develop for a loved one

What

transportation

needs do you have

that are not being

met?

as he/she ages?

What Clip and return by June 15 to: Catholic Social Services Office of Special Ministries

PO Box

17031

isted for three decades in the area.

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30, 1997

Diocesan News Briefs Church

LENOIR

Rummage

—

hosts a church

St.

Family Life Forum

Sales

Francis of Assisi

rummage

sale

Aug. 23.

GREENSBORO

— Forum HI of

the St.

Apostle

Items and volunteers are needed. Call the

Paul

church office, (704) 754-5281, for more

Church Family Life Commission presents "The More We Know,"

information.

WINSTON-SALEM — The

1 st AnLeo the Great Church Rummage and Bake Sale is June 14 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. at Bishop McGuinness High

nual

St.

School. Proceeds benefit the choir's 1998 pilgrimage to Rome. For information, call the church, (910) 724-0561.

the

a session featuring rep-

from the Medicare and Social Security offices, from 7-9 p.m. on June 18. resentatives

Call (910) 294-4649 for further details.

50+ Club

Installs Officers

CHARLOTTE — Newly elected ofJohn Neumann Parish 50+ Club are: President Joanne Walter Lesko; Halgas; Vice-President Treasurer George Kocher; Secretary Walter Karasiewicz. An Installation Lunch will be served Tuesday, June 10 at 12 p.m. at Idlewild Country Club, preceeded by a short meeting at 11:15 a.m. There is no regular meeting June 1 1 For information, call Anne Mclntyre, (704) 545-5046. ficers of the St.

—

Pro-Life Yard Sale GREENSBORO A Knights of Columbus and Ladies Auxiliary Pro-Life Yard Sale is June 14 at the Knights' clubhouse, 2780 Horse Pen Creek Rd., Greensboro, from 8 a.m.-l p.m. All pro-

Grief Support

Group

WINSTON-SALEM — The St. Leo

Catholic Singles

—

ceeds will benefit Right-to-Life activities. Donated items are still needed. For more information, call Larry Lisk, (910) 852-5014, evenings.

—

Church grief WINSTON-SALEM Fourth-grade students from St. Leo the Great School received a welcome support group meets from their state representative, Theresa Esposito, on a recent trip to Raleigh. The students Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. observed the State House in session from the visitors' balcony. After the session, Esposito, who is a member of St. Leo parish, took them on a guided tour of the government complex. in Conference Room A for anyone who has experienced the death of 7:30-8:30 p.m. Call (704) 549-1607 for Encounter is Sept. 5-7 at the Catholic a loved one. For information, call Joanne Parcell, (910) 924-9478. more information. Conference Center. Cost is $150 per the Great

CHARLOTTE

II is a social and spiritual group (not a dating service or support group) for singles aged 30-50. Events are held on a weekly basis and are open to all newcomers. Call Kathy Baldo, (704) 552-2401, for more information.

of Charlotte

CHARLOTTE

— The 2nd Annual

Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) Golf Tournament is Sept. 29 at Raintree Country Club. as well as individuals are

Teams of four encouraged to

Tournament highlights include 36 holes of golf, food and prizes. Call Marge Aultman, (704) 846-0781, for more information. register.

Contemplative Prayer Group

CHARLOTTE open

— A prayer group

everyone regardless of race,

creed, sexual orientation, or

SPLUNGE

mation.

Marriage Encounter Weekend HICKORY The next Marriage Encounter Weekend is Sept. 19-21 at the

Eucharistic adoration

is at St.

Mat-

thew Church each Friday following the 9 a.m. Mass and lasting until the 9 a.m. Saturday Mass. Call Pat Gundaker, (704) 366-9687, or Bernice Hansen, (704) 846-

HIGH POINT

— Perpetual adora-

Sacrament is at the Maryfield Nursing Home chapel. For details, call Joe or Mary Lanham, (910) 454-4551.

in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 13-19. Previ-

ous participants is

limited to the

may first

not attend. Space 25 applicants (five

from any one parish). Early registration fee, due by June 5, is $150 per person.

From June

6- June 30, the cost is $160. non-refundable deposit is due by June 30. For a registration form and more

A $75

information, call the Diocese of Charlotte's Office for

Youth Ministry,

(704)523-2118.

Moms Group CONCORD — The Moms Group of

Vacation Bible School GREENSBORO The St. Paul Apostle Church Bible School is June

the 16-

20 from 9 a.m.-noon each day. Call (910) 294-4696 for further details. Faith Formation Program HICKORY The Education Commission of St. Aloysius Church hosts a summer adult education video series by Dr. Scott Hahn, noted convert, evangelist and professor, beginning June 11 from 6-8:30 p.m. in the Video Room. Dr. Phil Blosser, professor of philosophy at Lenoir-Rhyne College, is facilitator. Baby-sitting reservations can be made by calling Holly Day, (704) 495-1182.

St. James parish meets the first and third Thursdays and second and fourth Fridays of the month from 9:30-1 1:30 a.m. in the church basement. Summer planning is underway. For details, call Michelle Fehlman, (704) 784-3691.

Eucharistic Adoration ASHEVILLE The Basilica of St. Lawrence welcomes all to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament daily from 6 a.m.-

—

9 p.m. For information, call the parish office, (704)

252-6042.

BELMONT — Perpetual

tic

adoration

is at

the

Eucharis-

Belmont Abbey

Chapel, located behind the abbey church

and monastery. For more information, call (704) 399-2701.

CHARLOTTE

—

St.

Fatima Pilgrimage The 12th Annual Pilgrimage

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

National Charismatic Conference STATES VILLE A bus has been chartered from Statesville and Charlotte

—

who

will attend the 30th anniversary

commemoration of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Pittsburgh, Penn., June 27-29. For reservation, accommodation and conference information, An, (800) 882-3004.

call

Michael

Adult Study Group

CHARLOTTE

— An adult study

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

365-5490 (work).

Thomas

Aquinas Church hosts Eucharistic adofrom

ration every Friday in the chapel

call

Mario Wallace, (704) 331-1720

—

Catholic Conference Center. call

Tom

Engaged Encounter

HICKORY

— The next Engaged

To register,

or Emilie Sandin, (910) 274-

4424. For information, call Steve or^ Peggy Geiger, (910) 845-5081.

Living Waters Retreats

tion of the Blessed

HIV/AIDS

meets every second and fourth Wednesday from 7-8 p.m. at St. Peter Church. For information, call David Brown, (704) 535-3684.

—

Cincinnati

(Special People Living

Uniquely Nourishing Growthful Experiences), an inner-city service experience for youth ages 15 and up, will take place

status

—

couple. For reservations and information,

2958, for details.

SPLUNGE RAIN Golf Tournament

— Catholic Singles

Perpetual Eucharistic adoration is at Gabriel Church. Contact Kathleen Potter, (704) 366-5127, for more inforSt.

MAGGIE VALLEY

—

"Viriditas

Greening Power" is a June 9-13 nature retreat directed by Sister Jo Anne Murphy, OSF, and Sister Jane Schmenk, OSF, focusing through a hands-on experience of the mountains on Hildegard of Bingen, who believed that Christ brings vitality to those in need. Cost is $200. "In the Breaking of the Bread" is a June 14-20 retreat directed by Blessed Sacrament Father Eugene LaVerdiere focusing on the origins and development of the Eucharist as explained by Luke Cost is $250. "Be Still and Know that I am God' is a June 23-29 nature retreat directed by Father Dan Havron, OFM, and sister Fran Grady, SCL, focusing on hearing the voice of

Cost

God

in a peaceful setting

$250. "The Psalms: School of Contemplais

tive Prayer" is a July 1-7 retreat directed

by Father Sidney Griffith, ST, focusing on the psalms as the prayer of ancient Israel, the prayer of Jesus and the prayer of the Church. Cost is $250. To register, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, N.C. 28751. For information, call (704) 926-3833.

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

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

May

The Catholic News

30, 1997

World And National News Catholic Schools Lend A Hand To Flood Victims WASHINGTON (CNS) Money to

—

world," Archbishop John

Midwest continued to come in,

bishop, president of the Pontifical Coun-

Upper Midwest floods relief program, reported from its Alexandria, bishops'

Va., headquarters that as of

$143,000

May

20,

had been sent

in donations

di-

rectly to the agency. Jane Gallagher,

Catholic Charities director of disaster

money

be distributed to the Dioceses of Fargo and Bismarck, N.D., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Crookston, St. Cloud and New Ulm, Minn. response, said the

Briefs

Foley told a

"Have a special concern for the approaching year 2000," said the arch-

most of it in checks from adults but some in batches of pennies, nickels and dimes from schoolchildren. Catholic Charities USA, which manages the U.S. Catholic

gathering of international Catholic jour-

aid victims of the floods that devastated the upper

& Herald

nalists.

cil

Communications, during

for Social

May

members of the InUnion of the Press. Archbishop Foley told UCIP members, a

Land Mines Destroyed

21 address to

— South Africa became

ternational Catholic

attending their annual meeting

May

the

country

first

Africa to destroy

18-

21 in Denver prior to the Catholic Press

stockpiles of anti-

Association's national convention, that

personnel land mines, blowing up 4,700 of

"the celebration of the year

2000 makes

them

sense only in the context of a Christian

May

military

base

The move was welcomed by the Catholic Church. The

world view."

will

North Koreans Starve As West Stands By, Says Caritas Director VATICAN CITY (CNS) Despite

country plans to destroy all

—

continual appeals from the North

250,000 land mines

in its

arsenal, according

to the

Ko-

defense minister.

rean government for food aid to prevent

Focus On Millennium, Archbishop Foley Tells Journalists

DENVER (CNS) — The upcoming millennium marks the anniversary of the "biggest story in the history of the

massive starvation, many Western governments have chosen not to respond, said a Catholic relief agency official. "At times, there

'let

them

starve'

men-

Kaethi Zellweger, director of international cooperation for Caritas tality," said

Hong Kong. Zellweger, who briefed ofabout the ongoing emergency in North Korea, said many governments seem content to blame North Korea's communist regime for the famine. "But people are starving," she told reporters May 22 at the Vatican offices of Caritas Internationalis, the umbrella organiza-

CNS

photo from Reuters

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ligious

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Director of Youth Ministry: Grades 6-12. Full-time position in 1,400-family parish. Parish is implementing lectionary-based catechesis for all programs. Responsibilities include coordination of all youth ministry activities: faith sharing sessions, retreats, ser-

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Associate Campus Minister: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., seeks a full-time Associate Campus Minister to serve on the ministry team. The successful candidate will demonstrate collaborative leadership, excellent organizational,

commu-

nication and computer skills. Responsibili-

but are not limited

ties include,

to:

fund-rais-

program development, program management, administration and pastoral suping,

port. Position requires

an undergraduate de-

gree and previous campus ministry or related experience. Graduate degree preferred.

Campus Minister reports to the Campus Minister. Position available July 15.

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for ALL occasions! First Communion, Confirmation, Bibles, Rosaries, Statues, medals & more!

of application, resume and Diocesan Coordinator of Ministry, 218 Pittsboro St.,

E.O.E. Send references

Campus Chapel

letter

to:

Hill,

NC 27516.

(910) 273-2554

233

Greene

St.

•

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Director of Youth Ministry: St. Leo the Great Church, an active and involved parish of 1500 families in Winston-Salem, NC, seeks a dynamic individual for full-time position coordinating a comprehensive youth ministry program for middle and high school youth.

Part-Time Youth Minister: Position availof

Mercy

Parish.

Some

experience working with middle and/or high school students

would be

desirable.

part of the Parish

Good

leadership,

communi-

cation and training skills a must. Bachelor's

degree required. Some experience with youth preferred. Parish will provide on-going training opportunities. Salary and benefits commensurate with experience and diocesan guidelines. Submit resume and references to: Youth Ministry Search

Committee, St. Leo the Great, 335 Springdale Ave., Winston-Salem, NC 27104, Attn: Fr. Jim Solari.

Youth Ministry Position: Director Youth Faith Development

Youth Minister team and work

in collaboration with the director of faith for-

— Full-time

opportunity on faith development team to creatively mentor and minsiter to junior and

senior high youth grades 6-12 in a growlina. Intersted

Our Lady

re-

Director of Faith Formation: St. Therese Church, a short commute from Charlotte, with approximately 1200 households, desires a full-time professional with a graduate (preferred) degree in theology or related field. Requires excellent interpersonal, organizational and leadership skills to direct parish faith formation from preschool through adult. Applyto: 217 Brawley School Rd., Mooresville, NC 28115 (704) 664-3992; Fax 660-6321.

ing, vibrant parish in central

Books & Gifts

able at

may send

sumes to: Youth Minister Search Committee, Our Lady of Mercy Parish, 1919 S. Main st., Winston-Salem, NC 27127

The

Associate

The Franciscan Center

mation. Interested applicants

North Caro-

candidates should possess

degree in theology or related field. Experience working with youth, ability to train adult and youth volunteers a plus. Send resume to: Search Committee, St. Luke the Evangelist Parish, 12333 Bayleaf Church Rd., Raleigh, NC 27614.

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16 The Catholic

& Herald

May

Summer Mass Schedule

1997

a.m.

ANDREWS

HENDERSONVILLE

Holy Redeemer, 32 Aquone Road,

Immaculate Conception, 2087 7th Avenue West, (704) 693-6901. (Daily) 8:30 a.m., 12:10 p.m. M.-

(Daily) 9 a.m. M.-T. F.;

& Sat.; 4 p.m.

(Holy Days) 9

(Sun.) 11 a.m.;

Barnabas, 109 Crescent

Hill

12:10, 7 p.m.; Vigil

Drive, (704) 684-6098.

HICKORY

(Daily) 9 a.m. M., T., F.; 7 p.m. W.;

St.

5:30 p.m.; (Sun.) 8:30, 11

(Sat.)

a.m.; (Holy Days)

9 a.m.; 7 p.m.;

Vigil -7 p.m.

ASHEBORO

6 p.m.; p.m.

and

Street

5 p.m.

Aloysius, 902 Second Street

(Daily) 8 a.m.; 12:15 p.m.; (Sat.)

(Sun.) 9, 11 a.m.; 6:15 p.m.; (Holy

5:30 p.m.; (Sun.) 7:30. 9, 10:30

(Sun.) 9 a.m.; (Holy Days) 9 a.m.;

11:30a.m.; (Holy Days) noon, 7:30

Days) 6:30 a.m.; noon, 6:15 p.m.;

a.m.; noon, Spanish 2 p.m.; (Holy

7 p.m.

p.m.; Vigil

Vigil

Days) 8 a.m.;6 p.m.; Vigil

SWANNANOA

OCRACOKE

St.

Annunciation, Ocracoke Fire Hall,

Street,

(919) 441-8115.

(Daily) 7 a.m., 12:05 p.m.; (Sat.)

(803) 559-0353.

6:15 p.m.; (Sun.)

(Daily) 9 a.m., except W.; (Sat.)

St.

Margaret Mary, 102 Andrews

Place, (704) 686-3243.

(Daily) noon

5:30 p.m.; (Sun.)

Days) 9 a.m.; 7 p.m.; Vigil

(Daily) 8:30 a.m.; (Sat.) 4:30 p.m.;

Chapel, (Sun.) 9:30 a.m.; 6:30 p.m.

MONCKS CORNER

(Holy Days)

Nativity, 1061 Folly Road, (803)

St. Philip Benizi,

795-3821.

52, (803) 761-3777.

SYLVA Mary, 22

(Daily) 9 a.m. M., W., F., Sat.; 5:30

a.m.; (Holy Days) 12:10,

1 1

Bartlett Street, (704)

p.m. T.,Th.; (Sun.) 9,

1 1

a.m.; (Holy

Days) 9 a.m.; 5:30 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

HIGHLANDS

TRYON St.

p.m. T.; (Sat.) 5:30 p.m.; (Sun.)

N. 5th

of the Mountains, 315

John the

9:30,

a.m.,

1 1

a.m.; 6 p.m.

1 1

(Daily) 7:30 a.m., T-F; (Sat.) 6:30 p.m.; (Sun.) 9 a.m.; (Holy Days)

a.m., 7 p.m.; Vigil -7 p.m.

7:30 p.m.

8544.

Our Lady

MOUNT PLEASANT

(Daily) 9 a.m. W., F.; (Sat.) 7 p.m.;

(Daily) 8:30 a.m.; (Sat.) 5 p.m.;

p.m.; (Sun.) 8, 10:15 a.m.; (Holy

(Sun.) noon; (Holy Days) 6:15 p.m.

Drive, (803) 884-5587.

Sacred Heart, 888 King

(Daily) 7 a.m.; (Sat.) 6 p.m.; (Sun.)

M,T, Th, F 9 a.m.;

Days) 9 a.m.; 6 p.m.; Vigil

SOUTHERN PINES

ASHEVILLE

Christ

WAYNES VILLE

St.

The King, 1505

East Kivett

John the Evangelist, 409

Drive, (910) 884-0244.

St.

254-5193.

(Daily) 12:15 p.m.;

Church

(Daily) 8 a.m. M.-F.; (Sat.) 5:30

(Sun.) 10 a.m.; 4 p.m.; (Holy Days)

p.m.; (Sun.) 8:30, 11 a.m., (Holy

12:15 p.m.; Vigil

Culvern

Street, (704)

(Sat.) 5 p.m.;

Immaculate Heart of Mary, 500

Spanish Mass 7 p.m.

Montlieu Avenue, (910) 884-0244.

Joan of Arc, 919 Haywood

Road, (704) 252-3151.

Street, (704)

456-6707.

(Daily) 9 a.m.; (Sat.) 5:30 p.m.; (Sun.)

7 p.m.

Days) 7:30 p.m.; Vigil -7:30 p.m.;

St.

Our

(Daily)

*as announced.

Eugene,

of Mercy, 77 America

Avenue, (704) 859-9574.

526-2418.

Street, (704)

(Sun.) 8:30, 11 a.m.; (Holy Days)

St.

1 1

Days) 9 a.m.;

a.m.; (Holy

7:30 p.m.; Vigil

5:30 p.m.

(Sat.) 5

5 p.m.

Anthony of Padua, 160 East

Street, (803)

MYRTLE BEACH

p.m.; (Sat.) 5 p.m.; (Sun.) 9,

St.

Vigil

5 p.m.

SOUTHPORT

5:30 p.m.; (Sun.)

8, 11 a.m.;

(Holy Days) 8 a.m.; 5:30 p.m.

10 a.m.; noon, 7 p.m.

Andrew, 503 37th Avenue

St.

North, (803) 448-5930.

Joseph, 1695 Wallenberg Bou-

(Daily) 9 a.m.; (Sat.)

(Daily) 8:30 a.m.; (Sat.) 6:30 p.m.;

(Sun.) 8, 10:30 a.m.; (Holy Days)

NORTH CHARLESTON St.

Diocese of Raleigh

Sacred Heart, 5269 Dosher Cutoff

8:30 a.m.; 7 p.m.; Vigil

(Sun.) 8, 10 a.m.; noon; (Holy Days)

BUXTON

S.E., (910) 457-6173.

St.

Mary, 89

7 p.m.

Hasell Street, (803)

John, 3921

722-7696.

8:30, 11 a.m.;

(Daily) 8 a.m.; (Sun.) 7:30, 10:30

St.

Days)

Chapel of the Redeemer, Hwys.

School, (919) 995-6370.

a.m.; (Holy

25 and 70, (704) 622-7366.

(Daily)

The

8:30 a.m.; 7 p.m.

Basilica of St. Lawrence,

D.M., 97 Haywood

Street, (704)

252-6042.

M-

12:10 p.m.

(Daily)

(Sat.) 5 p.m.; (Sun.) 9,

Sat.;

F.;

:30 a.m., 5

1 1

7 p.m.

12, 1/

Days) 9

a..m., 6:30 p.m.

Days) 7:30, 9 a.m.; 6

a.m.; (Holy

10:30 a.m.

Labor Day.

North Topsail Drive, (910) 675-

(803) 723-6066.

a.m.; 1:30 p.m. (Spanish);

JEFFERSON

CAROLINA BEACH

2336.

(Daily) 8 a.m.; (Sat.) 6 p.m.; (Sun.)

Days) 7 p.m.; Vigil

Francis of Assisi, Main and Ivy

Immaculate Conception, 6336

(Sat.) 5 p.m.; (Sun.) 11 a.m.

246-9151.

Myrtle Grove Road, (910) 791-

SWANSBORO

p.m.

Our Lady,

1003.

St.

EDISTO ISLAND

8th

St.

BISCOE Our Lady

(Daily) 7 a.m. M.,

T, W.; 7

p.m.

Th, 8 a.m.; (Sat) 7 p.m.;

W, Th, F.; T. Novena

(Daily) 9 a.m., except W., 7 a.m.;

p.m.

of Heaven, 420

Mildred, 616 Sabiston Drive,

Patrick, 134

St.

St. Philip Street,

10 a.m.; (Holy Days) 8 a.m.; 6

Frederick and Stephen,

(910) 326-4370.

Sts.

Spanish Mass (2nd and 4th Sun.)

6:40 p.m., 7p.m. Mass.; (Sat.) 5

(Daily) 9 a.m.; (Sat.) 4, 6 p.m.;

174, (803) 869-0124.

(Sun.) 9:30 a.m.; 2 p.m. (Spanish),

1:30 p.m.

p.m.; (Sun.) 8:30, 10 a.m.

(Sun.) 8, 11 a.m.; (Holy Days) 9

(Daily) 8:30 a.m.T,

June-August.

KINGS MOUNTAIN

CASTLE HAYNE

a.m.; 7:30 p.m.; Vigil

BLOWING ROCK

Christ the King, 714 Stone Street,

St. Stanislaus

(704) 739-3214.

Kostka, 4849 Castle Hayne Road, (910) 675-3116.

WASHINGTON

Church

Lane, (704) 264-8338.

(Sun.) 8:30 a.m.; (Holy Days) 7:30

(Daily) 8 a.m.; (Sat.) 5:30 p.m.;

Street, (919)

(Sun.) 8:30, 10 a.m.

p.m.

(Sun.) 8, 10:30 a.m.; (Holy Days) 7

(Daily) 8:30 a.m. T,

BOONE

LENOIR

a.m.; noon, 5:15, 7 p.m."; Vigil

of the Americas, 105

428-3051.

of the Epiphany, Galax

the Apostle, 6650

SURF CITY St. Mary Gate

Streets, (910)

Street, (910)

Thomas

Dorchester Road, (803) 552-2223.

(Sun) 8:30, 10 a.m., 5 p.m., June-

(Sun)

(Daily) 11:30 a.m. M-Sat.;

p.m.

Hyde

(Sat.) 5 p.m.; (Sun.)

Th.;

9 a.m.;

(Daily) 9 a.m.

Mother of Mercy,

(Sat.)

5:30 p.m.

West Ninth

Th,

F.;

5:30 p.m.; (Sun.) 7:30, 10:30

Th, April-

Star of the Sea, 1000

Avenue North, (803) 249-2356.

(Daily) 8 a.m.; (Sat.) 5 p.m.; (Sun.)

10 a.m.; noon; (Holy Days) 8

a.m.; noon; Vigil

Precious Blood of Christ, Waverly-Shell Road, (803) 237-

FOLLY BEACH of

Good

Counsel, 56

3428.

Center Street, (803) 328-2620.

(Daily) 8:30 a.m.; (Sat.) 5 p.m.;

(Daily) 9 a.m., except T.; (Sat.) 5

(Sun.) 8, 9:30,

Day)

Avenue S.W., (704) 754-5281.

EDENTON

8:30 a.m., 7 p.m.

7 p.m.

RIDGELAND

(Daily) 8:15 a.m. T, F, 12:15 p.m.

(Daily) noon W., Th., F.; (Sat.) 5:30

St.

WILMINGTON

GARDEN CITY

St.

p.m.; (Sun.) 8,

(704) 264-8338

264-6347.

Th.; (Sat.) 5:15 p.m.; (Sun.)

8:30, 11 a.m.; (Holy Days)

7:30 p.m.; Vigil

12:15,

7:30 p.m.

1 1

a.m.; (Holy Days)

Anne, 207 North Broad

Street,

(919) 482-2617.

St.

(Daily) T, Th, F, noon,

LINVILLE

(Sat) 7 p.m., (Sun.) 8, 10:30 a.m.

(Daily) 8 a.m.

ELIZABETH CITY

(Sat.)

M-F; 9 a.m.

6 p.m.; (Sun.)

Sat.;

BREVARD

St.

Sacred Heart, 4 Fortune Cove,

from Grandfather Mountain Golf Club, (704) 898-6900.

Holy Family, 1453 North Road Street, (US Hwy. 17 N.), (919) 338-

Spanish 5 p.m. (Holy Days) 8 a.m.

(704) 883-9572.

11:00 a.m. W.; (Sat.) 4:30 p.m.,

2521.

St.

(Daily) 9 a.m. T. p.m.; (Sun.)

F.;

(Sat.)

4:30

(Holy

10:30 a.m.;

June-Sept.; (Sun.)

l:15a.m.;(Holy

(Daily) 8 a.m.

M, 6:30 p.m. W,

7 p.m.; Vigil

St.

Michael, 574 Cypress Avenue,

a.m.;

7 p.m.

Mary, 412 Ann

Street, (910)

M-

a.m.; (Holy Days)

5 p.m.

US Hwy.

Anthony,

17, (803)

726-3606.

(Sun.)

5:30 p.m.; (Sun.) 7:30,

RITTER

9, 11 a.m.;

(Holy Days) 9 a.m.; 6:30 p.m.; Vigil 6:30 p.m.

1 1

a.m.; (Holy

Street,

a.m.

Catholic

844-2454.

(Daily) 6:30 p.m.

Cyprian, 1905 Front

Days)

James the Greater,

St.

Hill, (803)

GEORGETOWN St.

1 1

10:30 a.m.; Vigil

(Daily) 8 a.m. M.-Sat.; (Sat.) 4,

762-5491.

(Daily) 7:30 a.m. Th, 7 p.m. M.;

(803) 651-3737.

(910) 392-0720.

6:30 p.m.

Bernadette, Hwy. 105, across

7 p.m.;

Mark, 1011 Eastwood Road,

6 p.m.

a.m.

p.m.; (Sun.) 9, 11 a.m.; (Holy

;

PAWLEY'S ISLAND

a.m. Spanish 4:30 p.m. (Holy Days)

Francis of Assisi, 1025 College

St.

(Holy

7 p.m.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH

11:30

(Sun.) 9,

Sept.; (Sat.) 7 p.m.; (Sun.) 11:30

Our Lady

946-2941.

Hwy

(Sat.) 6 p.m.;

p.m.

259 Pilgrims Way,

St. Elizabeth,

John's Avenue,

(Daily) 9 a.m. M.-F.; (Sat.) 5 p.m.,

St.

7 p.m.

(803) 744-6201 (Sat.)5 p.m.; (Sun.)

June-Labor Day; (Sun.) 8:30,

9 a.m.; 7 p.m.; Vigil

a.m.; (Holy Days)

9 a.m.; 7 p.m.; Vigil

4 mile north of Cape Hatteras

T, F; (Sat.) 5

1 1

7 p.m.;

(Sun.) 7:30, 9,

HOT SPRINGS

1122 Russell

levard, (803) 556-4611.

(Daily) 9 a.m. M.-F.; (Sat.) 6 p.m.;

Our Lady of the Seas, Hwy.

Street,

King,

(Daily) 8 a.m., T-F, 6:30 p.m. M.; (Sat.)

Days) 9 a.m.; 7 p.m.;

Christ

(803) 722-7018.

Vermont Avenue, (910) 692-6613. (Daily) M, T, W, F 8: 15 a.m., Th 5 a.m.; (Holy

723-5129.

p.m.; (Sun.)8:30, 11:30 a.m.; (Holy

(Daily) 8:30 a.m.

1404 Old Hwy.

(Sun.) 9, 11 a.m.; (Holy Days) 9

(Sun.) 9 a.m.; (Holy Days) 7 p.m.

5:30

p.m.

(Daily) 5:15 p.m.; (Sat.) 6:15 p.m.;

HIGH POINT

Blessed Sacrament

Citadel,

Brendan the Navigator, 5101 Ocean Highway West, (910) 754St.

Baptist, 600 Laurel

The

(Holy

9, 11 a.m.;

SHALLOTTE

p.m. (bilingual).

(Holy Days) 12:15, 7 p.m.; Vigil

11 a.m.; 6:15

2545 Bohicket Road,

Spirit,

6:15 p.m.

W.,

7:30 p.m.; Vigil

Holy

(803)724-8395.

6 p.m.

JOHNS ISLAND

Sacred Heart, Hwy. 211 and Dundee Road, (910) 295-6550. (Sun.)

6 p.m.;

Baptist, 120 Broad

(Holy Days) *call for schedule.

Our Lady

p.m. (Spanish);

4 p.m., June-Labor Day.

(Sat.)

John the

p.m.; (Holy Days) 7 a.m.; 12:05,

(Daily) 8:15 a.m. M., W., F.; 12:15

F.; (Sat.)

6:15 p.m.

PINEHURST

Wainman Avenue, (910) 629-0221.

8:45, 11:15 a.m.;

M., W.,

6 p.m.

5:30 p.m.; (Sun.) 8:30, 11 a.m.;

586-9496.

(Sat.)

City Road, (803) 681-6350.

(Daily) 6:30 a.m.; (Sat.) 6:15 p.m.;

St.

a.m. Sat.;

Francis by the Sea, 45 Beach

St.

a.m.; (Sat.) 5

(Daily) 7 a.m. T., Th.; 12:10 p.m. F.; 8

Theresa

St.

Drive, (803) 556-0801.

p.m., Spanish 7 p.m.; (Sun.) 8, 9:45,

F.;

N.E., (704) 327-2341.

(Sun.)

Park

Joseph,

St.

Sat.; (Sat.) 4,

(Spanish); (Holy Days) 8:30 a.m.;

ARDEN St.

9 a.m.

F.;

F 9

(Daily) 8 a.m.,

Blessed Sacrament, 5

7 p.m. W.;

(Daily) 9 a.m.

(Sun.) 7:30, 9, 11:30 a.m.;

a.m.; 7 p.m.

3005 Country Club Road,

(919) 638-1984. (704) 765-2224.

Diocese of Charlotte

(704) 321-4463.

St. Paul,

30, 1997

(Sun.) 12:30

p.m.; (Holy Days) 7 p.m.

HELENA ISLAND

Days) 9 a.m.

Days) 11:00 a.m.

12:15 p.m.Th., 8 a.m. F.; (Sat.) 5

(Daily) 7:30 a.m.

(803) 546-1470.

ST.

BURNSVILLE

MAGGIE VALLEY

p.m.; (Sun.) 10 a.m.; (Holy Days) 8

p.m.; (Sun.) 8:30, 11 a.m.; (Holy

(Sun.) 9 a.m.; (Holy Days) 6:30

Holy Cross, Seaside Road, (803)

Sacred Heart, Summit Street, (704)

St.

Currituck Station,

Days) 9 a.m.; 7 p.m.; Catholic Stu-

p.m.

838-2195.

689-3719.

(704) 926-0106.

dent Center, UNC-Wilmington,

St.

Wed.

(Daily) 8 a.m.; (Sat.)

4802 College Acres Drive, (910)

Streets,

791-7167.

(Daily) 8 a.m. T-F.; (Sat.) 5:30 p.m.;

(Sun.) 10 a.m. at Catholic House;

(Sun.) 8,

6:30 p.m.

noon.; (Sun.) 11:30 a.m.

BRYSON CITY St.

Margaret, 1422 Soco Road,

8:30,

Joseph, Main Street, (704) 488-

1 1

Hwy 4 p.m.; (Sun.)

a.m. June-October; (Holy

Days) 9:30 a.m.; 6:30 p.m.

(Daily) *varies, call

first;

p.m. June-Aug.; (Sun.)

(Sat.)

11:15

Andrew

St.

Brook

the Apostle, 100 West

Street, (704)

168 (Sun) 8 a.m.

HAMPSTEAD St.

Jude the Apostle,

Jr./Sr.

MARS HILL

6766.

a.m.; 7 p.m.,

689-3719.

(at

High School), 273

Topsail

US Hwy.

17 N., (910) 259-2601.

(Holy Days) noon, 6:30 p.m.; Vigil

(Sun.) 9 a.m.; (Holy Days) 7 p.m.

HAVELOCK

WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH

a.m.; (Holy Days) 7 p.m.

(Daily) 9 a.m.; (Sun.) 9 a.m., (Holy

Annunciation, 246 East Main

CANTON

Days) 7 p.m.

Street, (919)

MURPHY

Immaculate

Conception,

William, 109 Andrews Road,

(Sun.) 9, 11 :30 a.m.; (Holy Days) 7,

(Sun.) 7:30, 9, 10:30 a.m.;

CHEROKEE

(Daily) 9 a.m. T.-F.; (Sat.) 6 p.m.;

JACKSONVILLE

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lambert

(Sun.)

St.

6766.

7:30 p.m.

June-

John Baptist de

levard, (910) 347-4196.

la Salle,

275

(Daily)

TH,

F, 9 a.m.;

1 1

a.m.; (Holy Days) 7

a.m. 7 p.m.; Vigil

Labor day; (Holy Days)

HAMPTON

8 a.m.; 5:30 p.m.

St.

:30 a.m.; (Holy Days) -

St.

John the Beloved, 28 Sumter

Avenue, (803) 873-0631. (Sun.) 7:30, 9, 10:30 a.m.; noon, 6

Mary, 505 East 5th

Street, (803)

p.m.

Teresa the Little Flower,

(Daily)7p.m.T,7:30a.m.W;(Sun.)

Dorchester Road, (803) 875-5002.

BEAUFORT

9 a.m.; (Holy Days) 8 p.m.

(Daily) 9 a.m.; (Sat.) 5:30 p.m.;

HANAHAN

(Sun.) 8:30, 10 a.m.; (Holy Days) 9

Lady's Island Blvd. #802

9 a.m.; (Holy Days) 5 p.m.

838-5562.

(Sun.) 8, 10 a.m., noon; (Holy Days)

W., (803) 522-9555.

Divine Redeemer,

ELKIN

(Sat.)

(Daily) 8 a.m., M-Sat.; (Sat.) 5 p.m.;

(803) 553-0340.

WALTERBORO

a.m.; (Holy Days)

(Daily) 8 a.m., Sat. 9 a.m.; (Sat.) 5

St.

6:30

p.m.; (Sun.) 8, 11a.m.; (Holy Days)

vard, (803) 549-5230.

St.

October; (Sun.)

Stephen, 101 Hawthorne Drive,

(910) 835-3007. (Sat.)

St.

Francis of Assisi, 150 Maple

Street, (704)

524-2289 & 369-8 1 3 1

(Daily) 9 a.m.

M, W, F, Noon T, Th;

(Sat.) 5 p.m.; (Sun.) 9,

Oct.;

1 1

a.m. June-

(Holy Days) noon; Vigil

7 p.m.

(Sun.) 8, 9:30,

Holy Redeemer, 1206 North Vir-

8 a.m.; noon, 6:30 p.m.; Vigil

ginia Dare Trail, (919) 441-8115.

p.m.

8 a.m.; 6 p.m.; Vigil

BLUFFTON

HARDEEVILLE

Jude,

Hwy 64 (seven

miles past

(Daily) 8 a.m. M.,

F.; (Sat.) 5, 7

Andrew,

1 1

Hwy.

St.

(Sun.) 11 a.m.; (Holy Days) 9 a.m.

a.m.

784-2943.

SPARTA

NAGS HEAD

(Sat.) 5

St.Francisof Rome,Hendrix Road

Holy Trinity, Hwys. 12 & 158, Whalebone Junction, (919) 441-

a.m.: (Holy Days) 10 a.m.; Vigil

p.m.

HILTON HEAD

8115.

BONNEAU

Holy Family,

Our Lady

(803) 785-2895.

first;

(Sat.)

5 p.m.;

Highland Drive, (910) 372-8846.

HAYES VILLE

(Sun.)

Immaculate Heart of Mary, Hwy.

(1st

64, (704) 837-2000.

SPRUCE PINE

St.

11:15 a.m.; Spanish

Mass

and 3rd Sun.) 1:30 p.m.

Lucien, 503 Summit

Street.

(Daily)

7 p.m.; (Sat.) 6, 7:30

off

278. (803)

St.

11 -

of Peace, 224 Murry's

(Sat.)

a.m.;Vigil

S. Jeffries

Boule-

(Daily) 8 a.m. M., 9 a.m. W., F.;

7 p.m.; (Sun.) 10 a.m.; (Holy

Days) 8 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

St.

Mary, 4255 Highway 165,(803)

(Daily) 7 p.m. W., 9 a.m. F.; (Sat.)

24 Pope Avenue,

8:30, 10,

CHARLESTON

a.m.; noon; Vigil

5 p.m.; (Sun.) 9:30 a.m.;

Days)

(Daily) 8 a.m.; (Sat.) 5 p.m.; (Sun.) 1

7:30 p.m.

889-8549.

8 p.m.

(Sun.) 11:30 a.m.

NEW BERN

Anthony, 925

1 1

YONGES ISLAND

Ferry Road, (803) 761-3777.

7:30 p.m.

a.m.; 7:30 p.m.; Vigil

(Sat.)

Street,

p.m.; (Holy Days) 8

Spanish Mass

(Sat.)

6 p.m.

(803) 784-2943.

p.m.; (Sun.) 8, 9:30,

p.m.; (Sun.) 9 a.m. .June-Labor Day; -

Anthony, 19 East Main

p.m., June-Labor Day; (Sun.) 8, 10

(Daily) *call

(Daily) 5:30 p.m. W.; 8 a.m. Th.;

4 p.m.; (Sun.) 9

KILL DEVIL HILLS

p.m.

5 p.m.; (Sat.)

8:15 a.m.; 7 p.m.; Vigil

106 Fort Drive,

SAPPHIRE VALLEY the Post Office.) (704) 743-5717.

FRANKLIN

and Holy Days as announced.

St.

5 p.m.; (Sun.) 11:15 a.m.

7 p.m.; (Sun.) 9 a.m.; *Daily

St.

Diocese of Charleston St. Peter,

a.m.;

SUMMERVILLE

p.m. (Sat.) 5 p.m., Spanish 7 p.m.;

June

1 1

7 p.m.

(Daily) 9. a.m., (Sat.) 5:30 p.m.;

7 p.m.

1 1

7 p.m.; Vigil

C.C. Wright School Road, (910)

(Sat.) 5 p.m.

Street,

943-4019.

Infant of Prague, 2 1 4 Marine Bou-

NORTH WILKESBORO

James Avenue, (803) 572-1270. (Sun.) 8:30,

(Sun.) 8:30 a.m.

& 488-

St.

(Daily) Call ahead; (Sat.) 5:30 p.m.;

8:30 a.m.; Vigil

Middle

(803) 473-5111.

Immaculate Conception, 510

Therese, 209 South Lumina

Stella Maris, 1204

(Daily) 9 a.m.; (Sat.) 5 p.m.; (Sun.)

(Daily) 8 a.m.; (Sat.) 5:30 p.m.;

(704) 837-2000.

Ranch Road, (704) 497-9755

Days) noon,

(Daily) 8:30 a.m.; (Sat.) 6 p.m.;

St.

a.m.

a.m.; (Holy

1 1

(Sun.) 11:15 a.m., Spanish 6 p.m.

SULLIVAN'S ISLAND

(803) 546-7416.

GOOSE CREEK

6:30 p.m.

St.

Mary, Highmarket and Broad

Avenue, (910) 256-2471.

447-2112.

Newfound Road, (704) 456-6707.

1 1

F; (Sat.) 5:30

1:30 a.m.; (Holy Days) 8 -

5 p.m.

1:30 a.m.; Vigil

(Holy

7 p.m.