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Volume 5 Number 25 • May
Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte
31, 1996
Cannot Violate Says Archbishop
Majority Rule Rights,
By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE PHILADELPHIA (CNS) The
abortion, "is not only contrary to our
they do not. "While majority rule is a good working principle in perhaps the best those matters which are negotiable ... it is not and never can be a determinant of my
Christian moral convictions but to our finest
personal security in
national tradition," said the head of the
Archbishop Foley said. A legal system that "does not recognize inherent rights is an invitation to government by demagoguery" and momentary whim, he
—
it
idea
law should reflect the will of the
that
majority, even if the majority favors legal
Council for Social Communications. Archbishop John P. Foley, council president since 1984, spoke at the opening Pontifical
Mass of
the Catholic Press Association's
deny
was responding to comments
certificate upon completion of the diocesan lay ministry training program from Bishop William G. Curlin as Mercy Sister Mary Timothy Warren looks on.
MIKE KROKOS Editor
1 1
has given
it
to
me and only God can take it."
Antonin Scalia May 2 at a conference sponsored by the Gregorian University in
Independence as the source of the national mind-set that "life, liberty and the pursuit of
Rome.
happiness" are inalienable rights.
Scalia, a Catholic, said that in a
He called
See Rights, page 6
The Sick And Homebound
Graduates Encouraged To Bring Love Of Jesus May
The majority "does not have the right to me my existence," he continued. "God The archbishop cited the Declaration of
By PAUL FREDETTE HENDERSONVILLE — For
"bring people the love of Jesus Christ,"
"every protection for the
Justice
Lay Ministry
— With Bishop William G. Curlin urging them
inalienable rights,"
Household Of Faith Includes
JOANN KEANE
Judy MacDowall receives her
CHARLOTTE
my
weakest and most vulnerable members of
Philadelphia.
democracy the state should permit abortion if people want it or should be able to prohibit
By
said. It neglects
society."
In part, he
—
—
annual convention May 22 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in
made by U.S. Supreme Court
Photo by
if
to
thirty years
Now too
Tony Lefeber grew
people nearly
flowers.
and clear your mind
to
be ready
for the next day."
he cultivates the consolation of those
He spends seven days a week scheduling
com-
volunteers to visit sick or homebound people
ill
to join the rest of the Catholic
munity for worship and the sacraments. Since 1984 he has been the coordinator of ministry to the sick and homebound at Immaculate Conception Church. The parish
now
5 individuals received certificates
day," he explains, "you need to
all
shift gears
fields
more
in the five area hospitals, 19
homes and 47
retirement
the vicinity. Usually Lefeber tial
nursing and
homes in makes the ini-
private
contact himself, then he matches the
patient or homebound person with a compatible volunteer. Currently, his corps of volun-
20 people, some of them on a
Church acknowledging them as graduates of the Diocese of Charlotte's Lay Ministry Training Program. "I beg you to have the mind of Christ. I also ask you one thing: Have the love, tenderness and generosity of Jesus Christ in your ministry," Bishop Curlin said. "Make Christ the basis of your ministry and you will
than 50 volunteers
teers visits
who
and ad-
daily or weekly basis. Lefeber personally
minister Holy Com-
makes more than 1 ,500 each year. He and his
and nursing home
ritual for pastoral care
never be unhappy."
patients as well as
administration of Holy Communion, supple-
homebound.
menting the rite with their own expressions of personal concern and attentiveness to
1
8 at St. Gabriel
The lay ministry program was developed as one of the directives of the 1986-97 Diocesan Synod. It was designed to help participants appreciate and understand more fully that they are called to and gifted for ministry by virtue of their baptism, be affirmed in their present ministries (both in the Church and marketplace), explore their giftedness and how their gifts may be used in response to their baptismal call, and grow in faith, said Mercy Sister Mary Timothy Warren, Office of Lay Ministry director. "The program was designed for men and women who desire to grow in competence and confidence as they minister to others in their families, the Church and the marketplace," Sister Mary Timothy said. It is also a prerequisite for individuals who want to: enter the Permanent Diaconate; enter the Diocesan training program for spiritual directors; be upgraded in their certification as catechists and religion teachers, she added. As in years past, participants gave readily of their time during the twoyear training period. Groups met on the average one Saturday per month. Sessions were held at St. Gabriel in Charlotte, St. Barnabas in Arden, and Our Lady of Grace in Greensboro. Thirty-four parishes were represented by the graduating class.
See Lay
Ministry, page 3
visit
munion
the
to hospital
Originally form Lisse in the Netherlands,
Tony
is
a third
generation certified flower grower.
He and
1
volunteers follow the prescribed Catholic
of the sick and the
individual needs.
Although
illness
can sometimes bring
his brother started with tulips, irises, chry-
out the worst in people, Lefeber' s experience
santhemums and gladiolas, but eventually grew strictly gladiolas 300 acres of them
has convinced him that ministering to the sick usually brings out the best in both the
at
seven sites in the Hendersonville area. has been a parishioner at Immaculate Conception Church since 1948 and has seen the parish grow and develop. over the years. More than 65% of the approximately
volunteer and the recipient of the
He
"Having
—
3,000 parishioners are 65-years-old or older. Practically speaking, this is a retirement
community. These days Tony grows orchids as a hobby. He often takes them to the hospital and nursing homes where he ministers, but he says he grows them mainly for "mental therapy." When you've been seeing sick
visit.
on others produces gratitude more than resentment," he says. "Visiting the sick demands that you reach out, offering encouragement and assurance of your support and the prayers of the rest of the Catholic community." Lefeber is encouraged by the strong parish backing he receives at Immaculate Conception. "I have had the support of every priest who ever walked into the parish," he to rely
See
Living, next page
News
2 The Catholic
Living
The
& Herald
Faith, from
Faith Lives
May
page
31, 1996
1
Priesthood Ordinations Scheduled For June
Through Ministry To The Sick
said.
He was first drawn to this form of service when his own mother was suffering with an extended illness. The sensitivity Monsignor William Pharr, then pastor of Immaculate Conception, showed in her regard impressed Tony. "I felt it would be a great honor and a privilege to be there for people in need of a visit and Holy Communion," Lefeber said. He became coordinator for the ministry to the sick and homebound in 1984. He educated himself in the ministry and became a certified chaplain at Pardee Hospital in the process. He developed a format for others to use in their approach to this sensitive
Two
ministry.
The challenges Tony
as a chaplain have helped to
develop
skills
Two seminarians will be ordained
in Photo by
PAUL FREDETTE
Lefeber checks the patient roster at the front desk at Cardinal Care Center.
support you' 11 be able to offer a
Some
people are easy to talk
pastor of Immaculate Conception, said
with but others become very withdrawn.
the ministry Lefeber helps coordinate
Some
a
are angry
— perhaps
their child
much needed
spitual gift. "I believe
is it
the greatest blessing to the parish
to the priesthood for service to the
Diocese of Charlotte in the next few weeks. Thomas Williamson, who attended St. Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad, Ind., will be ordained June 1 at St. Patrick Cathedral, and Fidel Melo, who attended St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boyton Beach, Fla., will be ordained June 15 at his home parish in Mexico.
has been injured in an accident. There is
is
way to console them despite your best efforts. There are no explanations. Just being there is all you
community. Our environment seems to be enriched by the ministry," he said. "We have many elderly people and this
can do."
way of reaching them." "This experience has given me a tremendous gratitude," said Lefeber.
Thomas Williamson has recently completed his fifth and final year at
He's grateful that his visit can bring a smile to the face of someone who knows
ordained a deacon on Nov. 4 and will be ordained to the priesthood for
hardly a
is
The caring
efforts
of parishioners
like Lefeber have led to the development of the Lazarus Ministry, a group that serves the needs of the bereaved and an outreach ministry comprised of 35 volunteers who offer a range of helpful
"in the
home"
services for the elderly
and people with disabilities. Members of Immaculate Conception are also laying the groundwork for a
new parish
the only
He
that death is near.
grateful for the
is
St.
that faith healthy in the
much
illness is
what makes
his ministry such a valued aspect of
care ministry even further.
pastoral care for the entire
community.
service to this diocese
on June
1
at St.
The 32-year-old Williamson was children, and attended college at
George Mason University. He majored in business administration and then worked for several years before enrolling in the seminary. "I was called
Capuchin Father John Aurilia,
to the priesthood in college, a result of
Norbert
the prayer life
fairings for
|une 1
Sunday:
the -
MuM] B^gj
teek of
8
Exodus 34: 4-6, 8-9 2 Corinthians 13: 11-13 John 3: 16-18
I
developed
2 Peter
Mark Norbert was a monk and became known for his great preaching. In 1121 he founded the Canons Regular of Premontre, an order which kept the rule of St. Augustine. Norbert eventually
became Archbishop of Magdeburg, where he arrived for duty meanly clad and barefoot. Many tried to assassinate the bishop as he instituted strict reforms Italy in
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
12: 13-17
2 Timothy 1: 1-3. 6-12 Mark 12: 18-27
Friday:
2 Timothy
He was named chancellor of
Mark Saturday: C 1996 CNS Graphics
12-15,
2 Timothy 2: 8-15 Mark 12: 28-34
Norbert was canonized in 1582. His feast is J UIle
3:
Thursday:
1133 and died
the following year.
2-7
12: 1-12
2 Peter 17-18
Mark
1:
10-17 12: 35-37 3:
2 Timothy 4: 1-8 Mark 12: 38-44
in
high
school," he said. "It was a big decision for
me
wanted
to enter the seminary, to
make
sure
it
was
and
I
the right
decision."
He has had a great deal of ministry experience both in this diocese and in other parts of the world.
Monday:
1
Bishop William G. Curlin invites to the June
members of the diocese
ordination at
St.
Patrick Cathedral at
10 a.m.
He worked at
Sacred Heart Church in Brevard, studied hospital ministry at Carolinas
Medical Center and worked with Father Joe Waters and the Hispanic ministry in the diocese.
Two years ago, Williamson spent weeks in Puebla, Mexico, where he studied Spanish and lived in a mission in the mountains. He began learning Spanish while immersed in the Hispanic culture. "Learning Spanish is an ongoing process," Williamson said with a laugh. "I'm still learning today. I'm not great, but I got a good background in Mexico." In February 1995, Williamson eight
Melo
will
be ordained for service to
this
diocese.
Meinrad Seminary. He was
raised in Virginia, the oldest of three
Keeping
all
Fidel
of all, he is grateful for the common faith they rely on to see them through the hard midst of so
Prophets.
Later in June another seminarian
Patrick Cathedral.
times.
became an exchange student and spent almost four months in Jerusalem. Once there, he lived in the church where John the Baptist was born and studied topics ranging from Jewish Prayer to the
Thomas Williamson
confidences people share with him. Most
nursing program to extend their health
in his see.
l-r
him
he also uses
demanding situations. "You get a sudden call and you don't know what is waiting for you. You wonder what kind of family.
seminarians will be ordained to the priesthood this June. Pictured Bishop William G. Curlin, Thomas Williamson.
are: Fidel Melo,
faces
Born
in
1961 in the Mexican state
of Queretaro, Fidel Melo was the
first
person from his parish to enter the seminary. He began his studies at a seminary in Mexico, but took some time off to be certain of his call. He felt drawn to mission work, but decided that he would continue as a diocesan priest in another diocese. In 1993, he enrolled in second theology classes at
Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary and began learning English. A few months later, he met Father Frank O'Rourke, vocations director for the Diocese of Charlotte. "Father Frank asked me to come up and visit North Carolina and I decided this was where I wanted to stay," Melo said. Melo's work experience in the diocese has been varied. During the summer of 1994 he interned at The Catholic News & Herald working to improve his English and assisting with the paper's Hispanic supplement, Comuniquemonos. In 1995, he was assigned to Carolinas Medical Center St.
for hospital ministry education.
Melo
recently completed his final
semester of classes at St. Vincent de Paul. His ordination to the deaconate on November 19, 1995 drew a record number of people to St. Patrick Cathedral. His ordination to the priesthood, to be celebrated in front of
family and friends in Mexico, scheduled for June 15.
is
May
The Catholic News
1996
31,
Lay Ministry Graduates Celebrate Closing Ceremony, from page
& Herald
3
1
John and Jane Malmfelt have been involved in the Rite of
Of
Christian Initiation
Adults (RCIA) program at St.
Paul the Apostle
Church
Greensboro Mr.
in
for nearly 10 years.
Malmfelt
said the continuing education the couple desired was the main reason for getting involved in the lay ministry program.
"We needed more information as lay Mr. Catholics," Malmfelt said. "This seemed like a logical
Lay Ministry graduates attended the closing ceremony May
procession of RCIA."
"We
effective job in
than
we
do an RCIA, we needed more
realized in order to
had," he added. "I think this
would be an ideal program for Catholics who want to be more informed." Courses offered included:
&
Church
to Scripture; Jesus;
Gabriel Church
Curlin said,
lay ministers. That
said. "It has
it
will take the
Charlotte.
in
work of these Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei in a May 24 ceremony in Moscow marking the anniversary of the
work includes
takes part
evangelizing and letting Jesus be the center piece of their ministry. "You will
creation of the Cyrillic alphabet.
say things you never said and understand
you never did if you let Jesus guide your lives," the bishop said. things
Sacraments; Prayer; Christian Morality; and AIDS
the Lord," she added.
Education. The classes totaled more
sense of reverence
If the
Church
has
it
And
lost,
created the alphabet.
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church, in spiritual
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Upper Dear brothers and
Our society is hypocritical in its
My
attitude toward handicapped children. We are touched when we see the telethons. We sponsor the
The Respect
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all
weekend
grateful to
those
who
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born."
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am
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helped in its organization. Although Slovenia has been an independent state for only five years, the history of the Slovenian people began over 12 centuries ago with
and cheer for the competitors and speak of the joy and inspiration they bring to us. But, when we hear that a woman is carrying one of these very children, it
pastoral visit to Slovenia this past
was a joyful celebration of faith, and
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is
preparing for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. These days spent with the church in Slovenia were an experience of prayer and hope with that same expectation. I thank my Slovenian brothers and sisters for their kindness, especially in remembering my birthday, and for their prayers that the successor of Peter may continue to serve the church for as long as
God's providence
wills.
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efforts
Upon all
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pilgrims from England, Ireland, the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, Canada and the United States, I cordially invoke the joy and peace of the risen Christ.
Diocese of Charlotte
Life Office
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Guest Column
B
Father James Hawker
piscopal Calendar
June
The Age Of Confirmation In The Diocese Of Charlotte
Bishop Curlinw will take part in the follwing:
June 5
1
10 a.m.
7:30 p.m.
Thomas Williamson
Baccalaureate Mass Charlotte Catholic
Ordination St. Patrick Cathedral Charlotte
within a relatively
Charlotte
the parishes of the diocese during the eighth grade.
the sacrament of confirmation
St.
would be celebrated
in
Prior to formulating his decision, the bishop invited
deacons, school principals and the leadership in parish faith formation to share their views with him. In a number of instances, the latter discussed the priests,
Bishop McGuinness High School
matter with parents as well.
Leo Church
The respondents
to the
Middle Holy School Graduation
Winston-Salem
bishop's survey were asked whether they favored
Gabriel Church Charlotte
June 8
confirmation being celebrated at the age of discretion (about seven years of age), within the period of junior
7:30 p.m.
high school or during high school. After he reviewed the responses, it was apparent that there was no
Guest Speaker United Methodist Church Conference Lake Junaluska
unanimity among the respondents. However, it was obvious that the largest number favored the sacrament being conferred during junior high school, while the minority supported the present practice of celebrating the sacrament during high school.
Ultimately, Bishop Curlin' s decision on the matter
a The Catholic
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5
31, •
was based upon the following reasons: • At 12 or 13 years of age, a young person begins .
even as he or she enters into the emotional turbulence of adolescence. From one point of view, the youngsters can understand more maturely the meaning and significance of the sacrament; from another perspective, he or she can be assisted during the time ahead, including this period of adolescent growth, by the grace of the sacrament. • At this age, the young person initiates what is referred to as the rite of passage from childhood to
to think as an adult
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Number 35
Reverend William G. Curlin Editor: Michael Krokos Associate Editor: Joann Keane Publisher: Most
Staff Writer: Elizabeth
Maybach
Hispanic Editor: Luis Wolf Advertising Manager: Gene Sullivan Editorial Assistant:
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adult maturity. Psychologists contend that in contemporary culture, the way toward adulthood is a
long and winding road not being completed in most instances until 25 or 30 years of age. Adolescence, then, in our society, is extended appreciably in the St.,
28207, 44 times a year, weekly except for Christmas
week and Easter week and every two weeks during June, August
and
confirmation) brief period of time.
Baccalaureate Mass
St.
first
In a letter printed in a recent edition of The Catholic
7 p.m.
Trinity
penance,
Eucharist
News & Herald, Bishop Curlin stated that in 1998-99,
June 7
Tune 4 7 p.m.
(first
High School St. Gabriel Church
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three sacraments
all
July and
of the
Roman
other subscrib-
and other Catholic
comparison
Such being the case, preparing for and
celebrating the sacrament during junior high school would be pastorally sensitive to those involved in its preparation and celebration.
must be remembered that each of the sacraments moment of encounter within which God shares His life and love. The sacrament of baptism is celebrated when infants have no awareness of the gift. At the time of the celebration of first penance and first Eucharist, the recipient is at a stage of growth within which he or she can understand as a child the meaning and significance of the sacraments. Yet, as at • It
is
a gift of God, a
the time of baptism, these celebrations of encounter with the Lord are primarily manifestations of the love
of God to which the recipient is invited and enabled to respond. As far as the sacrament of confirmation is concerned, some may prefer that it be celebrated at the age when one has achieved adulthood. Were that view to be implemented, the sacrament would be delayed appreciably. As has been observed previously, however,
Holy Spirit which is celebrated and shared within the sacrament of confirmation during the junior high school years would be a source of strength for the recipient as he or she enters into and lives the extended period of adolescent growth, as well the gift of the
as throughout his or her
life.
Although there was no consensus, the largest number of responses to the bishop's survey were in •
harmony with his decision. The rationale contained herein is intended to assist the reader in understanding the reasons that support Bishop Curlin' s position. Although it was not feasible
to earlier periods in history. appears that the age for the celebration of confirmation is being lowered in various other dioceses
to include the contents of this
throughout the United States. Realistically, however, one of the difficulties of celebrating confirmation at
preceded the announcement.
•
It
important for
all
column
in his letter,
it is
in the diocese to appreciate the
process of consultation, deliberation and prayer that
cities.
News &
the age of discretion
teachers
is
that parents, children
would be preparing
and
for the celebration of
Father James F. Hawker is Vicar of Education for the Diocese of Charlotte.
May
& Herald
The Catholic News
1996
31,
Light
5
One Candle
Father John Catoir
A Formula
For Coping With
Problems
Life's
If you' re
up to your ears in problems,
to solve.
like painting a bridge
;
you finish
one side and the other side needs tending. Problems will always be with us, one
more
difficult than the next.
They
how
we
God
looked on life as the athlete looks on the game, we might be better off. You win some, you lose some, but you keep working at it. If things go bad one season, there's always next year. "The world around us is God's best idea for helping us grow into His sons (and daughters). It isn't perfect because it needed to be imperfect so that we would have something to work on. Its
of problems in life and many of them are It' s
The problems of life are the seas we sail. St. Paul once compared the spiritual struggle to an athlete's training. If
don' t panic. You' ve been through worse and survived. There is an endless variety
beyond our power
No
farther sail!
are
given, not to dismay us, but to challenge us.
In the poem, Passages to India, Walt Whitman expressed it this way.
imperfection makes
it
a perfect place as
gymnasium in which to develop our muscles and become strong." (Frank C. Lurbach, Channels of Spiritual Power)
O my brave soul! Ofarther, farther sail! O daring joy, but safe! Are they not all the seas of God? O farther, farther,
a
on the Mount He told us how: If you have enemies, overcome hate with love. If others do you harm, return it by doing good to them.
matter
great the
responsibility places on our shoulder, He wants us to
Jesus wants us to
develop complete
and
dependability
we
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another direction. Baptism
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in case
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is still alive.
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As the catechism teaches, "God has bound salvation to the sacrament
with a
of baptism, but he himself is not bound
right to full
by his sacraments" (Paragraph 1 257).
faithful,
of the sacraments, the sharing of God's
helps to
remember that
happen
God or of Jesus. If God loves all people and wishes them to be saved, how does that happen? children, theologians have offered
example, that the grace of holy orders or matrimony is at work not only after ordination or exchange of vows but also before, as the individuals prepare themselves to be fit candidates for those
numerous possible explanations through
sacraments.
they bring us, does not
moment the sacrament
all
children
who
die before their parents
can have them baptized (Canon 1 183). In other words, God has told us much about his plan for salvation, and he obviously expects us to believe and follow what he says.
young
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also
much he
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a pastor and
cluster of parishioners gather to survey
the smoldering ruins, trying to figure out
what to do next and why on earth someone
would set fire to their church. Sound like a civil rights-era scene of the 1960s rural South?
strike out in hate.
At a May 21 congressional hearing on church fires, witnesses from one state and four federal law enforcement agencies and several church organizations painted somewhat contrasting pictures
of what the rash of fires means. Witnesses from the FBI, the Treasury and Justice departments and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms described the extent of their
Yes, but it' s also been an increasingly
investigations and the legal restrictions
common sequence of events in the 1 990s.
under which they operate. John Magaw, director of the ATF,
In the past six years, federal
have investigated arson fires as 60 predominantly black churches, 25 of them since the beginning
uncovered
of 1995. Five of the suspicious fires in 1995 and five in 1996 were set on or around Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr.
conspiracy.
authorities
many
at as
Majority Rule
was
said a race-motivated conspiracy
two
South Carolina, but that there has been no evidence of an interstate or nationwide in at least
fires in
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former editor of Philadelphia's archdiocesan newspaper, The Catholic Standard & Times, Archbishop Foley
home
described the Catholic press as
medium by which the pope and bishops "can communicate the
the principle
A
returned to his
1
faith."
on the majoritarian
whim of this moment."
fullness of Christ' s love to a world looking
for direction, for
and Canada. are "more than journalists," he
hope and for love."
Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony
diocese to address
Catholic journalists from the United States
J.
Bevilacqua also addressed convention delegates. In his homily during Mass
May 23 at the cathedral, the cardinal said
&
said.
if
Jesus
in
evangelizers, religious educators and, in
a
home page on
supporting the seminarians of our diocese.
a very real sense, ministers of the word."
Your support, offered through prayers and words of encouragement, goes a
In his homily, the archbishop said
"He'd use everything that can be used to spread the good news," he added, including newspapers, television, radio
The readers of The Catholic News Herald have been most responsive
long
way
in helping
our
men
to the
priesthood. I
hope
many of you have an to meet these men who look
opportunity
"We
are,
at
the
same
time,
the Catholic press exemplifies both
freedom of speech and of the press and freedom of religion.
"We
that
are free
— indeed eager —
to
was
living today he
would have
the Internet.
and computers.
The Paul
II
cardinal noted that
Pope John
has called for renewal and a
new
evangelization to prepare for the third
of service as priests in
publish news which other media are reluctant to report," he said, "news about
As you continue
the religious and spiritual dimension of
"You are a most important instrument
them, I encourage you to look within your family and your parish
the human person, news about the origin,
of Jesus Christ," he told journalists. Every individual in the church "has that
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millennium.
obligation to bring Christ and his
good
have gifts for priesthood and encourage them to call me so that together we might
the pressure of prevailing political correctness ... (and) from the prejudice
news"
discern the Lord's call.
against mentioning God," he said. "We are free ... to tell our government when it is wrong," he added, referring
choice, social responsibility and tax
worldwide, 99.9 percent are lay persons, Cardinal Bevilacqua said. "That's a powerful force." He urged journalists to challenge and encourage the laity to evangelize. "We must be people of buoyancy and
policy.
zeal,"
"Thank God that in this city we have been guaranteed the freedom to speak out in defense of God's law and of the rights of God's children," he said, noting
fatigue" caused by frustration with evil
that Catholic journalists should use the
both reflecting and defending the teachings and policies of the church. "There must be relevancy ... comprehensiveness ... objectivity," he
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The
cardinal
said
Catholic
publications "must always be Catholic,"
press exemplifies freedom of religion
said.
"not only in fearlessly proclaiming the law of God but also in faithfully
Opponents of evangelization are "jamming the signals of Christ," he warned. Secular humanism and moral
nourishing the flock of Christ." "In a world forgetful of the spiritual
and
indeed eternal dimensions of human
he said, "the Catholic press will often be the only medium through which on an ongoing basis believers will be informed, formed and inspired in their life,"
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relativism are powerful forces, but they
can be conquered. "Don't be frustrated; don't become mission-fatigued," he counseled. "Be filled with hope. You are the eyes, ears and lips of Jesus Christ."
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& Herald
Enterta in men "Dunston Checks In" (1996) Goofy comedy in which chaos threatens to overtake a swanky Manhattan hotel when an orangutan trained to steal escapes his odious owner
and is hidden by the mischievous son of
manager (Jason Ken Kwapis makes screwball show business out of manic monkey business. Slapstick
the frazzled hotel
Actor
Tom
Cruise
Alexander). Director
portrays spy Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible," which the U.S. Catholic
Conference
calls "high-
violence, mild sexual innuendo and a
vulgar expression.
style escapist
—
is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating
entertainment."
is
CNS
The U.S. Catholic
Conference classification
PG — parental guidance suggested.
"Frankie Starlight" (1995) Quirky drama set in Ireland, where a lonely adult dwarf (Corban Walker) recalls the story of how his French World War II refugee mother (Anne
photo from Paramount
him with the help of an Irish family whose oldest daughter finds unexpected romance with him later. Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg's bittersweet tale of offbeat romances over two generations is full of charm and pathos. Brief violence including suicides, a bedroom scene and occasional rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A- III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R Parillaud) raised
Mission: Impossible
High Tech Effects Give Spy Flick Action Appeal NEW YORK
(CNS)
— With
its
impossible-to-forget theme music and a
head-spinning plot, Paramount's "Mission: Impossible" seems unlikely to self-destruct
—
next to muscle out
at least until the
summer blockbuster tries this one.
Commanding
center stage as star
and first-time producer, Tom Cruise carries the 1960s TV-series-turnedaction-thriller, despite an overly complicated narrative some viewers may elect to give up on and just go along for the chase.
With
its
lightning pacing
editing to match
—
—
and
the audience is zipped
from Kiev to Prague to Virginia to London and hurtled on toward Paris after the trap is set for our hero, Impossible Missions Forces spy Ethan Hunt (Cruise). The only character preserved from the series is the covert operation's team leader, Jim Phelps (Jon Voight). With his spy- spouse Claire
(Emanuelle Beart) and colleagues Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Kristin Scott- Thomas and Ingeborga Dapkunaite, their mission is to apprehend a traitor about to sell a computer disk listing all the CIA operatives around the world and their locations. The team's dazzling, split-second snatch scenario goes terribly awry, and
becomes very acquisitive about the list while two other disavowed spies (Ving Rhames and Jean Reno) join forces with Hunt to get it as well. Also cheering Hunt on is Claire Phelps, who as it turns out was not killed and wants her husband avenged. She is also supposed to provide romantic sparks with Cruise, but gorgeous as she is,
he's too fiercely focused to notice.
Under Brian De Palma's direction, David Koepp and Robert Towne's screenplay
is
so dense with wild action
sophisticated wit haven't got a chance.
toys that
All the sophistication
seems to reside
in
the wizardry of the high-tech gizmos,
without which this espionage
thriller
would never get off the ground. And get off the ground it does in perhaps the most memorable scene in which Cruise hangs suspended from a wire inside the Langley, Va., CIA headquarters where even one drop of sweat will betray his presence and ensure
—
his arrest.
At times the familiar theme music is more pulse-pounding than the byzantine story line. But De Palma pulls out
all
climax
the stops with a high-firepower set atop a train inside the
England-France chunnel as the seemingly unstoppable Hunt takes on the finally revealed villains for literally
minutes of taut suspense extremely
fingers
reminiscent of Hitchcock.
In
Ever visually sleek, and with expensive production values very much
their midst all along.
Unwilling to take the fall, Hunt goes on the run, a hunted man still determined to capture the coveted list and expose
in evidence, this
the true killer.
narrative murkiness
would be unfair to further describe more twists than a French braid and is just as hairy given its
the pieces of the puzzle for
—
It
the plot which has
danger- laden set pieces. Suffice it to add that a wily Vanessa Redgrave
—
deserving star billing are
with Hunt as the only apparent survivor,
him as the obviously guilty party. fact, Kittridge suspected a mole in
not want to work that hard keeping up with the plot while others won't care as long as everything keeps moving at breakneck speed and that it does. Cruise is at his cocky best and buffed to perfection as a male action hero who knows he must use his brain muscle more than any other to survive. Except for the cagey Redgrave character, the women are mostly window dressing. Voight, Czerny, Rhames and Reno give appropriately ambiguous shadings to their characters to keep us all guessing. Also
scenes that character development and
CIA honcho
Kittridge (Henry Czerny),
may
all
pump up the fun factor in watching the all the spies out to outdo each other. Playing heavily on the nostalgia element for older viewers and computer wizardry for the younger audience, "Mission: Impossible" covers its bases and its complexity might actually
—
work
in its favor, spurring those
now
that they
know what was
hurt
—
—
—
escapist entertainment.
is
Some
glossy
viewers
"Get Shorty" (1995) Black comedy finds parallels between movie-making and racketeering
when
a gangster (John
Travolta) tries to collect a debt owed by
an inept movie producer (Gene Hackman), then decides to produce movies with him instead. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld from Elmore Leonard's novel, the fast-paced, wickedly funny satire lampoons the Hollywood world of unabashedly greedy, would-be movers and shakers. Brief violence, restrained bedroom scenes and recurring rough language.
The U.S. Catholic Conference
— R — restricted.
adults. The is A-III Motion Picture Association of classification
America rating
is
"Les Miserables" (1995) Updated version of Victor Hugo's epic novel follows the attempts of a
French laborer (Jean-Paul Belmondo) to spirit a Jewish family out of Nazioccupied France, punctuated by periodic readings from the novel paralleling Jean Valjean's struggles with those of the laborer. Director Claude Lelouch' s adaptation retains the humanist themes of the original work but proves unwieldy in straining to
World War
'
s
II.
characters with those Subtitles.
Recurring
intense violence including suicides and
when the audience has to reassemble all
The movie undeniably
restricted.
in
until the end,
comprehension.
—
mirror the novel
by too much
maximum
really
going on. Because of some stylized violence and occasional profanity, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification is AIII adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
spy flick gets by on is
who
enjoyed it to return for an encore viewing
spectacular special effects and exciting action scenes, but
the techno-
—
The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R a brief sexual encounter.
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May
1996
31,
Meeting the pilgrim
God
in
By Dan Luby News Service
Catholic
had been fine when these people visited, coming into the country with a small delegation to buy food. But now they were actually moving in. Leaving their land behind, they were bringing It
their worldly possessions on their
all
backs,
my U and
tent. It
^w-
embraced both:
For Catholics, a time of year people honor the origins of their country and reflect on their roots as a
disciples of Jesus, the teacher
squalling ba-
and fearful grandmas and noisy animals and a hungry look that made the natives
the end had no place to lay his
(a
head.
Like
be very welcoming toward them. It is the story of the to
wanderers. For we are refugees in search of a final home and a per-
manent
—
we who remember our own
had no
how
they
fam-
left
place to lay his head."
experience as newstrangers in a foreign
comers
—
and
and tolerance, and recognize a extend the same to those among us whose language is different and whose ways are unfamiliar. Our stories, at their core, are the same. God, who calls us to go on pilgrimage through this world and this life, calls us all. Deeper than the differences that make us strange and even threatening to each other is our bond as beloved children of the one God, who calls us to recognize our kinship. To feel patriotic is to be grateful for the gifts God bestowed on us as a napitality call to
spirituality of these our ancestors in
As refugees and
exiles
ers, the Israelites
came
and wander-
to recognize traveled with them. The pilgrim God, who traveled with Israel into wastelands and wilds, is not confined to one place. They came to know that God was mighty enough and loving enough to be with them wherever
God
they went. In the Exodus journey in particular, the commitment and presence of God was manifested in the fact that Israel built not a temple of stone, but a tent of sticks and hides to house the divine presence. The people had to be ready to
move on. The pattern of wandering was etched so deeply into the Israelite spirit that even at the height of their powers, with great armies and mighty kings and a glorious temple, they did not forget their roots. They recognized themselves as aliens in God's land, abiding there by divine generosity. And their law made allowances for the just treatment of foreigners in their midst, including them in the Sabrest.
The prophets continually called Israel to "remember and not forget" that their father Abraham was a "wandering Aramean" and that their God is a God of the journey. Israel was a people of both temple
priorities sur-
rounding us were often different and sometimes hostile to our own. We recall with gratitude expressions of hos-
faith.
bath
—
land where the language and customs, the values
ine in their homeland and moved to Egypt in search of greater opportunity. And it is a story that echoes throughout Israel's history: The people wandered in the desert for the 40 years of the Exodus; for 50 years they were exiled in the civilized "wilderness" of Babylon; and they experienced endless deportations to countries strange and hostile to their religion and customs. All these experiences shaped the
that
best,
are a people
the
story of
peace.
At our
ancient Israelites I'm tell-
ing
we
follow Christ are all essentially
streets of ...
an-
who
'wandering
wandered the Palestine and
inclined
the
cient Israelites,
Aramean') and disciples of Jesus, the teacher who
Nobody
the
streets of Palestine and who in
Abraham
anxious.
who
wandered
"Our identity as people of one country (where we love our land) intermeshes with our identity as children of
with
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one country intermeshes with our identity as children of Abraham and
gration issues. Many citizens find themselves resenting the influx of
when
contents copyright
addition, have needs like the rest of us. It seems important in these times to consider how our identity as people of
Today, passions in my part of the world tend to run high around immi-
and dependence.
ability
All
and allow room for the higher loyalty the Gospel commands?
—Temple worship's stable permanence and glory, and. —Tent spirituality's simple vulner-
bies
was
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The challenge is to commit ourselves to sharing those gifts as generously as God shares them.
tion.
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photos,
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by Sunrise/Trinity. Mimi Forsyth and Mary
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Ellert
(Luby is the director of the Division of Christian Formation for the Diocese of Forth Worth, Texas, and a free-lance
people from other countries people whose language and customs and outlook seem alien, and who, in
is
FAITH
to right,
—
a time to reflect on how faith shapes and transforms patriotism. How does love of country acknowledge people
left
writer.)
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much when
it
comes
"He only asks us to do what he did: to Esper, Traverse City, Mich.
to caring for people
welcome
all
and
turn
who
no one away.
are different from us? I
don't think that's asking too much."
— Mark
believe the Christian message is about inclusion because we're all reconciled in Christ. It's not about taking care only have to be convinced in our own minds of what needs to be done and then do it." don't think it's easy.... William Messenger, Los Angeles, Calif.
"I
of our own....
— in
We
I
"Absolutely not. He asks us to take care of each other, and Bobbi Kenny, Oxford, Ohio the world."
—
if
we
all
acted that out there would be a whole
lot
less trouble
"No.... Whatever he asks of us we need to do. Sometimes we don't think we're able to help someone different from that we're not qualified, or that we just don't know what to do, but we should be open to helping others." ourselves Coppinger, Parkville, Md.
—
—
"No.
Because
all
much
people are made in the likeness of God, and we have to seek that likeness in others. Once we have, Pam Baker, Leavenworth, Kan. easier to care for ... even those we may view as different."
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Liz
edition asks: Tell of a time
respond
you thought you did your best
to
pass
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faith on.
for possible publication, please write: Faith Alive! 3211 Fourth St. N.E.,
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31, 1996
The Catholic News
FAITH
patriotism look like? pel" (No. 2242).
By Father Paul J. Schmidt Catholic News Service
The catechism uses a word that is dear to the pope when describing the boundaries of patriotism: "solidarity."
a sad fact that "the world has yet how to live with diversity," Pope John Paul II said when he spoke to the U.N. General Assembly in New York in October 1995. That which makes the world's peoples different "can sometimes be felt as a burden or even as a threat," he explained. What the pope told us that day is not to fear our differences. He said that, yes, every nation "has the right to shape its life according to its own traditions," though this does not
In simplest terms, to exercise solidarity means to exercise our individual rights in a context: the context of the common good. We are called always to be aware of the needs of others and, in response to those needs, to adjust our self-interest.
It is
to learn
include any right to abuse basic human rights or, in particular, to
oppress mi-
Every nation has a right to
its culture,
he said. But, he added, "we need to
own
between
an unhealthy form of nationalism, which teaches contempt for
keep them
photo by Michael
J.
Okoniewski
Solidarity goes beyond self-interest. Solidarity motivates a wealthy country to aid a poor country, a strong country to defend a helpless country from aggression. Solidarity moves citizens to welcome refugees from places devastated by war. Of course, immigrants have obligations toward their host country too, says
the catechism. Ethnic groups have obligations to work for unity with their fellow citizens. A minority group can become divisive by clinging excessively
and exclusively
to its prerogatives.
Catholics celebrate the Eucharist, the sacrament of unity. At the "Exchange of Peace" we declare that we are at peace with one another in the Spirit of Christ.
We
are true patriots and loyal citiwe hold that peace in our hearts and are able to share it. We need to be able to say "Peace be with you" and
zens
if
mean
is
and rejection
strong enough to is high, Pastor
Israel's love of the land it
called
home mission to take some of the land of Israel back to Syria with him: "Please let me, your servant, have two mule-loads of earth, for I will no longer offer holocaust or sacrifice to any other God except to the Lord" (2 Kings 5:17). How sacred the land was in Israel is illustrated also by the celebration every 50th year of a great jubilee, a year of general liberation. Then, if a person had lost his land because of debt and foreclosure, it was to be returned to him.
By Father John J. Castelot Catholic News Service
Naboth had a vineyard close to King Ahab's property. The king decided it would make a nice addition to his own real-estate holdings and offered to buy it. Naboth answered, "I will not give you my ancestral heritage" (1 Kings
The
people's traditional stories told
God promising Abraham a land of his
over and over again of their forefather
own: give to your descendants afyou the land in which you are now staying, the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession, and I will be their God" (Genesis 17:8). So the Israelites were possessive of "I will
ter
their land.
But
this possessiveness
made them sensitive to the plight of people who were refugees from their own homelands. In fact, the law urged
The land was a sacred
CNS
— they are weakened —
Barndt believes.
trust, as God's as theirs. A fascinating story about love for the land involved the Syrian general Naaman. He had been cured of leprosy by the prophet Elisha. Naaman was so impressed that he was determined to worship Israel's God. But Naaman felt there would be a problem about doing this back in Syria which he didn't think was God's land. So he asked per-
much
cause it "can lead to a true nightmare of
common good make morally obligatory to pay taxes, to exercise the right to vote and to defend one's country" (No. 2240). But the catechism says there are limits to this obedience. "The citizen is obliged in conscience not to follow the directives of civil authorities when they be contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental rights of persons or the teachings of the Gos-
separated. The cost of isolation
truly
years; selling it would have been an affront to all his ancestors. This attitude toward the land was typical among the Israelites. They looked upon the land as a gift from God, a national and sacred heritage.
comments. He decried "a narrow and exclusive nationalism which denies any rights to the other." Why? Be-
it
of society suffer deprivation
So the queen, Jezebel, who considered her husband a spineless wimp, took matters into her own hands. She trumped up false charges against Naboth, had him executed and appropriated his vineyard. Naboth had regarded his land as a sort of extension of himself and would not have parted with it at any price. The land had been in the family for
tion in his
The Catechism of the Catholic Church discusses the duties of citizens in its treatment of the Fourth Commandment. "Submission to authority and co-re-
members
the "cultural curtain" dividing different cultural groups
21:4).
other nations or cultures, and patriotism, which is a proper love of one's country. "True patriotism never seeks to advance the well-being of one's own nation at the expense of others," the pope said. Patriotism of the kind the pope described is a virtue. The pope included a strong note of cau-
sponsibility for the
when
nation at the
expense of others,' the pope said" when he spoke to the U.N. General Assembly.
violence and terror." Recent events in Central Africa and in the former Yugoslavia further illustrate his point.
possible for growth to occur
Reflection: All
"True patriotism never seeks to advance
clarify the essential
difference
is
into
The catechism says: "The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin" (No 2241).
the well-being of one's
norities.
ACTION
in society when different cultural groups "come extended contact with each other," but it is also possible to prevent cultural interaction by allowing an impenetrable "cultural curtain" to descend between cultural groups, writes Pastor Joseph Barndt in Dismantling Racism, The Continuing Challenge to White America (Augsburg Fortress, 426 S. Fifth St., Minneapolis, Minn. 55440. 1991. Paperback, $15.99). Mr. Barndt, a Lutheran pastor, describes the effects of the isolation created by this cultural curtain. Cultural isolation "prevents us from sharing in the riches of other cultures" and drains us in other important ways, he believes. It
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concern for such people: "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt" (Exodus 22:20).
The Israelites were never to forget where their own ancestors came from. (Father Castelot
is
scholar, author, teacher
a Scripture
and
lecturer.)
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Frightening
consequences flow from a "fear of Pope John Paul insisted
nations and cultures,
II
'difference'" directed at other at U.N.
headquarters Oct.
5,
1995.
a loss for everyone is attached to the fear of these differences. "To cut from the reality of difference or worse, to attempt to stamp out that difference is to cut oneself off from the possibility of sounding the depths of the mystery of human life," he said. If nationalism cuts people off this way, it must not be confused with patriotism, he stressed. But what strikes real terror is the violence that erupts when fear of nations and cultures that are different prevails. It can mean denying- the other's humanity. The result is "that people fall into a cycle of violence in which no one is spared, not First,
oneself
off
—
—
even the children." People are not simply
different, the pope said. There is a "fundamental commonality." For "different cultures are but different ways of facing the question of the meaning of personal existence." Which leads us to the whole matter of respect. The pope explained that "respect for the culture of others is ... rooted in our respect for each community's attempt to answer the question of human life."
it.
(Father Schmidt is director of Priests Personnel for the Diocese of Oakland, Calif, and a free-lance writer.)
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Editor, Faith Alive!
9
10 The Catholic
News
& Herald
May
People Father Brummel Wins CPA's St. Francis De Sales Award
PHILADELPHIA Claretian Father Mark J.
and publisher
at
(CNS)
In
was announced
programs founded by Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton are polling his supporters to see whether they should pursue a
24,
CPA's annual
The winner of
sainthood cause for the "rosary priest." who died in 1992, coined the slogans "The family that prays
the award,
Father Peyton,
named for the patron saint of journalists, selected by mail-in ballot of CPA members. Candidates are nominated for their "outstanding contributions to Catholic journalism. Father Brummel was nominated as "a shining example of how mutual respect and trust can lead to great
and "A world at Born in Ireland in 1909, he came to the United States at age 1 9 and entered the seminary, but advanced tuberculosis threatened his life. He eventually recovered from the disease and a lung hemorrhage and in 1941 was ordained a priest. He always credited his recovery to Mary and out of gratitude to her founded the Family Rosary Crusade in Albany in 1942. together, stays together"
is
prayer
achievements" in his 26-year career with Claretian Publications. Among its publications are U.S. Catholic, Salt of the Earth, Context and U.S. Parish.
is
a world at peace."
Dole Preaches Traditional Values To Catholic Press Convention PHILADELPHIA (CNS) Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole preached the
Lech Walesa Honored At Special Mass At New York Cathedral
gospel of traditional values to the Catholic
the former Solidarity leader and president
Press Association, telling church
of Poland, was honored
journalists the fall presidential election
May 21
—
will
NEW YORK (CNS) — Lech Walesa,
"We (public officials) must
speak not just for innovative policies but for enduring values like family, work, responsibility and tolerance," said Dole,
nominee for He spoke in Philadelphia May
23, at the convention.
annual
CPA
national
communism, was defeated for re-election last November by a former communist,
Commissioner Asks Press For More News
U.N. Refugee
Aleksander Kwasniewski. At an evening ceremony May 22, he was to receive the annual award of the Path to Peace Foundation, an agency established by the Vatican nuncio to the United Nations to carry out projects related to the Vatican's U.N. role
—
WASHINGTON (CNS) Sadako Ogata wants the world's journalists to pay more attention to wars and their victims. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees understands that much of the world has no idea that it' s someone' job
—
New
'
.
the likely Republican president.
Mass
at a special
Cathedral in
at St. Patrick's
York. Although many of those attending were Polish-Americans, Cardinal John J O Connor, celebrant and homilist, said all Americans were indebted to Walesa for "helping bring down the monster of communism." Walesa, who was elected in 1990 as Poland's first democraticallychosen president after the fall of
be a referendum on the country's
basic values.
hers, to be specific
—
Salford Bishop Patrick Kelly Liverpool LIVERPOOL, England (CNS) Bishop Patrick A. Kelly of Salford has been named the new archbishop of Liverpool, succeeding Archbishop Derek Worlock, who died in February. The announcement of his appointment was made May 21 in Liverpool and Rome. Archbishop Kelly pledged to continue
to see to the
care of more than 27 million people
Two Of Top Three Essay Awards
—
of the Family Rosary and Family Theater
Chicago, received the Catholic Press Association's highest honor, the annual St. Francis de Sales Award. The award
convention.
Students Win
Possible Sainthood Cause For Famed 'Rosary Priest' ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) Leaders
in
May
The News St. Patrick
—
Brummel, editor
in Philadelphia
1996
million others "of concern" to the agency.
Claretian Publications
the final day of the
31,
Named Archbishop Of
who
have been uprooted from their homes by war, violence and human rights abuses. She told a National Press Club audience May 21 in Washington that without attention from the media, many of the world's "forgotten conflicts" could go on indefinitely, steadily adding to the toll of people that the U.N. agency must help protect, resettle and eventually return to
the
commitment
shown
—
by
his
Third graders Evan Thurbee, front left, and Kelley Hennessy, front right, were recent first and third place Winners in the Lucretia Shaffer Lynch Memorial Creative Award Carolinas Essay Contest. Behind Evan and Kelley are (from left) LSLM Foundation President Vincent Lynch, St. Patrick School third grade teacher Ellie Fagan and Public Relations Consultant Christine Wilkie.
CHARLOTTE — On May third grade students
11,
from the same
two
class
at St. Patrick Elementary School received honors in the Lucretia Shaffer Lynch Memorial Creative Award Carolinas Essay Contest. Evan Thurbee, 9, was awarded first place and a $ 1 000 U.S. Savings Bond for his essay, while Kelley Hennessy, 8, won third place and a $250 U.S. Savings Bond. Both Evan and Kelley wrote their essays about alternative land uses for tobacco farmers and submitted their entries to their teacher, Ellie Fagan. This was the first year for the contest, which is divided into three grade categories and has a first, second and third place winner for each category. Schools from North and South Carolina were invited to participate and 47 schools submitted essays. Overall, more than 1 85
essays were entered in the contest.
Evan
and Kelley won first and third place for grades one through four.
homelands. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees counts 14.5 million refugees from their home
justice.
Liverpool's Metropolitan Cathedral of
Contest guidelines requested that stu-
countries, 5.4 million people displaced
Christ the King, Archbishop Kelly spoke
dents write essays suggesting alternative
inside their own countries, 4 million people
of his friendship and admiration for the
land uses for tobacco farmers. Essays
who have recently returned home and 3.5
late
predecessor to ecumenism and social
their
During the press conference
at
were judged on
Archbishop Worlock.
practicality
and creative
was not the intent of those involved with the organization nor the participants, to criticize the industry, but thought. "It
to create a
new way
of thinking to allow
growth and prosperity for all," said Vincent P. Lynch, Foundation president. "I created this memorial in honor of my wife, a former educator and philanthropist, and it was meant to pay homage to her. However, today I realize it is as much a gift to me ... these students and educators have made me proud. We look forward to hosting the program again next year."
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Graduate Prepares For Three To Latino Radio Show Internship In Washington — HOLLYWOOD (CNS) Family Theater Productions has hired three award-winning Latino playwrights to
whose lives parallel most of what U.S. Latinos face today. The second half will
new Spanish-language
feature a live call-in discussion moderated
dramatic radio series, "La Historia de Quien Soy" ("The Story of Who I Am") slated to be available for national
by a journalist and featuring specialists. Solano's credits include PBS' "Reading Rainbow" and "The Puzzle Place" as well as the Warner Brothers Network drama "Savannah."
develop
a
syndication in the winter.
and
Playwright
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screenwriter Bernardo Solano
multigenerational Catholic Latino family
head
Castillo's play "Triptico Perverso"
He will be assisted by novelist and playwright Alberto Castillo and Olivia Chumacero, a writer, actress and director, in writing 48 episodes. They will be working in conjunction
("Perverse Triptych") was playing on stage in Mexico City. He has also had a
is
writer.
with Cecilia Gonzalez, director of Latino radio
programming
The show's feature
the
Family Theater. half-hour will experiences of a for
first
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Chumacero
has
written
the
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MARY COYNE WESSLING WINSTON-SALEM — Like most
By
graduates, Yesenia Ayala has her summer plans set in place. First comes graduation
from Bishop .McGuinness High
School. Next, a
summer
internship in
Washington, D.C. Lastly, ajourney back to her native Puerto
Rico to begin her
college career.
Yesenia, or Yessie (pronounced Jessie) as her friends call her,
energetic
17 year-old
is
a bright,
who came
to
Winston-Salem five years ago from Puerto Rico. She was shy at first, but Yessie learned to open up to the world and, in turn, the possibilities in
life
opened up for her. Today, she is an excellent student, active in several volunteer activities at
school and her parish,
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Attending the Hispanic Mass at Our Lady of Mercy brought Yessie in touch with other Hispanic people. It didn't take long for Yessie to discover that the immi-
million in Croatia,
displaced
1.73
million in Guinea,
Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Ivory Coast,
internally displaced
peers challenge their commitment.
to
do what she could
to help the
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"When I first came here to live with my mom, I wouldn't go out of the apartment.
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I hated to see her go." Yessie said there are many things
she hates to see
—
like the poverty
and
many Hispanics face. "A lot of people want to believe that
discrimination
Hispanics take advantage of things
—
American culture. But the people I have met work very hard
that they don't respect
and they give back to their communities," she said. " I know
1
8-year-olds who work
poor working conditions for long hours and send the money they earn home to in
their families."
Yessie said the Hispanics she meets are very Christian people
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Perhaps mature beyond her years, Yessie takes great comfort in praying and meditating daily. When she faith seriously.
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it."
Yessie' s self-confidence has brought
other rewards besides a deepening faith. Recently, she learned she was among a select group of 30 high school students chosen to intern with the Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington. The Insti-
ership skills of Hispanics living in the
her culture.
A Summer Camp For Ages 6-16
many young
tute is dedicated to cultivating the lead-
In the past five years, Yessie and her mother have opened their home to people in need. "One woman from Guatemala was like a grandmother to me," Yessie said. "She taught us so many things about
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of her inspiration
me
iiicrri-msic
in. I
from her mother, chairperson of the Hispanic League of Piedmont.
to help others
was tough adjusting. I stayed inside for about three weeks. Then my mom urged
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show
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immigrants. In the course of translating for them, she learned about their struggles and needs. Soon she began to help raise funds and collect food and clothing for
million in
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what
people are spiritual but they're afraid to
bers involved in the cause as well.
West Bank/Gaza Strip, Jordon
Some
of my friends question my religious habits. They're likely to think that because I pray I'm some kind of saint. I tell them anybody can pray. I'm not afraid to say
Baptist Hospital interpreting for Hispanic
McGuinness Spanish Club, she got mem-
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are true to their
shelter, clothing and decent jobs. Like her mother, Betsy Silva, Yessie chose to reach out through the Hispanic ministry
Every week Yessie volunteered
internally
"Young people who
religion have problems because their
Yugoslavia, Slovenia,
Macedonia and
not busy with school or volunteering, Yessie likes to read, listen to gospel music and pray the rosary. is
grants lacked many basic needs like food,
and
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Our Lady of
United States. Yessie will experience a work environments there, including the House of Representatives, and attend seminars featuring Hispanic community, political and business leaders. Yessie hopes to include volunteering as an interpreter in her internship. Yessie admits the summer internship sounds challenging but, she quickly adds, "I am looking forward to it." While in Washington she will live on the campus of George Washington University. variety of
When the internship ends Aug. 13, Yessie will have just a week to get ready to leave for college in Puerto Rico. Though it saddens her that she will not be living with her mother for the next four years, Yessie is happy to be going. She will attend the University of Sacred Heart in San Turce and major in Public Relations.
Wherever she goes, Yessie
said she
will never forget her five years in
Win-
ston-Salem and her time at Bishop McGuinness High School. "I love this school," she said. "It helps
and challenges
me
me spiritually
intellectually."
Mostly, she will miss the people in Winston-Salem. "They're the best thing about this city," she said. "Even though
some
are not tolerant of other people's
cultures, there are
are ready to help."
many more
here
who
12 The Catholic
News
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May
CCHS Graduates Awarded
Egan Reflects On Lifelong Commitment To Peace Eileen
Scholarships For Study
All of these are
CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Catholic
interrelated,
Egan
High School recently announced the
told Catholic
News
following scholarship winners: Rebecca Amar received a $4,500 per year scholarship to Elon College, a $2,000 scholarship to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Service during a May interview at her upper East Side apartment in New York.
"Peace
a
is
constituent element
of the Gospel," she
"And
said.
think
I
of us, as an expression of our all
should be working for peace. It's just a simple expression of our faith,
To honor Egan, last
year
announced
the
Egan
Eileen
Journalism Awards. The
two
first
recipients
—
journalists writing
Catholic
for
CNS
photo by Nancy Wiechec
Catholic
Worker and Pax
Christi
NANCY HARTNAGEL NEW YORK (CNS) — In Eileen By
Egan's
life
and work, peace has been the
For nearly four decades, she
that
overseas aid agency of the U.S. Catholic
CRS
community, to people made homeless and poor by wars and disasters. As one of the Catholic Worker family in New York, she served up soup, hospitality and, at the Worker's Friday night meetings, talks on the needs she saw abroad. She lobbied bishops on war and peace issues at the Second Vatican Council and U.S. bishops' meetings. In the 1960s, she
founded the American PAX became Pax Christi
Association, which
U.S.A., a branch of the international peace organization.
She Rights
first
pressed the U.N.
Commission
to
Human declare
is
22-24. trip to tour
written extensively: numerous essays and articles for The Catholic Worker newspaper and other publications; books about CRS, refugees and the works of mercy as works of peace; biographies of her peaceable friends a book on Mother Teresa, a booklet on Dorothy Day. Currently, she is completing another book "The First Generation Since Genesis" entirely on peace. It will include a theology of peace based on the Sermon on the Mount, the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the Our Father as the ultimate peace prayer.
has
—
—
—
South Carolina. Christine Diaz received a $6,500 per
Natacha Dockery
received
a
Suzanne DuBose received a $ 1 5,000 per year scholarship to the college of her choice in North or South Carolina and a
doing."
for four years.
what made her happiest "is knowledge of what
"Because
they'll base the articles
on
reports of human need and the
wounds of
"And
that will
the world," she said.
increase compassion in the world."
Egan,
now in her 80s, is the oldest of
couple in Wales. Her father was a timber man who propped up coal mines. She identified early with "workers who had dangerous lives, but who were very good living, very honest and fine people." From her mother, Egan learned ecumenism and Gandhian nonviolence. Her own "primal identity ... as a Catholic, as a child of God" began "in embryo." "I got it from my mother really," she six children
born to an
Irish
remember when I was
and I was taken over (to Ireland) to make my First Communion. And I went into a store with her and there was a rosary hanging up on the wall." The child wanted the colorful beads, but her mother said no. "It was a rosary in the Sinn Fein colors, Egan said. "Now, my mother was for the freedom of Ireland, but not by the
She
Demert was awarded a $1,500
will spread
tribute,
said. "I
finally passed.
April
per year scholarship to The University of
scholarship to East Carolina University.
in
1970, and 17 years
resolution
Lisa Cicchillo received a $4,000 per
year scholarship to Lees-McRae College.
Association
conscientious objection a human right in later, the
awarded a $500-2000
$5,500 grant to study abroad. Mike Falencki received the Yale Scholarship, presented by Yale University, valued at $16,299 per year
said
it
also
scholarship to the college he chooses.
$11,000 per year. Nina Dry received a $1,500 per year
projects.
Egan
He was
Press
"Happily surprised" by the
represented Catholic Relief Services, the
Foundation, a part of the
National Merit Scholarship Competition.
scholarship to Boston College valued at
Their prize is an overseas
CRS
constant.
co-
May
Carroll received a $1,000
year scholarship to Queens College.
convention Philadelphia,
Matthew
per year scholarship from the National
developing the world were to be named at the Catholic
USA.
College.
publications about
—
Promoting peace has been a life-long constant for Eileen Egan and has included work with Catholic Relief Services, the
and an $800 scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Molly Beam received a $6,000 per year scholarship to Mary Baldwin College and a $ 1 ,500 per year scholarship to Elon College. Angela Blanken received a $2,500 per year scholarship to Lees-McRae
Gypsum
faith."
CRS
a
little girl
.
use of violence.
And
also, she didn't
want the church and the state ... to be united in that way or to have the rosary, which is a religious symbol, being used for a national cause.
"She gave
me
that very early, that
See Egan, page 16
31, 1996
Mike also received a $500
Hood Scholarship from Hood Hargett & Associates as a Hood Hargett Carolina Panthers Student Athlete of the Week. Celeste Gunning was chosen for a $4,500 per year scholarship to Loyola
University in
New
Orleans.
Annie Lenhart was awarded a $250 scholarship to the college of her choice.
Amy
Bucknell University and a $10,000 per year scholarship from Randolph-Macon
Women's
College.
Nicole Rademacher was chosen for a $6,308 per year scholarship to Clemson University.
Jennifer Schexnayder received a $3,256 scholarship from Winthrop University.
Andrea Schiefer was chosen for a $2,000 per year scholarship to Ohio University.
Lynn Scholtz was named a recipient of the Caroline Hodges Sparkman Leadership Scholarship at Saint Mary's College in Raleigh. The total award is valued at $4,250 per year. Christine Shearer received a $8,760 per year scholarship to Villanova University and was also chosen for two scholarships from The Catholic University of America, one valued at $7,500 per year and the other valued at $3,000 per year. Tom Shimshock received the Rensselaer Medal Math and Science Award of $10,00 per year to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. Andrea Simcox received the President's Scholar Award from
Winthrop University. The scholarship is worth $5,174 per year for four years. Andrea was also awarded a $1,500 scholarship to Elon College and a $7,000 per year scholarship from Belmont Abbey College. Julie Southern was chosen to receive The Catholic University of America's Cardinal Gibbons Scholarship. This
award is a $7,500 per year award based on academic merit, recommendations, extracurricular activities and outstanding leadership. Julie was also awarded a $500 scholarship from Appalachian State University. C.J.
Thomas was awarded
a $5,000
per year scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Asheville as part of the
Teaching Fellows Program.
received a $4,000 per year scholarship to Chowan College.
Brad Timmers was awarded a Cameron Morris Scholarship to attend
Littrell
$500
the University of North Carolina at
per year scholarship from Appalachian
Chapel Hill. The award is valued at $5,000
State University.
per year for four years. He was also awarded a $2,000 per year scholarship from North Carolina State University, a $750 scholarship to the college of his
Christina Lundgren received a
Brooks Luquire received a $3,000 per year scholarship to Wofford College. Jennifer McWilliams received two scholarships from Meredith College, one for $4,000 per year and one for $1,000 per year. Patrick Milligan
was awarded a
$12,000 scholarship from Oglethorpe University, a $6,250 scholarship from Roanoke College and a $1,500 per year scholarship from Elon College. Colleen Puceta received at $6,500 per year scholarship to Greensboro College and a $500 scholarship from
High Point University. Danielle Puceta was a recipient of the Dean's Scholars Program at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. The award includes a scholarship of $7,000 per year for four years. Puceta also received a
choice and a $500 scholarship to the college of his choice.
Carolyn Zawadski was chosen for a $500 scholarship to the college of her choice.
In addition to scholarships, three
CCHS
seniors have been chosen for
special honors:
an received Bosse Shane appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He will report to the academy in July. Molly Putman and Melissa Putman were invited to participate in the Honors Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
$13,000 per year scholarship from
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May
The Catholic News
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What Your Textbook Didn't
How A Bill
Really
MARK PATTISON
By
Catholic Class,
News
Service
time to review
it's
becomes law. ut away your because
P,you
it's
how
a
bill
civics textbook
not going to help
much. And the
that
squeamish can close
Tell
because
their eyes
You
Diocese And Forum
Becomes A Law
Sponsor
year's proposed welfare reform
with teen-age mothers, saw
an old saw applies: the two things you made are sausage
meaning
immigration to the United States would
and law.
stop.
a certain time,
that, after
all
on the Catechumenate sponsor an Aug.
when
at
pro-lifers
saw a provision
that cut
off benefits for teen-age mothers, they
predicted abortion rates
"Groups
would
like Birthright,
rise.
who
are
continually working with this every day, this,
but not
provision. after the
in its final written form.
different" with welfare.
was like a time bomb," Hill "Once it was written, we leaked it to the media. We let the media do the dirty work for us," Hill said. The media
"Sometimes," Hill noted, "gridlock can be a good thing."
to the telecommunications
that prohibited speech over the
bill
on how
Internet
to procure
and provide
abortions?
No
cried those opposed to the
fair,
They were unaware of it until bill had become law. Nobody
ever voted on
it,
they contended, so
how
did the amendment' s sponsor, Rep. Henry
Hyde,
manage
R-Ill.,
to tack
it
on
to the
bill?
happens
The amendment was caught by
the time, says Micheal
"reading the
by
line," Hill said.
"It
recalled.
Supporters of legal abortion, Hill
bill "extremist," he added, and the amendment went down to defeat. said interest groups draft most of the legislation debated on Capitol Hill. Special-interest groups are "far more expert than Congress can be," he said. A member of Congress might consult with up to five interest groups before sponsoring a bill. It can be a two-way
wouldn' t ordinarily think of looking telecommunications bill for an
idea and asks the interest group to write
It
all
a lobbyist on the staff of the U.S.
Hill,
Conference's Office of Government Liaison. "When you have a bill that's thick, Catholic
and lots of pages, it's easy to put something in a bill that escapes notice," he said, "especially when you're not lots
looking for said,
in a
it."
amendment. "We've done it ourselves," Hill said. He was reluctant to state on the record just when because one bill where the USCC snuck in some favorable abortion- related
Congress and the amendment hasn't been found out yet. Has the USCC ever gotten caught napping on some arcane amendment? "We in the Office of Government Liai son never fall asleep," Hill chuckled. But "there are provisions in legislation you miss the importance of," he noted. example was the recent immigration reform bill. An legislation is
still
in
One
amendment
in
the
House
version would have permitted states to
undocumented from attending public schools. But
prohibit the children of aliens
the Senate version of the
amendment
labeled the
Hill
outright, not
keep
even giving
states
A lawmaker has
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John Honored As NC Nurse Of The Year
Sister
But Hill cautioned against the bill by neither interest groups nor Congress, but by congressional staff. On the immigration bill, a senatorial staffer added the word "a" to one amendment. Adding that one-letter word, Hill said, would have stripped judges from having any discretion when dealing with immigrants convicted of crimes, thus forcing their deportation.
"You go through
_
a bill this thick,"
holding his thumb and forefinger generously wide apart, "word by word, punctuation mark by Hill
said,
punctuation mark....
them?
I
Who's going to find
guess that's what
Nurse of the Year. in
Sharon
USA's
chief lobbyist, said the
— most on — an "informal" way
block legislation
recently
a
for a senator to address concerns
on a
health care bill
pending
bill
is
without having to resort to a
"sabotage" to block
existing conditions to get insurance,
eventually passed the Senate 100-0. But didn't happen until the bill's backers exposed that a rotating hold was being used by several senators to block it
consideration of the bill. Public pressure,
Daly said, forced those senators up their holds.
to give
Daly said citizen action is still important. As an example she cited last
—
Sister Loretta
John Meehan has been recognized as Nurse of the Year by the North Carolina Association for Home Care (NCAHC). Nominated by Good Shepherd Home Health and Hospice Agency where Sister John has worked the past 25 years, she accepted the award at the NCAHC Conference in Charlotte on
May
The health care bill, which would make it easier for Americans with pre-
John Meehan was honored
Tom Taaffe; Judy Wilson;
at
a
L
NCAHC
Sister John
Conference Meehan; Father
Mauricio West; Sister Mary Martin Meehan; and Sister Terry Martin.
HAYESVILLE Daly, Catholic Charities
Sister
Charlotte. Pictured are:
we get paid to
do."
filibuster or other
Catholic
and Easter seasons. Participation by parish teams is encouraged through a special team tuition
written
the legislation.
4^
how
an
"hold" used by senators to
Mountain
and have they have approached various issues that arise during the Lenten for implementing the vision
discuss
it.
it.
Your
The institute focus is on the Period of Purification and Enlightenment, the Easter Triduum and the Period of Mystagogy in the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults. Participants will explore the vision of these steps in the initiation journey, develop practical skills
up in the form of a bill, or the interest group detects a problem, writes up a bill, and asks someone in Congress to sponsor
an option
"It slipped through the process in the subcommittee and in the full committee," Hill said. "We looked at it again and again and again" until yet another read-
the
16-18 mini-institute, The Ninety Days, The Catholic Conference Center.
it
would have forbidden the schooling to
bill line
The Diocese of
"It looked like welfare reform was going to be a done deal," Daly said. But
Rather than stir up an outcry right away, groups opposed to the amendment let it pass without comment through the subcommittee and committee process and "markup," the process of putting the bill
amendment
—
Charlotte and The North American Forum
bill.
Washington think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the Family Research Council," Daly said. "People who've never before gotten involved on this issue got involved because it touched on the pro-life issue," she said. As a result, state legislators and governors are going to think a lot more carefully before they do something
the controversy over an
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HICKORY
through of the bill unveiled the impact of the Senate version. "We got it changed," Hill said, but "only because the sponsor agreed to" make the change. Another amendment in the Senate version called for an eventual moratorium on immigration, a "sunset" provision
don't want to see being
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workers, "for all that they do for patients
and
2.
Nancy Temple, executive of the
backs ... Her efforts magnify the quality of care our patients receive each and every day. The agency receives many calls, donations and letters in her honor from patients and their families." "I am proud to accept this award on behalf of all nurses," said Sister John to an audience of about 500 health care
NCAHC,
read excerpts of the
their families."
Special guests for the awards
director
ceremony were her
sister, Sister
Mary
Ambassador of Good Will for the agency," wrote Mary Carol Campbell,
Martin Meehan of New York; Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor of the Diocese of Charlotte; Sister Terry Martin of Hayesville and
Good
Good Shepherd
nomination during the awards banquet. "Sister John is often called the
Shepherd's director of communications. "In our modern day of high-tech advances, she personifies the high-touch nursing skills that her patients so eagerly respond to
known
for holding
...
she
is
hands and rubbing
staff
members
Tom
Taaffe, Judy Wilson, Mary Carol Campbell and Sister Joanne Kuhlmann. Good Shepherd hosted a community celebration in honor of Sister John May 18.
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May
31, 1996
Diocesan News Briefs Hopes Group Meets
BMHS
Soccer Coach Voted Coach Of The Year
WINSTON-SALEM
—
Bishop
McGuinness High School Soccer Coach Ben Korb was voted Coach of the Year by the Piedmont Athletic Conference for Independent Schools. Korb was selected by the other coaches of the conference for his
CHARLOTTE — "Hopes," a support group for friends and loved ones of people who have experienced a suicidal death, meets the second Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church. For information, call (704) 523-7724 or (704) 362-2604.
work as BMHS girls soccer coach.
Support For Families Of Aging
Korb is also Athletic Director and teaches history at Bishop McGuinness.
CHARLOTTE
— A support group
Margaret Church sponsors a Fun night the first Friday each month at 7:30 p.m. in Murphy Garland Hall. Bring a game and your own of
St.
and
Game
Be
in your
new home before school starts!
John Wagner Realtor
or Alzheimers meets the second
Vacation Bible School
ARDEN — Vacation
CCD HIGH POINT
Rally
—
at St.
Christ the King
Let the "Family Man" produce rewarding results for you!
Parishioner of St.
Luke Church
Payne, (704) 891-2920.
ASHEVILLE Vacation Bible School at St. Eugene Church is June 1721. Cost is $15 per child. Contact the church, (704) 254-5 193, for information. CHARLOTTE. Vacation Bible School at St. Vincent de Paul Church is June 24-28 from 9 a.m.- noon for children in grades K-5. Cost is $5 per child. Call Peggy Pohlheber, (704) 588-731 1. Vacation Bible School at St. Gabriel Church is June 17-21 from 9 a.m.-noon. For information, contact Mary Ellen Paine, (704) 366-2738. GREENSBORO Vacation Bible School at Our Lady of Grace Church is July 15-19 from 9 a.m. - 12 noon. Vacation Bible School at St. Paul the Apostle Church is June 17-21 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Call (910) 294-4696 for
(704) (p) 515-8717 (o) 334-6677 (h)
847-7673
—
f Lft
professional dancer will entertain. For
Carolina
mind, body and
Coolie
first
spirit is
Mclntyre, (704)
Single Catholics Meet
GREENSBORO — The Greensboro Single Catholics Group meets Monday, June 10 at 6:45 p.m at the Greensboro Bats ticket office to watch a baseball game. For information, call Jim Keaney, (910)454-4624.
—
June 5 and the
Wednesday each month at 7 :30 p.m.
at St.
Ann
Student Applications Accepted WINSTON-SALEM St. Leo
Mass
CHARLOTTE— AMassfor healing !
50+ Club of John Neumann Church meets Wednesday, June 12 at 11 a.m. A St.
is
Healing 1
50+ Club Meets
CHARLOTTE — The
545-5046.
Nocturnal Adoration DENVER June 7 and the first Friday each month at Holy Spirit Church. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament starts at 7 p.m. Friday evening and concludes Saturday morning at 8 a.m. with Benediction, followed by first Saturday rosary and Mass. For information, call Jack Sweeney, (704) 896-7757.
Peter Church.
information orto volunteer, contactLeslie
grounds after 10 a.m. Mass on Sundays for refreshments and a CCD rally.
information, call
Nocturnal Adoration
School is accepting applications for rising seventh graders for the 1996-97 school year. Call the school office, (910) 7488252, for information.
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—
—
information.
Echoing God's Word
HICKORY
4410-F Monroe Rd. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 342-2878 Celebrating 15 years of serving the Carolinas
celebrated June 9 and the Second Sunday each month at 4 p.m. at St. Patrick
is
Cathedral. Healing service at 3 p.m. Pot
luck supper follows Mass.
Christian Leadership Institute
Monday
Friday 9:30-5:00 Saturday 9:30-1:30
ARDEN
-
&
Books Gift Items Special orders/Mail orders
Welcome
—A
institute for high
29
at St.
Christian leadership is June 24-
symposium
Barnabas Church. Cost
is
Franciscan Center Workshop
GREENSBORO
PUT YOUR GIFTS at the
Service of Others
Consider
PRIESTHOOD in
The Diocese of Charlotte Contact Father Frank O'Rourke Vocation Director
—
Poor Servant
Susan McGrath, Director of Emmaus Retreat House in Perth Amboy, Sister
28203 (704) 334-2283
St.
—
Paul the Apostle Church.
Holy Spirit Seminar
one-day workshop, "The Enneagram," Saturday, June 15 from 9 a.m. -4 p.m. at the Franciscan Center. Cost is $20 and includes lunch. To register or for information, call (9 1 0) 272-2554 or write The Franciscan Center, 233 North Greene Street, Greensboro, N.C. 27401.
Deacons Keith Kolodziej and Jim Hamrlik will facilitate a seminar on living in the Holy Spirit Mondays from June 3- July 29 from 7:309 p.m. at St. Matthew Church. Cost is $5 for books and materials. Call (704) 5416765 for information.
Foster Caregivers Needed Couples and
BREVARD
—
individuals are needed to help children in the
community by giving them
care. Call
Trend Mental Health
884-2027
to help.
at
foster
(704)
—
barbecue SWANNANOA lunch served by members of the Holy Name Men's Club of St. Margaret Mary Church is Sunday, June 9 after 1 1 a.m. Mass at Grovement Park.
A
Ultreya Meets
THOMASVILLE — Ultreya for the Thomasville, Greensboro and High Point areas meets the first Friday each month at
Highways
7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of the Church. Leaders' School follows.
Fun And Game Night MAGGIE VALLEY — Family Life
— The
St.
Patrick
Cathedral Amazing Grays will meet for a
covered-dish picnic at Lake Norman Thursday, June 6 at 11 a.m. For information, call Virginia Williams at
(7040 334-2733.
Sports
at
life.
Contact Sheri for
765-3499
(910)
information.
Summer Bible Seminar CHARLOTTE — Chapters 40-55 of Book of Isaiah are the focus of "Comfort, Comfort My People," the July 15-19 seminar presented by Susan Brady at St. John Newmann Church. Catechist
the
is
available. Call
864-2556
for
Linda Gibbons, (704) information and
registration.
Living Waters Retreats
MAGGIE
VALLEY
"Contemplation and the Prayer of the Heart" is a June 17-23 contemplative retreat in the spirit of Thomas Merton directed by Rev. Sidney Griffith, S.T. Cost is $225. "Come to the Quiet" is a June 24-30 retreat of silent prayer to deepen the relationship with the Spirit directed
Amazing Grays Picnic
CHARLOTTE
Barbecue Lunch
Wilson
certification credit is given. Babysitting
—
CHARLOTTE
N.J., is spiritual director at a
1621 Dilworth Road East Charlotte, M.C.
And
Solutions Speakers from GREENSBORO the Piedmont Triad Area Agency on Aging and American Health and Services present a forum to discuss the needs of seniors, "Services and Solutions," Wednesday, June 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. at
Senior Services
$1 10.
information.
that addresses the
Scriptures and daily
school youth
Call the church, (704) 684-6098, for
—
"Echoing God's Word: Catechesis and Preaching Based on the Liturgy of the Word" is a July 12 14
Charismatic Mass
CHARLOTTE — Charismatic Mass
Bible School Barnabas Church is July 22-26. For
parish children are invited to the picnic
Monday
each month through August from 1 :30-3 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church in the family room. For information, call (704) 3776871, extension 314.
9229.
refreshments.
to assist families struggling with dementia
Buy & Sell Now!
8 a.m.- 12 p.m. at St. Ann School. Cost is $50. For information, call (704) 541-
Camps
CHARLOTTE —
Volleyball
camp
by
Father William Fickel. Cost is $225. "Let Go, Let God" is a July 5-7 workshop for anyone interested in spiritual growth through the "twelve steps" directed by Rev.
Edward Flanagan,
O.F.M., Rev. Emmett Murphy, O.F.M. and Ken and Jacke Brinker. Cost is $85. To register, contact Living Waters
Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 28751. For information, call (704) 926-3833.
for rising sixth-ninth grade girls is June
24-28 at Holy Trinity Middle School. For information, call Bettie Berry, Charlotte Catholic High School coach, at (704) 521-0721
The Cougar Girls' Basketball Camp for girls in grades 6- 1 2 is July 15-19 from
The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish newsfor the diocesan news briefs.
Good photographs,
preferably
black and white, also are welcome. Please submit news releases and photos at least
10 days before the date of publication.
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World And National News Briefs New York, California Attempt Own Partial-Birth Abortion Bans WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the wake of President
Clinton's veto of the
Ban
Partial-Birth Abortion
two of
Act,
America's most populous states are trying to enact their own bans on the procedure. In California, a vote was scheduled for May 28 or May 29 in the state assembly on a measure that would make it a misdemeanor for a physician to perform that kind of late-term abortion. In New York, a partial-birth abortion ban was approved by the state Senate but a vote on the bill in the state Assembly has been blocked by Speaker Sheldon Silver, a longtime supporter of legal abortion.
Legislators Ask Administration To Fight Assisted Suicide
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
—
members of Congress have asked
the
cian-assisted suicide and to urge the U.S. to reverse
court decision that In a letter eral
May 23
Drew Days,
an appeals
would make
it
legal.
to U.S. Solicitor
Gen-
the legislators said the
Supreme Court should review and
FOUR GREAT NAMES to
KNOW MITSUBISHI
MITSUBISHI
6951
E.
April 2 that is
New
York's law against assisted suicide
unconstitutional.
New York petitioned the Supreme
Court May 16 to review and reverse that ruling. Briefs supporting or opposing such a petition to review a case are due within 30 days of the filing of the petition.
Attorney Apologizes For Having Taped Confession
District
PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) attorney
— The Oregon
district
who authorized taping a sacramental confes-
sion said May 22 he had made a mistake in doing so. The apology was welcomed by the Archdiocese of Portland, where the taping occurred, but church officials indicated that the apology alone was not enough. The archdiocese "remains committed to the destruc-
and the guarantee that never again will such a violation occur in the state of Oregon," said Auxiliary Bishop Kenneth D. Steiner, archdiocesan
tion of the tape
administrator, in a statement
May
23.
Forty
Clinton administration to oppose physi-
Supreme Court
verse the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling
Independence
re-
U.S. Bishop Pilla Calls Reform Campaign Divisive WASHINGTON (CNS) The head of the U.S. bishops said May 22 that a national signature campaign to bring changes in the church may cause confusion and division. "I appeal to the leaders of this referendum not to create new divisions in our own ecclesial family by continued challenges to the teachings and the authority of the church that has nurtured the faith of us all," said Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. "For it to be successful, dialogue needs to be honest; ... I do not believe that this referendum announced today contributes toward creating a spirit of dialogue," he said. "I ask those approached to sign this petition to reflect prayerfully and seriously on the confusion that may be created by a technique so inadequate and inappropriate to deal with these matters," he added.
—
After
CNS
Monks Reported Dead, Pope Asks Muslims To Stop Extremists
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
photo by Michael Ziegler
Cathedral Arches. Marianne Keough paints one of the vaulting arches of St. Joseph's Old Cathedral in Oklahoma City, which is scheduled to reopen in September after being nearly destroyed in the Oklahoma City bombing.
—
Pope John Paul II appealed to the world's Muslims to unite in an effort to stop extremists who claim their faith justifies taking the lives of others. The papal appeal came a day after the French Foreign Ministry said a document, signed by the Algerian Armed Islamic Group, claimed that seven Trappist monks kidnapped almost two months earlier had been killed. "News of the barbaric assassination of the seven monks of the Trappist monastery at Medea if confirmed would constitute one of the saddest chapters in the history of Algeria," said Vatican
—
—
531-3131
Employment Opportunities
spokesman Joaquin Navarro- Vails. Neither the French nor the Algerian govern-
ment publicly confirmed the report
May
as of
24.
Cardinal Says Joining State System Helped Catholic Schools
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — When New Zealand Catholic
(CNS)
schools became integrated with public St. 7001 E.Endependence
5354444
HYURDRI 41 00 E.Independence
5354455
Principal Position Available: If you are an experienced administrator, enthusiastic about Catholic schools, and able to work well with a highly qualified and dedicated staff, we would like to hear from you. Serving grades pre-3 through 6, St. Anne's is seeking a principal beginning with the 1996-97 school year. The candidate must be Catholic, have a master's degree and be certifiable in Virginia. Nestled in the mountains of southwest Virginia, St. Anne's is fully accredited and serves approximately 200 students. Salary negotiable according to experience and qualifications. Send resume and letter of introduction before June 30 to: Search Committee, St. Anne Catholic School, 300 Euclid Ave., Bristol, Virginia 24201.
THE
apoiNjE
Bookkeeper: work part-time in 500+ family size church with Rev. Carl DelGuidice, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 4 Fortune Cove Rd., Brevard, NC 28712. Full charge
bookkeeper wanted
retirement benefits. Send resume
DEALERSHIPS SERVING CHARLOTTE WITH INTEGRITY FOR OVER 33 YEARS! Frank LaPointe, President
Member of
St. Gabriel
Church
deepened their Catholic charNew Zealand cardinal. Cardinal Thomas Williams of Wellington, schools,
Anne's School
to
to:
Youth Minister Director: Growing parish in western NC looking for staff member to oversee total youth program. Plan and coordinate catechetics, social programs and service programs for preparation. Prefer at least undergraduate training in youth ministry or experience.
Diocese offers generous benefits package. Send resume Parish, P.O. Box 8160, Asheville, NC 28814.
to:
YM Search, St. Eugene
it
acter, said a
New Zealand, told Catholic educators in Johannesburg
that education ministry
statistics "indicate that integrated lic
Catho-
schools are performing better in
areas.
The
all
ministry's measures are as
much for educational achievement as for the imparting of values." Cardinal Will-
iams is an executive member of the New Zealand Council of Proprietors of Integrated Schools and chairman of the New Zealand Board of Proprietors of the Catholic Education Fund. He was closely associated with the integration of Catholic schools into the state system in New Zealand about 20 years ago. He visited South Africa in May to advise Catholic educators, who face a proposed bill that
would make
come
all
state-aided schools be-
public schools.
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& Herald
May
31,
1996
Benedict Church
St.
GREENSBORO — St. Benedict Church is one of the oldest in the diocese. Established in
1 877 as St. Benedict parish was founded before there was a diocese in North Carolina. The cornerstone of the original church was laid by then-Bishop James Gibbons of Richmond who would go on to become Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore.
Agnes,
St.
As the years passed, the original church building oecame too small to accommodate the needs of the growing congregation. Therefore, the building was sold to the Greensboro Public School System and became the city's first high school. Today's church still stands where it did in 1899. At that time, the name of the parish was changed from St. Agnes to St. Benedict in honor of the father of
St.
Western Monasticism and the Benedictine Fathers of Belmont Abbey who staffed the parish. While the new church was being built, a wealthy
Benedict
109 West Smith Street Greensboro, N.C. 27455 (910) 272-0303
Philadelphia
woman, Katharine
Drexel, founder of
the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and
Colored People, was working to give away her fortune She heard about the building project and gave St. Benedict $1,500 for a new church with the condition that one of the four rows of pews be set aside for the use of African Americans. The church agreed. Drexel died March 3, 1955 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1988. Before World War II, several divisions of National Guardsmen came to Ft. Bragg for maneuvers. Many of the men would travel to Greensboro for the weekend and attend Mass at St. Benedict. Because of the large
to benefit African Americans.
Vicariate:
Greensboro
Pastor:
Monsignor Joseph S. Showfety
Mass schedule: Sat.: 5 p.m.; Sun.: 8 and 11 a.m.
Number
of parishioners:
number of participants, the -priest would celebrate Mass outdoors, leading from the parish hall porch, and the men would kneel in the grass and in the two-lane street, which was blocked off by the city.
263
Msgr. Joseph
S.
Showfety, former Chancellor of
became pastor of St. Benedict in 1993 and remains the parish pastor today. By 1994, the brickveneered church had weakened because of age and traffic. As a result, the church building got a facelift. The twin towers
the Diocese of Charlotte,
Number
of
is
were strengthened and parts were rebuilt. Msgr. Showfety said that, parishioners are involved in a large number of activities, including Vincent de Paul Society and SHARE, a food distribution program that benefits the needy.
Egan Recalls Years Of
Eileen religion
households: 150
above nationalism, above
becoming the
first
layperson and
first
woman on
she said.
In 1 945, she was at home recuperating from an operation when a plane crashed into CRS' s 79th floor office in the Empire State Building. Eleven people died. She likened it to a bombardment. "It was the same kind of thing, that one minute you're in full life and the next minute you're cremated," she said. "It was really strange and ironic ... that the one office in New York which was hit in that way was an office helping the war-
were a typical immigrant family," she said. "I became very aware of the needs of refugees and how you have to treat them," she added.
"When
CRS, I realized that
...
I
came with
refugees wanted to
be served by their own group or the group of their religion." After graduating from Cathedral
High School and Hunter College in New York, Egan assumed responsibility for her siblings
when both
parents died
suddenly a few years apart
She taught, then worked
in the '30s.
for a Catholic
organization providing social services for
war workers.
When
an uncle later took over
responsibility for the family, "I
down
went
Dorothy Day, Egan said. "I really wanted to do something that meant peace, peacemaking." "I was quite immature and I felt that Dorothy would say, 'Oh my, you're just the person we're waiting for,'" she recalled with a laugh. "But she didn't. She said, 'Why don't you come in every Wednesday and help with the mail.'" Egan did not do that, but instead joined the brand-new CRS in 1943, to see
the staff.
Over the next 35 years, Egan visited ongoing CRS aid projects and helped develop new ones throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America. She filled notebook after notebook, later using the details to flesh out the 12 books she has
Each described her work
Her worst memories
are tied to "the
hearts that
is
ministering to Jesus "in his distressing disguise," whatever
willing to
it
might be.
"We looked at people with the same Egan said. "And Dorothy Day, for me, brought in the most distressing disguise of all: Jesus in the enemy. If we see that ... then we'll have nothing to do with what the country tells us to do to the eyes,
Though she laments
the state of the
world today, in particular tribal and ethnic warfare in Africa and Bosnia, Egan said
some
things are better.
—
Catholic
Worker movement
— became
she said,
with 19 other women, Egan lobbied
prelates behind the scenes.
"Wasn't it wonderful that the one condemnation of the whole four years of Vatican II was the condemnation of
the chance to be the preserver of
all life:
Egan said her experience as a laywoman in the U.S. church has been "more than good, really. It's been
when
against
marvelous. Because
she said. "I feel that the church
it's
against abortion,
hope
I
now
it's
will
has
be against
war, and against a deterrent."
She called the
deterrent, stockpiles
deterrent, simply
such people Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, and Dorothy Day, co-founder of the
stuff,"
it
indiscriminate warfare?" she remarked.
with not only great love, but great energy
Two
could feed in
had to be presented by a bishop." So while Dorothy Day went on a 10-day "but
some
think there has been
of bombs and weapons, "a great maw ... eating the resources of the country." An
works of love."
women
clarification of thought in the church,"
"I
condone the inflicting of suffering or killing on others." And her best memories are of the people who "have seen so much suffering, and yet they come out for the
St.
go to Rome for the final session of Vatican II in 1965. Taking herself off the CRS payroll for a month, she went to seek changes in the document that became "The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World." "In the council it was so obvious that
fast
enemy...."
euthanasia, and
written, co-written or edited.
human
great friends.
with the poor and outcast in terms of
afflicted."
evil in
work, the
Ministery, from page 12
everything, above patriotism and so on,"
The Egans emigrated to the United States in 1926, when Egan was 14. "We
pro-life
ongoing sadness for her "is that our bishops have not condemned the
condemned
it."
Other war and peace concerns, such as the indiscriminate bombing of civilians and citizens being asked to give
governments that have declared war an assumption of justice, prompted Egan to
I held to a view of Gospel nonviolence that is not the majority view in the church." "Wherever the church kind of closes you out, as it did at the council," she said, "there are always back doors. And I
entered the back door of lobbying."
The basis of her faith, she said, is that "we have to be transformed to be other Christs.
And that transformation can only
come by grace and
grace comes from
prayer and surrender to God."