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invigorate convert By JOANITA M.

residents, plays the piano

NELLENBACH

tells

Correspondent

she's stressed

BRYSON CITY some

a journey, and

is

Faith

arrive at

milestones later than others. That's true for Elinor de

Torn

her

funny

own

stories.

was bap-

tized a Catholic at 88, she

had

She

feel at peace.

ioners take her to services.

was

born

in

Dresden, Germany, in 1907, after her parents had emigrated there from Seattle,

Wash. Her

wars, been mar-

studied

ried

twice and been an opera singer, poet and

Dresden,

writer. It

heard that American dentists were needed there.

a dentist

a

warm welcome

father,

who had in

He had been

that triggered her

Ca-

a

violinist,

had

also

concert so there

tholicism.

was always music

Hudson had been a seasonal

member going

in the

Hudson.

Hudson

ago.

mine got marJoseph (Church), and

friend of

ried at St.

she invited

Hudson

me to

said.

(Fields) put his

the wedding,"

"Father Tom arm around me

and welcomed me. After

that,

I

was so impressed with the church and the people." She began attending Mass. "I liked

the sociability they

'You get

have," she said.

know food.

the people. I

I

to

liked the

love to eat, and they al-

ways give me something

to

take home."

Hudson,

now

95, lives

on

her own, but she's been staying at

Autumn Wind

Assisted Liv-

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home

is

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St.

are roaring over their

new

the three-story building. "It's a wonderful contribution to the lives and faith of the parish."

The ter

state-of-the-art cen-

was part of the

parish's

past their prime," said Jerry Felton, director of parish op-

who helped run the support campaign for the $3 million project "with the help of hundreds of volun-

erations,

teers."

G.

plans to accommodate the 30 percent growth in parish-

Curlin, former bishop of the

ioners since 1993, as well as

move

Diocese of Charlotte, blessed

eliminate cramped quarters in the school. The center was built on the spot where two

he

building.

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there.

Hudson's father, a minister's son, was a good dentist, but not a good businessman. He treated patients even when they couldn't pay him. Every Christmas, her parents invited poor and lonely people to dinner, but one year there was no money for the traditional presents and goose dinner. Her mother wanted to call off

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trailers,

used for classroom

space, sat for over 10 years.

6.

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"It's magnificent," said Bishop Curlin, while touring

those trailers.

Life of St. Francis of

St.

Assisi

remembered,

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said.

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,

The Catholic News & Herald

2

Maryland woman's

The World

October

committee adopted an "Agenda for Protection" to update and strengthen international treaties

in 1951 and 1967. Knights' leader urges Americans to stay involved in service INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (CNS) A new culture of service and volunteerism must be the legacy of

adopted

sion has concluded that messages alleged

have been delivered to a Maryland

woman by

Mary

the Blessed Virgin

in-

volve nothing supernatural and that, in fact, some of the apocalyptic prophecies

she has

made

1 1 attacks, the head of the Knights of Columbus told leaders of

public contain "negative

elements." In a letter sent to the

the Sept.

woman,

Gianna Talone-Sullivan, at her home near Emmitsburg, the archdiocese's judicial vicar and cardinal's delegate for canonical affairs, Msgr. Jeremiah F.

fraternal benefit societies at their an-

nual meeting in Indian Wells Sept. 26. Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, addressing the National Fraternal Congress of America's conference, said the attacks taught Americans new "lessons of service and sacrifice, of heroism and compassion" and that

Kenney, informed her that Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler accepts the findings of the three-priest commission.

The

24

Sept.

letter also said the cardinal

views conducted between April and June with 2,929 Latinos, of whom 1,329 said

groups and fraternal benefit sowith histories of charitable giving and volunteerism from their members, must play leading roles in helping Americans to continue acts of service. Right after the Sept. 1 1 attacks, the Knights of Columbus established its $1 million Heroes Fund to provide immediate cash assistance of $3,000 to each widow or surviving family member of the more than 400 police officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians killed in

they were registered voters.

rescue efforts at the

has instructed that "no Catholic church

CNS

may

be used for the purpose of providing a platform for any activities associated with the alleged apparitions." Msgr. Kenney told The Catholic Review, Baltimore archdiocesan newspaper, "We

properties

do not believe in the apparitions." Zambia to intervene with over modified food U.S. appeals to Vatican

— The

ROME (CNS) ernment appealed

Colin Powell wrote to Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, Vatican foreign minister, to ask the Vatican to endorse distribution of the grain, some of which is slated for distribution by Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops' international relief and develop-

cieties,

Solemn

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 5. The service paid tribute to 446 U.S. firefighters who died in the line of duty last year, including the 347 who perished in the Sept. 1 1 World Trade Center attacks. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation sponsored the service and march.

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Rights of child, refugee must be protected, Vatican official says

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— A ma-

jority of Latino registered voters favor

either outlawing abortion totally or heavily restricting

it,

according to a

new

The survey

also re-

ported that education and the

economy

national survey. are the

two most important

political is-

sues among Latinos. Generally, the Latino electorate tends to be conservative

on family and sexual issues and

survey.

HERA

shows

opposition to abortion

bassador to the Vatican, told Catholic News Service Oct. 4 the Vatican had replied to the letter but he could not comment on its content until Powell's office had a chance to read it. He said the fact that Powell personally appealed to the Vatican was unusual and demonstrated the seriousness with which the U.S. government

&

situation.

Survey of Latinos on

liberal

S

firefighter holds candle during national shrine service

A firefighter holds a candle during a service for fallen firefighters at the

ment agency. Jim Nicholson, U.S. am-

W

civic photo by Martin Lueders

U.S. gov-

to the Vatican to

intervene in a standoff over food assistance to Zambia, which has rejected tons of U.S.-produced genetically modified grain to feed millions of people at risk of starvation. In late September, U.S. Secretary of State

N E

2002

ecutive

'visions'

said not valid, have 'negative elements' A BaltiBALTIMORE (CNS) more archdiocesan theological commisto

11,

Brief

in

regarding social It cited

issues, said the

respondents' support for

government providing if it means paying higher taxes. The survey titled "The Latino Electorate" was conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation to determine political attitudes and party identification of registered voters. It is based on intera bigger federal

more

services,

even

Diocesan. planner October 13 ANDREWS

— Holy Redeemer

Church, 214 Aquone Rd., will start today a weekly celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at 3:30 p.m. in Spanish. There will no longer be a Spanish Mass offered every other week on Friday evenings at St. William Church, Murphy. Call (828)3214463 with questions.

13 GUILFORD

COUNTY

— The

Vatican official said. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Vatican observer to Geneva-based U.N. agencies, told the UNHCR executive committee that the principles of asylum and international protection of refugees have

14 FRANKLIN St.

299 Maple

— The Women's

Francis of Assisi Church, St.,

will

be having their

— The

"is

not a dark and

Pope John Paul

unknown

tunnel,"

Romanian Orthodox Patriarch Teoctist. As a sign of hope and festivity, the pope said he wanted to welcome the patriarch to the told

II

Vatican Oct. 7 along with a host of faithful. More than 100,000 Catholics

from around the world were on hand when the pope offered his official welcome at the end of an audience with

who came

15 CHARLOTTE - Starting today Mass will be celebrated each Tuesday in

Barnable (828)369-1565.

14 MAGGIE VALLEY

— Living Wa-

ters Catholic Reflection Center,

103 Liv-

ing Waters Ln, is hosting Sr. Fran Grady, SCL and Freeman Owle today through Oct 20. The "Nature Retreat: Might and Wonderful Are Your Works" theme will employ a deep conversation with God who lives and dwells in the mountains, the streams and within ourselves.

Need

details, call

CHARLOTTE

with

Services will present vival at St.

Seminar"

this

(828)926-3833.

— CSS,

istry in collaboration

Guild of

(CNS)

future of Catholic-Orthodox relations

monthly meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the Family Life Center. The meetings feature guest speakers and special events periodically. For information, call Claire

boro invites interested persons to an informational meeting today from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the Franciscan Center, 233 N Green St., Greensboro. For

8146 or (336)454-3479.

pope says

pilgrims

15

Lyn Ryan (336)855Georgette Schraeder

tunnel,'

VATICAN CITY

been "a veritable lifeline for millions of persons over the past years in every continent." "They must not be weakened," he said at the Sept. 30-Oct. 4 meeting. During the meeting, the ex-

Secular Franciscan Family of Greens-

information, call

Catholic-Orthodox relations not 'dark and unknown

GENEVA "(CNS) The right of persecuted people to receive asylum in another country and the absolute obligation to provide special protection for refugee children must be emphasized in new programs of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, a

World Trade

Center.

Elder Min-

US

Financial

"The Senior Sur-

morning, 10-1 1:30

Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400

Suther Rd. This free educational seminar will provide facts on Medicaid, Medicare, protecting assets, reducing nursing home costs, keeping savings, and living trusts. For reservations call Sandra Breakfield (704)370-3220.

for the Oct. 6 can-

onization of St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. Pope John Paul said he entrusted the 87-year-old patriarch's visit to the pilgrims' prayers.

October in the chapel at Carolinas MediCenter (main campus) at noon. Each Wednesday in October Mass will be ofcal

fered in the chapel at

noon.

For

(704)541-5026.

17

CMC

details call Fr.

CHARLOTTE

-

Mercy

at

John Hoover

— The

Fordham

University Alumni Club cordially invites all Alumni of Jesuit colleges to its 3rd annual Jesuit College Alumni Networking Night The event will be held tonight from 7-9 p.m. at the Tyber Creek Pub. Dr. James Gearity, a graduate of 3 Jesuit universities and president of Belmont Abbey College will be the guest speaker. For information call Joe

Robinson (704)366-3759. Mother s Rosary 17 CHARLOTTE Fellowship Group meets every Thursday at various homes to pray the Rosary for World Peace and other intentions. We are a group of women young and old

•dedicated to praying the rosary.

belong to different parishes

We

in the

all

Dio-


October

11,

2002

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

in

Ministry conference focuses on today's challenges to family life KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CNS) The

might

children, but

summed up

life

in the nation's heartland.

for the said.

about priests, says speaker

in the list

speakers told the 200 lay ministers

gathered

masks yet

need them," she

I

Abuse coverage overshadows good stories

today were of workshops during the 22nd annual conference of the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers Oct. 2-5 in Kansas City. "Building Bridges: A Remarriage Program" was one workshop topic. "Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends" was another. Still other workshops examined a pastoral response to domestic violence, how to minister to the grieving and the bishops' national program to prevent child abuse. Never has the nation needed Catholic ministers to families more than it does now, keynote challenges facing family

the path of Iraqi missiles.

lie in

don't have gas

"I

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (CNS) Media coverage of the sex abuse crisis has focused on priests "who are wounded and have caused wounds in others," but there are untold stories of

"compassion and faithfulness and wisdom," a speaker told a Cedar

priests'

Rapids audience. The priesthood "takes guts" and is not "for the faint of heart," Clarice Flagel, former family life director for the

Dubuque

Archdiocese, said in a

keynote speech to more than 600 people of different faiths who gathered for an appreciation dinner for priests sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. Her

who 'You

witness to the presence of God's love in

advice to the younger priests was "to

Kevin Boland of Savannah, Ga., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Marriage and Family Life, in brief remarks Oct. 2 to open the conference. Target gives $2.5 million

look to the

the world," said Bishop

J.

CNS

photo by Paul Borja, Pacific Voice

Benji Santiago, center, leads members of the Natibu Dance group in procession to the new church of Merizo, Guam, Sept. 29. Following a Spanish custom, the church has a double name San Dimas and Our Lady of the Rosary Church.

to Catholic school's nonprofit center

MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) — A

$2.5

Center for Nonprofit Management at the University of St. Thomas will help train managers and employees of nonprofit organizations to meet community needs as effectively as possible. Half of the funds will be used to support the center's operations in downtown Minneapolis, and half will be used to underwrite programs it runs in new locations New York, Chicago and Berea, Ky. The 1 1year-old center offers educational programs that range from a master's in business administration, with a concentration in nonprofit management, to oneday seminars. Last year, the center served 1,900 participants, an increase of 800 over the previous year.

Ottawa Archdiocese launches fund-raiser to cover World Youth Day debt (CNS)

— The

Archdio-

cese of Ottawa has launched a

pay

its

cese. call

17

campaign to share of the $38 million (US$23.8

Anyone is welcome. If interested Grace Narus (704)543-1237.

WAYNESVILLE

St.

John

Church, 234 Church St, will offer Inquiry Sessions tonight and each week on

Thursdays

at 7 p.m. for those persons interested in the Roman Catholic Church. Baptized Catholics who wish to

receive further sacraments are also in-

(828)456-6707 or (828)648-

vited. Call

7369 with questions.

18

CHARLOTTE

— Thank God

It's

Friday (TGIF), a weekly support group for separated and divorced women,

meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the St. Matthew Church parish center, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., with its monthly potluck dinner and a guest speaker from the community. For details call Trish Wilson (704)543-8986. 9 ASHEVILLE St. Joan of Arc urch, 919 Haywood Rd., will be havg a neighborhood fall festival today om 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the gym. There will games, food, face painting, Cakewalk,

usic,

etc.

Call (828)252-3151

with

will

Ukrainian priest calls

on government to return church property

million gift from Target Corp. to the

OTTAWA

men of wisdom around you. be a light unto your feet when the darkness comes and a beacon of hope as your days of priesthood unfold."

They

LVIV, Ukraine (CNS)

—A

Ukrai-

nian priest has called on the government to return confiscated church properly and to respect the rights of Catholics. Father

million) deficit of World

Youth Day 2002

and to eliminate the diocesan debt for the

Days

in the Diocese.

The

goal

is

nearly $1.3 million (US$801,000)

to raise

$1.1

pay the diocesan share of the World Youth Day debt and the remaining $175,000 (US$109,000) for the Days in the Diocese shortfall. Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa announced the launch of the campaign following a meeting with parish priests Oct. 3. "Many people moan and groan over this debt, but World Youth Day has had a wonderful effect in our country and in our diocese," he said. He said the Canadian bishops had agreed that any deficit would be apportioned to the nation's dioceses based on the number of Catholics in each million (US$691,000) to

diocese.

Catholics worry about their fate if U.S., Iraq go to war Nadia JAFFA, Israel (CNS) In Jaffa,

questions. 1

9 BELMONT

will host a

— The

Sisters of Mercy

yard event today from 8 a.m-

noon on the campus of the Sisters of Mercy, 101 Mercy Drive, in the former McCarthy Library (also former

YMCA). of

Everything

will benefit Sisters

Mercy sponsored

ministries.

Ques-

Abu Rosa remembers how

she tried to find a safe hiding place for her children during the Persian Gulf War when Iraq retaliated against U.S. bombing

tory missile attacks against Israel if the United States attacks Iraq. Abu Rosa, 51, a member of Jaffa's St. An-

rights of

thony Parish, lives with her six children and 5-month-old grandchild. "I

am

afraid for all the children in the

— Churches

in the

Charlotte area will host Ultreyas:

St.

Cherkasy, sent a letter

during the Soviet

"We

era.

are

again asking you to quit disrespecting the

Roman

Catholic believers and

involving them in acts of the authorities

which are not always proper and tactful," Father Hurskyi said in a letter to the head of the Cherkasy regional authority. The priest called the government's response to the church's request for the return of

Arabic coffee with some two dozen

property "the peak of cynicism." In an earlier response to church demands, the

other women in the parish hall following Mass. "Also in Iraq there are chil-

dren and they are suffering a lot. In the end it is the people who suffer, not the governments," she said. Abu Rosa said she is worried that Jaffa a mixed Jewish-Arab city nestled next to Tel Aviv in the heart of urban Israel

Ballantyne Pkwy, 1:30 p.m. Oct. 27 with childcare and family potluck. Questions? Call Dan Hines (704)544-6665.

20 STATESVILLE

— St

Philip the

Apostle Church, 525 Camden Dr., will hold its annual parish picnic on the church grounds from 3-6 p.m. For infor-

mation

call

the office (704)872-2579.

— The

Porres Pro-Chapter of the Dominican Laity will be meeting tonight and every

14.

in

world," she said Oct. 6 while sipping

19 FRANKLIN

20 CHARLOTTE

Church

fiscated

21 ASHEVILLE

Rights for Families with Limited Income (Derechos Legales para Farailias de Bajos Recursos) workshop will be at 9:30 a.m. today at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 299 Maple St. Presentations will be on legal issues and immigration and naturalization law and how as Catholics we respond to these issues. Call (828)497-9498 or email maryherr@dnet.net to register by Oct.

tion

protesting the government's slow response in returning church properly con-

by firing Scud missiles at Israel. Today she fears another round of retalia-

tions? Call Kris Jordan (704)829-5260.

— Legal

Oleksandr Hurskyi, pastor of Assump-

third

Monday

St.

Martin

De

at 7 p.m. in St. Justin's

Center at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St Inquirers are welcome. For information contact Beverly Reid (828)253-6676. 21 CHARLOTTE -The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 1 Mecklenburg County-St. Brigid, an Irish-Catholic social and charitable in-

government suggested submit a

list

its

that the church

of disputed properties to the

regional authority before Oct. 20 "in or-

der to prepare proposals and set a deadline for the restoration

of the rights of

churches and religious organizations to religious property."

have suffered a loss are invited to attend the monthly memorial Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East that will be taking place tonight at 7:30 p.m. Call the church office at (704)334-2283 with the name(s) of loved ones so they may be remembered during the Mass.

23 GUILFORD COUNTY

— The

Ancient Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking for

more

Irish Catholic

men to join them

for meetings, educational seminars social events.

For time and

and

location call

Michael Slane (336)665-9264.

25 HOT SPRINGS

— The

Jesuit

House of Prayer, 289 NW Hwy. 70,

is

25/

hosting a "Spirituality of Heal-

ing" retreat starting tonight, 7 p.m.

ter-parish group, will

through morning Mass with light

7:30 p.m. at St.

lunch. Karen Purcott will invite par-

meet tonight at Gabriel Church, 3016

Church, 1400 Suther

Providence Rd. Anyone interested in

by

their Irish-Catholic roots, call Jeanmarie

ticipants to use scripture readings and prayer to reflect upon their own need

School of Leaders and potluck (childcare available); St. Matthew Church, 8015

Schuler (704)554-0720 for information.

for healing.

23 CHARLOTTE

(828)622-7366.

Thomas Aquinas Rd., today at

1:30 p.m. followed

All families

who

For registration

call


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Food, education,

MARK

PATTISON Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS)

education and AIDS-fighting drugs are the three top needs of the millions in sub-Saharan African afflicted with AIDS, according to Stephen Lewis, the special envoy of U.N. SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan for the HIV/ situation in Africa.

The

from the

toll

— To

serve at Holy

Fisher.

Fisher, medical director

Holy Angels the

annual Dr. C.

first

Lewis

Ellis

ing Hands, Caring Heart

at

Fisher Car-

Award

at the

annual Employee Appreciation and Awards Banquet Oct. 4. The Caring Hands, Caring Heart

Award

will be given in future years to

who

individuals

disease,

and physician

for the past 25 years, with

exemplify qualities of

— people who

Fisher

truly care

com-

predicted, will only get worse.

passionately, love deeply and share

Of the 28 million people with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, 15 mil-

and treasure in their commitment to the ministry and mis-

or 53 percent, are women. But in the 15-24 age group, he said, 67 percent are female. "It is Darwinian survival of the fittest gone berserk,"

sion of

lion,

Lewis

said.

Lewis, a former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, spoke during an Oct. 7 meeting of the HlV/ AIDS strategy group of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, an international group of participating churches and church-related agencies promoting study and action on global trade and HIV/AIDS, among other issues.

Father Robert

J.

Vitillo,

the U.S. bishops' Catholic for

Human

Development,

head of

Campaign is

a

mem-

ber of the strategy group. The meeting took place at the bishops' headquarters building in Washington.

Lewis blamed the "predatory sexual behavior of adult males" for the ballooning AIDS numbers among

women. At one

hospital he visited in

Tan-

Holy Angels,

and adults with mental retardation and other disabilities. The theme for the evening was "honoring heroes," a title most appropriate for the

many

who

people

Angels, including

ing board president, plaque recognizing her

Fisher, however,

would do it in the where the hospital was or somewhere "far from home," but not in their

home

villages.

"They were absolutely confident they would be ostracized by the community, shunned by their families, and be considered a danger to their children," he said. In listing food as one of the three main needs of AIDS victims in Africa, Lewis said his experience has shown

him that "when food, she says

When

man

a it

woman is

for her children.

asks you,

it

is

for

added.

The situation is made worse by continuing drought and the specter of famine. Lewis said

14.4 million citi-

zens in six African nations are at risk of starvation. He said the famine "was probably a famine caused by AIDS" because of

American Academy of Pediatrics, North Carolina Pediatric Society, Gaston County Medical Society and American

to me."

Medical Association. In 1977, he served

award," said Fisher. "I'm speechless

Fisher, a native of Franklin, Va.,

spent most of his

North Carolina, graduating from Ashley High School in Gastonia and earning his undergraduate degree from Duke University in 1965. He graduated from University of North Carolina School of Medicine in in

life

while presenting the award.

the

Fisher

When does

known

for his* compassion.

called to check

it

He

night.

is

it

day or

if it's

one of their "angels" enters the

making the

holiday

sick child, he

brings comfort to parents and

staff when

And

on a

doesn't matter

He

assists parents in

best choices for the care of

1969.

ties

They laugh

that flash

on and

effectiveness of

my

pediatric practice,"

said Fisher. "Treating children with disabilities allows

me

to gain greater

be certified as a child examiner for abused children. Fisher has traveled to Haiti as a medical missionary and is planning another trip in the near future. He is a member of the North Carolina Children

and Adult Research

opportunity."

first

Gastonia, Fisher

to

physician in Gaston

County

to

Foundation,

at his off.

Various staff members described as, "wonderful, devoted, unconditional, and dependable, as someone who cares, who stands up for what he believes in the care and well being of children." They describe him as a man with a great big heart and smile; someone they all look up to and ad-

He

"Being a part of the Holy Angels family has added tremendously to the

the children love him, respond-

bow

"It is

Gaston Memorial Hospital's chief of

staff.

not nearly so difficult to handle in healthy patients. It has also helped me in counseling to make each person aware of the blessings we so often take for granted in a healthy body. "My association with Holy Angels is an opportunity to return those blessing to those who are less fortunate or cannot help themselves," he said. T thank God for allowing me to have this

Returning

s

Fisher

mire.

as

insight on medical problems that are

joined Gastonia Children's Clinic. A giver to church and community, he was

is

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asks you for

himself." In any event, "they're always hungry. They always need food," he a

was the

highlight of the evening.

ing to his gentle touch.

village

who received a many contribu-

tions.

Honoring

Regina Moody, president and CEO of Holy Angels, presents the first annual Dr. C. Ellis Fisher Caring Hands, Caring Heart Award to Dr. Fisher as board member Rev. Rob Hinman, a Presbyterian minister, looks on.

Holy

Lynn Leonard, outgo-

11 of the 13 AIDS sufferers were women. "As always, the group was predominantly women," he said.

sufferers said they

contribute to the

love and care of the residents at

their children.

The AIDS

a residential cen-

ter that provides services for children

zania in late September, Lewis said,

Lewis said he asked whether they would feel comfortable talking with

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their time, talents

gates of heaven.

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Around the Diocese

Life of St. Francis of Assisi By ELLEN NEERINCX

remembered, honored

on Oct.

— Each

a "decimation of

year, at sunset

citizens ages

men and

Franciscan

3,

women around the world gather to celebrate the Transitus or the passing from earthly life to everlasting life of St. Francis of Assisi. Members of the Fraternity of Brother Francis, the Hickory area group of Secular Franciscans, celebrated this passage at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Thirty people gathered for the evening service, which has been celebrated annually in the new church for the last three years. "St. Francis is the founder and leader of one of the greatest orders in the Catholic Church," said Ruth Thoni, minister of the local fraternity. "He was the guiding star for his contemporary, St. Clare, setting an example and showing mercy to the humble and the poor." During the service, members of the local fraternity read passages from the testament of St. Francis, from the narration of St. Francis' death by Thomas of Celano, and from the blessing that St. Francis gave to his brothers on his deathbed. Those in attendance recited "The Canticle of Brother Sun," a prayer that praises God and thanks him for the elements of nature, and sang hymns remembering the saint. They sat in the dark and watched as candles were lit to symbolize the life of St. Francis, and as the candles were extinguished slowly, one by one, to symbolize his passing. They also heard from Bill Borst, a candidate for membership in the fraternity, who spoke of his first trip to Assisi. In 1996, he and his wife were on a bus tour that stopped for only three hours in the town. "We tried to

"the people

much

as

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women,

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some education before they leave this world." But "many kids are not in the classrooms because their teachers are dying of AIDS," he said, and cited projections that 17 percent of the teachers in one Mozambican province would be dead of AIDS by 2010. "It's complicated by the fact that the orphan children don't have money for school fees," Lewis said. "It's all prohibitively expensive in a desperately impoverished society." In his travels throughout sub-Saharan African, Lewis said, he did not hear these words uttered exactly, but the gist of the message he received many times was: "You, mister white man, have the drugs in your country. ... Why can't we have the drugs? Why must we have to die prematurely?" he asked. Lewis added, "The criminal and moral default in the Western world is beyond human comprehension." Speaking strictly for himself, he said, he doesn't understand why, when it comes to government spending, "millions of people die (of AIDS), but war continues its sacro-

pel.

sanct status."

kids to have

Photo by Ellen N. Sigmon

Members of the Fraternity of Brothers Francis stand next to their hand painted banner during the celebration of the Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Lenoir Oct. 3. From left are Sister Andrea Inkrott, John Martin, Edna Lewis, Bill Brockhoff and Frank Cogger. knew

A few years later, he was called to go out into the world, and, as in the Gospel of Matthew 10:5-14, to possess nothing, but to do good everywhere he went. He began preaching and gathered 12 disciples who became the original brothers of his or-

that there was something more there than the art and the treasure.

We've been back three

times."

Borst also read remarks made by Pope John Paul II on his first visit to Assisi. After the service, those in atten-

dance were invited downstairs to have refreshments and to watch a film about the lives of St. Francis and St.

Clare of Assisi.

local fraternity

Members

der.

of the

were available to

St. Francis was born into a wealthy family in Assisi, Italy in 1182, and led a carefree life as a young man. After a battle between Assisi and Perugia, he was held pris-

life.

The Fraternity of Brother Francis

ill-

way

plans

When

he returned to Assisi in 1205, he began caring for lepers and working to restore old churches. His father was angered by this change in his son and legally disinherited him. of

as his health

discovered that the stigmata the marks of the crucifixion of Christ had appeared on "his body. He returned to Assisi and died two years later, surrounded by the brothers of his order and without possessions. He was canonized in 1228.

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He noted that census takers in sub-Saharan African are seeing more households headed by grandmothers who take care of their grandchildren youngsters' parents after the have died of AIDS. And when

the grandmothers die,

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U.N. nuncio protests Friars honor for wife of Gov. Pataki YORK (CNS) Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Vatican's U.N. nuncio, disassociated himself from an Atonement Friars dinner to protest the order honoring the New York

Msgr. Soseman

Atonement

2002

Catholic Post,

Peoria's diocesan newspaper. Archbishop

Sheen,

NEW

The

told

11,

who

gained fame in the 1950s as

the host of the popular television program 'Life Is

Worth

Living," died in 1979 in

governor's wife,

New York. Georgetown University Knights of Columbus council honored NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS)

abortion legal.

Knights of Columbus Council No. 6375

tion in response to

group

who supports keeping The nuncio took the acan appeal from a

at

Georgetown University in Washingnamed the outstanding col-

ton has been

called the Catholic Coalition of

Westchester, which was protesting the friars giving their Graymoor Award to

lege council in the world. Kirk C. Syme,

Elizabeth "Libby" Pataki, wife of

New

cepted the award from Carl A. Anderson,

York Gov. George

The

supreme knight,

E. Pataki.

Franciscan Friars of the Atonement

who

Georgetown Knights,

leads the

ac-

at the College Council Conference held Sept. 20-22 in New Ha-

whose motherhouse, Graymoor, is in honored Mrs. Pataki at Garrison

She and the governor, a Republican currently up for re-election, both de-

There are some 160 college councils around the world. Founded in 1972, the Georgetown council currently has 147 members. Its activities include Vocations Week 2002, the annual Cardinal O'Connor Conference on Life, participa-

clare themselves to be "pro-choice."

tion in the university's annual Jesuit Heri-

ven.

their annual fund-raising dinner in

York

New

Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of

Assisi.

U.N. mission's interns get

tage

to see church contribution in

world arena

women

working

are

the order and the precepts of the church,"

Syme

said in a statement. "It has been a remarkable experience to join a group of men who care so deeply about their faith,

an internship program that lets young adult Catholics not only see the church's contribution in the international arena

at

New York that she was on the staff

JERUSALEM

Thomas

Rosica, national director of World

Pedro Trinadad and Franciscan Sister Andrea Inkrott unpack Bibles, which are the result of a grant from the Catholic Extension Society. The grant requested Spanish language Bibles that will be used for scripture studies, sacramental preparation and RCIA in small faith communities, and evangelization in Latino communities. As a result of the Extension Society grant, more than 1,800 Spanish language Bibles were made available for the Hispanic community. Sister Andrea is diocesan director of Hispanic ministry; Trinidad is Hispanic pastoral agent for the Winston-Salem Vicariate.

and learned from them that the which began Sept. 9, was an

internship,

"intense but rewarding" experience. Julie

Youth Day

worked on the World

staff after

her graduation in

-

2001, but said Father Rosica asked her to

planning for the U.N. internship

start

when

she was still just a second-year student at the University of Toronto and he

was is

director of its

Newman

Center. 'This

a tremendous honor," she said.

suit

magazine found much to praise

in

the music of Bruce Springsteen, saying his recent

of Sept.

1

1,

album

inspired

by the events

2001, conveys a strong sense

of redemption. La Civilta Cattolica (Catholic Civilization), a Rome-based biweekly that often reflects Vatican views on church and world affairs, dedicated 14 pages to Springsteen's music in its Oct. 5 edition. While noting Springsteen's ambivalent feelings about his own Catholic background, the magazine said his songs reflect a special sensitivity to the symbols of the faith and offer lessons in virtue. In his latest album, Rising," Springsteen presents a po-

etical reflection

on the

Sept.

1 1

attacks,

but with an emphasis on the eternal salvation of the victims and the resurrection of his city, it said.

Catholic University to honor singer Aaron Neville WASHINGTON (CNS) The

Catholic University of America's alumni

Sisters.

ceremony at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington. Neville is receiving the award for his "devotion to music that touches the soul and serves as an inspiration to many," said a statement by Vincentian Father David O'Connell,

the beginning of the order's celebration of

Neville with

its

mumade From his

Catholic University's president. "His sic,

as an expression of his faith, has

a real difference in the world."

1966 pop and rhythm-and-blues hit 'Tell Like It Is" to the present day, Neville sometimes solo and sometimes with three

It

siblings as

The

Neville Brothers

has

explored the musical junctions of pop, soul, and the jazz and Creole influences of

3,

marked

the 700th anniversary of St. Brigid's

The pope was to join the celebration by presiding over an Oct. 4 ecumenical evening prayer serviee with Princess Victoria of Sweden and Catholic and Lutheran bishops from her homeland. St. birth.

Brigid,

West Bank city of Ramallah. Father Hana Galeb, 26, of the Beit Jalla seminary, was uninjured in the Oct. 7 attack, said the Latin Patriarchate

chanFather Shawki Baterian. Father Galeb was returning to the seminary af-

cellor,

ter visiting his parents in the village of

Aboud when he was

shot at from a speed-

ing car, Father Baterian

said.

The

priest

of his car and drove

briefly lost control

over a small embankment, Father Baterian said. "We can't say who shot him

who

lived in the

Vatican approves opening of Archbishop Sheen sainthood cause PEORIA, 111. (CNS) The Vatican's

Paul

letter

a wife

and mother and

later as

founder of

a religious order, St. Brigid of Sweden

a

woman

as

was

involved in her society and

faith, Pope John 'For women today her example can be an effective stimulus to make themselves protagonists of a society II said.

where

their dignity

society

which considers men and

is

to avoid

tion because

it

did not

14th century,

deeply committed to her

wanted

any type of investigawant the incident to be used as propaganda by either side. "For us what is most important that our priest is OK we do not care who shot at him, that is not our problem," he said. ate

"was an untiring apostle of Christian unity," the pope said.

Congregation for Saints' Causes has approved a petition from the Diocese of Peoria to open the canonization cause of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. The diocesan chancery received a letter Sept. 23 granting approval from Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the congregation. It came just two weeks after Peoria Bishop Daniel R. Jenky announced the diocese's promotion of the sainthood cause. The

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Privately, Locally Owned Member St. Matthew Church and

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equal actors in God's plan for humanity,"

highest honor, the James

the pope said in a letter to the Brigittine

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The letter, released Oct.

Cardinal Gibbons Medal, during an

'

'The

car

because he didn't see anybody," added Father Baterian, who said the patriarchOct. 19

Jesuit magazine finds redemption theme in latest Springsteen album ROME (CNS) An influential Je-

A

north of the

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ternship was what I would be doing next" A 1997 graduate of the University of Toronto, she had known previous in-

Korol, 24, also

(CNS)

driven by a Catholic priest was shot at

Youth

Day 2002, when in February "he not. so much asked me as told me that this in-

terns,

ideals

Latin Patriarchate priest shot at while driving in West Bank

28, said in a recent interview at the mis-

Basilian Father

community, and the Catholic Georgetown's core."

their

but become a part of it. Julianne Rawson,

working with

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at the

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that the

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NEW YORK (CNS) — Two young Canadian

Week, and dozens of community

service projects.

Knights of Columbus


October

2002

11,

new

lize the

ST. LEO,

space.

more room now," Ven-

"There's a lot

from page 1

"The kids can break out and not be con-

ture Crew.

into different areas

puter lab with 18 computers, three middle school classrooms, a science lab and a music room. Other rooms are being utilized for faith formation, adult education, youth ministry, conferences, events and more. "It provides us with more meeting

fined to

space that will generate a greater service

St.

of community and help us come together as a parish," said Vicki Ceneviva, parish volunteer coordinator. project included other reno-

vations to the current school build-

which satisfied recommendations by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, an accreditation group that advises education institutions throughout the Southeast. "What we are doing now is preparing the school for the next 50 years, just as those who supported the initial building have done," said Georgette Schraeder, principal of St. Leo School. "The art and music teachers had to drag their supplies around on carts," said Ceneviva. "Now they have ing,

their

own

"It's

rooms."

the first time the youth of the

one

centers construction

spot."

"I'm so excited about

it,

and the

kids are excited, too," said Christine

By

Hurley, school librarian. "Our previous library was only a quarter this

— we were

size

Father

really tight for space."

Thomas

Leo students oversee

St.

said Rick Eklund, co-advisor of

The

The Catholic News & Herald 7

Around th e Diocese

Kessler, pastor of

Leo since July 2002, concelebrated the Mass with Bishop Curlin and was

SUSAN DeGUZMAN Correspondent

—A

WINSTON-SALEM

unique

opportunity arose for six students from Saint Leo School over the past 14 months.

Theirs was a

The

real-life

course in architecture.

was Andrew

students' instructor

new cen-

Lopina, the architect hired to build St Leo

facility that the

the Great Church's Parish Family Life

youth are really going to be able to benefit from, and certainly the future of the church," he said. Father Jim Solari, former pastor, also concelebrated the Mass along with Father Larry LoMonaco, paro-

Center, which has been added to the exist-

equally impressed with the

obviously a

ter. "It's

chial

Kelleher,

we

and

vicar,

who

is

Father Joseph

retired.

to pass

through the

many wonderful

efforts of so

parishioners," said

Father Solari. "It's something that we. looked forward to for a long time and

now

it's

commitment

dedicated Oct.

"Mr. Lopina is a really nice guy. He gave each of us a small copy of the blueprint. could check over the measurements," said Camp McCurry, one of the six

We

The

team came about in an unusual way. Lopina, a St Leo the Great parishioner, had gone to a local theatre's production in which student Chas Kissick played a part Kissick's bio"junior architect"

Courtesy Photo

Principal Georgette Schraeder stands with the "junior architects," students from St. Leo School who took an active interest in the construction of the new Parish Family Life Center.

graphical sketch revealed his desire to be

'The children

an architect and also that he attended Saint

here."

"Here the young will learn of their Catholic faith, and adults will deepen their

officially

6.

students.

"I'm just thrilled that this dream had for a number of years has

come

ing school and was

to live as Christ

Leo School. Lopina himself knew that he wanted from an early age. While he is happy in his profession, he is aware

really enjoyed the time

when the framing went up," said Lopina, "So much more happens at this stage of the

to be an architect

construction that the kids can see."

not possibly because they made their choices with limited knowledge or experience. Lopina wanted to help

job superintendent so that the students could walk through the building. They

Kissick learn about architecture.

vised.

parish have ever had a home that they could call their own," said John Beaulieu, parish youth minister. "I think it's going to cause our ministry to grow and get more kids involved." Approximately 100 kids in Cub

has taught us," said Bishop Curlih.

Scout Pack 721, Boy Scout Troop 958 and Venture Crew 958 will uti-

Murray

Schraeder, principal of St.

had

said,

ma il kemurray@cha rlottediocese.org.

asked

first

people allowed to go into the building.

that others are

Correspondent Susan

deGuzman

contributed to this story.

Contact Associate Editor Kevin E. by calling (704) 370-3334 or e-

approached Georgette Leo School, and he could work with Kissick. De-

if

Schraeder proposed

expressed an interest in architecture on a career survey that students lier in

IS years of service with over

60 church projects in the

Triad area

out ear-

six students

were eighth-graders

and Ryan McElfresh; seventh-grader McCurry; sixth-graders Ali O'Keeffe and Joseph Pearson; and fifthClaire Bonin

grader Kissick.

The

six students

first

time

met with Lopina for September 2001. They studied the construction documents and in

discussed the preparatory place. Little progress

work

as

was apparent

it

took

in the

early stages of construction, but the stu-

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knew

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"We're going to be some of the

"I

am delighted that we have been able

to involve the students. It has helped

them

take ownership and be good stewards of

that a lot

was being accom-

Lopina was delighted to have had the opportunity to impact the students. Throughout the project he found them very focused on the work. 'They asked intelligent pointed questions. They wanted to talk construction," he said.

As

part of the privilege to

architects follow

up

their

monthly meet-

ings with a report to each classroom.

knowledge and

nings set and concrete being poured for

students.

ferried

'These kids are the few

The students initially Lopina on a monthly basis and then more frequendy as the construction progressed.

The

and newfound questions from the

six shared their experience

plished as pipes were placed, underpin-

met with

work with

Lopina, Schraeder required that the junior

who

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to parents,

parishioners and other students."

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arrived

constant Catholic presence in the six westernmost counties in North Carolina. Over the years, the Glenmarians estab-

now staffed by diocesan priests in Murphy, Sylva, Andrews, Robbinsville, Franklin, Hayesville and Bryson City. They also lished parishes that are

created shorter-lived parishes in

Texana

(a

black community in Bryson City), Fontana Village and Tusquitee, Cullowhee, now the student center for

Western Carolina University. Prior to the establishment of the Diocese of Charlotte in 1971, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, Swain and Jackson counties (which

Diocese of Charlotte's Vicariate)

were

Waynesville

now comprise the Smoky Mountain

part of St John parish in

all

Haywood County, hun-

in

dreds of miles of mountainous terrain.

"The roads were terrible," said Glenmary Father Robert Bond, who first pastored Holy Redeemer Church in Andrews in 1963. "The main highways were paved, but they were very winding and snaky, a lot of switchbacks. We rarely talked in terms of mileage, but in terms of how long it takes (to get somewhere)." Father Bond started and finished his mission career in the Smoky Mountains. Glenmarians don't retire; they become "senior members" and continue their involve-

ment

at least part time.

in ministry,

Glenmary Father James Wilmes remains in Robbinsville, living in a

room behind Holy

the sanctuary in Prince of Peace,

Redeemer's mission church. He helps out with daily Mass, but he, too, is a senior

member. Father Bond

volunteered for a

"I

couple of weeks to see what into,"

he

I

was getting

said.

He, two other seminarians and Glenmary Father Joseph Dean held tent revivals. The group and all its gear traveled in an old green school bus - "the Green

how we

Hornet." "That's

acquainted

people with the Catholic Church in ern North Carolina," Father

was

hard, but

Bond

West-

said. 'It

was good."

it

Father Dean, the

first

Glenmarian

in

the area, arrived in 1954.

'Father Dean's great genius was getting nuns to

come

Father Wilmes

said.

An

old bus provided transportation, albeit slow, for the summer campers up windy, curvy roads to the Christian Living Camp, which prepared newly ordained priests for rural missionary life and offered hundreds of youth from across the country a chance to experience America. This group was photographed in the early 1960s.

came to the area as a

first

seminarian in 1955.

Photo courtesy of The Glenmary Challenge

here to start

"He got

speakers. You're disturbing the peace.'

Some

mers.

The Glenmarians went door to door,

inviting people to

come to

the tent to see a

and hear some preaching and the Gospel Harmony Quartet, of which Father Bond was a member. "We had a portable pump organ," he said. "We'd have lights. might have to cut the weeds down to get the tent in."

religious movie,

We

Once,

he

recalled,

Robbinsville closed the revival: said,

You've got

to turn off

nfmrnrwfiiiiBiVlilfaiiin

Hi mill

I

i

police

in

"The police your loud-

and

tent,

He said,

did venture into the tents,

'Preacher, that's the best

sermon

I

ever heard.'"

People did begin to embrace the Catholic faith, and they embraced the Glenmarians, too, sometimes inviting

them

to their

homes

for dinner.

Surprises happened.

day

in Hayesville, if

One Holy Thurs-

Father Bond asked a

he wanted to have

his feet

washed.

man agreed. When it came time

for the washing,

Father Bond

pulled off his sock, and there

"He

said, it

for

anyone

fireplace in an-

who would

listen.

included the patriarch of the

household, his 18 children, six adopted

listen."

thought, 'Oh, Lord, what's he going to do?'

was, a

chicken tattooed on every toe."

A

sum-

their cars

At Tusquitee, Father Bond said, "A man walked down the aisle, and I

"Sure," the

revivals lasted for several

sit in

children and their families.

"They

though.

man

Tent

home

The crowd

but they'd

buy the hospital in Murphy. He also got four Glenmary sisters to start a clinic in Hayesville." (The clinic has evolved into the Sister John Center, serving a variety of needs.)

week around a wooden

because people wouldn't come into the

Providence to come from Holyoke, Mass., to

a

other

clinics,"

six Sisters of

But

£the loudspeakers] were very important

didn't

time," Father

all

Wilmes

come said.

at the same "They dropped

and out There were so few Catholics and so much misunderstanding (about Catholicism), they came mostiy out of curiosity. O^y a few joined the church. Eventually the climate became friendlier and in

more open." That warmer climate continued as parishes grew up in communities throughout the six counties. What helped was that the Glenmarians also established means to help in other ways. Father

Wilmes

recalled a thrift shop the Glenmarians started in Hayesville. They approached the owner of a va-

"We asked if we could use it for a

Methodist preacher visited the area only once a month, so Mass, celebrated wherever space was available, was well attended, mostly by

you can use it once,'(the owner said)." He let them use it rent-free. "It went on for more

non-Catholics.

than a year, until he needed

Dean began saying Mass in a room in an old tobacco barn," Father Wilmes said. "He said it in Latin

macy.

while the attendees said prayers in En-

In the late '50s and early '60s, the Glenmarians also maintained the Pius XII Pastoral Center at Buck Creek near Hayesville to train young priests and as a summer camp for vocation prospects.

circuit-riding

'Eather

renovated

glish. Later,

they

moved

to a house

down

the road."

In the late 1950s, Father instruction in Catholicism

Wilmes

said,

was given once

cant store.

thrift shop,"

The

Father Wilmes

hospital

it

said.

Well,

for a phar-

and nursing service

also helped to correct misunderstandings

about Catholicism."

Those

in residence divided their

tween studying

at the center

time be-

and working

in parishes.

The Glenmarians mission is to start and staff parishes until they are strong enough to support themselves and to carry on active ministries. Once that happens, Glenmary turns the parish over to the Thus, as more Catholics moved to

diocese.

the area and as local people were baptized

or received into the church, one by one,

Glenmary

parishes

grew

large

enough to

and

priests left

be diocesan parishes.

The

brothers, sisters

Wilmes, whose last parish was Holy Redeemer, became a senior member in 1998. In 2000, Father Tom Fields departed St Joseph Church in Bryson City. Father Bond, die

for other assignments. Father

last

the

Glenmarian

in full-time

Smoky Mountain

Redeemer

ministry in

Vicariate, left

Holy

in this past July.

Father Wilmes expressed the of the Glenmarians who pio-

spirit

neered in those six far-western counties: "I love it. Cardinal (Samuel) Stritch told me, 'It won't be what you think, but you can go.' I don't know what he meant, because I've always been happy." Contact Correspondent Joanita M. Nelknback by calling (828) 627-9209 or emailjnell@4netnet


October

11,

2002

The Catholic News & Herald 9

Around the Diocese

egacy in North Carolina

CONVERT, from page

1

their celebration after

all.

Hudson married Count

In the 1930s,

Carnot de Torri in the cathedral in Florence, Italy. The count was murdered a few years later while teaching agriculture in

Abyssinia (present-day Ethiopia).

She

Argentina to sing

for

left

in

the

opera company in Buenos Aires. Her opera career II

War Go Home"

was under way when World

began. Signs urging "Yankee

made her decide

to emigrate to the United

States.

After travels, and a second marriage,

Hudson wound up

Bryson City. She'd by Catholics," she said, and had married her first husband in a Catholic church. She knew people of various faiths, but had never been a churchgoer until she met the people at St Joseph and encountered Glenmary Father in

often been "surrounded

Tom Fields. She asked Father Fields her. "I

why

felt,

should

I

to baptize

keep going to

church and not be baptized?" she said. wanted to be part of the community.

"I

We

were talking about it one day after Mass, and I said I wanted to be baptized, and he " said, 'Come right along; I'll do it for you.' During a Sunday Mass, Father Fields baptized and confirmed her at age 88. She remembers, "I said, You've given me two things at the altar. Shouldn't you give me something else?' He said, 'I'm not giving you the last rites.'" She received Communion (the third thing) later in the Mass. Afterward, the parishioners threw a party for her, complete

with flowers, cake and a Bible trimmed with gold leaf charist

The wonder of receiving

is still

with her.

'It

the

Eu-

brings the close-

ness of God to me," she said.

Catechesis

doughnuts

ongoing over coffee and Mass, said Father Frank

is

after

Seabo, her current pastor. "She's a gift to us because Photos courtesy of The Glenmary Challenge

Above

Don

Levernier and Brothers Terry O'Rourke and Paul Wilhelm prepare to hoist a cross in Bryson City. Top right: Father John Morrison and campers raise the American flag at the Glenmary s Christian Living Camp at Buck Creek. Middle right: Glenmary parishioners in front of the original Lance Cove chapel in 1956. Father Joe O'Donnel is in the back row, far left, and Father Jim Wilmes is the in the back row, fourth from right. Right bottom: Two Glenmary priests take shelter from the rain in Robbinsville in the fall of 1957. left:

Father

when we see

her as a later conversion, she's a tangible witness of God in the world," Father Seabo said. "She's a

witness to the fact that

never too

and

late,

it's

that's really the truth

of

the Gospel."

Contact Correspondent Joanita

M.

Nellenbach by calling (828) 627-9209 or emailjnel1@dnet. net.

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Entertainment

'White Oleander' is worth picking GERARD

By

A

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J.

News Service

Catholic

NEW YORK — "White Oleander" (Warner

Bros.)

moved

single mother, Ingrid Magnusson, has been jailed for killing 15-year-old, Astrid

in a flashy performance),

when

become an

Astrid have

location.

remem-

her daughter

scorns her interest in Christianity, her sensitive boyfriend Paul,

and

Claire's

caring tenderness. Instead, Ingrid bit-

men, and any

terly disparages love,

ditional values that get in the

tra-

way of self-

interest.

As

directed by Peter Kominsky,

all

of the actors are of top quality. Naturally,

who leads

the success of the movie hinges on

Lohman and

Pfeiffer,

and Lohman's por-

trayal of her arduous journey to adult-

hood

she realizes her

live-in boyfriend (Cole

in

ber only what she has taught her and

Astrid to baptism, but later turns violently against her

new

to a

fiercely insists that

(Alison Lohman), who journeys to adulthood through a series of Los Angeles foster homes, has witnessed her mother's (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrest for the killing, for which she is given a 35-yearto-life sentence, an event that changes both their lives. Astrid's first foster home is with former substance abuser and bornagain-Christian Starr (Robin Wright

Penn

the peri-

mother

times, Astrid tells her

whose

The

is

to her

During these mother of the new people she lives with and her fascination with their lifestyles. Ingrid always

story of the trials of a teen-age daughter

her boyfriend.

makes

prison, usually after Astrid has been

the sad, agonizing

is

key feature of the film

odic visits Astrid

Hauser) and

truly skillful.

is

basically limited to

While

one

Pfeiffer is

locale,

she pre-

sents herself to Astrid as a truly inter-

item.

Astrid's existence.

mother who is ready to protect her daughter no matter the cost. But Astrid

group

eventually realizes her mother's unre-

This rejection foster

object of a

sets the pattern for

The next stop is a home where Astrid is the

gang

beating,

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pentant selfishness and her controlling brand of love are as damaging as a white

her to cut off her long, blond hair and threaten the

gang

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oleander

poisonous. Nonetheless, deep

is

in her heart Astrid

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when

many

Astrid

are really

sits

like,

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experiences.

ever, Ingrid sees Claire as a rival to be

manipulated and removed from her life.

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The

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U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for

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session, leading her to mistreat the

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is God when terrible things happen? Over and over this past year I have heard people asking the same question in different ways. Some bluntly ask, "Where is God when so many terrible

Where

The Pope

Speaks

like Sept. 11?" things are happening in the world Others couch their question in a more confused way, for example, "Does God really care about us?" 'Why doesn't God stop evil in the world?" "Should we trust a God who doesn't seem to care about our pain and

suffering?"

Certainly

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

so

many

it

has been a year of tragic horrors, with

innocent people killed in

New York, Washing-

ton and Pennsylvania, in Afghanistan, in Israel and the Palestine occupied territories, in India and Pakistan.

Anyone who has lost a loved one death knows the emotional cost.

to a sudden, tragic

a believer in God, it is understandable that would be wrenched from the heart, crying out silently or loudly: "God, where were you? Why didn't you stop this tragedy?" So often I have been asked by sincere people how I If one

is

Pope asks visitors at audience to pray for in Ivory

Coast

By CINDY WOODEN News Service VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul II asked an estimated 16,000 visitors at his weekly general audience to join him in praying for peace in Ivory Coast, where an uprising has left hundreds of people dead. "From the African continent, already harshly tried by calamity and conflicts, disquieting news continues to come from Ivory Coast, which risks seeing the basic good of peace compromised," the pope said at the end Catholic

of the audience Oct. 9. Pope John Paul asked the pilgrims "to join me in prayer that the Lord will inspire proposals of reconciliation and will support the efforts of the international community, particularly those of the African Union," the successor of the Organization for African Unity. Rebels of the Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast control much of the country's mostly Muslim North. Government forces hold the mainly Christian South.

President Laurent

earthly evil and failings that led to the premature

holy war, revealed the potential for violence in religion

deaths.

For some who spoke on this program, God was on Ground Zero," suffering and crying with his people. For others, God was "among the missing." One man said: "I believe in the Son but not the Father. I have no love for him unless I have an answer

'

main audience talk, Pope John Paul focused on Psalm 67, its universal call to

God and its appeal for God's blessing. "This blessing given to Israel will be like a seed of grace and salvation, which will be sown in the soil of the entire world and its history, ready to sprout and become a vigorous tree," he said. In the Bible, he said, one of the effects of divine blessing is "the gift of life, fruitfulness

praise

hymn

faith,

I

helped

me endure.

had come to know

Because

Jesus,

who

As Father Hans Kung show that he is not "a God

w.ith his Father.

sent his Son to

who

keeps out of everything, untouched by the world's suffering, but one who actively takes part and becomes involved in this somber history, a sympathetic, compassionate God. In brief, he is God with a human face." ...

What he is not, I learned, is a fix-it God. We want a God who always overcomes the world's evil, and that's not what God is about. Nobody ever has been able to

psalm

it

in the light

of God's greatest blessing, the gift of his son, the pope said. "It is through Christ that the whole world receives the promise of redemption, the gift of eternal life," he said.

"right there,

for why." I

know

that question.

painfully that there

is

I

also asked

learning

it,

no answer, or if there is we are not

know it in this lifetime. We live in mystery. When we when he asked his Father why he had been forsaken and never got an answer, then we have become people of faith. to

accept that, as Christ did

Geometry of Love," Margaret Visser good sense of the philosophical view on church buildings. Her subtitle is "Space, Time, Mystery and In her book "The

Meaning

in

an Ordinary Church."

Visser analyzes one particular church, Sant'

Agnese

Mura (St Agnes outside the Walls) in Rome, for the meaning it has for believers. The church of St Agnes is a fuori le

good example

FATHER PETER

CNS

What What

is

a church building

a Catholic church? Is

is

it

J.

all

vacillated

between

Now

done.

been a joyful yet anxious

about?

I

am

suicide

enterprise.

in

our

At times

and homicide. But, praise God,

I

it is

so happy that even the tropical storm

dampen my enthusiasm. Right now the Catholic Church in the United States is midst of a building

boom

that rivals the 1950s.

numbers and the movement of Catholics to the suburbs and to the South and West means we need new

Growth

in

have learned a of-

lot in this building process.

the lessons are practical. Bring buckets of

spiritual.

In building churches, the Catholic Church takes the

We are not building for contemporary style. We it is

worth thinking

not just

now

but for future

long view,

it is

are building for the ages. Therefore, is,

generations.

To get go

to

a sense of this

someone who

is

and reflects the

the ages.

A

Catholic church

is

not a theater, which derives

its

name from the Greek "theatron," a place for viewing. We don't come to look but to pray. A Catholic church is more than a "meeting house," as some denominations

call their buildings.

comes from the Greek "kyriakon" meaning "house of the Lord." "It is," Visser says, "a place of encounter between the people and God." The very stones have meaning and call for a response.

A

church, says Visser, "stands in total opposition to the

narrowing and flattening of human experience. to listen.

about what a church

down through

A Catholic church is sacred space. The word "church"

money. Everything takes longer than they predict Respect the craftsman; he knows what he is talking about, maybe even more than the architect or engineer. But the most important lessons are philosophical and

long view.

has been in continuous use for 1,350

experience) remains."

churches in different places.

Some

it

Visser says St Agnes tells us something about God, our history and ourselves. Every church building is a reminder. It reminds us of the mystical experience of the past the times when God has touched human life. 'It is a recognition in stone and wood and brick of spiritual awakenings. It nods to each individual person.... If the building has been created within a cultural and religious tradition, it constitutes a collective memory of spiritual insights, of thousands of mystical moments.... It tells us that the possibility of the door swinging open (to mystical

predicted for our dedication couldn't

in the

since

years. It literally has "stood the test of time"

use of churches

just a big space to

We

parish. It has

DALY

Columnist

keep the rain off the people? I don't think so. have just finished building a new church

as a

of thanksgiving for a good harvest,

early Christian theologians read

gives us a

I

see the

evil.

classical philosopher.

Parish Diary

fertility."

While some scholars

God

God who

Gbagbo proposed

In his

and

fact,

of my Christian put me in touch wrote,

Creator allows

itself.

was, in

It

peace talks Oct. 8, but only if the rebels disarmed first. Rebel leaders refused. Also at the audience, the pope greeted 20 men from the North American College, the U.S. seminary in Rome. The seminarians, preparing for their ordination to the diaconate, were joined at the audience by more than 400 family members and friends. The pope encouraged the men to keep their lives centered on Jesus "so that your ministry in the church will always reflect his own self-sacrifice for the redemption of the world."

the

still have such a strong faith in God who did nothing while two of my sons and a daughter-in-law were tragically killed. Yes, I was angry, but not at God. I answer that it was God who gave me those beautifulsons. How can I not be eternally grateful for the gift of life, which brought such joy to me and so many others? My anger was directed where it belonged, at the

could

peace

why

adequately explain the problem of evil and

But Christ in the Gospels shows us how the Father wants us to overcome evil with love, forgiveness, compassion and mercy, and with no guarantees that we'll be successful in terms we understand. That's the mystery, so hard to accept. In early September the Public Television documentary "Frontline" produced "Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero." The program asked, 'Where was God on Sept. 11?" It showed how people had started to talk about God after this day of violent death. Some, in bragging that the attack was part of a

a reaction

probably best to

used to thinking for the ages, a

The building is

trying to speak.

It calls

It refers

us

to things

heaven, hope, faith and love. It and to the future. It refers us, above all, to God. A church building should do what St. Anselm says prayer should do, 'lift the heart and mind to God." That is a lot bigger challenge than just keeping

beyond

itself" It refers to

refers to the past

off the rain.


October

2002

11,

hope.

One

Light

What and where

of the nation,

is

the

Bhopal as the

The

was good

million people.

The

many

Family Reflections

insects that destroy vital

was seen

as a

huge

1984, at five past midnight,

.'3,

something dreadful happened.

MSGR. JIM LISANTE

since the chemical had

the factory

first,

But on Dec.

blessing.

A leak in

a factory pipeline

ANDREW &

and winds quickly carried it to the streets and homes of the city. Between 5,000 and 8,000 were estimated to have been lulled in the first three days. Many more were blinded or had their lungs dereleased deadly gas into the air

Guest Columnist

sfroyed.

Remembering Bhopal Dominique Lapierre fills a room Not only is he physically striking, but he has an amazing energy and enthusiasm. The Christophers first met this charismatic Frenchman after the publication of his book, 'The City of Joy." In it, Lapierre transformed a world of absolute poverty into a place of new life

and new hope. He used the setting of Calcutta and the lives of its most disadvantaged people and those like Mother to show how one Teresa, who worked to help them

from the world of the "haves" was transformed by can also be the lack of

Of the

approximately half a million people

Guest Columnists

Continuing the story

We are down

embrace or

many

Yet, the author believes that or, at least, alleviated.

his years in

reject that story. Nonetheless, the story

is passed on to our progeny. Sometimes, however, the story into which we are bom, or an aspect of that story, can feel burdensome, especially when we don't feel as though we measure

to it

On Oct

tragedies can be

For example,

born into a story a story handed from previous generations. We may

all

to us

continues in us and

up

of perspective. prevented

TERRI LYKE

who

were affected by the poison gas that night, between 16,000 and 30,000 died from their terrible injuries in the succeeding months and years. As a widely respected journalist, Dominique Lapierre was invited to assess this tragedy. His study of Bhopal, and the limited and insufficient response of the world community to this industrial calamity profoundly affected him and his wife. They were determined to tell the story of Bhopal to a world that would rather turn away, a world so inundated with painful tales that we sometimes lose a sense

He also explained that poverty can be far more it

located in the center

of a factory to produce an important

site

intention

At

Indian crops.

than the absence of material goods;

ity,

home of several

the ability to eradicate

the "have nots."

c

American multi-national corporation Union Carbide chose pesticide.

many have

Bhopal? Sadly,

is

probably forgotten. This beautiful

Candle

individual

The Catholic News & Herald 13

Editorials & Columns

3, 1

(Andrew) had the pleasure of having

Arun Gandhi and Sunanda Arun was addressing

dinner with

his wife

of 45 years,

community experienced by many who know the privileges of abundance. The Christophers designated 'The City of Joy" as

leprosy.

a winner of one of our annual book awards for reminding us of

who care and are able to command the necessary resources

conference in Kansas City the next morning.

the things that really matter.

to help sick people recover.

Dominique Lapierre came to realize that he himself could save lives. So he uses his book

introduce

That volume was one of

several that Lapierre has

written or co-authored. Because his books have sold millions of copies in

who he

over 30 languages, he

could simply relax and enjoy his

is

a

man

home

of means

in Paris. Yet,

finds himself returning often to India.

Recently, he visited us on our Christopher Closeup television

to

tell

program

as part of

its

50th anniversary season

us about his latest book, "Five Past Midnight in

Bhopal."

It,

too, takes place in India

and

it,

too, is a story

of

India alerted

him

to the dangers of tuberculosis

While both conditions are

royalties to create

and sustain

curable,

clinics that

it

and

takes people

help eradicate

TB

and leprosy, as well as a new gynecological clinic in Bhopal to treat poor women affected by the disaster. When he is inclined to dismiss his charitable endeavor by seeing it as "just one drop of water" in a vast desert of human need and suffering, he thinks about his friend Mother Teresa, who chided him, "But Dominique, what is the ocean but a collection of many such drops of water?"

tion of Catholic

social action

known about

me

told

CNS

we distribute at funerals, contain-

ing the prayer on one side and a picture of St. Francis

on the

other.

It

was widely

distributed in France

and

elsewhere in Europe. Many feel this "placement of the prayer with the picture on the same card resulted in attributing it to St. Francis. Francis died, of course, centuries earlier, in 1226.

The famous Protestant theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr,

who died in

197 1

,

is

considered the author of

the Serenity Prayer, also widely used in

AA,

at least in

most popular form. While he may have fostered devotion to St. Francis and encouraged use of the prayer, the prayer was in use long before he was born.

its

I

asked him

if

him when he was a boy. She told him that his would be one of two things: a

has chosen the lighted path and has con-

tinued the great and powerful story.

taught him, that

Patron saints of alcoholics Q.

Who

A.

Two

is

the patron saint

of alcoholics? (Iowa)

God and

St.

Monica.

This St. John lived in the 16th century, most of the time in Spain, and founded a religious community named the Brothers Hospitallers. His younger years were spent in a series of dissolute adventures and lifestyles.

If we know how much

perpetrate against

why

there

is

so

passive

on another, we

much

will

physical violence

plaguing societies and the world." Especially today in the shadow of 9/ 1 1 and our growing militarism that appears to be heading toward another war, we need die calm wisdom of Gandhi to guide us to peaceful revolution that that is, workwould have us acting with justice

ing for a just distribution of the world's resources; a peaceful revolution that would have us loving with

who have perpettated the heinous 9/ 11; a peaceful revolution where super powers will be humbled before God. Micah 6:8 kept coming to my mind over dinner mercy, even those

Eventually, however, he was led to a

more

serious

and good way of

living, particularly through his concern for the sick and the poor. His generosity and ingenuity in finding ways to help people in need was legendary. With St. Camillus he is patron of all hospi-

and sick people. St. Monica's designation as patron of alcoholics is more obvious. This fourth-century mother of St. Augustine devoted years to prayer that her son would abandon his sinful and rather licentious "ways, and

tals

become a Christian. Her prayers were answered, and Augustine became one of the great theologians and philosophers in the history of Christianity.

John of God's Aug. 27.

we

understand

saints often presented as patrons for

alcoholics are St. John of

With Sunanda

he founded the Mohandas K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence in Memphis, Tenn. He travels around the world teaching to others what his grandfather

Columnist

violence

No

card, similar to thdse

States.

great lighted on his path.

St. Francis.

Paul didn't write all the "letters of St. Paul" as to discover that St. Francis didn't write all the "St. Francis prayers." But such is the case. Evidence exists of an 18th- or 19th-century prayer

United

story to be born into!

great burden of which he will never be relieved, or a

the

one has been able to prove where the socalled peace prayer came from, but certainly it was not written by St. Francis. The prayer so captures the spirit of St. Francis, however, that somehow the Christian faithful found it natural to attribute it to this saint. As the priest I corresponded with about this noted, Catholics who tend to be literal in their understanding of their faith might be as disturbed to know that St.

for

grandfather's legacy

following information. It comes from another Franciscan who wrote his Ph.D. thesis in Paris on the prayers of

legal apartheid in the

In our conversation at dinner,

Corner

the origin of this

prayer, but one Franciscan priest relayed to

and philosophy of nonviolent action

Empire out of India That same philosophy of nonviolent action for peace inspired the young seminarian Martin Luther King, Jr. and later lead the Civil Rights Movement to turn "Jim Crow" out of the South and brought an

Arun

is

I was to wanted to do

being born into such a powerful story was burdensome. He then shared with us something his mother

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

much

I

British

What a

answer? (Indiana) A. Not

before his address, and

peace turned the hegemonic colonial regime of the

Question

other AA groups I believe, regularly says the prayer of St. Francis, beginning "Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Was St. Francis the actual author of this prayer? Some believe its author was a Protestant minister, a Pastor Niebuhr. Can you give us the

Life Ministers at their annual

more than just read from his brief biography. Arun Gandhi is the fifth grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the "Mohatma" whose moral initiative,

end to

Author of the Prayer of St. Francis Q. Our Alcoholics Anonymous group, as most

him

Family

the National Associa-

feast

is

March

8;

Monica's

is

acts of

The passage says, "He has told you, O what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" Arun and Sunanda's commitment to following

last night.

mortal,

the lighted path demonstrates their love for justice.

their attentiveness Experiencing their coupleness I witnessed a kind and tender love

to each other

them with two

children and four demeanor that reveals a profound humility. For to carry on the story into which Arun was bom demands a great letting go of their egos for the sake of tiieir mission. that has gifted

grandchildren.

And

their overall


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14 The Catholic News & Herald

October

Around the Diocese

11,

2002

Mountains to

Fire in the

reveal 'Anatomy of Prayer' By JOANITA M.

NELLENBACH

Journey into God." Discussion questions between his

Correspondent

LAKE JUNALUSKA

For the first Mountains is offering dual English- and Spanish-speak-

time, Fire in the

tracks

for

talks will focus

virtue?"

for

"Living the Gospel leads us to discover scheduled

deeper ways of thinking and feeling, be-

Harrell Hall at Lake

yond our own needs, to the needs ofothers," Abbot Kline said.

ninth annual retreat

Nov. 9

'Is self-awareness a

passion?"

ing attendees.

The

on

and "What do you mean by com-

in

is

Junaluska.

Trappist Abbot Francis Kline's over-

Father Rivera

assistant director of

is

Anatomy

the Loyola Institute for Spirituality in Or-

of Prayer." Jesuit Father Anastacio Rivera

ange, Calif His three talks will be "Where Are You Going?: Encounter and Transformation," "I Can't!: A Status Quo That Won't Let Go," and "Show Me the Way!:

all

be "The

topic, in English, will

will speak, in Spanish,

on "Our Lady and

Juan Diego: A Journey to New Horizons." Bishop William G. Curlin, former bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte, will be the

first

afternoon speaker.

'The committee decided that as a sercommunity, we should

vice to the Hispanic

try a Hispanic track this year," said

McKeown, the area

is

Ann

Fire in the Mountains commit-

number of Hispanics

tee chair. "Since the

growing,

we

we

felt

in

should do

Early registration deadline for Fire in the Mountains

is

Oct 26

at a cost

Fire in the Mountains, open to everyin the

Diocese of Charlotte,

is

spon-

Asheville,

the Diocese of Charlotte and

tion,

is

presented

made pay-

Photo by Kevin

Formation Office and sent to Rosemary Kingsley, 14 Braddock Way, able to the Faith

sored by the Office of Faith Formation of

by the Asheville and Smoky Mountain

of $20

per person. After Oct. 26, registration cost is $25 per person. The registration fee includes lunch. Checks should be

this."

one

Flowers for a New Horizon." "Establishing spirituality means building a relationship between the person and God," Father Rivera said.

N.C

the Great Church and others in the Winston-Salem area gathered with anti-abortion signs along Hanes Mall Boulevard as part of a "Life Chain" on Respect Life Sunday Oct. 6. Various parishes around the Diocese of Charlotte also held similar Life Chains.

contact Kingsley at 828-274-0318, or at

Murray

Members of St. Leo

28803. For more informa-

McKeown by e-mail

E.

fitm@dnet.net

vicariates. Its

brochure notes

Directions to Fire in the

that, 'Fire in the

Mountains is a gathering of God's people committed to the rediscovery and exploration of their Judeo-Christian tradition. This one-day retreat in the western North Carolina mountains seeks to connect its people to each other and to God through faith sharing focused on issues critical to our immediate community and the modern

From,

40

to

the

East (from

Mountains Take

Asheville):

Exit 27 (19/23/74). Take

Junaluska exit (Exit 103,

Hwy.

I-

the second

19).

Go past

In violent times, turn to Christ for

Junaluska Assembly Residential Area, South Lakeshore.

Take next

right to enter "Take

Junaluska Assembly."

From

the

West (from

Knoxville): 1-40

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Quality Inn). T/ie entrance to Take Junaluska

about three miles on

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them

in prayer, assistance

and love and compassion, so that the to

families

may

find strength, the cardi-

nal said.

tims fatally shot in early October

"Do not let fear turn us back to where we cannot live our lives," Cardinal McCarrick said. "Anxiety can keep us from doing the things God wants

Montgomery County and the District of Columbia, Washington Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick prayed for the victims, sniper attacks in

and

end to violence in the community during a vigil Mass Oct. 5 at St. Mary's Church in for an

Rockville.

'We know bring him

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— Pausing

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their families

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all

Jesus

is

here.

our anxiety,

all

We

can our con-

cerns," the cardinal said earlier.

More

than 1,000 people gathered for the liturgy held two days after an unknown suspect began shooting at people carrying out their daily routines.

Six people were killed and one Vir-

us to do."

Instead, the prelate urged the God's challenge to live lives of trust focusing on God's love and sharing the Lord's message

faithful to accept

with others.

"Whatever comes down the road, you don't stand alone you stand with Jesus and you walk the road with him," Cardinal McCarrick said.

As a visible sign of God's presence, parishioners lit and held candles in" their pews after the names of the gunshot victims were read and a bell tolled

was injured during the three-day shooting spree, Oct. 2-4. Police officials were able to link four of the

for each.

shootings to the same type of weapon, but said that they could not reach the

"powerful message of faith and hope."

ginia resident

same conclusion

in the other

two

shootings because the bullets were so fragmented. On Oct. 7, a 13-year-old middle school student was shot outside his school in Bowie, located in neighboring Prince George's County. Police later linked that shooting to the others. Cardinal McCarrick urged parishioners at St. Mary's to place their trust

God

while reaching out to those who have lost a loved one. Members of the community ought to in

families

glas

Montgomery County Executive DouDuncan called the cardinal's words a

Duncan, a lifelong parishioner of Mary's, said he firmly believed good would come out of the tragic killSt.

ings. "Faith sustains everything," he

what my family bewhat this community believes." Parishioner Maureen Hannan said she was aware of the sense of loss throughout the county. "My heart said, "that faith is

lieves,

goes out to (the victim's families) and for the police. It's a difficult time for

them," she told the Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Washington Archdiocese.


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Pope canonizes Opus Dei founder, calls saint's message valid for all JOHN NORTON

By

Catholic

Christian faith

News Service

VATICAN CITY

is

opposed to conformism and

interior inertia," the

He

Before one of the

founder's holiness

sanctifying ordinary

Escriva's death

valid for

life

'To raise the world it from within: This

form

to is

all believers.

God and

trans-

Oct 6

canonization Mass.

three times

Opus

Dei's

and intense sacramental

saints

and a "constant

life."

The canonization came 27 years after St

— one

of the shortest waiting

periods in the church's history.

Beatified in

was

1992, St. Escriva

cleared for canonization last year

when

the

Vatican approved of a miracle attributed to

screens broadcast the two-and-a-half-hour

cian suffering

while the

from a progressive skin disease X-ray

as a result of years of exposure to radiation.

Over

the years

Opus Dei has had a

sometimes-controversial reputation, which

it

pope read the Latin formula proclaiming the

has blamed mainly on ignorance and the

Spanish priest a saint but as soon as he

relative

into applause that

echoed off surrounding buildings.

Opus

Dei, which he founded in

newness of

its

1928, harmonized with the Second Vatican

lack of misunderstandings

message that Christians should not shun the world but work from within it

those

Council's

Even

who

are intent

and

critiis

no

difficulties for

on serving with

fidelity

the cause of the Gospel."

mo-

ened

the pope

in the face

lay

countries.

The ceremony was

of a materialist culture, which

most genuine

of the disciples of Christ" he

"He

of salva-

said.

threatens to dissolve the tity

in his plan

iden-

said.

liked to repeat with vigor that the

attended by high-

government delegations from Spain, Kenya and more than a dozen Latin American countries, as well as non-Catholic delegations and representatives of other church movements. Many Italian commentators remarked

pilgrims that spilled out

River.

Addressing pilgrims

in the

square after

to God's

will,

new

conform himself completely which he said ought to be the

goal of every believer.

'The Lord has a plan for each one of us,"

only to

she

themselves outside of God's plan:

'He gives hope to those who feel that no hope, that I don't count that I don't

Christ" he

The

was to be the -high week of celebrations. The Opus Dei founder's body, in its original wooden casket was moved from the small chapel in Opus Dei's Rome headquarters, where it usually rests, to a nearby church for veneration Oct 3-10. In more than a dozen churches throughout Rome, organizers planned about 30 thanksgiving Masses in 18 dif-

holding the baby in her arms. after the prayers

beth,

came home from

healthy 10 days

ferent languages, including Arabic, Chi-

of her parish priest

friends, the baby,

Anne

and Indonesian. Cardinals, officials were to the Masses.

nese, Japanese

Eliza-

bishops and top Vatican

the hospital perfectly

later, said

said.

canonization

point of a

during delivery

and Opus Dei

Christians should trust in

as a loving father even in difficult times

'The Christian is necessarily an optimist knows that he is a son of God in

lost

But

Germetzke. She

preside at

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Germetzke said the main reason she and her husband came to the canonization Mass was to thank the new saint for the medically unexplainable cure six months ago

who

They

it"

and "never feel alone or frightened."

my little life," she said.

child,

fulfill

The pope said

God

said.

said,

tion,"

we can cooperate

more than 200,000

of the square several blocks toward die Tiber

the pope said. "Saints cannot even conceive of

Italy,

and

St

Square for another record crowd of

become saints. 'Most people think that you cannot be a saint unless you are part of a religious order that there is no meaning in ordinary life,"

level

us,

Opus in

who said the new saint gives lay people

the need not to allow ourselves to be fright-

notonous" daily events, "God comes close to

Mass

confidence that they, too, can

Wis.,

of their youngest

Opus Dei today numbers about 83,000 members and 1,800 priests in about 60

Peter's

The new saint "continues to remind us of

of "apparently

Dei, celebrated a thanksgiving

represented the larg-

most of her blood and was without oxygen for 16 minutes. 'The doctors told us that if she lived which wasn't a sure thing she would be a vegetable for the rest of her life," Germetzke

in the grind

Bishop

saint's efforts to

matter in

"Certainly, there

after the canonization,

States,

diocese without geographical boundaries.

pope said

The day

Javier Echevarria Rodriguez, head of

the Mass, the pope underscored the

20-year existence as

In an apparent reference to the

and her husband were "not yet"

members of Opus Del

by those from the United Mexico, Germany and France.

there is

cisms, the

said she

est groups, followed

the church's only personal prelature, sort of a

In his homily, the pope said St Escriva's vision for

Among them was Mary Ann

liturgy.

crowd erupted

home country

Germetzke, a mother offour from Evansville,

where huge speakers and video

finished the

saint's

unexplainable 1992 cure of a Spanish physi-

packed St Peter s Square and nearby

silent

Opus Dei

his intercession. It involved the medically

The huge crowd was

all

streets,

ship

as with

on the extraordinary composure and orderliness of the crowd. Even in the packed side streets, many pilgrims knelt on the rabblestones during the Mass' consecration and formed patient lines to the more than 1,000 priests who were distributing Communion. Organizers said the canonization was attended by people from at least 84 countries. Pilgrims from Italy and Spain the new

member-

Police said at least 300,000 people

more than

his dedication to prayer

the ideal that the

holy founder indicates to you," the pope said

during the

was

said.

said the secret of the

and most orderly pilgrim crowds in Vatican history, Pope John Paul II canonized Msgr. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer and called the Opus Dei founders message of largest

pope

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October

Confirmation

Sister sees community as fountain of faith, strength MARY MARSHALL

By

teaching at

Correspondent

BELMONT

— As

New York

outside

Katherine

Weber

a child growing up

City,

Mercy

Sister

Jill

attended Catholic schools

and volunteered in her parish sacristy cleaning setting up for Mass and washing and ironing linens. Here, she befriended nuns and learned about their calling.

While

high

in

Our Lady of Assumption

lotte.

The following year, she taught at Sacred

For the next eight

years, she

Campus

ministry at Scared Heart

With a

ing to seek

God and

Jill

sisted

choice.

master's in elementary

He in-

She returned to Sacred Heart School in Salisbury to teach from 1984 to 1988. It was dureducation.

she graduate

from college before making her decision. So Sister Jill came to

Belmont and

attended Providence

Rhode Island, where she earned her

However, her fa-

tliis

desire to con-

College in

ther was not too excited

about

School,

tinue her education, Sister

call-

serve people," said Sister Jill.

in

Queen of the Church in

sociated with

Apostles Belmont

a strong

was

where she taught second grade for several years and served as principal for six years. At this time, she was also as-

life.

ing this period of her

life

became primary

that she

at-

cal

candidates

therapy in 1994. "I feel

very blessed that the community

gave me the opportunity to reach said Sister JilL

we

my dream,"

They

believe that

do what we need to do without an education. In my daily experiences, I hope to bring a different spirit, that spirit of mercy that our founder Catherine McAuley brought to the people as she walked Dublin's streets caring for the poor and needy." Following graduation, Sister Jill pursued two part-time positions one at Holy Angels and one at Mercy Hospital. In 1995, she joined Gaston Memorial Hospital's Home Health Care, where today she works part-time and also part-time at Holy Angels. "Working at Holy Angels is very rewarding," said Sister JilL 'The staff is outstanding. So many people are afraid of this

Mercy

in physical

Jill

Katherine

Her dream become a physi-

of her mother, Sister Jill felt

Sister

Weber

education.

Her

was

mission

to

one day work at Belmont that provides services for children and adults with mental retardation. But much would happen in her life before she would come full circle and realize that dream Following college graduation, she still

come

she had

She continued, 'The residents have me more than I could ever give them

how unimpor-

such as the value of life and

of

physical

cal therapist and, perhaps,

therapy was stronger than ever. Regina

Holy Angels, a

Moody,

felt

residential center in

she entered the Sisters of Mercy, taking her

vows

in 1978.

Her

first

assignment was

CEO of Holy Angels,

asked her to be a physical therapy aide with the residents, which

was the beginning of her

lege of St. Catherine in

St.

at the Col-

in physi-

share meals and as

we

focus

constantly

call

many

has traveled

my

We

us asking

roads dur-

time in the classroom

as principal," she said. "I

had when

I

do miss the

was involved

I

in

so life-giving. But

it is

I

working at Holy Angels where the staff has the

in health care

same needs very

as parishioners. Their

stressful, especially

work

is

those working

with patients on a day-to-day basis

who

"I listen

Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools

to their needs, hoping to touch

Elementary Schools

work

I

in

help them," she

'Many

said.

with,

whether

any way that

through listening or fortable asking

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feel

I

can

very com-

me to pray for special inten-

tions;

some open up with

don't.

But I'm always there

their needs, other for those

who

are reaching out.

Sunday, October 13 from 2-H p.m. Tuesday, October 15 from 9-11 a.m.

'Many

people can be a therapist and

good Christian person," said Sister Jill'. 'The special part of my life is community, as each day for the past 30 years I our vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and service to the poor, sick and live

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strong academic programs to a

community of boys and

girls in

component of Project Freeze

grown

locally

is

processing

crops for distribution to the

lunch pro-

Last year, the state of Iowa licensed the kitchen at

St Patrick so

that food processed

there could be sold to the public. Another Project Freeze goal

is

to provide support to

farmers interested in expanding their mar-

Farmers can

also develop profitable

do

It's

this

"The kids were a tremendous

Weber

told

Archdiocese of Dubuque. Sister Carla Popes, a Sister

sentation of the Blessed Virgin

of the Pre-

Mary who is

Dubuque

Archdiocese,

said, "Jill

and the

ticing

good stewardship. Just think of the one project is making in the

difference this lives

who help prepare the food as well who receive it"

of all

as those

in the parish kitchen.

This year

alone,

375 pounds of

the

they wanted, were processed, as well as

Patrick,

St.

Hillside

Gabriel Catholic School 3028 Providence Road

St.

up

to be food

18 parish volunteers donated 71 hours of

community

their support,

that helps

our praying

together, our sharing."

"Some crops

we had

hoped,"

didn't

Weber

do

quite as well as

said, citing

a

U25 Buchanan

Street

leaf beetle infestation,

worth the effort for the amount of food we were able to keep from going to waste." Weber added that volunteers were waiting to see if they would be able to process any tomatoes from this year's crop.

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The Witness, newspaper of the

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a

Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School Sunday, November 3 from 1-3 p.m.

who One

volunteered 33 hours to the project

gleaned after the owners had picked what

are near death.

cordially invited to attend

organized

volunteers at St Patrick's are certainly prac-

the hearts of those You are

Lisa, 16,

director of lay ministry formation for the

Jill

enjoyed

"I

and

and

Catholic School

Weber's daughter,

a group of confirmation candidates

intentions including the

who

find similarities

you revisited

University Extension Office.

kets.

ing her career.

contacts

time

give you the

we come together to pray,

on many

parish work, as

It's

be patient and

life

celebrate the Eucharist together daily.

Paul, Minn.,

where she completed her master's

health field

Jill

through food processing, and create partnerships with local businesses.

Sister

was accepted

program coordinated Weber, a nutrition and specialist for the Iowa State

by parishioner

she works with. She credits this to living in a community that is life giving. "We pray together every day, morning and evening, and

for prayers."

In 1991, she

second year of participation in 'Project

Freeze," an outreach

alternatives to conventional agriculture

Jill

and began pre-course work bey College.

Belmont Ab-

St.

brings a special peace to those

Sister

needs of those

at

life.

most pleasure and enjoyment"

new career. She accepted this position in 1988

the calling and, with her father's blessing,

final

president and

I've learned to

see that the simplest things in

full circle.

desire to pursue the

its

taught

Through them,

and a minor

gram, community meals, funeral dinners and to needy families.

who had

elementary education

FALLS, Iowa

local food pantry, the school

College, graduating in

suffered a stroke.

CEDAR

Patrick Parish in Cedar Falls completed

dents as part of their family."

tant material things are in the scope of

Following the death

By JUDITH BANDY News Service

Catholic

population, but the staff here sees the resi-

care taker of her mother,

in

food for the needy

can't

tended Sacred Heart 1972 with a degree

preserve, freeze

'The Sisters of Mercy consider

education very important

Heart School in Salisbury.

wanted to do something different with "I felt

El-

ementary School, which at that time was located on Independence Boulevard in Char-

school, she realized she

her

2002

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