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faith,

prayer

release

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displays pro-life

rights activist, negotiated their

freedom as the leader of an interfaith delegation that traveled to Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital. The delegation included Jesuit Father Raymond Helmick, who teaches at Boston College, and the Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, and other religious leaders. "It's a big day for me, for us," Vivian Ramirez told reporters outside her home shortly after receiving news of the imminent release of the hos-

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Macedonian border. Rev. Jackson, civil

Editorials

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government, say family members of one of the soldiers. "I felt overwhelmed with joy when I found out (Andrew) was being released," said Frank Jasso, uncle of Staff Sgt. Andrew A. Ramirez, 24, of Los Angeles. "I feel very good and very happy about it. It was an answer to our prayers," he told The Tidings, newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. Ramirez, Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Stone, 25, of Smiths Creek, Mich., and Spc. Steven M. Gonzales, 22, of Huntsville, Texas, were released May 2 into the custody of the Rev. Jesse Jackson after 32 days of captivity in war-torn Yugoslavia. The soldiers were reunited with family members in Landstuhl, Germany, on May 3. The GIs were captured March 31 while on patrol near the Yugoslav-

Church stands on

variety,

News Service LOS ANGELES (CNS) Faith, prayer and family unity figured into the safe release of the three GIs held captive for 32 days by the Belgrade

Pope

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MARIA

Catholic

Andy and

the other

diers will be released to us

10-11

.sol-

tomorrow.

I'm very happy," she said. "I've called family, I've called everybody to

tell

them (Andrew's)

all right."

Prior to her departure for Germany she thanked Rev. Jackson "for

Happy Mother's Day! "Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see."

Photo by Joann S. Keane

Hail Mary, full of grace May is traditionally referred to as the month of Mary. Throughout the world, Mary is depicted in many ways. Here, her image is interpreted in stained-glass in the Vatican Museum. Mother's Day is May 9.

Pope Paul VI

See

a tribute TO MARY,

page

bringing

him

son home," and called

a "lifesaver."

According to Jasso, Vivian Ramirez traveled to Germany with Andrew's father, Andy Ramirez, and Andrew's older siblings, Nadine and

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soldiers FREED,

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The World

May

Brief

Army school draws thousands to White House

Rally against

nities

malcy

back to some semblance of nor-

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to get schools and clinics open, roads cleared all that's been done," said Doug Ryan, CRS country representative. 'TSTow we're in a stage of waking

Army

rally to close the U.S.

1999

CRS and the local church to get commu-

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A May

Day

School of the Americas drew about 3,000 people to Lafayette Park, across from the White House. Barefoot college students with purple-streaked hair and middle-aged women wearing religious-order pins on no-wrinkle blouses gathered to hear speakers with personal stories about encounters with violence in Latin America, to sing protest songs led by folk music icon Pete Seeger, and to join in chants of "nunca mas," Spanish for "never more." The rally was a prelude to a fund-raising

John

concert, a protest at the Pentagon

has questioned

which resulted in the arrest of 55 two days of lobbying members of Congress to support legislation

whether

up and realizing the dimensions of what the storm really did to us." CRS, the international relief and development

Bombed house A man stands beside a

house

agency of the U.S. bishops, has food-for-

work programs

bombed

in a

residential area of

Belgrade April 30.

New York J.

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that bring people together to do needed reconstruction work and provide people with food, but this "is

not enough," Ryan

said.

'Day of Action' highlights opposition to Iraq sanctions WASHINGTON (CNS) Reli-

Cardinal

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O'Connor

people, and

attacks of

gious leaders made impassioned pleas to end U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq as part of a "National Day

to close the school.

Yugoslavia can be morally justified.

of Action" April 27 to highlight the detrimental effect of the 8-year-old

NATO

Cardinal calls for ChristianBuddhist efforts for peace VATICAN CITY (CNS) Chris-

sanctions. "While

not to

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necessary to become more and more aware of our shared responsibilities in the world," the cardinal, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, wrote in a letter to the world's 350 million Buddhists. The cardinal's letter, released May 4 at the Vatican, offered Buddhists best wishes for Vesakh, their most important feast.

NEW YORK

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(CNS)

The

church in Haiti is working to serve an impoverished population in a situation where "we don't see change," the coadjutor archbishop of Port-au-Prince reported in a New York interview. Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot said many outside groups have visited Haiti and promised to give help when it developed more political stability. He expressed hope that stability would be achieved after the elections that are supposed to be held later this year. Although no date has been set, he was

become

optimistic "the situation will

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suspended and President Rene Preval is ruling with a nine-member council rather than the legislature, he said.

Michigan defeats

bill

reinstating the death penalty LANSING, Mich. (CNS) The Michigan House has rejected a measure calling for a public vote on reinstating capital punishment for the first time

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since

846.

On a voice vote April 2

the

House rejected an attempt to put a measure on the November 2000 ballot asking voters to reverse the state's constitutional ban on capital punishment.

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religion law.

CRS official says Hondurans waking up to wider damage of Mitch

TEGUCIGALPA, (CNS)

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Honduras

International relief agencies

are "in the morning-after phase" of

"facing much tougher problems than cleaning up the neighborhoods," said a Catholic Relief Services official. "The huge push that

Hurricane Mitch,

we made

as a country with support of

John Dear of the

who

re-

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CHARLOTTE

ops to discuss the controversial banana trade issue. "Consistent with Catholic social teaching, we believe that our Caribbean nations, whose economies depend significantly on bananas, must be given preferential treatment," the Caribbean bishops said in a statement issued at their four-day meeting on the island of Dominica in mid-April. The bishops said to advocate for maintaining the special treatment of Caribbean nations they would ask the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to dialogue with the U.S. Congress; the Latin American bishops' council to dialogue with Latin American governments; and Caritas Internationalis.

For details, call Hannah Greensboro at (336) 273-9205, or

Joyce in Charlotte at (704) 547-1836. 1

GREENSBORO — A five-kilome-

run and one-mile fun run are planned for today at Grimsly High School starting at 8 a.m. The entry fee for the run is $12, which includes a Tshirt for the first 100 entries. The fee for the fun run is $5. All proceeds will ter

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informa-

on The Loyola Institute

for Ministry Extension

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planner May

Peace Prize winners Mairead Corrigan Maguire and Adolfo Perez Esquivel. People who support sanctions would change their minds if they went inside Iraq and saw what they had wrought. Father Dear said. Caribbean bishops plan discussions on banana trade issue PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CNS) The Antilles Episcopal Conference hopes to meet with U.S. bish-

also available.

1) locesan

tional session

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9 10:30 Confirmation

Production Associate: Julie Radcliffe

Jane Glodowski 1123 South Church St., Charlotte,

1997 religion law. Jesuit Father Stanislav Opiela, the former superior of the Jesuit's Russian region who is

Catholic Conference had

called for the resolution to be rejected.

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in thefollowing events:

Most Reverend William G. Curlin Joann S. Keane

Associate Editor:

better" after the elections. Currently, constitutional processes have been

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try to teach kids

cently traveled to Iraq to see the effects of the sanctions along with Nobel

episcopal

Catholic W

are killing kids in Iraq,"

Fellowship of Reconciliation,

Haitian prelate says church helps poor but situation not changing

said Jesuit Father

and Buddhists should work together to promote the moral and religious values which will bring peace and justice to the world, said Cardinal tians

Francis Arinze. "It

kill,

(LIMEX)

pro-

gram, which provides an opportunity for graduate-level education for those preparing for or engaged in a variety of ministry, is today from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Learning groups meet in the Charlotte area. For details, call Connie Milligan at (704) 364-3344 or Joanna Case at (704) 362-0013. 14 GREENSBORO "The Love of the Father," a statewide conference on preparing for the new millennium, is today through May 16 at Greensboro College, 815 W. Market St. Featured speakers are Catholic evangelists Peter Herbeck and Jim Murphy. Fees start at $55 for meals and a shared room on campus. Private rooms and suites are

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Twin Parish Program of Our Lady of Grace Church in Greensbenefit the

boro, which

raising funds for a

Catholic parish in Kharkov, Ukraine.

The

parish there will purchase a radio

station with the funding.

For

details

548-4325. An informa16 GREENSBORO tional session on The Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension (LIMEX) program, which provides an opportunity for graduate-level education for those preparing for or engaged in a variety of ministry, is tod'ay from 3-4 p.m. at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd. Learning groups call

Eddie Mitchell

at (336)

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Increased support for church

communication efforts urged WASHINGTON

(CNS)

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In-

creased support for church communication efforts will help offset "the violence and emptiness that sive in today's media," the

U.S. bishops'

so perva-

head of the

Communication Com-

mittee told his fellow bishops. In a letter to bishops

marking

World Communications Day,

Diocese of Charlotte Pastoral Center

The Chancery

bishops' Communication Committee, which sponsors the campaign and the

annual collection that supports it. "The CCC can support the pope's

message

for

World Communications

with a successful appeal whether it is taken on the national date or at some other time," Bishop Lynch said in

cel-

the letter.

ebrated May 16 this year, Bishop Robert N. Lynch said the best way to highlight Pope John Paul II's message for the 33rd annual World Communications Day is through increased fund-

"Even

provide a donation to or combine your efforts with

the CCC other national collections, I hope you will consider increasing the amount of funds," he added. "The CCC can con-

ing of the Catholic Communication

tinue to implement media projects that

provide positive images as alternatives

See

cese of St. Petersburg, Fla., chairs the

communications,

page

Pope's Romania visit may renew Catholic-Orthodox ties

Official:

JONATHAN LUXMOORE Catholic

News

Service

WARSAW,

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Poland (CNS) A Romanian government official said Pope John Paul II's May 7-9 visit will herald a "new phase" in ties between the Catholic and Orthodox senior

He added

that the trip, the first by

predominantly Orthodox country, had been made possible by Pope John Paul's bridgebuilding efforts with the Orthodox, as well as by the "elasticity" of Romanian a reigning pontiff to a

Orthodox "This

leaders. is

certainly a historic

first,"

Foreign Minister Andrei Plesu. "I'm convinced the visit will open a new phase in reconciliation between Catholics and Orthodox, and put an end to the separatist mentality which derived from the Great Schism. I think will also quell the superstition that

and Romanian Orthodox hierarchy concerns

Good News of God's love is our responsibility, and complex world, mass communication is an extremely effective way to spread the Word. However, it is costly. The Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) is able to reach millions of people with programs designed to strengthen our faith and to help make sure the "Good News Gets Around." Among the programs offered are: "Reconciliation", a public service announcement, urging estranged family members to practice forgiveness and greater understanding; "La Familia Unida", an award winning Spanish language announcement, urging family and community unity; and various other broadcasts and documentaries. We should also keep in mind that media projects in developing countries such as Nicaragua, Colombia, and Chile help keep the Word of God alive. in

today's

Europe of Eastern Christianity is or even worse world to be rejected," he said.

donations to this Campaign will remain

and the third to elasticity by the Romanian Orthodox Church, which is proud of its Byzantine and Latin heritage, and engaged in the ecumenical movement," he said. "The pope's visit will certainly improve Romania's image, especially at a

when we

are witnessing a

new

division, with spiritual aspects too, be-

tween two Europes," the foreign min-

ister said.

and Catholic

"If Poland, a Slavic

Sincerely in Christ,

^eryTveverend Mauricio W. West Vicar General and Chancellor

P.O. Box 36776, Charlotte. NC 28236 Phone: (704) 370-6299 Fax: (704) 370-3379

country, has

managed

full

integration

with Euro-Atlantic structures, why shouldn't Romania, which has an Orthodox majority and belongs to Latin culture,

manage

too? There

sym-

metry here which will be beautifully expressed by this Polish pope, welcomed not only by his own believers but also by his brothers from eastern

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(828) 669-0524. An informational

paring for or engaged in a variety of ministry, is today from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Church, 256 Pilgrims

Way. For

nancy Loss," a workshop for profes-

tails, call

MORGANTON

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The Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension (LIMEX) program, which provides an opportunity session on

BOONE — An

informational ses-

on The Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension (LIMEX) program, which provides an opportunity for sion

graduate-level education for those pre-

details, call

Peg Ruble

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(704) 845-2649 or Joanna Case at (704)

sional counselors, physicians, nurses,

for graduate-level education for those

362-0013.

preparing for or engaged in a variety of ministry, is today from 7-9 p.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 714 W. Union St. Learning groups will meet

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peer counselors, pregnancy center volunteers, campus ministers and clergy, today at the Catholic Conference Center from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The presentation is to help participants better

For details, call Peg Ruble 845-2649 or Joanna Case at

in the area.

at (704)

(704) 362-0013.

MOUNT HOLLY

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Father John Vianney Hoover of New Creation Monastery in Boonville celebrates his 23rd anniversary of ordination to the priesthood today at 4 p.m. witli a Mass

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12-week,

Bible-based weight loss seminar begins today with a free informational session at 7 p.m. at St. John Neumann

Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd. Registration for the seminar is $103. For more information, call Donna Rayle at (704) 545-8916.

HIGH POINT

— A healing Mass

celebrated in the chapel of Maryfield

Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro today at 7:30 p.m.

Rd.,

Asked about the visit's impact on regional ties in Eastern Europe, Plesu said he believed the pope's presence

would contribute

mon

com-

to "cleansing

historical memories," as well as to

"changes in the map of Europe's gious structure." t

reli-

tradition," said Plesu.

The Catholic Association of Family Educators, a home-school support group, meets today at 6 p.m. for a picnic potluck dinner. All families are welcome. For details, call Denise Vish at (828) 6456990 or Sheryl Oligny at (828) 2980336. HICKORY Dr. Theresa Karminski Burke, a counseling psychologist, leads "Healing for Traumatic Preg-

of your

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and bring-your-own picnic at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Highway 273. Call (336) 699-4005 for details. 1

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meet in the Triad area. For details, Connie Milligan at (704) 364-3344 or Joanna Case at (704) 362-0013. MAGGIE VALLEY A "Spirit Day" for middle-school youth in the Smoky Mountain Vicariate is today from 12:30-6 p.m. at the Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd. For de-

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fact,

diocese for funding of

Pope John

determination to rebuild the old Christian community with the Orthodox Church," the 51-year-old foreign minister continued. "The second belongs to the Romanian government's stress on its attachment to the values of Western tradi-

the

call

in this

II's

separate world

will

CCC also addresses

visit.

"First place goes to

time

in Christ,

In addition to these broad-reaching projects,

efforts helped resolve Vatican

about the

Dear Friends

tion,

said

1999

the communications needs of this community. In

In an April 20 interview with KAI, Poland's church-owned Catholic information agency, Plesu said diplomatic

Paul

churches.

Spreading the

if you

Campaign, known as CCC. Bishop Lynch, who heads the Dio-

May

Day

understand how abortion affects women, men and families. The fee is $50 for professionals, $30 for pregnancy care volunteers and other volunteers, and $15 for full-time students. Send checks payable to Transfiguration Ministries, Inc., to Dr. Martha Shuping, 1400-B Millgate Dr., Win-

ston-Salem, Shuping for

N.C.

27103.

Call

details at (336) 659-

1342.

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—

Players, ad-

and sponsors are invited to participate in the Our Lady of Grace School Golf Classic, the school's anvertisers

nual education fund-raiser, starting

today at the Grandover ReGolf Course. Cost to play is $99, which includes course play, a golf shirt and a catered luncheon. Proat 7 a.m.

sort

ceeds will provide for instructional materials, information technology, media center resources, scholarship

endowment fine arts.

funding, athletics and

For

details call

Eddie

Mitchell at (336) 548-4325. Please stibmit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to publication date.

The Catholic News & Herald

May

Ediloriah & Columns

1999

Mystical experience: Yours and mine

Spirituality

years past, "mystical experiences" referred Inonly to extraordinary things like the stigmata

The Pope

of Padre Pio or the ecstatic trances of St. Teresa of But today's scholars teach us that any genuinely supernatural experience of God is a mystical event, even if there is no remarkable manifestation connected with it. One of the greatest mystics in the church, St. John of the Cross, said that all mystical experiences

for Today

Avila.

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

kingdom of John urged that we downplay the

are giveii ultimately for the sake of the

PAUL

God. Therefore,

St.

more attention-getting gifts

like the glossalalia.

CNS

Columnist

This

refers to "speaking in tongues," the unintelligible

Pope, at audience, says Christians

speech which is like the spontaneous, unstructured communication of a child who has not yet learned to speak.(See

must fight anti-Semitism By CINDY Catholic

common faith

News Service Recognizing (CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

God the Father, Christians

must foster dialogue with the Jewish people and work to ensure that any trace of anti-Semitism is removed from their lives, Pope John Paul 11 said. Christians, the pope said, must make a "commitment that seeds infected by anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism will never again take root in the

human

heart."

Continuing a series of talks about God as the pope dedicated his April 28 general audience address to Catholic dialogue with the Jewfather of all, the

ish people, "our elder brothers and sisters" in the faith.

"Meditating on the mystery of Israel and

its

'irrevocable vocation,' Christians explore the

mystery of said. "In

their

own

roots as well," the pope

the biblical sources shared with our Jew-

ish brothers

and

sisters,

16:17;

Paul said basically the same thing.

He added

find indispensable

elements for living and deepening our own faith." Pope John Paul said that while Christians' faith in Jesus as the Messiah causes them to interpret many passages of the Old Testament differently than the Jews do, this should not overshadow the fact that they hold many elements of faith in common. In addition, he said. Christians draw on elements of Jewish liturgy for their own liturgical tradition, including the Jewish form of blessing

given for the good of the community (l Cor 14:28). The social dimension of mysticism is often overlooked. Cardinal Suenens brought this out in his book "A New Pentecost" (Seabury Press), where he stressed the importance of attaining a balance between an individualistic spirituality and one rooted in the social dimension of Christian existence. Both are part of the life of a genuine mystic. The ultimate goal of any genuine mystical experiences is the love of God and neighbor. "What you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me"(Mt 25:40).

Evelyn Underbill,

her spiritual classic "MystiSpirit leads us along paths we may not have chosen for ourselves." The quest for God often leads us to a more rewarding, but a more difficult, way of life. Mother Teresa of Calcutta put it this way: "Faith in

cism," wrote that "the

Holy

leads to love, love leads to service and service leads to

the cross." Service always involves the discipline of

helping those in need. The path from a self-centered

The

Christian feasts of Easter and Pente-

and are especially appropriate occasions for Christians to pray for the Jewish people, he said. But the thing that should draw Christians and Jews closest together is their common faith obligation to promote God's saving plan for humanity and his design for harmonious human relations. "Recognizing the lordship of God over aU creation and particularly over the earth, all believers are called to translate their faith into a concrete commitment to protect the sacredness of human life in all its forms and to defend the dignity of every brother and sister," the pope said. Pope John Paul said he hoped a new relationship of respect and cooperation between Christians and Jews would "contribute to creating a new civilization found on the one holy and merciful

God, promoting

humanity reconciled

in love."

Pope says knowledge of Bible needed for Catholic prayer, theology VATICAN CITY (CNS) A knowledge of

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

the Bible

the necessary basis for Catholic

prayer, preaching and theology.

Pope John Paul Congratulating the Catholic Biblical Federation on its 30th anniversary, the pope encouraged Catholics to read the Bible, study it and use it as a basis for dialogue with other Christians. "One of the many fruits" of the Second Vatican Council "has been a growth in knowledge and love of the Bible among Catholic people, bringing with it a deeper sense of the divine presence in their lives," the pope said in his May 4 message. II

said.

never easy. Everyone

from

one of self-

the Editor letters to

1123 South Church

Joann

S. Keane, Editor,

Street, Charlotte,

NC 28203

or e-mail jskeane@charlottediocese.org.

Dear

who

that.

has ever followed

Each calling

callings are exactly alike.

For instance, Dorothy Day of Catholic Worker fame, was one of the most God-haunted women I ever met. She longed for a contemplative life, yet she spent more than 30 years feeding the hungry in

York

New

City.

The ordinary religious experiences of everyday have a mystical dimension. For instance, the desire for greater union with God is itself a mystical gift. So too is the desire to serve the poor, the sick or life

the elderly.

There may be no extraordinary manifestations accompanying these holy desires, but they are genuine nevertheless. When all is said and done, a mystical experience is simply a communication from God. This profound awareness of divine reality leads to humble feelings, which in turn open us to God's gifts. We gradually become carriers of divine love. Despite our imperfections God draws us closer and us with his presence, always respecting our free-

fills

dom

in the process.

How

wonderful it is to be a member of the body of Christ. are able to say with St. Paul, "I live, no not I, but Christ lives in me."

to close the

Letters to

Please send your

God knows

life

in the eucharistic prayers.

cost also have their roots in the Jewish calendar

a calling

unique mystical experience; no two vocational

Acts 2:4-11; 10:46).

that in the final analysis every mystical experience

WOODEN

VATICAN CITY their

St.

Mark

giving

SOA.

Granted, closing the SOA won't solve all the problems in Latin America, but why should the U.S. spend between $18 and $20 million a year to train these soldiers? The countries with the worst human rights violations send the most students to the school. It is shameful for our country to be associated with these kinds of atrocities.

Rev. Mr. Arthur Arden, NC

& Rosemary

Kingsley

Editor,

November of 1998, we participated with more than 7,000 people who gathered at the gates of Ft. In

Dear Bishop

Curlin,

Thank you

Benning, Georgia, to protest the U.S. Army School of the Americas (SOA). More than 2,300 of us risked arrest by "crossing the line" onto the base as part of a procession to honor the victims of violence caused by

for your diocesan check for $177,997.12, which has been deposited in the Retirement Fund for Religious account. This brings your total diocesan contributions for all of the years of the collection to $1,237,942.79. The money will be used

SOA graduates. Among those who risked arrest were

to provide retirement grants to eligible religious

ministers, priests, nuns, veterans, teachers, retirees,

institutes of

and students. The School of the Americas, dubbed "School of assassins," has trained nearly 60,000 Latin American soldiers in combat skills and psychological warfare. In 1996, declassified documents revealed that SOA training manuals advocated torture, false imprisonment, execution and blackmail. Many of the graduates have returned home and used these skills to murder, rape, and massacre their own people. They especially target religious and labor leaders and educators. Whenever a major human rights report about Latin America is published, SOA graduates are

among

those cited for the most horrific abuses. Currently there is a movement underway to convince Congress to put a stop to this. Last year the House narrowly defeated an amendment to cut funds to the school (212-201). This year with bi-partisan support, Rep. Moakley of Massachusetts has intro-

duced a new

bill

calling for closing the

SOA.

It is

imperative for people to write to their congressman urging them to vote in support of Rep. Moakley's bill

women and men in 1999. Your support and the support of your Retirement Fund for Religious coordinator, pastors and parish priests are essential to the Fund's success and we are grateful for all you do. You can be assured of the prayers of retired religious across the country for this generous response to their needs. The grant money has and will continue to help our religious institutes reduce their current unfunded retirement liabilities as well as plan for future retirement needs. All of these efforts have helped the members of these institutes in their endeavors not only to care for their elderly and infirm members but also to continue their active service for the Church. My sincere thanks to you and your people for helping in this effort to care for the retirement needs of our elderly and infirm religious.

Mary A. Leahy, SP National Director National Religious Retirement Office Washington, D.C. Sr.

May

1999

Light

down with Joseph and pore over

One

a photo album she She would point out and relatives and neighbors name all the people who were part of their family. "She used to sit down with me and tell the stories of the people and places on each page. Later on I would flip through the album myself and study all the details in each photo." When he was twenty-nine years old and a priest, Bernardin fulfilled a promise he had made to take his mom to her hometown, Tonadico, Italy. When they arrived, he immediately felt at home because of those pictures of the people and places he had come to

brought with her from

Italy.

—

Candle

FATHER THOMAS

McSWEENEY

know so well. He explained: "For my mother,

A mother's lesson tell

a loss for words. Funny, sad, inspirational, or poignant,

our memories are a mix of great and small events.

—

the rest of the stories, my favorite is the entry from the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. The cardinal paints a vivid picture of how his mother's strength served up powerful lessons throughout his life, especially during his childhood. Following her young husband's death, she would sit

Among

Through ily" is

death penalty.

much discussion in our state about the The Catechism of the Catholic Church (No.

2266) repeats

the "traditional teaching

her,

teaching

human community.

It was meaning of church "Like any family, we

his introduction into the essential as family.

He would

often say,

[the Church] have our disagreements, but in the end

are

bonded together."

when headlines and news stories horwith reports of destruction and pain in Kosovo and other turbulent spots, as well as violence in our own neighborhoods, we must all recognize those human bonds. Another contributor to "Thanks, Mom!", Charlotte Gray, made a remark that certainly is worth consideration by every concerned adult: "Being a mother makes you the mother of all children. From now on each wounded, abandoned, frightened child is yours. You live in the suffering mothers of every race and creed and weep with them. You long to comfort all who are desolate." Every mom and dad's job description includes comforting their children, but showing youngsters how and why they should comfort other people in need is equally essential. In a time

rify us

Question

own

bishops seem to say the church

penalty. I cannot be It

this issue.

tlie

intelligent,

we stand?

practically nonexistent."

In St. Louis this past January, Pope John Paul II repeated his appeal of last Christmas to build "a consensus to end the death penalty, which is cruel and unnecessary."

why

the past few

the pope plus an endless

stream of bishops and other Catholic leaders have come to such a hard line about the evils of the death penalty. The major reasons might be summarized as follows: The death penalty is applied with gross inequity. For example, 12 percent of the prisoners on death row are in Texas, which has about 7 percent of the population and leads the country in number of executions. Everywhere in the United States, those

—

Not since the end of World has the world found a more opportune moment to rid itself of nuclear weapons. The

War

arms

race,

run principally by the U.S. and the War. Yet within

Union

split

Wall came down, the

apart and the Cold

War ended. demand

While nonproliferation remains the

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

convicted decision.

Anyone who has followed events of

to escape the threat of nuclear annihilation with a

precious gift of time.

the

abolition of nuclear weapons.

against the death

A. Some confusion is understandable considering the movement in the church's position, as reflected by Pope John Paul II and most bishops, over the past several years. First, the catechism itself is now much more explicit. A new article (No. 2267) in the revised edition repeats the traditional position, but then adds, "If nonlethal means are sufficient to protect and defend the security of persons, then public authorities must limit themselves to such means." Today, it continues, the state has other ways to make a guilty person incapable of further harm, "without definitively taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself" Cases in which execution of the offender is necessary "are very rare, if not

years can understand

that certifies the safety, reli-

freely in dignity. People could also

only one confused. IHiere do

would help me make an

Program

and performance of American nuclear weapons for the next 100 years. But, the peace dove currently offers a chance ability

These transformations came not from bombs and war, but from the power of people wanting to live

The pope and our

is totally

ardship

Soviet

the death penalty.

with

the recent past the Berlin

Corner

of the church " that

penalties commensurate with the crime, "not excluding, in

really struggling

The precious gift of time

Buddhist monk banged her drum as a phalanx of 21 people marched silently to the property line at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Two Department of Energy officials, referring to the platoon of uniformed police nearby, told the protestors if they crossed the line, they would be arrested for criminal trespass. The spokesperson of the marchers raised his voice: "We are pilgrims of peace, and we have come non-violently to protest the production of nuclear weapons." The 21 stepped across the line and were arrested. The protest attempted to raise consciousness about U.S. nuclear weapons policies. Even with no formidable enemy, at all times the U.S. keeps on alert with more than 2,300 warheads capable of delivering within an hour the equivalent destructive power of 44,000 Hiroshimas. The Y-12 plant coordinates the Stockpile Stew-

Soviet Union, relied on the Cold

public authorities have the right to punish crimes with

of extreme gravity,

RAUSCH

me about

Bernardin learned early that "fam-

actually the entire

Where the church stands on the death penalty

FATHER JOHN

Guest Columnist

was essential. I have always felt blessed to have come from a loving family, and my heart goes out to those who do not share the same experience. I believe, however, as my mother always has, that family goes well beyond blood lines."

Stelten spent three years collecting stories

from a variety of famous and not so famous people who were asked to reminisce about their moms. Contributors Maya Angelou, Jack from a variety of backgrounds Nicklaus, Erma Bombeck and Archbishop Desmond discuss the role mothers play in Tutu, to name a few teaching youngsters about their place in the human family. The result: a book called 'Thanks Mom!" Proceeds from the sale of 'Thanks, Mom!" benefit Habitat for Humanity in its efforts to build lowcost housing with families in need across the United States and in more than 60 other countries. Like the other storytellers, I was delighted to add my support and to recount a special memory of my own mother who taught me right up to her death about our binding connection with all people.

cases

of Faith

the importance of family

am convinced that few people who are asked I to a story about their mothers would be at

Q. There

Economy

—

Guest Columnist

Gene

The Catholic News & Herald

{diloriaU & Columns

official

policy of the U.S., India, Pakistan and Israel have

joined the nuclear club. Other nations with fewer resources are working to develop chemical and

Columnist

biological

weapons of mass destruction. As

a re-

Decision Directive issued in November 1997 expanded U.S. policy to permit the use of nuclear weapons against countries with nuclear, chemical, or biological capabilities. The morality of nuclear weapons remains uncompromisingly clear from the words of Vatican II: "Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and man, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation." Even small nuclear devices kill so many that their use would violate the consistent life ethic. The U.S. Catholic bishops wrote in their 1993 pastoral, "Sown in Peace": "The eventual elimination of nuclear weapons is more than a moral ideal; it should be a policy goal." The $35 billion currently spent on maintaining the American nuclear stockpile could support strategies for nonviolent conflict resolution and programs to build mutual trust among factions. The words of Paul VI still ring sult, a Presidential

on death row are predominantly the poor and

racial

minorities.

—

No evidence exists that the death penalty is a deterrent to crime. As the Texas bishops point out, states which have the death penalty have no lower rates of crime than states without

— Many condemned

it.

to death have been later

found innocent. At a recent conference at the Northwestern University Law School, reports showed that since 1976, when the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty, more than 500 persons have been executed. As of last year, of the 75 individuals scheduled for execution, one out of seven had their sentences reversed because of new evidence. Based on this percentage, it is reasonable to assume that nearly 500 persons out of approximately 3,500 now on death row are innocent and may be found innocent before or after they are executed for the crimes for which they are convicted. As the only developed nation in the world which has the death penalty, the United States is in the unenviable company of countries like Iraq, Iran and China. Too often plain revenge is the real motive behind wanting the death of a perpetrator of a vicious crime. And, at least in the estimation of the pope, that is not a worthy Christian motive for any action. The hope of the bishops and the pope is that we can be, and are, better people than that.

prophetic: "If you want peace, work for justice." With its precious gift of time, the world needs more pilgrims of peace willing to march.

Glenmary Father John S. Rausch teaches at the Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center in Berea, Ky.

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Pellegrino

HYATTSVILLE, Md. Edmund

—

Dr.

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eign

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Virginia,

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1,000 Swiss Guards,

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other security precautions for huge

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—

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JOHN THAVIS

Catholic

News

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

one of the biggest religious ceremonies in Rome's history, Pope John Paul II beatified Padre Pio da Pietrelcina and said the Capuchin fi-iar "astonished the In

of prayer. The Mass May 2 was attended by some 200,000 people who overflowed St. Peter's Square and another 100,000 who watched on giant TV screens in an open area across the city. Many were devoted followers of Padre Pio, a

world" with his simple

southern Italian priest

life

known

for his

direct style of hearing confessions.

"By his

life

wholly given

prayer and to listening to his brothers

and

friar

sisters, this

humble Capuchin

astonished the world," the popepope,

—

showed those of the crucified Christ the priest's intense sharing in the Lord's Passion, the pope said. Referring to years of suspicion by

church

officials,

who

investigated and

temporarily suspended Padre Pio from his priestly ministry, the

showed

pope

said

that saints are sometimes "mis-

understood" even by their

own

superiors.

Padre Pio was exonerated from the allegations of impropriety and fraudulent conduct, but these accusations represented a painful and distressing trial for the priest, the pope said. He said Padre Pio endured it all

with a

of obedience which

itself

a path of purification.

The

spirit

became

priest died in 1968 at the age of 81.

said in a sermon.

The

undertaken in imitation of Christ. the Padre Pio's reputed "stigmata" appearance of bleeding wounds like tices

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who

knew

personally

and admired Padre Pio, praised him for the long hours he spent with penitents, for his charity works on behalf of the poor and sick, and for his ascetic prac-

pope read the

beatification

decree and set Sept. 23 as a day for special devotion to Padre Pio.

drape was

lifted

St. Peter's Basilica to

reveal a giant por-

of the smiling Capuchin, and a wave of applause flowed through a massive assembly that stretched from St. Peter's Square more than half a mile down a

wide avenue to the Tiber River. Many people wiped tears from their eyes. Rome authorities blocked traffic for the event, and many had predicted a day of chaos in the Eternal City, but

most residents seemed lowed

have

fol-

advice to either leave for the weekend or watch the officials'

town ceremony

home.

CNS

PHOTO FROM Reuters

Rome

street waiting to enter St. Peter's Square for the beatification of Padre Pio May 2. Some 300,000 people, many of them followers of the Capuchin friar, attended the ceremony. a

than 1,000 tour buses began unloading pilgrims at .6 a.m. near the Vatican. Wearing Padre Pio scarves and hats, many carried framed portraits of the Capuchin confessor and held them aloft as the pope declared him blessed, meaning worthy of imitation by the whole church. Flags and placards identified groups of Padre Pio followers from as far away as Indonesia and Singapore, while sizable delegations came from Poland, Ireland and the United States. It was a demographically mixed crowd; an African nun sat next to a young man

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with a shaved head and sunglasses. Vendors sold Padre Pio medals, scarves, hats and other mementos. "Padre Pio would probably be upset at all this fuss," said Paola Fontana, a 31-year-old Rome resident who became interested in Padre Pio several years ago. "What was striking about him was his personality. He could make people stop and think. And he he seemed a step had the stigmata closer to Christ than most of us." In his sermon, the pope said many people who knew Padre Pio directly or indirectly have rediscovered their faith, while hundreds of prayer groups inspired by his example have sprung up all over the world.

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Vatican unveils texts of Holy Year Mass, prayer, By CINDY Catholic

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News

Service

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

II, and the Vatican will cover the costs of a weeklong stay in Rome for them and two members of their families.

— To

The

emphasize that the heart of the Holy Year 2000 is prayer, the Vatican has pubHshed a special Holy Year Mass, prayer and

hymn. Archbishop

and French text would be sent to every bishops' conference in the hopes that they would oversee the adaptation of the text into their

own

derline the themes of the

"Christ Yesterday,

jubilee year: the birth of

Christ Today" was com-

Christ, reconciliation

posed by Brother Jean-

language. "For us, the most important thing is that the rhythm be respected" so that at international Holy Year gatherings the hymn can be sung simultaneously in various languages, he said. Also at the April 30 press conference, the Vatican released a special prayer for the jubilee year written by

and peace, concern for

Paul Lecot, a member of the Missionaries of the

Pope John Paul. Published only

Immaculate Conception and director of music at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, France, with lyrics by Jacqueline

prayer praises God for his infinite love and offers thanks for the gift of Jesus who came to live on earth and journey through time with all men and women.

official

Sepe said

ence,

was chosen from

dozens submitted in an international competi-

hymn.

The

an April 30 press confer-

three texts un-

tion.

the poor, evangelization

and a new understanding of history, said Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, secretary of the Vatican's jubilee planning committee. The archbishop also announced an essay and poetry contest about the ju-

Postulator says

Pope John

could be beatified

XXIII

2000

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postulator of Pope John's cause, told Catholic News Service April 26 he Pope has no idea how long the rest of the VATICAN CITY (CNS) process would take, but he hoped John Paul II could beatify Pope John the beatification would occur in the XXIII as early as next year, said the year 2000. promoter of the late pontiff s cause for Pope John Paul and the cardinals beatification and canonization. who are members of A beatification in the sainthood congre2000 became a possiA beatification in 2000 gation still must forbility April 22 when became a possibility mally recognize the medical consultants to "heroic virtues" of Pope the Congregation for April 22 when medical John and declare him Sainthood Causes said consultants to the

By CINDY

Catholic

News

Service

—

there was no scientific

venerable.

Congregation for

explanation for the healing of a nun who prayed for the late

In addition, theo-

Sainthood Causes said there

was no

logical consultants to

the congregation must

scientific

establish a relationship

pope's intercession.

The

explanation for the

cause of Pope

healing of a nun

John, whose 19581963 pontificate included the opening of the Second Vatican Council, still must clear

some

between prayers

who

Pope John and the

bleeding ulcer and severe peritonitis. If the theologians recognize a link between the healing and the intercession of Pope John, Pope John Paul could recognize the miracle and set a date for the beatifi-

pope's intercession.

basic steps in the beatifica-

though the judgment of the medical board usually is the most difficult step. Franciscan Father Luca de Rosa, tion process, even

cation.

is a time of profound conversion and of joyous return to you; it is a time of reconciliation between people and of renewed agreement among nations," the prayer said. It is a "time when the roar of weapons gives way to songs of peace." The prayer also includes a request that God grant the grace of Christian unity and help Christians improve their dialogues with other religions. The text of the Holy Year Mass was written in cooperation with the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments and has been published in eight languages, including English.

Communications, to the violence

The theme

Holy Year celebrations. The young people's essay and poetry competition

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children,

"The

jubilee as a

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pre-adolescents,

and the reason

jubilee

"The cen-

for this Christian

Jesus Christ and his Gospel meaning of human

as a response to the

existence."

— For

adolescents,

"The jubilee

from page 3

and emptiness that is so pervasive in today's media." for the 1999 World Communications Day is "Mass Media:

(straight

destroys."

The Catholic Church can help the media reach the heights of its potential, the pope said, but the church also can learn from the media and benefit from its proper use.

"The church's

remembrance can save the media culture of becoming a forgetfulness which corrodes hope; and the

culture of

transitory 'news' from

media can help the church to proclaim the Gospel in all its enduring freshness everyday reality of people's lives," he said. The Catholic Communication Campaign aids the U.S. church's work of evangelization with values-driven messages spread through videos, films, radio and television public service announcements and other communication in the

resources.

Half of the money raised

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the local level for diocesan communication work.

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Readings

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Books

Book of prayers inspiring young girls and their mothiers By

nancy HARTNAGEL

Catholic

News

Service

WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

PRAYEllS ON

rainbow-colored book of prayers helping both the young girls of its title and their mothers, according to the author, Washington free-lancer little is

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News Service must confess that although I saw many people come to a deeper I

God

faith in

while actively involved I saw few

in the charismatic renewal,

Straus' response to the emotional tur-

moil and confusion experienced by her daughter, Julia, as she entered her teen

Inspiration for girls

people

who went from no

on the tlireshold of ckange

faith in

God.

But there was one

years.

Celia Straus

"The lovely part of it, and the part mothers and daughters," said Straus, "was that the act of writing the prayers became a communications bridge between not only Julia and her soul and Julia and God, but also Julia and me." Other mothers and daughters have

whatever

(Julia)

was

PHOTO

feeling at the

mo-

along," said Straus.

her."

said.

Published last November by was ex-

Ballantine Books, "Prayers"

phone interview with Catholic

Service, she recalled

how

the

prayers began. Julia

had withdrawn from their

previously close relationship and was having trouble sleeping, said her mother. One night Julia said that the a prayer she'd been saying for years

—

was prayer Straus had said as a child not working anymore. "She was reaching out," said Straus, who penned the first prayer for Julia the next day. "That began a ritual that went on for two years, of me writing a prayer and leaving it on her pillow." She later wrote prayers for her younger daughter, Emily, who was feeling left out. Eventually, there were nearly 1,000 prayers. "Some were better than others," Straus said with a

Straus said her daughters were "very generous" about the book and helped finalize its contents. Once she had chosen the prayers, she asked them to remove any that were too personal. But, "as the book came near to publication, Julia began to get really nervous," said Straus. "She didn't want to see herself as a poster child for prayer."

She had just turned 16 and was worried about what her friends would say, said Straus. "They rallied around her 100 percent and they loved the ...

Her fiance, a simple man with a deep faith himself, became involved with our prayer group first. In time they married, and Sally (not her real name) came to take part in our activities. She never seemed to feel at home. And part of it wasn't just that she didn't know what to make of us and our style of worship and prayer. Part of it was that she had had a hard life.

Over

time,

nized around such themes as self-esteem, body image, growing pains, school pressures, self-confidence, cour-

Christ, in

See

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page

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Is there someone you know who seems to have suffered great hurts in life that prevent that person from knowing the peace and comfort of God's love? Can you commit to doing your part to love that person into the kingdom, without worrying about whether you will be successful

or not?

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apparently removed by love, patiently applied, day in and day out, by all of us (her fine husband first and foremost) acting together in the church. "Venerate the Lord, that is,

book," she added. The prayers in the book are orga-

laugh.

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pected to be a Christmas book. But, it's now in a fourth printing and approaching sales of 50,000. "It just chugs

reported that the prayers prompted talking between them, too, she

woman who

—

ment," she said, "whether it was a bad case of acne or jitters over a test the next day." But, she said, she realized that she wanted her daughter "to not only have prayers that addressed how God would help her with her problems but also prayers that would balance that by thanking God for what she had around

faith to

stands out in memory as someone for whom the witness of faith of our community and of the whole church seemed to make all the

often talk about to groups of

In a

The Scriptures for this week speak of pretty amazing miracles in Acts and winning others to Jesus by quiet witness in 1 Peter. In 20 years in the charismatic renewal, I saw people healed, families restored, individual lives changed in dramatic ways as people came to know Jesus at a deeper level. But I never saw anything more impressive than the dropping of the mask of sorrow and distrust

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - A year ago actor Kevin Anderson wasn't

by at the theater in April to see Anderson in "Death of a Salesman."

working.

And, despite its low ratings, "a lot of people miss that show. I still get letters from people who say, 'God, I miss that show,"' Anderson said.

"Nothing Sacred," the television series in which he starred as Father Ray, a priest at an inner-city parish, was on the brink of cancellation after poor ratings and months of controversy for its depiction of the Catholic

Church and

"'Nothing Sacred' reached people deep way" that he as an actor can only imagine, Anderson said. in a

lead-

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ership.

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instance of profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is

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Soldiers freed,

prayed every night, for Andy

and for the entire family," said

from page 1 Steve Ramirez. Jasso said the family banded together throughout weeks of

concern over Andrew's safety and overall well being.

"We

kept the faith real good," he Tidings. "We're a very large family and we're pretty close. Everybody was involved in keeping the faith." Olivia Rodriguez, told

The

Andrew's cousin, reiterated the sentiment that faith, prayer and family were underlying components in "little

Andy's" safe re-

Rodriguez, an administrative assistant in

three hostages.

"The

Alfonso's Church

first

through Bill Clinton and through Jesse

and thankful. The two

was

"really glad about

Jackson, but

things (our family) had to

did

it.

have a lot of faith God and in Jesus "I

remember all along

continued

Christ,"

I pray for every day of

Jasso, "and

faith

and to have hope;

faith

CNS

who acted as spokesman for the

without those two things, you can't

Ramirez family, regu-

accomplish anything."

larly attends a prayer

group at San Gabriel "We're very grateMission. He said the Olivia Rodriguez group routinely offered ful and thankful," she told The Tidings. prayers for the safe and "The two things (our timely liberation of the captive soldiers. family) had to remember all along was to keep the faith and to have "I had a feeling, even during the prayers, that Andy was going to be hope; without those two things, you can't accomplish anything." released," said Jasso. "It feels great to it."

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

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Rodriguez, her

and other family members sought solace and support from each other through togetherness, conver-

30, said she

know

he'll

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Jasso,

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said the entire family

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"We're very grateful

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home

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Rev. Jesse Jackson walks with three freed U.S. soldiers across the Yugoslavian

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bers, an event he expected to occur

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Around the Diocese

1999

Ministry program promotes variety, opportunity By

JIMMY ROSTAR

The

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — When cese of Charlotte began

the Dio-

sponsorship last year of an extension learning program, it opened the doors wider to opportunities for graduate-level educaits

tion in the faith.

gram, offered through Loyola Univer-

New

sity in

That's a message Joanna Case

excited to relay.

As diocesan liaison for the Loyola Institute of Ministry Extension (LIMEX) program, Case sees men and

women

involved in a wide variety of ministries bringing their experiences to a group setting. It's a learning process abundant with challenges and rewards, she says. The program offers master's degrees in religious education and pastoral studies, and non-credit, continuing education certificates are also offered.

Prayers,

Orleans, La. "Its origins

were aimed at providing for people who can't go off to a seminary or a university, who have to work, who have families, who can't take the summers off. ..." Founded in 1983, the program offers students the

chance to learn via

distance education. Trained facilitators gather with students weekly.

Course work is reading, writing, and time intensive. Reading assignments may take up to 10 hours a week to complete for the three-hour class sessions,

and each course usually

in-

from page 10 and

friends, asking for help, faith

making

diocese currently sponsors four learning groups, whose members are engaged in or are planning to enter some form of ministries. "It really is for anybody in ministry," explains Case of the LIMEX pro-

a difference.

In interactive sessions with girls

and other faith-based private schools and inner-city public schools, Straus has found that they understand the message in her prayers on body image, but still find in Catholic

fill

—

way

that gap with a

have

faith

to replace their fears with faith

and a way

for

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came from and

now

Straus brat"

—www.girlprayers.com

"There are 16 of us

our

Holy Family Church

travels to

places and

all

walks of life, and

and her husband couldn't commit to one

prayers," she said.

So far,

organized religion. "As a result, I watched both my girls struggle with the fact that they did not have a way to talk to God," she said.

They weren't members of a church or synagogue and didn't have a belief system, she continued. "These prayers were my attempt to

said Straus,

whose day job is

documentaries and government videos, she has been able to keep up with the requests. Often she'll send a prayer written for her own daughters, she explained, but "sometimes, I get problems that are so different and, unfortunately so much worse than anything my girls went through, that I respond with something new." t writing scripts for

...

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who

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connection is an important benof the program.

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"I realized that I needed more (formal education) to do my job more effectively and knowledgeably," she says. "And personally, I wanted to

all

It's

know more

Case adds. "For some, it's really an introduction. For others, it's adding on to the knowledge they have. "There are a lot of different kinds of possibilities here, and this program works very well for a lot of people."

won-

of that."

— ministry

faith,

"It's so interesting to listen to people" who express a longing to go deeper into particular areas of study.

par-

in the

The Diocese of Charlotte will host informational sessions on LIMEX at various sites throughout the diocese. See Dioc-

on campus, and in prisons, hospitals, and a number of other environ-

new to ministry learn much from that experience. Case says. And because the program is proments. Students

esan Planner, pages 2-3, for details.

cess-oriented, reflection on students'

Contact Associate Editor Jimmy Rostar

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Jewish man. Like

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seven or eight e-mails requesting

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throughout the diocese are based in Arden, Asheville, Charlotte, and

thing to talk about. These prayers "talk about inner beauty and about accepting yourself," she noted. 'There's no easy answer there, but

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the hardest

their

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in the learning sessions,

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not only existed but listened." Straus has another volume of prayers in the works, co-written with Philadelphia poet Charyn Sutton. It's Inspititled "I Can Feel the Spirit

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The Catholic News & Herald 15

Around the Diocese

Billboard

campaign displays pro-life message

CONSTANCE HOLLO WAY

In Charlotte, however,

CHARLOTTE

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

$1,000 per month to display each billboard, which is why only one sign is currently on display. The diocese has a

Correspondent

will cost

In ad-

image is everything. Just ask Tina Witt, whose encounter with images on two vertising,

two-month contract with Adams Outdoor Advertising. The company is currently

billboards sparked a passionate

personal crusade against abor-

displaying billboards bearing the heavily promoted "Messages from God" advertising campaign in the Charlotte area. Witt is determined to keep the pro-life billboards up as

tion.

In January 1998, Witt joined thousands of people in Washington, D.C., for the annual March for Life. The

Matthews child-care provider, wife and mother of four took to

long

as possible.

we can get sorne more donations in, we can keep it (the sign) moving around Charlotte," says Witt.

the streets of D.C. after Presi-

"If

dent Clinton vetoed the partial birth abortion ban for the second time. It was during last year's march that Witt's personal mission commenced. "We saw those two billboards right in the heart of all that was going on and I just said, 'We gotta have these

Meanwhile, Witt

busy

with other pro-life activities. She plans to attend a 9 a.m. Mass for Mothers on May 8 at Charlotte's St. Gabriel Catholic Church, then walk with othInspired by a pro-life billboard campaign in Washington D.C, Tina Witt helped brin^ things,'" Witt recalls. ers to a nearby abortion clinic advertised message to North Tryon Street and Atando Avenue in Charlotte. One of those "things" bears and quietly pray the rosary. an image of a baby's face; in the backgroup, which was looking for a dranations from Charlotte-area ProtesWitt, pregnant with her fifth child, matic way to mark the 25th anniverground, a woman cradles her head in tant and Catholic churches. St. Matlongs for the day when abortions are her hands. The billboard's message sary of Roe vs. Wade, the Supreme thew in Charlotte, Witt's church, dono longer legal. She says she's inCourt decision that legalized aborreads: "Abortion: A Child Dies, A nated the largest amount: $1,500; spired by the words of Pope John Paul Woman Cries Every 25 Seconds." tion. Other Charlotte Catholic churches II during a visit to Detroit. As Witt Fourteen months after Witt first Witt obtained permission from that donated were St. Thomas recalls, the pope said America's sursaw that billboard in D.C, it's now on the bishop's group to display the Aquinas, $417; St. Peter, $300; and vival as a nation "depends upon how display in Charlotte. The 12-foot-bysigns in Charlotte. Getting approval St. Ann, $100. St. Michael Catholic you treat the weakest amongst you, 25-foot sign, at North Tryon Street was relatively easy; the tough part, Church in Gastonia donated $50. Inthose yet born." and Atando Avenue, was erected in Witt learned, would be getting the dividual donations brought the total "Really, people need to meditate March. It will remain at that location signs to Charlotte and raising money to about $3,000. The diocese is in upon what he's trying to say," Witt at least through May. to have them displayed. charge of collecting money and writurged. "We need to react and do According to Adams Outdoor Witt then turned to Maggi ing checks for the project. something. ... Once we stop that Advertising, which erected the billNadol, director of the Charlotte Though the diocese and Respect (abortion), we're gonna see the fruits board, 20,000 people view that image Diocese's Respect Life Office, for Life support Witt, Nadol says Witt flow and heal everything else. We're every day. help. Nadol was intrigued. deserves the credit for the campaign. gonna bear the fruit." t They might never have seen it if "We (the diocesan office) haven't "It's really her (Witt's) project." not for Witt. done a billboard campaign before," Nadol says. If you would like to contribute to When Witt returned to Charlotte she says. The group's efforts are usuBy last summer, the billboards fVitt's billboard project, send donations last year, she immediately began ally less visible, says Nadol, so "... it's had arrived. The national bishops' to: Respect Life Office, The Diocese of searching for information about the nice to be right out there." group paid the shipping fee, and FairCharlotte, 1 123 S. Church St., Charlotte, billboards. Eventually, she learned Nadol paid for an ad in The way Outdoor Advertising erected the NC 28203. Make checks payable to the that the signs belonged to the NaCatholic News & Herald requesting billboards in September along U.S. Respect Life Office. tional Conference of Catholic Bishdonations to Witt's cause. The dio321 in Gastonia. The company ops. Philadelphia graphic artist Lisa cese also allowed Witt to use its stacharged just $150 to display the two Toscani created the images for the tionery to write letters soliciting dosigns. .

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Life By

jerry FILTEAU

Catholic

News

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MEDOLPHOORESSjf

ETHICAL ISSUES

beings are not allowed to

on the ultimate power over life that belongs only to God, its author. In the words of the official "Catechism infringe

of the Catholic Church":

"We

ards, not owners, of the

entrusted to us.

That

It is

Church stands on

God

has

principle of euthanasia

not ours to dispose of"

—

State-by-state efforts can be expected to increase in the coming years, since the U.S. Supreme Court in 1997 upheld the constitutionality of state laws barring assisted suicide in Wash-

ington and

"Catechism of the

killing a

person to end his or her pain or suffering. physician-asIn sisted suicide, the doctor does not

Catholic Church" says that euthanasia,

high

court's rulings,

many

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—

human person and

to the re.spect due God, his Creator," it says. But in the next paragraph the cab-' echism adds: "Discontinuing medical, procedures that are burdensome, dan-t

the

to the living

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outcome can be

the refusal of 'over-

Here one does not

zealous' treatment.

will to cause death; one's inability to

impede

it is

merely accepted."

The paragraph

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thought imminent, the ordinary care to a sick person cannot be legitimately interrupted. The use of pain-

owed

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