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November
Volume
10
Serving Catholics
Diocesan
Inside
faithful set
ablaze by Fire
the
in
Mountains 2001
During annual
NELLENBACH
By JOANITA M.
gathering, bishops elect
in
Western North Carolina
in
the Diocese of Charlotte
Celebrating the church in
the African diaspora
Correspondent
—
LAKE JUNALUSKA first
•
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African-American
edge
bishop to head national bishops' conference
6
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on the programwas "Living on the
ming.
On
Edge:
The
Life
TV
always reality
isn't
Nov. 10 it Challenge of Spirituality" at Fire in the Mountains 2001. The three speakers Bishop William G. Curlin, Father Louis Camel! and Dr.
—
Cris Villapando, diocesan director of faith
—
formation programs
talked about liv-
ing on the edge, whether spiritually or
News
Local
physically.
a challenge that asks people
It's
same old way. The more about the spiritual life, which is why the more than 225 attendees were at Lake Junaluska for
to stop living first
Mercy Sisters establish
in the
life
challenge
to learn
is
affordable housingfor low
the eighth annual Fire in the Mountains.
income seniors
Villapando
"You have created
3
...PAGE
said.
'This
is
a tradition,"
(one
of)
the largest
gatherings in the diocese."
Following the events of Sept it's
more
difficult
1
when
1,
than ever for some people
to forgive, Bishop Curlin talked about a
he gave 24 years ago on Nov. 10 at Dachau, the former Nazi concentration camp. During the retreat, a priest approached Bishop Curlin and said that he priests' retreat
Local
woman, a Cuba
native receives statewide
recognition
in art
had been a prisoner, tagged with a yellow cross for Catholic priests in the camp and crippled by a gunshot wound from a guard.
and
culture
5
...PAGE
When
the
begged the
Room At The Inn
if
guard
liberated, the
priest to help him.
Allied soldiers atrocities,
camp was
When
asked by
and
seventh annual banquet
4
...PAGE
the priest did not
tell
of what hap-
of public condemna-
the priest embraced the
'Peace be with you, brother."
man and said He told Bishop
was free of Dachau then" 'Peace on earth has to consist of more than peace treaties," Bishop Curlin said. 'Peace comes when we live the life of Christ
Curlin, "I
Don't just
fvery Week
life
tell
of Jesus.
heart
I
the world about Jesus; live the
hope that you pray with your
The way we
say 'amen,' the
way we
genuflect reveals what's in our hearts."
Entertainment
Father Cameli also challenged those
6-7
present to look into their hearts by understand-
ing themselves in light of their Catholic
& Columns
the context ofSept
.Pages 8-9
understanding the world
"What's the response to this (Sept. Father Cameli asked. 'What do we
1)?"
tell
Abraham, our common ancestor,
1 1,
faith in
and understanding Christian anthropology.
1
the kids?
There are certain psychologi-
We need the great leadership of president and others. We need the
cal helps.
teaches all of us, Christians, Jews
our
the
St.
left to right: first
the guard had committed
fear in his face Instead
tion,
Editorials
Benedict the Moor Choir, Winston-Salem, are pictured row Catherine Franklin, Mary Turner; second row Esther Rockette and Joyce Brooks.
Members of from
By REV.
pened Years later on a street, he saw the former guard coming toward him with recognition
hosts
...Pages
Photo by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay
MR.GERALD POTKAY
assisting their brothers and sisters
Correspondent
in Africa with financial aid and by reviving the proud culture and symbolism of the past. At the Nov. 1 1 celebration, John Agebe, attired in classic African garb, gave the gathering call, stressing that
GREENSBORO for celebration
—
still
It's
— the church
a cause alive in
the African diaspora. Groups joined forces Nov. celebrate just that.
Those
1 1
to
participat-
ing were Thea House, the Catholic campus ministries at North Carolina Agricultural
&
Technical University
(NC A&T) and Bennett College joined forces with the St. Benedict the Moor Choir from Winston-Salem, the LaClub of St. Mary Church, Greensboro, and St. Pius X Church, Greensboro.
dies Friendship
The
African diaspora refers to the same type of dispersion that forced the Jews to leave their homeland, first
when
the Assyrians conquered Israel
722 B.C. and then when Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar
in
deported the Judeans
in
597 and 586
B.C.
and Muslims, to follow this way of
armed
mercy and
response, but for us there's another level.
cans throughout the world, but
What
people of African descent today are searching out and finding their roots in their former homelands. They, too, are trying to maintain contact with
love.
faith?
-Pope John Paul Address
in
Lisbon,
II
forces.
There
does this
One
on Sept
are lots of levels of
mean with regard
to our
of the things that was damaged
1 1
was our
faith in
other people.
May 1982 j
See FIRE, page
10
The
slave trade dispersed Afri-
that heritage and their
homeland by
the beginning of
who you
wisdom
is
to
know
He
then led the congregation to the knowledge that the "world is our village." This was followed by the recognition and seating of elders; Alberta Hairston, NC A&T campus minister, led the call to worare.
ship.
Father Mauricio West, vicar genand chancellor of the Charlotte Diocese, celebrated the Eucharist. Father Anthony Marcaccio, pastor of St. Pius X, concelebrated, with Rev. Mr. Ronald Steinkamp assisting. CrossA&T, bearer Augustine Andy, dressed in authentic African dress, led the entrance procession accompanied by a lively rendition of the "Battle hymn of the Republic Sung" by the St. Benedict the Moor Choir from Winston-Salem. The congregation joined in. Three students did a eral
NC
NC A&T See
DIASPORA,
page
10