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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Nation Honors

Among

Sisters

Volume 3 Number

11

Women

Heroes,

— —

is

women who the

a tribute to the 265,000

served the country during

Vietnam War. It was dedicated Nov.

11.

Mercy Sister Joanne Agnes Kuhlmann of Belmont is in Washington visiting with a nurse who was her hooch mate in Nam. She was there for the dedication and follow-on ceremonies.

"Even though

I

volunteered,

I felt

and loneliness," Sister Joanne re"We spent some time in a quiet area, but you never knew if you might get blown up in a sudden attack."

A former captain in the U.S. Air Force, Sister Joanne was in Vietnam from June 1971 to June 1972. She was as a nurse

Two nurses and four medical

technicians cared for the wounded on C-

130

iL

-eeognizes, for the

time in history, women' s contributions to their country, she says. "I would like to think

it is

for all

women

in all

the

Holy

Spirit, the

Church

is

breathing

The message Christ with

new

to

to share the light of

zeal

was

the thrust of

the Southeast Regional Evangelization

it

from parish teams in the Carolinas and Georgia attended.

'There is a tremendous surge of new energy," Spiritan Father Ed

he

Vilkauskas, diocesan director of evangelization, said after the

Nov. 7 closing

live out

for the

Church

is

way

Catholics view,

and give witness

to their faith,

said.

Director of the Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association in

Washington D.C., Father Boyack is a consultant to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Evangelization.

ing with a fire burning."

He served as a general coordinator National for "Go and Make Disciples:

is

they will take their

fervor along with a plan for action back to their parishes to bring about a

zest for evangelization, the

new

Church's

central mission.

Evangelization is "not a household not yet but it' s coming," said term

—

—

A

Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States." The U.S. bishops' document, approved a year ago,

was

the

vet-

Women's Memorial Program.

VWMP'

inception, in about 1983, another national effort

—

the

Women

in Military

Service for American Memorial Foundation

— was

rial

nation.

started to

honor

women

served since the birth of our

WIMSA plans to build a memo-

at the

entrance to Arlington Na-

tional Cemetery.

first

Mass. "They (the participants) are leav-

The hope

women

erans have been located by the Vietnam

Medical Service Corps, communications specialists, air traffic controllers, intelligence officers and clerks.

Nearly all of them volunteered.

Many Navy nurses and corpsmen were stationed aboard the USS Repose and the USS Sanctuary, hospital ships anchored off the South Vietnam coast.

Air Force nurses served both "in coun-

"an important cultural and ecclesial change" that will have far reaching implications in the

served during the Vietnam era. So far

only about 9,000 Vietnam

tack,

means

Workshop Nov. 5-7 sponsored by the Diocese of Charlotte. About 100 people

lives.

have suffered health problems associated with Agent Orange exposure. Some have committed suicide.

A new "Sister Search" program is dedicated to locating all American women, military and civilian, who

physicians, physical therapists, person-

Kenneth Boyack, a workshop presenter.

"We are at the ground floor of a real blossoming of evangelization over the next 25 to 50 years," Father Boyack

What

women

served will suffer from post-trau-

on the "wall"

listed

Paulist Father

said.

who

CHARLES BOWLING

women

HAZARD

new energy into Christ's command share the Good News.

recent Veterans Administration

report said 48 percent of the

Among their ranks are a number of women from the Charlotte Diocese who

Associate Editor

with change. Led by the power of

served.

A

Guam, the Philippines, Hawaii and other stateside hospitals caring for the wounded.

Ninety percent were Army, Navy and Air Force nurses. Others served as

'Go And Make Disciples' Thrust Of New Evangelization Efforts CHARLOTTE — The Church is on

who

About 11,000 American military stationed in Vietnam during the war. Thousands more served in

nel in the

fire

designed to mutilate and maim.

Although the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has begun a healing process for the combat veterans, little has been done to address the needs of the women

who have

Japan,

By CAROL

women dealt with extraordi-

cifically

wars."

women were

Photo by

These

Within two years of the .-

first

out one of the eight names of

bunkers

nary injuries inflicted by weapons spe-

aircraft.

The moruw

Vietnam War.

in

matic stress disorder during their

Squadron.

killed during the

wounded; most spent time

Many

Cam Ranh Bay

1993

during attacks.

calls.

with the 903rd Aeromedical Evacuation

who were

12,

fear

stationed at

A Vietnam vet volunteer points

November

Their Ranks

By CHARLES BOWLING Washington D.C. is a city of memorials to our nation's heroes. The newest memorial the Vietnam Women's Memorial

•

workshop centerpiece.

See Disciples, Page 2

and on air evacuation missions.

Near the women's memorial is the "wall" with the names of more than

try"

58,000

men who died in Vietnam. Also

inscribed are the names of eight women,

two of whom were from the Carolinas: Lt. Cmdr. Annie Ruth Graham (Efland, N.C.) and 2nd Lt. Elizabeth Ann Jones (Allendale, S.C.).

An

estimated 20 civilian

women

were killed during the war. An unknown in Vietnam as news correspondents and workers for the Red Cross, the USO and Catholic Relief

number served

answered

war

their country's call in

time.

Shortly after the Pearl Harbor at-

Lou Turner rushed to be one of the officer candidates with the new

Women's

Auxiliary

Army

Corps. She

was commissioned a second

lieutenant

See Heroes, Page 3

Stewardship: A IMscipCe's %zsiponst A

special supplement,

Stewardship, Response,

of

As

the,

is

A

DiscipCe's

the center section

this edition.

diocese celebrates

Stewardship Awareness, it is equally important to report the financial soundness

of

the

diocese.

Services.

The military nurse officers were the youngest and most inexperienced group of medical personnel ever to serve in

war time. Most went to Vietnam shortly

The supplement presents the audited financial report for the Central Administrative

after graduation.

Offices

Due to guerrilla tactics, many women were in the midst of the conflict.

Charlotte.

There was no front, no such thing as "safe behind our lines." Many were

statement of

of

the Diocese

This report

issued annually as a stezi

of is

I

News

2 The Catholic

& Herald

November

Paulist Father

Frank DeSiano, a workshop presenter, chats with participants.

CAROL HAZARD

Photo by Spiritan Father

Ed

Vilkauskas, diocesan director of evangelization, shares the fire of faith

in the lighting of candles at the closing

Mass of

the regional evangelization workshop.

Photo by

silent.."

Yet, personal testimonies are nec-

CAROL HAZARD

essary so that others lieve,

Disciples (From Page The workshop was

1)

also given by

Paulist Father Frank DeSiano, principal

writer for the document. Father DeSiano,

NCCB

a consultant to the

can take back to our parishes and help them flourish," he said.

"It's one thing to say something; it's another to make it happen," said Mike Gardner of St. Matthew Church,

Pope Paul VPs document "On Evangeli-

zation in the

Modern World."

person to the Good News if we are not living it ourselves," Msgr. John J.

McSweeney, diocesan administrator, said at the closing Mass at which he was the celebrant.

pull that off

we

will

baptizing them in the

of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age. (Mt 28:19-20) / have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing.

(Lk 12:49) "Go and Make Disciples" opens with these two Scriptural passages.

"This document was written for every baptized Catholic, not just for "I

and sisters," Father Boyack said.

am

at getting the

"What

the Spirit

is

doing today

latent ministry

real excited about the plan,"

Smith of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Jefferson, N.C. "It's a said Chester

logical, step-by-step process that

we

Msgr. John ministrator,

McSweeney, diocesan adwas the celebrant for the closJ.

ing Mass.

Photo by

CAROL HAZARD

discovering

is

"What I am

Kenneth Boyack makes a "Go and Make Disciples" regional evangelization workshop.

Paulist Father

presentation at the

that individuals today are

Photo by

list."

was

for evangelization

Spirit is very

planted in Vatican Council

said.

tion

personal testimonies about the trans-

"We believe the Spirit of God brought about Vatican II (19962-1965) and the Synod on Evangelization ( 1 974),

faith.

forming power of the Holy Spirit. "Faith is strengthened when it is given to oth-

Boyack said.

While testimonies might be com-

ers," Father

mon

in Protestant churches, they are

new to Catholics "We have a dilemma," Father Boyack said. "We know from .

our experiences that Catholics have marvelous stories of faith, a tremendous richness and depth. But we're pretty

II.

"Only

now are we realizing the fruit that came

vigorously as possible is

bringing about a

...

new

but the Spirit creation

...

in

at

work by

to us

since

we

the bish-

ops."

He foresees

about through Vatican U," Father Boyack

and the Spirit was very much present in 'Go and Make Disciples (1993).'"

"It will take a while," he said. "I'm not saying we don't want to proceed as

much

have the tools given

have been given a plan and strategy that will work."

The plan, for example, stresses the importance of developing and sharing Charlotte.

CAROL HAZARD

living out the charism of the evange-

The seed

"We

is

much more

active," Father Boyack said.

name of the Father, and of the Son, and

priests

have to work

out," said Charleen

making a

have the Church

Go, therefore, and make disciples all nations,

sense to us."

can

alive with the fire of the Spirit."

of

prudence and dialogue make much more

described."

calling each of

we

parishes across the country. "I sense the

Huff of St. Dorothy Church, Lincolnton, N.C. "We have to let people know we are here and our faith is strong and deeply rooted.

I'm not going to say it's not intimidating, but we have to start opening doors and bringing people in."

Huff said evangelization is important because "everyone needs to know the Word and everyone needs to feel the same way I do. I feel you have to surrender your will to Him and when you do that the peace that comes can not be

are not going to attract one

"Pope Paul VI was

hear and be-

or Southern Baptists are doing,"

"We

principles outlined in

us to a personal conversion. If

may

said.

Eventually, as much validity will be given to the ministry of evangelization as it is to the ministry of the catechist and liturgist, Father Boyack said. What's more, the plan will be implemented by

Father Boyack said. "The elements of

Word

practical suggestions for carrying out

inspirational

he

"We're not cloning what the Mor-

mons

Committee

on Evangelization, is director of a Paulist parish-based project in Washington D.C. "Go and Make Disciples" gives

"We

12, 1993

a new emphasis on acand less shyness about the Catholic

Other changes are a reorganization life with evangelization as the central mission and a change in Catholic identity and consciousness.

People won't identify with their faith just because their parents were Cathoof Catholic

lics,

he

said.

Rather, they will

make

a choice "to

follow Jesus as a disciple and get in

God's time."

volved in His mission of salvation."

Bishops Of Atlanta Province Review Misconduct Guidelines CHARLESTON, S.C.

— The

bish-

this issue

and we are constantly looking

ops of the Atlanta Province and staff members held their semi-annual meeting here in late October to deal with the problem of sexual misconduct with minors by diocesan priests and other per-

to revise these guidelines

sonnel.

by the

As the

metropolitan archbishop for

when new

information becomes available," Arch-

bishop Donoghue said. "This is a complex and troubling issue whose causes and treatment are still being researched

community." from the Archdiocese of

scientific

Officials

abuse of minors unfolds, dioceses around the country will be updating their policies to reflect this new information,"

Church to move with the trust and courage inspired by our faith toward the process of healing and prevention," Father Cameli said.

Although the presentations and discussions centered around the issue of sexual misconduct of priests with mi-

Father Paprocki said.

nors, the bishops noted that existing policies in all the dioceses of the prov-

Paprocki indicated the procedures which

worked well and those which may

need

revision in the future.

"As research

in this area of sexual

the Province, Archbishop John F.

Chicago were invited

Donoghue presided

periences with highly publicized guide-

Father Louis Cameli, professor of spirituality at Mundelein Seminary of

to relate their ex-

for us as

ficials

from the Archdiocese of Chicago

lines established

by Cardinal Joseph

the Archdiocese of Chicago, facilitated

ince have a wider application of, and include all Church employees and vol-

made

presentations.

the meeting and led participants in prayer

unteers.

tinuing education program about the

Bernardin a year ago.

Father Thomas Paprocki, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago, of-

issue of sexual abuse," Archbishop

fered examples of

the Chicago

the bishops and other diocesan officials

Donoghue

"Our

guidelines are used to respond quickly

who are working to protect the children

the protection of the

and effectively to allegations of sexual misconduct by priests with minors.

Through a fictional case study based on a composite of actual cases, Father

of their dioceses.

at the

meeting. Of-

"This meeting was part of our con-

said after the meeting.

primary concern

is

children entrusted to our care."

"Each of the dioceses in our prov-

ince has guidelines in place to address

how

services that included prayers for vic-

tims and their families, accused priests,

"While we need to make use of science and law and other

sources available to us,

it's

human

re-

important

"I

found

this

meeting to be

profit-

able and educational," Archbishop Donoghue said. "It encourages me to

pursue more collaborative efforts in the province as we strive to deal with this pressing issue."

"

November

1993

12,

Ensign Mary Sullivan as a Navy nurse at the

end of World

Heroes

War

(From Page

May 1942 at Ft. Desmoines, Iowa.

(About a year later, the Army dropped the name auxiliary for women and they were known throughout World War II

This

a

is

model of

11), Veterans'

the

Day,

in

Women's Vietnam Memporial formally dedicated yesterday (Nov. Washington. A memorial Mass of Thanksgiving to honor women

Vietnam veterans was celebrated yesterday at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Copyright © 1992, Glenna Goodacre, sculptor Immaculate Conception.

Diocese of Charlotte P.O. Box 36776 Charlotte,

WACS.)

Dear Friends

ings,

3,

in Christ:

During this Thanksgiving season as we remember our many blesswe must also be mindful of the many people in our country who are

caught in the cycle of poverty. The Catholic Church's social teaching asks us not only to respond to individuals in need, but also to address the

underlying causes of poverty in our society.

and her husband attend St. Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte.

for 25 schools in three states.

Turner, a volunteer at Mercy Hospi-

Campaign for the Church to take

Development

Human

means for action and injustice. Since its inception, CHD has had a remarkable influence throughout our country. In cities, towns, and rural areas, CHD has given grants to more than 3,000 community-based projects organized by poor and low-income people to improve their lives and their communities. As a result, people who felt powerless have been able to break the cycle of poverty. Working together, they have improved housing, developed job training programs, and provided for the needs of children and the elderly. to provide an effective

"Nobody but God could have kept me from being a 40-year Navy officer," Sister Barbara says. "The 'Hound of Heaven' kept after me for a vocation to

become years.

When

all

Mercy Sister Barbara Sullivan, now at the Mother House of the Sisters of Mercy in Belmont, was commissioned

all this?

cial times, I

the 1992

try will give generously to support these are a source of

hope

for so

-

dynamic

self-help initiatives that

our diocese will participate in the annual

CHD appeal. I encourage you to do all that you can to make it a success.

Through your contribution, you are standing in solidarity with the poor and making a difference in the lives of poor and low-income Americans by helping to build communities of hope.

Wishing you God's

blessings,

I

Superior in Guam and asked permission She received

more votes than anyone else and became mayor protem. She got her home But

built.

that's another story.

"I think the

memorial should honor

women in all the

services since they

started serving in the military," says

Gunnery Sergeant Essie Walker, a member of the Fourth Maintenance Battalion

and eventually became a surgical nurse. She was assigned to the Chelsea, Mass., Naval Hospital where she served in the operating room until August 1 949.

Consolation Parish, Walker has spent

Charlotte.

17 years in the Marines. "I want to stay Corps as long as they will have

in the

me," she says.

ing, the

bronzed four-figure sculpture

N.M. Both

the "Wall" and the

Women's Vietnam Memorial were signed by

granted.

Charles Bowling St.

His Will In Yours.

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

ment to the Church and the community in which we live'.'

Msgr. John

J.

McSweeney

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte. Simply have the following statement included in your Will:

Charlotte the

Roman sum of $

the residue of my

Catholic Diocese of (or percent of estate) for its religious, educational

and charitable works.

Rev. Mr. Curtiss P.

Todd

Vice Chancellor

1524

E.

Morehead

St.

Charlotte,

NC 28207

is

Matthew, Charlotte.

"/ leave to the

Sincerely in Christ,

de-

women. a parishioner

and former parish council chairman

Remember

is

the creation of Glenna Goodacre of Santa

Fe, to St.

of Our Lady of

The Women's Memorial is 6 feet, 8 Ten years in the mak-

Jude and the Blessed Virgin for prayers answered and favors

Thanks

A member

inches in height.

Thanks To St. Jude And The Blessed Virgin

Y

am

it

job

of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in

many.

On November 20 and 21,

for

told

to run for the city council.

the largest yet.

Catholics throughout our coun-

home

was

done. Sister Barbara called her Mother

Through the generosity of

CHD collection totaled $12.5 million

am confident that this year again,

a

politician to get the

Catholic parishioners in this annual appeal! Even in these difficult finan-

And,

start

an ensign in the regular Navy. She joined the Cadet Nurse Corps in 1944 in Char-

ATH

CHD accomplished

she tried to

the elderly in Belmont, she

teered."

—

did."

been a nun for 44 At one time a nurse, another time

would take a

—

I

superintendent of schools responsible

against poverty

And how has

a nun. So,

Sister Barbara has

South in Pineville, recalls that most felt the people men and women need to serve their country. "There was a saying then about the man behind the man behind the gun, and we were the women behind the man," she says. Back then, "all the women were very dedicated and that is the reason they volun-

lotte

In 1970, the U.S. Catholic bishops founded the

"In those days Bethesda was the main Naval Medical Center, and Chelsea was the major Operating Center," she says. "We operated on mostly amputees from the Navy and Marine Corps in

those days."

NC 28236

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Sullivan of the Sisters

Turner was assigned to the Military Government Command. When the war ended in Europe, she was sent overseas to Korea. She was there when the first atomic bombs were dropped on Japan on August 13, 1945.

When the war was over, the then Major Turner returned to the States, was honorably discharged and married. She

tal

November

Mary Barbara

1)

in

as

Sister

of Mercy in Belmont.

II.

For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Director of Development, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

at

4 The Catholic News

& Herald

November

12, 19S

Pro-Life Corner

Editorial Getting The Numbers Down "The poor may always be with us. But we're working to get the numbers down."

That's the theme of this year's collection for the Campaign for Human Development, the Church's poverty fighting arm in the United States. The collection, usually taken on the weekend before Thanksgiving, is scheduled this year in the Diocese of Charlotte at all Masses Nov. 20-21.

The nation's bishops founded CHD in 1970 to attack the root causes of poverty. Since that time, it has awarded grants and loans totaling about $200 million to

more than 3,000 grassroots,

The Respect

Diocese of Charlotte

Life Office

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Civic

leaders, health

care workers and anyone concerned about the well-

In the Diocese of Charlotte, national grants since

being of the family should promote natural methods of family planning, Pope John Paul II said.

the annual collection.

and local grants

Historically, national

in the dio-

cese each year frequently have amounted to more than

money collected in the 46-county

area.

And that is

not because the contributions from the diocese have

been small. The Diocese of Charlotte, over the years, has been among the leaders in per capita contributions to CHD. Several times it has headed the list.

The total 1992 collection in the Diocese of Charlotte

was $64,798. After deduction of administrative 75 percent went to the National CHD to finance

costs,

national grants and 25 percent remained in the diocese for the use of the local committee. National and local

grants this year totaled $51,500. (See story on

Page

12.)

The Campaign

for

Human Development is unlike

(704) 331-1720

Pope Urges Promotion Of NFP

self-help organizations.

1980 have amounted to $642,000. Additionally, the Diocesan CHD Committee has awarded thousands more in local grants financed by the diocesan share of

the

Reprinted by permission of John Trever, Albuquerque Journal.

Pope John Paul

II

3V

The principles underlying the use of natural meth-

The Pope Speaks

ods for regulating births are "an openness to life and the promotion of the dignity of marriage and the family," the pope said in a short talk Nov. 4 to a group training to be natural family planning educators.

The members were participating in a course sponsored by the Center for Studies and Research on the Natural Regulation of Fertility at Rome's Gemelli Clinic.

The pope

said educating natural family planning

one of the best ways to prepare for the 1994 International Year of the Family and to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pope Paul VPs encyclical on human life and married love. instructors is

Since the publication of the encyclical in 1968, the pope said, scientific research on natural methods of regulating births has increased dramatically and has

does not believe the world to be "essentially evil and irreformable, but rather capable of accepting the saving strength of the Cross," the pope said at his Nov. 3 general audience.

While the clergy are called primarily to minister good of others and religious are called to renounce temporal goods seeking the "unique neces sity" of God, lay people are called "to honor God in the use of temporal goods and in working for the temporal for the spiritual

must

produced results.

The pope said the Church applauds the work of scientists who have focused on "a secure as well as a moral basis for the regulation of birth."

"Supported by science, experience has confirmed

benefit the poor, be self-help projects actually directed

the educational value of natural family planning in

by the low-income beneficiaries and attack the root

contributing to an integrated vision of sexuality, mar-

family and one's community and working for the economic and cultural development of society are also

causes of poverty.

riage and responsible procreation," he said.

part of the lay vocation.

Pope Says Lay Christians Called To Follow God's Plan For World VATICAN CITY (CNS) The majority of Chris-

hostile to

many

anti-poverty programs which provide stop-gap

assistance to victims of poverty.

It is

aimed

at

empow-

ering people to break the cycle of poverty.

To be

eligible for

CHD assistance, projects

The national grants are awarded by a committee of bishops acting on the recommendations of a national advisory committee representing various areas of the

United States. Local grants are approved by the bishop on the recommendation of the Diocesan CHD Committee.

We join

Msgr. John J.McSweeney, diocesan adyou to be generous in responding

ministrator, in urging to next

weekend's

CHD collection.

—

following their "true vocation" as lay men and women, are called to seek the kingdom of God and to tians,

order the world according to God's design, Pope John

Paul

II said.

The Second Vatican Council's emphasis on the laity's role in the world clearly shows that the Church

progress of society," he said.

Lay men and women exercise their vocation when they are involved in Church activities,

only

pope

said.

He

not the

said providing for the needs of one's

While sin is active in the world and many forces are God, the pope said, the world is God's creation, and God sent Jesus to suffer and die for its salvation.

"The world, therefore, is the field of evangelizaand conversion, the field in which sin is exercised and makes its power felt, but in which redemption is at work in a type of tension which the believer knows is

tion

destined for resolution with the victory of the Cross," the pope said.

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You might also want to compare the mailing

label

on the pornographic material with the labels on magazines or other things you receive. It's frequently possible to determine which outfit is selling its mailing lists to the porn sellers. If you do find out, then it's jusi a matter of letting the list seller know what you think about his "anything for a buck" method of doing business.

November

The Catholic News

1993

12,

No There was a period in my life when gave up meditating because I couldn't stand the boredom. During that dry spell, I simply felt like a failure at prayer. I believed in God, I even felt that I loved God, but love presumes an object, and it carries with it a desire for some response from the Beloved. Feeling nothing during prayer, I became bored and abandoned the effort, at least as far as a I

!

formal schedule was concerned.

Then

came upon Abbot John

I

Chapman's simple and

I felt

a

prayer

is in

prayer

is

new

definition of prayer

"Pure

spiritual vigor.

in the will to give yourself to

God." Gradually

came

I

to see that

my

boredom was not a sign of failure. I learned to laugh at my boredom during prayer because

realized that

I

I

didn't

have to force feelings of any kind. When I

become bored,

to

give the

I just

boredom

God along with everything else withI

am now 62 and I don't worry about

prayer schedules as

myself to

on.

Rabindanath Tagore once said "chas-

God

I

in the

the virtue which comes from an abundance of love." This is true of all

tity is

We

are better able to regulate

human love and be better persons when we have gratitude to God for all the love He has given us. In contemplative prayer we absorb His love in order to be able to give

it

generously to others.

once did. I give morning and the

Light

One Candle

God holds He calls you and me

another as dear to your heart.

God's

us dear to His heart.

tice

giving yourself to

will

be well.

(For a free copy of the Christopher

"Cara."

Read

St.

Paul's

first letter to

Corinthians, 13:12 ("Charity

and put the word "God"

word is

"charity." This

God

kind.

is

is

patient.

is

the

kind...")

in place of the

the result:

God

is

not jeal-

God is not domineering, or God rejoices in good. God God's love never

God's love is expressed in Latin as which literally means "dearness." Italians use the word "cara" mean-

endures

ing "dear one." "Caritas" in

through the ages have learned to stimu-

meaning

is

its

broadest

an attitude which regards

all things.

moment. Pracas you are. Forget about self-criticism and invite the Holy Spirit into your life. The Spirit of Love will dwell in you, and all

"God

ous or rude. resentful.

"caritas,"

out expecting special consolations.

FATHER JOHN C ATOIR

I find myself praying all day long in a way. My awareness of God's presence is a big part of it. "Praying always" is not completely possible, but there is a kind of habitual self-giving which is quite natural. At any rate, I find peace in the knowledge that I'm praying even if I don't have warm cozy feelings.

When feelings of insecurity come, instead of upsetting me, they remind me that I have to depend more on the Lord and less on myself. With the Holy Spirit as my strength I feel the courage to carry

virtues.

5

Fault Prayer

evening, but

the will," he wrote. "Pure

& Herald

will in the present

News Note,

God just

"Let's Talk About Prayer,

send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 Street,

New

York,

NY 10017.)

Father John Catoir

fails.

The

saints

growth

late their

and mystics down in charity

"

is

director of

The Christophers.

by living

Help For Hyperactive Kids Dear Dr. Shuping,

My

son

is

getting into things. But

His

in first grade.

teacher says he is hyperactive and that he should probably be on medi-

tivity,

He had problems last year, we thought he would outgrow it. I know he's pretty wiggly and has a hard time getting his work done, but I don't see how keeping him

to directions, losing or forgetting

cation.

but

too,

drugged

going to help him. Isn't there some other way to deal with this?

Worried Parent all

the time

is

Dear Parent, The teacher probably thinks your son has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, but only a physician or trained

MARTHA W. SHUPING, MD

you can have the

attention disorder without the hyperac-

with difficulty in completing work, easy distractibility, not listening

home-

work. These kids are also very impulsive and tend to act before thinking through the consequences.

Crosswinds

Although it sometimes looks like just bad behavior, these children really have a much greater difficulty it's

than the average child in basic things

we

and paying attention. The children themselves often feel frustrated because of ihis and they often develop problems with self-esteem because of constantly expect

at

school such as sitting

i

still

interfere with their ability to learn,

cation can be useful.

medi-

Two different cat-

treatment plan. For starters, these kids

need

to

be in the front of the classroom

egories of medication (the stimulants

close to the teacher where they will have

and the antidepressants) have been

fewer distractions. In general, they need a lot of structure and consistency to do

being in trouble.

Research shows that there are real

shown

differences in brain function between

work rather than have randomly on

their best, as well as frequent gentle

this diagnosis after

their attention scattered

reminders.

includes reports from parents and teach-

ADHD

ers as well as observation of the child.

mal" brains. These kids can be very

and sounds throughout the room.

Long-term studies have shown these medications to be very safe and effective for most ADHD kids.

Behavioral methods can also help and should always be a part of the

A professional specializing in ADHD can help develop a customized

mental health professional can make an evaluation that

children and those with "nor-

This disorder can include a number of

successful in school including college

problem behaviors.

The child may be wiggly and fidgety, constantly up and down out of his seat,

and graduate school, but there is a real problem and they will need extra help.

If the problem is serious enough to

different types of

to help the children focus their

attention

on

their

sights

behavior management plan to help you and the teacher to help your son improve his ability to

pay attention and stay

organized.

Would Somalia Want Us Back?

U.S. efforts, combined with those of other nations, saved hundreds of thou-

than approaching

sands of people in Somalia. Yet the United States soon will find itself leaving Somalia with the job it set out to accomplish incomplete.

geography of the country one should learn its history, local customs and especially its belief system. Moreover, one must endeavor to try to do away

The

costs of aiding Somalia

not in vain. But in addition to sacrifice,

the

what must be done better if the

United States

is

let's

to serve as an inspira-

hopes to help? To take a closer look at the

tion to nations

answer,

were

all

it

It

means

it

as "the teacher."

that besides learning the

with one's foreign image, the uglyAmerican image, for example, and try to

become one with

the culture.

United States is America, he or she must not only know where Gettysburg or If a foreigner in the

to understand

task our missionaries regularly face.

Philadelphia are, but the significance

At a recent meeting of missionaries from around the world I was struck by

they played in history. There should be

the way they follow the simple but profound principle of adaptability.

A missionary from Algeria spoke

tution

sion. Like missionary work, this epitomizes more than a spirit of adaptability.

Principles of love and prudence also are

it.

involved.

about Christians composing only 1 percent of the 99-percent Muslim population.

His

Muslim

first

task

was

to learn the

culture and be accepted by

it

in

order to create a respectable dialogue within it.

An

often overlooked principle sug-

some understanding of the U.S. Constiand the beliefs of those who wrote Moreover, there must be a desire to be American.

The principle behind missionary to get on the same work is the same level as the people one lives alongside by first learning their culture. Only after this is accomplished is one able to serve

—

effectively.

U.S. greatness grew from a base of

gests approaching another culture with

many

the expectation of learning from it rather

learn,

were willing to change and be open to conver-

nationalities that

Bernard of Clairvaux once wrote: "There are many who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge: That is curiosity. Others desire to know in order that they may themselves be known: That is vanity. Others seek knowledge in order to sell it: That is dishonorable.

But there are also some who seek knowledge in order to edify others: That is

And

seek knowledge in order to be " That is prudence.

Let's substitute the words "to help" "knowledge" in St. Bernard's sage observation and see how it epitomizes for

St.

love.

who

edified:

again there are

still

others

the missionary spirit, while also remind-

ing Americans of the spirit behind

Americanism. Perhaps, then,

St.

Bernard's advice would read something like this:

There are many

who

seek to help

others for the sake of the adventure

See Huma?!,

Paj

it

I

6 The Catholic

News

& Herald

November

People Pope Expresses Condolences Over Death Of Canadian Cardinal Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

John Paul II offered the Archdiocese of Montreal his condolences after the death of retired Cardinal Paul Gregoire, who led the archdiocese for 22 years. The

week His funeral was

cardinal died Oct. 30, less than a after his

Nov.

82nd birthday.

In a telegram to Montreal Arch-

3.

bishop Jean-Claude Turcotte, Pope John Paul called the cardinal "an untiring teacher and guide" who showed the concern of God and the Church for each individual.

Pope Prays For Those

Who Helped Him

ROME Mass

in

(CNS)

—

memory of all

Celebrating a

the faithful

have died, Pope John Paul special prayers for those

II

who

offered

who

helped

him on his way to becoming a priest.

The Nov. 1 vigil Mass for the Feast of All Souls was celebrated on the 47th anniversary of the pope's ordination to the priesthood.

The pope

members with

"lasting devotion" all

said he re-

those who accompanied him in his prepa-

In

Catholic agencies can better coordinate

humanitarian aid programs. The ambassador, who left Rome Oct. 31, was to spend about two weeks in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, visiting refugee camps, AIDS clinics and feeding programs. He told reporters Oct. 28 that he also hoped to visit southern Sudan, but had not yet received State Department permission to do so because Sudan has been placed on the U.S. list of terrorist nations. their

The News

CCHS

Student Named National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalist of 1994 Merit CHARLOTTE — Corey Ruble has gram. Commended route

gious Assistance to Poland. About the religious future of Poland, Cardinal

liams,

Glemp said he doesn't foresee obstacles

About 35 ,000 Commended Students across the nation were honored for their outstanding performance on the 1992 Preliminary SAT Test which was the

The

cardinal

made the comments while

in Detroit to celebrate the 50th anniver-

sary of the Catholic

—

League

for Reli-

particularly political obstacles

—

to

the Church, as Poland has an over-

whelming percentage of Roman Catho-

qualifying scores are slightly

is

CCHS

Pro-

exceptional academic promise by placing among the top 5 percent of more than one million entrants; however their

tional Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Ruble

entry to the

Students have shown

been named a semifinalist for the 1994 National Merit Scholarship for the 1994 National Merit Scholarships by the Na-

one of 15,000 students across the nation to move on in competition based on ourstanding performance of the 1992 Preliminary SAT test.

Ten Charlotte Catholic High School students were named Commended Students in the 1994 National Merit Scholarship Program. Katherine Arroyo, William Flyer, Brian MacKenzie, Sara Taylor, Nicole Vandermaas and Brian Wiley received letters of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, said Mercy Sister Paulette Wil-

Cardinal Glemp Sees Secure Future For Polish Church DETROIT (CNS) —Cardinal Jozef Glemp, archbishop of Warsaw and primate of Poland, sees a positive future for the Catholic Church in his country.

12, 19S

below the compe-

level required to continue in the

1994 Merit Scholarships.

"Being designated a Commended Student in this keen competition is a credit to these young people as well as to their schools, which play a key role in their development," said an NMSC spokesperson. "We hope that the recogtition for

nition these scholastically able students

receive will encourage

them to develop

and abilities to the fullest, and that the example they set will inspire other young men and women to strive for academic excellence. Com-

their talents

principal.

mended Students

represent a valuable

intellectual resource crucial to ouf nation's well-being."

lics.

ration to receive "the gift of the priest-

hood of Christ and become a servant of the Eucharist."

—

Late Film Director

Saw Himself

As Catholic, Despite Reputation ROME (CNS) Federico Fellini,

—

73-year-old Oscar-winning director who

died Oct. 3 1 had a reputation as an anti,

cleric, lic

but considered himself a Catho-

although he rarely attended Mass.

was

He

called a "mangiaprete," Italian for

"priest-eater," because

he often

sati-

rized priests and nuns in his movies.

He

also incorporated Christian values in his

and relatives, noting movies won interna-

films, said friends that

some of

his

Ambassador To Vatican Might Enter Massachusetts Governor Race ROME (CNS) U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Raymond Flynn left open the possibility that he would leave his post to run for governor of Massachusetts. Flynn' s response was "stay tuned" when asked whether he would seek the top state office. The ambassador talked about how speculation he would enter the gubernatorial race started and how much he likes his life and work in Rome when he met with reporters Oct. 28. The former mayor of Boston arrived in Rome in mid- July to take up the ambassadorial U.S.

U.S. Virgin Islands Will

upbringing and his Catholic primary

Native Son As

New

WASHINGTON

and secondary education.

Have

Bishop (CNS)

— Father

G. Thomas, administrator of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands since August 1992 and a priest for only seven years, has been appointed bishop of St. Thomas by Pope John Paul II. Bishop-designate Thomas, 67, will be the first West Indian to head the Elliot

Envoy On Aid Fact-Finding Trip To Africa ROME (CNS) U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Raymond L. Flynn flew

—

to Africa

look into

on a fact-finding mission to how the United States and

good position to eliminate abortion from (basic) coverage," he said after

Cacciavillan, apostolic pro-nuncio to

delivering the third annual Joseph B.

in a

announced the apWashington Oct. 30. The

the United States,

Brennan Lecture

pointment in

versity.

new

at

Georgetown Uni-

bishop's installation will be Dec.

Cardinal Mahony 'Outraged' At L.A. Times Poll Of Priests, Nuns

12.

—

LOS ANGELES (CNS) CardiRoger M. Mahony of Los Angeles has accused the Los Angeles Times of

Bishop Sees Good Chance Abortion Coverage Won't Be In Basic Plan WASHINGTON (CNS) The chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Policy said Nov. 2 he is

nal

—

trying "to generate headlines at the ex-

Auxiliary Bishop John H. Ricard of

pense of the U.S. Catholic Church" with a "clumsy, superficial" opinion poll of U.S. priests and nuns. "I was outraged," he said in a letter Oct. 30 to the Times.

The Times surveys of priests and nuns,

Baltimore said discussions under way on Capitol Hill over the Clinton

but nearly identical. The questions so-

administration' s health care reform pro-

licited

posal and alternative proposals indicate

debated issues in the church today, from moral issues of sex and reproduction to the current quality of Church leadership, from sexual activity of priests to views on married and female priests.

fairly confident that abortion

be

coverage

in the basic U.S. health care

benefits package

uted a lasting influence to his Catholic

who want the coverage. "We feel we are

Agostino

Archbishop

States.

will not

post.

tional Catholic awards. Fellini attrib-

U.S. Vatican

He also will be one of 12 active black Catholic bishops in the United diocese.

when

it is

finalized.

sent out in early October,

a bipartisan movement to eliminate abortion from any basic health benefits pack-

age.

It

would be

left,

he added, as a

separate rider to be paid for

by those

were separate

views on most of the widely

Employment Opportunities Organist position available: als.

Two Masses each weekend and two choir rehears-

Salary negotiable. Contact:

Deacon Peter Duca, Our Lady of the Assumption

Church, 4207 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte,

NC

28215. (704) 568-8408.

MONASTIC GUEST PROGRAM Month long monastic contemplative experience Within the enclosure of a Trappist-Cistercian community Requirements: Ability to live the

full

monastic schedule

Prayer

Work

Readings for the

Week of November

14

-

November 20

Community Events Silence

Sunday: Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31;

1

Thessalonians 5:1-6; Matthew

-

& Solitude

All lived within the

Community

-

25:14-30.

Monday:

Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Luke 18:35-43

1

Because of the nature of the Monastic Guest Program, it is available only to men. Our Retreat Program, however, is open to both women

and men for private

Tuesday: 2 Maccabees 6:18-31; Luke 19:1-10.

Wednesday: 2 Maccabees Thursday: Friday:

1

lay:

1

7:1, 20-31;

Luke 19:11-28.

Monastic Guest program: Br. John Corrigan, O.C.S.O.

required

Retreat Program: Br. Stephen Petronek,

Maccabees 2:15-29; Luke 19:41-44.

Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59; Luke 19:45-48.

1

No offering

retreats

Maccabees 6:1-13, 19:6-9; Luke 20:27-40.

Mepkin Abbey

HC 69, Box 800 Moncks Corner, SC 29461 (803) 761-8509

O.C.S.O

Stewardship:

A

(DiscipCe's

Office of Diocesan Administrator P.O. Box 36776 Charlotte, N.C. 28236

Diocese of Charlotte

November

10,

Dear Friends

1993 in Christ:

This Sunday, ness.

We

are

we

reminded

that all

we

given to us by God; thus, the gifts and resources

The

Awarewe have has been

celebrate Stewardship

He

are only stewards of

has given us.

great generosity of all parishes in provid-

ing for the temporal needs of the diocese has not

only been the basis for a financially sound Church, but has provided for the continued expansion and

development of the Diocese of Charlotte, as well.

On

the following pages

is

presented the audited

financial report for the Central Administrative Offices of the

1993.

Diocese of Charlotte for the Fiscal year

This does not include the parishes and other

institutions of the diocese.

This report

is

given each

year as a statement of our stewardship.

The firm of Bobby tified Public

T. Martin,

CPA,

P.A., Cer-

Accountants, audits the accounts of the

Central Administrative Offices in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as well as the

norms of the National Diocesan Accounting and Financial Reporting Manual.

Thanking you for your continued support and wishing each of you God's abundant blessings,

I

Sincerely in Christ/? ^nrisu/

Eeiy /i/gr.

John J. McSweeney

Diocesan Administrator

1524 E. Morehead Street, Charlotte, N.C. 28207

am

Response

2 Stewardship:

A Disciple, s Response.

Central Administrative Office

of the Diocese of Charlotte

FINANCIAL

Statements

1993

June 30,

Standard of Reporting

Central Administrative Office main-

able for and used both in the diocese's

for such properties; funds set aside

The accompanying

tains separate accounts

on

regular activities and available for spe-

for renewal

expenditures entirely at the discretion of its officials.

tirement of indebtedness thereon.

financial

own

and

carries

services and programs.

statements have been prepared in

its

accordance with Accounting Prinand Reporting Practices for Churches and Church-Related Organizations adopted by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The value of properties such as church buildings, schools, rectories, and the like are not included in the

They include all administrative and program offices and departments

limitations

of the Central Administrative Office of the Catholic Diocese of Char-

ciples

lotte (the diocese)

within the Pied-

mont and Western North Carolina region. In accordance with estab-

lished institutional practices,

no

provision for income taxes has been

made

since the diocese

is

not sub-

income taxes under the Internal Revenue Code.

Accompanying financial statements exclude the accounts of orga-

ject to

nizations of the diocese such as parishes, schools, cemeteries, homes

and other

institutions

owned and

operated by religious orders of men or civil law. However, each

is

an

operating entity distinct from the

cific current

Restricted funds

— Funds

and replacement thereof; and funds accumulated for the re-

—

Custodian Funds

available

Funds

In order to ensure observance of

meet current expenditures but only in compliance with restrictions specified by contributors or grantors who

on

are persons or organizations outside

of receiving, holding, investing, and disbursing such assets upon the au-

the use of resources available to the

the diocese.

thority of the depositor.

diocese, the accounts of the diocese are

Deposit And Loan Funds Principally funds which have been designated as available to be loaned, usually at a nominal rate of interest, for the mutual benefit of parishes and other

accompanying and

to

financial statements.

restrictions placed

maintained in accordance with the principles of fund accounting. This is the procedure by which resources for various purposes are classified for accounting and reporting purposes into funds established according to their nature and purposes. Separate accounts are maintained for each fund. Accordingly, all financial transactions have been recorded and reported by fund.

The assets, liabilities and fund balances of the diocese are reported in selfbalancing fund groups as follows: Current Funds Funds expendable for current operating purposes

is

—

The

assets

are not the property of the diocese,

but are held for the account of others.

Current and plant funds reby the donor, grantor or

stricted

other outside party for particular operating purposes or for plant ac-

—

quisitions are recognized as revenues

Funds

or support of current funds or addi-

wherein the donors have stipulated that the principal be invested and maintained intact and in perpetuity, with only the income earned from the investments available for expenditure.

Plant Funds Funds available for construction, rehabilitation, and acquisition of physical properties for diocesan purposes; funds already expended

tions to plant fund, respectively,

—

which are categorized as follows: Unrestricted funds Funds avail-

to the diocese only for the purpose

income

meet current expenditures.

Endowment Funds

for assets entrusted

available to

organizations. Generally, the

earned from the loans

—

.

—

which account

when

the diocese has incurred ex-

penditures in compliance with the specific restrictions.

Amounts

re-

ceived but not yet recognized are reported as deferred restricted rev-

enue and support.

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE Combined Balance Sheets June 30, 1993 (With Comparative Figures For 1992)

Current Funds

Expendable Funds Deposit and Total Loan Funds

Endowment Funds

Plant Funds

Custodian Funds

T All 1

ASSETS 3,376,256 1,

76, 390

4

5, 635, 821

9,1

350, 582

151,239

199,343 3,376,256

Cash Investments (Note 2) Loans receivablesfrom Parishes (Note 3) Other receivables (Note 4) Notes receivable Land, buildings and equipment, net (Note 6)

555,710

1,

127, 966

1,5

555, 710

393, 478

4,778,377

4,778,377

8.254. 672

Total Assets

127.966

8.254. 672

.353.976

1.706.949

10.060.925

1,990,426 32, 339

970,174

2,960,600 32,339

4.459.508

-

4.459.508

1.489.412

6.482.273

970. 174

7.452.447

1.489.412

736,775

1,170,239 1,168,585

5,1 8.2:

6.

105. 689

24.5

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES

Deferred restricted revenue and support Accounts payable Funds held for others Notes payable

2,

6,102,023

Total Liabilities

6. 105.

689

Fund Balances Unrestricted:

1,170,239

Designated Undesignated Self insurance reserve

431, 810 269. 654

1,871,703

-

736,775

Total Liabilities and Fund Balances The

1,U 2(

2,608,478

2,6( i:

6.765.260

6,7 9,5(

1,871,703

736,775

2,608,478

127,966

6,765,260

8.353.976

1.706.949

10.060.925

127 966

8.254. 672

7)

$

Financial reporting for the Diocese of Charlotte has been audited by

The complete audited

1,1'

127,966

Total Fund Balances

15,0'

269. 654

Endowment Net invested in plant

Contingent Liabilities (Note

9(

3, 666

Bobby

T. Martin,

financial report of the Diocese of Charlotte can be inspected at the

CPA,

.

6. 105.

P.A., in accordance with accepted auditing standards.

Chancery Office during ordinary business hours.

689

24,5*

1

A Disipte,

Stewardship:

fovemBer 12, 1993

's

Response.

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE Statement

Of Support And Revenue, Expenses And Year Ended June 30, 1993 1993

Support and Revenue:

Assessments

Transfers

1992

924,640 406,978

913,993 561,666

1,900,301 1,314,735

1,810,648 1,099,219 649,471

Other

440,101 299,654 1.355.823

882.492

Total Support and Revenue

6.642.232

5.917.489

1,900,430 1,179,813 584,938 240.093

1,673,712

Total Program

3.905.274

3.247.019

Support Services: Diocesan administration

2.340.657

1.915.337

Total Supporting

2.340.657

1.915.337

Total Expenses

6.245.931

5.162.356

396.301

755.133

Contributions, grants DSA Contributions Diocesan Insurance Interest and investment income Rental income

Expenditures (See Schedule of Functional Expenditures)

Program Services:

DSA

Funded

Other program Catholic Conference Center Grants

Excess (Deficit) of Support and and Revenue Over Expenditures

838,914 511,696 222.697

Transfers:

Revenue from endowment funds

To To

utilized

restricted revenue

(48,142)

Other transfers Total transfers

Total 11 Funds 1992

(473,332)

(14,617)

plant fund

Fund balance, beginning of year Fund balance, end of year

415.000 400.383 8.705.020

Q6Q) (521.674) 8.471.561

9.501 .704

8.705.020

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OFTHECATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

716,256 Diocesan Support Appeal Expenditures Year Ended June 30, 1993

,767, 168 ,443, 014 25, 983 ,614, 559

CRISM

.786, 969

Family Life Ministry Social Services - Administration

1993

1992

Social Service Ministries

Asheville

.353.949

Charlotte

Winston-Salem Educational Ministries Campus Ministry Catholic Schools Office Evangelization Ministry

,945, 983

20,819 ,646,332 ,035.795

Lay Ministry Office of Worship Vicar for Religious Faith Formation * Religious Education Office * Justice and Peace Ministry * Young Adult Ministry * Youth Ministry

.648.929

22,960 13,585 116,293 84,669 159,728 1 10,787

216,654 174,870 23,683 28,632 4,472 839 296,382

17,220 13,000 1 1

1,286 81,023

152,850 106,016

194,291 104,692 19,154 32,969 4,084

165,094 17,556 16,341

108,722

842, 828 Special Ministries

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105,529 21,138 2,848

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What

a steward?

identifies

Safeguarding material and human resources and using them responsibly are one answer; so is generous giving oftime,

and treasure. But being a Christian steward means more. As Christian stewards, we receive God's gifts

talent,

them responsibly, share them livingly in and return them with increase to the Lord.

gratefully, cultivate

justice with others,

The U.S. Bishop's

Pastoral Letter on Stewardship

BOBBY T. MARTIN, CPA, P.A. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT EAST STONEWALL STREET - SUITE 665 CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA 28202

700

PHONE:

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

Most Reverend John F. Donoghue, Bishop Msgr. John J. McSweeney, Diocesan Administrator Catholic Diocese of Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina

I

have audited the combined Balance Sheets of the Central Administrative Office of

the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, as of June 30, 1993, and the related

combined

statements of support, revenue, expenditures, transfers and changes in fund balances, and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Diocese's

Management.

My

opinion on these financial statements based on

I

my

conducted

responsibility

my

is to

express an

audit.

audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.

These standards require

that I plan

and perform the audit to obtain reasonable

assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.

An

audit includes examining,

on a

test basis,

disclosures in the financial statements.

An

evidence supporting the amounts of

audit also includes assessing the account-

ing principles used and significant estimates

made by Management,

ating the overall financial statement presentation.

reasonable basis for

In

my

my

I

believe that

as well as evalu-

my

audit provides a

opinion.

opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in

rial respects,

all

mate-

the financial position of the Central Administrative Office of the

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte at June 30, 1993, and the results of

its

operations for

the year then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.

Bobby August

T. Martin,

4,

1993

CPA,

P.A.

—

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November

The Catholic News

1993

12,

& Heraia

"t

eriainme nt Entept Law' Actress Proud Of Her Christian Character

'L.A.

—

WASHINGTON

(CNS) Alexandra Powers feels much the same way her

fans

do about Jane Halliday,

the fundamentalist Christian

NBC

on the

she plays

"She's this Christian woman,

strong, moral, of good character. She'

certainly different from any other character."

new

Jane,

the

to

Bob

McKenzie

said.

Powers was raised

lawyer

drama "L.A.

Law." "I'm proud of Jane Halliday," Powers said.

of

he had a

little crush on her," Jane Halliday is a graduate Jones University in the series.

"It's like

Powers

Manhattan,

in

chasing divorce

Becker (Corbin Bernsen).

"So

the daughter of a Catholic father and a

The couple

Christian Scientist mother.

divorced

when

she was age 6 months.

kept

(Arnie)

Powers said.

"Even though she

(Jane)

knows

finished shooting for the miniseries

"A

as a

"She's not going to be righteous and

Matter of Justice," to air Nov. 7-8, 9-11 p.m. EST on NBC. In it, she plays Dusty, an Alabama

she's

understanding about God with people."

The

character of

won some

has

praise

must fend off the advances of

marry

A University of Dayton study earyear found that Christian leadwere largely portrayed on TV as

ineffectual.

to

Powers, Jane

praise

mentalists like the Rev.

He

it.

keeps looking for arguments

why they should

in

lier this

won

reading

nearby base, has one Marine lover kill her Marine husband so she can collect widow s benefits, then kidnaps her baby from her murdered husband's parents with the help of another Marine lover.

"That kind of role seems to be very common" since the movie "Basic Instinct," Powers said. She also played "a hooker from the South" in the summer movie hit "Rising Sun." Powers said she was a bit afraid of being offered nothing but those roles.

Now, she's working on a weekly schedule and has little time for outside projects.

On "L.A. Law," which airs Thursdays, 10-11 p.m. EST on NBC, Jane

who

TV.

But according

come-on, happy he's

woman who sleeps with Marines from a

religion-

have complained about negastereotypes about Christians on

Halliday has

reading the Bible

Jane Halliday

the past

ers

he's

been

from

oriented television watchers,

tive

He

up.

for an answer,"

"strong and she's comfortable in her

defensive. She'll share her belief and

far he's

She said in a telephone interview with Catholic News Service from her San Francisco home that she does not belong to any denomination, but "I pray.

That's a big part of my life."

relationship with God," Powers added.

this season, is

it

doesn't take no

Powers landed the Jane Halliday role on "L.A. Law" the day after she

Brackman law firm

Arnie

lawyer

from funda-

Bob Jones IV,

who

runs Bob Jones University in South Carolina.

She said Rev. Jones recently wrote

a flattering op-ed article in the

Los

Angeles Times about Jane Halliday.

'

skirt-

have this affair.

But he's reading it and memorizing it.

So something's got to sink in."

Much has been made of the fact that Halliday is

and remain so

a virgin,

will

until she marries.

"And

"L.A.

don't

I

Law"

actress

Alexandra Powers

the Christian lawyer she plays

on the

Powers

think,"

is

proud of Jane Halliday,

NBC drama.

(CNS photo from NBC)

"she would

said,

Arnie

Becker."

Some

ten crude.

M

vulgar sexual innu-

endo, brief nudity and sporadic violence

OVIGS NEW YORK (CNS) — The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the U.S. Catholic

sociation of

played for comic effect. The USCC classification is A-III adults. The

"The Remains of the Day"

(Emma Thompson) whose

love he

Having

directs a

splendid portrait of personal tragedy

(Columbia)

— parents

PG-13

—

dutifully spurned decades earlier.

Motion Picture Association of is

R

is

James Ivory meticulously

—

America rating

America rating

restricted.

as a selfless

utterly sacrificed his per-

man

sadly

comes

to real-

ize in his unquestioned devotion to his

Conference Officefor Film and Broad-

are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for chil-

lord (James Fox)

casting.

dren under

disgraced Nazi sympathizer, an aging

confrontations.

English butler (Anthony Hopkins) jour-

cation

neys to the west of England in 1958, hoping to rehire and possibly risk romance with the spirited housekeeper

parental guidance suggested.

"Fatal Instinct"

(MGM)

Strained sendup of movie thrillers in

which Armand Assante

is

the thor-

oughly dense object of affection and/ or extinction by his wandering wife (Kate Nelligan), simpering secretary (Sherilyn Fenn) and kooky client (Sean Young). The slapstick and sight gags in director Carl Reiner's weak, goofy parody are only fitfully funny and of-

13.

"Flesh and Bone" (Paramount) Emotionally scarred in childhood by a violent father (James Caan), a Texas loner (Dennis Quaid) becomes romantically involved with an abused wife (Meg Ryan), unaware they had met years earlier under deadly circumstances which return to haunt him when his father

sonal

life in

HIM CALL?

who ended up

as a

Patin qs lowing is a description of ratings on the basis of moral suitability provided by the U.S. Catholic Conference Officefor Film and Broadcasting and the Motion Picture Association of America.

porary film noir focuses on a well-mean-

man who becomes

unwittingly trapped in a moral dilemma. A few bedbrief nudity,

some

violence and intermittent rough lan-

guage.

III

The

USCC

classification

is

A-

— adults. The Motion Picture As-

— —

and adolescents;

-Hi Carolina

<$

A-IV

— A-III —

—

adults adults;

adults, with reservations

(this indicates films that,

Catholic

I

classifi-

is

some

analysis and

impressions and interpretations);

O — morally offensive.

MPAA ratings: G — general audiences,

—

all

while not

ages admitted;

PG

parental guidance suggested,

some material may not be suitable PG- 1 3 parents are strongly cautioned that some ma-

for children;

—

may be inappropriate for children under 13; R restricted, under 17 requires accompanying terial

USCC classifications: A-I general patronage; A-II

4t-

USCC

A-II

explanation in order to avoid false

NEW YORK (CNS) — Thefol-

ing on an atmosphere of menacing doom,

room scenes with

The

— adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating PG — is

they require

reappears on the scene. Skillfully build-

ing

master he has missed out on the all the life. A few emotional

best things in

morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because

writer-director Steve Kloves' contem-

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NC-17

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may

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'QpmtMiciueMorios La Parabola De Los Herramientas Rafael Silva estaba un dfa arreglando sus papeles en casa y dice que encontro esta significativa parabola en un papel

como comentario a la lectura de la carta de San Pablo a los Corintios, capftulo 12, versos 4 al 27 y con el tftulo de "Somos colaboradores de Dios" (I Cor. 3, 9). Sigue el texto: Hace algunos anos

Moore

una interesante parabola basada en las palabras de San Pablo en I Cor. 3,9. Dice: "Parece que R.T.

escribio

las herramientas del

Carpintero tuvieron

una conferencia. El Hermano Marillo presidfa, pero los otros le informaron que tendria que irse porque era demasiado ruidoso.

Pero

"Muy bien", repuso el, "me ire. me voy, el Hermano

si

Destornillador tiene que irse tamben. Se le tienen

El presbftero Aurelio Ferrin ha regresado a Charlotte para permanecer teniendo el cuidado pastoral de la

comunidad hispana local. En

la foto lo

acompana

la

Hermana

Pilar

Dalmau,

responsable de la oficina diocesana.

Directorio Regional del Ministerios

Hispanos

que dar muchas vueltas para

conseguir algo de

el".

A esto respondio

Hermano Destornillador: "Si quereis, me voy, pero el Hermano Cepillo ha de irse tambien. Todo lo que hace es superel

ficial.

No hay nada profundo en el".

Hermano

oir esto, el

Al

Cepillo dijo: "Si

me voy, que se vaya tambien el Hermano

directorio de nuestra oficina del sureste,

como Iglesia, de misionar como Iglesia.

Nuestro modelo de Iglesia es

se ofrece informacon valiosa de 26

comunitario y misionero; evangelizador

los

diocesis coordinadas por el SEPI, con el

y promotor de justicia; encarnado en

tener razon". Luego, el

Hermano Regla

de mantener comunicacion entre los hispanos de la region.

A continuation reproducimos el mensaje que nos envfa a todos nuestro

realidad del pueblo hispano y abierto a la diversidad de culturas; promotor de

Hermano

Lija, diciendo:

director regional y su equipo, los cuales

pueblo.

continuamente estan viajando para visitar

Es un modelo de Iglesia dinamico que no existe para si misma sino para la construction del Reino; es en fin, un Pueblo de Dios en Marcha y traves de la historia, anunciando, instaurando y tratando de ser germen y principio de este Reino que anuncia.

Al ir creciendo en numero dentro de la Iglesia de los EE.UU., es necesario entendemos como una fuerza nueva y renovadora, capaz de enriquecer y de renovar con la fuerza del Evangelio la Iglesia local que nos recibe. Pero es necesario tambien que la sal no pierda su sabor. Porque si pierde su sabor no

Con

la publication anual

de este

fin

las

comunidades y acompanarlas en su

crecimiento.

Queridos Hermanos en el Ministerio Hispano: La presencia hispana en los Estados Unidos, dicen nuestros obispos, es una "presencia profetica" que ha de ser alentada y es requerida (Plan Pastoral Nacional #16).

A mi, personalmente me parece que esta presencia es uno de esos "signos de los tiempos" de que nos habla el Vaticano II.

A traves de ellos

nos habla Dios.

Esta poblacion oficial de 24 millones

en 1992 (todos sables hay bastante mas) nos dice el censo aumentara en un 100% para el aho 2020. Para el ano 2050 sera de 81 millones. Este inmenso numero de hispanos tiene ya, y tendra mucho mas en el futuro, un tremendo impacto en la Iglesia catolica de los Estados Unidos.

Nuestra "memoria historica", que no es nostalgia, nos provee con un modelo profetico de ser Iglesia, de vivir

la

Regla, porque siempre esta midiendo a

demas, como

se quejo del

si

fuera el unico en

"No me importa que debiera

el,

es

mas abrasivo

de

y siempre esta dandc toques dolorosos a los demas". En medio de la discusion entro el Carpintero de, Nazaret para hacer su trabajo diario. Fue al banco de trabajo para hacer un pulpito desde el que predicar el evangelio a los lo

pobres.

ser,

Empleo el destornillador, la lija,

la sierra, el martillo, el cepillo

las herramientas.

y todas Despues de haber

terminado el trabaj o y acabado el pulpito,

Hermano Sierra se levant6 y dijo "Hermanos, me doy cuenta de que todos somos colaboradores con Dios". Ah, cuantos cristianos son como estas herramientas, murmurando unos de los otros porque pensamos que los demas no hacen las cosas como debieran. No se hizo ninguna acusaci6n que no fuera cierta, pero el Carpintero empleo cada una de ellas, y no hubo una funcion para la que los empleara en que las otras hubieran podido servir tan bien.

Cuidemonos de no encontrar faltas en los instrumentos escogidos por Dios, porque todos somos "colaboradores" en la santa tarea que nos ha asignado. Y a continacion se anade un pensamiento Recordemos, el que mira menosprecio a los demas no comprende muchas cosas el

BUI

Âťth

C

trJ

ill

de cada persona y formador de agentes pastorales servidores de su los talentos

sirve para nada.

Esto naturalmente y necesariamente va a crear conflictos que todos vamos a resolver usando los medios disponibles de las ciencias sociales, pero sobre todo, con los valores del Evangelio en la mano. Que esta frase tan evangelica de san Agustfn: "En lo fundamental, unidad; en lo dudoso, libertad; pero en todo, caridad" nos gufe hoy, y en nuestro caminar cristiano a traves de la historia.

P.

Mario Vizcaino, Sch.P. y Equipo

Un

grupo de la comunidad de Holy Cross, Kernersville, a la entrada de la iglesia durante un programa de Formacion de Fe. De izquierda a derecha se encuentran: Maria Corona,

Elsa Suarez, Catina Waters y su hija Carolyn y Raul Montoya.

Noticias Diocesanas La

Escuela

de Ministerios sabado y domingo 20 y 21 de noviembre, en el Centro Catolico Hispano de Charlotte. El tema sera "La Biblia y su Uso Pastoral", vendra de Miami Rogelio Zelada del equipo SEPI. La hora sera de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m.

Inscribanse llamando al (704) 335- 128 1 continuara

el

Oremos por

nuestros seminaristas

hispanos, quienes necesitan el apoyo de

nuestra comunidad diocesana. Cuantos

deseen escribirles o enviarles algo, esta es su direction: Seminary of Saint Vincent De Paul, 10701 S. Military Trail, Boyton Beach, FL 33436. Sus nombres son: Martin Mata, Fidel Melo y Arturo de Aguilar. Telefono (407)

735-3293.

Al

mismo

tiempo

continuemos la campana por vocaciones sacerdotales y religiosas dentro de nuestros hogares hispanos.

To Our Friends Father Aurelio Ferrin, a

Cuban

priest,

has

come from Spain

to minister to

Hispanics in Charlotte. regional office, South East Pastoral Institute (SEPI) in Miami, has

Our

published its annual directory with information about the 26 dioceses which Father Mario Vizcaino and his team serve. They encourage a model Church which is communitarian, evangelical and missionary; incarnate in the reality of the Hispanic people and open to the diversity of cultures, a promoter and example of justice

.

.

.

that develops leadership through integral education

Kingdom of God in NCCB).

for the

Ximena Figueroa aparece rodeada de los nifios y ninas hispanos, a quienes ensena en su clase Formacion de Fe, en el Centro Catolico Hispano de Charlotte.

1987,

The parable of the other.

.

.

.

that is leaven

society (National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry,

tools teaches us to collaborate rather than to criticize each

h I

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j

November

The Catholic News

1993

12,

&. Ht*:\U\

9

Vocation Update

Way To

Only

Reflect

God

Stewardship

Is

By JENNY

By Prayer, Seminarian Says

to other people.

One evening

Associate Editor

Martin Mata came to the United

consider continuing his studies for the

new country

Diocese of Charlotte. Missing his home

States in

1

99 1

to discover a

country,

and be with his brother in North Caro-

Mata

struggled with the idea.

His solution

lina.

second year at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton

""was to ask

studying to become a priest

sign. Return-

He

Beach,

now

is

Fla.,

for the

in his

Diocese of Charlotte.

Vincent's

is

are taught in

MALATESTA

Stewardship is a very important part of my life, but it has not always been so.

There was a time when I wondered if what I did really mattered to the Church or

CAROL HAZARD

By

Profile

God

for

a

Mexico contem-

ing to

St.

bi-lingual and all classes

to

English and Spanish.

plate the de-

who had a nearhe had been given another chance to do something with his life. His story led me to ask myself what I had been doing with my life.

I asked myself the question, "If I should die today, would the world be any different for my having been here?"

I turned to the Bible and began to realize that Jesus' entire ministry was one of giving to other people, and that he was asking me to do likewise. I saw how God had blessed me in so many ways, but that I was doing little or nothing in return for his generosity and love. I became acutely aware that I needed to get involved and to do something other than going to Mass on Sunday and routinely putting an envelope in the basket.

I

attended a lecture given by a medical doctor

He

death experience.

felt that

The second youngest of 12 children, Martin Mata grew up in a middle

cision,

San Luis, Mexico. His father, a farmer, and his mother, a home-

difficulties with the

"Whatever you do to the least of my people you do unto involved in volunteer work. I spent some time at Holy Angels Nursery, counseling at Contact, a telephone counseling service, and eventually wound up providing prayer services and entertainment for shut-ins in nursing

American

homes.

encountered

class family in

MARTIN MATA

maker, are exceptionally strong in their faith, says Mata.

"A vocation comes from the family,"

two weeks, however, the obstacles were removed and Mata was

member devoting his life to God, Mata has a sister who is a nun.

Mata, 25, says he knew he wanted

I

didn't realize

with which

great

way

to evangelize."

a

at the time,

didn't occur to

To men who might be thinking about Mata says he would ask this question: "Do you like prayer, study, work and sports?" "it's

it

He had graced me.

talent to consider

Sports? "Yes," says Mata,

cyclable.

me

that

a vocation,

This newspaper is printed on recycled newsprint and is re-

the passage,

that got

free to return to the United States to pursue a vocation here. It was the signal he was waiting for.

"The most important thing is to pray, pray, pray all the time," says Mata. "I cannot reflect God if I do not pray."

Mata says he wants to become a priest to help people and be a good leader. Mostly, however, he seeks to be "an instrument of God." "My first reason is to spread the Good News of the Gospel," he says.

—

be a priest at age 18 after graduating from high school. He went to one year of seminary in Mexico before joining his brother, a meat packager, in Asheboro.

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Father Joseph Tustin, pastor at St. Joseph Church in Asheboro, asked Mata to to

was

It

me"

consul. Within

says Mata. Not the only family

©

Mata

it

people

come

me

that

but

God was gradually revealing to me the gifts I was enjoying what I was doing so much

guess

I

was using any

I

some of the

to life through

things

entre nosotros, Pero estamos

needing to give more.

I encourage those of you

doing

so.

para bajar

Jenny Malatesta is a parishioner of St. Thomas Aquinas Church and a former member of the Diocesan Pastoral Council.

a boost, but the fact that it didn't doesn't

drive, according to Catholic

its

is still

News

money

to

Service

Jo-

Nov. 4 interview.

Mercy Sister Lourdes Sheehan, U.S.

presi-

Catholic Conference secretary of edu-

very strong in St.

McNamee,

Sister

effect,"

Catherine told Catholic

send their

in a

is

"plenty of

going" in favor of parental choice for education. Defeat of the California initiative, she said, "will the proponents

all

the

make

more adamant

because (school choice) is the right thing, but it hasn't been given a chance."

Sister Lourdes is convinced that parents will one day have a choice in

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give parents the

de 7 millones de dolares a cientos de proyectos comunitarios relacionados con la vivienda, con el entrenamiento laboral, y con los ninos necesitados. Y esta ayuda hace posible que las personas pobres y de bajos recursos tomen mejor control de sus vidas y mejoren las condiciones dentro de sus comunidades.

"If it had passed,

tional Association, following the defeat

CHD subvenciona proyectos de auto-ayuda en todo el pais. Este ano, la CHD contribuyo con mas sus donaciones,

2 election.

dent of the National Catholic Educa-

en America.

A craves de

rejected

elections, the school choice issue has

children to schools of their choice, pub-

injusticia

or private,

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of the voucher initiative. The measure to

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el

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We are not owners, but caretakers. Someday God is going to ask us how we have used His gifts. We probably won't have the opportunity of a second chance like the doctor did. We need to make the most of the time we have today.

"Momentum

pobreza y

to see

to see that

who have not begun to share your time, treasure and

favor of (school) choice," said

Humano (CHD),

began

I

We are only given gifts so that we might share them.

education officials.

Desarrollo

As

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Mary's Renewal

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As

part of a par-

renewal program, St. Mary Parish will host a "Healing Service" for the community on Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. The service will be followed by an international covered-dish dinner. All are inish

-

Catholic Singles

Celebrant Singers To Appear In Concert CHARLOTTE - Jon Stemkoski's Celebrant Singers, a Christian music ministry, will present a community-wide concert on Saturday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd. (off Hwy 49 across from UNCC). The concert is free but a

all

interested singles

free-will offering will be taken.

vited to participate.

follows a

when

The healing

week of "Home

service

Eucharists"

was celebrated in homes throughout

the Eucharist

parishioners' Guilford County.

Catholic Singles

Of Charlotte

CHARLOTTE of Charlotte invite

them

to join

Auction at 2 First Union Plaza in the Atrium on Saturday, Nov. 13. A preview is from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. The auction is from 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.

Cost is $15 per person.

for a

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Vince Carbone; 917 Scaleybark Rd., Charlotte. Bring cards, card tables or

board games. Refreshments will be promore information, call Vince Barone at (704) 5520014 or Brian Bashista at (704) 347vided. For directions or

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at

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CHARLOTTE

— The Knights of

will host a

New

Years Eve

Neumann Church,

House of Prayer is presenting an Advent Retreat Dec. 3-5. JesuitFather Joseph McGovern

The

will lead the retreat in preparation for

a.m. Hors d'oeuvres and wine will be

Jesuit

Christmas. For more information, write 7,

The Jesuit House of Prayer, P.O. Box Hot Springs, NC 28743 or call the

retreat

house

(704) 622-7366.

at

Catholics United

CHARLOTTE

Party at St. John

845 1 Idlewild Road, party

is

Catholics United

in the Faith invites all to attend

its

meeting on Friday, Nov. 19, at The Catholic Center, 1524 E. Morehead St. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. with the rosary. This month's program features a video from Mother Angelica's T.V. show on the new Universal Catechism. The program will begin at 8:30 p.m. For more information, call (704) 364-9568.

— The

CHARLOTTE

chicken in sauce,

Catholic High School Athletic Association

presenting an Art Exhibit and

is

served at 7:30 p.m., dinner of steamship round and chicken is at 8 p.m. and dancing with music by the Michael Montella Trio is from 9 p.m.-l a.m.

Champagne, hats, noisemakers and

Nov.

The Thursday evening program \

open

to the public as well as to

ence

registrants.

parishes in the area will be well

Bishop McDaniel will lead the wo: ship service opening the Friday sessic

which will feature talks by Dr. Georg Lindbeck of Yale University Divinil School, elder statesman of Luthera theologians, and Dr. Harry McSorle;

Catholic theologian from

College

at the

—

The banquet speaker Friday evenin will be retired Lutheran Bishop Jame Crumley, Lutheran co-chair of the Inte national Lutheran/Roman Catholic Di; y

logue.

Saturday morning worship servici Saturday's speakers will be Dr. Bruc Marshall of St. Olaf College, regarde as a leading

member of the new gener;

tion of Lutheran theologians,

Catholic author and teacher.

— The Catholic

Holy Family Church on Friday, Nov. Dinner will be served between 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The play will start at 8 p.m. "Nunsense" is about five nuns and will be performed by the Kernersville

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

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The conference "Aquinas and Luther: Friends or Foes?" will be the first major event at the Center for Theology, directed by Dr. Michael CD. McDaniel, retired bishop of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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hall

Mideast Peace, Says Cardinal

Wichita, Kan., according to her

DAYTON,

Ohio (CNS)

— Equal

ccess to Jerusalem for Jews, Muslims iind Christians is the key to peace in the prefect of the Congregation

Eastern-Rite Churches for the Speaking at the University of j)ayton, he called the peace agreement uetween the Israelis and the Palestinians [H groups with religious as well as jor

Vatican.

political divisions

—

"the greatest ad-

40 years." But the peace process can't end there, he said. "The jiltimate hope is to find a just solution vancement

in

or Jerusalem, the holy city for eligious faiths.

Only

if

all

three

Jerusalem be-

gime. Zalaquett was a

where

Church Is Most Important Says Father McBrien

Patricio

CHICAGO (CNS) — Justice in the

Church is of greater moral and missionary consequence than the grave problem of sex abuse by priests, Father Richard McBrien told more than 2,500 Catholics

Action conference in Chicago. Father McBrien, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, gave the keynote address at the conference, which had as its theme, "We Are the Church:

What If We Meant What We

Said."

He

said that without diminishing the pain

suffered by victims of clergy abuse,

equal conditions, will there be a Middle East," Car-

asting peace in the

must address the

Attorney General Holds Talks About Abortion Clinic Violence AborWASHINGTON (CNS) ion foes who met with Attorney General Janet Reno in an informal discus;ion Oct. 29 welcomed the opportunity o explain their positions but were skeptical about what effect the session might lave. Leading groups on both sides of he political and legal debate on aborion met with Reno in separate one-hour

—

neetings to discuss their perspectives hi violence at abortion clinics.

The ses-

rions were held in response to requests Torn various interest groups and prompted by a challenge made at a town

committed

injustices

who actively minister and

against those

work

dinal Silvestrini said.

Aylwin

established. In

for the Church.

Churches Helped Curb Abuses In Human Rights Advocate Says NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)— The

Chile,

commission relied heavily on material from the ecumenical, Catholic Churchsponsored Vicariate of Solidarity.

Of Ireland Need

—

Dame

at

Oct. 29,

Chilean lawyer Jose Zalaquett was at a conference highlighting the public presentation of the English translation of the "Report of the Chilean National Commission on Truth and Reconcilia-

the

Campaign

Catholic Church freedom because many

some of the bishops had to stand to hear

government

Archbishop George Carey of Canterbury, spiritual head of Anglicans worldwide, advocate what he called one of the most significant pieces of church legislation ever presented. In his speech to Parliament, Archbishop Carey urged the Lords to back the measure even though he admitted it would create a further

among

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approved Chinese bishop said Mother Teresa visited China recently as a comforter of the poor, not, as rumored, to pursue Vatican diplomatic goals. Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai said there was speculation that Mother Teresa was an envoy of the Vatican who had come to talk about Sino-Vatican relations during her recent visit, UCA News, an Asia church news agency based in Thailand, reported. "Mother Teresa was not a delegate from the Holy See, but only a poor nun who has dedicated her life to serve the poor in the world,"

Bishop Jin

said.

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officials still have a communist mentality, said Archbishop Rrok Mirdita of Durres-Tirana, Albania. This mind-set hinders application of laws favorable to the Church such as legislation on the return of confiscated Church property, he told Catholic News Service. Another problem is discrimination against Catholics by the predominantly Muslim population, he added in an Oct. 29 interview during a visit to Rome.

Russian Orthodox Official Says Proselytizing Bars Papal Trip A papal MILAN, Italy (CNS)

—

trip to

Russia

is

impossible

now

be-

cause interfaith relations have been damaged by the efforts of some Catholic

members of the RusOrthodox Church, said Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Kiril of Smolensk. "It is not a question of doubting the good intentions that the Catholic pope has always shown toward Russia," priests to convert

sian

the metropolitan,

who is responsible for

relations with the Catholic Church, said in an interview in the Oct. 29 La Stampa, Milan daily newspaper. "But the

reawakening of ecumenical activity between the two churches is objectively hindered by the activity of Catholic preachers, above all Polish ones, among our people," he said.

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Mother Teresa's China Visit Said Unrelated To Vatican Diplomacy HONG KONG (CNS) A state-

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Protestant loyalist gunmen in the Rising

of Lords was so crowded Nov. 2 that

reunification of the

Human Development (CHD),

which included a bloody attack on a local bar. He was preaching Oct. 31 during Mass in the Star of the Sea Church in the village of Grey steel. He described the killing of seven people by extreme attacks

bishops are worried about threats to

Legislation

Of Lords

priests shortly after Easter.

nation of

numbers down.

—

appealed for solidarity and support for the families of those killed and injured during a serious escalation of terrorist

Oct.

churches. Catholic leaders see the ordi-

working to get the

Village Reels

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its

obstacle to unity

be with us. But we're

From Killings GREYSTEEL, Northern Ireland (CNS) Bishop Edward Daly of Deny

As

Albanian Bishops Cite Threats To Church Activity ROME (CNS) The Albanian

ac-

human rights. Speaking

Bishop Appeals For Solidarity

LONDON (CNS) — Legislation to

Passes Britain's House

the University of Notre

whom

origin.

allow the ordination of women has passed in Britain's House of Lords, clearing the way for the Church of England to bring women into the ranks of

which will further

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advocate for

German

Sun pub in the village on the night of 30 as an "obscenity." According to witnesses, two masked gunmen entered the bar, packed with Halloween revelers in costume, and raked the crowd with automatic weapons fire.

leaders those policies

throughout the 17-year military dicta-

Augusto Pinochet,

whom are members of the Orthodox Church. The Catholic population, which since 1991 had been under the pastoral care of Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno, the papal envoy to Russia, of

are of Polish or

BOSTON (CNS) People in the United States who love Ireland must work for peace in that country, said Boston Cardinal Bernard F. Law at an Oct. 28 Mass for the victims of violence.

Recognizing that many Bostonians have special ties to Ireland, the cardinal said there must be "more than an intermittent nostalgia for an island nation wrapped in a romantic mist.... If we love Ireland, then we must work for peace in that land," he continued. "We must press upon our nation's

to resist and monitor human rights abuses

cording to an internationally recognized

a population of 4.2 million, the majority

To Work For Peace, Cardinal Says

the cause of peace."

torship of Gen.

Anton Cosa, a pastor in the capital city, Chisinau, was named head of the apostolic administration. Moldova, which lies between Romania and Ukraine, has

numbers about 15,000, most of U.S. Supporters

churches in Chile were the only free, independent institutions that operated

The poor may always

We are

its in-

some 3,000 cases of "grave violations of human rights," the vestigations of

gathered for the national Call to

those who claim that "we are the Church"

ty in

of the

Issue,

all

city of peace,

member

commission, which Chilean President

peoples may come to pray with tranquil-

comes the

human

account of

tion," the official

rights abuses during the Pinochet re-

staff.

Justice In

[diddle East, said Cardinal Achille tflvestrini,

meeting Reno hosted recently in

Mideast Bishops Invite Pope To Visit Jerusalem VATICAN CITY (CNS) The Catholic bishops of the Middle East invited Pope John Paul II to visit Jerusalem soon, saying the trip would encour-

—

age reconciliation

among

Christians,

Muslims and Jews. For his part, the pope asked the prelates to make "prophetic gestures" so that war will never again prevail over dialogue between the region's populations. The exchange came during a papal audience at the Vatican Oct. 28 with 18 Latin-rite bishops from the Middle East, in Rome for an annual meeting.

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Making a Difference

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Diocese of Charlotte

1993 Locally Funded Projects

West Lincoln

Legal Services of North Carolina was awarded $5,000 to cover extraordinary legal

living in poverty.

Cherokee was awarded $5,000 letter

encourage

among members of the

Band of the Cherokee

was established by

Indians.

ball season

the National

Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1970 to promote understanding of the

and the poor, and

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The Campaign for Human Development, the poverty-fighting arm of the Catholic Church in the United States awarded a total of $51,500 in national and local grants this year to self-help groups in the Diocese of Charlotte.

which promotes self-confidence and

last

year.

The Diocesan CHD Committee rec-

ommended and former Bishop John F. Donoghue approved grants totaling $ 1 1 ,500 to four organizations in or serving the 46 counties of the Diocese of

among the Cherokees.

Legal Services of North Carolina provides free legal assistance on civil matters for persons living in poverty throughout the state. The agency represents clients on such issues as domestic violence, housing, public benefits and self-esteem

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year's collection will be Nov. 20-21.

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the

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their opinions, especially

The only

(CNS)

— When

46th general meeting in Washington Nov. 15-18, they will be asked to: Approve a new statement on war and peace issues today, 10 years after

—

their landmark pastoral letter on nuclear

war and weaponry.

— — —

Make a statement on the social mission of the parish.

Deliver a pastoral message in support of family life and values.

Issue a statement marking the 25th anniversary of the revival of the permanent diaconate.

— Approve

The Family Care Center of Hickory

who have become homeless because

Charlotte.

at Charlotte Catholic.

the U.S. Catholic bishops hold their

By BOB GATELY

which received a $35,000 grant

Seventy-five percent of the

Quarterback Tracy Huss passed for two touchdowns and ran 94 yards for another to lead West Lincoln to its second conference victory.

Catholic's offense, unable to do

much in the first half, came to life in the

|

second but it was too late. The Cougars' scores came on runs by Bryan Sweetl and Jimmy Loncar and a 22-yard pass! from Mike Falencki to Chris Chapman.

Bishops Face Lengthy Agenda At Fall Meeting Next Week

Human

Development.

At National, Diocesan Levels

Kannapolis to continue its "Finding Our Voices" program which develops the leadership skills of marginalized and oppressed people in several Piedmont counties. It is the second year of CHD funding for the Piedmont Peace Project

1-9 record in

take

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The National CHD Committee in Washington awarded a $40,000 national grant to the Piedmont Peace Project in

was a

1990.

in pursuit

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other losing season

[

only their second losing season in Jim Oddo's more than 20 years as head

collection.

Collected funds are distributed locally

oppressed persons.

of client referrals for other needed services.

Cougars

finished with an overall record of 4-6 for

through the yearly Campaign for

leadership skills of

for both teams.

mont 2A Conference. The

addressing the causes of poverty

designed to develop the in

to help themselves.

of the Diocese of Charlotte, has reaffirmed its committment to

program

"Finding Your Voices,"

Cherokee County Emergency Shelter Murphy was awarded $500 to provide

poor

For 23 years the Church, with the help

grant of $40,000 to their

to raise funds to

support low income, grass roots efforts j

that help the

windup

The loss left the Cougars with a 1-4 record and a fifth-place finish in its first season in the six-team Western Pied-

Church's social teachings on poverty

Piedmont Peace Project in Kannapolis was awarded a national CHD

built up a 19-0 first went on to down Charlotte

Catholic, 3 1 - 1 9, in the high school foot-

The Campaign for Human Development

"Wake Up! and

to support their efforts to

self-determination

Eastern

half lead and

expenses for cases impacting large

numbers of persons l-tsi-ye-ge in

1<

Cougars End Grid Season With Loss To West Lincoln, 31-19

Human Development

for

12,

money

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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Catholic Relief Services with a Mass

—

death.

— Approve new

revised translation of the Sacramentary,

rules for future

funding and reporting procedures for| the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America.

— Hear

reports

on a variety of top-

ics including sexual

the first section of a

I

and dinner.

Give the Committee for Pro-Life Affairs a go-ahead to draft a new NCCB statement on abortion in support of an anticipated 1994 papal encyclical on moral questions surrounding life andi

abuse of children,

the retirement fund for religious,

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the

first

of seven parts to be presented to

the bishops for action over the next

of America.

two

years.

—

Set rules for the process of amendment, debate and vote on future sections of the Sacramentary.

— Approve an inclusive-language

version of the Grail Psalter for liturgical use.

Human (From Page 5) produces: That

is

vanity. Others seek to

help others in order to

— Approve of — Decide on

the Spanish translation

of the Rite

Christian Funerals. a proposed fifth year

of parish collections in 1995 to aid the

church in Eastern and Central Europe.

Approve an overall 1994 budget of $41.7 million for the offices and agencies of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference.

—

sell

services to

them: That is dishonorable. Some seek) to help in order to edify: That is love.

And still others seek to help others in order to be edified: That is prudence.

America might find itself invited to stay longer in the countries

help

if it

it

attempts to

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principles of the "missionary spirit."

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