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PRAYERS RISING LIKE INCENSE
FIGHTING FOR LIFE
as dialogue
position
ends one phase
MARK PATTISON BY
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON new
— The
CANDY CZERNICKl
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poll indicate
increasing support for a prolife
31
Lutherans look back, forward
growing shift toward pro-life
results of a
NO
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Catholics,
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Catholic
position, according to rep-
Wis.
Lutheran
and
scholars
com-
resentatives of several pro-life
pleted five years of
work
organizations.
on
document about
their
The
churches' structures and ministries, they looked back on the 10 rounds of dialogue that began in 1965 and ahead in antici-
April 15-17 poll con-
ducted by Zogby International showed that 56 percent of those responding said that abortion should never be legal
or be legal only
when
the
in danger or in and incest. Forty-two percent of the respondents said abortion should be legal for any reason
mother's
a
life is
cases of rape
Photos by Kevin
E.
Murray
pation of the 1 1th topic for discussion. "In working toward church unity, the challenge is to find a common lens that bypasses old differences," Susan
Bishop Peter
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dedication Mass
May
Vietnamese Church
in
Charlotte during the
2.
Wood,
a
dialogue participant and professor at St. John's University in Collegeville,
Crossing the
Minn., told the Catholic Herald, the Milwaukee archdiocesan newspaper. "In the past, things have been seen through ju-
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an open door, meals and a bed at Casa del Migrante, where they can stay for up to two weeks in their search for work in
more room
find
Tijuana or the United States. See story page 8.
tion of Charlotte
now has some
to grow.
Almost 2,000 people crowded the new St. Joseph
is
co-
chaired by Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Richard J. Sklba of Milwaukee and retired Lutheran Bishop Charles Maahs.
The
agents patrol the border as travelers migrating north make camp on the Mexican side April 9 near Tijuana. Some workers
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The Catholic News & Herald
May 7, 2004
Current and upcoming
In Brief
Repression of Christians in Vietnam
topics from around the
world to your
own backyard
concern/ U,S, bishop says
'grave
WASHINGTON
—
(CNS) The Montagnard
violent repression of tbe
SEEING THROUGH CHRIST'S EYES
people in Vietnam
is
a matter of "grave
concern," the head of the U.S. bishops' international policy committee said in a
Vietnam's ambassador to the
letter to
United
States.
Montagnards, mainly Protestants, were beaten and some killed during Easter Week demonstrations in Vietnam's Central Highlands, and the Montagnards were seeking to "peacefully press for religious freedom and return of ancestral land in the Central Highlands."
Ambassador Nguyen Tarn Chien, Bishop John H.
The
In his-April 28 letter to
Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., also called for the release of Father
Montagnard
human
St.
Thomas More
University Parish in Bowling
Green, Ohio, poses at his computer, which has software that speaks to him. The
who
two years ago after undergoing surgery for cancer of the esophagus, says blindness has made him a better counselor. priest,
lost his sight
Blind priest says
own
rights advocate,
Ohio (CNS)
Richard Saelzler,
two years ago, those
who
who
is
— Father
Rights
religious freedom."
Watch
reported that
lost his eyesight
a firm believer that
are "willing to share in the
blessings" have to also be "willing to
share in the cup" and endure struggles. "I'm struggling to take up my cross every day, just like everybody
Father Saelzler told the Catholic Chronicle, newspaper of the Toledo
else,"
Diocese.
The
priest,
ther Ric,
More Green.
is
known
to
most
in residence at St.
as
Fa-
Thomas
University Parish in Bowling
He works
at the parish as a
counselor.
He went blind when he suffered complications following surgery for cancer of the esophagus. He almost died when his blood pressure dropped dramatically and he "crashed," he said. His doctors saved his life, but a lack of oxygen to his optic nerve destroyed his eyesight. He was in a coma
I
would
die,"
he
But now he has a different outlook, and even though there are still some depressing times he does not give in to despair. The priest said he has felt lonely, but never angry. "Anger is useless. I saw my blindness as a part of nature," he said. "There's no one to be angry at. I could be angry at the world for spending money on war but ignoring AIDS in Africa. No, anger's not it." What has carried him through, he said, has been uniting his suffering to
Saelzler said, his immediate reaction
that of Jesus. And he is quick to point out that his faith isn't just a crutch to get him through the rough times. "In the midst of suffering, there is redemption, transformation. If there isn't resurrection, this is, indeed, a curse," he said. "There is a constant transformation going on in me." Father Saelzler said the transformation has made him "more positive when counseling people."
"What am I going to do?" world was so visual. My favorite hobbies were gardening, watching movies, photography. After I left
people to celebrate their victories and not beat themselves up over failures," he added.
in intensive care for days.
When was
to ask,
"My
he lost his sight. Father
"I
listen better
now.
I
encourage
or
all political
cism sessions or by signing written pledges."
CHARLOHE
VICARIATE
HUNTERSVILLE 1474-0
Stumptown
— St
Mark Church,
Rd., will host a Festi-
val of Praise May 22, 8-10 p.m. The evening will feature praise and worship music by St. Mark's LIFE TEEN band in addition to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. All are welcome. For details, call Debra Lemmon at (704) 948-1306.
—
The music ministry of Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne
this to be a great place for entertaining
said.
Christianity and cease
Classes will meet through June 23 in Room 200 of St. Mark Church, 14740 Stumptown Rd., 10:15 -11:45 a.m. followed by lunch.
warm
spiritual messages, evangeli-
zation and an opportunity for praise and
started praying that
Human
talk about the spiritual, emotional
Pkwy., will host a Christian May 22 at 7:30 p.m. Single and married adults of all ages have found
I
of the Asia Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch said it "continues to receive credible reports"
Division of
practical needs associated with moving.
Coffeehouse
the hospital for the nursing home,
only fueling
is
Adams
Diocesa n. planner
and
TOLEDO,
Christians
the unrest," said Brad
religious activities in public self-criti-
CHARLOTTE
better counselor
"Vietnam's policy of repression on
reason for criticism of Vietnam's record
St.
made liim
Watch
of Vietnamese officials forcing Montagnard Christians to "abandon
Commons
suffering lias
to seek a
Rights
your government has converted him into one of the world's better-known prisoners of conscience and given greater
Human
Father Richard Saelzler, a counselor at
Human
sentenced to 15 years in jail following his 2001 testimony to the U.S. Commission
on human rights and
PHOTO BY Kate Oatis, Catholic Chronicle
Montagnards
separatist state. said.
erwise obscure
government
are inciting the
Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly, who was
on International Religious Freedom. Bishop Ricard told the ambassador that by imprisoning Father Ly, "an oth-
CNS
Vietnamese
charged that antigovernment elements
worship music in a Christian environment. There is no charge to attend. To reserve a table for a group of six or more, call Kathy Bartlett at (704) 400-2213.
CHARLOTTE
—
The 50+
Club of
St.
John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., meets the second Wednesday of each month at 1 1 a.m. with a program and lunch
in
the parish hall.
The May
12
honor those couples celebrating 50 years of marriage. For reservations and more information, call Lucille Kroboth at (704) 537-2189. meeting
will
—
HUNTERSVILLE The Newcomers Women's Ministry of St. Mark Church invites women who are new or still feel new to the area to a 10- week course entitled, "After the
Boxes are Unpacked" based
on the book by Susan Miller.
We
will
Gerry Phillips at (704) 895-2388 or Colleen Siadak at (704) 987-7920 for more information. Call
CHARLOTTE — All women Women
Sherill
1123 South Church
Charlotte,
NC 28203
MAIL: RO. Box 37267, Charlotte, NC 28237 PHONE: (704) 370-3333 FAX: (704) 370-3382 E-mail: catholicnews
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are invited to
for
CHARLOTTE — The
bnt
of Hibernians,
lovi
hadies Ancient Order Brigid Division l, an Irish-Catholic group of women dedicated to their faith, country and Irish heritage, will meet at St. Ann Church, 3635 Park Rd., St.
May
19 at 7:30 p.m. Anyone interested membership, call Jeanmarie Schuler (704) 554 0720.
in
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life
Jai
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coach, will lead a follow-
up session on Rick Warren's book "The Purpose-Driven Life" May 19, 10-11:30 a.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. Both sessions will be held in the Kloster Center at St. Pius X Church, 2210 N. Elm St. These sessions are open to anyone
who
has read the book. For
more
6;3I
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FROM THE VATICAN
Pope
Vatican official cails on Cliristians, (CNS)
—
Christians and Buddhists must address the needs of children, especially
VATICAN CITY John Paul
"protected, loved and educated."
However, many children lack
renewed missionary
a
those who have been abandoned, abused by adults, or are affected by HIV/AIDS, said a top Vatican
and loving family, he said. "Even worse, there are little ones who have been profoundly hurt by the violence of adults through sexual
official.
abuse, prostitution, forced begging,
"As religious believers, we must turn our gaze to the needs of children, in our own families and in society as a whole," said Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald in an annual message to Buddhists. The Vatican released the message April 29 as Buddhists worldwide prepared for the May 4 feast of Vesakh, which commemorates the principal events in the life of Buddhism's founder, Siddhartha Gautama. Archbishop Fitzgerald, who heads the Pontifical Council for Interreli-
involvement in the sale and use of drugs, conscription, etc.," said Archbishop Fitzgerald.
and Christians should mobilize their "forces and resources," and if Buddhists and Christians help children "governments, civic bodies and all people of good will, through our own example, can be inspired to greater involvement in the welfare of all
gious Dialogue, said children must be
children."
stable
The tragedy of HIV/AIDS also has brought immense suffering to many children's lives, he said. The archbishop said Buddhists
II
—
(CNS) Pope renewed mis-
called for
sionary zeal based on a "constant relationship" with the Eucharist. In his message for World Mission Sunday 2004, the pope said the
church's mission of evangelization was "still only at the beginning" even after 2,000 years of service.
"The
social
and religious chal-
lenges facing humanity in our day call believers to renew their missionary fervor. Yes. It is necessary to relaunch mission 'ad gentes' with courage," he said in his written message, released by the Vatican April 29, ahead of World Mission Sunday, which will be celebrated Oct. 24 in
most dioceses. Addressing
looking for more Irish Catholic them for meetings, educational seminars and social events. Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for time and location.
men,
is
to join
HICKORY
VICARIATE
HICKORY
— The
18th Annual Spring Fling
will be held at St. Aloysius Church,. 921 Second St. NE, May 13, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The day will feature music, games, bingo, door prizes and more. Father Ed Sheridan %vill celebrate the closing Mass. Spring Fling is hosted by Catholic Social Services
Elder Ministry. For registration information, please call
Sandra
IBreakfield at (704)
370-3220.
HICKORY
— A Grief Support Group meets
the second and fourth
month
Wednesday of each
at 6:30 p.m. in
the parlor of St. Aloysius Church, 921 Second St. NE. For more information, call the church office at
828) 327-2341. SALISBURY
—
Discover
how
beautiful
God's plan for marriage really is! Natural Family Planning classes are being offered at St. James Church, 251 Union St., Tuesdays at 6;30 p.m. Learn a natural method that is ust as effective as the Pill and is in accord with Catholic teaching. Contact Susan
Chancy
at
720-0772
(704)
nformation or
for
ages 55 and up are invited to St. Therese Church, 217 Brawley School Rd., the second Saturday of each month following the 5:30 Mass
Games Night, featuring games potluck dinner. Call I3arbara Daigler at (704) 662-9752 for details. for Senior
and
—
MOUNTAIN
SYLVA
Way 10
— 7 p.m.
3t.
Aloysius Church, Hickory
i/lay
12
— 7 p.m.
Holy Spirit Church,
Denver
who of
turn, ers,
he
and sin; it is the 'bread which sustains those who, in
fight evil
life'
become
'bread broken' for oth-
paying at times even with martheir fidelity to the Gospel,"
said.
The pope made an faithful to help
appeal to the
support "spiritually
and materially" the church's apostolic by the pontifical mission societies so that "through their contribution, the proclamation of the Gospel may reach all peoples of the
asked, "How could the church her vocation without cultivating a constant relationship with the Eucharist, without nourishing herself
earth."
Through the
stained glass
—
St.
VICARIATE
Mary Church
is
the
in
St. John the EvanChurch, 234 Church St., offers Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament the first Friday of every month following the 9 a.m.
until 4:15 p.m.
call the
church
or Christine
SYLVA
—
For information, 456-6707
office at (828)
Ryan
at (828)
926-1331.
Mary Church
offers Adoraof the Blessed Sacrament the first Saturday of every month following the 9 a.m. St.
tion
Mass
until 3 p.m. For information, (828) 586-9496.
call
more
questions
to your parish or school having an event?
Please submit notices for the Diocesan Planner at least 1 5 days prior to the event
date
in writing to
Karen A. Evans
CNS
at
Bishop Peter J.
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kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax to
Amanda
(704)370-3382.
Jugis willparticipate in
Zielinski of Pike Stained Glass Studios in Rochester, N.Y., carefuliy
St.
thefollowing events:
— 7 p.m.
Therese Church, Mooresville
— 12 p.m.
Sacrament of Confinnation St.
is
being restored for Sacred Heart Cathedral
in
removes
Rochester.
Windows were being re-leaded and cleaned by the studio this spring as part of the cathedral's renovation. According to studio owner Valerie O'Hara, stained-glass windows are low-maintenance but should be restored about every 100 years to
Sacrament of Confinnation
John Neumann Church, Charlotte
May 17
5acrament of Confinnation
the comfort and
gelist
May 16
Sacrament of Confinnation
is
WAYNESVILLE—
May 14
Mass Belmont Abbey College
"The Eucharist
the pledge of final triumph for those
activities
lead from a window that
— 9 a.m.
aries.
from neighboring parishes, ages 18 and older, are welcome to join. For more information, contact Angie Erst at (828) 488-6560 or Pat Pickering at (828) 4974999.
Is
Baccalaureate
are 'experts'
stage of forming a court of the Catholic Daughters of America. Women
Support Group for Parents Who Have Lost a Child of any age neets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Therese Church, 217 Brawley School Rd. We draw strength from others'
VlayS
who
adoration and contemplation of the Eucharist," he wrote. The pope said that the Eucharist is vital for men and women mission-
initial
A
Episcopal calendar
"apostles
a
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sujo94@aol.com.
MOORESVILLE
—
in the celebration,
MOORESVILLE — Seniors
Mass
VICARIATE
CONCORD
experience of loss and grief For more information, call Joy at (704) 664-3992.
priests
the call to spread the Gospel.
He
men
with this food which sanctifies, without founding her missionary activity on this indispensable support?" The keys to helping the church fulfill that vocation are dedicated
tyfdem
theme, "Eucharist and Mission," the pope focused on the importance of the Eucharist in sparking and sustaining this year's
fulfill lie
zeal
based on love for Eucharist
Buddliists to lielp children VATICAN CITY
calls for
— 7:30 p.m.
maintain structural integrity.
THIS MONTH IN -1917 OURLADYOFFATIMA Beginning May 13, 191 7, three Portuguese children received apparitions of Our Lady. Mary
asked them to pray the rosary and gave them three secrets. The Immaculate Heart of Mary. The second was a vision of
Pope lohn Paul
II
directed the third secret to be revealed
Sacrament of Confirmation
white' being shot with bullets
Queen of the Apostles Church, Belmont
against the pope
May
1
3,
1
and arrows. Many people
981
ifirst
concerned devotion to the
hell. in
2000;
it
spoke
of a 'bishop in
linked this to the assassination attempt
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May 7, 2004
FIGHTING FOR LIFE
New poll shows growing shift toward pro -life position two
trimesters;
PoU for the
first, first
and second, or
all
three
among Afiican-Americans,
Hispanics and
young
ages 18-29.
they considered them49 percent said pro-life while 45 percent said pro-choice. By a 61-34 percent margin, poll respondents said abortion should not be permitted after the fetal heartbeat has begun. Zogby interviewed 1,209 Americans by telephone. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 2.8 percent. It was made public April 23 if
—
people.
Of this
group, 60 percent said
only
when
the mother's
in cases
of rape and
percent
who
favored abortion for any rea-
son during the
first
second trimester, or
Of all
trimester, the first all
and
adults
three trimesters.
cans accounted for dents; Hispanics
1 1
made up
Sixty-five percent agreed that
legal only
when
danger or
in cases
Among
Seventy-four percent said tax dol-
IHI 160"/°
8 percent.
the mother's
percent
life
is
in
percent favored
Hispanic respondents, the mar1
percent of college students support abor-
Sixteen percent disagreed.
gians for Life.
tion,
said
CoU^
National Right to Life Committee, which commissioned tlie poU, said "only 13 per-
'The abortion lobby has failed to capture the hearts and minds of college women my age because they offer us one
cent of the public" supports the "extreme
choice: abortion," she said.
position" taken by leaders of the April 25
Cathy Cleaver Ruse, director of planning and information for the U.S. bishops'
Carol Tobias, political director for the
March for Women's Lives of "abortion on demand throughout pregnancy." She made her comments at a Wash-
St.
error
2004
we know almost
viving siblings. certainty
We don't even know with
how many
© 2004 CNS Graphics
Source: Zogby International
study from the late 1980s that suggested
some reasons. "The two overarching reasons
Ruse added, 'The survey
why
have abortions are a lack of financial and emotional support," she said. "In other words, women abort their babies because they need practical help and emotional support, and no one will give
didn't ask
these abortions occurred," but she
referred to an
Alan Guttmacher
Institute
it
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danger or
survey of 1,209 Americans with
showing that "multiple abortions are now
BECAUSE THERE 7TII
an
April
that have not yet been quantified.
nothing about abortion's impact on women's health, on marriages, or on sur-
veyed favored abortion for any reason for the first trimester; 4 percent approved of abortion for any reason during the first
From
about other numbers related to abortion "After 31 years
released.
In the poll, 25 percent of those sur-
the mother's
coses of rape or incest
Ruse said. "Legalized abortion has been an unchecked, unstudied experiment." She cited a 2003 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, talked
ington press conference where the poll
life is in
down from 67 percent a decade ago," Cathy McLeod, mid-Atlantic re-
gional coordinator for Ainerican
when
except
in all coses
percent.
laws requiring that before they have an abortion, women who are 20 or more weeks pregnant be given information about fetal pain caused by an abortion.
Christian falhcrhood
40
"A poll released last year by UCLA showed that just a slim majority of 54
percent said they should.
— Seventy-seven
Hispanics
of rape and incest; 38
gin was 78 percent to 2
should not be used to pay for abor-
were
''>>'
26
percent of respon-
Of the African Americans, 62
disagreed with that statement.
results
8-29
said abortion should never be legal or be
greater margins:
whOe 22
1
those surveyed, Afi-ican-Ameri-
during the first trimester, the first and second trimester, or all three trimesters.
tion,
adults
all
in danger or opposed to 39
brainwaves are detected; 28 percent
—
illegal...
life is
incest, as
percent favored abortion for any reason
lars
abortion should be
percent of those polled were
abortion should not be permitted after fetal
adults and Hispanics
abortion should never be legal or be legal
Washington.
By even
among young
results also indicate a greater
Twenty
selves "pro-life" or "pro-choice,"
in
and 13 percent favored
pro-life stance
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AROUND THE DIOCESE
New Vietnamese church dedicated Thomas Aquinas Church; visiting clergy Msgr. Francis Pham Van
DEDICATION, from page 1
Phuong; Msgr. Peter Nguyen Van Tai; and other Vietnamese priests. The dedication was a visyal pageant, featuring native Vietnamese dress, music and expression of worship. Wideeyed children peered around parents for
Vietnamese Church dedicated by Bishop Peter J. Jugis during a special Mass May
The
2.
celebration included fireworks
and a festival featuring Vietnamese music and food. "Even "though the culture may be foreign to some Catholics in the Diocese of Charlotte, the parish of St. Joseph Vietnamese is another wonderful example of God's presence in our world," said Bishop Jugis. "The growth of the Vietnamese community and this church is testament that wherever the seed of Jesus Christ is planted, good things will grow," he said. Concelebrating the Mass with Bishop Jugis was Father Peter Tan Van Le, pastor; Msgr. Mauricio W. West, vicar general and chancellor; Capuchin Father Stan Kobel, parochial vicar of St.
glimpses of the procession to the church.
Smiling men and women donned traditional costumes of celebration. Balloons, banners and drums accentuated the din of excitement. After Bishop Jugis cut the ceremonial
ribbon across the church's entrance,
firecrackers exploded as parishioners
and guests
filed into
the
modern church
that features a tabernacle, altar, baptis-
mal
font, Stations
of the Cross and furni-
ture fi-om Vietnam.
The
$1.8 million
which
facility,
in-
cludes offices and an education center, totals
almost 22,300 square
feet.
The
worship space can accommodate 725
more than double the existing church that connects to the new facility. people,
Despite
all
the room, worshippers
overflowed into the church's vestibule, the cry room and the old church, where
Mass was shown on
the
Catholic
commu-
of humanitarian organizations including
namese community
Catholic Social Services.
Diocese of Charlotte
of the Vietnamese Catholics
had been imprisoned by the nists for their beliefs prior to
Commu-
coming
to
Charlotte in search of jobs and religious
makes
dedication Mass
entrance
May
its
way
before
Tan Van Le. who was imprisoned
fi-eedom, said Father
The churcli's
to
priest,
for
and had to celebrate Mass in came to Charlotte fi-om the Diocese of Vinh Long in Vietnam via a dioc13 years
tfie
secrel,
2.
Home is still the BEST place to be. home
blossomed to 385
families.
in the is
now
Viet-
46-county
estimated at
"We have the first Vietnamese church in Charlotte, and our community is growing," said Neilson Chung, a parishioner. "We are very proud of what we have done." "The church allows Charlotte's Vietnamese community to have a place of worship, a place of education for young people and a place for us to preserve the mother language, tradition and morals of our culture, said Father Tan Van Le.
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May
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deliver our precious school students to
and last person the students see every day. If the driver starts the students' day positive, their whole day may be positive." Canipe oversees 14 school buses for the eight MACS schools and a half a dozen for Bishop McGuinness Catholic 'They're the
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Crossing the border
the border, said Father Kendzierski. shelter also assists migrants
parts of
Migrants regroup at Tijuana
Tijuana's
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Julian Toledo, 23, said at least
want
to leave
my
country,"
said.
The young men
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Tijuana has electricity and jobs, something his home town in the mountains of southern Oaxaca state does not have.
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The
from other
sharing the bench
with Toledo do not hesitate to ridicule him. "In Tijuana you'll earn .$10 or
darkness
.$1,'5
a
descended, Juan Balerio nervously went
day," Franci.sco Santiago, a one-time
over his plan to cross an arid stretch of
construction worker in San Francisco, told Toledo.
mountains into the United States. First, he would buy a gallon of water and several boxes of crackers. The hike can take anywhere from eight hours to two or three days, so food and water were important. Then, at 8 p.m., he planned to take a bus to the outskirts of Tijuana to a
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22-year-old has illegally crossed
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home town
travelers migrating to the United States through the Tijuana border crossing. Below:
Migrant workers pray before the evening meal at Casa del Migrante April 19.
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Deadly crossings Last year alone, more than 400 migrants perished trying to cross the 2,000mile border that divides the United States
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Most died
of exposure as they braved
Above: Migrants chat in the courtyard of Casa del l^igrante in Tijuana, (Mexico, April 19. The center, run by Scalabrinian missionaries, offers temporary shelter to
migrant smugglers locked them in
sweltering truck traDers.
swimming
Many drowned
Balerio,
High stakes About 16,000 foreign migrants, or
hundreds of miles to cross the border before running out of luck in Tijuana. "Many were robbed and were sleeping on the streets before coming here," Scalabrinian Father said Luis Kendzierski, who runs Casa del Migrante.
the Rio Grande.
Desert shelter Casa del Migrante,
10 percent of the U.S. federal prison population, are currently locked up for
migration offenses
Scalabrinian missionaries, provides hot
The
deaths amount to a small portion of the estimated 300,000 Mexicans that cross illegally every year.
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who come to Casa del Migrante are deportees,
dropped off by U.S. Border Patrol agents
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"If I return and they catch me, the border patrol agents said I'd do two years in a federal prison," Sandoval said.
some 30 men with worn clothes and tired faces walked about the migrant shelter's central courtyard. Most of them had traveled
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us that should be enough
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in
at age 15 in search of aware of the dangers. Speaking from the staging ground of his plan, a Catholic migrant shelter in Tijuana called Casa del Migrante, he said: "It can get very cold or very hot, and there are many snakes. You hear stories about people dying."
central
tell
to rent a room,
the border near Tijuana three times since
he
low-wage, low-skill factory jobs
Oscar Sandoval earned 150 pesos (US$13) earlier in the day at a food processing plant. That money wOl not go far in Tijuana, where living expenses
to dusty crags. Balerio said that with a in
in
the 1990s.
The factories send vans to the migrant shelter every morning looking for people to work their assembly lines.
moun-
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little patience and luck he would be Diego the next afternoon.
there (in America) you
Jobs are relatively plentiful in Tijuana, where the North American
tainous slum caUed "Nido de las AguUas,"
border fences end as rolling hUls give
"Up
can make that in an hour."
Searching for work
Most of the migrants who pass through Casa del Migrante hope to cross
LOCAL OUTREACH For Hispanic outreach efforts
in
the
Diocese of Charlotte, see coverage
on pages 8-9.
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May 7, 2004
HISPANIC OUTREACH "Immigration, interpreting, translat-
WELCOMING THE STRANGER'
— anything where language
ing
barrier,
Diocese of Charlotte reaches out to Hispanic immigrants BY
KEVIN
—
For
and His-
discussed issues including a repeal of the
being reviewed to ensure
is
The Hispanic Center of High Point, CSS program originally located in Christ the King Church, provides a
and group therapy, victim assistance and child and youth services. Program Esperanza, a program of classes, counseling, individual
'That document has some very important aspects of Hispanic ministry that
on and
take into consideration," said Franciscan
Andrea
Charlotte Regional Office that
grew out of
a partnership with United
Way
of Central Carolinas in 1997, helps link Hispanics to community resources
"We're also halfway through the plan and we wanted to stop and see how we were doing, and what we can be doing
new
CSS
the
Inkrott, director of dioc-
esan Hispanic Ministry.
with the
li-
lingual services.
November 2002 document, "Encuentro and Mission: A Renewed Pastoral Framework for Hispanic Ministry."
the bishops are asking us to focus
policy restricting driver's
censes to immigrants and expanded bi-
success in light of the U.S. bishops'
Sister
DMV
new
diocese's three-year Hispanic
Pastoral Plan
2002 Casa
in
North Carolina Justice and Community Development Center. Casa Guadalupe participated in N.C. United Power's First Statewide Assembly in Durham April 25. More than 1,400 delegates from across North Carolina, representing more than 30 countries,
their needs.
its
efforts,
its
Award in the Grassroots Empowerment category, given by the
panics are looking back and reassessing
The
who can't speak
ers of Justice
As Hispanic
leaders
a
Guadalupe was honored with a Defend-
ministry in the Diocese of Charlotte
moves forward, ministry
is
"We
for themselves."
EDITOR
CHARLOTTE
help with," said Re3Tia.
defend the rights of those
MURRAY
E.
we
and services such as English classes, health care, employment, immigration services, school and legal representation.
focus that the bishops asked
us to consider," said Sister Inkrott.
The
Hispanic Pastoral Plan 2002-
2005, an updated and diocese-focused version of three previous national Hispanic pastoral plans developed by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops,
was adopted by the Diocese of Charlotte in November 2002 after almost a year of meetings of Hispanic ministry coordinators, social service personnel, vicars forane and Hispanic community leaders.
With
growing number of His-
the
— more than 203,000 —
panics in the Diocese of Charlotte
mated
to be
Uniting over dividing Photo by Kevin
E.
Murray
Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez of Yopal, Columbia, and Father Jose Juya, Hispanic St. Michael Church in Gastonia, lead a procession honoring the Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira outside the church Sept. 13, 2003. Many parishes are finding different ways to reach out to the diverse Hispanic cultures In their apostolate at
churches.
Jugis in September 2003, a
month
his ordination as bishop.
The meeting
before
esti-
allowed the bishop to become famUiar
the
with the priests and their needs, and dis-
chance to draw strength fi-om each other in their faith."
To coincide with an annual fiesta honoring the Lady of the Incarnation, the patron saint of Aquacatan in Guatemala, the large Guatemalan population of St.
Hispanic Pastoral Plan addresses their ever-developing pastoral, health and hu-
cuss the Hispanic Pastoral Plan.
man
members
gregations throughout the diocese have
Charles Borromeo Church in
review the plan at the Catholic Con-
begun Spanish-language Masses and
held a weekend celebration April
Hispanic ministries. Recent church dedi-
Father Kenneth Whittington, pastor, and Father Luis Ixcoy, a priest from the Diocese of Huehuetenango in Guatemala,
services needs. Diocesan
will
May
ference Center
19.
'The immigrants who are arriving in North Carolina are bearers of gifts," said Sister Inkrott. "If
are different from suspicion,
I
will
they offer and
I
look at persons
I
me
as objects of fear or
miss seeing the will
who
gifts that
be the poorer for
it."
Parishes with strong Hispanic con-
cations have featured bilingual
But the Catholic Church to the needs of Hispanics
Hispanic Catholics are quickly bein the 46-county
Diocese of Charlotte.
Bishop Peter
J.
Jugis discussed the
Hispanic growth with Pope John Paul
II
coming from
common
not for Salvadorans or Argentines or Chileans," said Ronaldo Cruz, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs. In January 2003, the U.S. and Mexican bishops issued their
to the Vatican.
ral care
Bishop Jugis described the warm reception Catholics in the diocese have given to the Hispanics living in western North Carolina. The pope expressed surprise that so many had
Charlotte, parishes are finding
to the diocese.
him that there are many people moving into our area f)ecause of "I
told
the job opportunities and the quality of life,"
said Bishop Jugis. "I also told
him of
the efforts of diocesan priests to minister to the Latino population."
In order to help
meet the growing
needs of the Hispanic population, Father Julio Cesar
Dominguez and Father
Jose
Enrique Gonzalez-Gaytan, both natives
first
joint pasto-
pledging cooperation on pastoof migrants. Within the Diocese of
ral letter
welcome the diverse Hispanic
ways
2.
participated in the celebrations. "It's
important to serve the people in
to
Father Whittington.
The Diocese
La Casa Latinoamericana de las Carolinas at Belmont Abbey in 2003. La Casa provides interpretation, ner, establish
and other
services, as well as
doctor and job referrals.
Continuing efforts Diocesan
cultures.
to help
Lissette Westover, a St. Michael parishio-
translation
offices
of Catholic Social
Gastonia has a strong Colombian presence, according to Sister Inkrott. Fa-
Services continue to address the needs of
ther Jose Juya, Hispanic apostolate at
lotte.
St.
Michael Church, invited Bishop Misael Vacca Ramirez of Yopal, Colombia, to lead a special Mass for Colombians honoring the Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquira at the Gastonia parish in September 2003. "Every Latin American country has a version of Mary," said Juan Garcia, a St. Michael parishioner. He likened the Lady of Chiquinquira to the Lady of Guadalupe,
who
helped convert millions
Hispanics around the Diocese of CharSince 1990, Casa Guadalupe, a
CSS
program with offices in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, has provided critical services and information to the Piedmont-Triad Hispanic community, including helping immigrants achieve legal, permanent residency and citizenship. Between the two offices, Casa Guadalupe assists an estimated 60O-700 people per week, according to Lisa Re3ma,
program
director.
Marked by
Catholics on different
days in different countries, the United States celebrated National Migration Week Jan. 4^10 of this year. The earth and its resources belong to all people, the pope said, and while governments have a right to regulate migration, people have the right to seek safety and dignified lives for themselves and their families abroad.
While people may be afraid of the impact immigrants will have on their country and economy, overcoming the
and welcoming newcomers
fear
peace
all
is
shared by ity all
(as
a contribution to
are called to make, he said.
"If the
dream of a
many and
peacefial
if the
migrants and refugees
of Charlotte and
Belmont Abbey provided grants
Refiagees.
brothers and sisters)
your parish and increase our awareness of what the church really is, which is unity," said
heritage.
is
during a private audience March 29, part of the bishop's "ad limina" weeklong visit
come
chal-
different countries with different tradi-
"A mariachi Mass
coming the majority
is
lenged to develop ministries that respond
tions despite their
An ideal home
Masses
and celebrations.
Morganton 30-May
'The right to emigrate also certainly exists," said Pope John Paul II in a December 2003 message for the 2004 celebrations of World Day for Migrants and
is
world
is
contribution of
valued,
human-
can become increasingly the family of and our Earth (can become) a real
common "If
home," the pope said. one promotes a gradual integra-
tion of migrants while respecting their identities and safeguarding the cultural patrimony of the population welcoming them, one reduces the risk that immigrants will concentrate in one area, creating real ghettoes," he said. Isolation fi"om one's neighbors and from the culture of the host country, he said, "sometimes ends up increasing the desire for a gradual conquest of the territory," which creates further tension.
When
peoples of different races,
reli-
gions and cultures live side by side and
work or study
together, the pope said,
they have an opportunity to discover "values common to every culture capable of uniting rather than dividing." Catholic
Evans
News
Service
and Karen
contributed to this story.
A.
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May
The Catholic News & Herald 9
2004
7,
HISPANIC OUTREACH
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
ELDIADELOSNINOS
Task force forming to address Hispanics' needs
Children's
BY
employees. Realtors, Girl Scout leaders,
North
legal aid staffers. University of
Catholics are con-
tinuing to reach out to Hispanics in western North Carolina. "The Western Region Office of Catholic Social Services
(CSS/WRO)
is
spearheading a task force which is the outgrowth of a Latino Steering Committee (LSC) that has met monthly for networking," said Debra Braese, CSS/
Carolina at Ashville students and educators,
among others. LSCs database
contains about 250 names, with 25-30 people attending
meetings the third Wednesday of each month at CSS/WRO's office at 50 Orange St. in Asheville. They network and share concerns and event announce-
ments. Sometimes guest speakers present programs, such as updates in
area director.
The LSC meets, Braese said, "in response to concerns expressed by parishes about Hispanic needs and is the Western Region Office's way to explore, collaborate and find solutions." LSCs May 19 meeting at St. Eugene Church will include the steering committee plus pastors, parishioners and anyone else who is a member of or interested in working with the Hispanic
various areas of the law.
community in CSS/WRO's service area: western North Carolina, from Alleghany, Wilkes, Caldwell, Burke and Rutherford counties to the Tennessee
than Mexico are regarded as fake."
Concerns include the need for more education about the fact that Hispanics in
western North Carolina come from
many countries, not just Mexico. "Community advocates have
re-
ported that Puerto Ricans (who are U.S.
have been asked for their Mexi-
citizens)
can birth
Volkmer said. "Or from countries other
certificates,"
birth certificates
No
reservations are required to at-
tend the
May
19 meeting.
Anyone want-
ing to stay after the meeting to mingle
border.
and get acquainted should bring a bag
"The meeting May 19 will be to see if we want to move fi-om networking to
lunch and something to drink. For more
advocacy and, if so, how Catholic Social Services can help that," said Ada Volkmer, CSS/WRO immigration spe-
258-2617, ext. 22.
The meeting
information, call
anyone "who wants to get together to brainstorm about creating ways to break down bar-
cialist.
riers that
Latinos
mailjnell@4net.net.
what the
The
North Carolina's
St.
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5
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The
end
community hindering
jercent of the U.S. total, the massive flow
integration of immigrants
rom
critical
Jie
and
Latin America is radically changing demographics of the U.S. church.
of exit.
at
Nicole Castro, 3, collects a bag of toys and treats from the other kids during the El Dia de los Nifios celebration at
Immaculate Conception Church
The Center
tumes the children chose. They demolished pinatas and played musical chairs and hide-and-seek. There was a special lunch, with sweets later in
the afternoon. "It was a whole day from beginning to end devoted to the children games and food," she said. "The whole day was nothing but for the kids."
—
ImContact Correspondent Joanita M. Nellenbach by calling (828) 627-9209 or e-mail jnell@dnet.net.
Immigration also
for
many may form
raises the issue that so
speaking immigrants
mass necessary
Spanisha closed
and by creating a
"assimilation
to foster linguistic
spatial isolation."
Ronaldo Cruz, executive director of Affairs,
discounts such concerns. Immi-
grants are highly motivated, coming to
and they know that they have to learn English to succeed, he said. better their lives
'They
church.
will
become English-speaking.
church's attitude toward immi-
If the first generation doesn't, the
expressed by a 2000 document
generation wUl speak English," he
"Welcoming the
Us: Unity in Diversity."
The infusion of so many Latinos, espe-
next
said.
The same is true of adapting to U.S. ways of doing things and to incorporating U.S. values, said Cruz. Photo by Joanita
ially
clandestine flows across the U.S.-
but their kids are as American as can
imong some groups
he
accelerated since
he terrorist attacks of Sept. 11
—
for
t^.
Nellenbach
"People are born in different countries,
(4exican border, has raised concerns
—
April 30.
Go
the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Hispanic
Among
Martha Calderon was
Photo Br Joanita M. Nellenbach
1
40 percent of the current U.S. Cathoic population and their number is proected to continue growing. Latin Amerians plus U.S.-bom Latinos make Hispancs the fastest growing ethnic group in the
the U.S. bishops:
Rainy weather put a crimp in the planned outdoor games, but everyone enjoyed chocolate cake and Neapolitan ice cream in the church hall. The children also received small bags of sweets and toys. A story in the Idaho Press-Tribune last year, shortly before Idaho became the first state to have an official Children's Day, noted that, "El Dia de los Ninos began in Latin American countries as a day to recognize youth. It is widely celebrated in Mexico, where movie theaters show free movies, ice cream flows freely and kids dress up in costumes and parade through town."
first
Hispanics are estimated to constitute ibout
Jtranger
especially tailored for
masse
;ign-born population comprises only 11.5
)y
is
stoplights to intersection of
tighter border controls.
is
The day
children up to sixth-grade age.
Asheville. Directions: Exit
U.S. Census Bureau estimates 52 percent of the nation's 32.5 million foreign-born population in 2002 came rom Latin America. While the entire for-
^ants
countries also celebrate Children's Day.) Immaculate Conception's El Dia de los Ninos roared into action May 2, with 31 preteen children, their parents and older siblings piling into the balloon-festooned church hall after Father Shawn O'Neal celebrated a Hispanic Mass.
the end of the street.
that
The
for the kids,
department
Migration en
J.S.
— Just
Immaculate Conception Church held its first El Dia de los Ninos. El Dia de los Ninos (Children's Day) is celebrated in Latin American schools on April 30. (Several Asian
Beaverdam Road. Turn right, then make the first left. The church is at
made up of western North who want to work with His-
panics. Included are health
St.,
CANTON
19, 10-11:30 a.m. at
off 1-240, turn right at
about
said.
is IVlay
Eugene Catholic Church,
Culvern
has always been hosted and moderated
is
JOANITA M.
maculate Conception with her children. She recalls that in her native Mexico, teachers also dressed in cos-
Latino Steering Committee's
meeting
Hispanic population.
LSC
M.
Contact Correspondent Joanita
does and where there are gaps in
by CSS," Volkmer
at (828)
WANT TO GO?
will explain
services to western
Ada Volkmer
Nellenbach by calling (828) 627-9209 or e-
face."
The meeting
LSC
for
is
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BY
Day celebrated
—
be,"
Veronica Martin feeds chocolate cake to her 10-month-old son Alexander, held by his father, Aristeo Martin, during the El Dia
said.
Catholic
News Service
Conception Church April 30.
de
los Nifios celebration at
Immaculate
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Culture
May 7, 2004
Watch
A roundup
WORD TO LIFE MAY
of Scripture,
more
readings, films and
SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS:
MsY 16, Sixth Sunday
Spanish Benedictines'
16,
2004
from the Gospel of John highlight the presence of the Holy Spirit as having
ofEaster
this effect.
The
apostles are
prompted by
the Spirit to reduce religious restrictions
'Cliant'
CD returns
C Readings:
Cycle
Psalm BY
MARK PATTISON
an Associated Press story about the Spanish success of the monks' music "that seemed to run simultaneously in every newspaper available." The "Chant" success story resulted in three additional CDs of chant music that also was recorded during the 1970s by the Santo Domingo de Silas monks. A feminine counterpart to the monks' music was released, also by Angel, called "Vision: The Music of Hildegard von
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON
—
The music
world has had to deal with its share of pop stars who would just as soon make their music and then be left alone. But nobody takes it to the level of the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos in Spain, who recorded their Gregorian chants between 1973 and 1979 while maintaining their
Bingen" by Emily Van Evera and Benedictine Sister Germaine Fritz. And before it was all over, popular greeting card artist Sandra Boynton, who had studied Latin at a Quaker day school, put together the Ad Hog Camerata for a gentle porcine spoof called "Grunt: Pigorian Chant from
cloistered lifestyle. It
took more than a decade, but the
monks' chants caught on. The first wave of success came from their native Spain. That was followed in 1994 by top- 10 status for "Chant" on Billboard's pop charts for eight weeks; it spent 25 weeks
Snouto Domoinko de Silo." Now, the monks' original music is returning. EMI-Virgin's Spanish subsidiary, which started the "Chant" madness, developed a "greatest hits" compilation of sorts for European audiences selling 300,000 copies and offered it to EMI-Virgin in the States. Forlow said EMI-Virgin tweaked it somewhat, using new liner notes and cover art, and has named it "Chant: The Anniversary Edition," a two-CD set. It
—
—
was
the cost of a single
SHARON
the original 'Chant' as well as material
Mark Forlow,
"Christmas Chants," are still available, but the other two albums are not. Forlow said the first "Chant" ben-
last three albums," Forlow told CNS. He added that only the original "Chant" and its immediate successor,
from the
vice president of classics
and Virgin Classics, which distribute the monks' recordings on the Angel label. In a telephone interview from New York, Forlow told Catholic News Service that at the peak of the "Chant" craze "I remember there were reporters who were showing up at the door of the monastery, and the monks just wishing Classics
from the "stress-busting" trends at the time. He added the 10th anniversary edition will be marketed to religious efited
bookstores as well as publications that
on meditation and healing. 'We're certainly going to look
focus
Christian
community
out again," he
go away." Also, Forlow recalled, "there were certain monks who were no longer with the order who came out of the woodwork and said, "We want to be paid!"' Forlow said the craze was fueled by they'd
But any
to get the
to the
word
PERKINS
About
1
5 years
ago when
was was
—
mendous .support and
was the trereceived from family
possible
it all I
friends.
A sister-in-law stepped in with child me
care one day a week, friends gave
a
key to their house so I could use their computer day or night and my husband took over household chores. They lifted numerous burdens so that I could finish my degree before baby No. 2 came hard to overestimate the positive
impact of burdens
lift:ed,
whether those
encumbrances are physical, psychologior social. A person freed from unnecessary burdens is one free to dream, to create, to achieve and to love. Both the readings from Acts and cal
words or actions
have great capacity to make another's life less burdensome. I'm sure that my colleagues don't realize
how much
words of encouragement and acts of kindness free self,
and yet St.
this
me
to be
happens
their
their daily
my
best
daily.
Paul says in Galatians
"Bear
6:2:
one another's burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of Christ." The law oi Christ is life in the Spirit and the lifting of burdens in a variety of life-giving ways. Questions:
How has someone lifted a burden for you, and in what
along. It's
we are acting in The amazing what we perceive as
small, inconsequential I
lighten the load
Spirit.
that oft:en
is
I
being,
power of the
truth
pregnant with our second child, I completing a master's thesis no small feat with a husband, a household, a 4year-old, a job and no word processor.
What made
human
What
is
way
did that free you?
one burden that you can
lift for
another today?
Scripture to Illustrate: "It is the decision of the holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burder
beyond these
necessities" (Acts 15:28).
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
9
-
MAY 15
Sunday of Easter), Acts 14:21-27, Revelation 21:1-5, John 13:31-33, 34-35; Mon day (Bl. Damien Joseph of Moloka'i), Acts 14:5-18, John 14:21-26; Tuesday, Acts 14:19-28, Johi 14:24-31 Wednesday (Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, St. Pancras), Acts 15:1-6, John 15:1-8; Thurs
Sunday
(Fifth
;
day, Acts 15:7-21, John 15:9-11; Friday (St. Matthias), Acts 1:15-17, 20-26, John 15:9-17; Saturda (St. Isidore),
Acts 16:1-10, John 15:18-21
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
16
Sunday of Easter), Acts
MAY 22
John 14:23-31 Monday, Acts 16:11-15, John 15:26-16:4; Tuesday (St. John I), Acts 16:22-34, John 16:5-1 Wednesday, Acts 17:15, 22—1 8:1, John 16:12-15; Thursday (Ascension of the Lord), Acts 1:1-1' Ephesians 1 17-23, Luke 24:46-53; Friday (St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions), Act
Sunday
(Sixth
15:1-2, 22-29, Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23,
:
18:9-18, John 16:20-23; Saturday (St. Rita of Cascia), Acts 18:23-28, John 16:23-28
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of attraction
Cloning dilemma lost in standard
anything but
is
ghost-story devices Kinnear and Romijn-Stamos both
DAVID DiCERTO
BY
convincingly convey the devastation of
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
NEW YORK
— When
takes their young son's
losing a child, allowing viewers to
a tragedy
However, Catholics should be
a couple strikes
life,
a Faustian bargain to get him back, with
as justification for
"Godsend" (Lions Gate). Fueled by the debate surrounding ad-
vances in reproductive technologies, the film
suggestion to create an atmosphere of psy-
touches on important issues concerning bio-
chological suspense.
only thing tlie movie ers
is
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star as Paul
and
Jessie
Bright),
divorce lawyers (Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan) wake up married
drunken evening and must continue as opposing attorneys on a
after a
court case while carrying on a spousal charade
comedy "Laws
Impersonation of a
The USCCB
the underwhelming romantic
a few crude expressions and an instance of profanity.
cleric,
& Broadcasting
Office for Film
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Motion Picture Association of America rating cautioned.
in
of Attraction." Implied sexual encounters following inebriation,
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cryptic references to "another
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adults.
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when
The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be
streak.
boy" spark fears that he
sci-
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with
begin to take an ominous turn.
church teaches that medical
something simply because that something
all ties
stem cells carrying Adam's DNA, and soon after gives birth to second "Adam." the age his duplicate died
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quickly give
when
Adam (Cameron
them back
is
Unfortunately, after an intelligent
satisfying
give
of
fijU
setup, the story's philosophical pretensions
De Niro plays Richard Wells, an enigmatic
Adam and
is
child ever successfiiUy cloned.
Duncan, a
killed in a traffic accident.
is
The movie
obvious allusion to Genesis,
tlie
view-
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on subtlety and
and images that underscore the themes explored. Adam, an
the urge to check their watches.
Stamos
film wisely relies
allegorical references
Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-
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their course
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2004
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J.
Begley celebrated the 60th anniversary
of his priestly ordination in
May
DIRECTOR 1
994. As
man in Massachusetts, Bishop Begley mentioned to the parish assistant that he "might want become a priest to take care of the (Catholic) Church." That very weekend, he met Bishop William J. Hafey of North Carolina. Eight years later, the future bishop was a priest serving in the mission territory that would become the Diocese of Charlotte.
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ends one phase
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Perspectives
A
collection of columns,
editorials
and viewpoints
Humans,
creation are
all
part of God's plan for salvation,
Resurrection of the body Body to be respected,
not
VATICAN CITY
tined for salvation in Christ,
John Paul
At
FATHER
years creating a new body as she did living with the old one."
The
catalogues
article
woman's 18-year quest
the
to achieve
happiness with her appearance from her first plastic surgery at 18 years old (breast reduction). Since then, she has undergone the following procedures: "a
brow
for forehead
Botox
lift,
frown
injections
lines, laser vision
surgery, blepharoplasty (eyelid tightening) for droopy eyelids, carbon di-
oxide laser beam treatments for dark under-eye bags, electrolysis for upper lip hair, adult braces, dental bleaching, microdermabrasion (skin sanding) for acne scars, liposuction under her chin, upper abdomen, stomach, upper buttocks and inner thighs, a tummy tuck, cellulite treatments and varicose vein removal." In all, the woman admits to spending "somewhere in the ballpark
of $40,000 on cosmetic surgery, about what her degree in business administration cost." And, if asked, she would say that "reshaping her body has been worth more to her ...
MATTHEW BUETTNER
The season, a timely topic for our world.
Let us begin with the truth that has been professed since the Twelve Apostles: "I believe in the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting." In the fifth century, St. Augustine commented, "On no point does the Christian faith encounter more opposition than on the resurrection of the body" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 996). This fundamental, yet controversial belief has informed and shaped Catholic faith and practice for 2,000 years. Belief in the resurrection of the body is rooted deeply in the cleansing and restorative power of baptism. But we must first take into account the state of man before baptism. Created in the image and likeness of God, man is an integral union of
our western society. The article states "new statistics show 2003 was a banner year for the [plastic surgeryj profession, with double-digit increases in everything from facelifts to fat injections to plump up sunken skin. And the upward curve shows no
Holy
dominated by trends and fads, sees its disfigured image in the mirror and is attempting to perfect it at all costs. Such is the popularity behind the "reality"
Makeover" (which but is mentioned article).
gery
what this
show "Extreme
television I
in
have not seen, the newspaper
Considering that plastic surnot intrinsically evil, fundamentally wrong with
itself is is
obsession with appearance?
Rather than delivering
a theological
I
on the resurrection of the seek to demonstrate the prac-
ticality
of the Catholic belief in the
treatise
body,
resurrection of the body and
life
ever-
lasting, a timely topic for the Easter
JOHN PAUL
St.
hymn
"In this way, the hymn paints a stupendous fresco of the universe and of history, inviting us to trust," he
to
Paul's Letter to the
"We are not a useless speck of dust lost in a senseless space and time, but we are part of a wise plan flowing from the love of the Father," the pope said.
Speaking
canticle proclaims that
work
God
ries in itself the fingerprint
every aspect of creation through his Son, the pope said. "He also is the lord of the history of salvation, which is manifest in the church and is accomplished by 'the blood of his cross,' the source of peace and harmony for humanity," he said. Pope John Paul said the canticle reassures believers that everything in creation and everything in history is subject to God's power and that Christ will triumph no matter what happens. is
at
in Polish, the
pope
said,
"The whole world that surrounds us, and especially the human person, car-
Lord of the cosmos."
The
word of God
nal
in
existence,
its
God and
his
witnesses to
it
of the eter-
and, simply by
love."
At the end of the audience, the bishops of Michigan and Ohio joined Pope John Paul in blessing an estimated 12,000 people in St. Peter's Square.
The
bishops were in
Rome
for
which bishops years to report on the
their "ad limina" visits,
make every
five
status of their dioceses.
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1265).
Consequently, the baptized perbody and soul, continues to be sanctified throughout life by the other sacraments: anointed with sacred chrism in Confirmation, nourished by the body and blood of Christ in Holy Communion, forgiven in the sacrament of penance, healed in the sacrament of anointing of the sick, etc. Both the body and the soul are redeemed and sanctified by God in the sacraments. It is this truth that governs Catholic doctrine and practice. It is this truth that forms the basis for the Catholic "golden mean" (navigating safely between two extremes). In the Catholic "golden mean," the body is considered good, consecrated and therefore, must be respected. We are stewards of our bodies, since they are a divine gift. We ought to eat and drink and exercise in moderation, carefully avoiding extremes. Less than 100 years ago, journalist G.K. Chesterton wrote a prophetic
said.
things created in heaven and on earth were created in Christ and that Christ reconciled all creation to himself through his sacrifice on the cross. "In the hymn," the pope said, "there emerges the great figure of Christ,
II
5
canticle proclaims that all
body and soul (CCC 362). The whole human person, body and soul, damaged by original sin, is afflicted by sin and death and in need of redemption by Jesus Christ through the sacraments of the Church (CCC 405; 11221130). Beginning in baptism, the body and soul are cleansed of original and personal sin and are therefore, per-
(CCC
POPE
Pope
Calossians.
fected, consecrated, set-apart; hence,
sign of falling." Indeed, the prevailing secular culture, which is so often
May
a
Christ in
Guest Columnist
Spirit"
Speaks
II said.
several reflections on the
than training her mind." This story is not all that unique in
be-
general audience threatened by rain, the pope offered what he said would be the first of
worshipped
many
â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Human
ings are not bits of dust randomly scattered in the universe, but were created by a loving God and are des-
Column
During a recent retreat in Toronto, I perused a local newspaper and was struck by an article about a woman "nipped, tucked for 18 years." Indeed, the woman "has spent as
The Pope
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Guest
.
WOODEN
CINDY
BY
pope says
son,
statement for our day: "The true religion of today does not concern itself with dogmas and doctrines. It concerns itself almost entirely with diet." Many people are religious about their diet and appearance. With tremendous zeal and fervor, many even "evangelize" about the benefits of their respective diets.
we have
sufficient
And
certainly
examples of
this
in our society (thank you multimillion dollar diet industry, et al). So, the obsession with the body's
extreme
tempered by the belief that the body is created to be perfected by grace in this life and enjoy
perfection
is
final perfection in
heaven.
But the opposite extreme is to be avoided as well. The body is indeed sacred and has an eternal destination and purpose. We should avoid extremes of food and drink and smok.
ing,
which often increase our attach
ment
to bodily pleasures.
Indeed, the body, though deeply
wounded by
original sin and imper-
is perfected and by our Lord. As a result, the body is considered good and is to be respected; the body is not, however, a god and is not to be wor-
fect in appearance,
sanctified
shipped. Putting t\\e belief of the resurrection of the body into practical application means avoiding two extremes;obsession with appearance or health on the one hand and blatant disregard on the other. Only by following the "golden mean" will we ensure eternal happiness and possibly savf ourselves $40,000 in the meantime.
Father Buettner St.
is
parochial vicar 4]
Gabriel Church in Charlotte.
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wis,
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The Catholic News & Herald 15
2004
7,
ingful life in his or her own land, that person has the right to move." In a perfect world, of course, all of the
The strangers among us
would be equally
earth's resources
"Him? Been here a few days
I
more than our share (we would even be willing to do with less so that others could
Working
work
to get
as a carpen-
Matters
ter."
What get
kind of a reception did Joseph
when he and
showed up
his family
We
some Egyptian town?
in
know
don't
from Mattliew 2:13-15 what their refugee
lives I
were
like to
JOANITA M.
NELLENBACH Guest Columnist
like.
think their neighbors helped
helped Joseph find
study guide, discussion starter, and guide to action Oppression can be political or eco-
dized."
of their
nomic. Whatever the reason. Catholic so-
third principle:
neighbors, another refugee from Israel
cial
teaching makes these points: migra-
and one who'd learned to speak the local language, said there'd been talk: "Just what we need, another one moving in to take our jobs," he'd heard someone say. 'Why don't these people stay home? They don't have any right to be here." "Both the Old and New Testaments tell compelling stories of refugees forced to flee because of oppression," Franciscan Father Thomas Betz writes in "A Guide to Understanding Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration and the Movement of Peoples" (hereafter. Guide), which the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops published in 2003. Guide, based on the USCCB's Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity," published in 2000, is a resource your parish can use
tion
the family settle
in,
work.
But what in their
if
they had a terrible time
new home? Maybe one
"as a
borders and the regulation must be just.
As ciple
defined in Guide, the
is
prin-
first
that "People have the right to
migrate to sustain their
lives
and the
lives
Because
we
sight,
we
Guide
says, to
food,
are
all
equal in God's
have the same rights, as "what is necessary for life clothing, shelter. Moreover, every all
person has the right to education, medical care, religion,
and the expression of one's
culture."
"In
many
THERESE J. BORCHARD CNS
Not if read
in
places people live in fear,
danger, or dehumanizing poverty," Guide continues. "Clearly, it is not God's will that some of his children live in luxury while others have nothing .... When a person cannot achieve a mean-
Columnist
the context of the
Prayer gradually has been re-enter-
"A country must regulate borders with justice and mercy." For instance, "A merciful immigra-
ing hospital rooms and doctors' offices over the past decade. A number of recent
tion policy will not force married couples
studies are stacking
or children to live separately from their
and and
families for
beth
Dudas
long periods." Yet, as Eliza-
"Making Room
said in
her family to this country.
How
in favor
of
faith
in the
treatment of
many
illnesses,
and psychiatric disorders. But now prayer is going even further into the world of health. Yoga studios and gyms are beginning to "see the
it normally takes five years for an immigrant with residency status to bring
his or
up
spirituality in the healing process
diseases
at the
Table,"
of their families."
â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
its
Our Turn
do these principles cancel each
So,
other out?
a right, nations can regulate their
is
fitness
have more) but, since that hasn't happened yet, we have immigration. However, the second principle states, "A country has the right to regulate its borders and to control immigration." Guide explains that, "while people have the right to move, no country has the duty to receive so many immigrants that its social and economic life are jeopar-
the builder's supply said he heard the
guy was trying
di-
vided and none of us would be scarfing up
guess.
Not from around here; I couldn't understand a word he said. The clerk down at
The intersection of prayer and
would similar immigration
light,"
have affected Jesus, Mary and Joseph? Would they have been considered criminals because they didn't have legal permission to live in Egypt? Would they have had to live apart for years as they struggled to establish residency? Would they have been exploited because they feared that if they complained they'd be deported? What would their lives have been like as "undocumented aliens"?
fitness
incorporating faith into various
and wellness programs. The most obvious -example is The Lord's Gym. Founded in 1997 as an alternative to the "meat market" envi-
policies
ronment of most Lord's
Gym
fitness centers, the
fosters
an "environment
where men and women can exercise ,
without the discomfort of gawkers and those flaunting their bodies openly."
Aiming to be
a "morally wholesome"
environment, the
gyms
play Christian
music, feature huge murals of Jesus car-
rying a cross, and include Scripture
A column for dummies
cards on the treadmills, stationary bikes
Catholics used to breeze by the section of the
I
bookstore that displays the "For
Dummies"
Mother; the section on cefibacy
I'm sure you've seen the familiar black-
the scholarship beneath the
Father Trigifio of Marysville, Pa, and
N
Dummies" in a yellow chalk-like font to give you the impression that you are in grade school. Since the mascot of the book, "Dum-
The two, who have been friends
mies Man," has a triangular face that looks
nary in the mid 1980s, are
an upside-down dunce cap, I assumed the books weren't for me. That is until J
anyone who watches Eternal World Television Network (EWTN), where they are
came
across "Catholicism
At first glance
it
For Dummies."
looks a
And the book carries an
flin
free
"Catholicism for
book
I've
renaissance. "In
religion.
Imprimatur, meanit
and
it
two
priests
&ad
many Cathofics enjoy prose. The book is also
that
the easy-to-read
Dummies" makes unthan any
The 'Tor Dummies"
books are written so that a casual reader can
The table of contents is index runs for 19. You
Hall University and in
courses around the country. "We've gotten very positive feedback on the book especially from the parents of
who
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fallen-away Catholics
eight pages, the
helped their adult children
know you are reading a good reference book when you flip to a page and find something that interests
another
topic.
you and then That happened
leads to
you
to
me several
times while glancing through the book.
The book
is
also
flill
of icons with
titles
such as "From the Bible" and "Remember" that direct the reader to important points.
Some of the tides
catchy chapter and subchapter border on blasphemy: "The Official
Scoop on Mary" describes the Blessed
RCIA
faith," said
the
'Part of being a priest is to be a teacher," said Father Brighenti. "It's nice to live in a
where we can use TV and books to get out tlie good news of Christ." The book has sold well. The "For Dummies" series is one of the most successfijl brands in book pubfishing with more than 950 tides in print The authors of "CathoUcism for Dummies" say tlieir book has sold technological age
49,000 copies in
its first
year.
The publisher,
very
hum-
an uncertain world, with
war and the economy as they are, people seem to want to know the content of their faith as well as the practice
men
Both
of it"
donate their proceeds from
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â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
Father Brighenti to the Refigious Teach-
ers Fifippini, Father Trigifio to Sister gefica
and
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far.
An-
EWTN.
virtual trip
through
Another example, the Ridgely Rebegan as a place where people with arthritis could exercise. However, now it offers everything from Candlelight Yoga to retreat rooms to a Creative Playhouse with group activities for children. The intersection of prayer and fitness doesn't surprise me and many in my generation. As a runner from the time I was a^high school freshman, I've
Dummies" has
always used that quiet time to pray (and to distract
me
from the pain
I
feel at
the
second mile). I'll either have a casual conversation with God, recite the prayer of St. Francis or say a novena.
When I ran around the University Dame campus as a student, I'd visit the grotto as my last water stop, of Notre
trav-
pause to say a prayer and sometimes
Father Trigilio sent a copy to Pope
light a votive candle for a special inten-
"Cathoficism for
John Paul
Father TrigUo.
it all
my job as a priest," he
the
say the book
come back to
doing
Father Trigifio feels the book is part of a
being used as a college textbook at Seton
faith far easier
ever read.
Father Brighenti finds said.
of doctrinal error.
derstanding the
well.
You'd be surprised at who is reading the book. Although it was written for nonCathofics and non-practicing CathoUcs, the
ing a church authority has reviewed is
Wiley Publishing, won't discuss specifics about sales but says the book is doing very
Church," but was easier to read.
of our
on a
the streets of Jerusalem.
celebrities to
on the program "Council on Faith."
(step aero-
treat facility in Annapolis, Md.,
bfing. "I'm just
dummies. But two
participants
since semi-
similar to the "Catechism of the Cathofic
Father John Triglio and Father Kenneth Brighenti, authored the book, so
making
DAVID HAINS Guest Columnist
will tell you,
Catholicism
wasn't
wrote the
being approached by an agent
after
featured
priests,
it
book
J.,
Heaven
Stretch, Stairway to
or Karate for Christ, among several exercise programs. A cycling class takes
Their goal was to write a book that was
Mass
surely
Father Brighenti of Raritan,
participate in Chari-
bics)
insulting,
littie
because as anyone at isn't for
the Media
titles is
solid.
and-yellow covers with the words "For
like
Members can
ots of Fire (spinning), Praise and
called
"Flying Solo for Life." Despite the attempt at mirtli,
books.
is
and weight benches.
&
II
and received a note from the
pope's oSice congratulating the priests for their ministry.
The
next book
tiiey
are thinking about
"The Papacy for wonder how the Holy Father
has a working
Dummies." I would react to
title
There I'd see a half dozen students same at the beginning, middle or end of their runs. tion.
'doing the
of
thatf
As the
who
exercised.
is
of commuof Charlotte. Contact
the director
nicationsfor the Diocese
him at dwhains@charlottediocese.org.
to heal.
As someone
enjoys food too much, I've always
gether
David Hams
a Catholic I've always befieved in
power of prayer
I
And when
feel
I
put the two to-
twice as empowered. In an
age when we desperately need prayer and exercise, it makes sense to combine the two.
'
May
The Catholic News & Herald 16
2004
7,
PARISH PROFILE
St.
In September 1994, the St. Joseph community began meeting weekly for Mass and other activities
Joseph Vietnamese Church
at St.
Ann
symbolizes religious freedom for
build
its
own
ese Catholics in the Charlotte area at
the time, as well as the locality's greater Vietnamese population of close to 10,000.
Vicariate: Charlotte
The Vietnamese
Pastor: Father Peter Tan Van Le
Parochial Vicar: Father Peter
Number
Pham
Father Peter Tan Van Le
community gathering for Mass at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Our Lady of Consolation Church and St. Ann in Charlotte.
Charlotte's Vietnamese Catholic community numbered about 20 famiE.
Murray
lies
when they chose
J.
Jugis
l^lay 2.
in
The 22,300-square foot
was dedicated by Bishop Peter includes a new church, offices, an
Charlotte
facility
Father Peter
CHARLOTTE — Many at St. JoChurch
namese have come
to comprise the
have
largest population of Southeast Asian
crossed oceans of water and endured unbehevable hardships to build their
refugees to have settled in the United
new
Vietnamese
With their American-born children, they number nearly 1 million. Through worldwide humanitarian States.
church.
Immediately following the evacuation of U.S. troops from Vietnam in 1975, some 135,000 Vietnamese mostly ex-military and government
efforts
—
and sponsorships from Ameri-
can individuals and organizations, including Catholic Social Services, Viet-
who had worked for the United States during the war, and
to
America. In the nearly 30 years since Saigon fell to the Communists, Viet-
Ministry to Vietnamese immigrants developed in the Diocese of Charlotte during the early 1980s, with the small
namese refugees received opportunities come to North Carolina.
officials
their families
—
fled to
Joseph as
St.
1981.
growing.
Through
education center and the original worship space.
seph
the
May
By 1988, community was 400 strong and
their patron in
a diocesan sponsorship.
Tan Van Le
commuits new
church and cultural center Nov. 29, 1999. Then-Bishop Curlin concelebrated the Mass with Father
of Households: 385
and
Church
Catholic
nity of Charlotte dedicated
Tan Van
Joseph Vietnamese Church
church.
cultural center for the 1,500 Vietnam-
4929 Sandy Porter Road Charlotte, N.C. 28273 (704) 504-0907
St.
1995, the
chased the former Steele Creek Baptist Church, a nearby house and the surrounding property. The first Mass was celebrated Aug. 30 of that year. The 300-seat church served as a
JOSEPH VIETNAMESE
ST.
The new
May
Almost three years of enthusiastic fund-raising activities ensued, and in February 1998, the community pur-
growing community
Photo by Kevin
Church. In
community received permission from then-Bishop William G. Curlin to
arrived to
serve as chaplain to the Vietnamese community in April 1993 from the
Le.
The
dedication
Mass
attended by some
festivities,
2,500 people, crystallized a dream which had been almost 20 years- in the making. The liturgy highlighted two days of celebrating the dedication of St. Joseph Vietnamese Church. Youth activities, the sacrament of reconciliation and a Mass honoring Vietnamese saints added to the weekend occasion. Regular Masses celebrated in Vietnamese continued over the years, with Vietnamese-language classes being taught to children and catechism classes in Vietnamese and English offered to both children and adults. Almost 2,000 people crowded the new St. Joseph Vietnamese Church dedicated by Bishop Peter J. Jugis May 2, 2004. Like the previous church's dedication, the event included a weekend-long celebration with traditional music, food and expression of worship. The $1.8 million facility, which includes offices and an education cea ter, totals almost 22,300 square feet.
Diocese of Vinh Long, which was home to some 300,000 Catholics south of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Many members of the Vietnamese Catholic community had been imprisoned by the Communists for their
The worship
coming to Charlotte in search of jobs and religious freedom,
ebrated daily, with perpetual adora tion of the Blessed Sacrament Mon day through Saturday.
beliefs prior to
Tan Van
said Father
Le.
Having been imprisoned and celebrating Mass
Van Le came
in secret,
space, featuring rell gious items from Vietnam, can ac commodate 725 people, more than double the existing church that con-
nects to the
Tan
via a diocesan sponsorship.
in
facility.
Vietnamese are
cel-
The Vietnamese community
for 13 years
Father
new
Masses
the 46-county Diocese of Charlotte now estimated at 9,200 people.
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