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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-
ing Facility while her
home
is
cleared of bacteria to which she's
allergic.
Wind, she
the party.
"My
'Where is The morning of the
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—
Leo the Great Church and St. Leo School
Folks at
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.
Bishop
father said,
your faith?' 24th, one of father's patients called and said he had a check for 50 marks (about $35) and wanted to pay his bill." They were able to have
Murray
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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
Photos by Kevin
said.
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home.
bed and hearing
resident in Bryson City for
some
new Family Life Center
said
countries, survived two world
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lived in several
was
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Parish into
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the time she
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OCTOBERll, 2002
in
North Carolina
I
William
new
Parish Family Life Center, a 15,000-square foot the
facility,
Mass
after celebrating
Oct.
trailers,
used for classroom
space, sat for over 10 years.
6.
"We had
"It's magnificent," said Bishop Curlin, while touring
those trailers.
Life of St. Francis of
St.
Assisi
remembered,
5
said.
The Parish Family Life Center features an updated media center and library with 10,000 books, a corn-
They were
Leo students oversee
...page ...page
helps us
into the 21st century,"
to get rid of
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Sister sees
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honored
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faith,
strength ...page
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,
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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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— 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
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firefighter holds candle during national shrine service
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ment agency. Jim Nicholson, U.S. am-
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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
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'This award is a reminder to each of us here tonight of how important it is to care for and love deeply those who need it most the children," said Moody,
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
Photo by Mary Marshall
their time, talents
gates of heaven.
others about their plight.
it
CEO
Regina Moody, president and
of Holy Angels, presented Dr. C. Ellis
— Food,
AIDS
Correspondent Angels, you need caring hands and a caring heart. You need a man like Dr.
sufferers in Africa By
2002
MARY MARSHALL
By
BELMONT
by AIDS
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October
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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
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as
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women,
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"are desperate for their
would allow him, spreading the Gos-
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.
center of their lives.
his
much
In
anyone interested in joining the order, in which members vow to follow the example of St. Francis by making Christ the inspiration and
and resolved to change
traveled as
September 1224, after 40 days of fasting, St. Francis was praying to suffer as Christ had suffered when he
talk
to
ness,
He
to
hold
its
third annual reenactment
—
the live nativity of the Crib at Greccio at 4 organized by St. Francis in 1223 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Catholic Con-
—
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,
Lewis "These kids have very little food, clothing and shelter." Lewis said, "We know everything we need to know to defeat the pandemic, (but) the great problem is know in resources. I don't God's name what we're going to do about that." "sibling families" are created, said.
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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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Sept. 14, the
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the pope said in a letter to the Brigittine
association will
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
Photo by Joann S. Keane
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
"We are extremely grate-
supreme council has recog-
nized us for our dedication to the pillars of
at the
Vatican mission to the United Nations in
sion in
that the
ful
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-
dents
knew
1
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Kissick
"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
knew exacdy what was going Lopina. "They could explain
it
actually
on," said
to parents,
parishioners and other students."
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with the
the building," said Schraeder.
the year.
The
the
completed
filled
In anticipation of the
who
that he include six other students
site visits
wore hard hats and were
Lopina
lighted with the idea,
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Glenmarys leave lasting
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
After the Cherokee pioneered the area in the 1700s, Anglo settlers began migrating to Western North Carolina in 1830 to build farms and communities. In the
Home
Glenmary
1900s, the
Missioners
on the scene. Beginning in 1954, they created a
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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John L. Allen Jr. is the Vatican correspondent for the American weekly National Catholic Reporter.
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religion
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John about
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wedding party is over. The and mother of the bride sit in the midst of the wedding reception residue and begin to realize their gigantic father
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Entertainment
'White Oleander' is worth picking GERARD
By
A
HEKKER
J.
News Service
Catholic
NEW YORK — "White Oleander" (Warner
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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,
which prompts
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
leader in the dark of
oleander
poisonous. Nonetheless, deep
is
in her heart Astrid
low foster-home resident Paul (Patrick Fugit) saves Astrid from complete emo-
and understands how she feels she is devoted to her daughter. An aspect of the film which may fascinate the viewer would be the question of what foster homes in this country
tional isolation because each has a simi-
drawing, which leads to
romantic involvement. There are times during the film
when
many
Astrid
are really
sits
like,
still
certainly raises through Astrid's terrible
gnancy of these moments is palpable. The final foster mother is childless actress Claire (Renee Zellweger), whose TV executive husband (Noah Wyle) spends long periods of time away from home on business. They live in a stunning Malibu home overlooking the Pacific where Claire provides Astrid with her own bedroom and, more importantly, genuine affection and love. How-
experiences.
ever, Ingrid sees Claire as a rival to be
manipulated and removed from her life.
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quietly alone sketching and the poi-
daughter's
photo from Universal
loves her mother
night with a penknife to her throat. Fel-
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CNS
ested
The
role of art in coping
with life is also addressed in that it helps Astrid and Paul to mature, although for artist Ingrid it has been more of an ob-
Hekker
is
a guest reviewer for the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for
Film and Broadcasting while Anne Navarro is on maternity
staff critic leave.
session, leading her to mistreat the
people in her
life.
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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
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POPE JOHN PAUL
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so
many
it
has been a year of tragic horrors, with
innocent people killed in
New York, Washing-
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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
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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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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
help, Cardinal McCarrick says By
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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
WORK FROM HOME: Growing busi-
— Pausing
reach out to
light a candle for each of the six vic-
their families
Classifieds
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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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2002
11,
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In
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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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
labor to prepare the corn.
a
Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School Sunday, November 3 from 1-3 p.m.
who One
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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
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