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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte
7
Number
13
•
November
28,
1997
Of One Heart and One Mind
N.C. Bishops Issue Pastoral Letter, Appeal By
JIMMY ROSTAR
CHARLOTTE — With
the holiday
North
approaching.
fast
Carolina's two Catholic bishops joined
with a plea to
of the state's people of reach out to those in dire all
good will to economic need. Bishop William G. Curlin of Charlotte and Bishop F. Joseph Gossman of Raleigh addressed three North Carolina audiences Nov. 24 to outline the principles of their "Of One Heart and One Mind," a pastoral
letter inviting
Tar Heel
Catholics and their neighbors in busi-
government and the community to ways of ensuring economic justice
ness,
find
for everyone.
the
church
to swift
and sincere
Following the gathering in Charlotte, the pair traveled for press conferences at the Franciscan Center in Greensboro and Immaculate Conception Church in Durham. Audiences were composed primarily of clergy, religious, and members of diocesan and community social action groups.
one
"When one hurts, we all hurt. When suffers, we all suffer," said Bishop
Curlin in Charlotte. "Our purpose in
suing this pastoral as a Catholic
is
to say
community
is-
we believe we have a
that
commitment to and a love
for Christ that
must reveal
way we
treat
Plans for the pastoral began a
little
itself in the
others."
The bishops' missive, published in Nov. 21 issue of The Catholic News
and Herald and
calls the
action.
Staff Writer
season
To Dioceses and
in the
Nov. 23 issue of
the Raleigh Diocese's
NC
Catholic,
is
more than year ago, when Joanne
Frazer,
director of the Justice and Peace office in the Charlotte
Diocese, and Franciscan
by North
Sister Joan Jurski of the Raleigh
Carolina's two Catholic bishops. In the
Diocese's Peace and Justice office, met
the first joint pastoral letter
Catholic tradition, the pastoral letter ex-
See Bishops, page 2
presses urgent concern on a specific topic
Bishops William G. Curlin and F. Joseph Gossman hosted three news conferences around the state Nov. 24 announcing their pastoral letter, "Of One Heart and One Mind". The bishops call upon Catholics statewide to become acquainted and involved with the economic reality facing the impoverished in the state.
Bishops At Synod: With Bear Jesus Christ's Cross, Conversion, Gospel Values Youths Told At Conference Church Can Change World By KEVIN
KELLY
KANSAS
By CINDY WOODEN
—
CITY, Mo. (CNS) Wearing Christ's crown means bearing Christ's cross, the pastor of Nativity
Parish in Washington told teen-agers at the National Catholic in
Kansas
City.
"You
can't
Youth Conference
wear
crown if you Ray East said in a homily during the closing Mass Nov. his
the covenant of Jesus Christ for the rest
of our lives?" Msgr. East also congratulated the young people for their witness of faith during the conference, but told them the many more thousands of youths who didn't come need their witness when they go home.
"My
can't bear his cross," Msgr.
23
at the biennial
conference.
As thousands of teen-agers attentively
when
the
Washington
priest
is
so burdened for
who go
Catholics
tism, confirmation,
listened
— and shouted back "Amen"
— Msgr. East
Roman
heart
gave them
lic
school and
Jesus
is,"
he
still
young
through bap-
and years of Catho-
don't have a clue
who
said.
"Then when someone from
(the
many of the youths squirming in their seats when he challenged them to ask themselves how
evangelical Protestant) Crusade for Christ comes up to them on campus, it's
well they kept the covenant of the Nov. 20-23 conference.
time," he said.
youths promised to stay away from drugs and alcohol, to keep a midnight curfew and stay out of the hotel rooms of other youths, and not to disturb other guests in their hotels while in Kansas City. "It was a simple covenant," said Msgr. East. "But for some of us, it was hard to keep for just four days. What are we going to do when we have to keep
can't find Jesus in this Catholic Church,
the cue
sent
In that covenant, the
like they are accepting Jesus for the first
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
of Bishops for America. Underlying the synod's openingweek discussion of Latin America's foreign debt burden and North America's growing secularism and of poverty, injustice and a scarcity of priests throughout the hemisphere were calls to holiness, to fidelity to the church and to concrete acts of solidarity. Pope John Paul II opened the synod with a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and a
—
—
call for
"Well," Msgr. East said, "if you
you can't find him anywhere.
"We know Jesus, too," he said. "We know him for ourselves. But it is not enough to know him. We have got to take his reign into our hearts. To accept him as our Lord and Savior, we have to accept what he wants us to do."
cooperation
among
Catholics in
North and South America.
He cleared his calendar of almost all appointments so he could listen to the formal presentations of the 233 synod members and invite small groups of them in for discussions over lunch and dinner.
And he had joint action
his
own
suggestion for
by the bishops Nov. 22,
cold day of pounding rain:
See Youths, page 2
By
—
Convermust permeate the people of the Western Hemisphere if the Catholic Church in the new millennium is to be a united force for change in the world, said members of the Synod sion and Gospel values
build Noah's ark."
"We
a
first week of the members had addressed the
the end of the
synod, 138
gathering; 85 of them spoke in Spanish,
27 in English, 18 in Portuguese, six in French and two in Italian. As bishops outlined what they saw as the problems facing their people and their churches, there were repeated calls for the reduction or even forgiveness of Ladn America's foreign debt. The bishops also called for more just North-South economic policies to prevent further debt build-up and to let Latin America into the global market on a more equal footing.
Justice requires that the people of the United States and Canada pay more for the goods they import from the South and that they lower prices on the goods they export to the South, said Archbishop Roman Arrieta Villalobos of San Jose, Costa Rica. Archbishop Victor Lopez Forero of Nueva Pamplona, Colombia, told the synod that the Northern-dominated globalization of the economy "is contributing enormously to the growing impoverishment of our people ... and is openly
should
See Synod, page 3
2
The Catholic News
& Herald
Bishops
November
budget cuts
eral
to
economic and
social
Bishop Gossman called late November a "rather appropriate" time for the premiere, given that for is
The
plight of the
many
a year-round
kitchens and shelters.
impoverished
is
for
problem, he added, and
"it
would be more
helpful if we did a better job of reporting
programs.
giving
To Help Impoverished, from page
Call All Catholics
with the bishops amidst a backdrop of the nation's discussing $30 million in fed-
many Thanks-
a celebration of family, friends,
food and gratitude. "It's the beginning of the holiday season," he said, "but there will be tens of thousands of other Americans who won't be celebrating in this fashion. They are the forgotten ones, the poor, the impoverished, the marginalized, the home"
Bishop Gossman urged the Charlotte audience to look beyond the newspaper articles and television news segments about holiday outreach to the poor in soup
work
to
change societal conditions and
public policy to be
human
more responsive
to
needs."
conferences, the bishops expressed cau-
can."
tious
Both bishops emphasized getting to the base of poverty as the key to bringing about change. is
highlighted throughout
"We must
the pastoral as well. to address the effects
continue
of poverty by serv-
ing the poor in homeless shelters, in food pantries, with clothing drives,
and
in
lit-
we must aimed at resolving the
eracy centers," they write, "but
less....
families must be met, the church "must
upon the poor, the needy, the parents who struggle to make ends meet as best they
The point
also include action
root causes of poverty."
In their pastoral
optimism
that while the
immediate necessities of individuals and
and during the press
programs like the welfare reform initiative North Carolina that
1
The document offers practical and spiritual pledges by the fight against poverty.
bishops themselves, as well as suggestions for businesses and parishes who
want to help. The diocesan Justice and Peace
of-
Work First will indeed move families toward self-sufficiency, but they and several audience members representing Catholic and community social agencies and non-profits emphasized that the availability of jobs paying a living wage is essential to the success of any reform
of advocacy into vicariates, deaneries and parishes across the state. Sister Joan applauded "the unity of both bishops and dioceses as a whole" in seeking to provide "a voice for the voiceless." She noted the needs for a return to the "teachings of Jesus, the tradition of the church and to Catholic social teach-
efforts.
ings" and "to remind ourselves that
—
—
The bishops only the
The bishops continue
28, 1997
first
said that the pastoral
is
step in a concerted, orga-
nized undertaking to heighten people's awareness and move them to assist in the
fices will lead that next step
is
not well"
when
it
comes
all
North
to
Carolina's true economic state.
Frazer agreed, calling the pastoral a
document for both dioceses. letter. Bishop Curlin and Bishop Gossman are speaking out, along with Pope John Paul II and the U.S. bishops, as they lift up the human and ethical dimensions of economic life two aspects which are often neglected in significant
"In issuing this
Youths Urged To Follow Christ, Msgr. East told the youths to learn about Jesus through his word, noting that the American Bible Society would provide each of them with a copy of the Gospel of John as they left the closing Mass. "If you know Jesus in his word, his word will get inside of you and you will take him wherever you go," he said. Msgr. East said that something profound happened in Kansas City as thousands of teen-agers made new friends with peers from across the nation. "We became members of one family, the body of Christ. In this hall, there is no division. There are no strangers," he said. He urged them to take that lesson home. "If you can build a community here in four days, you can build it anywhere," he said. At the close of his homily, he borrowed from an evangelical "altar call" and asked youths to stand, but only if they were willing to witness to Christ at
home and
When
Msgr. East turned
Our
1
—
public discussion."
Although North Carolina Catholics' numbers are relatively small, she added, "we have in our parishes and businesses people who want to know how to address the systemic structures and issues that surround our economic disparities."
To
effect that change, the bishops
though many of those
realize that they
packed into the huge H. Roe Bartle Con-
percent of the state's population must appeal to members of the business, gov-
hall
could
the
less than 5
ernment, ecumenical and civic nities.
Laura Fritz (left) of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Maureen Perro of Fort Worth, Texas, add details to a painted cross at the National Catholic Youth Conference
in
Kansas
City,
Mo.
Mass on
when the liturgy was quiet, and reverently exuberant when the literently quiet
urgy called for them
to express their joy.
Archbishop James P. Keleher of Kansas City, Kan., served as the princicelebrant.
Concelebrating
were
summarized in ten key principles our Catholic of applying our faith and moral teachings to economic life. U.S. bishops
They
said their
—
commu-
hope for the
Bishop
tradition
Raymond
Boland of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo.; his brother. Bishop J. Kevin Boland of Savannah, Ga.; and Bishops George K. Fitzsimons of Salina, Kan.; Joseph L. Charron of Des Moines, Iowa; David E. Foley of Birmingham, Ala.; and Stanley G. Schlarman of Dodge City, Kan. J.
Francis Xavier
fu-
ture rests with the parishioner, the
businessperson, the civic government official, the television reporter, the in-
terested citizen, the local expert
huge video screens, they remained rev-
to the concelebrating
and North Carolina
— who make up
Catholics
vention Center
barely see as they watched
meant it. the entire assembly stood, pal
really
from page
cial justice
"We
on so-
and advocacy.
as Catholics are the minority,
but we've got a big heart," added Bishop Curlin. "The action of helping people is what we do best." And with the caring assistance from the community. Bishop Gossman said, improvements can be made. "That
should be our motto: 'Yes, we can,'" he said. "Yes, we can do a lot, if we try."
Principle #10: Radio, TV, and
Whether we
now the
Internet
have connected people around the globe.
live in a big city, the suburbs, or a rural area,
with others far beyond our locale. Even without the media,
we wear
we are neighbors we are connected:
and vegetables from the southern one place, the parts are manufactured still another, and the financing comes from banks with deposits from all over the world. We live in an economically unified world. When it comes to our own country, we believe that we should treat one another fairly and justly. Shouldn't this conviction be applied to our economic relationships with people everywhere? Principle #10: The global economy has moral dimensions and human consequences. Decisions on investment, trade, aid and development should protect human life and promote human rights, especially for those most in need wherever they might live on this globe.
East. In the winter our tables carry hemisphere. Our autos are designed in
many
Readings for the week of November 30 - December 6, 1997 Jeremiah 33:14-16 Sunday
blouses and shoes designed in Europe and manufactured in the Far fruits
1
Thessalonians
3:12-4:2 Luke 21:25-28,34-36
in
different places, the cars are put together in
Francis in 1506.
college
was born in Spanish Novorrt^ He mot Ignatius Loyola in and became one of the first
On his 35th birthday,
Francis took a missionary assignment to the
Jesuits.
Monday
Isaiah 11:1-10
Luke 10:21-24
Far East. He ministered among and taught the faith to those who had not known Christ. He learned native
Wednesday
languages and performed works of charity. His converts were many. Francis fell ill on a voyage to China and died at age 46. He is patron of
Thursday
foreign missions. His feast is Dec. 3.
Isaiah 2:1-5
Matthew 8:5-11
Tuesday
Isaiah 25:6-10
Matthew 15:29-37 Isaiah 26:1-6
Matthew 7:21,24-27 Friday
Isaiah 29:17-24
Matthew 9:27-31 Saturday
Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26
Matthew 9:35— 10:1,6-8
November
The Catholic News
28, 1997
Bishops
at
Synod, who
contrary to the will of the Creator, destined the earth and the use of
all
all
it
contains for
men and women and
all
peoples."
Bishop Jorge Avila del Aguila of Jalapa, Guatemala, told the synod that some countries were using 25 percent of their annual budgets to pay off interest on their foreign debt. The church, he said, should propose
1
improve religious education programs, particularly in the face of secularism. Secularism, he said, claims to have an exclusive right to the public forum and attempts to push all religious influences into the sphere of people's private lives.
Archbishop Francis E. George of Chicago said the private, individualistic culture of the United States is the result, in part, of its development in dialogue
a remittance of the debt, or at least of the interest, and encourage an examination of the unfavorable conditions placed on
with Protestantism.
debtor nations by lending institutions.
Catholicism, he said, the church needs
Bishop
Auxiliary
Raymundo
Damasceno Assis of Brasilia, Brazil, said Latin Americans were grateful for the financial assistance they receive
from
North American Catholics, but the church as a whole must keep trying to influence the global policies behind the
— including foreign lending
poverty
and speculative investment. Other bishops took a more positive approach to the globalization of the economy, looking at it as an opportunity for greater unity and solidarity among peoples, but only if Gospel values were practices
allowed to influence the process. Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of
Milwaukee
synod the Gospel values to be promoted include human dignity and respect for life; the importold the
tance of the family; the equality of
men
and women; religious freedom; preference for the poor; job creation and just governments.
No
international political or social
organization
push -
from page
is
strong enough to lead the
for values in the global market,
he
church must try to lead the rally all people of good will. While serious social and political problems were discussed in detail, synod participants emphasized the spiritual mission of the church and the need to said, so the
way and
ensure that
all its
from conversion
flowed Jesus Christ and com-
social activities
to
To overcome
a cultural suspicion of
"a new apologetics, a loving and nondefensive, but clear response to the arguments against the Catholic faith." Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino of
Havana
said capitalist societies are not
the only ones that try to
of religion It
deny the place
in social life.
occurs as well in "the most rancid
CNS
photo byArturoMari
Pope John Paul joins bishops from North and South America at the Synod for America at the Vatican. Latin America's foreign debt, North America's growing secularism, poverty, injustice and scarcity of priests were some of the issues II
discussed during the
first
week of proceedings.
Marxist systems," the Cuban cardinal
"The
said.
He
told the
synod
that
it
is
impor-
tant to proclaim the right
of every Chrisbe present amid the structures of society" and to bring their talents to the work for social unity and justice. Bishop Raymond J. Lahey of St. George's, Newfoundland, told the synod the marginalization of Christianity is not simply the result of secularization, but of the church's failure to communicate with all sectors of society. "The church often attempts to preserve the Gospel rather than communicate it," he said. "Many times it simply repeats religious language the culture tian "to
Many
of the bishops, particularly
those from Brazil, used the synod as an
occasion to praise the contributions of lay people and the essential role they have in ministering to priestless parishes. Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, like several of his Latin American counterparts, called for a revitaliza-
is still
the best tool
we have for evangelization," but the way most parishes currently operate is that
not good enough, the cardinal told the synod.
Auxiliary Bishop Alberto Brazzini
Diaz-Ufino of Lima, Peru, said the first evangelization of the Americas 500 years ago was successful because of the holiness of the evangelizers. "Today, in many sectors, we are in a state of mediocrity. Evangelization has lost strength because our human contribution is poor and inadequate," he said.
"The
call to holiness is less strong in the
family, in Catholic schools and in our parishes.
finds meaningless."
local parish
We
have
to
renew the core of
the church."
A repeated concern, especially Latin American bishops, was the growing number of Catholics who leave their parishes for smaller Protestant churches, evangelical groups and sects. Like Bishop Romulo Emiliani Sanchez of the apostolic vicariate of Darien, Panama, they condemned what among
munion with the universal church. Bishop Donald W. Wuerl of Pitts-
port and coordination of smaller
com-
they see as a "coordinated play" to alter
burgh focused his talk on the need
munities of prayer, outreach and service.
the religious identity of Latin America.
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life,
including parish sup-
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Ensuring the holiness of priests and improving the celebration of Sunday Masses were two specific suggestions mentioned over and over again by bishops from the North and the South. "Our peoples' faith in the Lord is
connected
to the credibility
to
be reflected
in
our witness of merciful
love, unqualified justice
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building a world of true and lasting peace.
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all
Pope To
Sunday
Visit
Pope John Paul
that
pil-
II
will visit four
major Cuban
cit-
The 77-year-old pontiff will
ar-
Havana, on the afternoon of Jan. 21 and will make day trips to Santa Clara, Camaguey and Santiago de Cuba, returning to the capital each evening. He will conclude his stay Jan. 25, celebrating an openair Mass in Havana, and will arrive in Rome the next day after an overnight flight. The Vatican published the abbreviated schedule of the pope's planned visit Nov. 20. rive in the capital,
T.
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been taken off
to exile, the
prophet says that
Yahweh will
ing begins toward the end of the Gospel (2 1 :25-28, 34-
raise
based on the one from Mark two weeks ago. The final cataclysm is portrayed with the same imagery of the sun, moon, and stars falling from the sky, storms at sea, and the Son of Man coming in power and glory. This figure is now applied by the Chrisfian community to Christ, our hero who was expected to come back to lead us to victory in his heavenly kingdom. This apocalyptic rhetoric, common in the time of Jesus, is a rhetoric of hope that the present evil age would soon be replaced by a new one in which God's will would reign supreme for all time. Before this happened, the world would revert to primeval chaos, symbolized in the Bible as storm at sea and the heavenly bodies not yet fixed in the firmament. The passage concludes with salutary warnings: Let not indulgence, drink, and everyday activities bloat our spirits. We should be awake, sober, on guard, and pray constantly for the strength to escape the forces of evil. A new age was in fact inaugurated in those days not with an apocalyptic cataclysm but gradually, in the person and message of Jesus. Advent and Christmas invite us to begin a new age in our own lives, to let Christ be reborn in us, so that in turn we may bring his message of hope to others and try to bring about his values of justice, peace, and love. The first reading from Jeremiah (33:14-16) follows closely after the prophet's oracle of a new covenant, in which he pictures Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, "This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days.... I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people." In today's section, Jeremiah sees the days coming when the Lord will fulfill the promise he made to them that the throne and dynasty of David would be established forever. Even though the leader of Judah had
David," a worthy successor to
this
in
— The Vatican confirmed
ies in January, traveling to the four largest dioceses in
the Caribbean nation.
of Advent:
Sunday of Advent, we begin a new litur"Year of Luke." The continuous read-
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wounded by sin. While the jubilee speaks to us of what God has done in the past, it is also a reminder that the future, too, is in his hands. We approach the jubilee therefore with hope and trust, for we know that it will bring about the fulfillment of the divine plan of love for each of us and for all humanity. Today I extend a special welcome to the staff and students of the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland, who are in Rome as part of their graduate school program. Dear friends, during the last few
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Jesus Christ.
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months you have had an opportunity to deepen your
ecumenical commitment
In our catechesis on the Creed we have reached where we profess our faith in the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. These "last things" can only be understood in the light of the divine plan which unfolds in human history and in the life of each individual. Jesus Christ, son of God and lord of history, leads creation back to the Father through the lifegiving action of the Holy Spirit. This is the context which also enables us to explain the meaning of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, for which we are pre-
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right
who will "do what
and just
in the land,"
so that Judah and
its
capital
Jerusalem will be safe and secure.
Early Jewish Christian writers read a deeper meaning into this passage and applied their
it
to Jesus,
who
in
view had become a son of David and king of Isway that the prophet had never dreamed of
rael in a
Perhaps the second reading today can best tell us to prepare to receive Christ into our hearts this It is taken fi-om the earliest letter of Paul that has survived (1 Thess 3: 12-4:2). In it he prays that the Lord Jesus might make us overflow with love for one another, and that he might strengthen our hearts to make them blameless and holy before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. We know that God can be experienced directly.
how
Christmas.
As
Christians,
we
also believe that
God
is
continually
accessible and available to us in the person of Christ
and of the
Spirit dwelling within us.
We
also
know
we cannot experience God of our own accord. But can and should prepare and discipline ourselves so that we may be ready for God's self-communication, that the power of the ever-present Christ may transform our nature. This is what the liturgy is asking us to do during Advent. As we begin to prepare for Christmas, let us open our minds and hearts to the word proclaimed to us, and let us strive to make our Lord's values our own. that
we
Jesuit Father Francis T. Gignac, S.J, is a professor and chairperson ofthe Department ofBiblical Studies at The Catholic University ofAmerica in Washington,
D.C
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Light
One Candle
Father Thomas
Thanks For Thanksgiving It
seems appropriate
that the first is
Thanksgiving. It is deeply spiritual and wonderfully human. We all know the story of the Pilgrims' "First Thanksgiving," or think we do,
some of
the facts having been ob-
scured by legend. Venison played more of a starring role than turkey. Five deer
were supplied by members of the
Wampanoag Still, it's
for a
little
too often enemies met
while as fiiends.
Around certain dinner tables in 1 997, among people may be
the relations
nearly as problematic if not as ultimately fatal:
There are only a few hundred
Wampanoags
living
still
among the mil-
and biological descen-
lions of cultural
dants of the Pilgrims.
Face-to-face over breadbaskets, gravyboats and platters piled high with turkey, white
gathering.
It's
meat and dark, clans are not
Then
the party.
nice to contemplate this celebra-
when people
tion
who joined
tribe
and friends to see each other more between the fourth Thursday in November and New Year's Day than the other 10 months of the year. Even in homes where folks truly love and respect each other, there can be a strain. Sadly, more than a few holiday meals are flavored by anger and hurt. Recent slights, ancient feuds and half-remembered misunderstandings can all contribute to bad feelings among the company. tives
celebration of the "holiday season"
uncommon
for rela-
there are all the troubles ev-
eryone endures at some point. Did someone have an accident or get a serious illness? Is there grief over the death of a loved one? What about financial or legal difficulties? Then there's the person out of work, or passed over for a promotion, the kid struggling to keep up in school or fighting the pressure to drink
Even
happy event like getting married, having a baby or retiring can create a major change that reor use drugs.
a
ally takes a toll.
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everyone secretly envying the turkey who, at least, is out of its misis
J.
McSweeney dishes?
ery?
Of course
not.
We love
Human
too much. We care about ourselves, even when times are tough. And we do care about other people, even when they occasionally drive us crazy. We know the meaning of com-
beings
need
food, clothing and shelter to
life
survive.
And God
— through
provides
other people. That
includes those right next to us
who
feed our
spirits,
protect
our feelings and shelter our
dreams.
passion.
Thanksgiving Day is a reminder. A reminder not only of all the things we have to be grateful for, but of all the people. When you thank God for his bounty, do you think of the farmers and fishermen? What about the food packers? Those cranberries didn't jell themselves in a can. Truckers delivered them. Did you forget the marshmallows for your family's favorite sweet potato recipe? No problem. Head out to the local convenience store next to the gas station
— both
open while you and yours are settling in for the next big football game. By the way, who's doing the cooking today? Who cleaned the house? Who will do the
Should a poor soul eating a holiday meal off a plastic plate at a soup kitchen be more grateful than we are? George Herbert, an English poet and cleric, wrote a prayer right around the time the Pilgrims were starting their new way of life on this side of the Atlantic. He said, "O God, you have given so much to me; give me one thing more, a gratefiil heart."
So before we see each other again at New Year's, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa, let's take the time to say thank you to God. And to the people we take Christmas or
whether we scarcely know names, or we share the same name.
for granted, their
Question Corner Father John Dietzen
Limbo Q.
The
We always enjoy your column, but
one on the fate of unbaptized children was especially enlightening. It recalled what I was taught in Catholic grade school in the J 930s. Limbo was the answer then. Do we not recognize limbo now? It's been years since I 've heard the word. the recent
A. It's true, as you recall; there was formerly much talk and writing about
Some few
limbo.
think of
it,
older Catholics
still
along with heaven and
hell,
go"
as a third "place to
There were,
in fact,
truth
have much
the church never did
is,
at all to
say about limbo. For
centuries Christians simply
assumed that
God took care of those people in his own way.
Some theologians once taught that unbaptized children suffered some sort of pain, but by the 12th or 13th centumuch ignored. Limbo only became a subject of heated debate later, when a widespread, ries that idea
was
pretty
severely repressive wing of the church called Jansenism held that
all
non-bap-
were condemned to hell. Pope Pius VI condemned this teaching, along with numerous other offbeat Jansenist beliefs. People may believe in a limbo, he said, a "middle state" of happiness, and still be Cathotized infants
In 1794,
after death.
two limbos much
discussed at certain times in Christian
"limbo patrum" (literally limbo of the fathers), referring to deceased people of ancient times, and "limbo puerorum," limbo of children, usually meaning those who die without baptism. history:
lic.
obviously a long way from saying that limbo belongs anywhere in
That
is
official Catholic teaching.
fore.
and
some catechisms, one selhears the word any-
human beings. One
apart from
who,
is
is
eternal life
a "natural" happiness
where
This theory contradicts a central teaching of Christian faith, which we understand better now perhaps than be-
in
God life,
created
plains,
we may attain that we may reject it
between. has raised us to a supernatural
a sharing in his
life,
his being, far
beyond our natural capacity or hopes. Once having done this, there is no, so to speak, going back.
The
desire for this happiness, says
is built into our nature, a of God, a calling addressed to every
the catechism, gift
A Model
God who
the catechism ex-
by our own fault. But there is no half happiness some-
God (limbo) where people go
the top level.
Immaculate Conception:
in the
As
objective or
whatever reason, do not reach
for
only one final
for all humanity, life with
more. The present Catechism of the Catholic Church doesn't even mention it. The reason is understandable. Limbo implies some sort of two-level final destiny for
is
goal and desire of happiness
dom
with God. The other
There
It
remains the only mention of limbo in any significant official Catholic document. Despite its common occurrence in the past, even in
human
being.
See Dietzen, page
11
For Humanity
Brother Donald Boccardi, S.M., S.T.D.
The
of the Immaculate Conception focuses much confusion among Protestants as well as among some feast
Many
Catholics.
think
conception of Jesus
when,
in fact,
ception in the
it
it
at the
refers to
womb
refers to the
Annunciation,
Mary's con-
of her mother.
Pope Pius IX declared that Mary was preserved from original sin, by virtue of a special grace of God and in view of her being the mother of Christ. Some worried that it meant that Mary had no need of redemption, but as one theologian explained it, you can be saved from a pit by being pulled out of it or by having someone keep you from falling
mation, the debate on the idea theologians had that the
ject
become
pope put
all
among
so out -of-hand
writings on the sub-
on the Index of Forbidden Books.
presented a feminine model of what
means there
world and
that
we
are each unique be-
A further irony is found in the openness
ings in the sight of God.
which Martin Luther had around the same time.
the Immaculate Conception and
In 1854
to this idea
Nevertheless, the feast
was being
It is
model
among
the faithful proliferated in the
19th century, the former in 1830 before the dogmatic proclamation and the latter
afterwards in 1858.
At a time when Marx was proclaim-
AssumpThey re-
proclaim to us anew that Mary
ally
appearances claimed by Catherine Laboure and Bernadette, devotion
are
bom
is
a
in grace
As important things in life easily fade background by more pressing
ing his economic theory defining man,
into the
needs, seeing the Immaculate Conception
the great saints of the
when Nietzsche was expounding on the idea of superman, and when the industrial revolution was trivializing the im-
not accept
portance of the individual, the church
church can help us to see ourselves more
into
it;
the latter
is
the case with
Mary.
The concept of the Immaculate Conception has had a stormy past.
it.
Some of
Middle Ages did At the time of the Refor-
Brother Donald Boccardi, S.M., serves on thefaculty of Theologi-
S. T.D.,
of America
in
Washington, D.C.
o
for all the faithful disciples of
who
and who are destined for resurrection and eternal life. We need this kind of symbolic theology to translate the more abstract aspects of its meaning into our lives. Jesus
clearly as faithfial disciples of Jesus.
cal College at The Catholic University
important to keep the dogmas of
tion within sight of each other.
celebrated in the liturgy and, after the
it
be human, that is, a belief that more to life than the material
to
is
within the concept of the biblical
and her relationship
to Christ
Mary
and the
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Maryfield Nursing By
KATHY SCHMUGGE
with Father Philip Kollithanath, pastor of Christ the King Church, also in High
Correspondent
— On Nov.
HIGH POINT
Tom
Fitzpatrick, pastor of
Maryfield
tlie
cess story
suc-
it
is to-
"We are
so ex-
13, the
Point; Father
lot of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church might have thought they stepped back in time when a 1940s Rolls Royce parked in front of the church and three passengers came
pastor of Our
portunity to celebrate this important milestone. For 50 years, the sisters and staff of
dance.
with our friends in the community, have provided top quality nursing care
cheering crowd in the parking
out of the car to greet their supporters. Dressed in the original habits worn by members of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God congregation. Sisters Mona Comanskey and Clare Francis from the same religious community and employee Elizabeth Gloster played the parts of the first courageous nuns who left their native Ireland to be missionaries in America. That group consisted of Sister Patrice, Sister ter
Anne Christina,
Sis-
Monica, Sister Ellen Fitzgerald and who founded
Sister Maria Benignus, Maryfield Nursing Home original
1947. Their
in
Our Lady of the Highways Church in Thomasville; Father Joseph Kelleher, Lady of the Rosary Church in Lexington; and retired priests Msgr. Arthur Duncan and Father Patrick Gavigan, who are residents at Maryfield. Father Frank Connolly of Saint Pius X Church in Greensboro was also in attenDuring his homily. Father Zuschmidt
pointed out that the celebration coincided
with the feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, an immigrant nun from Italy
who
came to the U.S. to share her Father Zuschmidt surmised that these women most likely experienced similar hardships the hardships which also
faith.
—
come from
leaving family, friends and
culture.
welcoming committee was not
"Just like St. Frances Xavier Cabrini,
am
as large as those attending this golden
these sisters suffered loneliness and
jubilee celebration but consisted of Fa-
sure at times felt homesick, but these
MacMillan, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Mrs. Melva Price and Mrs. Lillian Neely, who
great
ther Robert
then embraced the sisters and their dreams. After the reenactment, an anniversary Mass took place at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church to celebrate the establishment of the nursing home. Oblates of St.. Francis de Sales Father Joseph Zuschmidt, pastor, concelebrated
I
women
persevered and with obedience followed the will of God," he said.
Turning to the congregation. Father Zuschmidt expressed gratitude toward the numerous supporters of Maryfield. "Many of your parents welcomed the sisters when they first came, and your families continue to be the backbone of the Catholic community here," he added,
thanking everyone who sacrificed, prayed and worked towards making
day. cited about the op-
Maryfield, together
in a Christian envi-
ronment
to over 1,850 residents," added Sister Lucy
Hennessy, administrator of the nursing
home. The High Point community has watched the continual building ex-
pansions and growth of the sisters'
facilities.
Maryfield now has a 125-resident capacity with a full retirement commu-
on the 66-acre property, which is quite a nity located
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Lansbury Handily Steals The Show NEW YORK
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— Disney
is no longer in a class by with the arrival of 20th Cen-
animation itself
tury Fox's grandly animated musical,
"Anastasia."
Make no
mistake: This
a
is
highly romanticized version of history, purporting that the
Romanov
princess Anastasia survived the
execution of Czar Nicholas
II
91
1
returning to Paris.
is
who
(voice of Christopher Lloyd),
supposedly provokes the Bolshevik in order to doom Anastasia's family, although she es-
Revolution capes.
Traumatized, the child forgets her true identity, growing up in an orphanage as Anya, with only a slender memory of a kindly relative in
refuses to
is fabulous, but the empress meet someone she considers
just the latest in a long line of Anastasia
pretenders.
With Dimitri sadly returning to Rus-
more vulnerable
to
Rasputin's wiles just as she hopes to
fi-
Anastasia
sia,
is
nally discover the truth about her iden-
As
by Don Bluth and Gary
directed
Goldman, "Anastasia" is a sheer delight, lush, lovely and a pleasure to watch. While not at the level of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" or "The Lion King," its overall artistry surpasses "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Pocahontas."
And so at age 1 8, Anya (voice of Meg Ryan) meets up with con artist Dimitri (voice of John Cusack),
who
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Anastasia, so he can collect a
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Complicating matters
is
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now
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is
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(Mayte Vilan) has
strange, almost surreal images of Geor-
ers his fiancee
taken to prostitution to survive and
brother
rebellious
his
(Larry
by Nana Djordjadze, the French-Georstream of anecdotes filled with
istic
gian
life to tell
the story of an irrepress-
whose zest for life is cerrefreshing, sometimes amusing
ible adventurer
Villanueva) has deliberately injected
tainly
himself with AIDS-tainted blood
and occasionally exhilarating. Subtitles. Implied sexual relationship, a restrained bedroom scene and flashes of nudity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classifi-
in
protest against the repressive regime.
Director Leon Ichaso's melodramatic
doomed
political tract blends
mance and family crises
ro-
into a scath-
cation
— — parents is
A-III
adults.
Picture Association of America rating
whose economy
PG-
the expense of titles.
its
own
people. Sub-
Brief spurts of violence, a dis-
creet sexual encounter
and some
rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III
—
adults.
Not
rated
ture Association
"A Chef
in
by the Motion Pic-
that
1
3
some
is
are strongly cautioned
material
ate for children
may be
under
inappropri-
After being expelled from college for a prank in the
women's dorm, an
over-aged zany (Eddie Cantor) winds up in Mexico helping a friend (Robert
Love" (1997)
Young) by masquerading
as the son of a
the eve of the Russian Revolution as
famous bullfighter. Director Leo McCarey wrings some laughs from pre-
a French chef (Pierre Richard) opens
dictable situations, aided
set
on
where he lives happily with a Georgian princess (Nino Kirtadze) until their loving rea restaurant in Tbilisi
lationship
is
tragically shattered
by
all courtesy of Rasputin. The raging character of Rasputin, however, is overdone, his fury and ferocity exaggerated to diminishing resuhs. Tempering his outsize outbursts are the humorous wisecracks of his chatty
The U.S. Catholic Conference
—
is A-I general paThe Motion Picture Associaof America rating is G gen-
classification
tronage. tion
—
eral audiences.
by a good cast and inventive Busby Berkeley production numbers. Some sexual innuendo and comic menace. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification
is
of Hank Azaria). As she did in "Beauty and the Beast," Lansbury handily steals the show with her richly textured vocal characterization of the empress, giving the movie its
heart.
The animation is sumptuous, very dimensional and fairy tale-like; in fact, that is the essence of this "Anastasia": history rewritten as a visually enchanting rags-to-riches fairy
Not rated by
the
A-III
—
adults.
THE CATHOLIC COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN
tale.
"Operation Condor" (1997)
Motion Picture Asso-
Comedy-action
ciation of America.
"Kid
(1934) Vintage Eddie Cantor musical follows him to Egypt to claim a fortune left by his archeologist father, but along the way he has to fend off an assortment of other claimants (Ethel Merman, Warren Hymer, Ann Sothern and George Murphy). Directed by Roy Del Ruth, the plot is sappy and the songs forgettable but it's a lot of silly fun, including the final reel with Eddie's ice cream factory IVIillions"
in Technicolor.
Some
stylized violence
Zany
sci-fi
comedy
in
which
a
New York
recruited
(Tommy
cop (Will Smith) is by a taciturn government agent Lee Jones) monitoring extraorder to save Earth
from being destroyed by aliens disguised humans. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, the two leads are aptly paired in a story mixing understated hip humor with witty puppet creatures and amusing special effects. Broad comic violence and a few instances of profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is
is
Much comic-book
assisted
violence, sexual
references and brief nudity.
The U.S.
Catholic Conference classification
—
is
The Motion Picture A-III Association of America rating is PG-
priate for children
brassy
of a secret
hara as various villains track the quartet's every move. Also directed by Chan, the dubbed 1991 production uses the nonsensical plot as a vehicle for tongue-in-cheek displays of bold stunts and martial-arts feats.
America. "IVIen in Blacl<" (1997)
who
by three bickering women in searching for Nazi gold buried in the Sa-
that
—
tale
agent (Jackie Chan)
and mild sexual innuendo. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is AII adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of
terrestrial activity in
13.
"The Kid from Spain" (1932)
of America.
Engaging romantic fantasy
photo from 20th Century Fox
— —
The Motion
ing portrait of a beleaguered island caters to tourists at
CNS
Anastasia and her grandmother are reunited in Paris in the 20th Century Fox general animation "Anastasia." The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-l general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G audiences.
sidekick, Bartok, the albino bat (voice
There are some show-stopping scenes, the grandest of which lent musical production
far-off Paris.
is
grows. After the bleakness of communist Russia, the glamour of Paris in the Roar-
tity.
Enter the evil sorcerer Rasputin
she
still
ing Twenties
and the
of her family. In the opening minutes we see 8year-old Anastasia (voice of Kirsten Dunst) bonding with her beloved grandmother, the Dowager Empress Marie (voice of Angela Lansbury), rest
who
'Anastasia'
in
determined to reach out from his nether world to destroy Dimitri ends up saving her Anastasia. more than once on the danger-laden trip to the French capital, and an attraction Rasputin,
1
3
adults.
— parents
are strongly cautioned
may be inapprounder 13. "Pippi Longstocking" (1997) In this animated adventure, the spunky 9-year-old girl of the title (voice of Melissa Altro) awaits her father's return from being lost at sea while engaging in amusing encounters
some
material
with neighboring children, an
in-
busybody and a pair of bumbling burglars. Directed by Clive
as
terfering
PG- 1 3 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropri-
unexceptional cartooning, though Pippi's carefree high jinks should delight young viewers and lead some to Astrid Lindgren's books recounting other of her adventures. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America
—
—
ate for children
under
13.
Smith, the production has colorful but
—
rating
is
G — general .
audiences.
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8
November
People In The
28, 1997
News
Belmont Abbey Hosts Marian Conference and Retreat By
KATHY SCHMUGGE
the country for the
Correspondent Capacity was well
BELMONT
—
exceeded at Belmont Abbey Chapel when over 400 people gathered for Mass, a vespers service and rosary on Nov. 7 which created a prayerful atmosphere
sustained throughout Charlotte's Third
Marian Conference,
titled
"A
Call to
many
centers he has
established for relief efforts in Croatia
and Bosnia, he shared his mission of love and compassion. "Father Giordano really appeals to young people because he has a good sense of humor and knows how to make religion relevant," said Ashley Preston, a junior at Charlotte Catholic
High School present
for the
two-day
re-
Love."
treat.
With hymns lead by Schola Cantorum Carolinae Borealis, North
Other speakers included Jack Sacco, lecturer, musician and film producer, who is working on a production about the Shroud of Turin, and Benedictine Father Jacques Daley, who shared his devotion to the Blessed Mother and her role in his conversion to Catholicism. Father Daley is currently doing a series on St. Therese of Lisieux on EWTN (Eternal Work Television Network). Music was supplied by Al Barbarino, who performed some of his recent recordings from "The Essence of Being a
Carolina School of Chant, the participants joined the Benedictine
monks
for
evening vespers service followed recited by Wayne Weible, a former Protestant journalist who contheir
by the rosary
verted to Catholicism. In the
crowded chapel, Weible was first visit to St. James
reminiscent of his
Medjugorje. Author of "Medjugorie the Message," Weible shared how the Blessed Mother was instrumental in his conversion which led him to experience Christ's presence more fully in his life. He sees her loving relationship with Jesus worthy of emulation and suggests that "prayer can remind us everyday that love is there for us." The next day the retreat took place in
in the college
than
1
gymnasium, where more
,200 participants listened intently
of speakers. Songwriter Morin spoke about his conversion experience at Medjugorje and how he expresses his faith through music. to the line-up
Jerry
Another speaker, Father Giordano Belanich, vicar of the Croatian Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Newark, was a favorite with the youth attending the conference.
Known
throughout
Archdiocese Calls Report of in Church Just A Rumor DETROIT (CNS) A church
Suicide
spokesman
—
in Detroit
dismissed as an
unsubstantiated rumor a report that the
by retired pathologist Jack Kevorkian took place in a Catholic church. Ned McGrath, director of communications for the Detroit Archdiocese, said in a Nov. 14 statement that "Unless and until some credible inforlatest suicide assisted
mation is brought forward, there appears be no reason why the Archdiocese of Detroit and, for that matter, any religious institution, should dignify or investigate such claims," McGrath added. Fieger said Kevorkian had helped 74-year-old Nadia Foldes of Forest Lawn, N.Y., inhale carbon monoxide at a church in the Detroit Archdiocese where "there is a sympathetic priest." After the death of Foldes, who had liver cancer, Kevorkian took her body to Pontiac Osteopathic to
Hospital, Fieger said.
Judge Grants
Bail
To Indian
Who Was Paraded Naked DUMKA, India (CNS) — A Catho-
Priest
lic priest charged with sodomy and paraded naked through the streets has been granted bail after more than 10 weeks of
protests try.
by groups throughout the coun-
Father Swaminathan Christudas had
been
in
custody since Sept. 2 after a stu-
Catholic in the 90s." Barbarino, a layapostolate Franciscan of the Padre Pio Shelter in
New
money
York, raises
to
feed the poor and care for the homeless.
The final speaker. Father Jozo Zovko
and be the hands of the Lord," he
said.
of Medjugorje, founder of both the Re-
Relating to the miracle of the loaves and
newal Center located
fishes. Father
Zovko asked the people
be
and feed the people.
BosniaHerzegovina and Godparent Program for in
Bosnian Children, discussed living during communistic rule in Yugoslavia.
Thrown
in jail for his religious convic-
Zovko spoke from his heart faith he would die defending.
tions. Father
about the
Focusing on the
call to
love and serve
the children of the world, the priest chal-
lenged the people to be fertile soil for faith to grow. "Seek the person in darkness,
go
in the
world and do good works
dent accused the priest of sexual assault. Father Christudas is vice principal at St. Joseph School in Dumka, in India's eastem Bihar state. High Court Judge B.P. Sharma granted bail Nov. 12, reported News, an Asian church news
UCA
agency based
in
Thailand. Father
like Christ
"If you call yourself a Christian,
to
you
should not be afraid to be different than others. You should not be afraid to say Mary is the Mother of God, and the Eucharist is the Body of Christ," he said, adding that "your fears will accomplish nothing, only trouble others." He pleaded for greater Christian witness in America because "the young no longer know God." Father Zovko stated his concern Bible
is ftill
of bits of wisdom concern-
ing wealth, such as happy the rich
man
"who
turns not aside after gain." That
seems
to
fit
73-year-old Eleanor Boyer,
whose decision to share the wealth from a winning lottery ticket with her Somerville Catholic parish has thrust her
She pulled the win-
Christudas' attorney said the allegations
into the limelight.
against the priest were "baseless and
ning New Jersey Pick-6 lottery ticket that
concocted by some selfish people."
garnered her a lump sum payment of $11.8 million before taxes. Almost immediately after her Nov. 3 windfall she decided to give the money away. Immaculate Conception Parish in Somerville will receive $4.2 million. That is nearly half of Boyer's $8.5 million after-tax winnings. Boyer's gift will be of service to many, with the principle prudently invested and the interest going to several projects. Boyer planned to give most of her remaining winnings to local Somerville service organizations.
Bishop Pilla Undergoes Quadruple Bypass Surgery CLEVELAND (CNS) Bishop
—
Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland "is awake and alert, and has excellent vital signs," a doctor said after the bishop underwent quadruple bypass surgery Nov. 1 8. "Everything went as planned," said Dr. Mehdi Razavi, staff cardiologist with the Cleveland Clinic, at a 4 p.m. press conference. Originally, Bishop Pilla was to undergo three arterial bypasses, but after a fourth blockage was confirmed, an additional vein graft was performed by Dr. Bruce Lytle, his surgeon. "Bishop Pilla is resting quietly and is expected to leave the intensive care unit
by mid-af-
ternoon Nov. 19," said Father Michael
Dimengo,
director of
communications
for the Cleveland Diocese.
N.J. Lottery
Winner's Generosity
Will Benefit
Many
SOMERVILLE,
N.J.
Parish (CNS) The
in
—
Manchester Bishop Announces He Has Untreatable Cancer MANCHESTER, N.H. (CNS)
—
Bishop Leo E. O'Neil of Manchester anthat he has an untreatable form of cancer and has asked Auxiliary Bishop Francis J. Christian to handle the day-to-day affairs of the dio-
nounced Nov. 18
The 69-year-old bishop made the announcement at a press conference at home. Bishop O'Neil was first diagcese.
his
about the U.S. becoming a country without God and asked everyone to refocus
doing God's will. The message throughout the conference was one of love, which Father Zovko said must begin at home. "The family altar should be the school of faith, love, hope, prayer and peace," said the priest, who added the Blessed Mother provides a good example of Christian witness. "Her life demonstrates what it their priorities to
means
to accept a life according to faith
and love," he
said.
nosed with multiple myeloma, a form of bone marrow cancer, in 1993, when a tumor was removed from his sternum. In January 1 995 he underwent eight days of radiation and chemotherapy for a cancerous tumor on his leg. During a recent hospital stay to treat pneumonia, doctors discovered another form of cancer, acute leukemia. Bishop O'Neil said his doctors have not given him a time frame for the illness to run
its
course.
Pope Names Former Lansing Chancellor Bishop of Kalamazoo Pope WASHINGTON (CNS)
—
John Paul II has appointed Msgr. James A. Murray, former chancellor of the Diocese of Lansing, Mich., as bishop of the neighboring Diocese of Kalamazoo. He succeeds Bishop Alfred J. Markiewicz, who died Jan. 9 from brain cancer. Bom in 1932, in Jackson, Mich.,
Bishop-des-
ignate Murray attended St. Mary grade and high schools in Jackson, Sacred Heart Seminary in Defroit and St. John Provincial Seminary in the Detroit suburb of Plymouth. He was ordained a priest
of the Lansing Diocese
He was
in 1958.
appointed diocesan chancellor a post he held until this spring. He has been rector of St. Mary Cathedral since 1973, and moderator of the curia since 1991. He was named a in
1968
—
monsignor
in 1993.
November
The Catholic News
28, 1997
The Septuple! Babies: Raising
Questions
l\/lultiple
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN
fetuses
WASHINGTON
Hidden and excitement surrounding the recent births of the Iowa septuplets is an issue that many don't see much less pink and as black and white
crease the chance
reduce madness,"
of survival for the
Franciscan Father
blue.
her first public interview Nov. 21, said she and her
at the
Study of Ethics
in
husband decided
Health Care
not to abort any of
Boston.
the children be-
He
behind
all
(CNS)
—
the hoopla
—
Beyond
the sheer
amazement of the
of these seven children is the talk that some of these children might not have been, if the couple had followed birth
their doctor's advice.
would
in-
to
Bobbi
McCaughey,
said
Germain
others.
Kopaczynski,
in
Countering the medical advice, Fayou might
is
it,
di-
ther Norris said, "Logically,
think you must try to save
some
(of the
children). But the church takes the counter-intuitive approach and says not
do something morally
rector of education
to
Pope John Center for the
says you can never directly
said
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evil.
The church
kill
an inno-
cent person."
Helen Alvare, director of planning
in
and information for the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities,
the
pointed out the terrible juxtaposition of
cause "these are How can
whole idea "shows
"terminating a pregnancy within a preg-
hailed as a miracle
babies.
the schizophrenia
nancy."
rallied
you decide
our age has that wants children, but not too many, and
the
The record-making births have been by some. They have community and national support and turned the small town of Carlisle, Iowa, into an overnight media circus.
And in nearly every report that talks about Bobbi and
Kermy McCaughey and
you're going to have this one and you're not going to have that one?"
The advice
their instantly large family, there has
been the mention that the couple, because of their Baptist religious convictions, chose not to "selectively reduce" the number of fetuses. Stop right there, say Catholic medical ethicists who are concerned with the health care community's casual usage of this
the
euphemism for abortion. The McCaugheys were told early in pregnancy that aborting some of the
FOUR GREAT NAMES to
that
the
needs
Father
Kenny McCaughey, father of septuplets born in Iowa, shows the media seven hospital ID bracelets, one for each of his
wasn't new. Doc-
have long more
said that the fetuses a
life."
Dominican
McCaugheys
tors
to kill to
bring to
to
director for the Center of Health Care Ethics at St. Louis University, said this procedure
newborns, during a press conference Nov.
woman
21.
McCaughey and
had
his wife, Bobbi,
Patrick
Norris, associate
the been told early in her pregnancy that some of the babies had a better chance for each one. Mul"sets up a terrific survival if the number of fetuses were babies are tiple irony. Parents who selectively reduced. likely to be bom have been desperprematurely and run the risk of having ate for children have to make a decision cerebral palsy, brain damage, blindness, to destroy a healthy child." retardation or developmental problems. The decision is an arbitrary one and But today, with the increased use of one that no parent should have to make, fertility drugs and aggressive fertility both priests pointed out. treatments, the procedure of "selective "Choosing some humans to die so carries,
greater health risk to
reduction"
is
becoming more commoncompas-
place. It's also portrayed as the
sionate thing to do.
'The notion of using technology to help create
life
and then
to
use surgery
others might live is putting at human hands a decision that shouldn't be made," said Father Kopaczynski. "It means you're playing God, but unfortunately.
we
don't play
God
as
God
plays God."
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Diocesan News Briefs Basilica Christmas Fair
cussed with the use of a Biblical study
—
ASHEVILLE The Basilica of St. Lawrence presents a Christmas fair Dec. 5 from 12-3 p.m.; Dec. 6 from 9:30 a.m.4 p.m.; and Dec. 7 from 10:30 a.m.-l :30 p.m. in the
St.
Justin Center,
92
Haywood
Items available include religious articles, unique crafts and baked goods. For more information, call (704) 252-6042. St.
guide. Refreshments will be served.
Scriptural Series
TRYON
—A
scriptural series fo-
Open the Gospel of Luke" continues at St. John the Baptist Church Mondays at 7 p.m. in the church hall. Call (704) 859-9574 for more incusing on "Breaking
formation.
Abbey Chorus Performs
BELMONT — The Belmont Abbey College Chorus performs Dec. 4
at 8
lege students, faculty and staff, will perform a program of sacred and secular
ThompWest Charlotte High School. Accompanist is Jackie Gallagher. For more information, call
music. The director
is
Jocelyn
son, choral director of
(704) 825-6890.
— Group reunion Ultreya
BOONE
first
Sunday at
St.
Eliza-
beth Church in Pat Jones Hall at 12:30
A covered dish brunch follows. Call
p.m.
Raisers
the church office, (704) 284-8338, for
more information.
effort for three charities:
— A support group
widowed persons meets
thew Church
at St.
Mat-
Room
106 of the parish center each first Monday at 11:30 a.m. Call (704) 543-7677 for more informain
tion.
Advent Reflection CHARLOTTE An Advent reflection called "Listening to the Wind of the
—
Growth
Hinges on Awareness" is presented at St. John Neumann Church on Dec. 7 from 8:459:45 a.m. Admission is free, and babysitting is provided. Call (704) 535-4197 Spirit: Spiritual
for
Room at the Inn,
Because We Care, and Winston-Salem's Adopt-A-Family For the Holidays program. Several food drives sponsored by the AIDS Awareness Club, the Spanish Club, and the BMHS Athletic Depart-
—
that
Nine courts of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas in North Carolina have taken part this year in the new Safe Return program that serves Alzheimer patients. The courts raised funds that will provide scholarships for patients who cannot afford the cost of registering in the database maintained by Safe Return. The four North Carolina Alzheimer's Association chapters were each presented a check for $2,320.64 to assist in their work. Pictured are Catholic Daughters officers Marilyn Dunphy and Rosemary Carney; David Sharrits, executive director of the western chapter of the Alzheimer's Association; and Catholic Daughters officers Bernice Fowler, Marge Thomas, and Marjorie Maxwell.
ment also came to a close. The Mass, celebrated by the Very Rev. Joseph Kelleher, school chaplain, also included an educational element incorporating discussion of the Festival of Tents, also known as Sukkot, speculated to be the basis of the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving.
Widow, Widower Support
CHARLOTTE for
—
WINSTON-SALEM A Mass of Thanksgiving at Bishop McGuinness High School on Nov. 25 marked a culmination of a month-long fiind-raising
—
Ultreya
takes place each
Thanksgiving Mass Closes Fund-
p.m.
Abbey Church. The concert is free and open to the public. The 20-voice chorus, comprising Belmont Abbey colin the
Christmas Cantata
—
Around The Diocese
CONCORD The St. James Choir performs its annual Christmas Cantata, conducted and accompanied by Malek Jandali, Dec. 21 in the St. James Parish Center at 7:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door. Seniors'
—
World AIDS Day Services
— The Annual World AIDS Day 4 p.m. Central United Methodist Church. CHARLOTTE — Bishop William G. Curlin co-presides ASHEVILLE
Service
is
Dec. 7
Fifth
Interfaith
Healing
in
at
at Charlotte's
annual World AIDS Day ecumenical healing service on Nov. 30 St. Peter Episcopal Church at 7th and North Tryon Streets.
at 3
p.m. in
Luncheon
MONROE The Men's Club of Our Lady of Lourdes Church sponsors a
Natural Family Planning
—
ASHEVILLE A Natural Family Planning meeting, sponsored by Nazareth Parenting Center of the Basilica of St. Lawrence, is Dec. 8 at a 8:15
Christmas luncheon for seniors on Dec. 11 at 12 p.m. Door prizes will be given. Reservations will be accepted through Dec. 8. For details, call Jim Goss, (704) 233-5104.
p.m. in
Center. Adults, single or married, are invited for
St. Justin's
overview of NFP. For more information,
CHARLOTTE
— The
call
brief
(704) 252-6042.
introductory session of Natural Family Planning
each third Thursday at the Catholic Center is suspended until fiirther notice. For details, call Cathy, (704) 364-3348, or Carmen, (704) 663-641 1.
more information.
Youth Dance
—
Contemplative Prayer Group
CHARLOTTE open
to all
—
A prayer group people regardless of race,
creed, sexual orientation or
HIV/AIDS
meets every second and fourth Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at St. Peter Church. Gather at the rear enfrance. Call David Brown, (704) 535-3684, for more status
MONROE A semi-formal youth dance for students in grades nine- 12 is at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Hall on Dec. 6 from 7-11 p.m. Donation is $3 per person. For more information, call Therese, (704) 283-0644, or Mary Ellen, (704) 289-2278. WINSTON-SALEM
American Club GREENSBORO The Italian
—
American Social Club presents
its
22nd
annual Christmas dinner-dance Dec. 6 at the Cardinal Country Club from 6:301 1
:30 p.m. Cost
Guy Cerrito, (9
1
is
$33 per person. Call
0) 852-07 14, for details.
Advent Program
NORTH WILKESBORO
—
St.
John the Baptist de la Salle Church presents an Advent program from 10-11 a.m. each Sunday from Nov. 30-Dec. 2 1 The movie "Jesus of Nazareth" will be shown in four segments and will be dis-
— An
adult
Bible study series continues in the Jo-
seph House at Our Lady of Mercy Parish with a discussion on "Discovering Our Jewish Roots" 9:45-10:45 a.m. Sun-
The topic of the Christmas story begins Nov. 30. Call (9 1 0) 722-700 1 for more information.
area of St. church office, (704) 252-3 1 5 1 for more information. DENVER Nocturnal adoration begins each first Friday at Holy Spirit Church at 7 p.m. and concludes Saturday at 8 a.m. with Benediction, followed by rosary and Mass. Call Jim Kennedy, (704) 732-2673, for more informa-
date.
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HICKORY Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is each first Friday through the first Saturday at St. Aloysius Church. For details, call Sonja Bjerg, (704) 328-5047, or Jean Marie Hirsch, (704) 495-4339. GREENSBORO St. Paul the Apostle Church hosts eucharistic adoration from 9:30 a.m. each first Friday until 9 a.m. each first Saturday. Call
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until 10 p.m.
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at St.
group rosary
Thomas Aquinas Church
at
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1 November
Failed Foreign Aid Deal Said
(CNS)
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To
Clinton administration's failure to give
the world, according to a pro-life con-
in ill 1
the
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Catholic bishops of New Jersey spoke out
Nov. 18 against "any action which tramples on the individual rights of people simply because of their immigrant status." They cited roundups of illegal workers and efforts to exclude even legal immigrants from federal assistance programs. The letter reminded New Jersey residents that most of them were once immigrants to the United States or had
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parents or grandparents
to
strengthen the Catholic Church, uphold
Queen Hatshepsut
Christian morality and promote justice
A
and solidarity, said leaders of the Synod of Bishops for America. While acknowledging that the Caribbean, North, South and Central America have marked differences, the bishops praised Pope John Paul II's decision to hold one synod for the entire region. "I think that sense of seeing us as a unified group of pilgrims, as church with that wonderful exchange is a great North, Central and South vision and a great hope," Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, one of the synod presidents, said Nov. 17. Mexican Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez of
sent a message of condolence and a call for Egypt, Nov. 18. Pope John Paul peace and dialog following a terrorist attack there Nov. 17 in which 68 people were
retary, said the gathering would focus on the new evangelization of the region, promoting solidarity and working for justice, including in the area of international economic relations.
Milwaukee Restucturing To Result in 40 Fewer Parishes
MILWAUKEE
(CNS)
— Milwau-
lone tourist sits at the entrance of the temple of
sodes.
The show, which has struggled
boycott spearheaded by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, also gained the backing of Viewers for Quality Television, a media organization, and an unofficial Catholic group
Speak Out. Viewers for Quality Television gave "Nothing Sacred" five separate awards in early November, including a full endorsement. Catholics Speak Out placed a full-page ad in the Nov. 17 issue of Advertising Age, an industry journal, asking advertisers to support "Nothing Sacred." 601 Arrested in School of the called Catholics
Americas Demonstration
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
School of the Americas
at
Fort Benning,
Army base on trespass charges.
More than 2,000 took
"We will be asking every parish to make
vador, El Salvador.
part in the
sary of the slayings of six Jesuit priests,
cook and her daughter at the University of Central America in San Saltheir
A majority of those implicated in the killings were SOA graduates.
Of those
arrested in the pro-
but 28 were given "ban and bar"
test, all
priests
Fort Benning for one year.
cons and lay people
in ministries they're
The archbishop accepted a revised version of recommendations from a 14-member archdiocesan Planning Commission, which will mean par-
qualified for."
ish
mergers
in 13
of the archdiocese's
16 districts.
ABC Orders Nine More 'Sacred' Episodes; Show Gets New Backing
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
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The
ABC network has decided to pick up nine more episodes from the creators of "Nothing Sacred," giving the controversial show a full-season slate of 22 epi-
dem-
onstration Nov. 16, the eighth anniver-
us to plans
We
at
down the
Ga., resulted in 601 people being arrested
sulting in 40 fewer parishes in the 10county Milwaukee Archdiocese. Announced parish mergers will be put into motion over the next four years. The archdiocese currently has 273 parishes.
move ahead, and implement the we have made. We can't have doing everything, like we used to. have to make sure we accept dea-
In an
cred and historic," a protest aimed
inside the
a Nov. 6 press conference. "It's time for
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event one participant described as "sa-
nounced
Archbishop Weakland told
Luxor,
killed.
against low ratings and an advertiser
building public pressure to shut
sacrifices,"
in
II
kee Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, responding to declining numbers of priests and demographic shifts, has ana parish restructuring plan re-
in a sui-
N.J. Bishops Condemn Actions That Trample Immigrants' Rights TRENTON, N.J. (CNS) The 17
bishops of the Western Hemisphere are
Guadalajara, the synod's recording sec-
keep assisted suicide
drugs used to assist
purpose."
Bishops Committed To Working Together, Say Synod Officers The VATICAN CITY (CNS)
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to
out of
administrator
said that despite
would have no "legitimate medical
cide
Planned Parenthood International.
—
Oregon vote
legal, the
it seemed the Clinton administration would go to any lengths to protect 1 998 funding for family planning programs that promote abortion overseas, such as
working together
DEA
Thomas A. Constantine
gressman. Rep. Christopher Smith, RN.J., chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus, told Catholic News Service that
to
mean going
federal license could
practice altogether.
The
up $385 million in abortion aid overseas in exchange for billions of dollars in other foreign aid funding shows its "obsession with promoting abortion" around
1
Briefs
'Obsession' With Abortion
WASHINGTON
committed
& Herald
The Catholic News
28, 1997
World And National News Show
1
orders preventing them from entering
The other 28
were scheduled trict
to appear in U.S. DisCourt because they violated a pre-
vious ban and bar order.
Jesuits Urge OAS To Help Open Investigation of 1989 Murders SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) The Jesuits are urging the Organization of American States to help reopen investigations into the 1989 mur-
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der of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper
and her daughter. "The OAS could make a series of recommendations to the government to (help) obtain the full truth about this case," Father Jose Maria Tojeira, rector of Jesuit-run Central
American University, said Nov. 17 in San Salvador. The point would be to "analyze and review the gray areas of the juhe said
dicial process,"
in
broadcast on national TV.
happy with the
ROME (CNS) — The man who tried
to kill
"We
Italian investigators for five
are not
nor with the amnesty law ... (which) truncated the whole process," Father Tojeira added. On Nov. 15, some 3,000 people commemorated the eighth anniversary of the killings with a traditional candlelit procession around the university campus, the scene of the murders the morning of Nov. 16, 1989. Vatican Predicts Sixth Straight
Annual Budget Surplus VATICAN CITY (CNS) The
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Vatican predicted its sixth consecutive budget surplus in 1998 and said rising contributions from the world's faithful were providing a thin but consistent margin of financial security. The Vatican said its income next year would be about $560,000 more than expenses, which are expected to total about $183 million, U.S. Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka told a press conference Nov. 18. Of the projected 1998 income, about $69 million the total
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will
Suicide Foes Welcome DEA Ruling On Doctors' Participation PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) Oregon
—
opponents of physician-assisted suicide have welcomed the federal Drug Enforcement Agency's announcement it could suspend the prescription-writing power of any doctor who helps patients die. Though the 50 states control licensing of doctors, the DEA registers physicians to prescribe controlled substances
such as
common
biturates that
suicides. For
painkillers
and the bar-
would be used in assisted some doctors, losing the
98 1 met with hours after put an end to linger-
Pope John Paul
saying he wanted to
II in
1
ing mysteries about the case.
Mehmet Ali
Agca, a Turk serving a
sentence for
the shooting,
was
life
interrogated Nov. 17
prison in Ancona, Italy, by investigating magistrate Antonio Marini. Marini did not immediately comment on their meeting. But Agca's lawyer, Maat a
rina Magistrelli, said afterward that her
had "cleared up the
client
entire ques-
tion of the papal shooting."
Agca had
She said
also spoken about the alleged
"Bulgarian connection" to the assassination attempt.
Dietzen, from page 5 The
final goal, then,
of every
in-
dividual person, of everything people do,
is
the same: to share in
God's own
eternal happiness
arrive in various forms of contributions
from dioceses, religious orders and foundations, he said. Cardinal Szoka, former president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See, said the United States, Germany and Italy were the top donor countries.
arrived as
Man Who Shot Pope Meets With Investigators To Clear Up Case
an interview
judicial investigations,
— more than one-third
who
immigrants. "We exhort the Catholic community and all New Jerseyans to remember that when you look into the mirror each morning, you see the face of an immigrant or the descendant of an immigrant," the bishops said.
(Catechism, Nos. 1718-1719). story of our salvation and the it happens is filled with myster-
The
way ies
and wonders. According to Cathohowever, we will need to ne-
lic faith,
gotiate those mysteries, including the
eternal life of unbaptized children, without resorting to something called
limbo.
A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about
mother ofJesus,
is
Mary, the
available by send-
ing a stamped, self- addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704, N. Main St.. Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same
address.
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The Catholic News
& Herald
November
yfojfy O^ecfeemer
palish
Glenmary Father Joseph Dean arMurphy in December of 1954. The Glenmary Home Missioners of America came to Murphy at the invitation of the Raleigh Diocese encomuntil
rived in
Profile
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Pastor: Father
westernmost counties: Cherokee, Clay and Graham. There were eight Catholic families who lived in Murphy during the time of Father Lane's talks. Just two Catholic families lived in the entirety of Clay County, with one Maronite Catholic family living in Andrews. It was in the home of those Maronite Catholics, the ElKhouris, who had no Eastern-rite priest
James J.
Wilmes l\/lass
Schedule: Sunday, 11 a.m.
Number
to celebrate
of parishioners:
Number
80
new
for them, that a
With Glenmary presence of households: 50
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missionary activity taking root in western North Carolina in the late 1 950s, Father Lane continued to concentrate his outreach on Murphy and Andrews while
in Andrews called Holy Redeemer wasn't built until 962 and the community declared a parish un1
his assistant,
1976, Catholic presence in the area
who arrived in
1956, turned
his attention to nearby Robbinsville
dates back decades earlier.
of 1962, the Catholic com munity of Andrews gathered for the first time in their new church. Also called Holy Redeemer, the building was the first large project completed by the Glenmary Brothers' Building Crew. Bishop Michael J. Begley granted Holy Redeemer Church parish status in June of 1976, and installed Father August Guppenberger as its first resident
While the year-round Catholic populafion in the Andrews area has grown slowly over the past quarter- century, Tar Heel mountains fill
visitors to the
Holy Redeemer Church
The clergy and parishioners of Holy Redeemer Church have been active in community and ecumenical events and
and
for the
capped gain employment, and, most
women
parish its sil-
project occurring
couple of months, feeding the spirihunger of the few Catholics there and satisfying, perhaps, the curiosity of those local residents viewing Catholicism as an anomaly. Following Father Lane's brief string of talks, there wasn't another
ver jubilee in June
few years, Andrews had officially become a mission of Murphy, although Masses didn't oc-
part in a diocesan
Andrews until 1958. It was in November of that year that a storefront chapel was set up on Main Street and named Holy Redeemer. The present church property was acquired in 1959. Masses were cel-
at the time, the
by leading a community educa-
ebrated in the basement of the town's
tional
li-
brary until construction of the church-
regular pastoral presence in the region
rectory building
was completed
in
1
962.
re-
in crises.
celebrated
regularly celebrated
tual
The pastor at the time was Father James J. Wilmes, who continues to serve Holy Redeemer Church and its mission. Prince of Peace Church in Robbinsville. Father Wilmes, who served in the area in the late '50s and early '60s, returned in August of 1986 to continue the Glenmary tradition in Andrews. He ministers to a flock of some 80 parishioners at Holy Redeemer Church and another 30 in the mission community in Robbinsville.
of Birthright to help pregnant
time in Andrews on Christmas Day in 1955 in the ElKhouri home. Within a
cur in
A parish hall was converted from a car garage as part of the jubilee festivities as well.
cently, a chapter
Father Lane led a weekly lecture sefor a
community, giving guided tours of the recently refurbished sanctuary and reconciliation room and explaining tenets of the faith. Catholic customs and the Mass.
founding a food bank for the poor, a sheland migrant persons, an organization to help the mentally handi-
first
Murphy courthouse
parish hosted an open house for the
ter for local
Diocese named Father Lane was appointed pastor of St. John Parish, based in Waynesville and comprising all of North Carolina west of town. ries at the
to capacity dur-
ing the tourist seasons.
The Mass
Father Lane celebrated
-
pastor.
Hayesville.
In 1937, a priest from the Raleigh
G^urcJi
In June
projects, playing leadership roles in tent re-
vival services, thrift shops for the poor,
ANDREWS — While the Catho-
til
Mass
Catholic community was bom.
church
lic
all
Murphy Church as well as responsibility for North Carolina's three
Smol<y IVIountain
Vicariate:
of North Carolina at the time to assume their pastorate at St.
passing
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evangelization
Legion of Mary came to Andrews to help celebrate
program
focusing on ecumenism. The
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